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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Gerard Butler

This weekend, Gerard Butler revisits the very Shakespeare play that launched his acting career: Coriolanus . This time around, Butler plays Tullus Aufidius, the rival of the title character in Ralph Fiennes’s big screen adaptation. So just how did a Scottish actor who started with Shakespeare boomerang back to the very same play a decade later after achieving Hollywood stardom?

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9 Milestones in the Evolution of Gerard Butler

Was Whoopi Goldberg’s Oscar Win Snubbed in the New York Times?

The View has a bimonthly tradition (approximately) of making headlines, and the latest “controversy” is a wee one: Whoopi Goldberg claims The New York Times didn’t mention her in an article called ” Hollywood Whiteout ” about this year’s rather Caucasian field of Oscar nominees. It touches on Oscar history too, and Whoopi said that the failure to mention her Oscar win for Ghost hurt her “terribly.” Is Goldberg’s outrage warranted?

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

The startling beauty of Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar-nominated True Grit — and in most Coen brothers films, for that matter — owes to frequent collaborator and award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, who’s lensed all but one of their films since 1991’s Barton Fink . But as much as the nostalgic Western serves as a throwback to simpler times, simpler heroes (and heroines), and a yearning to stick to one’s principles in the face of obsolescence, True Grit could also mark a wistful point in Deakins career — his last film shot on film.

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Roger Deakins on His True Grit Oscar Nod and the End of Film: ‘Next Year Will Be It’

From Gigli to Oscar: Composer John Powell Reacts to His Nomination

Today, John Powell, who has written the score for movies as diverse as The Bourne Ultimatum and Horton Hears a Who (and, yes, Gigli ), received his first Academy Award nomination today for Best Original Score for his work on How to Train Your Dragon . Needless to say, it’s been a long, strange road — one that Movieline revisited with Powell after he received today’s good news.

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From Gigli to Oscar: Composer John Powell Reacts to His Nomination

More Awards: The Social Network Will Not Settle for 2nd Place

You know what’s better than winning most of the best picture awards? Winning all of them . Or so it would seem. The San Francisco Film Critics and The Toronto Film Critics have both announced their awards and The Social Network came out on top again, right on the heels of its Best Picture awards from

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More Awards: The Social Network Will Not Settle for 2nd Place

Dragon to Receive More Training in 2013

After a slow start, How to Train Your Dragon has hung in there, grossing $180 million so far while returning to the top of the box office this past weekend. “[ Dragon ] has become DreamWorks Animation’s next franchise,” CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced today while discussing the company’s first quarter financials. “We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013.” It will be in 3D, though you didn’t need us to figure that one out, did you? [ Coming Soon ]

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Weekend Receipts: Dragon Slays

For the first time in two weeks, the weekend box office results won’t come down to the final figures on Monday. Take that, bean counters! Unfortunately for Jennifer Lopez and The Losers that means no shady numbers massaging — cough, Lionsgate — will allow them to sneak away with the top spot. Grab your best five-week old pop culture reference, hop on a dragon and get ready for some weekend receipts.

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Kick-Ass Officially Wins Box-Office

After narrowly trailing How to Train Your Dragon is yesterday’s weekend box-office estimates, actuals reveal that Kick-Ass did in fact beat the month-old family flick by a margin of $19.8 million to $19.6 million. Are you any less underwhelmed ? I didn’t think so. [ The Wrap ]

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Weekend Receipts: Cash of the Titans

Buoyed by three strong new releases (and one solid holdover), the box office this weekend was not only the biggest on record for the month of April, but also for the Easter holiday. Because nothing celebrates “Easter” like bringing the family to see Clash of the Titans . Unwrap a fresh box of Peeps and enjoy some weekend receipts.

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Weekend Receipts: Cash of the Titans