Anna Kendrick, Margot Robbie blow the 2015 Oscars Red Carpet early arrivals away

Posted by · 2:56 pm · February 22nd, 2015

A rundown of all the early red carpet arrivals at the 87th Academy Awards including Anna Kendrick, Patricia Arquette, Margot Robbie, Andy Samberg, Josh Hutcherson and more.

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Jennifer Hudson and Anna Kendrick to perform at (apparently) musical-stuffed Oscars

Posted by · 9:32 am · February 10th, 2015

Jennifer Hudson and Anna Kendrick have been added to the upcoming Oscars telecast as performers, with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron threatening “several musical sequences.”

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The Long Shot: Independent women

Posted by · 5:30 pm · November 7th, 2012

The Best Actress race is only as weak as voters choose to make it.

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Review: Redford's 'The Company You Keep' hangs with the right crowd

Posted by · 7:38 am · September 6th, 2012

The are few surprises in this enjoyably old-fashioned thriller, save for the cast itself.

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Sony Classics picks up Redford's 'The Company You Keep'

Posted by · 8:43 am · August 24th, 2012

Sony Pictures Classics has quite a few irons in the fire this season, as usual. There is the Cannes trio of Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” Jacques Audiard’s “Rust and Bone” and Pablo LarraĆ­n. There is the recently acquired “At Any Price” from Ramin Bahrani. There are Sundance hits “Smashed,” from James Ponsoldt, and “West of Memphis,” from Amy Berg. And now, there is Robert Redford.

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Oscarweb Round-up: 'But we haven't seen it!'

Posted by · 5:34 am · October 3rd, 2011

In today’s round-up, Nathaniel Rogers reminds us there are no locks, the New York Times critics bemoan the Oscar-ization of the fall festival circuit and Anna Kendrick talks about “50/50.”

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