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Defending Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer finished second in Wednesday’s difficult climbing stage and took hold of the overall lead after Stage 3 of the weeklong trip that ends Sunday at the Rose Bowl.
Feb. 21, 2008
Movies
Still not sure who to pick in the Oscar pool? Here’s what Kenneth Turan and Kevin Thomas think.
March 25, 2001
USC Sports
On a cold January night in the middle of Oregon, Kevin Porter Jr. felt himself tumbling into that lonely place he goes when the disappointment of a bad game turns crippling.
June 16, 2019
THE BIG 8 Picture Kenneth Turan: Titanic Kevin Thomas: Titanic Actress Kenneth Turan: Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets) Kevin Thomas: Hunt Actor Kenneth Turan: Robert Duvall (The Apostle) Kevin Thomas: Peter Fonda (Ulee’s Gold) Supporting Actress Kenneth Turan: Gloria Stuart (Titanic) Kevin Thomas: Gloria Stuart Supporting Actor Kenneth Turan: Robin Williams (Good Will Hunting) Kevin Thomas: Burt Reynolds (Boogie Nights) Director Kenneth Turan: James Cameron (Titanic) Kevin Thomas: Cameron Original Screenplay Kenneth Turan: Good Will Hunting (Ben Affleck & Matt Damon) Kevin Thomas: As Good As It Gets (Mark Andrus & James L.
March 22, 1998
Television
In a network TV season featuring roughly a dozen remakes, adaptations and spin-offs, “Kevin Can Wait” is a depressingly unambitious series that, though technically original, feels like a retread.
Sept. 19, 2016
Music
Kevin Ryder, best known for hosting KROQ’s long-running ‘Kevin & Bean’ morning show, has joined rival Southern California station KLOS.
Feb. 16, 2021
Everything in life is a construct, a cobbled-together narrative that we tell ourselves in an attempt to struggle through another day.
Dec. 7, 2015
Picture Kenneth Turan: The English Patient Kevin Thomas: The English Patient Hollywood Consensus * : The English Patient * ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Brenda Blethyn (Secrets & Lies) Kevin Thomas: Brenda Blethyn Hollywood Consensus: Frances McDormand (Fargo) * ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Geoffrey Rush (Shine) Kevin Thomas: Geoffrey Rush Hollywood Consensus: Geoffrey Rush * SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kenneth Turan: Lauren Bacall (The Mirror Has Two Faces) Kevin Thomas: Lauren Bacall Hollywood Consensus: Lauren Bacall * SUPPORTING ACTOR Kenneth Turan: Cuba Gooding Jr.
March 23, 1997
THE BIG 8 Picture Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 Kevin Thomas: Apollo 13 Hollywood Consensus: Apollo 13 Actress Kenneth Turan: Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) Kevin Thomas: Susan Sarandon Hollywood Consensus: Susan Sarandon Actor Kenneth Turan: Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) Kevin Thomas: Nicolas Cage Hollywood Consensus: Nicolas Cage Supporting Actress Kenneth Turan: Kate Winslet (Sense and Sensibility) Kevin Thomas: Joan Allen (Nixon) Hollywood Consensus: Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) Supporting Actor Kenneth Turan: Ed Harris (Apollo 13) Kevin Thomas: Ed Harris Hollywood Consensus: Kevin Spacey (The Usual Suspects) Director Kenneth Turan: Mel Gibson (Braveheart) Kevin Thomas: Mel Gibson Hollywood Consensus: Mel Gibson Original Screenplay Kenneth Turan: The Usual Suspects (Christopher McQuarrie) Kevin Thomas: The Usual Suspects Hollywood Consensus: Braveheart (Randall Wallace) Adapted Screenplay Kenneth Turan: Sense and Sensibility (Emma Thompson) Kevin Thomas: Sense and Sensibility Hollywood Consensus: Sense and Sensibility THE REST Foreign-Language Film Kenneth Turan: Antonia’s Line (the Netherlands) Kevin Thomas: Antonia’s Line Art Direction Kenneth Turan: Restoration (Eugenio Zanetti) Kevin Thomas: Little Princess (Bo Welch, art direction; Cheryl Carasik, set decoration) Cinematography Kenneth Turan: Braveheart (John Toll) Kevin Thomas: Braveheart Costume Design Kenneth Turan: Sense and Sensibility (Jenny Beavan and John Bright) Kevin Thomas: Richard III (Shuna Harwood) Documentary Feature Kenneth Turan: Anne Frank Remembered (Jon Blair) Kevin Thomas: Anne Frank Remembered Documentary Short Subject Kenneth Turan: Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper (Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock) Kevin Thomas: The Shadow of Hate (Charles Guggenheim) Film Editing Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 (Mike Hill and Dan Hanley) Kevin Thomas: Seven (William Hoy) Makeup Kenneth Turan: Braveheart (Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison and Lois Burwell) Kevin Thomas: Braveheart Original Musical or Comedy Score Kenneth Turan: Pocahontas (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz) Kevin Thomas: Pocahontas Original Dramatic Score Kenneth Turan: The Postman (Il Postino), Luis Bacalov Kevin Thomas: Braveheart (James Horner) Original Song Kenneth Turan: Colors of the Wind (Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, “Pocahontas”) Kevin Thomas: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman (Michael Kamen, Bryan Adams and Robert John “Mutt” Lange, “Don Juan DeMarco”) Animated Short Kenneth Turan: A Close Shave (Nick Park) Kevin Thomas: A Close Shave Live-Action Short Kenneth Turan: Tuesday Morning Ride (Dianne Houston and Joy Ryan) Kevin Thomas: Little Surprises (Jeff Goldblum and Tikki Goldberg) Sound Kenneth Turan: Apollo 13 (Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan and David MacMillan) Kevin Thomas: Batman Forever (Donald O.
March 24, 1996
What is freedom, really?
Nov. 16, 2015