Winter’s Bone leads Spirit Awards noms
The rural crime thriller Winter’s Bone has earned a leading seven nominations for the Spirit Awards honouring independent film, including best picture and acting honours for Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes and Dale Dickey.
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Movies worth braving the cold to see
The moving and magnificent “Winter’s Bone,” a neo-realist look at a teen girl’s struggle to hold her family together while searching for her father amidst the meth labs and grim-faced residents of the scary Missouri Ozark backwoods, was named Best Feature at Monday night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York City, the first major awards ceremony of the season.
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Sports Shorts: Red Sox meet with Crawford
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox have reportedly met with free agent outfielder Carl Crawford.
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Accolades (Dec. 2)
Hannah Gunn of Wichita Falls graduated from the Navy’s Basic Training boot camp at the Great Lakes Navy Recruit Training Command, in North Chicago, Ill. Gunn is attending Navy A school at the Naval Airbase in Pensacola, Fla.
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