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Film Review: An incredible waste of 'Wonderstone'
In how many ways is "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" a horrible miscalculation? Pretty much all of them. Yes, it has a couple dozen chuckles and maybe a few true laughs, but that's not enough to sustain this written-by-numbers piece of Hollywood...
Tags: Jim Carrey, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (movie), Olivia Wilde, Steve Carell, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (movie)
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The Second City comes to Glendale's Alex Theatre
A staggering amount of modern American comedy has passed across the stages of The Second City, the acclaimed improv group headquartered in Chicago. Its alumni stretches from Oscar-winner Alan Arkin to Stephen Colbert and generations of “Saturday...
Tags: The Second City, John Belushi, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert
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Review: 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone's' title oversells movie
What is it with Hollywood and hyperbole these days? Last week saw "Oz the Great and Powerful" and now we have "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone." Calling it "The Mildly Diverting Burt Wonderstone" would have been more accurate, but how many tickets is that...Tags: Jim Carrey, James Gandolfini, Olivia Wilde, Siegfried and Roy, Movies
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Believing in magic at 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' premiere
Jim Carrey walked the red carpet at "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone" premiere Monday night wearing shiny silver boots, gold Elvis-style sunglasses and a white jacket. Hordes of screaming fans along Hollywood Boulevard in front of TCL Chinese Theater made...
Tags: Jim Carrey, Olivia Wilde, David Copperfield, Movies, Entertainment
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Katheryn Winnick brings fighting spirit to 'Vikings' role
RedEyeKatheryn Winnick holds a third-degree black belt in taekwondo and a second-degree black belt in karate, so playing a sword-wielding shield maiden in History's "Vikings" was a cinch. Well ... sorta. "A shield maiden wouldn't necessarily do a spinning...Tags: A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (movie), Kurt Russell, Bill Murray, Matt Dillon, The Tudors (tv program)
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Oscars 2013 winners: “Argo” takes home top prize
Channel Guide MagazineOscars 2013 winners will always enjoy their triumphs, despite the fact that they'll forever be associated with the year that Seth MacFarlane hosted. No, he didn't turn it into “Family Guy goes to the Oscars,” per se — although those... -
Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Theater, George Clooney, David Arquette, Django Unchained (movie), Ang Lee
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Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor
Christoph Waltz won the supporting actor Oscar for "Django Unchained" in one of the tightest acting races at this year's Academy Awards on Sunday. The man who already had one Oscar on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: Alan Arkin ("Argo"...Tags: Tommy Lee Jones, Django Unchained (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events, Entertainment
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Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) — You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30 in the morning. Except last time. Some...
Tags: F-bomb Dropping, Seth MacFarlane, Ellen DeGeneres, Movies, Anne Hathaway
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Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. Earlier he looked at the short films, sound categories, visual crafts races,...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Screen Actors Guild, Django Unchained (movie)
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The story of the Oscars
While it's true that there's only so much anyone can say about the Oscars, remember it can be said again and again. As a reader (and writer), I know by now that there are 10 abiding Oscar stories. Here they are, all in a single article: The history...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, The Sessions (movie), Gene Kelly, Montgomery Clift, Helen Hunt
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Connecticut's Oscar Favorites From Those In The Know
The Hartford CourantThe Academy Awards bring out the critic in everyone. It starts when the nominations are announced — "Whaddya mean, Ben Affleck wasn't nominated?" — and lasts long after Oscar night. That annual ritual takes place Sunday night and will be...Tags: Tommy Lee Jones, Beasts of the Southern Wild (movie), Django Unchained (movie), Anna Karenina (movie), Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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