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The bankbuster
WASHINGTON -- With his chronically gravelly voice and relentlessly liberal agenda, Sherrod Brown seems to have stepped out of "Les Miserables," hoarse from singing revolutionary anthems at the barricades. Today, Ohio's senior senator has a project...
Tags: Bank of America Corp., Japan, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated, Banking
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Time To Break Up Too-Big-To-Fail Banks
The Hartford CourantWith his chronically gravelly voice and relentlessly liberal agenda, Sherrod Brown seems to have stepped out of "Les Miserables," hoarse from singing revolutionary anthems at the barricades. Today, Ohio's senior senator has a project worthy of Victor Hugo...Tags: Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Incorporated, Banking, General Motors Corp.
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Jim Harbaugh tops list for The Times' Sports Oscars
Oscars, smoshkers. With his scenery-chewing performance on the sidelines last weekend, Jim Harbaugh has elevated himself to the top of this year’s list of the world’s greatest dramatic actors. “Maybe he’s just being himself?&...
Tags: The Master (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Charles Durning, Flight (movie), James Stewart
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Lyric announces 'Oklahoma!' cast
Lyric Opera has announced principal castings for the new production of "Oklahoma!" that will mark the company premiere of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical in May. John Cudia, who won a Jeff Award in 2008 for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in...Tags: Palace Theater, Marriott Theatre, Poetry, Tony Awards, Civic Opera House
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Readers share ratings, quibbles
The awards season has run its course. It's always a relief to see it in the rearview mirror. Even the winners feel that way. Many of the award-winners qualifying for very goodness and even greatness fed an ongoing debate about historical fiction on...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Art Institute of Chicago, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Steven Spielberg, Charles Bronson
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Predictions: 2013 Oscar nominees
This Thursday brings my annual morning of being excited and nervous and telling myself I won’t yell at the TV. And then doing it anyway. That’s right, it’s the Oscar nominations, for a change announced before the Golden Globes, not...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Helen Hunt, Steven Spielberg, Michael Haneke, Django Unchained (movie)
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Predictions: Golden Globes 2013--movies
No matter who wins or loses Sunday, the 2013 Golden Globes ceremony obviously will be awesome because Tiny Fey and Amy Poehler are hosting. Really: That should be enough to make even the most awards show-averse movie/TV fans tune in. Yes, there will...Tags: ParaNorman (movie), Steven Spielberg, Russell Crowe, Wreck-It Ralph (movie), Yemen
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'Les Miserables' review: Excellent whether you're into it or not
***1/2 (out of four) Aside from “Newsies,” I don’t prefer musicals. I still know a good one when I see it, and the first big-screen musical version of “Les Miserables” is a very good one. The first-time-ever nature of the...
Tags: Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Russell Crowe, Newsies (musical), Music
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Oscar nominations: 'Lincoln' leads Academy Award contenders with 12
With a conspicuous diss of Kathryn Bigelow, the un-nominated director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the Academy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning. “Zero Dark Thirty” was one of nine films given the best picture...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Helen Hunt, Steven Spielberg, Michael Haneke
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Surprises and snubs from the 2013 Golden Globe nominations
I told myself I wouldn’t get worked up over the Golden Globe nominations this morning, but here we go again. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association—an anonymous group of freelancers much, much smaller than the Academy—really booted...
Tags: Joaquin Phoenix, ParaNorman (movie), Yemen, Django Unchained (movie), Music
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"The Realistic Joneses," "February House," "Love/Murder" Top Best Of Year List
The Hartford CourantWhat did the best in Connecticut theater add up to in 2012? My four favorite shows were all world premieres, two of them musicals and two of them plays. Beyond that fresh quartet, I was smitten by two additional musical revivals from our local producing...Tags: Long Wharf Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, Broadway Theater, Hartford Stage, Music
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Movie awards: Unusual joins usual
More cinema awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics Circle has a reputation for sometimes picking unusual choices. This year, the critics honored "Amour" (picture and female actor Emmanuelle Riva), "The Master" (director P.T. Anderson, actors Joaquin...
Tags: BBC, The Wire (tv program), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment Events, Jenni Rivera
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