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Oscars 2013: 'Argo' generates most heat, but can 'Lincoln' catch it?
With the Oscars finally upon us Sunday, it's do-or-die for the movies ranked in the L.A. Times Data Desk's HeatMeter, which tallies points at events throughout the season to gauge the overall traction of people and films. With Ben Affleck's "Argo"...
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Oscar predictions 2013: Adele! Adele! Adele!
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. He looked at the three short film categories here, the sound awards here and...Tags: Entertainment, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, Seth MacFarlane, Ted (movie)
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148 years later, Mississippi ratifies amendment banning slavery
Mississippi forgot something. Fully 148 years after the end of the Civil War and the U.S. end to slavery, the state has officially ratified the 13th Amendment ban on the practice. The state thought the amendment had already been ratified by its...
Tags: Slavery, U.S. Congress, Steven Spielberg, Social Issues
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Oscars 2013 date, time, TV channel, preview and more!
Channel Guide MagazineOscars 2013 date, time, TV channel, preview and more, with host Seth MacFarlane! The 85th Annual Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 24 ABC, 7pm ET; Red Carpet coverage on E! starting at 5:30pm ET Family Guy funnyman Seth MacFarlane hosts this year's Oscar... -
Oscar predictions 2013: Calling the visual crafts awards
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. He looked at the shorts categories here and the sound races here. Now he looks...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Daniel Day-Lewis, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Entertainment, Politics
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Clothes that tell stories
Los Angeles TimesThe year 2012 was full of films that captured the essence of memorable time periods through costume. Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" was brought to life by designer Joanna Johnston's stovepipe hats and wool shawls, for instance. And what would the film "Anna...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Arts, Entertainment, Snow White and the Huntsman (movie), Les Miserables (musical)
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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Oliver Stone, Kathryn Bigelow, Crime, Law and Justice, Quentin Tarantino, Arthur Penn
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The 'Argo' factor in this year's Oscar fest
In the week since Oscar nominations were announced, we've sat through two award shows — the Critics' Choice Awards, thrown by a group of junketeers who, according to Anne Hathaway at least, can't even spell the names of their winners right, and...Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Bill Clinton, Human Interest, Quentin Tarantino, Entertainment Events
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SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' a go-go; Day-Lewis an Oscar frontrunner
"Argo" took home a single prize at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but it was the one that mattered most. Winning the trophy for performance by a cast in a motion picture, Ben Affleck's CIA drama solidified its status as the front-runner...
Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Kathryn Bigelow, MTV (tv network), Human Interest, Culture
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Now for real insight into Oscars -- by the guilds
The academy liked "Argo," but not its director, Ben Affleck. The Directors Guild of America nominated Affleck, but couldn't find room for "Silver Linings Playbook" auteur David O. Russell, who, naturally, received an Oscar nomination for direction....Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Unions, Entertainment Events, Celebrities
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SAG Awards 2013: Tommy Lee Jones wins best supporting actor
Tommy Lee Jones won the SAG Award for male actor in a supporting role Sunday night for playing the outspoken Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln." Jones was not in attendance to receive the award,...Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Alan Arkin, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Javier Bardem, Screen Actors Guild
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The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?
"I am 10 years older than I was a year ago." We believe that's a line Abraham Lincoln said to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of "Lincoln." Or it could be something "Lincoln" lead Daniel Day-Lewis wearily muttered during one of the endless Q&As he's done...Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln Center, Take Shelter (movie), The Tree of Life (movie), The Master (movie)
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