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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: University of California, Los Angeles, Police Investigations, Dan Futterman, Tony Kushner, The New York Times
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Oscars 2013: Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz among night's surprises
Riding high on a late-inning surge of Oscar goodwill, "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee supplied one of Sunday night's most surprising outcomes: besting Steven Spielberg for director. Until just a few weeks ago — and with "Argo" director Ben Affleck...
Tags: Ang Lee, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Jack Nicholson, Entertainment Events, Christoph Waltz
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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, Entertainment Events, Skyfall (movie), Academy Awards, Awards and Prizes
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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: Golden Globe Awards, Ang Lee, Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron
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Oscars 2013: TV ratings rise with Seth MacFarlane as host
Seth MacFarlane may have sung about Oscar's losers, but he wasn't among them. Sunday's movie awards ceremony produced its best ratings in years. An average of 40.3 million viewers tuned in to the Oscar telecast on ABC, according to Nielsen. The ceremony...
Tags: Seth MacFarlane, Ben Affleck, Kristin Chenoweth, Entertainment Events, Ceremonies
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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: Mitt Romney, White House, Flight (movie), Entertainment Events, DVDs
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'Argo's' Oscar gets a thumbs-down in Iran
TEHRAN -- Since the news from Hollywood flashed early Monday in Iran, text messages have been passing the word: A film widely denounced here as a stereotyped, anti-Iranian caricature won the coveted Oscar for best picture. "I am secular, atheist and not...
Tags: Film Festivals, West Bank, Central Intelligence Agency, Entertainment Events, Jimmy Carter
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'Life of Pi,' 'Argo' win big at Oscars. NBC takes big fall.
After the coffee. Before getting the tuxedo to the cleaners. The Skinny: I kept my tweeting to a minimum during the Oscars. Just as New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day are amateur night to drinkers, the Oscars is amateur night for tweeters. Monday's...
Tags: Ang Lee, Revolution (movie), USA Today, The Voice (tv program), New York City
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Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season
The Oscars are over. (Or is Seth MacFarlane still singing? We turned off the TV.) "Argo" has its best picture trophy. Ben Affleck made his final self-deprecating acceptance speech. And the White House cashed in on its last awards season photo op. What...
Tags: Film Festivals, Ang Lee, White House, Paul Greengrass, Central Intelligence Agency
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Oscars 2013: The best speeches? Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Affleck
While female songstresses Adele and Jennifer Hudson delivered the biggest emotional punches during Sunday night's Oscars telecast, it was the award-winning men who gave the best speeches. Between Daniel Day-Lewis, winner of the lead actor award for...Tags: Good Will Hunting (movie), Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Hudson, Entertainment Events
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On Demand/DVD New Releases: Feb. 18-24
Channel Guide MagazineAmong this week's new releases are a couple of literary classics (Anna Karenina and Atlas Shrugged), a real-life action adventure story about a fake movie crew (Argo) and a look at real movie director and his wife (Hitchcock). There's Fun Size, about a... -
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, Steve Martin, Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lawrence, Skyfall (movie)
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