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21 February, 2006 By Tammie Rosen Source: news.bbc.co.uk Country music star Dolly Parton is to perform at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles next month. The 60-year-old singer will sing her Academy Award nominated song Travellin’ Through, from the film Transamerica. Kathleen “Bird” York is also due to perform her shortlisted song In The Deep, […]

31 January, 2006 Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are: “Travelin’ Thru” from TRANSAMERICA, Music and Lyric by Dolly Parton has been nominated for Alongside “In the Deep” from CRASH “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from HUSTLE & FLOW

13 February, 2006 By Adam Dawtrey Source: Variety.com Fred Schepisi is set to direct his long-mooted Vietnam War drama “Last Man” this summer, with ContentFilm handling worldwide sales. The £20 million project is based on the true story of five soldiers from Australia’s Special Air Service operating behind the lines in Vietnam. The story is […]

31 January, 2006 Best Actress Nominees for 78th Academy Awards are: Judi Dench, MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS, Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA, Keira Knightley, PRIDE & PREJUDICE, Charlize Theron, NORTH COUNTRY, Reese Witherspoon, WALK THE LINE

31 January, 2006 Brokeback Mountain is leading the field with eight nominations at the 78th Academy Awards, including best film. Ang Lee won a best director nomination for the cowboy romance – building on his Golden Globe success, while its star Heath Ledger is up for best actor. Fellow best film nominees are Good Night, […]

17 January, 2006 By Staff Reporter Source: bbc.com …Felicity Huffman, best known for Desperate Housewives, won best dramatic film actress for Transamerica. Huffman, who plays a transsexual, said she saluted “the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are”. The Globes are seen […]

24 January, 2006 By Jenn Kuzmyk Source: C21media.net Launching a new Canadian-produced scripted comedy here in Vegas, Greg Phillips of ContentFilm-owned Fireworks International said the company is back on track and aims to secure distribution rights to new programming worldwide. Last April, UK-based ContentFilm acquired international rights to the Fireworks library, effectively transferring the company, […]

A Content Film Intl. presentation of a RubberTreePlant production. Produced by Julia Chasman. Executive producers, Edward R. Pressman, Alessandro Camon. Co-producer, Alexandra Ferguson. Directed, written by Jeremy Brock. With: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Michelle Duncan, Jim Norton, Tamsin Egerton.

22 March, 2006 Please find a selection of quotes from reviews of THANK YOU FOR SMOKING in the US media. What some monthly magazines have to say: ROLLING STONE – NY “This stinging satire is easily the best and wickedest comedy of the new year.” Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE PREMIERE – NY “…Aaron Eckhart at […]