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First-hand report from the test screening of Appaloosa
Source: Thanks to Liz at Viggo-Works who attended the first screening in California last night


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Viggo Mortensen, Academy Award Nominee

First, more from Viggo:

From: Associated Press

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"It‘s kind of odd to finally win the lottery and there‘s nobody at the ticket booth," said first-time nominee Viggo Mortensen, who earned a best-actor slot for the crime tale "Eastern Promises."

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CONGRATULATIONS VIGGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIGGO MORTENSEN - GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINEE FOR BEST ACTOR!

EASTERN PROMISES - GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINEE FOR BEST PICTURE!

HOWARD SHORE - GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINEE FOR ORIGINAL SCORE!

Read the entire article at variety.com.
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The Satellite nominations..... These are nominations by the International Press Academy, which contains former members of the Hollywood Foreign Press. See last year's nominees and winners here.

The 12th annual ceremony will be held Dec. 16 in Century City, with awards going out in 49 categories.

ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
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Dennis Hopper on Viggo Mortensen

"Viggo is so minimal and so stoic. His performance in 'Eastern Promises' is one of the best I've seen all year. Viggo is such an inventive actor; he is wonderfully intuitive, and he has great improvisational skills. He does great preparation. I understand he watched Russian TV for hours. He just looks Russian in ' ( Read more... )

HE WON!!!

hollywoodreporter.com/

Quote:Out of 'Control' comes five BIFA nods
LONDON -- Anton Corbijn's "Control" was the big winner at Wednesday night's British Independent Film Awards, walking off with best movie, director and a pair of actor awards.

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