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Oscar predictions 2013: Picture and director--the 'Argo' effect
Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp has been sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. He's looked at the shorts, the sound categories, the visual crafts...Tags: Entertainment, Lincoln (movie, 2012), Gold Standard Incorporated, Django Unchained (movie), Steven Spielberg
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Oscars 2013: Follow the Academy Awards live on Twitter
The 85th Academy Awards are hours away, but social media is abuzz with winner projections, potential Oscar snubs and fashion faux pas. For film buffs and casual onlookers following the awards on a second screen, you can get access from the scene on...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Django Unchained (movie), Steven Spielberg, Life of Pi (movie), Entertainment Events
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Partying with Oscar, Baltimore-style
Errol Webber has an unfair advantage when it comes to Oscar parties. He actually has an Oscar, handed out on stage during an Academy Awards ceremony. And it'll be there for all his guests to admire, pose with any maybe even hold for a few seconds when...
Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Life of Pi (movie), Movies, Entertainment Events, Culture
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What's wrong with the media? Just ask Dwight Howard
I have some things on my mind. — The NFL combine is not one of them. I'd rather watch the wife's reality TV shows all night long and have her tell me about her day during the commercials. — I'm big on "Skyfall," but the fact it's not one...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Los Angeles Times Columnists, Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Ned Colletti
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Quiz: The money behind Oscar 2013 nominees
Academy Awards nominations and Oscar statues can provide a big boost at the box office. Some films benefit enormously. The domestic box-office take for 2009 best picture winner "Slumdog Millionaire" jumped to $141.3 million from $98.3 million after...
Tags: Entertainment, NCIS: Los Angeles (tv program), Google Inc., Django Unchained (movie), The King's Speech (movie)
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Oscars 2013: Here's what to look for on Oscar night [video chat]
With the 85th Academy Awards set for Sunday night, the question on many's minds is whether "Argo," Ben Affleck's drama set amid the Iranian hostage crisis, will cap off its awards season run with a best picture win. But there are many other things to...
Tags: Jean Dujardin, Django Unchained (movie), Music Industry, Life of Pi (movie), Meryl Streep
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After a rough start, Andrew Lloyd Webber revue shines
At the start — the rough start — of the Marriott Theatre's new revue of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, entitled, with justification, "Now & Forever," the throbbing electronic tones of "The Phantom of the Opera" fill the theater as colored...
Tags: Entertainment, Civic Opera House, Marriott Theatre, Arts and Culture, Music
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'Argo' wins Producers Guild award
Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov won the the Darryl F. Zanuck outstanding producer of motion picture for "Argo," besting "Lincoln" and other contenders in the category. It was the latest triumph for the film, which won the Golden Globes...
Tags: Grant Heslov, Sports, Disneyland Park, Django Unchained (movie), George Clooney
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Survivalist themes in TV shows, movies tap into fear of the big fall
Frankly, it sounded pretty stupid. For reasons unknown, electricity fails worldwide, sending humanity into a post-technological free-fall. Weeds grow in the Capitol (very "Logan's Run"), young women defend their families with bows and arrows (very "Hunger...
Tags: Gossip Girl (tv program), Falling Skies (tv program), NBC (tv network), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Media Industry
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'West of Memphis': Trio still seeking justice ★★★
For astonishing injustice put to rest, at long last, the moviegoer has at least two options. One: "Les Miserables." And two: "West of Memphis," a strong, blood-boiling documentary from director Amy Berg, who made the similarly fine "Deliver Us From Evil,"...
Tags: Entertainment, West of Memphis (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Music Box Theatre, The Central Park Five (movie)
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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: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Entertainment, Museums, Mirror, Mirror (movie), Django Unchained (movie)
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'Downton Abbey,' 'Mad Men:' Why the good old days are hot again
The third season premiere of "Downton Abbey" was heralded by the sort of media blitz more in line with the Summer Olympics or a new Robert Downey Jr. franchise than anything appearing on PBS' "Masterpiece." The public television network hosted a red-...Tags: Television Networks, Psychology, Girls (tv program), Django Unchained (movie), Summer Olympics
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