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NEWS ABOUT: Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton stories: 6 news summaries

 Burn Leads 
 Box Office 
 Boom 

Comedy thriller records biggest opening ever for Coen brothers

Sep 14, 08 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Coen brothers' Burn After Reading led an unexpectedly strong box office weekend by nabbing top spot with $19.4 million, Variety reports. With overall sales up 35% over this frame last year, Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys took second with $18 million, followed by Righteous Kill ($16.... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • box office • George Clooney • Tyler Perry • Coen brothers • Joel and Ethan Coen • Tilda Swinton

MOVIE REVIEW

 Coens Burn, But Not Brightly

No Country follow-up funny, but not the brothers' best

Sep 12, 08 5:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Burn After Reading is your standard Coen Brothers comedy: It’s black, clever, and zany, and David Ansen writes in Newsweek that he “enjoyed just about every heartlessly jolly minute of it.” The film is nominally a spy/thriller spoof, its sidewinder plot involving airhead gym employees... More »

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Brad Pitt • movie review • George Clooney • Coen brothers • Tilda Swinton • Burn After Reading

 Ivanka Tops Best-Dressed List 

She and Michelle Obama lead the way, but list is heavy on royalty

Jul 31, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vanity Fair’s International Best-Dressed List holds few surprises. True, it includes David Beckham while omitting his wife, Victoria, but overall the roster is rich with royals and light on poor people. The top 10:
  1. Heiress and exec Ivanka Trump
  2. Would-be American first lady Michelle Obama
  3. French first lady
... More »

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fashion • Kate Middleton • Michelle Obama • Vanity Fair • list • Michael Bloomberg • Ivanka Trump • style • Sarah Jessica Parker • Carla Bruni • Tilda Swinton • Diana Taylor • Julia Koch • Princess Mathilde • Evelyn Lauder

movie review

 Narnia Still Casts a Spell 

Return to fantasy kingdom is darker, crisper

May 16, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian returns to the fantasyland 1,300 years after The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, and all is not well in the kingdom. The "darker, more conventional, and more crisply made" follow-up features "more clashing swords than all the Robin Hood movies... More »

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movie review • fantasy • Tilda Swinton • 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

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

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