Slumdog Millionaire

  • Living La Vida ‘Slumdog’

    Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail is 10, and Rubina Ali is 9. They played the young versions of Salim and Latika in the Oscar winning “Slumdog Millionaire.” They were flown out to Hollywood for the Oscars, and treated like VIPs on the red carpet. But their celebrity status disappeared as soon as the kids were back in…

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    Suzette Valle

  • Tyler Perry in B.O. Upset; JoBros Disappoint

    The Jonas Brothers were meant to burn up the box office for Disney this weekend. A traditional approach may have cost the studio.

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    Lauren Horwitch

  • “Slumming” Oscar’s After-Parties

    Guzzle a Slumdog or Wrestler vodka cocktail, rock with Prince or Sir Elton, dance with Madonna …

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    Jenny Sundel

  • New, Improved Oscarcast: Appalling, Thank You

    Shockingly bad production numbers, a glad-handing host, parodies that were outright offensive … and three and a half hours to boot

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    Charles Taylor

  • Backstage at the Oscars (a guest-blog)

    Judging by the reactions in the Oscar press room, the new and improved telecast was falling flat. Broadcast on eight flat-screen televisions in the room packed with 300 journalists, the telecast only elicited a handful of laughs from the distracted crowd. Hugh Jackman got a few chuckles for his robotic "Reader" dance, as did Whoopi…

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    Amy Kaufman

  • About That Fake Oscar List? What If It’s Right?

      What is hilarious about a list of “Oscar winners” circulating for the last couple of days around the Internet is how obviously a fraud it is. As most everyone in Hollywood know, the winners are tallied by PriceWaterhouseCooper up to just before the ceremony. It’s not as if some committee at the Academy of…

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  • Dawn Hudson … Grilled!

    Ahead of Saturday’s Spirit Awards, the executive director of Film Independent tells why “Milk” has it but “Slumdog” doesn’t.

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    Sharon Waxman

  • Hollywood Preps for the Oscars

    The word from Mumbai! Soirees meet hard times! The web beating the telecast! Inside secrets of a luxe hotel — watch the slide show!

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    Wrap Staff

  • Indians Talk Oscar and ‘Slumdog’

    On the streets of Mumbai, what some real folks think about the hit movie’s chances and and credibility — and what they’d rather see win.

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    Nandini Lakshman

  • ‘Slumdog’ Shut-Out as BAFTA, WGA add to winning streak

    Danny Boyle’s Indian romance added more trophies today to its growing treasure chest with a whopping seven Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs.

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    Lauren Horwitch

  • ‘Milk,’ ‘Slumdog’ nab top WGA honors

    ‘Milk’ wins Original Screenplay award; ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ takes Adapted award.

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    Wrap Staff

  • Lay off ‘Slumdog’!

    As an ex-reporter and current day producer, the so-called "controversy" over "Slumdog  Millionaire" offends me on so many levels I'm not quite sure where to begin. Some people claim the movie exploits the abject poverty omnipresent in Mumbai. I wonder if these same critics would have attacked the movie "The Grapes of Wrath" as exploiting…

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    David T. Friendly

  • Danny Boyle takes DGA Award

    At the Directors Guild Awards on Saturday night, “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle took top prize

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  • ‘Slumdog’ Untouchable in India? Fox Says Box Office Doesn’t Lie

    Some Indians say “Millionaire” is a Westernized depiction of poverty that won’t resonate.

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    Amy Kaufman

  • Box Office: Tubby Guy Holds His Ground

    Thursday’s Academy Award nominations lifted “Slumdog Millionaire” this weekend; the film racked up $10.6 million in ticket sales as it moved into an additional 829 theaters.

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    Amy Kaufman