FILM/SNEAK PEEK : YEAR'S TOP MOVIES LAUDED VIA SATELLITE.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski The International Press Academy, a rival organization to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of Golden Globes fame, has weighed in on 1997 movies with its second annual Golden Satellite Awards. ``Titanic'' took best drama picture honors, while ``As Good as It Gets'' captured the best musical or comedy prize at last Sunday's awards. The association also honors the year's best animated or mixed-media film, which went to ``Men in Black.'' ``Titanic'' was passed over in the acting categories, but it claimed six other awards: directing (James Cameron
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award winning Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. ), original score (James Horner), original song (``My Heart Will Go On''), film editing, art direction and costume design Costume design is the design of the appearance of the characters in a theater or cinema performance. This usually involves designing or choosing clothing, footwear, hats and head dresses for the actors to wear, but it may also include designing masks, makeup or other unusual forms, . In television categories, ``Frasier'' was chosen best comedy series, while ``NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development Blue'' won the drama series award. Celebrating freedom to film The inaugural Freedom Film Festival, celebrating movies made in recently democratized nations of Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90. , opens to the public today and continues through Tuesday at Laemmle's Monica Theater. The lineup includes Polish director Andrzej Wajda's 1976 film ``Man of Marble,'' Philip Bajon's ``Poznan '56,'' Russian filmmaker Pavel Chukrai's Oscar-nominated ``The Thief'' and Oles Yanchuk's ``Assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. : An Autumn Murder in Munich,'' a Ukrainian project that has been compared to ``Z'' and ``All the President's Men.'' The festival, which played to sold-out crowds in Washington, D.C., in December, is sponsored by the nonprofit American Cinema Foundation. Tickets are available on screening days at the Monica box office, 1332 Second St., Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . For schedule information, call (310) 394-9741. Oscars top to bottom Everything you ever wanted to know about the nominees for the 70th annual Academy Awards - minus the lowdown low·down n. Slang The whole truth: gave us the lowdown on what happened at the party. lowdown low (inf) n he gave me the lowdown on it → on lawsuits and nasty divorces - is available on the motion picture academy's Web site, www.oscar.com. The site is being updated daily with celebrity interviews and tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. about Oscar fashions, the scientific and technical awards and other subjects. For history buffs, there is a look back at the 69 previous ceremonies, with a trivia game and a gallery of movie posters for each year's best pictures. And for self-assured prognosticators there is a game offering a chance to pick the winners. Producers' awards Steven Spielberg Noun 1. Steven Spielberg - United States filmmaker (born in 1947) Spielberg has been bypassed for best picture and director honors at this year's Oscars, but his latest project, ``Amistad,'' will be saluted Wednesday by the Producers Guild of America when it hands out its Golden Laurel Awards in Beverly Hills. Spielberg, along with co-producers Debbie Allen and Colin Wilson, will receive the guild's feature film Vision Award, which goes to projects of ``an uplifting, humanistic nature.'' TV's Vision Award will go to Ken Burns for his ``Lewis & Clark'' documentary series on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, . The organization's Nova Award for television will go to Trey Parker and Matt Stone of Comedy Central's animated cult hit ``South Park,'' while Uberto Pasolini will accept the feature film Nova for Britain's comedy ``The Full Monty.'' The Nova recognizes emerging producers. Clint Eastwood is set to receive the Theatrical Lifetime Achievement Award, while Garry Marshall will receive the equivalent honor in television. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO ``As Good as It Gets,'' starring Jack Nicholson, took Golden Satellite award for best musical or comedy. |
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