Archives for October 2010

NAOMI WATTS, SAM WORTHINGTON and CLIVE OWEN are leading this year’s (10) nominations list for the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Awards.

Watts’ role in Mother and Child has landed her a place on the shortlist for the International Award For Best Actress along with Toni Collette, Edge of Darkness’ Bojana Novakovic and Alice In Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska.

Worthington is competing for the International Award for Best Male for his role in blockbuster Avatar, going up against Simon Baker, Ryan Kwanten and Kodi Smit-MCPhee.

Other stars nominated for prizes at the upcoming ceremony include Clive Owen, who is up for the AFI Award For Best Lead Actor for his role in The Boys Are Back, alongside contenders Ben Mendelsohn, James Frecheville and Brendan Cowell. [Read more…] about Watts And Owen Lead Afi Awards Nominations

The star quotient at the 10-day Abu Dhabi Film Festival, which kicks off tomorrow, just got a much-needed boost with Clive Owen scheduled to walk the red carpet tomorrow for Opening Night.

Joining him will be Oscar-winner Adrien Brody, who will also be in attendance on day two for the world premiere of his film, “Wrecked”.

Other confirmed celebrity includes French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was confirmed by the festival’s executive director, Peter Scarlet.

An inside source also confirmed with Emirates 247.com that “Slumdog Millionaire” star Frieda Pinto will also be in Abu Dhabi next Thursday for the screening of her film, Miral, at Emirates Palace. [Read more…] about Clive Owen, Freida Pinto confirmed for Abu Dhabi

When not playing assassins and brooding conspiratorialists, Clive Owen has adopted a side gig as the sappy, maudlin, emotional train wreck guy. As in 2004’s Closer and 2006’s Children of Men, Owen’s work in director Scott Hicks’ adaptation of Simon Carr’s similarly titled novel is a case study in the overuse of an intrinsically interesting actor’s ability to stare meaningfully into the camera for hours on end.

In The Boys Are Back, Owen plays a recently widowed single father of two who is navigating the reefs and shoals of parenthood with the help of his dearly departed lover’s ghost. If it sounds soapy, that’s because it is. Hicks relies far too heavily on Owen’s cache, and the resulting histrionics are tedious in the extreme. [Read more…] about Clive Owen does empathetic, again

Golden Globe winning English actor Clive Owen feels performance is all about concentration.

‘Acting is about concentration. You know what is required and you know what you want from the scene. So you have to concentrate very hard to deliver,’ said Owen, who came dressed in an off white suit for the media interaction at the ongoing Abu Dhabi film festival.

‘During my first film I was so excited that I was running around, talking to everyone. When it was time to give the shot, I was exhausted,’ he added on a humorous note.

‘Acting is about discipline of concentration that you are ready for it. Before the shooting for my film, I keep very quiet. I turn away from everybody,’ said the 46-year-old.

More than any other filmmaking process, he enjoys acting. [Read more…] about Acting is about concentration: Clive Owen