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A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots
On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting for and why. Here's what they had to say: OSCARS 2013: Full Coverage PRODUCERS BRANCH: This 40ish Oscar nominee...
Tags: Ben Affleck, Entertainment Events, Voting, Les Miserables (movie), Preston Sturges
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'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards
Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...Tags: Skyfall (movie), Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Les Miserables (movie), Brave (movie)
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Courtney Not Quite Right About Connecticut And Slavery
The Hartford CourantCongressman Joe Courtney recently wrote a letter to director Steven Spielberg insisting that he had made a mistake in his film "Lincoln": "I was on the edge of my seat during the roll call vote on the ratification of the 13th Amendment outlawing...Tags: American Civil War (1861-1865), Central Connecticut State University, West Hartford, Elections, Social Issues
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'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing
"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...Tags: The Social Network (movie) , Entertainment Events, The Descendants (movie), Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Central Intelligence Agency
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Gordon Davidson is still giving to theater
Founder of the Mark Taper Forum, éminence grise of the regional theater movement, crusading champion of Los Angeles theater, Gordon Davidson was put in an unusual position last fall at USC's School of Dramatic Arts: He had to explain who he was to a group...
Tags: Catonsville, Entertainment Events, 2012 Democratic National Convention, James Corden, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Congressman who criticized 'Lincoln' calls Affleck theory 'hilarious'
Rep. Joe Courtney (D.-Conn.) understands it looks a little strange that he issued a letter chastising Steven Spielberg when it was Ben Affleck who helped him get elected. But he finds the idea that Affleck put him up to it — or that he took it upon...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Voting, Ben Affleck, Social Issues, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Anna Deavere Smith wins $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
Anna Deavere Smith, famed for creating one-woman, documentary theater pieces about taut social issues in which she portrays multiple people she’s interviewed, has won the $300,000 Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards in...
Tags: Robert Redford, Entertainment Events, Robert Wilson, Rodney King, Lance Armstrong
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Letter: Ancient mechanical law supports idea of unconditional equality
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we are reminded that equality is unconditional, something we basically knew from the start. And it wasn't born out of the Great Charter of the Liberties of England, or the Magna Carta; the...Tags: Slavery, Movies, Crime, Law and Justice, Abraham Lincoln, Entertainment
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‘60 Minutes’: Steven Spielberg previews ‘Lincoln’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelFor a look at the fall's most-anticipated film, you'll want to catch “60 Minutes” this weekend. Director Steven Spielberg promotes “Lincoln,” his take on the 16th U.S. president's efforts to abolish slavery through the 13th... -
85th Academy Award nominations favor Spielberg, highlight “Beasts”
Channel Guide MagazineSpielberg, Day-Lewis, Washington … Quvenzhané? The nominations for the 85th Academy Awards, which were announced Thursday morning in Hollywood, contained some longtime favorites, as well as some surprising newcomers. Director Steven Spielberg's... -
Herald-Mail announces annual Oscar Picks
Chances are most people won't ever have the chance to hold an Oscar statue, but one Herald-Mail reader will want to get his or her acceptance speech ready on Sunday, Feb. 24. That's when he or she correctly identifies the most winners in the 10...
Tags: Les Miserables (movie), Seth MacFarlane, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Argo (movie), Alan Arkin
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Orlando Shakespeare Theater plans biggest production ever -- a 2-night play
Big news out of the Orlando Shakespeare Theater today. And by big news, I mean a play that clocks in at 6 and a half hours, with 30 actors playing more than 150 characters. Headlining the Shakes' 25th anniversary season in 2013-14 will be a two-part...
Tags: Charles Dickens, Arts and Culture
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