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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: Lincoln Center, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Denzel Washington, Golden Globe Awards
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First Person: Bigelow praises 'Zero Dark Thirty's' Chastain
Editor's note: Taking a moment from her vigilant defense of depicting scenes of torture in "Zero Dark Thirty," director Kathryn Bigelow here addresses something else close to her heart about the film: The power, strength and vulnerability that lead...Tags: Coriolanus (movie), Ralph Fiennes, Movies, Kathryn Bigelow, Take Shelter (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: Helen Mirren, Screen Actors Guild, Alan Arkin, Golden Globe Awards, The Master (movie)
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A text to Jessica Chastain led her to 'Zero Dark Thirty' [Video]
"If I ever ask you for anything it’s to speak with you for five minutes … just five minutes." Jessica Chastain received that mysterious text from producer Megan Ellison in 2011, completely unaware that director Kathryn Bigelow had been...
Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Kathryn Bigelow, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden
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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: Movies, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gold Standard Incorporated, Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta
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DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth
Those belonging to the camps of the eight movies not titled "Argo" that are competing for this year's best picture Oscar went to bed last night with one film title on their minds: "Apollo 13." Like Ben Affleck and "Argo," Ron Howard's 1995 space drama...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Grant Heslov, Argo (movie), Screen Actors Guild, Braveheart (movie)
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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: Daniel Day-Lewis, Movies, Gold Standard Incorporated, Central Intelligence Agency, The Help (movie)
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Oscar animation race remains tightest in years
"Wreck-It Ralph's" five-trophy haul at this weekend's Annie Awards makes it a favorite of sorts in the race for the animated feature Oscar, but the category still lacks the kind of clear front-runner that we've seen the last five years. Since the...Tags: Frankenweenie (movie), Brave (movie), Movies, Gold Standard Incorporated, Argo (movie)
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'Zero Dark Thirty' writer: Torture 'clearly part' of finding Bin Laden
In some of his most expansive comments since his movie touched off a Washington firestorm, the screenwriter of "Zero Dark Thirty" defended his film as depicting torture accurately and said that a pending Senate investigation brought him "a chill." "We&...Tags: Abbottabad (Pakistan), Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. Congress, Movies
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Directors race too tight to call. Mayweather jumps to Showtime.
After the coffee. Before seeing if my computer's been hacked too. The Skinny: The two shows you should be watching are ABC's "Nashville" and HBO's "Enlightened." I've liked "Nashville" from the get-go and have come around on "Enlightened." Laura Dern...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Ang Lee, Nashville (tv program), The New York Times, Entertainment Events
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RedEye's 2013 Oscar predictions
For context about predictions of major entertainment events, Duff Goldman from “Ace of Cakes” correctly predicted the result of this year’s Super Bowl. NFL experts did not. Likewise, making Oscar predictions can be a bit ridiculous, as...
Tags: Alan Arkin, Celebrities, The Master (movie), Super Bowl, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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'Die Hard' is soft. 'Safe Haven' is strong. UFC vs. Bellator.
After the coffee. Before getting back into work mode. The Skinny: I watched "The Following" last night and fear it has started to take a bad turn. I don't want to play spoiler but I do hate it when a character does something they never would do in the...
Tags: News Corp., Jerry Buss, Ultimate Fighting Championship, The New York Times, A Good Day to Die Hard (movie)
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