<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Movie Dramas: News &amp; Videos about Movie Dramas - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Movie_Dramas</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Movie Dramas from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:27:29 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Movie Dramas: News &amp; Videos about Movie Dramas - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Movie_Dramas</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Movie Dramas from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Globes Glitter Again After a Year Off</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/stylewatch/redcarpet/2009/article/0,,20249194_20250927,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/stylewatch/redcarpet/2009/article/0,,20249194_20250927,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez lead the all-star lineup, but John Travolta cancels as he mourns his son's death</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Golden Globes promise a party</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/golden.globe.advancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/09/golden.globe.advancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Well, at least this year there will be a show.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt Score Golden Globe Nods</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245120,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20245120,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Tom Cruise and James Franco are also in the running for their out-there comedy roles</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Golden Globe nominations full of snubs, surprises</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/11/golden.globe.nominations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/11/golden.globe.nominations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Perhaps what was most striking about Thursday's nominations for the 66th annual Golden Globes wasn't what received a nomination, but what didn't.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oscar Goes to Canada</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1838690,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Toronto International Film Festival, a feast for the true movie lover, is with us again. 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</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168763_20179263,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168763_20179263,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>George Clooney is already practicing his "it's an honor just to be nominated" speech, telling Time magazine in a new interview that he doesn't have a shot at beating out Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Daniel Day-Lewis Takes Home BAFTA Award</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168756_20177311,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168756_20177311,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Daniel Day-Lewis did more than scoop up yet another award for best actor
on Sunday night: he earned a little street cred from his kids.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Uplift at the SAG Awards</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1707372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1707372,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Unbowed by the writers' strike, the season's first big movie awards show puts Hollywood glamour on display 
</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'No Country,' 'Blood' lead Oscar nominations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/oscar.nominations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/22/oscar.nominations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon led the Oscar nominations Tuesday, with a lawyer suffering from an ethical crisis also earning a strong showing.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Viggo Mortensen Won't Cross Oscar Picket Line</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168763_20173013,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20168763_20173013,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>If Viggo Mortensen's mother saw his movie Eastern Promises, she saw her son onscreen completely naked and fighting off knives. 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Winners will be announced February 24. </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Strike tarnishes Globes' glamour</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/golden.globes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/golden.globes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>For the first several years of its existence, the Golden Globes -- like many other Hollywood awards -- were an insular affair. 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But Richard Corliss says this is 2007's  funniest smart movie
</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cate Blanchett, Into the Wild Lead SAG Nominations 
</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20167365,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20167365,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Cate Blanchett was recognized for leading- and supporting-actress performances, and Into the Wild earned four top nods as the nominations for the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>AFI Releases Annual List of Best Movies, TV Shows</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20166728,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20166728,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>American Film Institute's year-end honors have a surprise topping their annual list: Judd Apatow's Knocked Up.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: 'I Am Legend' a taut thriller</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/rev.legend/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/rev.legend/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If anyone's going to be the last man on Earth, then Will Smith seems like an ideal candidate.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Atonement' leads Golden Globe nominations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/golden.globes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/13/golden.globes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Atonement," the drama based on the Ian McEwan novel about a shattered love affair, led all films with seven nominations at Thursday's announcement for the 65th annual Golden Globes.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Will Smith Gets Lost in His Legend</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1694609,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1694609,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>I Am Legend paints an appropriately gloomy picture of postapocalyptic New York, says Richard Corliss -- but it's an odd locale for one of Hollywood's most winning actors</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Atonement, Charlie Wilson's War Top Globe Nominations</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165952,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20165952,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Trophy season kicked into high gear Thursday morning, with an impressive roster of seven movies nominated for best dramatic picture in the Golden Globes race.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Globes Atone for the Critics</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1694352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1694352,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The critics hailed films no one will see. 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