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From the baseball diamond to the boardroom
The Harvard University economics grad who upended centuries of baseball thinking, bringing his computer and fresh statistical formulas into the Oakland A's war room, is going to help Sears find out if it has game. Translating Major League Baseball...Tags: Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, College Baseball
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'Trouble With the Curve' about a scout who resists being benched ★★★
Wholly predictable yet serenely enjoyable, "Trouble With the Curve" opens with Gus, the aging Atlanta Braves baseball scout played by Clint Eastwood, standing at the toilet, wondering how long it'll take this time. It's an amusing bit, acknowledging the...
Tags: Changeling (movie), Ed Lauter, Atlanta Braves, Mystic River (movie), Tom Stern
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Joe Wright Most Likely to Direct 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Movie
ReutersMay 10 (TheWrap.com) - Joe Wright is the most likely filmmaker to direct the erotic drama "Fifty Shades of Grey" for Universal Pictures and Focus Features, individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap. Other directors in the running for the...Tags: Atonement (movie), Anna Karenina (movie), Saoirse Ronan, Academy Awards, Joe Wright
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Dan Duquette says his Montreal Expos were 'Moneyball 1'
The Baltimore SunOAKLAND, Calif. — Before Michael Lewis' book "Moneyball" hit the best sellers list and before Brad Pitt brought Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane to the big screen in the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name, the concept of building a...Tags: Tim Hudson, Gio Gonzalez, Earl Weaver, USA Today, Baseball
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The boldness and brilliance of one-star reviews on Amazon.com
A couple of weeks ago at a Tribune-hosted cocktail party in the Loop, I found myself in a conversation with novelist Richard Ford. I was wearing the baseball hat I'm wearing in the photo that runs with this column, and from the corner of my eye I...
Tags: New York Observer, The Clash (music group), Amazon.com Inc., Arts and Culture, To Kill a Mockingbird (movie)
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'42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas. The Jackie Robinson tale "42" took in $27.3 million to claim the weekend box-...
Tags: Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (movie), Scream 4 (movie), Olga Kurylenko, G.I. Joe: Retaliation (movie), Ben Affleck
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Tom Hooper and Mychael Danna to be honored at Palm Springs festival
Tom Hooper, who won an Oscar for directing 2010's "The King's Speech," and composer Mychael Danna ("Life of Pi," "Moneyball") will be honored at the 24th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival's awards gala on Jan. 5 at the Palm Springs...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Theater, Danny Boyle, Quentin Tarantino, Entertainment
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Oscars 2012: 'The Help,' 'Moneyball' among those snubbed
For a moment, it looked as though "Hugo" could sweep this year's Academy Awards. Martin Scorsese's 3-D family film snapped up five trophies in technical categories, including surprise wins for cinematography and visual effects. But as the more...
Tags: Meryl Streep, The Bourne Ultimatum (movie), Arts, Viola Davis, The Descendants (movie)
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Review: Brad Pitt is smooth, but 'Killing Them Softly' isn't
News reports of economic woes and misbegotten corporate schemes play like a soundtrack in "Killing Them Softly," a moody crime noir starring Brad Pitt as a New Orleans hit man dealing with a down market, bad bets and loose change. Though the notion of...Tags: Barack Obama, Ray Liotta, Killing Them Softly (movie), Richard Jenkins, Entertainment
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'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards
The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year.
On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...Tags: Meryl Streep, Kung Fu Panda 2 (movie), Animation (genre), Rango (movie), Romance (genre)
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Loyola professor helps piece resurgent O's team together
The opening scene of the movie "Moneyball" is a grainy close-up of Johnny Damon batting for the Oakland Athletics. Damon becomes the movie's pivotal point, a primary example of a player paid more than stats say he is worth. That surprised Loyola...
Tags: Chicago Cubs, Teaching and Learning, Major League Baseball, Research, Baseball
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From page to small screen
Some of the biggest blockbuster movies in the last 10 years are based on books. (That means you, Harry Potter and “The Hunger Games”). But the annual television lineup has always included its share of book adaptations as well, dating back to...
Tags: Authors, Rosemary's Baby (movie), Game of Thrones (tv program), Vanessa Williams, Gossip Girl (tv program)
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