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Critic's Notebook: Annette Bening takes the ordinary to Oscar-worthy heights
There is a very particular art to playing the ordinary. Few actors do it well — Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney always come to mind. Of those, most fail to get their due come Oscar night — thoughts of Giamatti and Linney rise again.
The...Tags: There Will Be Blood (movie), Colin Firth, Marion Cotillard, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Giamatti
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'The King's Speech' wins top Oscars
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers"The King's Speech" was crowned best film at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday night. Nominated for 12 Oscars -- the most of any film -- it won four statuettes, including for Colin Firth for lead actor, Tom Hooper for director, and David Seidler for...Tags: Colin Firth, Culture, Inception (movie), Christian Bale, Sociology
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The Oscars: Fresh story ideas a tough sell in Hollywood
David Seidler first sparked to the idea of writing a movie about the life of King George VI in 1980. A stutterer himself, he found the real-life narrative of the English monarch's struggles to overcome a debilitating stammer moving and profoundly...Tags: Paramount Pictures, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mark Ruffalo, Inception (movie), Christian Bale
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Tom Hooper takes the directing Oscar for 'King's Speech'
Tom Hooper made a movie about giving speeches on a grand stage – and then he got to make one himself.
The 38-year-old British filmmaker took home the best director prize at the Oscars on Sunday night for "The King's Speech," a historical drama...Tags: Culture, Colin Firth, Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, World War II (1939-1945)
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Oscars: Colin Firth gets a well-deserved win for 'The King's Speech'
Learn another language, live in a different body — that's fundamentally what "The King's Speech" required of Colin Firth if he was to give the stammering King George VI an authenticity that could be sensed in every tortured sentence he delivered....Tags: Colin Firth, Human Interest, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945)
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'The King's Speech' dethrones 'The Social Network'
Hollywood's coronation of "The King's Speech" culminated Sunday night when the story of stuttering King George VI and his speech therapist won four Academy Awards, including best picture. But if the Oscars completed the historical drama's ascension, the...Tags: Culture, Political Campaigns, World War II (1939-1945), Robert Wise, Sociology
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TV review: Nice try, Oscars
RedEyeOscar producers, the more you try to make your annual Hollywood lovefest appeal to young viewers, the older you seem. And you are 83! "Anne, I must say, you look so beautiful and so hip," James Franco, 32, deadpanned as he and co-host Anne Hathaway, 28,...Tags: Colin Firth, Culture, Inception (movie), Christian Bale, Sociology
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Television Review: Anne Hathaway and James Franco play it safe
They played it safe, and who could blame them?
The 83rd Academy Awards opened with hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco taking an "Inception"-inspired journey through the dreams of former host Alec Baldwin, dreams that turned out to be clips from...Tags: Culture, Colin Firth, Inception (movie), Theater, Whoopi Goldberg
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Comments & Curiosities: The 'King' of all award shows
"Hooray for Holly." Come on, everybody, "Hooray for Hollywood, that screwy bally-hooey Hollywood, where any office boy or young mechanic, can be a panic." No, wait, stop, please. That was awful. We try that every year and it never gets any better....Tags: Javier Bardem, Colin Firth, Mark Ruffalo, Inception (movie), Christian Bale
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Neeson's 'Unknown' wins weekend with $21.8 million debut
LOS ANGELES - Liam Neeson has proven himself a known quantity again at the box office. Neeson's thriller, “Unknown,” debuted as the No. 1 movie with $21.8 million, following in the footsteps of his 2009 action hit "Taken," according to studio...Tags: Martin Lawrence, Colin Firth, Time Warner Inc., I Am Number Four (movie), Fox Broadcasting Company
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And the award goes to…Varsity Life predicts the winners of the 83rd annual Academy Awards
"True Grit," "The Fighter," "Black Swan" and "The King's Speech" are a few of the many head-spinning, stomach-turning, heart-wrenching movies that impacted audiences locally and across the globe. On Feb. 27, the most worthy of films from 2010 will be...Tags: England, Javier Bardem, Mark Ruffalo, Toy Story (movie), Christian Bale
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Darko Tresnjak Finds A Home At Hartford Stage
The Hartford CourantDarko Tresnjak wanted to direct as far back as he can remember. When the newly-named artistic director of Hartford Stage was a 7-year-old boy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, he was inspired by the opening-day ceremonies of the 1972 Olympics to organize his...Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Dana Ivey, Theater, Rentals, Michael Ritchie
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