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Frank McCourt to Bud Selig: I can never thank you enough
Dodgers NowFrank McCourt should be sending thank-you notes to Commission Bud Selig for forcing him to sell the Dodgers.... -
Atlanta Thrashers' sale and move to Winnipeg approved by NHL; two rules tightened
The Fabulous ForumThe NHL's Board of Governors, meeting Tuesday in New York, approved the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd., headed by Mark Chipman and David Thomson. The board also approved the immediate move of the...... -
The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: Tina Fey, Michael Haneke, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), David O. Russell, Awards and Prizes
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Jessica Chastain -- queen of the box office
Liz Smith"LOOK, IT works best if you just make me the hero!" said the great Gary Cooper to a screenwriter struggling with his plot. This is from a wonderful book, "The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood" by David Thomson. SPEAKING OF heroic figures on film,...Tags: Rita Moreno, Renee Taylor, Georgia Engel, Television, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: Psycho (movie), Billy Wilder, Francois Truffaut, Viral Diseases and Infections, Nicholas Ray
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Steven Bach dies at 70; United Artists executive, author
As a studio executive at United Artists, Steven Bach presided over one of the most notorious debacles in movie history -- the making of 1980's "Heaven's Gate" -- an experience he would later write about in what would become a classic in the Hollywood...Tags: Raging Bull (movie), Fine Artists, Arts and Culture, Cancer, Obituaries
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