Frances McDormand
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
06/22/1957
Illinois |
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Chicago Critics Name Film Picks
August 16, 2001 10:13am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Jan. 22, 2001 -- The Golden Globes may be over, but the Windy City critics are just starting. The Chicago Film Critics Association has rolled out the nominees for its annual awards, and topping its list is the rock flick "Almost Famous," which took a field-best eight nominations, including best picture, best director and best screenplay for writer-helmer Cameron Crowe, best supporting actor (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) and two best supporting actress nods (for both newly crowned Golden G
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'Whole Nine Yards' Continues to Score
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2000 -- Warner Bros.' "The Whole Nine Yards" easily held on to first place despite tracking studies that had projected Dimension Films' opening of "Reindeer Games" would be the weekend's big winner. "Reindeer Games " Although the tracking data had pointed to an opening of $10 million to $12 million for "Reindeer," no film managed to crack double digits last weekend. "Reindeer" wound up an embarrassed No. 3 for the weekend with a red face and nose. The weekend's
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'Parents' Hold onto Top Spot
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTHoldover hits prevailed this weekend as moviegoers showed little enthusiasm for new arrivals. Universal's PG-13-rated comedy "Meet the Parents" held on to first place in its second weekend with a still engaging estimated $21.35 million (-25%) at 2,615 theaters (+1 theater; $8,165 per theater). Its cume is approximately $59.4 million. "Parents'" international release is through DreamWorks Pictures, which co-financed the film and will share equally in its success. "Parents" had the highest per-the
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'Schindler's List' Tops the List
July 31, 2001 7:53am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2000 -- There's nothing flippant about the Top 10 films of the 1990s. At least according to the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The group released its picks for the ultimate best-of list Monday -- and, boy, did its members like dramas with would-be stirring emotional content and longer-than-usual running times. Claiming the title of best film of the decade was Steven Spielberg's appropriately sober (and lengthy) "Schindler's List." The mogul's "Saving Private Ry
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'Gladiator' Leads Globe Noms
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Dec. 21, 2000 -- The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards is shaping up to be one heck of a testosterone-charged run. Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" have emerged as the frontrunners in this year's race for the Globes, each receiving five nods apiece as nominations for the annual bash were announced this morning by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Beverly Hills, Calif.. Trailing closely behind are Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical rock flick "Almo
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'Gladiator' Rules With BFCA
July 23, 2001 9:52am ESTHOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19, 2000 -- "Gladiator" leads the list of nominations and winners announced by the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The Roman epic directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe made the group's Top 10 list along with, in alphabetical order, "Almost Famous," "Billy Elliot," "Cast Away," "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Erin Brockovich," "Quills," "Thirteen Days," "Traffic," "Wonder Boys" and "You Can Count on Me." Due to a tie, there are actually 11 films in BFCA's Top
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Hot Projects: De Niro Makes Magic
July 18, 2001 8:52am ESTRobert De Niro David Blaine Leonardo DiCaprio
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Cannes winners announced
June 16, 2001 7:51am ESTAs the 300 guests at the Salon des Ambassadeurs dined on a Mediterranean fish plate with assorted mushrooms, Piper-Heidsieck champagne and a Palme d'Or strawberry delight, the 54th Cannes International Film Festival handed out its top honors Sunday. Jodie Foster, who bowed out earlier this year as jury president, fulfilled her obligation as the closing ceremony's host. The awards were characterized as oddly conventional, with the 10-member jury sticking to more established filmmakers rather t
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Almost Famous Review
May 25, 2001 7:55am ESTA rock 'n' roll fantasy for '70s music fans, or anybody else who wants a good laugh.
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Cannes goes Hollywood
May 09, 2001 1:35pm ESTAs film festivals have become ubiquitous, status and distinction have become increasingly important. And no festival has the status and distinction that the Cannes International Film Festival has. Nothing can beat the mix of midwinter sun, Cannes cachet, bonhomie, expensive sunglasses and the eclectic smorgasbord of big-bucks productions and auteur-driven independents. The 54th edition of the film festival, which began Wednesday, doesn't disappoint. The festival's festivities will kick
