The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| ‘American Hustle’, ‘Gravity’ lead Oscar nominations Posted: 16 Jan 2014 06:36 AM PST Slavery drama "12 Years a Slave" received nine nominations, including in the best picture category, in a year crowded with high-quality films. Those three films will be joined by six others in the best picture competition: "Captain Phillips", "Dallas Buyers Club", "Her", "Nebraska", "Philomena", and "The Wolf of Wall Street". Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may nominate up to 10 films for best picture, but only chose nine this year. A notable exclusion was the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis", which had won some top critics' awards. The Somali piracy thriller "Captain Phillips", the AIDS activism tale "Dallas Buyers Club", and heartland comedy "Nebraska" each secured six nominations. Director Martin Scorsese's cautionary tale on financial greed, "The Wolf of Wall Street", followed with five, as did the quirky computer-age romance, "Her". Eight individuals in the acting categories are first-time nominees, including Chiwetel Ejiofor as the free man sold into slavery in "12 Years a Slave". He will compete in the best actor race with Matthew McConaughey, the Golden Globe winner last Sunday for his role as the unlikely AIDS crusader in "Dallas Buyers Club". Meryl Streep extended her lead as the most nominated performer with an 18th nomination, this year for best actress as the matriarch in "August: Osage County". She goes up against fellow Oscar winners Sandra Bullock as the astronaut lost in space in "Gravity" and Cate Blanchett as the riches-to-rags socialite in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine". The Academy will hand out the Oscars at a ceremony hosted by comedian Ellen DeGeneres in Los Angeles on March 2. - Reuters, January 16, 2014. |
| Doctor convicted in Michael Jackson death loses appeal Posted: 16 Jan 2014 01:39 AM PST The three-judge panel of California 2nd District Court of Appeal unanimously upheld Murray's 2011 conviction, ruling that there was sufficient evidence and there were no errors during his trial. Grenada-born Murray, 60, was released from a Los Angeles jail in October after serving two years. Murray's six-week trial in 2011 grabbed global attention after Jackson, preparing for a series of comeback concerts in London, died unexpectedly in 2009 at age 50 from an overdose of the surgical anesthetic, propofol. Prosecutors successfully argued at the trial that Murray, who was hired by concert promoter AEG Live as Jackson's general practitioner, was grossly negligent in administering the powerful anesthetic, which was used to help the singer sleep. Murray's attorneys presented the case that Jackson had injected himself with the powerful anesthetic. The cardiologist's current attorney handling his appeal, Valerie Wass, said she anticipated an appeal would be filed to the California Supreme Court. "I'm always of the opinion that he has a better chance in the (California) Supreme Court or federal court," Wass said. Murray, whose medical licence was either suspended or lapsed in California, Nevada, Texas and Hawaii, has said he wants to practice again, but so far his appeals have been turned down. - Reuters, January 16, 2014. |
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