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‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’: Robert Stromberg on Raimi, Burton, Baum
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesVeteran visual effects professional and production designer Robert Stromberg has made a career out of conjuring new worlds for filmmakers ...... -
Senate approves limits on the filibuster rule to speed debate
WASHINGTON – The Senate approved rules changes Thursday that will limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate Majority Leader Harry...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Politics, Tom Udall, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Filibuster agreement expected for vote late Thursday
WASHINGTON -- Senate leaders reached a tentative agreement Thursday for rules changes that would limit the use of the filibuster as a weapon in the partisan obstruction that has ground action in the chamber to a near standstill. The deal, between Senate...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Politics, Tom Udall, Elections, U.S. Senate
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Oscar nominations 2013: 'Lincoln' leads field; surprises, snubs seen
Only in Hollywood could a tiny, low-budget tale of a little girl named Hushpuppy who lives in the bayou take on a historical epic by master filmmaker Steven Spielberg about the 16th president’s struggle to end slavery and the Civil War. But...
Tags: Ceremonies, Movies, Sally Field, Arts and Culture, Emma Stone
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Best movies of 2012: 'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' 'Dark Knight Rises,' more
If the movies are a feast or famine business — and they are — we are in the heart of the feast at the moment. Both the studios and the smaller distributors, having hidden away their strongest films like squirrels hoarding especially tasty...
Tags: Movies, Music Industry, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment, Les Miserables (musical)
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Ring in the new year with classic comedies
The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre has the perfect antidote for holiday blues -- a series of classic comedies from the golden age of Hollywood. "Screwball Comedy Classics for the 2013 New Year" serves up 1947's "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer"...
Tags: Sidney Sheldon, Movies, Arts and Culture, Jean Arthur, Leo McCarey
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The age of epics: Kenneth Turan's DVD picks of the week
With home entertainment systems featuring screens as big as the Ritz, it’s a good time to look at some recent DVD and Blu-ray releases of celebrated epics from the recent past. At the top of everyone’s list of intelligent epics is David...Tags: Ceremonies, David Lean, Isabelle Huppert, Lawrence of Arabia (movie), Culture
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Top TV of 2012: Poehler's Leslie Knope shines on 'Parks and Rec'
Amy Poehler has been a comedian of note for some time now — it's already 11 years since she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (and three and change since she left it), and before that there was "The Upright Citizens Brigade" on Comedy Central...
Tags: Upright Citizens Brigade, Political Animals (tv program), Christopher Guest, Current TV (tv network), Joe Biden
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Composer Danny Elfman's year: 6 film scores, 6 different styles
Composer Danny Elfman was deep into completing his work on David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" when the director called an audible. Perhaps, the musician remembers Russell telling him, there should be no original music. Elfman said he tried...
Tags: Comedy (genre), Movies, Billy Wilder, The Beatles (music group), Music Industry
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Joe Wright, Keira Knightley a fearless team on 'Anna Karenina'
Director Joe Wright's vision for the Leo Tolstoy classic "Anna Karenina" has been called "bold," "daring" and "ambitious" — words that could also be used to describe the effect the director and his leading lady, Keira Knightley, have on each other....
Tags: Air Transportation Delays, Anna Karenina (movie), Golden Globe Awards, Movies, Atonement (movie)
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Monday's TV Highlights: 'Bad Santa' on Comedy Central
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 23 - 29 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Untold History of the United States: This episode of the docu-series looks back at the Vietnam War (8 p.m. Showtime)....
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Vatican City, Mary J. Blige, Holidays
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Holiday hits: Kenneth Turan's DVD picks of the week (and year)
If you are looking for last-minute holiday presents, there are lots of DVD choices out there to make your life easier, no matter where your interests lie. For the TV fanatic, it's hard to do better than the complete “Mission: Impossible”...
Tags: Reggie Miller, Movies, Mae West, DVDs, ESPN (tv network)
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