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Danica Patrick takes 6th in first ARCA race
IndySportsNationBobby Gerhart's record-setting sixth victory at Daytona International Speedway was overshadowed by the successful stock car debut of IndyCar star Danica Patrick, who finished sixth Saturday in the crash-filled ARCA race. Patrick spent much of the race...Tags: Mark Thompson, Vehicles, NASCAR, Auto Racing, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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Double duty
Times Staff WriterStars and filmmakers could be competing against themselves this year. Who's grittier, Leonardo DiCaprio as a rugged mercenary chasing the "Blood Diamond" or DiCaprio as a gangland infiltrator stalking Jack Nicholson in "The Departed"? Which director...Tags: Cate Blanchett, Jamie Foxx, Entertainment, Michael Caine, Will Ferrell
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Category chaos at the Oscars
"Lead or supporting? What do you think?"
That's the most urgent question buzzing through panicked Oscarland right now as actors try to determine their best campaign strategy.
Make a mistake and declare yourself in the lead race -- when you should really...Tags: Brad Pitt, Michael Sheen, Entertainment, Meryl Streep, Superman (fictional character)
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The ring of truth
Times Staff WriterIt's not unusual for documentaries to dominate a festival. And this year's Los Angeles Film Festival is no exception, with a strong group of nonfiction works largely connected by a search for justice and redemption. Below are 10 recommended films from...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Peter Lorre, Family, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Movie review: 'Seabiscuit'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic4 stars (out of 4) "Seabiscuit" is a grand ride. Sleek, beautiful and packed with emotion, not too flashy but full of heart, this is a movie worthy of its unlikely yet glorious subject: Depression-era America's best-loved racehorse and the two races that...Tags: Tobey Maguire, Horse and Harness Racing, Arts and Culture, Literature, Ken Burns
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5 films that are classic British murder mysteries
1. THE LODGER (Alfred Hitchcock; 1926) 4 stars Hitchcock's first thriller and the film that established him: A moody silent melodrama based on Marie Belloc Lowndes' tale of a mysterious lodger in fear-crazed London, who may be a modern Jack the Ripper....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Tyrone Power Sr., Sean Connery, Martin Balsam, Albert Finney
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5 films that are classic comedy mysteries
1. SHERLOCK, JR. (Buster Keaton; 1924) 4 stars The surreal Keaton short feature, packed with ingenious gags, in which he plays a movie projectionist and amateur private detective who falls asleep and dreams himself into the movie he's showing: a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Buster Keaton, Peter Lorre, Tyrone Power Sr., Paul Lukas
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Supporting or lead role? It's anyone's call
Special to the TimesWhen "Traffic's" Benicio Del Toro beat out Russell Crowe and Tom Hanks for the Screen Actors Guild best-actor award earlier this month, there was a good deal of head scratching. Not that he didn't deserve the award, but if the Academy of Motion Picture...Tags: Tom Cruise, Ellen Burstyn, Steven Soderbergh, Anthony Hopkins, Albert Finney
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Top winners from 1944
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Charles Boyer as Gregory Anton in GASLIGHT MGM Bing Crosby as Father O'Malley in GOING MY WAY Paramount Barry Fitzgerald as Father Fitzgibbon in GOING MY WAY Paramount Cary Grant as Ernie Mott...Tags: Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Bing Crosby, Woodrow Wilson
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August
FOR THE TIMESFriday April 19, 1996 "Uncle Vanya"--cranky, melancholy and definitively fin de siecle--is in fashion as another century wheezes to a close, partly because crankiness and melancholy are in the air. "Vanya" has also proved flexible enough to permit...Tags: PG Rated Movies, John Barrymore, Family, Health, Anthony Hopkins
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