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NEWS ABOUT: No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

 Hopeless Is Hot in Hollywood 

Movies and viewers love to get miserable

Nov 30, 08 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Bleak is the new chic in Tinseltown, writes Dan Zak in the Washington Post. Cloverfield's crowd-trampling monster, the psycho serial killer of No Country for Old Men, and the twisted oil entrepreneur of There Will Be Blood (need we mention the Dark Knight?) highlight the "raw misery of the... More »

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Hollywood • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • There Will Be Blood • Cloverfield • the Joker • movies • films

 Jones Sues
 for $10M in
 No Country Pay

Paramount hasn't coughed up promised bonuses, he argues

Sep 7, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Tommy Lee Jones has sued the producers of Oscar Award-winning No Country for Old Men for $10 million he claims is owed him. The suit charges Paramount Pictures failed to pay Jones a promised chunk of "significant box-office bonuses" and other compensation linked to the success of the... More »

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film • Paramount Pictures • Tommy Lee Jones • Paramount • Coen brothers • No Country for Old Men • movies

Non-Mainstream Seduced Oscar

Non-Americans are dominating as increasing revenue comes from overseas

Feb 25, 08 7:35 AM CST
(Newser) - For a Hollywood award, Oscar wasn't too fond of Tinseltown last night. The Academy Awards were dominated by a crew of crack European actors—and a pair of maverick brothers, Joel and Ethan Coen, operating far from the Hollywood mainstream. It was a record year for the number of Oscars... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • Coen brothers • Joel Coen • Ethan Coen • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • Joel and Ethan Coen • There Will Be Blood • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis • Tilda Swinton • Bardem • Oscars

Movie Lovers Get the Point
at Box Office

Political thriller opens
in first on slow
Oscar weekend

Feb 24, 08 7:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Vantage Point took top spot at this weekend's box office by nearly doubling the yield of number-two pic Jumper, Variety reports. The Dennis Quaid political thriller banked $24 million to Jumper''s $12.7 million and number-three The Spiderwick Chronicles' $12.6 million, both in their second... More »

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Hollywood • No Country for Old Men • There Will Be Blood • Vantage Point • Be Kind Rewind • Fool's Gold • Witless • Jumper • Spiderwick • Definitely, Maybe • movies • Oscars

OPINION

Oscars Pose
a Threat to
Good Movies

Small, 'self-involved' clique hands out the awards: NYT critic

Feb 23, 08 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar night may seem like fun, but it has quietly turned the US market for serious films into a “brutal blood sport,” critic AO Scott writes in the New York Times. The highly commercial fare of January through August is followed by an “avalanche of art”... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Michael Clayton • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Atonement • There Will Be Blood • Oscars

Brit Honors to Day-Lewis, Atonement & Coen Brothers

Step closer to Oscar at BAFTA

Feb 11, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - In what many see as a prologue to the Oscars, Atonement was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards yesterday, and Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award for his power performance in There Will Be Blood, reports Variety. In a surprise win French... More »

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BAFTA • No Country for Old Men • Javier Bardem • Juno • Atonement • Joel and Ethan Coen • There Will Be Blood • Marion Cotillard • British Academy of Film and Television Arts • Daniel Day-Lewis • La Vie En Rose • movies

Top Breakthrough Roles of 2007

Here's a look at actors who came of age this year

Feb 10, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Before No Country for Old Men, Josh Brolin couldn’t get a job. “My most famous role was in The Goonies,” he reflects. Now, scripts are pouring in. Brolin is one of the New York Times’ 15 “breakout” performers of the year. Many, though not all, are... More »

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Academy Awards • list • Paul Dano • Superbad • Michael Cera • Lust, Caution • Casey Affleck • No Country for Old Men • Josh Brolin • Jennifer Jason Leigh • Juno • Atonement • Across the Universe • actor • Marion Cotillard • Julie Christie • Seth Rogen • Knocked Up • The Assassination of Jesse James • Hal Holbrook • James McAvoy • Sienna Miller • Margot at the Wedding • La Vie en Rose • Away From Her

Treasure Shines Again

National Treasure: Book of Secrets keeps top spot as Alvin out-sings Legend

Dec 30, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets shone in the top spot again this weekend as filmgoers kept flocking to the movies, Variety reports. Alvin and the Chipmunks crooned its way into second, humbling I Am Legend, as Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War claimed fourth over Juno, an offbeat dramedy that nabbed... More »

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Morgan Freeman • film • movie review • box office • Mike Nichols • Jack Nicholson • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Charlie Wilson's War • There Will Be Blood • Nicolas Cage • Persepolis • Paul Thomas Anderson • The Bucket List • I Am Legend • Alvin and the Chipmunks • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • movies

Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods

Charlie Wilson's War follows with 5

Dec 13, 07 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - The WWII-era romance Atonement leads today's Golden Globe nominations with seven, including best drama, best actor, and best actress. Also among the seven drama contenders—there are typically five—are There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men, The Great Debaters, American Gangster, Michael Clayton, and Eastern ... More »

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Hairspray • Cate Blanchett • I'm Not There • Philip Seymour Hoffman • American Gangster • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Atonement • Golden Globes • Joel and Ethan Coen • Charlie Wilson's War • Elizabeth: The Golden Age • The Savages • Sweeney Todd • Across the Universe • There Will Be Blood • The Great Debaters

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