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Nate Silver: In Hollywood, 'Nobody knows anything'
Predictability and the arts-and-entertainment world have an uneasy relationship. Predictability is a given — like the mouthfeel of a Big Mac — when it comes to, say, the punch lines on "Two and a Half Men" or the beats of your average...
Tags: Media Industry, Life of Pi (movie), Social Media, Entertainment Events, Argo (movie)
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Video/Q&A: '42' star Chadwick Boseman
Actors who portray professional baseball players are not themselves professional baseball players. So hitting home runs—or just making contact with the ball—isn’t automatic. “There [were] some times when I struck out. Struck out...
Tags: Michael Oher, Civil Rights, Elections, Social Issues, Celebrities
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The Oscars telecast's rocky road
Last night's Oscars were like an emotional roller-coaster at a terrible amusement park--beginning wth Seth MacFarlane's as-bad-as-feared monologue, the show rarely rose above painful and hit few peaks. Allow us to relive some of the night's best and worst...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Life of Pi (movie), Skyfall (movie), Music, Celebrities
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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: Robert De Niro, Life of Pi (movie), Skyfall (movie), Music, Hugh Jackman
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Partying with Oscar
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When Chris Tucker and Jon Voight are grooving side by side to Rick James' "Give It To Me, Baby," you know the surreal dream that is the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party is playing out again. For many of the nominees and...
Tags: Naomie Harris, Naomi Campbell, Quentin Tarantino, Leslie Mann, Danny Huston
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Overlooked screenplays this Oscar season
In 1945 Raymond Chandler wrote a screed against Hollywood, and Hollywood screenwriting, for the Atlantic Monthly. "An industry with such vast resources and such magic techniques should not become dull so soon," said the man who later characterized his...
Tags: Rachel Weisz, Academy Awards, Scientology, Entertainment Events, Quentin Tarantino
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What to expect from Seth MacFarlane's debut outing as Oscar host
A year after Billy Crystal helmed the Oscars for approximately the 40 millionth time, hosting duties fall to “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane, who’s directed a grand total of one movie and had a minor role alongside Dwayne Johnson...
Tags: Civil Rights, Life of Pi (movie), Dwayne Johnson, Academy Awards, Entertainment Events
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'Django Unchained' is Tarantino, undisciplined ★★
In "Django Unchained," which has its moments of devilish glee in and among dubious wallows in numbing slaughter, writer-director-trash compactor Quentin Tarantino delivers a mashup of several hundred of his favorite movies, all hanging, like barnacles,...
Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Slavery, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Jamie Foxx
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RedEye's 2013 Oscar predictions
For context about predictions of major entertainment events, Duff Goldman from “Ace of Cakes” correctly predicted the result of this year’s Super Bowl. NFL experts did not. Likewise, making Oscar predictions can be a bit ridiculous, as...Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, National Football League, Tommy Lee Jones, Celebrities
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Wright walks in, and walks out with 'Broken City'
Mark Wahlberg stars in "Broken City," opening today, but Jeffrey Wright commits larceny and quietly steals the movie. It's not the first time. Now 47, Wright, one of the great pleasures of American screen acting at the moment, has played his share of...
Tags: Carmen Ejogo, Jeffrey Wright, Celebrities, New York City, Mark Wahlberg
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Stars pick the directors they want to watch
Let's say there's a row of beautiful movie theaters, and the marquee of each one reads, "New film by (name of filmmaker here)." And let's say there's no other information about the film itself. Which one would you choose? We offered this dilemma to some...
Tags: Pulp Fiction (movie), Saturday Night Live (tv program), Fred Armisen, Celebrities, Argo (movie)
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Happy face/sad face reaction: 2013 Oscar nominations
As always, this morning’s Oscar nominations created a roller coaster of emotion. Shock! Relief! Fury! I should not get so worked up about this. Really, though, the nods for the 2013 Academy Awards had a few more big surprises than usual—or...Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Life of Pi (movie), Skyfall (movie), Celebrities, Entertainment Events
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