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Film News: Director takes hot seat on Oct. 1 — Multihyphenate Quentin Tarantino has been chosen as this year’s “honoree” for the 2010 Friars Club Roast.

Film News: Several hot titles expected to unspool — Quentin Tarantino will head the competition jury of the Venice Film Festival, which has already secured several hot titles.

Film News: Michel Gondry, Quentin Tarantino to speak at fest — South by Southwest, the sprawling movie and music fest that takes over Austin, Texas, for one week each year, has unveiled its list of 2010 film panels and short films.

Film News: Director went to great lengths to find perfect cast — For Quentin Tarantino, getting his Nazi-bashing epic “Inglourious Basterds” set up and financed wasn’t the problem. “The movie was ridiculously easy to get going,” he admits sheepishly. The make-or-break challenge was casting.

Film News: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Education’ lead race — “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker” and “An Education” each scored eight nominations as the shortlist for this year’s BAFTA awards were announced Thursday. South Africa-set sci-fi pic “District 9″ was close behind with seven noms while Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” and George Clooney starrer “Up in the Air” both received six nominations.

Film News: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Hurt Locker,’ ‘Education’ lead race — “Avatar,” “The Hurt Locker” and “An Education” each scored eight nominations as the shortlist for this year’s BAFTA awards was announced Thursday. South Africa-set sci-fi pic “District 9″ was close behind with seven noms while Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” and George Clooney starrer “Up in the Air” both received six nominations.

Film News: Awards season enters stride with awards — What Quentin Tarantino called “the first game of the season” was played Friday night when the Broadcast Film Critics presented their Critics’ Choice Movie Awards at the Hollywood Palladium.

Film News:
by Quentin Tarantino — Jim Cramer on ‘
Inglourious Basterds’

Film News:
by Quentin Tarantino — Jim Cramer on ‘
Inglourious Basterds’

Film News: Film festival honors duo — Quentin Tarantino and Marion Cotillard have been tapped for kudos at the Palm Springs Film Festival.