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The Gold Standard: It's time for Emmy to surprise us
Backstage at the Emmys last year, reporters were squirming — and not just because of the ill-fitting rental tuxes and too-tight gowns....
2013 MTV Movie Awards: Pitch perfect? Not quite
Sam Jackson cursed. Snoop Lion shared a blunt with Ke$ha. Selena Gomez was all "hurray for...
MGM plans for a new Bond movie 'within three years'
MGM Studios plans to send James Bond on his next mission sooner than later, announcing Wednesday that it hopes to have the next...
Oscars redux: Hey, what are Tina Fey, Amy Poehler doing next year?
Beleaguered Oscar host Seth MacFarlane made no secret leading up to the show that this year's gig was a one-and-done proposition. So...
Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season
The Oscars are over. (Or is Seth MacFarlane still singing? We turned off the TV.) "Argo" has its best picture trophy. Ben Affleck made his...
A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots
On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting...
Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions 2013: Picture and director--the 'Argo' effect
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp has been sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the...
Oscar predictions 2013: Animation, documentary, foreign film
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions 2013: 'Argo' will take screenplay, film editing
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions 2013: Adele! Adele! Adele!
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions 2013: Calling the visual crafts awards
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions 2013: Sounding off on sound
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oscar predictions: We call the three shorts categories
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners...
Oregon's Laika animation batting 1.000 with academy
If you were starting an animation house with an eye toward the bottom line, you wouldn't necessarily follow the course that Oregon-based...
De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?
Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to ...
'Skyfall's' Deakins wins ASC: Will overdue Oscar come his way?
Go to Roger Deakins' IMDB page and you'll see that the celebrated...
Oscar animation race remains tightest in years
"Wreck-It Ralph's" five-trophy haul at this weekend's Annie Awards makes it a favorite of sorts in the race for the animated feature Oscar,...
DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth
Those belonging to the camps of the eight movies not titled "Argo" that are competing for this year's best picture Oscar went to bed last...
'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain on women defined by work
It didn't dawn on Jessica Chastain until after she saw "Zero Dark Thirty" that her character in the film, a driven CIA agent named Maya, had...
Santa Barbara film fest sees itself as Oscar harbinger
Daniel Day-Lewis' career was playing out before an audience of 2,000 at Santa Barbara's Arlington Theatre, but the two-time Oscar winner...
The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?
"I am 10 years older than I was a year ago." We believe that's a line Abraham Lincoln said to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of "Lincoln."...
Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]
Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it...
A text to Jessica Chastain led her to 'Zero Dark Thirty' [Video]
"If I ever ask you for anything it’s to speak with you for five minutes … just five minutes."
Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds
The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for...
The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a...
Which Oscar nominees will receive a bounce from Globes?
So it turns out that even delivering former President Bill Clinton as a Golden Globes presenter isn't enough to persuade the Hollywood...
Oscar nominations 2013: Who are the favorites to win?
"Lincoln" leads the field. Will its momentum carry through to Oscar wins? Here are the newly revised Gold Standard odds for the post-Ben...
Oscar nominations: Our final predictions
Four score and seven years ago (OK, it wasn't that long ... it just feels that way), we began trudging down the path that on...
DGA nominations: These voters did see 'Les Miz,' right?
With the Directors Guild handing a nomination to Tom Hooper for his work on "Les Miserables," a movie many have cited for its ... well ......
PGA noms give hope to 'Skyfall,' 'Moonrise,' 'Beasts,' 'Django'
Oscar nominations will be announced in eight days, and, at this point, we've put only five movies in our circle of trust for the best...
'Guardians' author William Joyce: Sean Connery inspired Santa
When children go to sleep tonight, the visions dancing in their heads will more likely be those of electronic gizmos than of sugar plums....
Oscar 8-Ball: Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Three years after "The Hurt Locker" and its director, Kathryn Bigelow, won Oscars, the hunt for Osama bin Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty"...
'Rust and Bone's' Marion Cotillard dives head-first into roles
She's described by director Jacques Audiard as "a diver," someone who "throws herself into a role head first."
Oscar 8-Ball: Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables'
Tom Hooper's adaptation of the tip-top pop opera "Les Miserables" has already racked top nominations from the Screen Actors Guild and Golden...
Oscar 8-Ball: Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
Can a movie that New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick called "basically a three-hour homage to 'Blazing Saddles'" manage to pull in a...
Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'
Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the...
Oscar 8-Ball: Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi'
Is Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" poised to become this year's "Hugo," the CG-heavy movie that scores a host of crafts nominations on its way to a...
Oscar 8-Ball: Michael Haneke's 'Amour'
The Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. named it best picture. Will academy members be in the mood for "Amour"? Time to check with the Oscar 8-...
'Bernie': Jack Black wanted real killer's blessing [Video]
After signing on to play the title character of his black comedy "Bernie," Jack Black wanted to meet the real-life Bernhardt "Bernie"...
'Bernie': Jack Black talks about the adrenaline rush [video]
Jack Black might not have starred in "Bernie" had he and filmmaker Richard Linklater and writer Mike White been able to "crack the code"...
Jack Black on making like Jim Nabors for 'Bernie'
The "Les Miserables" ensemble is currently out on the promotional circuit, making a big deal about their live, on-set singing in the movie...
Free-form additions kept 'Silver Linings' script swelling
When "Silver Linings Playbook" began filming, the script clocked in at 110 pages, which made it barely manageable for the movie's scant 33-...
'Silver Linings' ' Bradley Cooper: 'That attic became very special'
David O. Russell rewrote "Silver Linings Playbook" more than 20 times, honing the material so it would feel completely real and natural, a...
David O. Russell gets personal in 'Silver Linings' [Video]
Before "Silver Linings Playbook," filmmaker David O. Russell had written all the movies he directed. But when the late Sydney Pollack gave...
Academy announces documentary feature shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday its shortlist of 15 documentary feature finalists and, as always, the...
'Silver Linings Playbook': Bradley Cooper's good 'bad guy energy'
Before making "Silver Linings Playbook" together, writer-director David O. Russell and Bradley Cooper had planned to join forces and...
Bradley Cooper, David O. Russell talk 'Silver Linings' dance
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" seamlessly shifts between moods and tones as it tells the story of a bipolar...
Spirit Awards boost 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Silver Linings' momentum
David O. Russell's screwball comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and Wes Anderson's coming-of-age romance "Moonrise Kingdom" led the 2013...
'Les Miserables,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' enter Oscar race
With high-profile Oscar contenders "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" screening for the first time for guild and academy members this...
'Les Miz' in NYC: Plenty of weeping, no gnashing of teeth
Tom Hooper's feverishly anticipated adaptation of "Les Misérables" screened for the media, academy and guild members this afternoon...
Oscar 8-Ball: David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Academy voters don't particularly like to reward comedies, but they are nuts about movies spotlighting characters battling their not-so-...
Oscar 8-Ball: Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
Mine eyes have seen the glory. And by this point, most academy members have too. Time to check in on "Lincoln" with the Oscar 8-Ball, that...
Supporting actress Oscar race: Waiting for 'Les Miz'
Two past Oscar winners lead this year's supporting actress Oscar field, but the race remains largely unsettled thanks to the late arrival of...
Deconstructing 'Moonrise Kingdom'
By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times Director Wes Anderson pulls back the curtain on his inspiration for the film.
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