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15 May 2008 9:14 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Daniel Day-Lewis is in talks to replace fellow 2008 Oscar-winner Javier Bardem in a new movie version of Broadway musical Nine.

Best Supporting Actor-winner Bardem pulled out of the Rob Marshall-directed movie earlier this month, complaining he is exhausted after a busy 2007.

Producers have now set their sights on Day-Lewis - who recently won the Best Actor Academy Award for a spectacular performance in There Will Be Blood.

If he accepts, the Englishman will play Guido Contini, a director struggling to juggle the many women in his life - who will be played by Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench.

Convincing the intensely private star to act again so soon after last year's There Will Be Blood would be a major coup; he famously leaves long gaps between projects, and has only made three pictures in the last ten years.

A spokesperson for the movie has dampened speculation by telling Variety, "Any of the names being thrown around is pure conjecture, and when we're ready to make an announcement, we'll let you know."

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8 April 2008 4:32 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Ewan McGregor has revealed that Daniel Day-Lewis has inspired him to become a better actor.

McGregor said he admired the two-time Oscar winner for the depth he brings to his roles.

The Daily Express quotes him as saying: "Daniel Day-Lewis has got under my skin in thinking about the job I do. There's a depth to his work that means I've got a long way to go. I want to make films like his recent movie There Will Be Blood' - epic, great films."

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7 April 2008 12:14 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ewan McGregor has vowed to become more like fellow actor Daniel Day-lewis, because he wants a "greater depth" to his on-screen persona.

The Trainspotting star is overwhelmed by the two-time Oscar winner's acting technique, and admits he wants to emulate the 50-year-old's career.

He says, "Daniel Day-Lewis has got under my skin in thinking about the job I do.

"There's a depth to his work that means I've got a long way to go. I want to make films like his recent movie, There Will Be Blood, epic, great films."

But McGregor admits he may be forced to change his script-choosing process as a result of his new acting idol, who is famously selective of the roles he takes on.

He adds, "He (Day-Lewis) works rarely and they're always interesting choices that he makes. I'm quite easy to please. There are scripts that come my way where other people will go 'eeew, no', but I'll say, 'I think it's quite good'".

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1 April 2008 5:27 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

James Bond star Daniel Craig has been named Britain's Best Dressed Man by men's magazine Gq - for the second year running.

The actor beat off competition from Daniel Day Lewis, James McAvoy and Jude Law in the poll, which honours sartorial style.

British royal Prince William and Prime Minister Gordon Brown were named among the worst dressed males in Britain.

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10 March 2008 8:02 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Javier Bardem's menacing No Country For Old Men line "Call it, friendo" has topped an annual survey by terminology trend organisation Global Language Monitor (Glm).

Bardem's memorable coin-tossing catchphrase beat out competition from Daniel Day-Lewis' "I drink your milkshake" from There Will Be Blood, which landed at two in Glm's annual HollyWORD survey.

Bardem's No Country For Old Men performance won him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar last month, while Day-Lewis' turn in There Will Be Blood earned him his second Academy Award for Best Actor.

At three in the survey are numerous phrases from teen pregnancy film Juno, for which writer Diablo Cody won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar.

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25 February 2008 10:26 AM, PST | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men made a stronger-than-expected showing at Sunday night's Academy Awards presentation. Although it was favored to win the best picture Oscar, it was not expected to take three major awards -- for best director (the Coens), best adapted screenplay (also the Coens), and best supporting actor (Javier Bardem). In another surprise, the best actress went to French actress Marion Cotillard for her portrayal of legendary singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. (Cotillard is only the second woman in Oscar history to win the best-actress Oscar in a foreign-language film; the other was Sophia Loren for 1961's Two Women.) Equally surprising was the supporting-actress award to Tilda Swinton for her role in Michael Clayton. Daniel Day-Lewis, on the other hand, had been a clear-cut favorite to win the best actor award -- and he did so -- for There Will Be Blood. But that film had also been favored to win several other top awards, and didn't, save in the cinematography category. Other winners had been widely predicted. Diablo Cody took the best original screenplay award for Juno. Pixar's Brad Bird picked up the animation Oscar for Ratatouille. The Austrian-produced The Counterfeiters, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, won for best foreign-language film, the Iraq-war related Taxi to the Dark Side won the feature documentary Oscar, while the gay-rights-themed Freeheld won the Oscar for documentary shorts.

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29 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ryan Gosling paid a special tribute to pal Heath Ledger at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday - by wearing a special black ribbon on his lapel. The actor's sister Mandy designed the subtle black bow for the Lars And The Real Girl star because she felt Ledger's death should be acknowledged on the red carpet. Gosling's sibling, who was his 'date' to the awards, says, "We just had to mark something terrible has happened." And the actor himself used interest in his black ribbon to urge the media to leave those grieving Ledger's shock death last week to mourn in peace. He said, "They (media) should leave all the people in his life alone. It's terrible." He wasn't the only one with Ledger on his mind - Best Actor winner Daniel Day-Lewis dedicated his award to the Brokeback Mountain star.

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28 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Daniel Day-Lewis received the top award for male movie actors at the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony Sunday night for There Will Be Blood -- and dedicated the award to the late Heath Ledger. "For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal," Day-Lewis said in accepting the award, "has always been the work of other actors. Heath Ledger gave that to me." Julie Christie won the best actress award for Away From Her, while the best ensemble award went to the stars of the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men. On Saturday, No Country received the top award from the Directors Guild of America. The following day the DGA's board of directors voted unanimously to recommend that members ratify its negotiators' deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers.

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23 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Daniel Day-Lewis is thrilled with his Oscar nomination for There Will Be Blood, and paid tribute to the movie's director Paul Thomas Anderson. Day-Lewis picked up his fourth Best Actor nomination for his role in the movie - and is hopeful he can add to the statuette he won for his role in 1990 film My Left Foot. But the British star has dedicated the honor to Anderson, who has two nominations, for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and helped the movie also pick up a nod in the Best Picture category. Day-Lewis says, "You put me shoulder to shoulder with a group of fine actors. I'm proud to be in their company and to have the broader recognition for the film is a lovely thing. I couldn't be happier for Paul Thomas Anderson to whom we owe everything."

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22 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood received eight Oscar nominations each, the most of any films that will be competing in this year's Academy Awards. Atonement and Michael Clayton each earned seven nominations. All four films were nominated for best film, along with the comedy Juno. The nominations were announced early today (Tuesday) in Beverly Hills, hours before an informal meeting was scheduled to take place between representatives of the Writers Guild of America and media executives that could determine whether the awards ceremonies would take place as usual next month. The nominations also included two for Cate Blanchett -- one for best actress for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, the other for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the young Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. Also nominated for best actress were Julie Christie for Away from Her, Marion Cotillard for La Vie En Rose, Laura Linney for The Savages and Ellen Page for Juno. In the best actor category, Daniel Day-Lewis was regarded as a shoo-in for his performance in There Will Be Blood. Also competing for the honor will be George Clooney for Michael Clayton, Johnny Depp for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Tommy Lee Jones for In the Valley of Elah, and Viggo Mortensen for Eastern Promises. In the director's category, the contest appeared to be a two-way affair between Paul Thomas Anderson, who helmed There Will Be Blood and Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, who directed No Country for Old Men. Also competing are Jason Reitman for Juno, Tony Gilroy for Michael Clayton and Julian Schnabel for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

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10 January 2008 8:06 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

The Coen brothers' No Country For Old Men has scooped six awards at the 11th annual Online Film Critics Society Awards.

The movie - starring Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem - picked up awards for best picture, adapted screenplay, editing and cinematography.

Bardem won an award for best supporting actor and Joel and Ethan Coen won the award for best director.

Daniel Day-Lewis was awarded the best actor prize for role in There Will Be Blood and Julie Christie took the best actress award for her performance in Away From Her, reports Variety.

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8 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The Coen Bros.' No Country for Old Men collected yet another best picture award Monday -- this one from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. At the group's 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards Monday night, No Country also picked up awards for best director (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen) and supporting actor (Javier Bardem). The group's trophy for best actor went to Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood. Julie Christie won the best actress award for Away From Her. Amy Ryan won for best supporting actress for Gone Baby Gone.

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8 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Into The Wild emerged the big winner at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday, netting two awards including Director Of The Year for Sean Penn. The movie's star Emile Hirsch was also honored at the California event - with the Rising Star/Actor prize for his role as tragic real-life adventurer Chris McCandless. Elsewhere, Daniel Day-Lewis collected Actor Of The Year for his performance in Oscar favorite There Will Be Blood, while Actress Of The Year went to Halle Berry for her role in Things We Lost In The Fire. French star Marion Cotillard won the Breakthrough Award for her turn in La Vie En Rose, and Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky collected the Rising Star/Actress honor. The Ensemble Performance Award went to the Hairspray cast, while the Juno cast picked up the Vanguard Award.

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8 January 2008 4:13 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Ethan and Joel Coen's movie No Country For Old Men has triumphed at the 2008 Critics' Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

The film landed the coveted Best Picture award as well as the Best Supporting Actor accolade for Javier Bardem at the ceremony on Monday night.

The awards, which are given out by the Broadcast Film Critics Association, are not covered by Writer's Guild contracts so was not affected by the ongoing strike which has forced other events, including the prestigious Golden Globe Awards, to be cancelled.

Other winners at the ceremony include Daniel Day Lewis, who picked up the Best Actor gong for his role in There Will Be Blood, and Julie Christie, who won Best Actress for Away From Her.

Amy Ryan was honoured as Best Supporting Actress for Gone Baby Gone - Ben Affleck's directorial debut - and teen pregnancy movie Juno was named Best Comedy.

Hairspray was also among the big winners of the night, scooping two awards for Best Acting Ensemble and Best Young Actress for its 19-year-old star Nikki Blonsky.

George Clooney, who was nominated for his starring turn in Michael Clayton, presented the inaugural Joel Siegel Award to his Ocean's 13 co-star Don Cheadle for his humanitarian work - and he used the opportunity to call for a resolution to the writers strike.

He told the audience, "When the strike happens, it's not just writers (affected). Our hope is that all the players will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done. That's the most important thing."

The main category winners are as follows:

Best Picture

No Country for Old Men

Best Comedy

Juno

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress

Julie Christie, Away from Her

Best Supporting Actor

Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Acting Ensemble

Hairspray

Best Young Actor

Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada, The Kite Runner

Best Young Actress

Nikki Blonsky, Hairspray

Best Director

Ethan and Joel Coen, No Country for Old Men

Best Writer

Diablo Cody, Juno

Best Composer

Jonny Greenwood, There Will Be Blood

Best Song

Falling Slowly, Glen Hansard + Marketa Irglova, Once

Best Foreign Language Film

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Animated Feature

Ratatouille

Best Family Film

Enchanted

Best Documentary

Sicko

Best Picture Made for Television

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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7 January 2008 10:43 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Epic World War Two drama Atonement has landed 17 nominations at the British Academy Film And Television Awards (BAFTAs).

The James McAvoy-starring movie garnered the most nods in the awards' long lists, which are cut down to the final list of nominees next week (ends16Jan08).

There Will Be Blood - which stars Daniel Day Lewis - has 13 nominations.

Sweeney Todd has been nominated in nine categories, but has been surprisingly overlooked for a best picture nomination. Joy Division movie Control has ten nominations.

The BAFTAs shortlists will be announced nest Wednesday and the awards ceremony will take place at London's Royal Opera House next month.

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7 January 2008 5:59 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Into The Wild emerged the big winner at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Saturday, netting two awards including Director Of The Year for Sean Penn.

The movie's star Emile Hirsch was also honoured at the California event - with the Rising Star/Actor prize for his role as tragic real-life adventurer Chris McCandless.

Elsewhere, Daniel Day-Lewis collected Actor Of The Year for his performance in Oscar favourite There Will Be Blood, while Actress Of The Year went to Halle Berry for her role in Things We Lost In The Fire.

French star Marion Cotillard won the Breakthrough Award for her turn in La Vie En Rose, and Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky collected the Rising Star/Actress honour.

The Ensemble Performance Award went to the Hairspray cast, while the Juno cast picked up the Vanguard Award.

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7 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood won the best picture award and three other top awards Saturday at the National Society of Film Critics Awards. The movie also won for best director (Anderson), actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), and cinematography (Robert Elswit). Julie Christie won the actress award for Away From Her. Tamara Jenkins took the screenplay award for The Savages.

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7 January 2008 | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

There Will Be Blood has been hailed as the Best Picture of the Year for 2007 by the National Society of Film Critics. The movie, which was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, beat competition from Joel Coen and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men and Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell And The Butterfly to take the award, while he beat the same filmmakers for the Best Director prize. There Will Be Blood was also praised for Daniel Day-Lewis' portrayal of an oil-hungry businessman, winning him the honor for Best Actor. Best Actress went to Julie Christie for her starring role in Away From Her, while Best Supporting awards were awarded to Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There. Other winners included the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as Best Foreign-Language Film, while No End In Sight, by Charles Ferguson, won the award for Best Non-Fiction Film.

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6 January 2008 6:10 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

There Will Be Blood has been hailed as the Best Picture of the Year for 2007 by the National Society of Film Critics.

The movie, which was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, beat competition from Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country for Old Men and Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly to take the award, while he beat the same filmmakers for the Best Director prize.

There Will Be Blood was also praised for Daniel Day Lewis' portrayal of an oil-hungry businessman, winning him the honour for Best Actor. Best Actress went to Julie Christie for her starring role in Away From Her, while Best Supporting gongs were awarded to Casey Affleck for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, and Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There.

Other winners included the Romanian 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days as Best Foreign-Language Film, while No End in Sight, by Charles Ferguson, won the award for Best Non-Fiction Film.

The National Society awards - voted for by America's top movie critics - is a good indicator as to who will go on to Oscar glory.

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5 January 2008 4:58 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Director Paul Thomas Anderson has such a close working relationship with actor Daniel Day Lewis, they refer to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend.

The pair worked together on the critically-acclaimed There Will Be Blood and Anderson admits they share a bond so special, it has occasionally riled the stars' respective wives.

He says, "At best it feels that you connected to each other. You are completely playing the same tune. There's this kind of line between myself and the camera and Daniel that's pulled tight. When it was going well it just felt like that.

"We're still trying to figure out who the girlfriend is and who the boyfriend is in this relationship. When we first met I called him a few days later and I left a message saying: 'It's your girlfriend.' It feels like that. You are in a relationship with someone so intimate, every single day. I dare say there were moments when our spouses were jealous."

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