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Oscars 2013: 'Amour' wins for foreign language film
As the French might say, the victory of "Amour" for foreign language film at the Oscars on Sunday was practically a fait accompli. Pourquoi, you ask? Well, Michael Haneke's beautiful, elegiac film about a sudden crisis threatening an octogenarian...
Tags: France, Cannes Film Festival, Michael Haneke, Academy Awards, Entertainment
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Oscars 2013: MacFarlane opens the show both crude and polished
Less than five minutes into Seth MacFarlane’s opening monologue Sunday evening, the raunch humor-prone “Family Guy” creator dropped the kind of transgressive comedy cluster bomb many pop watchers had been anticipating. Describing...
Tags: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Academy Awards, Quentin Tarantino, William Shatner, Judd Apatow
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Oscars 2013: Ang Lee wins best director for 'Life of Pi'
In a case of history repeating itself, Ang Lee nabbed the directing Oscar for his film "Life of Pi" at the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday, beating Steven Spielberg as he did back in 2006 when the two were last nominated. Back then, Lee's work on...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Steven Spielberg, Michael Haneke, Academy Awards, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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Oscars 2013: Telecast length padded, but not historically so
With rehearsals for this year's Oscars show clocking in at nearly four hours, some wondered if the telecast could give 2002's record four-hour, 23-minute marathon a run for its money. Thanks to some judicious, last-minute trimming, the Seth MacFarlane-...
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Oscar loves 'Amour' for foreign language: Pic's serious tone was a tough sell
VarietyPARIS -- Although "Amour" represented Austria in the foreign-language film race, its Paris-based lead-producer, Margaret Menegoz, is the one who pulled 70% of the film's $10.6 million budget from France. Germany's X Filme Creative Pool and Austria's...Tags: Music Industry, France, Michael Haneke, Austria, Movies
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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: Ernest Borgnine, Anna Karenina (movie), Jack Klugman, Ben Affleck, Michael Haneke
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Tarantino, Terrio take scribe Oscars: 'Django,' 'Argo' win original and adapted honors, respectively
VarietyQuentin Tarantino won his second Oscar for "Django Unchained," nearly two decades after winning for "Pulp Fiction," while Chris Terrio won the adapted screenplay category for "Argo." An exuberant Tarantino credited his cast with the victory, asserting...Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Ben Affleck, Academy Awards, Quentin Tarantino, Flight (movie)
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Oscar's baby bump: Year's big winner less likely to cash in
VarietyWhile only "Argo" wound up in the winner's circle, a record number of best-pic nominees had a nine-figure consolation prize. That's good news, but the downside is that the usual post-Oscars B.O. bump might be significantly smaller than in past years --...Tags: Anna Karenina (movie), Academy Awards, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Oscars 2013: Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress
The second time’s the charm for Jennifer Lawrence. The 22-year-old Kentucky native landed the lead actress Oscar statuette Sunday for her tragicomic performance as an emotionally bruised widow in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Her win...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Jennifer Lawrence, Naomi Watts, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards
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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: Jennifer Lawrence, Anna Karenina (movie), The Tempest (movie), Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway
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Analysis: 'Argo' looks strong for Oscars, but don't count 'Lincoln' out: Pics with fewer Academy noms have been less likely to win
VarietyThe swing of the awards season pendulum that now favors "Argo" is dramatic -- but don't rule out the possibility of another switcheroo come the Oscars. With Producers Guild feature film and Screen Actors Guild ensemble awards Saturday and Sunday, the...Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Entertainment
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Meet the commenters: 'Jake H'
Change of SubjectPart of an occasional series Commenter ID: JakeH Age: 34 Occupation: Attorney -- commercial litigation Family: Just me Resides: Lakeview Philosophies/inclinations: I'm basically a romantic, humanistic idealist with tendencies toward cynicism and...
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