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This years Environmental Media Association Award for the best feature film was bestowed upon the dancing penguins of ‘Happy Feet’. This was the seventeenth time the EMA awards were held in a row on October 24th . Considered as one of the most inspiring and eco friendly movies which delivers ecological uplifting and informative message, this Warner Bros picture production seemed to be the deserving winner of the maximum glory. The main reason for the success of the movie at the EMA awards this year is considered the informative message that has been passed on to the viewers especially the campaign to stop commercial over fishing of the Antarctic.

At last the winner’s smile cracked into her face! Jessica Simpson is pretty happy as her Blonde Ambition is ultimately going to hit the big screen before hitting the DVD tracks. After reports that skipping the theaters Blonde Ambition will get a DVD treatment straight away in January, production houses like Nu Image and Millennium Films have given a limited chance to run the movie on Christmas occasion.

According to Elizabeth Wolfe, a spokeswoman for the film’s production company the film will be released theatrically on December 21 this year.

But the romantic comedy will hit only eight halls of Texas. The production houses had chosen Texas as Jessica Simpson and Luke Wilson both the movie-stars are from Texas. So perhaps Jessica will get a considerable response from her native Texas. Elizabeth believes that the film has a cute story line and Jessica fans will be thrilled after watching the movie. She also stated that they have all the confidence in her. But once it opens the production house has decided to assess its pros and cons and also to measure the response that it will draw over Christmas. If the movie gets a reasonable success then they may consider releasing it in other states before it gets the DVD release.

Blond Ambition also stars Andy Dick and Rachael Leigh Cook along with Jessica and Wilson. On the same context Elizabeth added that:

We’ve done a second film with Jessica, Major Movie Star (slated for 2008 release)

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The 1974 film ‘Chinatown’ will see a sequel to it very soon. The classic starring Jack Nicholson has recently confirmed that he will be in the sequel as well. This news was broken to the MTV, where Jack not only confirmed his presence in the movie but also mentioned about what the movie would be all about. The news also has it that writer Robert Towne would be in it probably if Paramount Pictures were to make it.

A small crowd in New York were disclosed the first six minutes of the highly anticipated movie ‘The Dark Knight’. The movie was displayed on the 80 foot tall IMAX screen for its viewers to get an exclusive sneak peak into the movie.

After the debacle of the Golden Globes Awards this year, now it is turn for the Oscars. The ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been successful in suspending the Globes this year and now it has made the fate of the Oscars uncertain as well.

However, the broadcast of the 34th annual People’s Choice Awards on Tuesday night must have definitely brought a breather to the sponsors of the Oscars. In absence of the writers, the telecast of the People’s Choice Awards on CBS was a modest, low profile ceremony with pre-recorded celebrity clippings and acceptance speeches. A statement from the WGA read,

The WGA [Writers Guild of America] has already said it was not going to grant a waiver to the Oscars. We could see the same exact scenario as with the Golden Globes, where there will be a lot of talk and then no Oscar show after all.

However, on a brighter side I read a news-article that ABC network, in charge of telecasting the Academy awards this year on 24th February, is going ahead with the groundwork for the ceremony inspite of the writers’ protests.

Warner Bros Pictures upcoming flick ‘I Am Legend’s’ international trailer was out in the recent past, but the good news for all those movie fanatics is that a second domestic trailer for this horror movie is up for grabs. The international trailer was first leaked through different websites while the second domestic trailer was first seen in the official post on the Warner Bros site. Fans across the globe who are awaiting this spine chilling experience can get access to view the trailers which opens with the Brooklyn bridge evacuation scene.

All those who call themselves movie buffs and ogle throughout the day into various movie channels, good news has coming knocking on your doors this Diwali. HBO, the 24×7 English Movie channel has prepared a sensational package of the best Hollywood movies for broadcast come Diwali in the Indian Subcontinent.

‘Frankenstein’ star Roger Bart, who is now on the Rialto as the star of Mel Brooks’ tuner ‘Young Frankenstein,’ will be hosting 35th Annual Intl. Emmy Awards that are scheduled for November 19 event in Gotham.

The International Interactive Emmy Awards at MIPTV 2006 is the first Emmy® Awards ceremony ever organized outside of the United States. The fest honoring television programming will be held at the Hilton Hotel and French thesp Carole Bouquet will present org’s Directorate award to TF1 Group chairman Patrick Le Lay. Other presenters include Lorraine Bracco, Sam Waterston, Alan Cumming, Gloria Reuben, Rob Morrow and Eric Bogosian.

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Warner Bros Pictures ‘Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince’ has been amidst numerous speculations in regards to the cast of the movie. Finally these have been put to rest by the President of production Jeff Robinov when he officially announced the cast for the project.

All the lead actors will make their return to this sixth installment of the magical fantasy franchise. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson will come back to office so to speak. The three playing the roles of Harry, Ron and Hermione respectively have evolved over the years and shouldered the main characters with prime supremacy. The same will be definitely expected out of them in this installment.

After 2003, its again time for Hulk to come up with some self created notions. Just like any other super hero this famous character is again going to make a wide appearance on the big screen. What makes Hulk so special is that unlike Batman or Iron Man, it is entirely a computer generated entity. Hulk is a unique superhero who is not an ordinary human as he turns himself into a giant. With the same zeal, the new Hulk directed by Louis Leterrier, is coming up with the tag of Incredible Hulk in June 13. As against clunky visual effects of 2003, this film is coming up with the motion-capture special effect to give more visual astonishments to the spectators. In this new version of this super hero movie, the effects are so polished that we can even see the wrinkles as the normal human being turns into a devastating character.