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Stars show off old-fashioned fashions
Times Staff WriterIt's hard not to catch a fame buzz when Hollywood's elite stars do their best to create head-turning glamour, even if it's a sometimes old-fashioned version dished out years ago during Hollywood's golden age. It still wears well. The evidence? Look no...Tags: Benjamin Bratt, Michael Kors, Julia Roberts, Michelle Yeoh, Kate Hudson
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The Contender
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday October 13, 2000 An unlikely combination of "West Wing" and the National Enquirer, "The Contender" is the type of trashy but watchable political melodrama we don't get much of anymore. Ripped from today's headlines with a veneer of...Tags: Christian Slater, Gary Oldman, Arthur Miller, Sex, Movies
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On street, O'Malley respected for efforts
Sun StaffAs a metal fan whirred on the broken linoleum floor of the Yellow Bowl restaurant, Youman Fullard inspected the steaming tubs of candied yams, collard greens and pigs' feet before digging into a dish he relishes even more: Baltimore politics. Fullard,...Tags: Television, Restaurants, Arts, Martin O'Malley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Twice as nice
Here are some of the winners and losers from Tuesday's Academy Awards nominations: Winner: Steven Soderbergh, the double-threat director of "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic." Not even Francis Ford Coppola snagged two best director nominations when he...Tags: The Godfather (movie), Steven Soderbergh, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Labor Day
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'Gladiator' battles its way to 12 nominations
Director Ridley Scott's lavish Roman Empire epic "Gladiator" moved to the front of the pack in the race for the best picture Oscar after receiving 12 of the Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday in Beverly Hills to lead this year's band of movie...Tags: Ellen Burstyn, Frances McDormand, Stephen Daldry, Javier Bardem, Marquis de Sade
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Pruning season in Oscar field
With the Academy Award nominations a week away Oscar handicapping is in full throttle, and based on the decisions of the various critical organizations and guilds, certain patterns have emerged, narrowing the contest in several key categories. As...Tags: Ellen Burstyn, Unions, Frances McDormand, Career and Workplace, Marquis de Sade
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Get into Oscar shape
This is it, the stretch run, the gallop to the finish line. After months of hype, handicapping and 157 (or so) movie awards shows, the Oscar marathon is finally reaching its end. Can you stand the suspense? Have you made your predictions? Are you...Tags: Frank Capra Jr., Ellen Burstyn, Javier Bardem, Stephen Daldry, Cinema Industry
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Last year's big winners
Best Picture "Gladiator" - WINNER "Chocolat" "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" "Erin Brockovich" "Traffic" Best Director Steven Soderbergh, "Traffic" - WINNER Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Stephen Daldry, "Billy Elliot" Steven Soderbergh,...Tags: Sting, Peter Riegert, Frances McDormand, Stephen Daldry, Bob Dylan
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Red, white and hues redux
It's hard not to catch a fame buzz when Hollywood's elite stars do their best to create head-turning glamour, even if it's a sometimes old-fashioned version dished out years ago during Hollywood's golden age. It still wears well. The evidence? Look no...Tags: Benjamin Bratt, Michael Kors, University of Southern California, Michelle Yeoh, Julia Roberts
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Our new theater critic reflects on an art that fulfills and confounds
actors are the opposite of people. Both critics and human beings, however, tend to be electricity junkies. Everybody's after that zap of pleasure emitted by a great live performance. The second the lightning strikes, you know you're lucky you came to...Tags: Comedy (genre), Nathan Lane, William Faulkner, Ingmar Bergman, Lena Olin
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New theater critic reflects on an art that fulfills and confounds
Tribune theater criticI am lucky, and I know it. Covering theater in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Diego and Los Angeles, I've seen shows in traditional venues that left me amazed. And I've seen amazing work miles from an officially sanctioned theater district....Tags: Nathan Lane, William Faulkner, Celebrities, Michael Phillips, Dog (animal)
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Top winners from 1996
denotes winner Performance by an actor in a leading role Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire " Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient" Woody Harrelson in "The People vs. Larry Flynt" Geoffrey Rush in "Shine" Billy Bob Thornton in "Sling Blade" Performance by an...Tags: Ralph Fiennes, Barbara Hershey, Brenda Blethyn, Diane Keaton, Frances McDormand
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