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Academy rule riles producers
![If "Little Miss Sunshine" wins the Oscar for best picture, it will represent a phenomenal underdog victory for a raucous road-trip comedy that cost barely $7 million to make, was turned down by studios everywhere and was directed by a husband-and-wife team who'd never made a feature before.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-02/28003317.jpg "If "Little Miss Sunshine\" wins the Oscar for best picture, it will represent a phenomenal underdog victory for a raucous road-trip comedy that cost barely $7 million to make, was turned down by studios everywhere and was directed by a husband-and-wife team who'd never made a feature before.")
Times Staff WriterIf "Little Miss Sunshine" wins the Oscar for best picture, it will represent a phenomenal underdog victory for a raucous road-trip comedy that cost barely $7 million to make, was turned down by studios everywhere and was directed by a husband-and-wife...Tags: Counting Crows (music group), Movies, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Todd Field, Alexander Payne
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'How to Eat Fried Worms'
Chicago TribuneIf your stomach doesn't churn a bit after hearing the title of the children's movie "How to Eat Fried Worms," the picture itself may finish the job. Indeed, we watch the film's main character, 11-year-old Billy Forrester (Luke Benward), devour worm after...Tags: Children, Arts and Culture, Movies, Chicago Tribune, Hamburgers
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Fantasy films? There's truth in there too
Special to The TimesGiven a choice between Iraq and fairyland, it's clear where moviegoers would prefer to spend time. Despite the glut of politically themed movies on offer this season, audiences have embraced frothier fare: "The Golden Compass," set in a parallel universe...Tags: Christopher Lee, Harry Potter (fictional character), Movies, Gaming, Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Oscars Host Choice: Jon Stewart
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOscar's desperate search for relevancy continues. With the choice of Comedy Central's Jon Stewart as the next Oscar host, the film academy has apparently opted for the host most like the films that presumably will be nominated for the award itself --...Tags: Movies, Oprah Winfrey, Death, Jude Law, Sean Penn
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Grandma Claims Boyfriend Killed Corona Boy
CORONA - A mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder, torture and assault in the death of the woman's 2 year old son.
Belinda Janette Magana, 23, and 37-year-old Naresh Narine, are accused of killing the boy and burying him in a shallow...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Family, Children, Crime, Law and Justice, Death
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Will Ferrell Exposes 'Two Face'
Zap2It.comSony Pictures is about to reveal Will Ferrell as a "Two Face." According to the industry trade papers Ferrell is attached to play the lead role in the dramedy "Two Face" (The Hollywood Reporter prefers "2-Face" as the title) which comes from writer Vince...Tags: Step Brothers (movie), Sony Corp., Hancock (movie), Land of the Lost (movie), The Hollywood Reporter
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THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI have a piece of advice for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take your 44-page rule book, toss it out the window and start all over. Anyone who thinks that the rest of the world is peeved with the United States simply because of the go-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Movies, Taiwan, Israel, Film Festivals
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Pilots: AMC Locks Up 'Shield' Star
Zap2It.com"The Shield" star Walton Goggins will go from cop to recently released prison inmate in a pilot being developed at AMC. Goggins is set to star in "Rectify," a drama about a man who's released from prison after DNA evidence proves he was wrongfully put...Tags: Academy Awards, Arts and Culture, Spike Lee, Drama (genre), Literature
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See who FOX40 viewers helped put behind bars
Donna Hayes arrested 9/22/08 after a tip from a FOX40 viewer. Jermain Tyrone Randle arrested 8/24/08 after a tip from a FOX40 viewer. Christopher Brown arrested after a tip from a FOX40 viewer. Glen Stout arrested 06/14/06 after a tip from a FOX40...Tags: Henry Hudson, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Police Arrests, Murder
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Fox agrees to step in on next "Narnia" movie
Twentieth Century Fox has agreed to co-finance the third movie in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series, pending approval of the final script and shooting budget. If all goes as planned, Fox and Walden Media, which controls the movie rights to C.S. Lewis'...Tags: Movies, DVDs and Movies, Entertainment, Michael Apted, Finance
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U.S. soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July
It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway. Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U....Tags: David Petraeus, Family, Society, U.S. Military, Baghdad (Iraq)
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Once again, drama surrounds the process to select foreign films
![<img src="http://www.calendarlive.com/images/standard/arrow-orng.gif" width="12" height="9"><span class="nSansBlue11"><a href="/cl-list-nominations,0,1683139.htmlstory"><b>Complete list of nominees</b></a></span>](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-01/16001048.jpg "<img src="http://www.calendarlive.com/images/standard/arrow-orng.gif\" width=\"12\" height=\"9\"><span class=\"nSansBlue11\"><a href=\"/cl-list-nominations,0,1683139.htmlstory\"><b>Complete list of nominees</b></a></span>")
Special to The TimesComplete list of nominees Complete Academy Awards coverage Year after year, it's one of the most difficult choices facing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. And this year was no exception. Selected from a pool of 49 eligible films...Tags: Spain, 9 (movie), Movies, Arts and Culture, South Africa
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![If your stomach doesn't churn a bit after hearing the title of the children's movie "How to Eat Fried Worms," the picture itself may finish the job.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-08/25047859 "If your stomach doesn't churn a bit after hearing the title of the children's movie "How to Eat Fried Worms,\" the picture itself may finish the job.")
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