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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: Jack Nicholson, Bradley Cooper, Screen Actors Guild, New York Film Festival, Academy Awards
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Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. Earlier he looked at the short films, sound categories, visual crafts races,...
Tags: Bradley Cooper, The Fugitive (movie), Screen Actors Guild, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Alan Arkin
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Overlooked screenplays this Oscar season
In 1945 Raymond Chandler wrote a screed against Hollywood, and Hollywood screenwriting, for the Atlantic Monthly. "An industry with such vast resources and such magic techniques should not become dull so soon," said the man who later characterized his...
Tags: Scientology, World War II (1939-1945), John Gatins, Authors, Academy Awards
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Someday prints will come, in pink
"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was pink. But we'll get to that in a minute. Music Box Theatre general manager Dave Jennings considers himself fortunate to have such a "smart, forgiving audience" for the current and very popular 70mm retrospective. The...
Tags: CBS Corp., Academy Awards, Arts and Culture, 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie), Movies
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Hollywood's outsiders come inside
It's been nearly a generation since Quentin Tarantino burst on the scene with his raucous indie film "Pulp Fiction" in 1994, and Hollywood is a very different place. The once-vibrant independent film scene that Tarantino helped shape has shrunk to a...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Alfonso Cuaron, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Alexander Payne, David Fincher
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Oscars 2013: 'Argo' generates most heat, but can 'Lincoln' catch it?
With the Oscars finally upon us Sunday, it's do-or-die for the movies ranked in the L.A. Times Data Desk's HeatMeter, which tallies points at events throughout the season to gauge the overall traction of people and films. With Ben Affleck's "Argo"...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Schindler's List (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Academy Awards, Searching for Sugar Man (movie)
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On Demand has free “featurettes” for movie fans during awards season
Channel Guide MagazineThe Academy Awards are coming up fast, but for movie fans who want to start the party early, On Demand is offering an insider's look at what goes into the making of award-winning films. Free On Demand “featurettes” delve into the motivations,... -
Kerouac opus 'On the Road' hits just enough beats ★★★
An eternal fountain of adolescence, Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" went through many permutations between its point of origin, 1948, and its point of notorious, divisive publication, 1957. The best description of it came from Kerouac himself, in a journal...
Tags: Kristen Stewart, World War II (1939-1945), Kirsten Dunst, Arts and Culture, Viggo Mortensen
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Heatmeter: Day-Lewis, 'Argo' and Weinstein Co. top final rankings
Sure, “Argo” walked away with the big kahuna Sunday night at the Oscars. But in a year of anomalies, it’s fitting that the director and producer of the best-picture winner is not the leader in the final Heatmeter rankings for top 2012-13...
Tags: Jennifer Lawrence, Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Patrick Stewart to give one-night-only program on his career -- and Shakespeare
Renowned film, television and stage actor Patrick Stewart will give a one-night-only show on his career and his love of Shakespeare at 8 p.m. March 15 while visiting Orlando. Stewart, who will be in Central Florida for the MegaCon science-fiction...
Tags: William Shakespeare, Holidays, Patrick Stewart, Arts and Culture, Religious Festivals
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On Demand/DVD New Releases for Feb. 25-March 3
Channel Guide MagazineBeginning this week, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master has its On Demand/DVD release. The film's subject matter was felt by some to be a thinly disguised representation of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology, though the director denies this —... -
Oscars 2013 winners: “Argo” takes home top prize
Channel Guide MagazineOscars 2013 winners will always enjoy their triumphs, despite the fact that they'll forever be associated with the year that Seth MacFarlane hosted. No, he didn't turn it into “Family Guy goes to the Oscars,” per se — although those...
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