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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: Social Issues, U.S. Congress, Slavery, Steven Spielberg
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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: Gold Standard Incorporated, Robert Richardson, Janusz Kaminski, Skyfall (movie), 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: The Hunger Games (movie), Les Miserables (musical), Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, Arts
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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: Michael Douglas, Oliver Stone, Scarface (movie), Arthur Penn, Liam Neeson
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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: Gold Standard Incorporated, Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Ang Lee, David O. Russell, Michael Haneke
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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: MTV (tv network), Ang Lee, Dick van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Ceremonies
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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: Shea Whigham, Ang Lee, Writers Guild of America, Dash Mihok, David O. Russell
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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: Nicole Kidman, Entertainment Events, Argo (movie), Skyfall (movie), Academy Awards
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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: Gold Standard Incorporated, Hugh Jackman, The Impossible (movie), Inglourious Basterds (movie), The Sessions (movie)
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Heatmeter: 'Argo' and Jennifer Lawrence lead the Oscar pack
A flurry of ceremonies over the last 2 1/2 weeks -- the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild prizes and the Screen Actors Guild awards -- has separated pretender from contender in Hollywood's 2012-13 awards season. According to the L.A. Times HeatMeter,...
Tags: The Impossible (movie), Helen Mirren, Magic Mike (movie), Rust and Bone (movie), Rachel Weisz
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Jessica Chastain's signature 'Zero Dark Thirty' line follows her [Video]
Daniel Day-Lewis may have been "clothed in immense power" in "Lincoln," but when it comes to memorable movie lines from the past year, it would be hard to top Jessica Chastain's forceful explanation of why she happens to be attending a particular CIA...Tags: Gold Standard Incorporated, Central Intelligence Agency, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leon Panetta, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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