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		<title>The Writers Guild Announce Their 2011 Screenplay Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of this morning&#039;s Producers Guild nominees, the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2010. Before you begin scrutinizing these nominees you should know the screenplays for The King&#039;s Speech, Winter&#039;s Bone, Toy Story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and &#039;Up in the Air&#039; Take Home Writers Guild Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-and-up-in-the-air-take-home-writers-guild-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the Writers Guild held the 2010 Writers Guild Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. The winners were no real surprise as Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner took home the award for adapted screenplay and Mark Boal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visual Effects and Cinema Audio Societies Announce Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/visual-effects-and-cinema-audio-societies-offer-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/visual-effects-and-cinema-audio-societies-offer-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week saw two groups weighing in with some nominations that may help some of you get a better grip on some of the below-the-line tech awards as you begin filling out your Oscar predictions. Both the Visual Effects Society (VES) and Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and both offer very little in terms of surprises. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Critics&#039; Choice Awards Name &#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Best Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-critics-choice-awards-name-hurt-locker-best-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-critics-choice-awards-name-hurt-locker-best-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kathryn Bigelow]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know about you, but something about the fact the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) offering up a tie at last night&#039;s Critics&#039; Choice Awards ruins the entire thing for me. This isn&#039;t rocket science, when we are talking about the best, there cannot be more than one. Only one can be the best. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember When People were Doubting &#039;Fantastic Mr. Fox&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/remember-when-people-were-doubting-fantastic-mr-fox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/remember-when-people-were-doubting-fantastic-mr-fox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures I remember back in July 2009 when many folks from the online movie blogger community were coming down on the first trailer for Wes Anderson&#039;s Fantastic Mr. Fox. The hits kept coming as rumors and negativity surrounding Anderson&#039;s direction of the film was challenged as director of photography Tristan Oliver and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WGA Nominates the Best Screenplays of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/wga-nominates-the-best-screenplays-of-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced their 2009 nominees for best adapted, original and documentary screenplays. However, before you go examining the noms too closely be sure and know the following scripts were not eligible due to their failure to qualify under WGA rules, which require scripts to be written for productions that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Director&#039;s Guild Goes for Four Obvious and One Surprise in 2010 DGA Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-guild-goes-for-four-obvious-and-one-surprise-in-2010-dga-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-guild-goes-for-four-obvious-and-one-surprise-in-2010-dga-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I have to assume none of us are surprised with four of the Directors Guild of America&#039;s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2009, but it&#039;s that fifth slot that will make predicting the five Oscar nominees a challenge and the DGA has cast the first ballot for Lee Daniels and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;District 9&#039; Script is So Good it Defies the USC Scripter Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/district-9-script-is-so-good-it-defies-the-usc-scripter-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/district-9-script-is-so-good-it-defies-the-usc-scripter-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you go to the official website for the USC Libraries Scripter Awards you will be met with the following description of the respected award: Established in 1988, the USC Libraries Scripter Award is an honor bestowed annually by the Friends of the USC Libraries in recognition of the best film adaptation of a book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sci-Fi Tops Off the 2010 Producers Guild Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sci-fi-tops-off-the-2010-producers-guild-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sci-fi-tops-off-the-2010-producers-guild-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps the biggest surprise with this morning&#039;s announcement of the 2010 Producers Guild Nominees is the inclusion of not just Avatar, but the fact both District 9 and Star Trek made their list of ten films vying for the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award. Along with those three we also have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; Leads Pack with Four Wins at 2009 Satellite Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-leads-pack-with-four-wins-at-2009-satellite-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hurt-locker-leads-pack-with-four-wins-at-2009-satellite-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winners of the 2009 Satellite Awards were announced and The Hurt Locker was again the big winner with four awards including Best Picture (Drama), Director for Kathryn Bigelow, Actor (Drama) for Jeremy Renner and Film Editing. Precious won for Supporting Actress (Mo&#039;Nique) and Adapted Screenplay while Christoph Waltz continued to rack up Supporting Actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Inglourious Basterds&#039; and &#039;Nine&#039; Lead the Way with the Predictable BFCA</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inglourious-basterds-and-nine-lead-the-way-with-the-predictable-bfca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inglourious-basterds-and-nine-lead-the-way-with-the-predictable-bfca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Broadcast Film Critics Association likes to think of themselves as the most significant awards predicting the Oscar nominees and winners. Considering they open their categories to six nominees when need be it makes for very few surprises with any of them. So of course their noms will closely mirror the Oscars, it also makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Guild Expands Their Nominations to Ten Films as Well</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-expands-their-nominations-to-ten-films-as-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-expands-their-nominations-to-ten-films-as-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is interesting depending on how closely you pay attention to the awards handed out prior to the Oscars as the Producers Guild of America announced today that the 2010 PGA Awards nominations in the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures Category will be expanded from five to ten [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Slumdog,&#039; &#039;Duchess&#039; and &#039;Dark Knight&#039; Take Costume Kudos</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/slumdog-duchess-and-dark-knight-take-costume-kudos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/slumdog-duchess-and-dark-knight-take-costume-kudos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Those Other Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slumdog Millionaire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=13535</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pop quiz, hotshot. There&#039;s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? &#034;Uhhhhhhh&#8230;. Slumdog Millionaire?&#034; It is beginning to get a bit silly as there doesn&#039;t seem to be a question you can ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editors, Cinematographers and Audio Society All Love &#039;Slumdog Millionaire&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/editors-cinematographers-and-audio-society-all-love-slumdog-millionaire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/editors-cinematographers-and-audio-society-all-love-slumdog-millionaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kris Tapley at In Contention has the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for us letting us know that Slumdog Millionaire continues its streak with a win in the Dramatic category, WALL&#8226;E in the Comedy/Musical category and Man on Wire wins in the Documentary category. Next we have another Slumdog win as the Cinema [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Slumdog Millionaire,&#039; &#039;Milk&#039; and &#039;Bashir&#039; Take Top Honors at WGA Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/simon-beaufoy-wins-wga-award-for-slumdog-millionaire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/simon-beaufoy-wins-wga-award-for-slumdog-millionaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Carr at the New York Times is reporting Slumdog Millionaire has won yet another award as screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wins for his adaptation of Vikas Swarup&#039;s novel. Here&#039;s his report: Terry George, whose been nominated twice for an Oscar for adapted screenplay (In the Name of the Father, and Hotel Rwanda), first suggested it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danny Boyle Wins the Director&#039;s Guild of America Award</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/danny-boyle-wins-the-directors-guild-of-america-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/danny-boyle-wins-the-directors-guild-of-america-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Director&#039;s Guild of America announced their winners tonight and to no one&#039;s surprise Danny Boyle won the DGA&#039;s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Slumdog Millionaire. I know my latest Oscar predictions have Fincher predicted to win, but at the end of last week Tom O&#039;Neil at Gold Derby asked for my prediction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;WALL-E&#039; Blanked at Annie Awards as &#039;Kung Fu Panda&#039; Takes Home 11</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/wall-e-blanked-at-annie-awards-as-kung-fu-panda-takes-home-11/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/wall-e-blanked-at-annie-awards-as-kung-fu-panda-takes-home-11/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: DreamWorks Animation WALL&#8226;E is the certain frontrunner to win the Oscar Best Animated Feature at the 2009 Oscars as it competes with DreamWorks&#039;s Kung Fu Panda and Disney&#039;s Bolt for the award, but on Friday night at the 36th annual Annie Awards WALL&#8226;E&#039;s name was nowhere to be found when looking at the winner&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Guild Goes with &#039;Slumdog&#039;, &#039;WALL-E&#039; and &#039;Man on Wire&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-goes-with-slumdog-wall_e-and-man-on-wire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-goes-with-slumdog-wall_e-and-man-on-wire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 06:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Producers Guild of America handed out their awards Saturday night and it&#039;s a lot more of the same-old, same-old as Slumdog Millionaire wins the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, WALL&#8226;E wins the Animated award and Man on Wire wins the Documentary Award. Slumdog Millionaire beat out the likes of The Curious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Iron Man&#039; Leads the Way in the Visual Effects Society Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/iron-man-leads-the-way-in-the-visual-effects-society-nominations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/iron-man-leads-the-way-in-the-visual-effects-society-nominations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Society noms continue to roll in, the latest comes from the Visual Effects Society as they announce their nominees for the 7th Annual VES Awards, a ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects in over a dozen categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Of course all I really care about are the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>International Film Music Critics Announce 2008 Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/international-film-music-critics-announce-2008-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/international-film-music-critics-announce-2008-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t believe I have ever reported the nominees for the International Film Music Critics Association before, but in the spirit of covering more award season news than is probably necessary I figured, &#034;What the hell?&#034; The nominees listed below make up the fifth annual International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Excellence with WALL&#8226;E [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Director&#039;s Guild Announces their 2008 Director Nominees</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-guild-announces-their-2008-director-nominees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/directors-guild-announces-their-2008-director-nominees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Director&#039;s Guild of America (DGA) isn&#039;t shy of letting folks know that only six times since the DGA Awards began in 1948 has the Feature Film winner not gone on to win the corresponding Academy Award. So to assume we don&#039;t have our Director and Best Picture films locked and loaded is a little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cinema Audio Society Names Sound Mixing Noms</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cinema-audio-society-names-sound-mixing-noms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/cinema-audio-society-names-sound-mixing-noms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During Comic Con in 2007 Disney had a panel where Ben Burtt was on stage going over all the sound details for WALL&#8226;E. Personally, I was bored out of my mind as Burtt played a bunch of beeps and boops, but I know a lot of people were interested and loved the presentation &#8211; especially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dark Knight&#039; Gets a Screenplay Nod from WGA and Woody Gets His 19th</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dark-knight-gets-a-screenplay-nod-from-wga-and-woody-gets-his-19th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/dark-knight-gets-a-screenplay-nod-from-wga-and-woody-gets-his-19th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) and the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and have offered up The Dark Knight as a legitimate contender for Best Adapted Screenplay by making it one of their five nominees in the category. On top of that my favorite film of the year, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, saw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Society of Cinematographers Name their 2008 Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/american-society-of-cinematographers-name-their-2008-finalists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/american-society-of-cinematographers-name-their-2008-finalists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Claudio Miranda]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has announced their five finalists in the feature film category of the 23rd Annual American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. The recipient will be named during the awards celebration here at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel on February 15. It&#039;s a great looking list and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Producers Guild Nominations for Best Production of 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-nominations-for-best-production-of-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/producers-guild-nominations-for-best-production-of-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s beginning to look a lot like the same-old, same-old as the Producers Guild of America have announced their nominees and named the following five films in contention for its Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, which in a roundabout kind of way equates to Best Film without actually saying it. Slumdog Millionaire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Critics Pick &#039;Waltz with Bashir&#039; while &#039;Happy-Go-Lucky&#039; Takes Home Four Kudos</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/national-critics-pick-waltz-with-bashir-while-happy-go-lucky-takes-home-four-kudos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/national-critics-pick-waltz-with-bashir-while-happy-go-lucky-takes-home-four-kudos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am confident in saying Waltz with Bashir will not be winning Best Picture at the 2009 Oscars, but the fact the National Society of Film Critics have chosen it as the Best Picture of 2008 doesn&#039;t hurt its chances for Best Foreign Film as the animated biography directed by Ari Folman is certainly gaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four More Critic Award Groups: Detroit, Florida, Las Vegas and Utah</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/four-more-critic-award-groups-detroit-florida-las-vegas-and-utah/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/four-more-critic-award-groups-detroit-florida-las-vegas-and-utah/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Dark Knight has scored its third &#034;Best of 2008&#034; nod after the Austin Critics and African American Film Critics Assn. did the same. The Utah Film Critics Society name Batman the best film of the year giving Rachel Getting Married the runner-up spot. Detroit and Florida went the more traditional route and named Slumdog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Film Critics Have Made Their Choice&#8230; &#039;WALL-E&#039; Takes Top Prize</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/chicago-film-critics-have-made-their-choice-wall-e-takes-top-prize/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/chicago-film-critics-have-made-their-choice-wall-e-takes-top-prize/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of the Screen Actors Guild Award nominations the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) have announced their 2008 winners and Pixar&#039;s WALL&#8226;E scores Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Animated Feature and Score (Thomas Newman). Not too bad if you ask me as Slumdog Millionaire also does quite well winning for Director (Danny Boyle), Adapted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boston Film Critics Cop-Out and Vote &#039;WALL-E&#039; and &#039;Slumdog Millionaire&#039; Best Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/boston-film-critics-cop-out-and-vote-wall-e-and-slumdog-millionaire-best-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/boston-film-critics-cop-out-and-vote-wall-e-and-slumdog-millionaire-best-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Society of Film Critics have weighed in and show their inability to make a decision by coming up with two ties, one for Best Picture and another for Best Actor. After all, if you give out a tie no one can fault you for snubbing anyone. The big winner, despite the fact it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Milk&#039; and &#039;Happy-Go-Lucky&#039; Win Big with New York Film Critics</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/milk-and-happy-go-lucky-win-big-with-new-york-film-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/milk-and-happy-go-lucky-win-big-with-new-york-film-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After yesterday&#039;s surprise with the Los Angeles Film Critics bestowing the title of Best Picture on WALL&#8226;E and naming The Dark Knight the runner-up I guess it would have been too much to expect the same from the New York Critics, but they have in turn gone a different route and awarded Happy-Go-Lucky a pair [...]]]></description>
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