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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: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events, Denzel Washington, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Jennifer Lawrence
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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: Steven Spielberg, World War II (1939-1945), Chicago Tribune, Terence Davies, Tony Kushner
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Ben Affleck, Bette Davis, Chinatown (movie), Academy Awards
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Quiz: The money behind Oscar 2013 nominees
Academy Awards nominations and Oscar statues can provide a big boost at the box office. Some films benefit enormously. The domestic box-office take for 2009 best picture winner "Slumdog Millionaire" jumped to $141.3 million from $98.3 million after...
Tags: Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Entertainment Events, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Academy Awards
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Commentary: Sorry, but 'Argo' shouldn't win best picture Oscar
Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of "Argo." I've seen it twice, enjoyed it mightily both times, and put it on my 10-best list, where it belongs. I called it "a smart, complex and engaging film that crackles with energy and purpose," and I stand by those...Tags: Steven Spielberg, Skyfall (movie), Ben Affleck, Entertainment Events, Kevin Costner
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Oscar predictions: Vegas lays odds, and the best bet goes to ...
Are you feeling certain, like most, that Daniel Day-Lewis is going to win the lead actor Oscar on Sunday for his title turn in "Lincoln"? If you want to put some money behind that belief, you can, but, given his sure-shot status, you'd better be...Tags: Jeff Bridges, The Hurt Locker (movie), Celebrities, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Entertainment Events
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Oscars 2013: Here's what to look for on Oscar night [video chat]
With the 85th Academy Awards set for Sunday night, the question on many's minds is whether "Argo," Ben Affleck's drama set amid the Iranian hostage crisis, will cap off its awards season run with a best picture win. But there are many other things to...
Tags: Jean Dujardin, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events, Ben Affleck
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Need for training
The Frederick County Bureau of Investigation is right to investigate the death of a young man with Down syndrome who died in police custody. Robert Ethan Saylor, 26, was fascinated with law enforcement. He would sometimes call 911 just to ask dispatchers...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Frederick County (Maryland), Arts and Culture, Crime, Law and Justice, The Washington Post
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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: Unexplained Phenomena, Ben Affleck, Entertainment Events, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Academy Awards
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Death of mentally disabled Frederick County man sparks outrage
The movie was over, but Robert Ethan Saylor refused to leave the theater. Soon after the developmentally disabled Frederick man was handcuffed by three off-duty sheriff's deputies, he was dead. The unexplained death last month of Saylor, 26, who had...
Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Criminal Laws, Social Media, Entertainment, Lawyers
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The Oscars show, nominated films shortchanged in China
BEIJING — Cecilia Wu, 18, is a self-described film freak. Despite the heavy workload of her senior year of high school here in the Chinese capital, she sees a movie every two or three days and has caught most of the films with Academy Award...Tags: Richard Gere, Cloud Atlas (movie), China, Entertainment Events, AIDS
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In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?
NEW YORK (AP) — The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip...
Tags: Police Investigations, The New York Times, University of California, Los Angeles, Ben Affleck, Central Intelligence Agency
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