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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: Movies, Charles Champlin, Arts and Culture, Life of Pi (movie), Roger Corman
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Reel Critics: 'Bourne Legacy' maintains series' action-packed spy thrills
Tony Gilroy is no stranger to the intense world of complex spy thrillers. He earned Oscar nominations for writing and directing "Michael Clayton." He was a screenwriter on all three previous Bourne films. Better than anyone else, he knows the...
Tags: The Bourne Legacy (movie), Tony Gilroy, Tommy Lee Jones, The Hurt Locker (movie), Michael Clayton (movie)
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Mailbag: 'Iron Lady' portrayed in film is inaccurate
Meryl Streep is without question an actress of extraordinary and seemingly limitless talent who was recently recognized as one of our national treasures. Her portrayal is so uncannily believable we are persuaded Streep is Margaret Thatcher. She is truly...Tags: Harvey Weinstein, Movies, Alzheimer's Disease, Movies, Politics
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Reel Critics: Streep shines as Britain's 'Iron Lady'
Once again, Meryl Streep gives an Oscar-worthy performance in a big role on the big screen.
Her acting credentials are on vivid display as she virtually channels the core persona of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She delivers a brilliant...Tags: Movies, Music, United Kingdom, Giovanni Ribisi, Entertainment Events
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Mailbag: Weinstein not the problem in 'Iron Lady'
Re "Iron Lady' portrayal is inaccurate," Mailbag, Jan. 27 I read with great interest Dr. R. Claire Friend's letter regarding "The Iron Lady," currently in release in movie theaters. While I share Friend's disappointment in how the story unfolded (all too...Tags: Jesus Christ, Movies, Religion and Belief, Music, Octavia Spencer
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Bookmark: Biopics can't match great reads about famous people
She's got the look. She's also got the walk, the talk and the wardrobe. When Michelle Williams pouts and flounces and oozes her way across the screen in "My Week With Marilyn," giving herself unreservedly to the role of a tormented yet still-alluring...Tags: Julia Keller, Movies, Jane Eyre (movie), Literature, Arts and Culture
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Reel Critics: Some of year's best movies not recognized as nominees
Nine films were nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards, but I think only my top three picks below have a real chance of winning. They're included here with some other movies that I think also deserved recognition:
1. "The Artist"—...Tags: The Adjustment Bureau (movie), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (movie), Bridesmaids (movie), Brad Pitt, Entertainment Events
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On Theater: Two enduring shows offer comfort viewing
Stretching stories around a number of already established songs from a single source isn't a particularly new approach. Over 50 years ago, Hollywood produced the Oscar-winning "An American in Paris" with all-George Gershwin music and created an enduring...Tags: Dance, Metal and Mineral, Louisiana, Benny Andersson, Mamma Mia! (movie)
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'Mamma Mia!' takes a chance on her
Thousands have moved to New York City with the proverbial stars in their eyes, only to spend a lifetime seeking a lead role in a Broadway-pedigree show.
For Kaye Tuckerman, it took seven weeks.
The affable Australian actress who stars as Donna...Tags: ABBA (music group), Human Interest, New York, New York City, Lady Gaga
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'Star Wars' guru George Lucas adds Daytime Emmy to his laurels
This had to have been a first: A winner of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award -- an elite group whose ranks include cinema luminaries such as Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, John Ford, Meryl Streep, Henry Fonda, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Cartoon Network (tv network), Steven Spielberg
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Tracy Letts shines at Tony Awards, generates heat in Hollywood
NEW YORK -- The Tony Awards shone a spotlight Sunday night on an accomplished actor with a film pedigree who this season anchored a stage drama about love and death. No, not Tom Hanks -- yeah, he was nominated too -- but Tracy Letts, who became the...Tags: Tony Awards, Movies, Arts and Culture, Tom Hanks, Entertainment Events
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'Bridges of Madison County' to steam up Broadway
Robert James Waller’s steamy, 1992 bestselling romance novel, “The Bridges of Madison County,” evokes many things: Iowa’s placid vistas and striking, covered bridges among them, as well as the sweltering sexual subtext between...Tags: Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Broadway Theater, Clint Eastwood, Entertainment
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