September 28, 2007–Juan Antonio Bayona's supernatural thriller “The Orphanage” is Spain's candidate for the best foreign-language Oscar.

September 28, 2007–Italy has chosen Giuseppe Tornatore's white slavery noir “The Unknown.” Los Angeles-based Outsider Pictures has acquired North American rights to the Medusa-produced thriller, which dominated David di Donatello prizes (Italian Oscar)this year. “The Unknown” stars Russian Xenia Rappoport as a secretive Eastern European prostitute-turned-cleaning lady, haunted by her pimp.

September 28, 2007–Today is the deadline for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' foreign-language entries.

XXY, the first film of novelist and screenwriter Lucia Puenzo, is Argentina’s candidate for the foreign-language film Oscar nomination and the Spanish Goya Awards.

September 24, 2007?¢¬Ä¬ìThe Screen Actors Guild (SAG) announced that Charles Durning, the quintessential character actor and highly decorated World War II veteran, will receive the Guild?¢¬Ä¬ôs most prestigious tribute?¢¬Ä¬îthe Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. Durning will be presented the Award, given annually to an actor who fosters the ?¢¬Ä¬úfinest ideals of the acting profession,?¢¬Ä at the ?¢¬Ä¬ú14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards,?¢¬Ä which premieres live on TNT and TBS Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT.