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On Oscars: The best often don't win
On Sunday, Hollywood celebrates itself and honors its own. All eyes (or most of them anyway) will be on the presentations of the Academy Awards.
But do the Oscars always end up in the right hands? Opinions abound on this topic, and what follows is only...Tags: Cloris Leachman, Apocalypse Now (movie), Paul Scofield, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (movie), Tom Cruise
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Oscar nominations a blast from the past
![John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger," later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in early 2012 is more like "Look Back with Bittersweet Nostalgia at the Industry’s Salad Days."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67591589-24093910.jpg "John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger,\" later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in early 2012 is more like \"Look Back with Bittersweet Nostalgia at the Industry’s Salad Days.\"")
John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger," later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in...Tags: Octavia Spencer, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Max von Sydow, Midnight in Paris (movie)
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Scorsese's "Hugo" leads Oscars with 11 nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Martin Scorsese’s Paris adventure “Hugo” leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them best picture and the latest director honor for the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Also nominated for best...Tags: Animals, Octavia Spencer, Ryan Gosling, Movies, Rooney Mara
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My Week With Marilyn
Fox 5 San Diego StaffDiamonds are a girls best friend. And so are the third assistants on a movie set. This is the story of acting legend Sir Laurence Olivier directing his first (and last) movie, The Prince and the Showgirl. It was the mid-50s and Marilyn Monroe was the...Tags: Val Kilmer, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Marilyn Monroe, Harry Potter (fictional character)
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Reel Critics: Scorsese scores with magical 'Hugo'
The phrase "family film" has never appeared in the same sentence with Martin Scorsese. But the R-rated master has made a spectacular PG-rated movie full of wonder and imagination. "Hugo" offers equal parts nostalgia, fantasy and mystery with Charles...Tags: Charles Dickens, Marilyn Monroe, My Week With Marilyn (movie), Michelle Williams, Movies
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SAG NOMINATIONS LIST: The Screen Actors Guild announcement brings plenty of surprises
WGN Feature ReporterThis is shaping up to be one of the biggest roller coasters of an award season in some time. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) unveiled its nominees for the best in film and television this morning, offering plenty of surprises. Perhaps the biggest?...Tags: Comedy (genre), Unions, Movies, Television, Glee (tv program)
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Casting for the stage should be color-blind
![There's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed through the jealous general's odyssey, Olivier seemed to be on fire (not literally, of course, because that would be painful, and, while certainly an interesting if too literal take on the Moor's passionate histrionics, pretty "out there" as an interpretation of Shakespeare, even for the '60s).](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/29536550-04204444.jpg "There's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello\" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed through the jealous general's odyssey, Olivier seemed to be on fire (not literally, of course, because that would be painful, and, while certainly an interesting if too literal take on the Moor's passionate histrionics, pretty \"out there\" as an interpretation of Shakespeare, even for the '60s).")
Special to The TimesThere's a wonderful old theater story about Laurence Olivier in the 1960s — he was playing in "Othello" and receiving generally glowing notices opposite Frank Findlay and a young actress by the name of Maggie Smith. One night, however, as he stormed...Tags: Lorraine Hansberry, August Wilson, Music Theater, Liev Schreiber, Entertainment Events
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Around Town: Films, screenings and more in L.A. this week
24 FramesWith Gary Oldman getting strong reviews and Oscar buzz for his performance as spy George Smiley in “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”, the Arclight in Hollywood is offering a six-film retrospective of the British actor’s career beginning... -
Oscar voters: How some TV veterans made it into the academy
24 FramesSome members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences better known for their work in television than in film. How did they get in, and what perspective do they bring to the Oscars?... -
John Malkovich's message to the theater world on its special day
Culture MonsterJohn Malkovich will give the annual message for World Theatre Day in Paris at a March 22 kickoff gala of events leading up to the 50th annual celebration on March 27. Here's the text he'll deliver.... -
Warner Bros. to release Samuel Goldwyn film library on DVD
Company TownWarner Bros. has signed a multi-year deal to release 73 classic films from produced by industy legend Samuel Goldwyn on DVD....
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