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Paramount Comes Up Empty in Oscar Nominations for First Time in 15 Years

Viacom’s Paramount emerged with no Oscar nominations on Tuesday for the first time since 2003. What’s worse, it’s the first time in 15 years that any of the major Hollywood studios (or their indie divisions, including the now-dormant Paramount Vantage) has gotten blanked by the Academy. Paramount came into this Oscar season with high hopes for a trio of high-profile and starry films, including Alexander Payne’s high-concept “Downsizing” with Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig, director George Clooney’s ’50-set drama “Suburbicon” (also starring Damon) and Darren Aronofsky’s genre-defying Jennifer Lawrence film “mother!” Also Read: Oscars 2018 Analysis: Voters Send Clear Message on Diversity...
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Matt Damon Wishes He ‘Listened A Lot More’ Before Talking About Sexual Harassment: ‘I Am Really Sorry’

Matt Damon Wishes He ‘Listened A Lot More’ Before Talking About Sexual Harassment: ‘I Am Really Sorry’
Matt Damon is apologizing for unpopular opinions he made about sexual harassment during the fall and winter while he was promoting his films “Suburbicon” and “Downsizing.” The actor was being interviewed on Today to promote his Water.org Super Bowl commercial when the conversation pivoted to Damon’s controversial remarks.

Read More:Matt Damon on Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken: Not All Sexual Misconduct ‘Belongs in the Same Category’

“I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this,” Damon admitted. “I don’t want to further anybody’s pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry. A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what they’re doing and want to be a part of that change…but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.
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Paramount Selects David Sameth as President of Worldwide Marketing

Paramount Selects David Sameth as President of Worldwide Marketing
Paramount Pictures has named veteran marketing executive David Sameth as president of worldwide marketing.

He’s taking over marketing duties from Megan Colligan, who left in November as head of worldwide marketing and distribution at Paramount Pictures.

Sameth, who currently serves as executive vice president and head of theatrical marketing for Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, will report to Jim Gianopulos, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. Sameth will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of all marketing and advertising strategies for Paramount Pictures’ global theatrical releases.

“David is an incredibly talented, visionary marketer who has created some of the most iconic and successful campaigns in our industry’s recent history,” Gianopulos said. “He has experience launching an array of films from big franchises to small, specialized endeavors, and everything in between. His insights, experience and reputation make him a very welcome addition to our team.”

Sameth will begin his new role at Paramount on Feb
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Dark comedy Two Down set for release this month, watch the trailer here

Fizz & Ginger Films first feature film Two Down is set for release next week through Ourscreen in select cinemas. Directed by Matthew Butler Hart and executive produced by Stephen Fry and Sir Derek Jacobi, the film is a dark comedy about an injured hitman in his dying hours, and stars Tori Butler Hart and Alex Hassell (Suburbicon, The Miniaturist).

After surviving an explosion in Iraq, Mr. Thomas leaves the infuriating desk job the army had created for him and enters the underground world of the contract killer. His brother, Sam, had been caught selling on army secrets to the highest bidder and is now working for the illusive Harry Montagu. They use Mr. Thomas as a very effective way of eliminating problems they encounter in their business. That is until Mr. Thomas begins to question whom these problems are that he is removing, and why they deserve this fate.

We start the film with Mr.
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Why the Hell Isn’t Anybody Talking About ‘The Last Jedi’ for Best Picture?

Why the Hell Isn’t Anybody Talking About ‘The Last Jedi’ for Best Picture?
No matter what the diehard “Star Wars” fans think, “The Last Jedi” has all the hallmarks of a traditional Best Picture contender in the Oscar race: A mid-December release date, an 150-minute running time, a box office gross that verges on disgusting, and — last but not least — a scene in which Mark Hamill suckles green milk from the tit of a giant alien seahorse. Most importantly, it’s the best film in Hollywood’s most storied franchise. So why does it have zero chances of getting a nomination?

As this critic wrote in a recent article: “‘The Last Jedi’ is an immensely satisfying experience that doubles as an urgent call to action for mega-franchise filmmaking… it’s as much of a new hope for the eroding blockbuster culture of 2017 as ‘A New Hope’ was for the emerging blockbuster culture of 1977.” And yet, despite the fact that “A New Hope” earned
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'Downsizing' Box Office a Rare Miss for Alexander Payne

'Downsizing' Box Office a Rare Miss for Alexander Payne
Acclaimed filmmaker Alexander Payne and Paramount may have bet big on Downsizing, but the movie is doing miniature-like business at the year-end holiday box office.

If the R-rated satirical comedy doesn't make a miraculous recovery, it will mark the first major miss of Payne's career, whose past films include prestige titles Nebraska, The Descendants, Sideways, About Schmidt and Election.

Downsizing is also the third movie in a row starring Matt Damon that's disappointed in North America after 2017 titles Suburbicon, directed by Damon's longtime collaborator, George Clooney, and The Great Wall. Prior to that, Damon turned out box-office...
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Matt Damon’s No Good, Very Bad Year at the Box Office

Matt Damon’s No Good, Very Bad Year at the Box Office
“Downsizing” may be the most appropriate title to cap off a dismal 2017 at the box office for Matt Damon.

The Alexander Payne dramedy launched quietly with $425,000 from Thursday previews at approximately 1,900 North American locations. “Downsizing” expanded to 2,668 sites on Friday and wound up sixth place with $2 million (including the preview grosses). That gives it an unimpressive $6.9 million projection for the four days.

That’s a meager taking for “Downsizing’s” $65 million budget for the film produced by Megan Ellison, Mark Johnson, Payne, and Jim Taylor. Reviews for the movie, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, have also been mixed, with a 52% Rotten Tomatoes score for the near-future story of a couple who agree to be shrunk to five inches so they can start a new life in an experimental community. The film also received an unimpressive C CinemaScore.

Still, the film was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the top ten
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri leads London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations

The London Critics’ Circle Film Awards nominations have been announced and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri leads the way.

Awards season is in full swing and all the top contenders from 2017 are jostling for position, hoping to land a few lucrative wins and nominations.

A place that all the main Oscar threats will have wanted to be named is at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, which have just announced their nominees.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has managed to snag the most nominations, earning seven in total, including best picture, director, and actress for Frances McDormand.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread followed behind with six nominations, as did the film Lady Macbeth.

The full list of nominees can be seen below and the winners will be announced on January 28, 2018.

Film of the year

Dunkirk

The Florida Project

Get Out

God’s Own Country

Lady Bird

Loveless

Phantom Thread
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‘Suburbicon’ Costume Designer Jenny Eagan On “Old Schooling” Her Way To Eerie ’50s Suburban Couture

‘Suburbicon’ Costume Designer Jenny Eagan On “Old Schooling” Her Way To Eerie ’50s Suburban Couture
Familiar with George Clooney as an actor, and even as a producer, costume designer Jenny Eagan got acquainted with Clooney as a director on Suburbicon, a dark portrait of quintessential ’50s suburbia. Working for many years as an assistant costume designer under Oscar nominee Mary Zophre’s tutelage, Eagan has become a master of designing costumes—for any environment, and any time—in a way that is seamless and organic. Speaking with Deadline, Eagan discusses her approach…
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George and Amal Clooney Hand Out Headphones on Flight

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If you're flying first class to England, you don't want to be bothered by a crying baby, much less two of them. That's why Suburbicon director George Clooney and his wife Amal handed out noise-cancelling headphones to their fellow premium passengers on a recent flight. The passengers who had to pay for their pricey seats, including filmmaker Quentin Taratino, consequently didn't have to listen to the 6-month-old Clooney twins. No word on how the passengers in coach fared.

Oh, and the headphones also happened to bear the logo of Clooney's premium tequila brand, so he might also have picked up a few new customers with fat wallets.

Via Us Weekly.

No one likes listening to crying babies — even when they belong to A-list celebrities! That’s why George and Amal Clooney, who are
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Generous George Clooney Gave 14 Friends $1 Million Each

It certainly pays to have good friends, but when one of those friends is George Clooney then the word “pays” can be taken literally. That’s because the “Suburbicon” director once gifted 14 of his closet friends with a hefty present: a million dollars in cash. Longtime Clooney pal/ Casamigos tequila partner Rande Gerber revealed Clooney’s […]
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George Clooney Once Gave 14 of His Best Friends $1 Million Each, Rande Gerber Says

George Clooney Once Gave 14 of His Best Friends $1 Million Each, Rande Gerber Says
It pays to be pals with George Clooney… literally. The A-list movie star's best friend Rande Gerber revealed on a recent episode of MSNBC's Headliners that back in 2013, George not only paid 14 of his closest friends' taxes for the year, he gave them $1 million each. One. Million. Dollars. As Gerber recalled, "There's a group of guys that we call 'The Boys.' George had called me and 'The Boys' and said, 'Hey, mark September 27, 2013 on your calendar. Everyone's going to come to my house for dinner." When George's dinner guests arrived they found black suitcases at each of their spots around a table, and the Suburbicon director shared a special...
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Santa George Clooney? Rande Gerber Claims Actor Gifted His 14 Closest Friends $1 Million Each

Santa George Clooney? Rande Gerber Claims Actor Gifted His 14 Closest Friends $1 Million Each
Oh to be close friends with George Clooney — a star of certain means who isn’t afraid to show his appreciation in a major way.

During a recent chat on MSNBC’s Headliners show, Clooney’s longtime pal Rande Gerber casually revealed that in 2013, the Suburbicon director gifted his closest friends one million dollars. Each! And paid their taxes for the year.

“There’s a group of guys we call ‘The Boys,'” explained Gerber. “George had called me and ‘The Boys’ and said, ‘Hey, mark September 27th, 2013, on your calendar. Everyone’s going to come to my house for dinner.
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Daddy's Home 2 takes custody of the UK box office

The Will Ferrell sequel exploits previews to top the charts, while George Clooney’s Suburbicon is outperformed by Polish film Letters to Santa 3

With an official debut total of £4.92m, festive comedy Daddy’s Home 2 lands at the top of the UK box office. The number is a big improvement on the £1.63m opening result of the first Daddy’s Home nearly two years ago.

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Second Opinion – Wonder (2017)

Wonder, 2017.

Directed by Stephen Chbosky.

Starring Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Izabel Vidovic, Noah Jupe, Danielle Rose Russell, Nadji Jeter, Millie Davis, Sonia Braga, Emma Tremblay, Ali Liebert, Daveed Diggs, Crystal Lowe, and Mandy Patinkin.

Synopsis:

Ten year old Auggie Pulman was born with a genetic condition leaving him with extensive facial scarring. Previously home schooled by his mother, it’s time for him to join the other children in fifth grade. It’s a challenge for him, for his parents and for everybody else in the school.

Remember Rocky Dennis? He was the teenager with a skull deformity at the centre of Mask (1985) whose mother was determined he should lead as full a life as possible. Fast forward to now and a pre-pubescent version, August Pulman, known to everybody as Auggie (Jacob Tremblay). Like his cinematic predecessor, he looks different, but this time because of a genetic condition:
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Suburbicon review – misjudged take on race relations

An African American family’s plight is secondary in George Clooney’s drama about small-town racism

I don’t doubt that George Clooney meant well. He’s one of the good guys, after all. But as this film, which he co-adapted and directed from a long-abandoned screenplay by the Coen brothers, demonstrates, he is out of touch. There’s a vacuum of extreme privilege inhabited by movie stars as famous as Clooney. Which is fine, but it’s not a place from where you can get a particularly clear view of American society. And it’s certainly not the place you want to reside if you are intending to make a satire about Us race relations, particularly after Jordan Peele’s Get Out covered the juxtaposition of black lives and privileged white suburbia so effectively.

The backdrop to this film is Suburbicon, a 1950s model community. But there’s something
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Movie Review – Suburbicon (2017)

Suburbicon, 2017.

Directed by George Clooney.

Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Noah Jupe, Glenn Fleshler, Gary Basaraba, Karimah Westbrook, Tony Espinosa, Megan Ferguson, and Oscar Isaac.

Synopsis:

A home invasion rattles a quiet family town.

It’s all too easy to discuss the rather meat-headed prescience of George Clooney’s Suburbicon, a film unable to shift a lingering sense of falsity and façade. As to whether this is deliberate – the titular small town looks as if torn straight from a catalogue – is debatable, but Clooney, alongside regular collaborators Grant Heslov and the Coen Brothers, have woven a tale shamefully hollow.

And this hollowness spreads through the dueling narratives Clooney struggles to interweave. Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) leads a seemingly blissful life alongside wheelchair bound wife Rose (Julianne Moore), her twin-sister Margaret (Moore once again) and son Nicky (Noah Jupe).

Nicky is woken one night by his father and alerted to the
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Nightmare in suburbia: how cinema found the darkness behind the picket fence

George Clooney and the Coen brothers’ new movie Suburbicon shows how discrimination is baked into Us city planning. But they are far from the first to see trouble in a genteel neighbourhood

Suburbia was always poisoned. Not much in Us history is as blandly shameful as the National Housing Act of 1934. Designed to insure mortgages and encourage home owning, the heart of the policy was “redlining”: underwriting loans in areas deemed safe financial bets, refusing those that were not. America being America, the real red line was racial. As prim new developments sprawled across the postwar nation, banks and mortgage brokers had official licence to reject black applicants – and anyone looking to buy a house where black people lived. For much of the 20th century, if you needed help to buy an American home, being white was not enough. You had to live among other white people, which meant
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Critics Debate What the Disney Ban Against the L.A. Times Says About the Future of Film Criticism

Earlier this year, critics group made headlines when they came together to protest Disney’s decision to ban the Los Angeles Times’ access to the studio’s films. The ban was eventually lifted, but it raised a number of questions about how critics and studios maintain an ongoing relationship.

During a recent panel discussion at the Key West Film Festival moderated by IndieWire’s Eric Kohn, Los Angeles Times’ critic Kenneth Turan was joined by Rolling Stone’s David Fear, Time Out New York’s Joshua Rothkopf, Buzzfeed’s Alison Willmore, and Miami-based freelancer Juan Barquin to discuss the ramifications of Disney’s decision and other related issues. The following is an edited excerpt from that conversation.

Kenneth Turan: Around the time of “Thor,” a lot of people in the film department of the paper were not getting invited. We knew screenings were taking place. We got in touch
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George Clooney Is Making His Grand Return to TV by Adapting a Classic Novel

Eighteen years after ending his run as Dr. Doug Ross on E.R., George Clooney is returning to the small screen. The Suburbicon director will direct and star in a limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller's 1961 novel Catch-22, per Variety. With other big movie stars like Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins making award-winning and nominated jumps to "prestige" TV shows (Big Little Lies, Westworld), Clooney's decision to do so himself seems like a smart choice. Catch-22 follows Us Air Force Captain John Yossarian as he gets caught up in a bureaucratic paradox in Italy in the midst of WWII. If a soldier declares insanity to be released from duty so as to avoid participating in dangerous missions - only an insane person would continue to fly into certain danger - doesn't his declaration inherently demonstrate sanity? Our minds are already short-circuiting. Clooney will appear as Yossarian's commander, Colonel Cathcart, and
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