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New releases: 'On the Road' seeks a style both poetic, realistic
On the Road Available on VOD beginning Monday Director Walter Salles, screenwriter José Rivera and producer Francis Ford Coppola have given themselves the almost-impossible task of adapting Jack Kerouac's beloved Beat Generation novel "On the Road," a...
Tags: Walter Salles, Francis Ford Coppola, Abraham Lincoln, Room 237 (movie), Garrett Hedlund
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Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list
Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...
Tags: Snow White and the Huntsman (movie), ParaNorman (movie), Steven Spielberg, Redemption (movie), Tim Burton
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Oscar predictions 2013: 'Argo' will take screenplay, film editing
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. Predictions so far: Short Films | Sound | Visual Crafts | Song and Score --...
Tags: The Godfather (movie), John Gatins, Wes Anderson, Ghost (movie), Movies
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The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...
Tags: Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Bill Clinton, Argo (movie), Movies
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Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds
The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for "Silver Linings Playbook" auteur David O. Russell, who, naturally, received an Oscar nomination for direction....
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Screen Actors Guild, Argo (movie), Les Miserables (musical), Movies
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In 'Lincoln,' a historical lapse
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been acclaimed not just by critics but by historians as well for its acute and realistic portrayal of the 16th president as he maneuvered to pass the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. But the...
Tags: Politics, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Osama bin Laden, Steven Spielberg, U.S. House of Representatives
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A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots
On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting for and why. Here's what they had to say: OSCARS 2013: Full Coverage PRODUCERS BRANCH: This 40ish Oscar nominee...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Argo (movie), Philip Seymour Hoffman
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'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards
Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Brave (movie), Helen Mirren, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Argo (movie)
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'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing
"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...
Tags: Screen Actors Guild, The Great Escape (movie), Argo (movie), The Master (movie), Movies
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Gordon Davidson is still giving to theater
Founder of the Mark Taper Forum, éminence grise of the regional theater movement, crusading champion of Los Angeles theater, Gordon Davidson was put in an unusual position last fall at USC's School of Dramatic Arts: He had to explain who he was to a group...
Tags: Tony Awards, Vietnam War (1955-1975), 2012 Democratic National Convention, Catonsville, Charlayne Woodard
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Congressman who criticized 'Lincoln' calls Affleck theory 'hilarious'
Rep. Joe Courtney (D.-Conn.) understands it looks a little strange that he issued a letter chastising Steven Spielberg when it was Ben Affleck who helped him get elected. But he finds the idea that Affleck put him up to it — or that he took it upon...Tags: Justice System, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Rahm Emanuel, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...
Tags: Laurie Anderson, Frank Gehry, Los Angeles Riots (1992), Barack Obama, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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