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Spielberg's 'Napoleon'-- get ready for 'The Best Movie Ever Made'
Liz Smith"Just consider it your Moon Shot!" This is the advice offered by stunning actress Stockard Channing to her longtime friend, the gifted Holland Taylor, as the latter preps to portray the late Ann Richards at Lincoln Center on Thursday, March 7. The...Tags: Liam Neeson, Abraham Lincoln, Gina Gershon, Stanley Kubrick, Jean Simmons
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: Passover, Irene Dunne, Richard Burton, Fred Astaire, Orson Welles
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'Wake in Fright' Features Beer-Fueled Debauchery and the Grinding Misery of Being Broke
Wake in Fright Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Showing Jan. 27 – 29 at Cinestudio, 300 Summit St., Hartford, (860) 297-2463, cinestudio.org A lager-soaked nightmare under the searing outback sun, the 1971 Australian thriller Wake in Fright...
Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Entertainment, Movies, Film Festivals
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Playing the Oscar game
It's time to play one of our favorite yearly games at Times Community News: Can You Outguess the Features Editor? And no, that's not a rhetorical question. You probably can. Last year, incurable Oscar junkie that I am, I challenged readers to beat my...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Saving Private Ryan (movie), Kathryn Bigelow, The Social Network (movie) , Hyde Park on Hudson (movie)
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Oscars 2013: 'Zero Dark Thirty' is undeserving victim of politics
If you're keeping score this Oscar season — and who isn't? — chalk up this year's nominations as a victory for the bullying power of the United States Senate and an undeserved loss for "Zero Dark Thirty" in general and director Kathryn Bigelow...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Denzel Washington, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Kathryn Bigelow, Entertainment
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Will senators' slam on 'Zero Dark Thirty' hurt it at awards time?
"Zero Dark Thirty" is a hit with critics and early audiences, but a bipartisan thumbs-down from Washington may dim the once-bright Oscar chances for Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. The film, which arrived in...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kathryn Bigelow, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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DVD Review: 'Lawrence of Arabia' looks great on Blu-ray
David Lean's 1962 “Lawrence of Arabia” is one of the most universally praised films ever made, and deservedly so. Nominated for 10 Oscars, winner of seven (including Best Picture), it has only grown better with time. The few aspects that might...
Tags: Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment Events, Sony Corp., Lawrence of Arabia (movie), Blu-ray Discs
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Advanced tech in 'Laurence' restoration: New incarnation of Lean's epic shows digital assets, liabilities
VarietyFor the Sony Pictures Entertainment pros behind the new 4k digital restoration of "Lawrence of Arabia," which will be shown in 630 theaters for one day only on Thursday before being released on Blu-ray Nov. 13, the unveiling will be the result of more...Tags: Renovation, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Sony Corp., Omar Sharif, Blu-ray Discs
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Christopher Plummer still has 'A Word or Two' to say
"First you're young. Then you're old. Then you're wonderful." — Alice Roosevelt Longworth STRATFORD, Canada — Christopher Plummer is in the wonderful phase of his career — and at 82 he's seizing the opportunity. In February, the six-...
Tags: W.H. Auden, John Barrymore, Betty White, Richard Burton, Talk Shows (genre)
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Peter O'Toole -- Retired? Maybe, but I remember him well!
Liz Smith"RETIREMENT IS the ugliest word in the English language,' said Ernest Hemingway. Hmmm, well, Hemingway found another way out of the grind. I HAVE ALWAYS been impressed with Peter O'Toole, that brilliant, vivid and glamorous actor. Now he has hung up his...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, BBC, Riz Ahmed, Liz Smith, Ernest Hemingway
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Peter O'Toole retires from acting after 53 years
Pop2itLegendary actor Peter O'Toole is calling it quits after 50 years of acting and a string of memorable performances including "Lawrence of Arabia," "The Lion in Winter" and "Goodbye, Mr. Chips."... -
"Prometheus" y "Elena": Retratos sobre la condición humana van del realismo a la ciencia ficción
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Hace tres décadas, Ridley Scott se convirtió en uno de los directores más respetados en el campo de la ciencia ficción al dirigir Alien y Blade Runner, cintas creativas que renovaron el género y se convirtieron en objeto de culto entre...Tags: Elena (movie), Charlize Theron, Charles Darwin, Ridley Scott, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (movie)
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