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NEWS ABOUT: Daniel Day-Lewis

Daniel Day-Lewis stories: 13 news summaries

What's Italian for 'Over-the-Top Method Acting'?

On film set, Day-Lewis gets into character
—and stays there

Nov 17, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel-Day Lewis is trapped in the persona of his latest character again. The Irish actor, who plays womanizing director Guido Contini in the big-screen musical Nine, has taken to conversing with colleagues and barking out orders with an Italian accent. “He’s always waving his arms and telling the... More »

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film • musical • character • Daniel Day-Lewis • Nine

Oscars:
Red Was the New Black

Some chose braver, better fashions,
fish scales included

Feb 25, 08 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Red was the bread-and-butter of last night's Oscars, on the carpet and on the stars. But those who bucked tradition shone brighter, Jezebel opines, giving props to Marion Cotillard's fish-scale gown by Gaultier, Cate Blanchett's purple Dries Van Noten, and Amy Adams' deep green Proenza Schouler. Juno scribe Diablo Cody... More »

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fashion • Academy Awards • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis • Oscars

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

UPDATED

No Country Wins Best Picture

Coen brothers flick is top Oscar winner with 4 prizes

Feb 24, 08 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood crowned the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men with four Oscars tonight, including best picture, best direction, and best adapted screenplay, the Los Angeles Times reports. Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his role as the film's ice-cold assassin. Daniel Day-Lewis scored best actor prize for There ... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • film • Javier Bardem • Diablo Cody • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis • Tilda Swinton • Oscars

10 Tips for the Stylish Gent

Designer Paul Smith dishes on T-shirts and tailor-made suits

Feb 24, 08 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Natty British designer Paul Smith outlines his do's and don'ts for the 21st-century gentlemen in a cagey Details interview. Cologne lovers, beware:
  1. T-shirts seem easy, but they're a big no-no; go with a collar.
  2. A good, bland haircut is better than a failed stylish one.
... More »

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fashion • London • men • list • clothing • manners • grooming • fashion designer • Daniel Day-Lewis • etiquette • Paul Smith • cologne • tailor-made suits

Clooney Sees No Country Sweep

The actor shares  his Oscar picks ahead of tomorrow's ceremony; tells Time he's never wrong

Feb 23, 08 7:19 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re betting on Oscar results this weekend, Time has an odd piece of advice: Listen to George Clooney. The actor says he's never been wrong about winners, the magazine reports, and he shares this year’s picks: The Coen brothers’ No Country for Old Men will... More »

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Academy Awards • George Clooney • Javier Bardem • Cormac McCarthy • Diablo Cody • Joel and Ethan Coen • Paul Thomas Anderson • Julie Christie • Daniel Day-Lewis • Robert Elswit • Amy Ryan • 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

No Country Rules SAG Awards

'Sopranos' still kills, grabs three big honors

Jan 28, 08 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - The Coen brothers' powerfully bleak No Country for Old Men captured the honor for best film and best supporting actor huzzahs for Javier Bardem at the Screen Actors Guild's awards ceremony last night. And in a surprise win, stars James Gandolfini and Edie Falco of the now-defunct HBO hit series... More »

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Hollywood • Heath Ledger • Javier Bardem • Screen Actors Guild • Daniel Day-Lewis

No Country, Blood Lead Pack

They get eight nominations each; Clayton, Atonement also score well

Jan 22, 08 8:15 AM CST
(Newser) - No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood led the way with eight Oscar nominations each today, including best picture. Fellow best-picture nominees Michael Clayton and Atonement each picked up seven nods, the AP reports. Rounding out the top-film race is quirky teen pregnancy comedy Juno. More »

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Johnny Depp • Cate Blanchett • Laura Linney • George Clooney • Viggo Mortensen • Javier Bardem • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis • Oscars

Atonement, Sweeney Win Deflated Globes

Stars don't come out
for event punctured
by writers strike

Jan 14, 08 3:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A Golden Globes ceremony scaled down by the writers strike to a press conference in a mostly empty ballroom yesterday awarded best picture honors to Atonement and Sweeney Todd, and best actor nods to Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis. None of the stars, reluctant to cross... More »

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Hollywood • Johnny Depp • Hollywood writers' strike • Golden Globes • Marion Cotillard • Julie Christie • Daniel Day-Lewis

There Will Be Blood Takes Top Honors

Grabs best picture, actor, director awards from US film critics

Jan 6, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - There Will Be Blood, a riveting movie about the greed and corruption of oil prospecting in America a century ago, captured several of the highest awards from the National Society of Film Critics yesterday. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's adaptation of a 1927 Upton Sinclair novel earned awards for best picture,... More »

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Academy Awards • awards • There Will Be Blood • Paul Thomas Anderson • National Society of Film Critics • Daniel Day-Lewis • movies • Oscars

NEW RELEASE

Blood Makes Critics Swoon

Oil film impresses with strong performances

Dec 26, 07 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - There’s no avoiding it: There Will Be Blood is another long, “indie-flavored, male-centric American art film,” says Variety’s Todd McCarthy. But the “boldly and magnificently strange” flick still has critics enthralled. Following an unsavory and maybe unhinged oil tycoon’s rise to power,... More »

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movie review • Radiohead • There Will Be Blood • Paul Thomas Anderson • Johnny Greenberg • Daniel Day-Lewis • movies

'Into the Wild' Grabs SAG Nominations

Sean Penn drama gets 4 nods from actors; Atonement gets stiffed

Dec 20, 07 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Penn’s drama Into the Wild took the lead in this year’s Screen Actors Guild nominations today, with four nods, including lead actor (Emile Hirsch), and overall acting, the Guild’s equivalent of best picture, the AP reports. Other films noted for full-cast performance were 3:... More »

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nomination • Into the Wild • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Emile Hirsch • Marion Cotillard • Daniel Day-Lewis

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