Selma” at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sunday in New York
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lifestyle TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2014 MUSIC & MOVIES Actors, from left, David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo and Tim Roth pose with This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows, David Oyelowo, center, producer Oprah Winfrey and director Ava DuVernay at the premiere of as Martin Luther King, Jr and Carmen Ejogo, right, as Coretta Scott King in “Selma” at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Sunday in New York. — AP photos Producer Oprah Winfrey attends the premiere of “Selma”. the film, “Selma,” from Paramount Pictures and Pathe. ‘Selma’ stars on poignancy and parallels of movie t Sunday’s premiere of “Selma” in David Oyelowo, who plays King in the that she can make a difference; that it is Co-star Ruben Santiago-Hudson raised his New York, the cast acknowledged film, added “We couldn’t have predicted important to stand up and speak out hands for photographs, in reference to Aparallels between their film about what would happen in terms of what’s when there is wrong, when there is injus- the killing of Brown, an 18-year-old who the African-American civil rights movement going on, race relations-wise. We finished tice,” said Toussaint. reportedly had his hands up when he was and recent protests nationwide, calling shooting in early July and by early August “Evil only propagates when we are shot dead by a police officer in Ferguson, attention to the deaths of unarmed black Michael Brown had been murdered and silent and so you know it’s a difficult time Missouri. males at the hands of police.”You can look now we’re in the middle of the Eric Garner but our voices matter and I wanted my Tyler Perry, who is not in the movie but out your window and you can see people situation. I just think it shows. ... We do not daughter to know that her voice matters.” was there to support Winfrey, said the protesting and you can look at the film and live in a post-racial America.” He added he Others took their activism to the red car- continued turnout for the protests has it looks similar, said Oprah Winfrey, who is a hopes “Selma” shows “that this struggle pet. Actor Wendell Pierce wore a shirt that given him hope. producer on the film and has an acting role continues and we all have to participate.” said “I Can’t Breathe” for Garner, who died “Emotionally for me it just let me know as well. “People are wearing different kind And participate is what some of the actors in July at 43-years-old after being put in a that everything is gonna be OK. of clothes, it’s a different era but the same in the film have done. Actress Lorraine chokehold by a New York City police offi- Everything is gonna be OK. It’s like being issues still prevail.”“Selma,” co-written and Toussaint said she took her 10-year-old cer during an arrest for allegedly selling in a battle with a lion or tiger and then Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. directed by Ava DuVernay, is based on the daughter to march in a protest in New York loose, untaxed cigarettes. you see all this help coming your way, you attends the premiere of 1965 marches from the Alabama cities of the day before. “This is not a movie about the past,” he know, and I think that it is beyond moving “Selma”. Selma to Montgomery, led by the Rev. Dr said. “It’s a movie about a very, very acute and powerful and phenomenal.” “Selma” Martin Luther King. At the time, they were ‘I Can’t Breathe’ present because it’s all the same issues opens in limited release Dec 25 and goes Actor Tim Roth attends calling for voting rights. “I wanted to make sure that she knows that have been going on for a long time.” wide Jan 9. — AP the premiere of “Selma”. ‘Birdman,’ ‘Grand Budapest’ top Critics Choice Awards nominations ith 13 bids, “Birdman” led nomina- from “Guardians,” three films earned five tions for the Critics’ Choice Movie apiece: “Into The Woods,” “Selma,” and “The WAwards, followed by 11 for “The Theory of Everything.” Films with four bids, in Grand Budapest Hotel,” a one-two punch for addition to “Unbroken,” are “Edge of Fox Searchlight. “Boyhood” followed with Tomorrow,” “Inherent Vice,” “St Vincent” and eight. The noms for Angelina Jolie “Whiplash.” (“Unbroken”) and Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) Among the surprise omissions were mean that two of the six director contenders Steve Carell and “Foxcatcher” (which surpris- are women. Among the films earning more ingly only received two). The awards are giv- attention than in this year’s previous en out by the Broadcast Film Critics Assn., ‘Hobbit: Battle of kudos announcements: “Interstellar” (sev- which the org says consists of nearly 300 en); “Guardians of the Galaxy” (five) and reviewers from TV, radio and online. In all, 61 Five Armies’ rules “Unbroken” (four). The voting, by the films were cited at least once, in 28 cate- Broadcast Film Critics Assn, is one of the gories. The lengthy roster included mentions more reliable Oscar predictors, in terms of for films as diverse as “The Babadook,” “Lucy,” foreign box office winners. The group has matched the eventu- “The Skeleton Twins,” “Top Five” and “22 al Oscar-winning best pic in 12 of the last 15 Jump Street.” The ceremony will be held Jan he Battle of the Five Armies” was the one film to rule them years. As for nominations, the CCMA are a 15 at the Hollywood Palladium, hosted by all at the foreign box office this weekend, picking up a mas- good guide for what’s popular in awards Michael Strahan and airing live on A& E. Tsive $117.6 million. The final installment in Peter Jackson’s conversations, but several factors limit the The date once again coincides with the six-film Middle-earth series debuted in 38 foreign territories, noms’ powers as an Oscar omen. Oscar nominations announcement, which including such major markets as Japan, Russia and Mexico. It For one thing, this group cites six con- means the first televised appearance by opens in the US on Dec 17. Imax screenings accounted for $6.4 tenders in most categories, compared to five top prize, which is labeled simply best pic- Keaton are nominated three times for one some newly anointed contenders. It also million of the film’s opening. from the Academy. In addition, the CCMA ture. The overlap means some films have a film: actor, comedy actor and in the ensem- means a long day that annually inspires Among the notable territories, Germany accounted for $19.5 shot at taking two “best” prizes-and that ble category. “Gone Girl” and “The Imitation million, the United Kingdom contributed $15.2 million, France has separate categories for comedy film, muttering and clenched teeth from awards added $14.5 million, and Russia amassed $13.4 million, ranking as action film and sci-fi/horror, in addition to its individuals like Ralph Fiennes and Michael Game” each earned six nominations; aside strategists and journalists. the biggest Warner Bros. opening ever in the country. Sliding in at number two on the foreign charts, “Exodus: Gods and Kings” The complete list follows: earned $18.8 million from 6,096 screens in 27 markets. The bibli- PICTURE Selma Mr Turner - Jacqueline Durran Bill Murray - St. Vincent cal epic debuted overseas last week ahead of its Stateside release Birdman HAIR & Chris Rock - Top Five in roughly 10 markets including Mexico and Australia and has so Boyhood ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Channing Tatum - 22 Jump Street far made $50.2 million internationally. Domestically, the story of Gone Girl Birdman - Alejandro G. Inarritu, Nicolas MAKEUP Moses earned a mediocre $24.5 million in its initial weekend in The Grand Budapest Hotel Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Foxcatcher ACTRESS IN A COMEDY theaters. With a pricetag of $140 million, the film needs foreign The Imitation Game Armando Bo Guardians of the Galaxy Rose Byrne - Neighbors audiences to turn out in a big way. Nightcrawler Boyhood - Richard Linklater The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Rosario Dawson - Top Five “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1” and “Penguins of Selma The Grand Budapest Hotel - Wes Anderson, Into the Woods Melissa McCarthy - St. Vincent Madagascar” were the third and fourth highest-grossing films The Theory of Everything Hugo Guinness Maleficent Jenny Slate - Obvious Child overseas, picking up $16 million and $14.7 million, respectively. Unbroken Nightcrawler - Dan Gilroy Kristen Wiig - The Skeleton Twins The “Hunger Games” sequel has earned $611.4 million world- Whiplash Whiplash - Damien Chazelle VISUAL EFFECTS wide, while the “Madagascar”spinoff has picked up $175.5 mil- Dawn of the Planet of the Apes SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE lion. Fifth place finisher “Interstellar” blasted past $600 million DIRECTOR ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Edge of Tomorrow The Babadook globally last week. The space adventure earned $11.4 million Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn Guardians of the Galaxy Dawn of the Planet of the Apes overseas, pushing its worldwide total to $621.8 million. Chinese Ava DuVernay - Selma The Imitation Game - Graham Moore The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Interstellar David Fincher - Gone Girl Inherent Vice - Paul Thomas Anderson Interstellar audiences were a boon to “Interstellar,” delivering $122.9 million Snowpiercer Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman The Theory of Everything - Anthony Under the Skin in ticket sales. — Reuters Angelina Jolie - Unbroken McCarten ANIMATED FEATURE Richard Linklater - Boyhood Unbroken - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Big Hero 6 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Richard LaGravenese, William Nicholson The Book of Life Force Majeure Malick’s ‘Knight of Cups,’ ACTOR Wild - Nick Hornby The Boxtrolls Ida Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game How to Train Your Dragon