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Sooner or later someone had to dislodge American Sniper from first place, and unlikely as it may seem, the film to accomplish this feat was The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the second feature (the first one came out in 2004) based on the Nickelodeon animated television series. On its first weekend of domestic release, Spongebob ended up collecting $58 million, an amount considerably higher than what Paramount had anticipated.

Sultry actress Lizabeth Scott (1922-2015), who just died in Hollywood of heart failure, was the star of a classic film noir that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association helped the Film Noir Foundation restore in 2013. Scott was born Emma Matzo in Scranton, Pa.

This year’s awards took place on Feb. 8 at London’s Royal Opera House, with Stephen Fry hosting.

The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2014 were announced February 7, 2015 during the 67th Annual DGA Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Alejandro G.

The Marrakech International Film Festival was founded by the king of Morocco, Mohamed IV, and his brother prince Moulay Rashid, 13 years ago, and is run in cooperation with a French organization, which gives it a distinctive European feel and a French flavor. The festival began under a cloud, in December 2001, just a few months after the 9/11 attack, but it grew in scope and importance ever since.

Super Bowl weekend is traditionally a difficult one for the box office. And with a record 114.

There was no shortage of honors at the 2015 Sundance awards ceremony that closed the Park City festival with the distribution of 27 prizes in a lively affair presided over by comedienne Tig Notaro. Not that awards are really the point of the indie festival, but then again it doesn’t hurt to recognize the most noteworthy films and authors – and it was a pretty good excuse for one last mountain party.

The 65th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, given by the association of American Cinema Editors, were handed out in ten categories of film, television and documentaries took place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California. Award-winning filmmaker Frank Marshall received the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honor presented to him by Chris Pratt.

How much activity can you pack into less than two days? Just ask Jason Isaacs, a man of boundless energy. The British actor flew in from London for the premiere of Stockholm, Pennsylvania on Friday and left early Sunday morning for Croatia where he is shooting the TV series Dig.

The date for the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards has been announced as Sunday, January 10 2016. The ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and will be telecast live on NBC at 8 p.