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The Oscars telecast's rocky road
Last night's Oscars were like an emotional roller-coaster at a terrible amusement park--beginning wth Seth MacFarlane's as-bad-as-feared monologue, the show rarely rose above painful and hit few peaks. Allow us to relive some of the night's best and worst...
Tags: William Shatner, Charlize Theron, Music Theater, Argo (movie), Entertainment
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Anticipating the Oscars: These might contend
My Academy Awards predictions — and honestly, why not start now, a month before the nominations are announced? — carry an odor akin to Paul Rudd's cologne in "Anchorman": 60 percent of the time, they're right every time. This week the awards...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Entertainment, Argo (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), The Master (movie)
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Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Hugh Jackman, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Music Theater, Entertainment
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Cannes Film Festival: Steven Spielberg heads jury
“We’re always sitting in personal private judgment of the films we see,” Steven Spielberg said Wednesday, in Wednesday’s Cannes Film Festival press conference introducing this year’s nine-person jury headed by Spielberg....
Tags: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (movie), Film Festivals, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, Amour (movie)
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Nate Silver: In Hollywood, 'Nobody knows anything'
Predictability and the arts-and-entertainment world have an uneasy relationship. Predictability is a given — like the mouthfeel of a Big Mac — when it comes to, say, the punch lines on "Two and a Half Men" or the beats of your average...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Twitter, Inc., Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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'Bless Me, Ultima' review: Dios mio
½* (out of four) A movie makes quite a grand promise by beginning with a voiceover proclaiming, “Why is there evil in the world? Let me start from the beginning.” I mean, sheesh, this could be a long story. No worries: In the shamelessly...
Tags: Laura Bush, Alfred Molina, Entertainment, Carl Franklin, Movies
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What to expect from Seth MacFarlane's debut outing as Oscar host
A year after Billy Crystal helmed the Oscars for approximately the 40 millionth time, hosting duties fall to “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, who’s directed a grand total of one movie and had a minor role alongside Dwayne Johnson...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Amour (movie), Civil Rights, Django Unchained (movie), Entertainment
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Oscars and American history: True, or true enough?
A modest proposal: Movies exploring some aspect of American history, such as “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” should leave off the “based on a true story” or “inspired by true events”...
Tags: John Goodman, Ben Affleck, Tony Kushner, Fiction, Star Wars (movie)
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Happy face/sad face reaction: 2013 Oscar nominations
As always, this morning’s Oscar nominations created a roller coaster of emotion. Shock! Relief! Fury! I should not get so worked up about this. Really, though, the nods for the 2013 Academy Awards had a few more big surprises than usual—or...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Entertainment, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Argo (movie), Clarence Thomas
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: Game of Thrones (tv program), 60 Minutes (tv program), Argo (movie), Hugh Grant, Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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Spielberg's 'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven
The nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. Steven Spielberg's epic on the 16th president, "Lincoln," stood out in the film categories with seven Golden Globe nominations, followed...
Tags: France, Lena Dunham, Archie Panjabi, Louis C.K., Jon Hamm
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