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Argo, Lincoln and the politics of Hollywood
The Oscar for best picture was won by "Argo," the true tale of a secret rescue mission in Iran during the Carter administration. It beat out "Lincoln," the story of how black Americans were rescued from slavery. Does this mean Jimmy Carter's stock is on...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Argo (movie), Central Intelligence Agency, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Iran
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Oscars: Jennifer Lawrence now brunet, Ben Affleck shaves beard
Jennifer Lawrence and Ben Affleck are doing some post-Oscar grooming. And here we thought the nips, trims, dyes and tucks were supposed to happen before the Academy Awards. Lawrence, 22, took home the lead actress Oscar for her role as a neurotic...
Tags: Kanye West, Argo (movie), Google Inc., Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment
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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, Tony Kushner, Westport Country Playhouse, Denzel Washington, Golden Globe Awards
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Oscars 2013: Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz among night's surprises
Riding high on a late-inning surge of Oscar goodwill, "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee supplied one of Sunday night's most surprising outcomes: besting Steven Spielberg for director. Until just a few weeks ago — and with "Argo" director Ben Affleck...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Jack Nicholson, Argo (movie)
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Oscars 2013: Ang Lee is worthy, but better than Steven Spielberg?
Now that the dust has settled and cold reality has replaced airy speculation, it's clearer than ever that as far as the 2013 best picture Oscar was concerned, Hollywood's directors gave and took away. Not content with being the powers on the set, the...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Argo (movie), Life of Pi (movie), Skyfall (movie), Ang Lee
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Oscars 2013: TV ratings rise with Seth MacFarlane as host
Seth MacFarlane may have sung about Oscar's losers, but he wasn't among them. Sunday's movie awards ceremony produced its best ratings in years. An average of 40.3 million viewers tuned in to the Oscar telecast on ABC, according to Nielsen. The ceremony...
Tags: Argo (movie), ABC (tv network), Seth MacFarlane, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events
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'Argo's' Oscar gets a thumbs-down in Iran
TEHRAN -- Since the news from Hollywood flashed early Monday in Iran, text messages have been passing the word: A film widely denounced here as a stereotyped, anti-Iranian caricature won the coveted Oscar for best picture. "I am secular, atheist and not...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Science and Technology, Argo (movie), Crisis, Iraq
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'Life of Pi,' 'Argo' win big at Oscars. NBC takes big fall.
After the coffee. Before getting the tuxedo to the cleaners. The Skinny: I kept my tweeting to a minimum during the Oscars. Just as New Year's Eve and St. Patrick's Day are amateur night to drinkers, the Oscars is amateur night for tweeters. Monday's...
Tags: The New York Times, New York City, New Year's Day, Barry Diller, Life of Pi (movie)
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Oscars 2013: Five things we learned from the awards season
The Oscars are over. (Or is Seth MacFarlane still singing? We turned off the TV.) "Argo" has its best picture trophy. Ben Affleck made his final self-deprecating acceptance speech. And the White House cashed in on its last awards season photo op. What...
Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Paul Greengrass, Argo (movie), Life of Pi (movie), Seth MacFarlane
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Oscars 2013: The best speeches? Daniel Day-Lewis, Ben Affleck
While female songstresses Adele and Jennifer Hudson delivered the biggest emotional punches during Sunday night's Oscars telecast, it was the award-winning men who gave the best speeches. Between Daniel Day-Lewis, winner of the lead actor award for...Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Argo (movie), Good Will Hunting (movie), Lincoln (movie, 2012), Daniel Day-Lewis
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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: Life of Pi (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), Music, Django Unchained (movie), Alan Arkin
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Oscars 2013: Join our discussion about the Academy Awards [Video]
The Oscars saluted Hollywood’s best from the past year on Sunday night, honoring “Argo” for best picture, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence for lead actor and actress, and Ang Lee for director, to name only a few. Anne Hathaway&...Tags: Screen Actors Guild, Life of Pi (movie), Charlize Theron, Seth MacFarlane, Music
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