Golden Globe Nominatons: 5 For \"Froxt/Nixon,\"\"Benjamin Button\" and \"Doubt\"
There's still a while before the Oscars, but the Golden Globes announced their nominees today, and while Frost/Nixon, Doubt and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button all received five nominations, Kate Winslet will be dueling against herself in the Best Drama category. Here's hoping a SAG strike doesn't cancel them again. Here are the nominees: Best Drama Frost/Nixon The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire Best Actress - Drama Kate Winslet - Revolutionary

HONOR ROLL '08 | "He Didn't Bail, That's a Little Bit Unfair": "The Reader" Director Stephen Daldry
by Erica Abeel (December 9, 2008) EDITOR'S NOTE: This is part of a daily December series that will feature new or previously published interviews and profiles of some of the year's best filmmakers, writers, actors and actresses. Though literary works are catnip to filmmakers, it's always dicey to reinvent one for the screen. Witness "Revolutionary Road," which will send the unwary viewer reaching for the Welbutrin, despite the best efforts of Kate and Leo, reunited for first time since the boat went down

The Reader Director Stephen Daldry on Sex Scenes, Rudin vs. Weinstein, and Kavalier & Clay
Stephen Daldry has made only two feature films, but he's overseen four Oscar-nominated performances and netted himself two Academy Award nominations for Best Director to boot. His third movie, The Reader, seems to stand a solid chance of continuing those trends. Based on Bernhard Schlink's acclaimed novel, the film centers on a 15-year-old, Michael Berg (David Kross), who in post–World War II Germany enters into a sexual relationship with a woman twice his age, Hanna Schmitz, played by the smokin' Kat

Jokes and Glory: The Golden Globe Noms
Stephen Daldry's The Reader, a well-made, high-toned Holocaust drama that many critics and smartypants-types have dismissed due to its cool tone and lack of an emotionally cathartic finale, has been included among the five nominees for Best Drama for the Golden Globe awards, which were announced early this morning. What's this about? Is this a result of Harvey Weinstein having worked the room, leaned on Hollywood Foreign Press voters, etc.? What's the back-story?

And The Golden Globes Go To ... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
The Hollywood Foreign Press announced their Golden Globe nominations and they must be getting as old as the Emmy and Oscar nominators. Usually the Globes can be counted on for some fresh picks but this year the choices are pretty straight-laced and staid. Especially since all the critics awards are pouring out and the love seems to be spreading all over for outside-the-box fare (listed all at the bottom).Here's the main Golden Globe nominations:BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMAThe Curious Case of Benjamin Butto

'Frost/Nixon', 'Button' lead Globe noms
The films scooped five nominations each, with Benjamin Button and Frost/Nixon competing against The Reader, Revolutionary Road and Slumdog Millionaire in the best drama film category. The five movies are all represented in the best director category, with British filmmakers Stephen Daldry, Danny Boyle and Sam Mendes facing Ron Howard and David Fincher. Revolutionary Road's Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio secured nominations in the best actress and actor section respectively. Other lead act

Golden Globe Nominations Bring No Big Surprises…
Except ONE. Tom Freaking Cruise Got Nominated. Tom Placenta Stew Brewing Cruise cannot win for his dancing skills! What is this world coming to??? Anystew, here is the full list of Golden Globe nominees. PICTURE, DRAMA: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” “Frost/Nixon” “The Reader” “Revolutionary Road” “Slumdog Millionaire” “The Visitor” PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY: “Burn After Reading” “Happy-Go-Lucky” &#

The Reader Review
“Who would have guessed that a book only 218 pages long could stir up so many emotions!” That quote, which graces the press notes for Stephen Daldry’s The Reader, is attributed to Oprah Winfrey, who selected the novel on which the film is based for her book club. As always, Oprah means no harm, but her influence makes such off-handed insipidity potentially dangerous. But relax –– in this case, she’s just reflecting the party line of the marketable middlebrow: Art mus

Scott Rudin Pulls Name off The Reader
Academy Award winning producer Scott Rudin has pulled his name off The Reader, the upcoming Stephen Daldry (The Hours) drama starring Kate Winslet that’s set to be released December 12. The announcement comes after Rudin and Harvey Weinstein had a very long and bruising battle over the release date. Variety reports that Weinstein and Rudin have never gotten along. They clashed over Daldry’s 2002 The Hours and again over the post-production schedule of The Reader. Rudin, the winner of the best pict

Reader is Rudin-Less
There's nothing much to add to Patrick Goldstein's story (posted late yesterday afternoon) about powerhouse producer Scott Rudin walking away from The Reader (Weinstein Co., 12.12), the David Hare-scripted WWII drama with Kate Winslet. I know that Rudin and Reader director Stephen Daldry are allies and amigos, having worked together on The Hours (which was also written by Hare). And that Daldry is pretty much on his own in the rush to finish The Reader in time for the early December release date

Oscar Watch: Why Herr Winslet's Latest Vehicle In Sinking
Stephen Daldry's "The Reader'' isn't on the list of viable Best Picture contenders -- just seven -- I enumerate in today's Post. I originally was going to repeat my thoughts about why "The Reader'' wasn't going to make the cut, but that seemed redundant after I took another whack at this stilted saga about a Nazi pedophile (Kate Winslet) in my year-end piece on Sunday and the devastating reviews -- including Kyle Smith's pan in The Post -- came out yesterday. The reviews from major critics charted on Rott

The Reader: "Emotionally Constipated & Unable To Seriously Address The Holocaust" [Critical Mass]
The Reader, a film based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Bernhard Schlink, takes place in a post-war Germany and centers around Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), an illiterate woman who sleeps with a teenage boy (David Kross) whom she asks to read to her before and after sex. Eventually, the boy grows up and encounters Hanna again when she is on trial for war crimes. The subject matter and plot shift from a story of sexual awakening to a courtroom drama is tiring to some critics, although they agree that

Will filmgoers rally around World War II movies?
IT'S THE one war in the last 60 years that doesn't divide politicians, pundits and voters. But can World War II bring moviegoers together? Starting on Friday and ending at Christmas, at least half a dozen dramas whose plots connect with World War II are scheduled to arrive in theaters, all hoping to perform better than the crop of recent war films looking at the modern Middle Eastern conflict. The new movies -- Friday's Spike Lee-directed "Miracle at St. Anna," Nov. 7's concentration camp story "Th

2009 Golden Globes: Good Year For Jokers, Midnight Tokers [The Gold Standards]
The nominees for the 2009 Golden Globes were announced this morning, and there were a few surprises. The nomination of Tom Cruise for Tropic Thunder drew giggles from the crowd, as did James Franco's nod for Pinapple Express. Apparently, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association thought Franco's performance as a lovable pot dealer was much more powerful than his portrayal of Harvey Milk's lover. Check out the rest of the nominations (and spot the snubs) after the jump.BEST PICTURE (DRAMA)• The Curious Case

Peter, Paul & Mary, Peter Paul Rubens, & Paul Reubens
The ReaderRead It And Possibly WeepTrailers & Mo | Official WebsiteThe Reader's not the easiest thing to digest (get it, Reader's Digest? no, we mean are you a subscriber to Reader's Digest? get it? actually you shouldn't since there's plenty of other reading material more worthy of thumbing through whilst yer takin a dump). The Reader delves into the touchy topic of next generation Germans dealing with the guilt associated with the monstrosity that the last generation created, a little thing called t

'The Reader' Announces Release Date, Eying as Oscar Candidate
Agreeing to release the movie in December this year, the producer of 'The Reader' reportedly asks for extra financial support from the Weinstein Company. © Solarpix/PR Photos The Weinstein Company finally announce the release date for their big screen "The Reader", marking that a dispute between producers Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin over the movie's release has been resolved. "We are in complete agreement on the dat

The 2008 Golden Globe Nominations Are...
Here are the nominations for the Golden Globes for 2008:1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMAa. The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonWarner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Picturesb. FROST/NIXONImagine Entertainment, Working Title, Studio Canal; Universal Picturesc. THE READERMirage Enterprises; The Weinstein Companyd. REVOLUTIONARY ROADAn Evamere Entertainment BBC Films Neal Street Production; DreamWorks Pictures in Association with BBC Films and Paramount

The Reader Release Dispute Settled
A dispute between Harvey Weinstein and producer Scott Rudin over the release of the Weinstein Co.'s The Reader has been resolved. The two men issued the following joint statement Sunday announcing that the film will open December 12: "We are issuing this statement together to emphasize the fact that we are in complete agreement on the date we have chosen to release The Reader. Working together, we developed a plan to extend the post-production schedule in order to give Stephen Daldry the additional ti

Harvey Weinstein Made to Look Really Bad Over 'Reader' Flap
Harrassing widows and folks on their deathbed? Oh Harvey...

Harvey Weinstein vs The World: Part 1
"He was once The Big Macher and now is The Big Loser. This post goes behind the scenes of Weinstein's desperate attempt to roll over The Reader's director Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) even though the helmer had final cut approval www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com

The Reader Interview: Screenwriter David Hare
David Hare has been writing for the theater since the 1970s, has served as Royal Dramatist to the Royal Court Theater in London, has been the Associate Director for the UK’s National Theater, is an accomplished director of both theater and film, and was knighted in 1998. That’s a pretty impressive resume on its own, but in the past few years he’s also become known for writing successful adaptations of novels. In the past few years he’s adapted Michael Cunningham’s

Producer Scott Rudin Leaves The Reader
Scott Rudin has walked away from The Reader, and will no longer be involved in The Weinstein Co’s December release. Here is the situation, as I understand it. A couple weeks ago, Nikki Finke made claims that Harvey Weinstein had harassed both Sydney Pollack while on his deathbed and the widow of the late Anthony Minghella in an attempt to get the film into movie theaters for Oscar consideration. Finke was able to provide an email from Rudin to back up these claims. And then The Weinstein Co released a

Could this finally be Kate Winslet's year for an Oscar?
She really, really wants one. And if the Golden Globe nominations are anything to go by, she might just get one.Eyes on the prize ... Kate Winslet in The ReaderLast month Vanity Fair asked Kate Winslet if she'd like an Oscar. She would, she said. In fact she said: "You bet your fucking ass."There's bound to have been an actress who wanted an Academy award more desperately than Winslet. But there's surely never been one who's fessed up to the desire more frankly.That big, gold shadow has long hung over her,

Golden Globe Nominations Announced!
Here's the list of 2008 Golden Globe nominations, announced a few minutes ago in Hollywood by Rainn Wilson, Brooke Shields, and Terrence Howard. Congratulations, Tom Cruise!Best Picture, Drama:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog MillionaireBest Picture, Comedy:Burn After Reading Happy-Go-Lucky In Bruges Mamma Mia! Vicky Cristina BarcelonaBest Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Stephen Daldry, The Reader David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Bu

Brits fly the flag at Golden Globes
Dame Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Danny Boyle, Sam Mendes and Stephen Daldry are among the Brits receiving Golden Globe nominations. Skip related content Related photos / videos Brits fly the flag at Golden Globes Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is nominated in the Best Motion Picture category alongside The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Reader and Revolutionary Road.And Slumdog also sees Boyle nominated for Best Director, up against Daldry for The R