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Oscars and American history: True, or true enough?
A modest proposal: Movies exploring some aspect of American history, such as “Argo,” “Lincoln” and “Zero Dark Thirty,” should leave off the “based on a true story” or “inspired by true events”...
Tags: Fiction, The Hurt Locker (movie), Awards and Prizes, Argo (movie), September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Is 9 too young to win an Academy Award?
LOS ANGELES -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild" star Quvenzhane Wallis is an actress of talent, poise and maturity well beyond her years. She was only 5 years old when she auditioned and 6 when she played the part of Hushpuppy, a little girl of fierce...
Tags: Sixteen Candles (movie), Molly Ringwald, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Awards and Prizes, Melvyn Douglas
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The Go Guide Weekend Preview: A different night at the movies
Why would you leave the house to watch a movie anymore? Here are a few reasons: The Frank Theatres CineBowl and Grille making its weekend debut at Delray Marketplace (14775 Lyons Road) is a 70,000-square-foot entertainment complex that takes “...
Tags: Ticketmaster, Music, Bruce Willis, IMAX, Bacon
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' gets into the Oscar game in D.C.
Looks like historical dramas, CIA thrillers and movies centering on mental illness aren't the only ones aiming to curry favor in Washington, D.C. -- now, it seems that a magical realist film also has its fans among the federal government's elite. This...
Tags: White House, Barack Obama, African-American History Month, Michelle Obama, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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Check It Out: Reading up before the Oscars
On Feb. 24, the 85th Academy Awards ceremony will take place at the Dolby (formerly Kodak) Theatre in Hollywood. The show has grown considerably from its humble origins in 1929 as a private banquet for 270 guests at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. This...Tags: Family, Entertainment Events, Marriage, Academy Awards, Roger Corman
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In 'Lincoln,' a historical lapse
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been acclaimed not just by critics but by historians as well for its acute and realistic portrayal of the 16th president as he maneuvered to pass the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. But the...
Tags: Fiction, U.S. House of Representatives, Steven Spielberg, Literature, Voting
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A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots
On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting for and why. Here's what they had to say: OSCARS 2013: Full Coverage PRODUCERS BRANCH: This 40ish Oscar nominee...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Les Miserables (movie), Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie)
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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Jimmy Carter, Platoon (movie), U.S. Congress, Debbie Stabenow, Slavery
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Richard III found, but the truth may still be missing
In America, we paved paradise and put up a parking lot. In Britain, they put up a parking lot and paved over a king. As my colleague Henry Chu reported: More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had...
Tags: William Shakespeare, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Al Gore, England
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'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted at No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday....
Tags: Side Effects (movie), Star Wars (movie), Criminals, Melissa McCarthy, Django Unchained (movie)
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'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards
Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Javier Bardem, Skyfall (movie), Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christoph Waltz
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'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing
"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...
Tags: Golden Globe Awards, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Awards and Prizes, Writers Guild of America
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