60th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles

Director of the movie "There Will Be Blood" Paul Thomas Anderson attends the 60th annual Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on January 26, 2008.(UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)

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Shearer to be host of BAFTA event in LA

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Comedian and actor Harry Shearer has agreed to preside over the British Academy of Film and Television/Los Angeles Britannia Awards, Variety.com said.

London critics honor 'Blood' stars

LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis earned best director and best actor nods respectively at the London Critics Circle Awards for "There Will Be Blood."

Stars planning to attend Oscars lunch

BEVERLY HILLS , Calif., Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Oscar nominees George Clooney, Viggo Mortensen, Julie Christie, Laura Linney and Ellen Page are set to attend an upcoming Hollywood luncheon in their honor.

Day-Lewis plays oil tycoon in 'Blood'

NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- British actor Daniel Day-Lewis said he signed on to play a U.S. oil tycoon in "There Will Be Blood" because the character's life is so different from his own.

'Juno,' 'Clayton' earn Oscar nods

BEVERLY HILLS , Calif., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- "Juno," "No Country for Old Men" and "Michael Clayton" each earned numerous Oscar nods as nominations were announced in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday.

WGA, West spikes its awards show

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The Hollywood writers' strike has claimed another casualty, with the Writers Guild of America, West saying it will spike its awards show if the strike persists.

Coens, Penn, Gilroy grab DGA nods

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Paul Thomas Anderson, Ethan and Joel Coen, Tony Gilroy, Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel have been nominated for the Directors Guild of America award.

'Blood' takes national critics prize

NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The National Society of Film Critics Saturday named "There Will Be Blood" best picture of 2007 in ceremonies in New York.

Anderson dedicates new film to Altman

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. director Paul Thomas Anderson said he dedicated his new movie to Robert Altman because the late filmmaker was a friend and one of his biggest influences.

Berlin film fest to show 'Blood,' 'SOP'

BERLIN, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The drama "There Will Be Blood" and "SOP," a documentary about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will screen at the upcoming Berlin International Film Festival.