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Oscar 8-Ball: David O. Russell's 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Academy voters don't particularly like to reward comedies, but they are nuts about movies spotlighting characters battling their not-so-beautiful minds. How will that dichotomy affect David O. Russell's exuberant "Silver Linings Playbook," which deals...Tags: Hugh Jackman, Movies, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Entertainment
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Reel Critics: 'Lincoln' deserves Oscars vote
Steven Spielberg is the premier film director of his generation. When he turns his creative spotlight on major historical events, he has no equal. In "Saving Private Ryan" and "Schindler's List," he brought forth the reality of World War II like no...Tags: Atonement (movie), Sally Field, Academy Awards, Joe Wright, Movies
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My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Fiona Apple, Joe Wright, Not Fade Away (movie), Music
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'Silver Linings' ' Bradley Cooper: 'That attic became very special'
David O. Russell rewrote "Silver Linings Playbook" more than 20 times, honing the material so it would feel completely real and natural, a vibe he values most in his filmmaking. In this excerpt from the Envelope Screening Series, Russell and lead...Tags: Movies, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), David O. Russell, Entertainment, Gold Standard Incorporated
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Paris Fashion Week: Sleek and chic
Fashion CriticPARIS — This season of Paris Fashion Week, which runs through Wednesday, is shaping up to be about new beginnings as designers show their spring-summer 2013 collections. In the first of two main events, Belgian designer Raf Simons blew the dust off...Tags: Jil Sander, Rick Owens, Kanye West, Grunge (genre), Balenciaga
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7 Questions With … Willie Robertson of A&E’s “Duck Dynasty”
Channel Guide MagazineWith America salivating over shows like Swamp Wars, Rocket City Rednecks, Hillbilly Handfishin' and, lest we forget, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, it's a good time to be a TV redneck. A&E's Duck Dynasty is among the most successful in the genre, following... -
Best Movies About Primitive Life
Blogging with Bill WhiteI had completed a Best Movies list about storm movies, focusing not on the best movies with big storms -- I did that one a couple of years ago -- but on the best big storms in movies. This allowed...... -
Best Movie War Heroes
Blogging with Bill WhiteOn this Memorial Day Weekend, it seems fitting to have some kind of movie list that salutes our war dead, so I decided to pull together a list of the Best 10 Movie War Heroes. If I were just choosing...... -
An Industry Is Born: Closeup Of 5 Years of Film Tax Credits
The Hartford CourantDavid Duchovny, Timothy Hutton and Hope Davis have been filming a movie for the past month in Greenwich, the real-life story of a family that built a children's hospital after their daughter died of rabies. It is not the spectacle it might have been...Tags: Linda McMahon, David Duchovny, NBC (tv network), Hope Davis, Media Industry
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"Goodfellas" Henry Hill Dead; Inspired Scorsese Film
pix11.com | @murphypixThe East New York neighborhood that was a focal point in the 1990 Martin Scorsese film, "Goodfellas," still remembers the movie's lead character--mob associate, Henry Hill--who died Tuesday in Los Angeles, a day after his 69th birthday. "Goodfellas"--...Tags: Martin Scorsese, Movies, Witnesses, Goodfellas (movie), East New York
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Robert De Niro Lashes Out At Jay-Z During NYC Birthday Bash
He's got 99 problems and apparently Robert De Niro is now one.
Jay-Z and Robert De Niro reportedly got into a heated exchange during a star-studded birthday bash for Leonardo DiCarprio this past weekend, where the legendary actor called Jay "rude" and...Tags: New York City, Cameron Diaz, Jay-Z, Leonardo DiCaprio, TriBeCa Film Festival
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'Silver Linings Playbook' review: A wonderful romantic comedy about mental health?
***1/2 (out of four) I don’t love the title. Yet I’m highly in favor of almost everything else about “Silver Linings Playbook,” which turns grief and mental illness into rich fodder for warmth, connection and comedy. That’s...
Tags: Mental Illness, Chris Tucker, Movies, David O. Russell, Stevie Wonder
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