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The First lady's Oscar appearance
Will the pandering ever stop? Michelle Obama cemented it with her appearance at the Oscars. It's so inappropriate for the First lady to appear as she did. Just as she was formerly not proud of her country, we are embarrassed by her appearance. It...Tags: Entertainment Events, Academy Awards
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And The Oscar Goes To...Argo For Best Picture
The 85th Annual Academy Awards were handed out last night and it looks like Ben Affleck’s Best Director snub didn’t ruin his film’s chances, because Argo continued its award show dominance, nabbing the night’s big honor Best...
Tags: Ang Lee, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Les Miserables (movie), Quentin Tarantino, Life of Pi (movie)
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Michelle Obama on the Oscars: The behind-the-scenes story
On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted...
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Vice (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012)
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The Oscars telecast's rocky road
Last night's Oscars were like an emotional roller-coaster at a terrible amusement park--beginning wth Seth MacFarlane's as-bad-as-feared monologue, the show rarely rose above painful and hit few peaks. Allow us to relive some of the night's best and worst...
Tags: Cedar Rapids (movie), Mark Wahlberg, Religion and Belief, Ang Lee, Mark Andrews
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Michelle Obama image altered - Oscar gown too racy for Iran audience?
Pop2itMichelle Obama made a splash at the 85th Academy Awards when she appeared live via satellite from the White House to present the Best Picture Oscar to "Argo." But her sleeveless, scoop necked sequin gown would have apparently made too big a splash in... -
Oscars 2013: Ang Lee is worthy, but better than Steven Spielberg?
Now that the dust has settled and cold reality has replaced airy speculation, it's clearer than ever that as far as the 2013 best picture Oscar was concerned, Hollywood's directors gave and took away. Not content with being the powers on the set, the...
Tags: Ang Lee, Life of Pi (movie), Movies, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Django Unchained (movie)
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Oscar 2013 -- Seth MacFarlane's party, Shirley Bassey's triumph!
Liz Smith"I THINK it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business," said director Sydney Pollack. WHILE first lady Michelle Obama lent herself to the opening of the Oscar envelope for best picture, bets were that she hoped the winner would turn out...Tags: Barbra Streisand, Ang Lee, Music, Channing Tatum, Les Miserables (movie)
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Oscars 2013: Seth MacFarlane could've learned from Clint Eastwood
So where's Clint Eastwood when you need him? Sure, he hijacked Mitt Romney's convention with his bizarre soliloquy, a man and his chair. But the moment was spontaneous, surprising and captivating in the can't-turn-away fashion of an impending train...
Tags: Music, Channing Tatum, DVDs, Jaws (movie), Movies
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Oscars 2013: 'Argo,' actors Day-Lewis, Lawrence win
Being snubbed might have been the best thing to happen to Ben Affleck. His film “Argo” took the best picture Oscar on Sunday night at the 85th Academy Awards — more than a little solace, perhaps, for being snubbed in the directing...
Tags: Human Interest, There Will Be Blood (movie), Matt Damon, Pixar Animation, Golden Globe Awards
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MacFarlane relaxed, confident as Oscars host
Any uncertainty that surrounded Seth MacFarlane's ability to host the biggest night in movies was put to rest quickly when he took the stage Sunday at the 85th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Showing considerable poise, MacFarlane, a man best known as...
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Mark Andrews , Brave (movie), There Will Be Blood (movie), Quentin Tarantino
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Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Ang Lee, Music, Robert De Niro, Grant Heslov, Les Miserables (movie)
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