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After Mel Gibson performed Oscar-winning role in film about medieval Scotland, he is looking forward to another historical epic about Vikings.

Mel Gibson, who returns to work after playing role in the action-thriller “Edge of Darkness,” said he dreamed to make  a picture about the Norse warriors, when he was a child.

“The very first idea that I ever had about making a haze, my first thought ever about being a filmmaker was when I was 16-time-old, and I sought to make a Viking movie,” Gibson said to reporters.

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Many authors dream their book becomes a film blockbuster.  But writer Walter Kirn is pleasing the pessimistic aspect of fellow Minnesota script writer Garrison Keillor as he watches the picture side of his book, “Up in the Air,” climb to serious and box task success.

“I’m a Minnesotan,” Kirn tells to reporters. “We fancy too big, we’re going to be humbled.”

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The collapse-era tale “Up in the Air” led Golden Globe skin contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among the best drama and acting honors for George Clooney, Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.

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The 67th yearly Golden Globe nominations for best performance by an actor in a supporting function in a movement picture have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif. by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

The organize’s five nominees announced Tuesday morning included: Penelope Cruz (”Nine”), Vera Farmiga (”Up in the Air”), Anna Kendrick (”Up in the Air”), Mo’Nique (”Precious”) and Julianne Moore (”A Single Man“).

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The new movie by Roman Polanski, presently under house arrest in Switzerland, will get its world opening and be in competition at the Berlin layer festival in February, organisers said Tuesday.

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Futuristic epic “Avatar” and downsizing drama “Up In the Air” led the take as nominees for the 67th Golden Globes were unveiled on Tuesday, signaling the gain of Hollywood’s awards term.

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“It’s Complicated” is a comedy about middle-aged sex, but with more rom-com urges than absurd ones. It’s from writer-chief Nancy Meyers, who has found a comfort zone in gentle, even tepid comedies about elder adults facing complications that re-lead their lives into pleasantly unexpected emotional channels. “Complicated” forges upfront with these themes. Because no one moreover in Hollywood seemingly makes movies for internal-aged moviegoers, especially women, Meyers inevitably scores box-agency successes, and this one should kiln ahead in that spot, too. Universal releases the skin Christmas Day.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 15 films vying for best visual effects consideration at the Oscars.

Blockbusters such as “Avatar,” “2012″ and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” will compete with minor films such as “Where the Wild Things Are,” “District 9″ and “Coraline.”

The other semifinalists are: “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” “G-Force,” “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” “Sherlock Holmes,” “Star Trek,” “Terminator Salvation” and “Watchmen.”

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Two-time Tony Award-engaging actor Donna Murphy has tied the cast of the new Disney excited musical “Rapunzel.”

Murphy (Passion, The King and I) will voice the character of Mother Gothel, the witch who holds Rapunzel intent in a doorless tower. Mandy Moore has signed to voice the long-tressed deed task with Zachary Levi as her prince.

Academy Awarded-engaging composer Alan Menken will score the Grimm brothers fairytale for Disney. Byron Howard and Nathan Greno will target. “Rapunzel” will be a 3D mark free during the 2010 festival period.

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Sandra Bullock’s newest film was a surprise for industry.

She stars in the football-inspired drama “The Blind Side” that has become the underdog hit of the season with a $20.4 million weekend and a box-position victory over “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

The Warner Bros. Sports tale had been contender-up for the previous two weekends to Summit Entertainment’s tick romance “New Moon,” which chop to back place with $15.7 million.

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