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COLUMN: Solitary confinement comes with a price
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON -- "Zero Dark Thirty," a nominee for Sunday’s Oscar as Best Picture, reignited debate about whether the waterboarding of terrorism suspects was torture. This practice, which ended in 2003, was used on only three suspects. Meanwhile,...Tags: The Washington Post, George Will, Charles Dickens, Punishment, Washington, DC
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Oscar predictions 2013: Sounding off on sound
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. He tackled the troublesome shorts categories here. Now it's time to peek...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Music, Entertainment Events, Voting, Argo (movie)
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The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...
Tags: Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Daniel Day-Lewis, Rupert Murdoch, Voting, Argo (movie)
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Camera Ready: Jessica Chastain zeros in on a style
Los Angeles TimesWhen it comes to cultivating a red carpet identity, lead actress nominee Jessica Chastain hasn't exactly been consistent since she burst on the scene in 2011. Last year alone, she went minimalist-modern in coral Calvin Klein at Cannes, evil fairy...Tags: Elie Saab, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, Academy Awards, New York City
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' a go-go; Day-Lewis an Oscar frontrunner
"Argo" took home a single prize at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but it was the one that mattered most. Winning the trophy for performance by a cast in a motion picture, Ben Affleck's CIA drama solidified its status as the front-runner...
Tags: Alan Arkin, Daniel Day-Lewis, Flu, Awards and Prizes, Voting
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Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds
The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for "Silver Linings Playbook" auteur David O. Russell, who, naturally, received an Oscar nomination for direction....
Tags: Dash Mihok, Les Miserables (musical), Argo (movie), Celebrities, Amour (movie)
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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: Alan Arkin, Denzel Washington, Daniel Day-Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix
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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: Ralph Fiennes, Kathryn Bigelow, Academy Awards, Coriolanus (movie), Entertainment Events
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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: Hitchcock (movie), Alan Arkin, Daniel Day-Lewis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Searching for Sugar Man (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: Kathryn Bigelow, Osama bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Gold Standard Incorporated
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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: Daniel Day-Lewis, Leon Panetta, Central Intelligence Agency, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Gold Standard Incorporated
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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: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events, Voting, Argo (movie), Grant Heslov
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