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Oscars 2013: Daniel Day-Lewis wins best actor for 'Lincoln'
Daniel Day-Lewis won the lead actor Oscar for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards. Day-Lewis, 55, becomes the first actor to win three lead Oscars. Katharine Hepburn won four in the...
Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Denzel Washington, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Steven Spielberg
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'American Idol' recap, Country stars (and total bombs) in Charlotte
We're in Charlotte, and if you weren't a country music fan before tonight, chances are you just might be buying your first country CD in the morning. Recapping tonight's show was a bit challenging. We may have heard all of 10 auditions that really had...
Tags: Simon Cowell, Nicki Minaj, Human Interest, Etta James, American Idol (tv program)
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Al Pacino and his 'Stand Up Guys' among the stars slotted for CIFF
With its founder Michael Kutza nearing his half-century mark as leader, the Chicago International Film Festival announced its 48th edition slate Thursday. Heavily concentrated, as it has been in recent years, at the downtown AMC River East 21 multiplex,...
Tags: Stand Up Guys (movie), Entertainment, Romania, Iran, Cloud Atlas (movie)
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Chicago International Film Festival gets a digital face-lift
The biggest changes afoot in this year's Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF), the 48th edition, are on the screen, yet they're not part of the programming. As the worldwide cinema industries push actual film — meaning celluloid — into...
Tags: Toronto International Film Festival, Festive Events, Denis Lavant, Rome (Italy), Room 237 (movie)
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‘Princess Bride’ sequel? Inconceivable! says writer William Goldman
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comNEW YORK — Twenty-five years after “The Princess Bride” first stormed theaters, director Rob Reiner, writer William Goldman and cast ...... -
Ang Lee's 'Life of Pi' gets mixed reviews after opening New York Film Festival
Pop2itThe consensus from early reviews is that Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" is visually gorgeous, but there's some difference of opinion on other aspects of the film.... -
A perilous journey for 'Life of Pi' director Ang Lee
The critics and reporters assembled to watch the new “Life of Pi” a few weeks ago weren't expecting a filmmaker introduction, but in stepped the ever-soft-spoken Ang Lee to inform them that this had been his hardest film to make and that...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Amelie (movie), Movies, Entertainment, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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For the record
Nobel Prize: The headline on an article in the Oct. 9 Section A about the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine said that the award went to two stem cell researchers. One winner, Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, is a stem cell researcher, but Sir John Gurdon is not....Tags: Medical Research, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Nobel Prize Awards, Shinya Yamanaka
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Stone turns focus on facts: Filmmaker takes long journey to doc series bow
VarietyOliver Stone, who's directed fiction features about wars, Wall Street and presidents, finally debuts his take on the rest of the story. "The Untold History of the United States," a docuseries of 10 hourlong episodes, debuts Nov. 12 on Showtime; the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Richard Pryor, Marina Zenovich, Movies, Entertainment
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For film fest, is 'good enough' good enough?
Is the Chicago International Film Festival good, good enough or not quite that? This is the question. This is the question to be asked of any festival, every perennial cultural mainstay in every city. It's the way to keep us all honest, whatever dog we...
Tags: Entertainment, Helen Hunt, Los Angeles Film Festival, AMC (tv network), Goodman Theatre
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Waiting to inhale: New York Film Festival kicks off with 'Pi'
VarietyThe New York Film Festival kicked off its 50th edition Friday with Fox's "Life of Pi," the latest from fest regular Ang Lee. But to hear the helmer tell it, his new movie breaks not just one cardinal rule of filmmaking but several -- all in one go....Tags: Film Festivals, Ang Lee, Lincoln Center
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Sony Pictures Classics acquires 'Void': Pic to make U.S. debut at the New York Film Festival
VarietySony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Israeli drama "Fill the Void. Pic, Rama Burshtein's directorial debut, played at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Fetsival. It will make its U.S. debut at the New...Tags: Festive Events, Arts and Culture, Venice International Film Festival, Movies, Entertainment
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