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Roundup: Kidman remembers Kubrick
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:00 am · October 25th, 2012
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De Niro's awards trail kicks off with Santa Barbara tribute
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:55 am · October 17th, 2012
The veteran actor is seeking his seventh Oscar nod for ‘Silver Linings Playbook.’
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Off the Carpet: Three to start the season
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:05 am · September 17th, 2012
Ben Affleck’s “Argo,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master”and David O.Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook.” With Venice, Telluride and Toronto in the rear view, those are the three films with the early stranglehold on the 2012-2013 Oscar season.
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence shine in the trailer for 'Silver Linings Playbook'
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:09 am · June 28th, 2012
David O. Russell’s ‘The Fighter’ follow-up will be part of Harvey Weinstein’s awards arsenal.
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Weinstein maintains a muscular presence at Cannes
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:21 am · May 21st, 2012
It’s fair to say The Weinstein Company is pretty high on the value of Cannes this year. And tonight will be all about their upcoming films as they pull the old “let’s show some footage, stir the interest pot and steal a little bit of thunder” trick.
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My favorite Oscar win: Pedro Almodóvar for 'Talk to Her'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:18 pm · February 23rd, 2012
When Pedro Almodovar won Best Original Screenplay for his dark tale of misguided love, “Talk to Her,” it was the first foreign-language film to take the award in nearly 40 years — and among the strangest in any tongue. What came over the Academy?
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Watch Meryl Streep get the Kennedy Center treatment
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:02 pm · December 28th, 2011
Forget the Oscar race for a minute — Meryl Streep was recently feted at the Kennedy Center Honors, with tributes from friends and colleagues include Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline and Anne Hathaway.
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar-winning biopic performances
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:20 am · November 1st, 2011
Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio are some of the actors vying to win an Oscar this season for playing real-life figures. We round up the greatest Oscar-winning biopic performances in history, including work from Daniel Day-Lewis, Barbra Streisand and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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