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Push the envelope
Times Staff WriterIn the Kodak Theatre days before the Oscars on Sunday, everyone's a winner. Don Cheadle takes best actor and so does Jamie Foxx; Cate Blanchett accepts best supporting actress and so does Sophie Okonedo. The winners hug their colleagues and give...Tags: Taylor Hackford, California, Screen Actors Guild, Casablanca (movie), Entertainment
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Actors in Real-Life Roles Head Oscar Field
AP Movie WriterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Howard Hughes, Ray Charles, J.M. Barrie, Alfred Kinsey and Katharine Hepburn were in the running for Academy Awards recognition as nominations come out Tuesday. "The Aviator," starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes and Cate...Tags: Steve Martin, Entertainment, Billy Crystal, Golden Globe Awards, Johnny Depp
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From lonely darkness of a few theaters, this year's hits
Times Staff WriterLast year, New Line Cinema's blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" was playing in 2,558 theaters on the day it received 11 Oscar nominations. This year, "Vera Drake," a movie put out by New Line's corporate sibling, unexpectedly...Tags: Taylor Hackford, DVDs and Movies, Mike Leigh, England, Washington, DC
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Four's a crowd, producers are told
Special to The TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage And the best picture nomination goes to — well, we'll get back to you. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the year's five best picture nominees. But it hasn't...Tags: Taylor Hackford, Miramax Films, Entertainment, Harvey Weinstein, Adrien Brody
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Off-center... independent... privately funded... art-house fare
Times Staff WritersComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage "The Aviator," an old-fashioned Hollywood epic about Howard Hughes' obsessions, romances and crippling neuroses, captured 11 nominations to take the lead for the 77th annual Academy Awards,...Tags: Spider-Man (fictional character), Mike Leigh, Miramax Films, Johnny Depp, Imelda Staunton
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An Oscar menu to steal the scene
Times Staff WriterReturn with us to the days of yesteryear, when glamorous movie stars roamed the streets of Los Angeles — and dinner was served during the Academy Awards ceremony. Imagine, if you will, the Cocoanut Grove, where the awards presentation banquets were...Tags: Pies and Tarts, Entertainment, Lemon Meringue Pie, Johnny Depp, Weather Reports
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The nitwits can now step aside
Los Angeles TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage To look at Tuesday's Oscar nominations as a whole is to find yourself facing an alternative movie universe where Mike Leigh's beautifully austere but little-seen British "Vera Drake" got...Tags: Taylor Hackford, Spider-Man (fictional character), Mike Leigh, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times
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Sentimental flight
Times Staff WriterFew artists in the history of American pop are more deserving of the Grammys' top award than the late Ray Charles, so it was hard to feel too disappointed Sunday when his "Genius Loves Company" was named album of the year — even if the award was...Tags: Usher, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, OutKast (music group), Alicia Keys
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Golden Globes Leave Oscar Race Fuzzy
AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES - This year, the Golden Globes have left the road to the Oscars a fuzzy one. Potential Oscar front-runners Hilary Swank of the boxing saga "Million Dollar Baby" and Jamie Foxx of the Ray Charles film biography "Ray" came away with lead-...Tags: Music Theater, Entertainment, Golden Globe Awards, Howard Hughes, Clint Eastwood
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Oscar Nominees Break Bread Together
AP Movie WriterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Some are old hands at Hollywood's big night, where they have come away triumphant. Some are veterans who have gone home empty-handed year after year. Others are brand new to the party. About 115 nominees came together Monday for a...Tags: Romance (genre), Unions, Golden Globe Awards, Howard Hughes, Clint Eastwood
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Movie review: 'Ray'
TRIBUNE MOVIE CRITIC4 stars (out of 4) When you play a genius on screen, you better have the right stuff yourself, or the camera will shrivel you. That doesn't happen in "Ray." In this triumphant musical movie-bio, Jamie Foxx gives a landmark performance as soul, jazz...Tags: Taylor Hackford, Nat King Cole, Music Theater, Entertainment, Clifton Powell
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