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NOW PLAYING: A guide to area art house and 2nd-run theaters for the week of Sept. 12
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 www.beverlyartcenter.org •'The Visitor'***...Tags: Dustin Hoffman, Northbrook, Bank of America Corp., Robin Williams, Irving Park
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'Contempt'
Special to The TimesJean-Luc Godard's 1963 "Contempt" opened at the old Academy Theater on Hollywood Boulevard in March 1965, without a press preview. Despite a scratchy print accidentally projected out of focus, the film was clearly a masterpiece, a poetic, deeply...Tags: Jean-Luc Godard, Santa Monica, Fritz Lang, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), West Los Angeles
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Getting emotional over Oscar
IT finally happened: an Oscar night with no major surprises, not even one. Which led to the biggest surprise of all: Learning who's going to win turns out not to be the reason we watch. Not the reason at all.
I don't mean to suggest that I have the...Tags: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Academy Awards, Celebrity Mothers, Marion Cotillard
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Screen Villain and Gunslinger Richard Widmark Dies
Zap2It.comOscar-nominated actor Richard Widmark, who made a career playing bad guys and cowboys, has died. He was 93. The star, who made his film debut as the giggling villain in "Kiss of Death," died at home in Roxbury, Conn., on Monday, March 24. Widmark was...Tags: Theater, Jimmy Stewart, Music Theater, Cinema Industry, Contracts
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Academy Awards blow by blow
Susan King, Times Staff WriterMartin Scorsese's gangster epic "The Departed" was named the best picture of 2006 at the 79th annual Academy Awards on Sunday evening at the Kodak Theatre. Scorsese won his elusive first directing Oscar for the film, which also won for adapted...Tags: Cinema Industry, MySpace, Clint Eastwood, Queen Latifah, June Allyson
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79th Annual Academy Awards: Minute by Minute
Zap2It.comThe most popular guy in Hollywood tonight is a dude who's a little over a foot tall and shiny. No, not E! red-carpet host Ryan Seacrest. It's Ocsar night, which means three-plus hours of showbiz people thanking their agents, publicists, families, co-...Tags: Cinema Industry, MySpace, Margot Kidder, Clint Eastwood, National Lampoon Incorporated
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Oscar moments to remember
What's more fun: tuning in to Hollywood's big night to see the stars, the clothes, the glamour... or tuning in hoping to see something go terribly, terribly wrong? With the bad, blue Chris Rock in charge at next Sunday's Oscar ceremony, things look...Tags: Sidney Poitier, Academy Awards, Sally Field, Celebrity Mothers, Cinema Industry
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Oscar Winner Jack Palance Dies
Zap2It.com"City Slickers" actor Jack Palance, known for his menacing demeanor, staccato speech, rugged good looks and one-handed push-ups, has died at the age of 87. The Oscar winner died of natural causes in his Montecito, Calif., home with his family close at...Tags: Batman, Diseases, Marlon Brando, Television, Cancer
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Lohan Fractures Foot, Does Pushups Anyway
Zap2It.comLindsay Lohan, who stars as an unnaturally lucky girl in "Just My Luck," hit a spot of bad luck before a recent press conference to promote her latest film. "I was coming out of the shower yesterday morning and I slipped," says the actress, who's...Tags: Injuries, Beverly Hills, Public Relations, Lindsay Lohan
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Review: 'The Omen: Collector's Edition'
Zap2It.comComfortable in the knowledge that its new remake of "The Omen" has scooped up as much filthy lucre as it's ever going to, 20th Century Fox has been kind enough to release Richard Donner's 1976 original in a two-disc collector's edition. Now, the...Tags: Jerry Goldsmith, Gregory Peck, Movies, Richard Donner
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Keeper of the Oscar script
The second in a series of occasional stories on the people behind Hollywood's biggest night.
The script for the Academy Awards telecast runs about 250 pages. With another 250 pages of ancillary lists — of phone numbers, nominees, presenters,...Tags: Roberto Benigni, Emmy Awards, Awards and Prizes, Academy Awards, Martin Short
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Hosts with the most
Hosting the Academy Awards, as Jon Stewart is about to find out, is at once exhilarating, terrifying, rewarding and headache-inducing.
It's one of the most high-profile jobs a comic can land. But it's also a thankless gig in front of a distracted,...Tags: Chris Elliott, Academy Awards, Steve Martin, Cinema Industry, George C. Scott
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