"Slumdog Millionaire" wins first Oscar season award
Director Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures on Thursday in the first major award of the Oscar season. Skip related content Related content Van Day kicked out of celeb jungle Celebs reminisce about jungle life Spirit stars at abandoned warehouse Related Hot Topic: Celebrity Have your say: Celebrity Clint Eastwood won best actor for "Gran Torino" and Anne Hathaway picked up best actress for "Rachel G

US panel names Slumdog Millionaire as 2008’s best movie (Lead)
Los Angeles, Dec 5 (DPA) In the first major US movie awards of the year, the National Board of Review has named the Mumbai-based drama Slumdog Millionaire as best picture of the year.The movie, about an Indian pauper who wins a fortune on a TV show, also took the award for breakthrough performance by an actor - for its star Dev Patel. Writers Simon Beaufoy and Eric Roth took the best adapted screenplay award. Clint Eastwood was cited as best actor for his role as a grouchy widower in the yet-to-be releas

Hathaway & Eastwood Honoured By Film Board
Anne Hathaway and Clint Eastwood are among the stars who will be honoured by America's National Board of Review The organisation announced the awards for the top movie talent of 2008 on Thursday (04Dec08). The board's picks often claim Oscar gold at the Academy Awards.Hathaway was named Best Actress for her role in Rachel Getting Married, while Eastwood's turn as a grumpy war veteran in the yet-to-be released Gran Torino landed him the Best Actor honour.Danny Boyle's new film Slumdog Millionaire, an early O

Hathaway & Eastwood Honoured By Film Board
Anne Hathaway and Clint Eastwood are among the stars who will be honoured by America's National Board of Review The organisation announced the awards for the top movie talent of 2008 on Thursday (04Dec08). The board's picks often claim Oscar gold at the Academy Awards.Hathaway was named Best Actress for her role in Rachel Getting Married, while Eastwood's turn as a grumpy war veteran in the yet-to-be released Gran Torino landed him the Best Actor honour.Danny Boyle's new film Slumdog Millionaire, an early O

2008 National Board of Review's Winners Announced
The 2008 National Board of Review has given three awards to 'Slumdog Millionaire' and two kudos each for 'Gran Torino' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'. Winners of the 2008 National Board of Review have been unveiled on Thursday, December 4 and among the awards recipients is "Slumdog Millionaire". The Danny Boyle's drama about a poor Indian boy who gets a shot at winning millions in a television game show has been given three kudo

U.S. National Board of Review 2008 film awards
(Reuters) - Director Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures on Thursday in the first major award of the Oscar season. Skip related content Related content Van Day kicked out of celeb jungle Celebs reminisce about jungle life Spirit stars at abandoned warehouse Related Hot Topic: Celebrity Have your say: Celebrity A complete list of the awards follows:Best Film: "Slumdog Millionaire"Best Director: David

"Slumdog Millionaire" wins first Oscar season award
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Director Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures on Thursday in the first major award of the Oscar season. Clint Eastwood won best actor for "Gran Torino" and Anne Hathaway picked up best actress for "Rachel Getting Married," while David Fincher was named best director for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." The best supporting actor award went to Josh Brolin for "Milk" and Penelope Cruz for "V

National Board: `Slumdog' is 2008's best film
The National Board of Review has picked "Slumdog Millionaire" as the year's best film. The board's picks, announced Thursday, are considered the first major harbinger of the Academy Awards. The win boosts the awards hopes for "Slumdog," which is viewed as the independent film most likely to follow "Juno" and "Little Miss Sunshine" in Oscar contention. Directed by Danny Boyle, the film follows the reflections of a poor boy (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, India, who ends up on the country's version

Board of Review honors 'Slumdog'
The National Board of Review named "Slumdog Millionaire" the year's best film Thursday. Clint Eastwood was named best actor for his performance in the made-in-Detroit "Gran Torino," and the best actress award went to Anne Hathaway for "Rachel Getting Married." Other winners: Josh Brolin (best supporting actor for "Milk"), Penelope Cruz (best supporting actress for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona") and David Fincher (best director for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"). The National Board of Review is composed

Awards Time! National Board of Review is Up First
  Slumdog Millionaire gets off to an early award-winning start with the NBR best pic nod. The National Board of Review got the awards season off to a rollicking star with their announcement of awards today. Are you wondering who is on the NBR? Me too! here’s what their website says: The screening membership comprises knowledgable film buffs, academics, young film professionals, and students in the New York metropolitan area. (hey…why am I not on the NBR?) For me, the biggest surprises were Clin

Boyle’s ‘Slumdog’ wins Best Film gong
The movie, which tells the story of a poor Indian boy’s rise to fortune against the odds and won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, was named as the recipient of the National Board Of Review’s (NBR) coveted gong, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Dev Patel was also recognised for Breakthrough Performance by an actor for his role in the underdog tale, while the film’s screenwriter Simon Beaufoy was honoured for Best Adapted Screenplay along with Eric Roth, who

NBR kicks off Oscar prognostication season
Directed by Danny Boyle, the film follows the reflections of a poor boy (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, India, who ends up on the country’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Patel was also chosen for best breakthrough performance by an actor. The director of a new movie set in Mumbai paid tribute to the Indian city as his film also won top prize at the British Independent Film Awards. It’s a city with a big heart that’s been wounded this week, but it will recover. It is

Awards Season Is Here!
NBR names 'Slumdog' best of year Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" from Fox Searchlight was named the best picture of 2008 by the National Board of Review, while David Fincher nabbed directing honors for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."Top acting honors went to Clint Eastwood for his turn in "Gran Torino" and Anne Hathaway for her perf in "Rachel Getting Married."Josh Brolin ("Milk") and Penelope Cruz ("Vicki Cristina Barcelona") were

Oscars predix: 'Slumdog Millionaire' is top dog
"Slumdog Millionaire" will trot off with the best-picture prize at the Oscars, according to four of our seven pundits cited below. Two pick "Curious Case of Benjamin Button." One drinks "Milk." In... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

NBR announces award winners; hopes Brangelina would attend
Washington, Dec 5 (ANI): The National Board of Review has come out with a list of its 2008 award winners, and hopes that Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie would be able to attend the event. NBR director Annie Schulgof would like Brangelina to be present at the even on January 14, and for Pitt to introduce David Fincher for Best Director, of Benjamin Button, while Jolie would introduce Clint Eastwood as Best Actor, for Gran Torino. Benjamin Button is on the NBR’s top ten list for the year

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ wins National Board of Review nod as best film
” Slumdog Millionaire,” Danny Boyle’s stirring fable about a young man who reflects upon his poverty-stricken life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India’s version of “Who Wants Be A Millionaire,” on Wednesday was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Clint Eastwood received best actor honors as an elderly, bigoted widower who befriends his Asian immigrant neighbors in “Gran Torino,” and Anne Hathaway earned b

‘Slumdog,’‘Torino’ win big at NBR
The National Board of Review has announced its list of winners for the 2008 awards season and Fox Searchlight’s “Slumdog Millionaire” is the big champ, taking down three awards including Best Film and a tie for Best Adapted Screenplay with Eric Roth’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”  Dev Patel also won the award for Breakthrough Performance by an Actor. That tie for adapted screenplay does little to separate those two competitors at this point, both in that categ

Oscar Futures: Milk, Melissa Leo Ride the Wave
Every week between now and February 2, when the nominations are announced, movies and stars will help themselves — or, sometimes, hurt themselves — in the Oscar race. Vulture's Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who's up, who's down, and who's currently leading the race for a coveted nomination. Best Picture UP: Milk. Near-universal raves, big per-screen box-office, and total lack of backlash suddenly

"Slumdog Millionaire" wins first Oscar season award
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Director Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" was named best film of 2008 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures on Thursday in the first major award of the Oscar season. Clint Eastwood won best actor for "Gran Torino" and Anne Hathaway picked up best actress for "Rachel Getting Married," while David Fincher was named best director for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." The best supporting actor award went to Josh Brolin for "Milk" and Penelope Cruz for "V

'Slumdog' Tops Nat'l Board of Review
Award season has arrived! The National Board of Review announced their 2008 picks today, naming Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire as best picture and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’s David Fincher as best director.

'Slumdog' Named Best Film of 2008 by National Board of Review
The National Board of Review, annually the first group to award its end-of-the-year honors, has named Slumdog Millionaire  its top movie of 2008. No argument here. Clint Eastwood won an award, too - for Best Actor in Gran Torino, if you can believe it. Actually, it makes no difference whether or not you believe it; he won. Though the Board is not usually a predictor for the Academy Awards, it's rare that some of the group's major winners are completely left out in the cold. Here's

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Takes National Board of Review Best Film Kudos
Once again the National Board of Review manages to confuse us all with their picks and not because they are all that much of a surprise, but more because the film they consider to be the best film of 2008 doesn’t make it into their list of Top Ten Films. Can someone explain that to me please? Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire came out on top as the group’s Best Film of the year while the film’s star, Dev Patel, nabbed kudos for Breakthrough Performance by an Actor and screenwriter

Le palmarès 2008 du National Board of Review
Cinéma> Danny Boyle, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher et Anne Hathaway sont les chouchous du National Board of Review, composé de critiques de cinéma new-yorkais...>>Lire tout l'article | sur AlloCiné - le Vendredi 5 Décembre 2008

'Slumdog Millionaire' Is NBR's Best Picture
Fox Searchlight's Slumdog Millionaire was named the best picture of 2008 by the National Board of Review today. David Fincher was given directing honors for Paramount's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Here's the list: • Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire • Best Director: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Best Actor: Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino • Best Actress: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married • Best Supporting Actor: Josh Brolin, Milk • Best Supporting Actress: Pen