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Snubbed ... Abbie Cornish, who plays Fanny Brawne in Bright Star. Abbie Cornish's hopes of an Oscar nomination suffered what could be a fatal blow with the Australian actress snubbed by another major pre-Academy Awards show.

Ben Whishaw as John Keats an Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne in Jane Campion's Bright Star.

From bricklaying to blockbusters, Australia's latest action hero, Sam Worthington, talks about how he made it big ahead of his new James Cameron movie, Avatar You used to be a bricklayer.

AUSTRALIA'S greatest hope for an Oscar nomination appears to be Abbie Cornish. If the Hunter Valley-raised 27-year-old misses out on an Oscar invitation, it could be a bleak night for Australia at Hollywood's night of nights.

It was only five years ago when the Australian Film Institute Awards reached their most sad and pathetic moment.

Abbie Cornish and Ben Foster were named the best actress and actor of 2009 by the Women Film Critics Circle in New York Wednesday.

ICA and Verve Pictures have announced the UK Blu-ray Disc release of three titles that will be available exclusively from HMV from 25th January 2010.

Reviewed by Sandra Hall December 1, 2009 BRIGHT STAR Sydney premiere IN THE early days of their relationship, the poet John Keats calls his sweetheart, Fanny Brawne, "minxtress" - a nickname stemming from the zest she displays in trading insults with Charles Brown, one of Keats's most chauvinistic friends.

Abbie Cornish , Ben Whishaw , Kerry Fox , Paul Schneider , Thomas Sangster , Edie Martin Antonia Campbell-Hughes . Date of release: 26/12/2009 Duration: 119mins Country of origin: United Kingdom Our rating: Fanny Brawne can sew and you wouldn't say she's shy when it comes to talking up her achievements either.

The movie takes place in the mid-19th century. There's something incredibly of that time about Abbie Cornish.

ABBIE CORNISH "Bright Star" No previous Oscar nom. Though she has played British and American roles of late, the thesp is Australian.

I woke up one day and there was this whole new thing I had to deal with. Grace under fire ... Abbie Cornish is now being recognised for the right reasons.

Once again, Reel Alternatives Huntsville is bringing a film that screened to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival to the Capitol Theatre.

Bright Star, review Bright Star is the best film Jane Campion, director of Oscar winner The Piano, has ever made.

Ciaran Carty meets Abbie Cornish, co-star of Jane Campion's latest film about Romantic poet John Keats Abbie Cornish Women knew their place in polite society in early 19th century England, or were supposed to.

Courtesy of The Loft Cinema Review Bright Star *** 1/2 a Rated: PG for thematic elements, some sensuality, brief language and smoking.

While doing press for Bright Star, HitFix was able to get actress Abbie Cornish to dish some dirt on the upcoming Zack Snyder film Sucker Punch , which began shooting in Vancouver last month.

Abbie Cornish and Heath Ledger spent a week befriending drug addicts. The Australian star - who starred alongside the late actor in the drug-fuelled romantic drama 'Candy' - decided the pair should take a proactive approach to the 2006 film and so spent seven days on the streets talking to heroin users.

Abbie Cornish as Fanny Brawne and Ben Whishaw as Jon Keats in Bright Star. Recommended PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Polo Park, St.

Fiona Mountford Film Reader reviews Film Clarissa Loved it. Haven't laughed so much in a long time - or been so moved! Up Music London, Bright Star is a touching tale of Keats' brief love Tragic: Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish Look here too There is a sequence in Jane Campion's fine-looking film about the poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne, the love ...