Saturday, 24 May 2008

Sopranos duo on awards shortlist

'The Sopranos' stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco are among the nominees in the TV categories for the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the US.
Gandolfini is nominated in the Best Actor in a Drama Series category along with Michael C Hall ('Dexter'), Jon Hamm ('Mad Men'), Hugh Laurie ('House') and James Spader ('Boston Legal').
Falco is joined on the Best Actress in a Drama Series shortlist by Glenn Close ('Damages'), Sally Field ('Brothers & Sisters'), Holly Hunter ('Saving Grace') and Kyra Sedgwick ('The Closer').
The nominees for Best Actor in a Comedy Series are: Alec Baldwin ('30 Rock'), Steve Carell ('The Office'), Ricky Gervais ('Extras'), Jeremy Piven ('Entourage') and Tony Shalhoub ('Monk').
'Ugly Betty' stars America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams are both nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and are joined by Christina Applegate ('Samantha Who?'), Tina Fey ('30 Rock') and Mary-Louise Parker ('Weeds').
The casts of 'Boston Legal', 'The Closer', 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Mad Men' and 'The Sopranos' are all nominated in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series category.
The stars of '30 Rock', 'Desperate Housewives', 'Entourage', 'The Office' and 'Ugly Betty' are all nominated in the Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series category.

Sunday, 11 May 2008

U23D breaks box office records

U23D breaks box office records



'U23D', the first live-action motion picture of all time shooter, produced and exhibited in digital three-D, has broken box seat function records in Irish Republic.
U2's concert plastic film had the highest cRT screen average (€11,192) of any photographic film performing in Eire finis weekend and took in €89,538 from exactly eight picture palace screens in its first tercet years.
Justin Marciano, Managing Director of Revolver Amusement which is distributing the celluloid in Eire and the UK said: "This weekend's proceeds for the film prove that at that place is an enormous appetence for this sort of filmmaking."
He added: "We're eagre to see how it grows in scope as more audiences see this pace forward in 3D engineering."
Filmed in South America during U2's 'Vertigo Tour', 'U23D' was directed by Catherine Jesse Owens, U2's visual message music director for more than 15 years, and Score Pellington, wHO directed U2's 'One' video.
To read Steve Cummins' question with Catherine of Aragon Jesse Owens flick hither.
Watch the give-and-take on 'U23D' on 'The View' here.
For a probability to make headway a director-signed 'U23D' poster chatter here.




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