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For most of its existence, the Internet Movie Database's Top 250 movies of all time list has been led by Frank Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption." In this age of online polling, when bots are used to inflate the scores of comic book movies, there is something reassuring about a 142-minute movie about friendship and hope outranking the likes of "The Dark Knight" and "The Avengers." Based on the Stephen King novella from the anthology "Different Seasons," the film boasts a unique, yet confident rhythm that pins the viewer to their seat even if it's their fifth or sixth time through. It certainly helps that people know there's a happy ending coming, but that's still a long haul for a movie set almost entirely in a prison.

The memory of arriving at that perfect runtime proved valuable to Darabont when he found himself struggling with the pace of his third King adaptation,...

Jon Stewart apologizes for being “flip” by telling CNN he didn’t vote “The Daily Show” host told Christiane Amanpour he didn’t vote. But on his show, Stewart clarified: “To set the record straight, I did vote today,” adding "I was being flip, and it kind of took off. And you know what, I want to apologize because I shouldn’t have been flip about that." Clay Aiken’s Congressional bid to become an Esquire network docuseries Cameras followed the former “American Idol” runner-up for a four-hour docuseries that will air next year. Neil Patrick Harris: “My variety show will absolutely be crafted by union writers” Responding to concerns that his NBC variety show may be affected by striking writers, Harris tweeted: "I’ve been assured by ITV that it will be a WGA show. Period.” Click Read Full Post For More Watch “Alex from Target’s” visit...

We have early information on a signing event for The Walking Dead Season 2 Blu-ray/DVD release, along with confirmation that Robert Kirkman will be appearing at the New York Comic Con.

On August 28th, Dark Delicacies will present a signing event for The Walking Dead Season 2 Blu-ray/DVD. Guests confirmed include David Boyd (director), Emma Bell (Amy), Evan Reilly (writer), Hunter Via (editor), Nathan Gunn (editor), Jute Ramsay (editor), and Bear McCreary (composer).

For more information and guest updates, visit: http://www.darkdel.com/

The New York Comic Con is another big genre convention that will take place this October. While we expect many of the cast and crew members from The Walking Dead Season 3 to attend, Robert Kirkman has been officially announced as one of the show’s guests.

Specifically, it is said that he will be appearing at the event to promote “the forthcoming 100th issue of his...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) announces the winners of the 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards highlighting excellence in film and television editing. "The Descendants" took home the drama award, "The Artist" won the musical/comedy award, "Rango" was awarded the animated category, and "Freedom Riders" received the documentary award.

Here's the complete list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)

Winners And Nominees Of The 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

*** (Winner) The Descendants

Kevin Tent, A.C.E.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.

Hugo

Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

Moneyball

Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E.

War Horse

Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

*** (Winner) The Artist...

Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, The Artist The Artist, The Descendants: Cinema Editors Winners Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) * The Descendants Kevin Tent, A.C.E. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter, A.C.E. Hugo Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E. Moneyball Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. War Horse Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical) * The Artist Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids William Kerr & Michael L. Sale Midnight in Paris Alisa Lepselter My Week with Marilyn Adam Recht Young Adult Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E. Best Edited Animated Feature Film The Adventures of Tintin Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Puss in Boots Eric Dapkewicz * Rango Craig Wood, A.C.E. Best Edited Half-hour Series For Television Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Mister Softee” Roger Nygard * Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Palestinian Chicken” Steven Rasch, A.C.E. Modern Family...

The nominations for the 62nd Ace Eddie Awards were announced today recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. The Artist and The Descendants were still going strong after their respective wins last night at the Golden Globes Awards. The Eddie Awards will be presented at the Beverly Hilton Saturday, February 18, 2012. The ceremony will be hosted by actor/comedian Patton Oswalt. Later this month Ace will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.

Nominees For 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

The Descendants - Kevin Tent, A.C.E.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter, A.C.E.

Hugo - Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E.

Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E.

War Horse - Michael Kahn, A.C.E.

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):...

Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan in Steven Spielberg's War Horse Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) The Descendants Kevin Tent, A.C.E. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter, A.C.E. Hugo Thelma Schoonmaker, A.C.E. Moneyball Christopher Tellefsen, A.C.E. War Horse Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical) The Artist Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids William Kerr & Michael L. Sale Midnight in Paris Alisa Lepselter My Week with Marilyn Adam Recht Young Adult Dana E. Glauberman, A.C.E. Best Edited Animated Feature Film The Adventures of Tintin Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Puss in Boots Eric Dapkewicz Rango Craig Wood, A.C.E. Best Edited Half-hour Series For Television Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Mister Softee” Roger Nygard Curb Your Enthusiasm: “Palestinian Chicken” Steven Rasch, A.C.E. Modern Family: “Express Christmas” Steven Rasch,...

Each year American Cinema Editors [1] (Ace) recognizes the best editing of the year in narrative film, documentary and television through the Eddie Awards. The nominations for achievement in 2011 have been released [2]. They include a couple of expected films such as Hugo and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and feature a couple other inclusions that might count as surprises to some. The full list is below. This list comes from the Ace press release about this year's Eddies. In this case, I like that there are feature film categories for dramatic and comedy/musical efforts; not that editing one or the other is more difficult, but editing is such a core component of comedy and musical films, and one that so often goes unheralded and even unexamined, that it deserves a moment in the sun. Looking at the documentary selections, I was at first disappointed not to see Senna included,...

By Sean O’Connell

hollywoodnews.com: The American Cinema Editors announced their nominations for the 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards Monday morning, recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries.

Like the Golden Globes, the editors divide their films between “Dramatic” and “Comedic” categories, so its tough to peg how (or if) they play into the five Oscar nomination slots. At the very least, you can guess that the Academy’s five nominees will come from the five features listed below.

Winners will be revealed during Ace’s 62nd annual black-tie awards ceremony on Saturday, February 18, 2012 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. As previously announced, the ceremony will be hosted by actor/comedian Patton Oswalt. Later this month Ace will announce the Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year honoree and two Career Achievement honorees.

Here are the nominees for 62nd Annual Ace Eddie Awards:...

The Walking Dead, Season 2, Episode 3: “Save the Last One”

Written by Scott M. Gimple

Directed by Phil Abraham

Airs Sundays at 9pm Et on AMC

Simon Howell:

Did the crew of The Walking Dead wise up and hire someone from the Breaking Bad editing team? That’s the question I couldn’t stop kicking around when the delightfully macabre “Save the Last One” opened with a puzzling scene of Shane shaving and scowling – a scene that, like many of Breaking Bad‘s cold opens, only revealed its true meaning later. The structural and editing tricks the show experimented with this week – via editor Hunter M. Via, who’s actually a Walking Dead veteran – were a welcome change-up from the show’s usual, doggedly linear approach. This is what a little flair can do. (Also, the post-credits sequence in the school with overlaid voiceover? Very striking.)

First, the bad news,...

The Big News: Final Raw show before Night of Champions saw Cm Punk blast Triple H with a microphone following a heated verbal confrontation. Meanwhile Mark Henry gave Randy Orton another beat-down and John Cena teamed up with home nation legend Bret Hart to take down Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez in tag team action.

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Alberto Del Rio was in the ring to start the show. He said that he could handle boos but he couldn’t tolerate being disrespected by John Cena who had made fun of him and taken him down with an Attitude Adjustment the previous week. Del Rio said that this treatment was not deserving of a man who had sidelined Rey Mysterio, forced Edge into retirement and defeated Cm Punk at SummerSlam. He then labelled himself as “the greatest of the greatest” only to be interrupted by WWE hall...

AMC seems to realize how much horror fans really love "The Walking Dead" and continues pumping out supplemental materials to help fill the long months between the end of Season 1 and the start of Season 2 in October. On tap for today is another Q&A - this time with editor Hunter Via.

"The Walking Dead" editor discusses his work on the Pilot episode, which took home the 2011 Ace Eddie award for Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television, and explains how to make exploding zombie heads emotional.

Q: Congratulations on winning the Ace Eddie award.

A: Thank you! I get an award for going to work to play with zombies, so...

Q: What in your mind makes the Pilot an award-winner?

A: I think there's a confidence in the filmmaking that assumes our audience is going to be intelligent. This episode -- as well as the overall series in general...

The American Cinema Editors (Ace) just held their annual awards ceremony. Michael Kahn received the lifetime achievement award presented by Steven Spielberg. As with most lifetime achievement awards, the audience wash shown a highlight reel of the master editor’s many credits.

Kahn has collaborated with Spielberg on many films which are a huge part of the reel, but there are a handful of other major films represented as well. The full list of Ace winners is after the video. Check out the video and share your thoughts on your favorite moments!

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

The Social Network

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

Alice in Wonderland

Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Toy Story 3

Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.

Best Edited Half-hour Series For Television:

Modern Family: “Family Portrait”

Jonathan Schwartz...

Over the weekend the American Cinema Editors (Ace) held their annual awards, where The Social Network, Alice in Wonderland and Toy Story 3 took honors for feature editing in the dramatic, comedy/musical and animated categories. But the highlight of the night may have been the lifetime achievement award given to Michael Kahn, presented by Steven Spielberg. That award was accompanied by a reel highlighting the master editor's many credits, and in the spirit of celebrating someone who has been an invaluable but often invisible contributor to many of the films we love, we present the highlight reel after the break. Mr. Kahn's long collaboration with Steven Spielberg dominates this reel, but there are a handful of other major films represented here, too. The fact that one man has been instrumental to so many major films of the last forty years is simply staggering. (With respect to that collaboration with Steven Spielberg,...

"The Social Network" editors, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter, won the Ace Eddie Award for Best Edited Dramatic Feature at the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards. The David Fincher film beat "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "Inception," and "The King's Speech." We'll see if "The Social Network" will beat those movies (except for "Inception" which was not nominated in favor of "127 Hours") at the upcoming 83rd Academy Awards.

In the feature category for Musical or Comedy, Chris Lebenzon of "Alice in Wonderland" took home the trophy, winning over "Easy A," "The Kids Are All Right," "Made in Dagenham," and "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."

In the Best Edited Animated Featuer Film category, surprise, surprise, "Toy Story 3" won over "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Despicable Me."

Tom Fulford & Chris King of "Exit Through the Gift Shop" won for Best Edited Documentary beating "Inside Job" and "Waiting for Superman."

The 61st Annual...

The American Cinema Editors handed out their “Eddie Awards” and with no surprise The Social Network was named the best edited feature-length drama. Alice in Wonderland won in the comedy/musical category, Toy Story 3 in the animated category and finally Exit Through the Gift Shop won in the documentary category. Modern Family, The Walking Dead, Treme, and Temple Grandin were awarded as the best edited programs on television last year.

The Cinema Audio Society gave their top film award to True Grit while Boardwalk Empire came out the big winner in television.

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

The Social Network

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical):

Alice in Wonderland

Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Best Edited Animated Feature Film:

Toy Story 3

Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.

Best Edited Documentary:

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Tom Fulford & Chris King...

HollywoodNews.com: “The Social Network,” (edited by Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter) and “Alice in Wonderland” (edited by Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Feature Film (Drama) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) respectively at the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards tonight where trophies were handed out in nine (9) categories of film, television and documentaries. The black-tie ceremony was held in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with over 1,000 in attendance to celebrate the year’s best editing. “Toy Story 3” (edited by Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E.) won Best Edited Animated Feature Film and “Exit Through the Gift Shop” (edited by Tom Fulford & Chris King) won Best Edited Documentary. Television winners included “Modern Family: Family Portrait”

(edited by Jonathan Schwartz) for Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television, “The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye” (edited by Hunter Via) for...

Jesse Eisenberg in David Fincher's The Social Network Ace Award Winners; Christopher Nolan, Michael Kahn Receive Special Awards Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) The Social Network Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical) Alice in Wonderland Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E. Best Edited Animated Feature Film Toy Story 3 Ken Schretzmann & Lee Unkrich, A.C.E. Best Edited Documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop Tom Fulford & Chris King Best Edited Miniseries Or Motion Picture For Television Temple Grandin Leo Trombetta, A.C.E. Best Edited Half-hour Series For Television Modern Family: “Family Portrait” Jonathan Schwartz Best Edited One-hour Series For Commercial Television The Walking Dead: “Days Gone Bye” Hunter Via Best Edited One-hour Series For Non-commercial Television Treme: “Do You Know What it Means” Kate Sanford, A.C.E. & Alexander Hall Best Edited Reality Series If You Really Knew Me: “Colusa High” Rob Goubeaux,...

American Cinema Editors (Ace) tonight announced the winners for the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners were revealed during Ace’s 61st annual black-tie awards ceremony in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Christopher Nolan received the Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, while Career Achievement honors were bestowed on veteran film editors Michael Brown, A.C.E. and Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Director Joe Sargeant presented to Brown, with Steven Spielberg presenting to Kahn. The Ace Eddie Awards is considered an integral precursor to the Oscars; no film has won Best Picture at the Oscars without also having received at least a Best Editing nomination since Ordinary People in 1981. Since the Ace membership boasts a very high crossover within its membership of Academy members, it is considered a very accurate bellweather for the...

The American Cinema Editors announced their nominees for the 61st Annual Ace Eddie Awards today. The awards ceremony will be held Feb. 19. Among the nominated films are Black Swan, The King’s Speech, Inception, The Social Network, The Kids Are All Right, How To Train Your Dragon, and Toy Story 3. The nominees are:

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

Black Swan — Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.

The Fighter — Pamela Martin

Inception — Lee Smith, A.C.E.

The King’s Speech — Tariq Anwar

The Social Network — Angus Wall, A.C.E., & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical...

hollywoodnews.com: The American Cinema Editors announced the nominees for the 61st annualL Ace Eddie awards. They recognize the best editing of the year.

Ace, the American Cinema Editors, is an honorary society of motion picture editors founded in 1950. Film editors are voted into membership on the basis of their professional achievements, their dedication to the education of others and their commitment to the craft of editing.

Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic):

Black Swan

Andrew Weisblum, A.C.E.

The Fighter

Pamela Martin

Inception

Lee Smith, A.C.E.

The King’s Speech

Tariq Anwar

The Social Network

Angus Wall, A.C.E. & Kirk Baxter

Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy Or Musical):

Alice in Wonderland

Chris Lebenzon, A.C.E.

Easy A

Susan Littenberg

The Kids Are All Right

Jeffrey M. Werner

Made In Dagenham

Michael Parker

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss

Best Edited...