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AMD announced the immediate availability of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics processor, expanding the visual boundaries of PC entertainment well beyond the 1080P High Definition (HD) threshold. The industry’s first graphics processor to break the Teraflop (one trillion floating point operations per second) barrier, the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 nearly doubles the performance of the award-winning ATI Radeon HD 3870 introduced in November 2007. 

The 55 nm process-based ATI Radeon 3870 X2 combines two ATI Radeon HD 3870s on a single graphics board, connected through integrated CrossFire technology. AMD said the ATI Radeon 3870 X2, which supports Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX 10.1 technology, delivers a new class of price and performance leadership with unbelievable enthusiast value at a suggested retail price of $449.  (source)

"10,000 B.C." From director Roland Emmerich comes a sweeping odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods, when spirits rule the land and mighty mammoths shake the earth. In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter, D’Leh (Steven Strait), has found his heart’s passion - the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle). When a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap Evolet, D’Leh is forced to lead a small group of hunters to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. Driven by destiny, the unlikely band of warriors must battle saber-tooth tigers and prehistoric predators and, at their heroic journey’s end, they uncover a Lost Civilization. Their ultimate fate lies in an empire beyond imagination, where great pyramids reach into the skies. Here they will take their stand against a powerful god who has brutally enslaved their people. Trailer | Original Context

"The Bank Job" A car dealer with a dodgy past and new family, Terry (Statham) has always avoided major-league scams. But when Martine (Burrows), a beautiful model from his old neighborhood, offers him a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London’s Baker Street, Terry recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime. Martine targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. But Terry and his crew don’t realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London’s criminal underworld, the highest echelons of the British government, and the Royal Family itself…the true story of a heist gone wrong… in all the right ways. Trailer  |  Original Context

"Semi-Pro"  Will Ferrell stars in Semi-Pro, an outrageous comedy set in 1976 against the backdrop of the maverick ABA - a fast-paced, wild and crazy basketball league that rivaled the NBA and made a name for itself with innovations like the three-point shot and slam dunk contest. Ferrell plays Jackie Moon, a one-hit wonder who used the profits from the success of his chart-topping song "Love Me Sexy" to achieve his dream of owning a basketball team. But Moon’s franchise, the Flint Michigan Tropics, is the worst team in the league and in danger of folding when the ABA announces its plans to merge with the NBA. If they want to survive, Jackie and the Tropics must now do the seemingly impossible - win. Trailer |  Original Context

"Penelope" is the story of a young woman, Penelope Wilhern (Christina Ricci), born to wealthy socialites (Richard E. Grant and Catherine O’Hara). Penelope is afflicted by a secret family curse that can only be broken when she is loved by one of her own kind. Hidden away in the family’s majestic home, she is subjected to meeting a string of blue-bloods through her parent’s futile attempt to marry her off and break the curse. Each suitor is instantly enamored with Penelope (and her sizable dowry)… until the curse is revealed. Trailer  | Original Context

Best Pictures   |  No Country for Old Men
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Root, Kelly Macdonald, Tess Harper

Best Actor:  Daniel Day-Lewis  |  There Will Be Blood
Best Actress:   Marion Cotillard  |  La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor:  Javier Bardem   |  No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress:   Tilda Swinton   |  Michael Clayton
Best Director:   Joel Coen & Ethan Coen  |   No Country for Old Men
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The Rest

Adapted Screenplay
No Country for Old Men, Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

Original Screenplay
Juno, Written by Diablo Cody

Best Animated Feature
Ratatouille

Achievement in Art Direction
Sweeney Todd

Achievement In Cinematography
There Will Be Blood

Achievement In Costume Design
Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Best Documentary Feature
Taxi to the Dark Side

Achievement In Film Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Best Foreign Language Film
The Counterfeiters - Austria

Achievement In Make-Up
La Vie en Rose

Original Score
Atonement

Original Song
Falling Slowly - Once

Achievement In Sound Editing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Achievement In Sound Mixing
The Bourne Ultimatum

Achievement In Visual Effects
The Golden Compass

Best Animated Short
Peter & the Wolf 

Best Live Action Short
Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)

Best Documentary Short
Freeheld