Michael Fassbender wins at Empire Awards 2014

RTE TEN
March 31, 2014



Michael Fassbender was honoured at last night's (March 30) Empire Awards for his performance in 12 Years a Slave.

The actor picked up the Best Supporting Actor gong, beating competition from Daniel Brühl (Rush), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Richard Armitage (The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor: The Dark World).

Meanwhile, the Best Supporting Actress award went to Sally Hawkins for Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine.

Dublin actor Aidan Turner took home the Best Male Newcomer award for his role in The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, with Australian actress Margot Robbie being honoured with the Best Female Newcomer gong for The Wolf of Wall Street.

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Oscar 2014 Best Supporting Actor Nominations Predictions: Michael Fassbender, Jared Leto, Tom Hanks, Bradley Cooper Lead Crowded Field

LATINOS POST
By Francisco Salazar | First Posted: Nov 14, 2013 12:19 AM EST



The Best Supporting Actor category continues to be an enigma as the category amasses more potential nominees.

Michael Fassbender is still seemingly leading the Best Supporting Actor race for his work on "12 Years A Slave." The actor is one of the most respected performers working in Hollywood and after the Academy ignored his acclaimed performance in "Shame" it is almost impossible to believe that Fassbender will not be nominated. Additionally, he has the advantage considering the film is the front-runner to win Best Picture.

Jared Leto continues to get buzz for his role in "Dallas Buyers Club." Leto is unrecognizable in his performance and the fact that he lost weight for the role could be helpful in claiming an Academy Award. While he may not win, Leto is a lock for a nomination.

The rest of the candidates are still only possibilities and long-shots. Among them are Barkhad Abdi ("Captain Phillips"), Chris Cooper ("August: Osage County") and Tom Hanks ("Saving Mr. Banks"). Abdi is a newcomer and that alone can hurt his chances, while Cooper's role is not receiving much buzz from pundits. Meanwhile, Hanks is in "Captain Phillips" as well, and the Academy may want to nominate another actor instead of giving Hanks two nominations.


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New Poster For THE FIFTH ESTATE Features Benedict Cumberbatch And Daniel Brühl

WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS
Posted by Michelle McCue
August 19th, 2013 at 1:58 pm

The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?”

A dramatic thriller based on real events, THE FIFTH ESTATE reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.

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