The British Independent Film Awards

Academics hope emphasis on survivors' testimonies will change the way in which war history is studied ...

• Holocaust
• Steven Spielberg
• Second world war
• University of London
• Higher education

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With female scriptwriters behind some of the biggest movies, from Juno to Kung Fu Panda II, it seems the sexism barrier has been lifted. But has it? ...

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• Women

Paul Harris
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Pamela McClintock
The Lionsgate and Lakeshore Entertainment action-comedy starring the actress scored No. 2 spot on Friday with $4 million-plus.

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While Philip Blake, aka The Governor, is a major player in The Walking Dead comic book series, fans will have to wait until The Walking Dead Season 3 to see him take shape as a living human being. We recently caught up with Sex Machine Tom Savini, who revealed some interesting information about the casting of this important, though yet unseen, character.

Jay A. Fernandez , Daniel Miller
The indie distributor grabs the thriller directed by "Man on Wire" filmmaker James Marsh.

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Elizabeth Snead
The Oscar-nominated star of "Moneyball" used social media to announce "A Night To Make It Right" fundraiser in New Orleans, featuring Pitt, Ellen DeGeneres, Rihanna, Sheryl Crow, Seal, Blake Lively, Sean Penn.

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Daniel Miller, Jay A. Fernandez
The two films will split a $20,000 prize from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, which also awarded a Commissioning Grant to "Flood" and a Lab Fellowship to "Operator."

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Jonathan Handel
If AFTRA’s board also approves – which is a virtual certainty – ballots will go out to members by the end of February and be due back a month later.

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Michael Mackey
The actor, who's filming "Only God Forgives" in Thailand, tells THR he's "been dreaming about making a film in Bangkok."

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Borys Kit
The actor joins an all-star cast that includes Jack Black, Elizabeth Banks, and Steve Carell for the film about the fight between a director and a blogger.

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Borys Kit
The actress joins Jack Black, Nicolas Cage and Kevin Kline in the musical satire about Hollywood.

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Justin Lowe
The director behind the lucrative "Dogtown and Z Boys" revisits skateboarding to similar success.

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Marvel Studios announced today that they will be sponsoring a Global Twitter Chat on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 11 a.m. (PST) with cast members and the director of their highly anticipated action-adventure Marvel's the Avengers, opening in theaters on May 4, 2012. The 30-minute live tweeting event features writer/director Joss Whedon and cast members Tom Hiddleston and Clark Gregg.

Lauren Schutte
"The Dark Knight Rises" put on a musical performance while at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Daniel Miller
Glen Lajeski, a former executive vice president at Walt Disney Studios, alleges his contract was breached when his contract was terminated in June.

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Gregg Kilday
In determining who can accept the award if the movie wins best picture, the producers branch has approved four of the other producers who worked on the film.

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FX has released a new promo for the animated series Unsupervised, which airs Episode 1.03: Field of Dreams... and Dogs Thursday, February 2 at 10:30 PM ET. Click on the video player below for an early ...

Sophie A. Schillaci
The actors spoke with THR about building their characters for the Summit crime thriller, and why Banks coined the phrase: "TGFEB."

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Borys Kit
The movie is written and directed by AFFRM founder Ava DuVernay.

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