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Oscars have always welcomed the world
Gold DerbyThis year's Oscars numbered only one foreign-born winner -- Austria's Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds") -- among the four acting champs. However, that does not mean the Oscars are guilty of any homegrown bias. After all, six of the 20 acting... -
So what did we learn from this year's Oscars?
Gold DerbyOur forums moderator Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch asked this post-Oscars question in our message boards, eliciting comments below. Let's start with one of the lessons that Darrin says he learned from this derby season. See more reax in this forum thread.... -
Christopher Nolan takes flight with Superman: 'We have a fantastic story' [UPDATED]
The Hero ComplexThe "Dark Knight" director speaks for the first time about his Superman plans -- and about the third Batman film's villain. "It won't be," he says with a wink, "Mr. Freeze."... -
Can 'Avatar' crush 'Twilight: New Moon' at the MTV Movie Awards?
Gold DerbyOur forum posters don't believe recent Oscar champ "The Hurt Locker" will even be nominated for best picture at the MTV Movie Awards. As they post their predictions in our message boards, our posters agree that front-runners for nominations are "Avatar,"... -
How Ann Magnuson gott her dammerung on (and became a Wagner groupie)
Brand XLike many opera illiterates, I used to associate Richard Wagnerâs âGotterdammerungâ with one thing: Nazis. Those ominous strings, the rumbling timpani, the heroic heralding horns; they could mean only one thing ... more Hitler footage on t... -
'House M.D.': Don't forget to demonize two demon eyes
Show TrackerKnights! Witches! Swords! Kings! For a moment, I thought that "House" had been preempted in favor of a Heath Ledger movie. Monday's episode, "Knight Fall," started off looking like a period piece until the king whipped out his iPhone to...... -
Bear-y gay
RICHARD A. KAYE is an associate professor of English at Hunter College in New York.At a conference of literary scholars in December, a friend was interviewing a candidate for an academic position. After answering the usual questions about proposed courses, teaching loads and scholarly interests, the candidate volunteered, "Oh, by...Tags: Sleep Apnea, University of Minnesota, Jake Gyllenhaal, William Faulkner, Entertainment
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Ledger's death is a shock to Hollywood, fans
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe death of 28-year-old Heath Ledger, hailed as one of the great hopes among his generation of actors, was a brutal shock for Hollywood on Tuesday and grimly ended any hope that the day would be a simple celebration of this year's Oscar nominations. ---...Tags: Australia (movie), Movies, Cinema Industry, Comedy (genre), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (movie)
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Aaron Eckhart: Not just another pretty face in 'The Dark Knight'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE trailers for "The Dark Knight" have shown quite a bit of Heath Ledger's scabbier, surlier reinvention of the Joker (think of Malcolm McDowell's thug from "A Clockwork Orange" but with kelp-colored hair, scars and a hyena laugh), but the producers have...Tags: Crimes, Film Festivals, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, The Dark Knight (movie)
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Christopher Nolan's 'Knight' vision
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BRITISH filmmaker Christopher Nolan has the mien of a passionate literature professor (passionate, that is, in the British sense of the term) and, last December, he spoke about the young actor Heath Ledger as if he were the most fascinating manuscript...Tags: Don Siegel, Martin Scorsese, George Clooney, Movies, Cinema Industry
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Crew member killed on set of new Batman film
A special effects technician has been killed in a crash during production of the latest Batman film, Warner Bros. said Tuesday. Christian Bale plays Batman in "The Dark Knight." The studio said the man, who was not identified, died when a truck carrying...Tags: Christian Bale, The Dark Knight (movie), London (England), Christopher Nolan, Death
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A selected Heath Ledger filmography
A selected Heath Ledger filmography
Over a wildly eclectic 15-year movie career, Heath Ledger rose from relative obscurity in Australia to become one of the finest actors of his generation. Disappearing into many of his roles -- he could do glamorous,...Tags: Australia (movie), Movies, Film Festivals, The Dark Knight (movie), Celebrities
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Feb 4, 2007
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