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Film Review: An incredible waste of 'Wonderstone'
In how many ways is "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" a horrible miscalculation? Pretty much all of them. Yes, it has a couple dozen chuckles and maybe a few true laughs, but that's not enough to sustain this written-by-numbers piece of Hollywood...
Tags: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (movie), Steve Buscemi, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (movie), Steve Carell, Olivia Wilde
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The Second City comes to Glendale's Alex Theatre
A staggering amount of modern American comedy has passed across the stages of The Second City, the acclaimed improv group headquartered in Chicago. Its alumni stretches from Oscar-winner Alan Arkin to Stephen Colbert and generations of “Saturday...
Tags: Tina Fey, Entertainment, Steve Carell, John Belushi, The Second City
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Review: 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone's' title oversells movie
What is it with Hollywood and hyperbole these days? Last week saw "Oz the Great and Powerful" and now we have "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone." Calling it "The Mildly Diverting Burt Wonderstone" would have been more accurate, but how many tickets is that...Tags: Steve Buscemi, Entertainment, Steve Carell, Siegfried and Roy, James Gandolfini
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Believing in magic at 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' premiere
Jim Carrey walked the red carpet at "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" premiere Monday night wearing shiny silver boots, gold Elvis-style sunglasses and a white jacket. Hordes of screaming fans along Hollywood Boulevard in front of TCL Chinese Theater made...
Tags: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (movie), David Copperfield, Steve Buscemi, Steven Tyler, Entertainment
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Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races
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. Earlier he looked at the short films, sound categories, visual crafts races,...
Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Entertainment, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Movies, Naomi Watts
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Katheryn Winnick brings fighting spirit to 'Vikings' role
RedEyeKatheryn Winnick holds a third-degree black belt in taekwondo and a second-degree black belt in karate, so playing a sword-wielding shield maiden in History's "Vikings" was a cinch. Well ... sorta. "A shield maiden wouldn't necessarily do a spinning...Tags: Christopher Walken, Celebrities, Entertainment, Matt Dillon, Bill Murray
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Oscars 2013 winners: “Argo” takes home top prize
Channel Guide MagazineOscars 2013 winners will always enjoy their triumphs, despite the fact that they'll forever be associated with the year that Seth MacFarlane hosted. No, he didn't turn it into “Family Guy goes to the Oscars,” per se — although those... -
Connecticut's Oscar Favorites From Those In The Know
The Hartford CourantThe Academy Awards bring out the critic in everyone. It starts when the nominations are announced — "Whaddya mean, Ben Affleck wasn't nominated?" — and lasts long after Oscar night. That annual ritual takes place Sunday night and will be...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Michael Haneke, Middletown, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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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: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Movies, George Clooney, Robert De Niro
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Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor
Christoph Waltz won the supporting actor Oscar for "Django Unchained" in one of the tightest acting races at this year's Academy Awards on Sunday. The man who already had one Oscar on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: Alan Arkin ("Argo"...Tags: Academy Awards, Tommy Lee Jones, Entertainment, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Philip Seymour Hoffman
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'Argo' wins best picture at Oscars: 'Pi' tops in total Oscars with four, including directing
VarietyThis time, the "Argo" story in Variety is truly about a big picture. Connecting three decades of history while erasing a quarter-century of Oscar protocol, Ben Affleck's "Argo" survived -- and indeed, thrived -- following its exclusion from the director...Tags: Academy Awards, Entertainment, Mark Andrews , Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney
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In Sunday's big events: Danica is still a real longshot, but Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence are faves
Groller's CornerInteresting day on Sunday. You've got NASCAR's biggest event in the afternoon and Hollywood's biggest event at night. From Las Vegas, RJ Bell of Pregame.com has got the odds on who's going to be the day's biggest winners, and if you believe in Danica, you...
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