The HBO original series, Boardwalk Empire, has picked up two more Golden Globe nominations.

The noms were released Thursday morning.

Again, the award-winning series was nominated in the following categories:

DRAMA SERIES

“Breaking Bad”
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Downton Abbey”
“Homeland”
“The Newsroom”

DRAMA-ACTOR

Steve Buscemi, “Boardwalk Empire”
Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad”
Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom”
Jon Hamm, “Mad Men”

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, and will air live on NBC.

The following updates have been posted on the Downbeach Film Festival Web site:

The first…
1. We have cancelled the awards reception at Showboat on Sunday night. The awards ceremony at Dante Hall will be held as scheduled at 7 p.m.

and… regarding the Revel party:

2. CREDENTIAL UPDATE: For filmmakers and VIP pass holders attending the party at Revel, you must pick up credentials and wristbands outside the Orleans Room at Showboat Friday night between 6 and 9 p.m. If you come to Revel without them, security might deny entrance. We have no room to handle credentials at Revel. Best bet? Go to Showboat and attend an evening with Robert Downey, Sr. and see Putney Swope.

and now, for the festival venues:

The 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest announces four venues for film screenings: Presenting sponsor, Dante Hall Theater, will host films Saturday and Sunday. Showboat will host the opening night film on Friday night. Carnegie Center will show films on Saturday as well, and Golden Nugget will provide a second venue for Sunday afternoon.

Regarding special Saturday screening of Boardwalk Empire:
HBO has granted permission for the Downbeach Film Festival to screen a not-yet-aired episode of season three of “Boardwalk Empire” at the 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest. The episode will air at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 13 at Dante Hall Theater, 14 N. Mississippi Avenue. Terrence Winter, series creator, head writer and producer, will moderate the program and hold a Q&A afterwards in Dante Hall Theater, 14 N. Mississippi Ave., Atlantic City. The screening will precede a filmmaking panel discussion where Winter wil lbe one of the participants.

The schedule for the 2012 Atlantic City Cinefest includes:
SCHEDULE 2012 ATLANTIC CITY CINEFEST

Friday, October 12th

Showboat Atlantic City
ORLEANS ROOM

7 p.m.     An Evening with Robert Downey Sr. – $5
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
**Putney Swope (84 mins)

**For Open-Minded Mature Audiences

(more…)

Atlantic City has some big boxing news!

WBC Lightweight World Champion Antonio DeMarco will defend his title against one of boxing’s “most electrifying young star,” Adrien “The Problem” Broner in the resort next month.

The fight, which will also feature a co-main event pitting two heavyweight world champ hopefuls —  Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell vs. Johnathon Banks — will be televised live on HBO from Atlantic City on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The fight takes place at Boardwalk Hall.

“This is the perfect doubleheader the week before the Thanksgiving holiday because I guarantee that when it’s over, you’ll be thanking these four boxers for two great fights,” says Oscar De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions.

“Broner vs. DeMarco is a great mix of styles and we’ll see how Adrien handles the move up to lightweight against a hard and accurate puncher like DeMarco. The heavyweight fight between Mitchell and Banks should produce an American heavyweight ready to fight for a world title, and I can’t wait to see who prevails.”

Click here for more boxing coverage.

Now this is pretty funny…

Rolling Stone’s Web site has an interesting interactive feature for fans of the HBO show Boardwalk Empire.

Click here for RS’s “The Worst Acts of Betrayal on ‘Boardwalk Empire.’

And believe us, there will be more to come this season.

RELATED: Boardwalk Empire Season 3 Guide with candid Terry Winter interview.

RELATED: Terry Winter to speak and show upcoming episode of Boardwalk Empire in Atlantic City on Saturday, Oct. 13.

Laciura, Kelly and deRosa in Atlantic City at Caesars

Actors Anthony Laciura (Eddie Kessler), Stephen deRosa (Eddie Cantor) and producer Gene Kelly from the HBO original series Boardwalk Empire, appeared at Caesars in Atlantic City for a Sept. 15 screening of the premiere episode of the series’ third season.

The free screening was open to the public and held inside Caesars’ Circus Maximus Theater.
AC WEEKLY CONTEST! Enter to win an HBO Select version of ‘The Complete Second Season’ of the HBO original series ‘Boardwalk Empire’ with three ways to watch — on Blu-Ray, DVD and as downloads. You could also win an official Season Three poster.

(Photo: Tom Briglia)

Boardwalk Empire’s third season kicks off Sunday, Sept. 16, on HBO and as a new trailer illustrates — Atlantic City will be bloody in 1923.  New actor to the award-winning show, set in Prohibtion era Atlantic City,  Bobby Cannavale, plays a Sicilian gangster who lives in New York and seems to have an enormous chip on his shoulder for Nucky Thompson.

Check out the trailer:

Meg Steedle

With the third season of Boardwalk Empire on the way, the award-winning cast of the HBO series, set in Prohibition era Atlantic City, continues to change.

It’s been reported that Arron Shiver and Meg Steedle have been added to the cast of the show as recurring characters.

Shiver is set to play Dean O’Banion, a character based on a real-life florist mobster from Chicago. Oh, and he also happened to be Al Capone’s nemesis. Shiver’s credits include Fright Night and The Book of Eli.

Steedle has been reportedly cast to play Billy Kent, a charming Broadway actress who outshines the star. This will be Steedle’s second television role following ABC’s Body of Proof.

Fans of the show are eagerly anticipating the twists and turns that will undoubtedly come with the already unpredictable upcoming new season set to begin this fall. — Daniel Aupperle

Related: Season Three Updates

Related: Life After Jimmy

Related: Boardwalk Empire Notes page and AC Weekly’s Boardwalk Empire Facebook Fan Club page

A few local items have been posted on HBO’s official Boardwalk Empire Web site over the past week, including a news item about last weekend’s Winter Poetry & Prose writer’s getaway, which was held at the Seaview resort and hosted by Peter Murphy (congrats!!), and featured guest speaker Nelson Johnson, the author of the book Boardwalk Empire.

AC Weekly is also highlighted on the Web site, with regard to the interview we conducted with Nelson at the seminar. Check out the screen shot below, and links to the related items.

Click here for the interview with Nelson Johnson.

Click here for AC Weekly’s Boardwalk Empire Notes page (bookmark it!)

Click here to join AC Weekly’s Boardwalk Empire fan club on Facebook.

In related news, Boardwalk Empire’s soundtrack has been nominated for a Grammy this year!

(Click here for more about the music of Boardwalk Empire, including audio)

The full first season of HBO’s original drama series, Boardwalk Empire, which aired in the fall of 2010, is now available on both DVD and Blue-ray.

The DVD set is all one could ask for, with bonus features including a doc on the making of the show and one about Atlantic City, as well as several different audio commentaries from cast and crew including Steve Buscemi and creator Terry Winter.

The Blu-ray version is also available, and Boardwalk Empire’s official site just posted this regarding reviews of the Blue-ray version.

Click here to visit the Boardwalk Empire Notes page

Click here to join the AC Weekly Boardwalk Empire Fan Club on Facebook (and you could win an official full-size poster from season two!)