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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...Tags: Oliver Stone, DVDs, John McCain, Politics, Ben Affleck
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Richard III found, but the truth may still be missing
In America, we paved paradise and put up a parking lot. In Britain, they put up a parking lot and paved over a king. As my colleague Henry Chu reported: More than 500 years after his death in battle, scientists announced Monday that they had...
Tags: England, William Shakespeare, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Al Gore
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'Identity Thief' swipes No. 1 spot with $36.6M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Identity Thief" has turned out to be the real thing at the box office. The comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy debuted at No. 1 with a $36.6 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday....
Tags: Services and Shopping, Django Unchained (movie), Tom Cruise, A Good Day to Die Hard (movie), Side Effects (movie)
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'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards
Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...Tags: Helen Hunt, Django Unchained (movie), Ben Affleck, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Judi Dench
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'Argo' wins USC Libraries Scripter Award for writing
"Argo" continues to rack up prizes: On Saturday evening, Ben Affleck's drama set during the Iranian hostage crisis picked up the 25th annual Scripter Award, which honors the best adapted screenplay, as well as the author of the material on which it was...Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Life of Pi (movie), Unions, The Perks of Being a Wallflower (movie), Awards and Prizes
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Chan-wook Park has a lot riding on blood-filled 'Stoker'
In a high-tech bungalow on a back corner of the 20th Century Fox lot, the South Korean auteur Chan-wook Park is chiseling his opus as the clock ticks toward 9 p.m. Park, the toast of Asian cinema and hero to hordes of genre-film enthusiasts, is...
Tags: Prisons, Apple iPad, Charlize Theron, Film Festivals, Matthew Goode
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Congressman who criticized 'Lincoln' calls Affleck theory 'hilarious'
Rep. Joe Courtney (D.-Conn.) understands it looks a little strange that he issued a letter chastising Steven Spielberg when it was Ben Affleck who helped him get elected. But he finds the idea that Affleck put him up to it — or that he took it upon...Tags: Movies, University of Connecticut, Ben Affleck, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Slavery
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Torture helped get bin Laden?
"Zero Dark Thirty," the film about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, got a fresh infusion of buzz over the weekend when outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confirmed again that enhanced interrogation techniques aided the effort to find...
Tags: American Enterprise Institute, Osama bin Laden, Entertainment, Movies, Central Intelligence Agency
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Backstage at the Oscars: Affleck, Clooney talk 'Argo'
Highlights from backstage at the Oscars: The “Argo” trio of Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov took the stage, and Affleck was asked when he felt was tipping point for his movie’s victory. “Michelle Obama,”...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Steve Martin, Ben Affleck, Life of Pi (movie), Michelle Obama
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'Zero Dark Thirty's' Jessica Chastain in florals
Floral prints are making a big comeback this spring after having been in full bloom on the fall runways back in 2011 at Miu Miu, Givenchy and more. Featuring tropical Hawaiian breeds, orchids or classic daisies, some prints look as if they were plucked...
Tags: Givenchy, Super Bowl XLVII, Reem Acra, Julianne Moore, Chanel S.A.
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Tehran film conference denounces 'cultural assault' of Hollywood
TEHRAN — As moviegoers in the U.S. hustle to see Oscar contenders "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" before the golden statuettes go out, the films are also hitting screens in Tehran — as examples of the “cultural assault” of the West....
Tags: A Separation (movie), Tehran (Iran), Politics, Ben Affleck, Film Festivals
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'Warm Bodies' heats up box office with $20 million
NEW YORK (AP) — The love-struck zombies of "Warm Bodies" swarmed the box office on Super Bowl weekend with a $20 million opening. On a weekend that Hollywood largely punts to football, the PG-13 film from Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment easily...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Django Unchained (movie), Stand Up Guys (movie), Bruce Willis, Life of Pi (movie)
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