The Palm Springs International Film Festival announced today that The Social Network will receive the 2011 Ensemble Performance Award at the Awards Gala on Jan. 8. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said, “Every so often, a movie comes along with performances that set the standard for a generation of actors. The Social Network combines a theme [...]

Best Ensemble “Black Swan” “The Fighter” “The Kids Are All Right” “The King’s Speech” “The Social Network” Best Actor Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”) Robert Duvall (“Get Low ”) Jesse Eisenberg (“The Social Network”) Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) James Franco (“127 Hours”) Best Actress Annette Bening (“The Kids Are All Right”) Nicole Kidman (“Rabbit Hole”) [...]

Best Picture, Drama: Black Swan The Fighter Inception The King’s Speech The Social Network Best Actor, Drama: Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network Colin Firth, The King’s Speech James Franco, 127 Hours Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter Best Director: David Fincher, The Social Network Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech [...]

Congratulations to the cast and crew! “The Social Network” has been named the Best Picture of 2010 by the National Board of Review, which also honored that film’s star Jesse Eisenberg, director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. The wins for Fincher’s Facebook drama came as something of a surprise from a generally conservative group [...]