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Hollywood love fest honours unreleased films

By: Staff Writer

Posted: 10/24/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 0

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Hollywood warmed up for its awards season with a love fest that recognized top actors and directors for films that haven't been released yet.

Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, director David O. Russell and writer-director Quentin Tarantino were among the honorees Monday at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards, which bills itself as "the official launch of awards season." The event recognizes films that are likely positioned as awards contenders, such as Tarantino's anticipated Django Unchained.

In accepting his award for screenwriter of the year, Tarantino remarked that it was strange to get an award for a film he's still working on, but added that he could use it as ammunition to defend long dialogue scenes during the editing process.

"I'll be able to say, hey, you want to take a line out of my award-winning screenplay?" he joked.

Seth Rogen presented the comedy award to writer-director Judd Apatow, whose film This Is 40 opens during the holiday season.

"Perhaps the most amazing thing about this awards show tonight is that none of these movies have come out yet," Rogen said. "I haven't even heard of some of these movies yet. That's how far out they are.

"It's nice because it kind of feels like these are the new Golden Globes," Rogen continued. "No one knows what it is. Who voted for this?"

Festival founders say the awards are based on "bodies of work and/or a film or films released during the calendar year."

De Niro, Cooper and Russell were honoured for Silver Linings Playbook, set for release later this year.

-- The Associated Press

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 24, 2012 D2

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