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'Saving Lincoln' review: What were they thinking?!
0.5 stars (out of four) I kid you not: Someone in “Saving Lincoln” actually says, “Lincoln, I had been thinkin' ...,” and it's not meant to be funny. Of course, this is a historical drama in which all of the sets are green...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Steven Spielberg, Creed Bratton, Tony Kushner, Entertainment
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Movie makeup: The good, the bad and the 'J. Edgar'
Attention, vampires. Later this week, while you're watching the final installment in the "Twilight" series, if the quality of the new film is consistent with the earlier films, well, you will probably find yourself wondering if it's just you or do all...
Tags: Leonardo DiCaprio, Looper (movie), Hyde Park on Hudson (movie), Hugo Weaving, Celebrities
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Tony Kushner's Chicago visit a virtual event for most
This Friday at 4 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner will pay a visit to one of his favorite Chicago haunts. In the spirit of the movie “Lincoln,” which Kushner wrote and which revels in the...
Tags: Book, Literature, Celebrities, Tony Kushner, Entertainment
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Logging family time with Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln has been given many titles over the years: Rail Splitter, Great Emancipator, even, to the detriment of the undead, Vampire Hunter. Some of these have more historical credibility than others. But one that he's earned without question,...
Tags: Slavery, Museums, Washington, DC, Libraries, Andy Warhol
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Thoughts while (not) watching 'Downton Abbey'
South Bend TribuneIdle thoughts while pretending not to watch “Downton Abbey” with my lovely wife: - After a three-day visit with our older son and his family in Evansville, Ind., just after Christmas, can you believe that I’ve shoveled more snow down...Tags: Downton Abbey (tv program), Celebrities, Anne Hathaway, Jack Klugman, Cate Blanchett
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Oscar nominations: 'Lincoln' leads Academy Award contenders with 12
With a conspicuous diss of Kathryn Bigelow, the un-nominated director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Academy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning. “Zero Dark Thirty” was one of nine films given the best picture...
Tags: Michael Haneke, Denzel Washington, Jennifer Lawrence, David O. Russell, Celebrities
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Foul-Mouthed Speaker Lowers Civility Bar
The Hartford CourantOne way to look at your life right now is this: Even if there's somebody at work who gets on your nerves, there's still a strong chance that you get along better with your co-workers than do the people allegedly running this country. I mentioned in...Tags: Slavery, Dick Cheney, Joe Biden, Patrick Leahy, Fiscal Cliff
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Lincoln freed us for this?
No slavery is quite as pernicious as that which we impose on ourselves. That lofty point is brought to mind by two recent events that might seem to have no relationship to each other. I wish. One occurred on New Year's Day. Although you might have...
Tags: Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, Satellite and Cable Service, New Year's Day, Oxygen (tv network)
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: Religious Festivals, Celebrities, Entertainment, The New York Times, Dave Brubeck
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Spielberg's 'Lincoln' leads Golden Globe nominations with seven
The nominees for the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday by Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms. Steven Spielberg's epic on the 16th president, "Lincoln," stood out in the film categories with seven Golden Globe nominations, followed...
Tags: Ewan McGregor, Denmark, Megan Fox, Bryan Cranston, Hope Springs (movie)
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When movies feel like TV
Last month after a screening, even as the lights came up in the theater, I could feel "Zero Dark Thirty" fading, its images and impact already softening in my head. No, no, wait: not fading — mingling. If our cultural experiences rub shoulders at...
Tags: The Impossible (movie), Denzel Washington, Central Intelligence Agency, David Chase, Breaking Bad (tv program)
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Animal House
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday night, senators took a break from the hard work of rescuing the nation's finances. They summoned Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg, ordered in popcorn, and watched the movie "Lincoln." After Thursday night's debacle in the...
Tags: Eric Cantor, Economy, Business and Finance, Entertainment, MSNBC (tv network), U.S. Senate
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