James Cameron 2010). Cameron did not receive any major mainstream filmmaking awards prior to "Titanic". For "Titanic", he won several, including Academy Awards for Best Picture (shared with Jon Landau), Best Director and Best Film Editing (shared with Conrad Buff and Richard A. Harris). Cameron is one of the few filmmakers to win three Oscars in a single evening and Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director. In recognition of "a distinguished career as a Canadian filmmaker", Carleton University, Ottawa, awarded Cameron the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts on June 13, 1998. Cameron accepted the degree
Blockbuster LLC and the UK. In 2009, Blockbuster sold off its Irish operations to Birchall Investments, with the few Xtra-vision stores in the UK being rebranded as Blockbuster. In 1998, when DVDs were emerging as the new video medium, Warner Bros. offered Antioco an exclusive rental deal. Blockbuster would have rights to rent new DVD releases for a period of time before they went on sale to the general public. The studio would receive 40% of rental revenues in return, which was the same deal already in place for VHS rentals. Blockbuster turned the offer down, and the studio responded by lowering