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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: The Godfather (movie), Liam Neeson, Slavery, Brian de Palma, Kill Bill (movie)
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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: Ang Lee, Gold Standard Incorporated, Anne Hathaway, Michael Haneke, Amour (movie)
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' a go-go; Day-Lewis an Oscar frontrunner
"Argo" took home a single prize at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but it was the one that mattered most. Winning the trophy for performance by a cast in a motion picture, Ben Affleck's CIA drama solidified its status as the front-runner...
Tags: Ang Lee, Anne Hathaway, Mary Tyler Moore, Awards and Prizes, Life of Pi (movie)
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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: Shea Whigham, Ang Lee, Unions, Life of Pi (movie), Amour (movie)
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SAG Awards 2013: Tommy Lee Jones wins best supporting actor
Tommy Lee Jones won the SAG Award for male actor in a supporting role Sunday night for playing the outspoken Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln." Jones was not in attendance to receive the award,...
Tags: Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild, Skyfall (movie), Awards and Prizes, Christoph Waltz
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The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?
"I am 10 years older than I was a year ago." We believe that's a line Abraham Lincoln said to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of "Lincoln." Or it could be something "Lincoln" lead Daniel Day-Lewis wearily muttered during one of the endless Q&As he's done...
Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Denzel Washington, Gold Standard Incorporated, Anne Hathaway, Amour (movie)
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Heatmeter: 'Argo' and Jennifer Lawrence lead the Oscar pack
A flurry of ceremonies over the last 2 1/2 weeks -- the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild prizes and the Screen Actors Guild awards -- has separated pretender from contender in Hollywood's 2012-13 awards season. According to the L.A. Times HeatMeter,...
Tags: Anne Hathaway, Amour (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Bernie (movie), Entertainment Events
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Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]
Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it would be hard to top Jessica Chastain's forceful explanation of why she happens to be attending a particular CIA...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment, Leon Panetta, Daniel Day-Lewis
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'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain on women defined by work
It didn't dawn on Jessica Chastain until after she saw "Zero Dark Thirty" that her character in the film, a driven CIA agent named Maya, had a few things in common with the movie's director, Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow. "On set, you feel like you...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), The Help (movie), Entertainment, Daniel Day-Lewis
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Oscars 2013: At nominees lunch, a relaxed vibe and a surprise DJ
Ben Affleck shared his tips for how to win an Oscar pool. Steven Spielberg hoisted an elaborate floral centerpiece off his table so he could better see his fellow lunch guests (including the youngest lead actress nominee, Quvenzhané Wallis). And 66-year-...
Tags: Harvey Weinstein, Awards and Prizes, Paul Thomas Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events
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Denmark's 'A Royal Affair' beats bushes for talent
Danish democracy's astonishing origin story has all the makings of a world-class political soap opera. Rife with madness, adultery, decapitations and gorgeous costumes, the Oscar-nominated "A Royal Affair" revisits the saga of a liberal doctor who tried...
Tags: Czech Republic, Academy Awards, Denmark, A Royal Affair (movie), Entertainment
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Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'
Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the gathered veterans that "people on the outside will not understand the condition you have." Yes, academy members, we're...
Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Gold Standard Incorporated, Amy Adams, Paul Thomas Anderson, Golden Globe Awards
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