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Alice in Wonderland Breaks Box Office Records |
Alice in Wonderland's broken a box office record in North America.
The film, which features Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter, raked in nearly 77 million pounds in its first weekend - the highest ever for a 3D movie.
It beat the previous record held by Avatar.
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Baneham Wins Big at Oscars |
Students and staff at Ballyfermot college in Dublin are celebrating today after former animation student Richie Baneham's Oscar win.
The Dubliner scooped the gold statue for his visual effects work on Avatar.
The Hurt Locker beat Avatar to win the Best Picture Oscar - one of SIX prizes it won in LA overnight.
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Oscar Victory for Bullock, Bridges & Bigalow |
It was a night of big wins for Iraq war movie the Hurt Locker.
It scooped all the big prizes including best picture and best director for Kathryn Bigalow - the first time a woman has ever taken the accolade.
Sandra Bullock finally tasted Oscar glory - after a diverse career.
The 45-year-old won Best Actress for her role in The Blind Side.
Whilst actor Jeff Bridges scooped the Best actor prize for Crazy Heart.
But of all the Irish entrants this year, there was only success for Dubliner Richard Baneham.
His Visual Effects work on Avatar impressed the Oscars jury - one of the few awards the film managed to take away.
He says the award proves hard work pays off.
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If you needed another reason to love cult film and tv producer JJ Abrams - well now he's turned 'ambassador' to Ireland.
The producer of the new Star Trek Movie and creator of TV series Lost - is a regular visitor and is married to Irish-American Katie McGrath.
At Thursday's US-Ireland Alliance pre-Oscars party - he urged those in the 400 strong audience to pay us a visit - saying, "If you haven't been to Ireland - please God, go!".
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Bullock Collects Razzie Ahead of Oscars |
Sandra Bullock may be favourite to win the Oscar for Best Actress in Hollywood later - but she's already been named the worst.
She's been presented with a Golden Raspberry Award for "All About Steve".
The awards for the worst films of the year have been held the night before the Oscars since 1980.
It's rare the stars collect their Razzies in person - but Sandra Bullock took it all in good grace.
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