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Oscars have always welcomed the world
Gold DerbyThis year's Oscars numbered only one foreign-born winner -- Austria's Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds") -- among the four acting champs. However, that does not mean the Oscars are guilty of any homegrown bias. After all, six of the 20 acting... -
So what did we learn from this year's Oscars?
Gold DerbyOur forums moderator Darrin "DoubleD" Dortch asked this post-Oscars question in our message boards, eliciting comments below. Let's start with one of the lessons that Darrin says he learned from this derby season. See more reax in this forum thread.... -
Christopher Nolan takes flight with Superman: 'We have a fantastic story' [UPDATED]
The Hero ComplexThe "Dark Knight" director speaks for the first time about his Superman plans -- and about the third Batman film's villain. "It won't be," he says with a wink, "Mr. Freeze."... -
Can 'Avatar' crush 'Twilight: New Moon' at the MTV Movie Awards?
Gold DerbyOur forum posters don't believe recent Oscar champ "The Hurt Locker" will even be nominated for best picture at the MTV Movie Awards. As they post their predictions in our message boards, our posters agree that front-runners for nominations are "Avatar,"... -
How Ann Magnuson gott her dammerung on (and became a Wagner groupie)
Brand XLike many opera illiterates, I used to associate Richard Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” with one thing: Nazis. Those ominous strings, the rumbling timpani, the heroic heralding horns; they could mean only one thing ... more Hitler footage on t... -
'House M.D.': Don't forget to demonize two demon eyes
Show TrackerKnights! Witches! Swords! Kings! For a moment, I thought that "House" had been preempted in favor of a Heath Ledger movie. Monday's episode, "Knight Fall," started off looking like a period piece until the king whipped out his iPhone to...... -
Bear-y gay
RICHARD A. KAYE is an associate professor of English at Hunter College in New York.At a conference of literary scholars in December, a friend was interviewing a candidate for an academic position. After answering the usual questions about proposed courses, teaching loads and scholarly interests, the candidate volunteered, "Oh, by...Tags: Sleep Apnea, Awards and Prizes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Periodicals, San Francisco
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Ledger's death is a shock to Hollywood, fans
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe death of 28-year-old Heath Ledger, hailed as one of the great hopes among his generation of actors, was a brutal shock for Hollywood on Tuesday and grimly ended any hope that the day would be a simple celebration of this year's Oscar nominations. ---...Tags: Comedy (genre), The Dark Knight (movie), Bob Dylan, Death, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Poll: Americans Want 'Crash' for Best Picture
Zap2It.comAll winter long, critics, guilds and other awards-givers have endorsed "Brokeback Mountain" as the year's best picture. Given the same choices as the Academy, though, the American people may go another way. According to a semi-scientific poll of 1016...Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, Joaquin Phoenix, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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Capote
Zap2It.comWhen "Capote" started making the rounds of film festivals, all the media coverage agreed upon one thing: Playing the author Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman was a lock for this year's Best Actor Oscar. That sort of got lost as Joaquin Phoenix and...Tags: Catherine Keener, Joaquin Phoenix, DVDs and Movies, DVDs, Documentary (genre)
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Your inner Dark Knight: Could you train to be Batman?
The Skinny: Diets and workouts and life, oh my! | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHere at The Skinny, we believe in getting those muscles moving. But what kind of training would it take for your run-of-the-mill human to possess the fighting-machine precision of a Batman bod? It can be done, says professor E.......Tags: Sports, Batman (fictional character), Johns Hopkins University, Christian Bale
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Batman-loving senator in 'Dark Knight'
The Swampby Frank James The late Heath Ledger, who by all accounts gives a phenomenal performance as the Joker in the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight" which opens today, does something many Republicans have longed to do. He grabs......Tags: Pennsylvania, Upper House, Batman (fictional character), Patrick Leahy, George W. Bush
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