On Woody and Terrence, Oscar's inevitable no-shows

Posted by · 5:29 pm · January 28th, 2012

The DGA Awards will be going down tonight, and the smart money remains on Michel Hazanavicius. And speaking of directors, I hadn’t quite taken note yet of the fact that two of the Academy’s nominees in the field are inevitable no-shows for the event.

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The Long Shot: Fade away and radiate

Posted by · 1:50 pm · January 25th, 2012

This year’s Oscar nominations were not only kind to Hollywood’s old guard, but a number of films with their eye on the rear-view mirror.

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Pre-Globes party weekend: Weinstein, AFI, Paramount, Film Independent and BAFTA do it up

Posted by · 6:45 pm · January 14th, 2012

Leading into tomorrow’s Golden Globes ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Hollywood has been all abuzz with events aimed at making the most of having talent in town for the big awards show weekend.

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Round-up: It's your moment to shine, 'Blackthorn'

Posted by · 6:50 am · January 11th, 2012

Also: Defending ‘War Horse’ and judging 2011’s movie posters

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David Fincher, Woody Allen make the cut for DGA

Posted by · 9:07 am · January 9th, 2012

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced this year’s slate of nominees for excellence in directing, and chalk another guild citation up for David Fincher, who somehow got in for “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” Also nominated was Woody Allen for “Midnight in Paris,” while Steven Spielberg and Tate Taylor were snubbed for Best Picture contenders “War Horse” and “The Help,” respectively.

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Round-up: What the movies wore in 2011

Posted by · 7:32 am · January 4th, 2012

Also: The darkening of Keira Knightley and Kingsley’s under-acting

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Round-up: Time-traveling to the origins of 'Midnight in Paris'

Posted by · 7:55 am · December 27th, 2011

Also: Streep’s Thatcher turnaround and Ebert’s top docs

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Corey Stoll on Ernest Hemingway's complicity in his own myth

Posted by · 10:58 am · December 12th, 2011

This weekend “Midnight in Paris” star Corey Stoll participated in a unique event at the JFK Library in Boston where he read from Ernest Hemingway’s letters, which have been collected into a 16-volume series by editor Sandra Spanier.

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