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Calamity Films, the UK producer behind Judy, for which Renée Zellweger recently won an Oscar, has named Sam Gordon as its head of development. Gordon joins from BBC Films, where he worked as a development executive on projects including recent Sundance pic Herself and the upcoming People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan…

Renée Zellweger appreciates this Judy Oscar win in a whole new way, compared to her 2004 award for Cold Mountain, she told press backstage at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Asked how much she’d changed since she won that first Oscar back in 2004, Zellweger exclaimed, “Oh my goodness. How much time do you have?” She…

Fresh off her Independent Spirit and BAFTA Awards in the past week, Renee Zellweger became a two-time Oscar winner tonight, taking home the Best Actress prize for her portrayal of Judy Garland in musical biopic Judy. Zellweger previously won in the Supporting Actress category for 2003's Cold Mountain. Her two other…

An emotional Renée Zellweger thanked her fellow actors following her SAG Awards win Sunday night for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Judy, as she dedicated her prize to the film’s subject, Judy Garland. “I’m just so grateful and for the privilege of reflecting on the life of one of our…

UPDATED with video from speech: Tonight at the Beverly Hilton, Renée Zellweger won her fourth Golden Globe, for her turn as Judy Garland in Rupert Goold’s Judy. "Well hi, everybody. It's nice to see you. You all look pretty good, 17 years later. Thank you to the HFPA for inviting me back to the family reunion…

UPDATED with additional distributors and adjustments. As blockbusters battled it out at the box office, the specialty space hit high notes with Judy, flew with The Peanut Butter Falcon, shined with Uncut Gems, gave us one helluva Farewell and took us back to Downton Abbey. Major box office strides were made in 2019…

On Judy, costume designer Jany Temime sought to capture a duality that existed within Judy Garland—the strength and raw talent of an iconic American performer, as well as the weakness that manifested toward the end of her career. "It’s not a nice, little Hollywood anecdote about Judy Garland. It's the reason she…

To riff off LL Cool J, don't call it a comeback, she’s been with us for years. After a six year break from the big screen between 2010-2016, Renée Zellweger storms back into awards season with a tour de force turn as the tormented, but resilient, Judy Garland in the third act of her career in Roadside Attractions/LD…

UPDATED with adjusted and final grosses. In a busy weekend at the box office — specialty and otherwise — Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit moved ahead of the class. Opening in New York and Los Angeles in a total of five theaters, the World War II satire earned an estimated $350,000 for the weekend, with a per-screen average…

UPDATED with additional and adjusted grosses. Everything was peachy for Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed Parasite, as it latched on to the specialty box office this weekend, dominating with an estimated gross of $376,264 and a per-screen average $125,421. That makes it the highest for 2019. It has also earned the…

Renee Zellweger, winning high critical and audience praise for her role as Judy Garland in the final months of the singer’s life in Judy, has been selected to receive the American Riviera Award from the Santa Barbara Film Festival, which takes place in January. The award tribute will take place at the Arlington…

UPDATED with adjusted and additional grosses. In its first week out, Pedro Almodovar’s Pain and Glory opened with confidence in New York and Los Angeles with $152,636. This should come as no surprise, as it is a formula for an Almodovar release that continues to work for all parties involved. The drama, which follows…