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'The Wrestler' wins at Film Independent's Spirit Awards
" The Wrestler," the poignant drama about an aging grappler who refuses to give up the ring, pinned its competition Saturday afternoon at Film Independent's Spirit Awards, winning honors for best feature, best male lead for star Mickey Rourke, and best...Tags: John Cassavetes, Entertainment, Frozen River (movie), Migration, Illegal Immigrants
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Give Exercise Hoops a Twirl
Tribune NewspapersHooping has become a giant fitness trend that Marisa Tomei used to get in shape for her role as a stripper in the Oscar-nominated film "The Wrestler." But I can tell you that it is a smile-inducing, easy-yet-challenging, sweat-drenching, skill-building...Tags: Adults, Entertainment, Wrestling, Film Festivals, Personal Service
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Oscar parties: A night of painting the town gold
Vanity Fair's annual post- Academy Awards celebration, which set up shop at West Hollywood's Sunset Tower Hotel, might have had some recession-chic touches -- reused décor from past events and comfort food like chicken pot pie -- but there was no toning...Tags: Entertainment, Elton John, Wrestling, Anne Hathaway, Amy Adams
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Tomei and Winslet: nudity = Oscar glory?
![Take 26. <b>¶</b> That's the shot that director Darren Aronofsky used of Marisa Tomei in one of "The Wrestler's" pivotal dance sequences, one in which the 44-year-old Academy Award nominee gyrates and prances, flaunts and slinks -- largely in the nude -- across a real New Jersey club called Cheeques. <b>¶</b> That combination of Aronofsky's persistence paired with the time constraints of an indie film budget didn't allow for Tomei to have much reluctance about baring all. "It was just fast and furious," she says, "and there was no room for being shy or for niceties. [The character's] comfortability has to become my comfortability. The diving in needed to happen." <b>¶</b> Tomei isn't the only Oscar nominee this year who shed her clothes for the part. Kate Winslet's haunting performance as the enigmatic Hanna Schmitz in "The Reader" involved extensive nudity, sparking one critic to fume that her nakedness trivialized the Holocaust.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-02/45131920-18152224.jpg "Take 26. <b>¶</b> That's the shot that director Darren Aronofsky used of Marisa Tomei in one of \"The Wrestler's\" pivotal dance sequences, one in which the 44-year-old Academy Award nominee gyrates and prances, flaunts and slinks -- largely in the nude -- across a real New Jersey club called Cheeques. <b>¶</b> That combination of Aronofsky's persistence paired with the time constraints of an indie film budget didn't allow for Tomei to have much reluctance about baring all. \"It was just fast and furious,\" she says, \"and there was no room for being shy or for niceties. [The character's] comfortability has to become my comfortability. The diving in needed to happen.\" <b>¶</b> Tomei isn't the only Oscar nominee this year who shed her clothes for the part. Kate Winslet's haunting performance as the enigmatic Hanna Schmitz in \"The Reader\" involved extensive nudity, sparking one critic to fume that her nakedness trivialized the Holocaust.")
Take 26. ¶ That's the shot that director Darren Aronofsky used of Marisa Tomei in one of "The Wrestler's" pivotal dance sequences, one in which the 44-year-old Academy Award nominee gyrates and prances, flaunts and slinks -- largely in the nude --...Tags: Kim Cattrall, Entertainment, Jennifer Aniston, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Wrestling
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Filmmakers dogged pursuits earn Oscar's attention
They are now the leading contenders for the top Academy Award -- and although "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" could hardly be more different in plot, style, spirit and budget, they epitomize the increasingly perilous path...Tags: Frozen River (movie), Gus van Sant, Frost Nixon (movie), The Visitor (movie), Wrestling
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Appreciating the supporting nominees
Film CriticIn looking at the Oscar category of best supporting actor and actress, I'm reminded of the sort of delicious dinner party that lingers in your memory years later. Although presumably you accept the invitation because you have some affection for the host,...Tags: Milk (movie), Entertainment, Michael Shannon, Wrestling, Amy Adams
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And the Oscar nominees are...
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a fable about a man who ages in reverse, dominated the 81st annual Academy Award nominations this morning, earning 13 nods, including best film, best actor for Brad Pitt and best director for David Fincher.
This...Tags: Minority Groups, Society, Frozen River (movie), Gus van Sant, Frost Nixon (movie)
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