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Friday, July 18, 2008

Ledger joins a tragically illustrious club

Entertainment | By Susan King | July 18, 2008
The Academy Awards are more than six months away, but already the late Heath Ledger is being touted as a shoo-in for a supporting actor nomination for his terrifying performance as the Joker in “The Dark Knight.” Read more
 

Monday, January 28, 2008

Not just the Coens: Directing teams past and present

Entertainment | January 28, 2008
Joel and Ethan Coen just made Academy Award history with their tandem nomination for best director for “No Country for Old Men.” Read more
 

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Hollywood trumpets its best, now silenced by a bitter strike

Entertainment | January 23, 2008
Reactions to Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday became an intricate mix of hope and despair, as the usual feelings of joyful gratitude clashed with continuing fears about the nearly 3-month-old writers strike that has shaken Hollywood to its core. Read more
 

Monday, January 21, 2008

Oscar ♥ drama (and the ladies)

Entertainment | January 21, 2008
When it comes to the Academy Awards, it pays to be a drama queen. Read more
 

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Oscar still plans for a big night

Entertainment | January 19, 2008
The tentative settlement reached this week between the Directors Guild and producers bolstered hopes that talks would resume in the writers strike, but it wasn’t enough to relieve the queasy reality settling on Hollywood that the Academy Awards may go the way of the celebrity-free ratings downer that was Sunday’s Golden Globes. Read more
 

Thursday, December 27, 2007

QUICK TAKES - Oscar nomination ballots are mailed

Entertainment | December 27, 2007
Thousands of Oscar nomination ballots were mailed out Wednesday, heralding the official start of Academy Awards season. Read more
 

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A GRAY DAY IN ROMANIA

News | By Hugh Hart | December 19, 2007
THIS year’s Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” chronicles a bleak day in the life of a pregnant college student who enlists her roommate to arrange an illegal abortion. Read more
 

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

No waivers for Globes and Oscars, guild says

Business | By Ez, Richard Verrier, and Matea Gold, Maria Elena Fern | December 18, 2007
On a day when NBC’s Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien dealt a blow to striking film and television writers by announcing that they would cross the picket line to go back on the air – and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel prepared to do the same – the Writers Guild of America flexed its own muscles by denying waivers to the producers of the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Read more
 

Much ado about Oscar

Entertainment | By Patrick Goldstein | December 18, 2007
HOLLYWOOD has never been so full of nasty denunciations, agonized hand-wringing and self-important rhetoric. Read more
 

Thursday, December 13, 2007

QUICK TAKES - Honorary Oscar for art director

Entertainment | December 13, 2007
Robert Boyle, who got his start in the movie business as an extra and went on to earn four Oscar nominations as an art director, will be given an honorary Academy Award at the 80th annual film ceremonies Feb. Read more
 

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

QUICK TAKES - Welles’ Oscar for ‘Kane’ goes unsold

Entertainment | December 12, 2007
Orson Welles’ personal working script of “Citizen Kane” sold for almost $100,000 Tuesday, but his Oscar for the 1941 film was withdrawn after bidding failed to rise above the seller’s minimum price. Read more
 

IN CONTENTION TOM O’NEIL

News | By Tom O'Neil | December 12, 2007
BEST DIRECTOR Favorites Paul Thomas Anderson, “There Will Be Blood” Tim Burton, “Sweeney Todd” Ethan and Joel Coen, “No Country for Old Men” Marc Forster, “The Kite Runner” Tony Gilroy, < Read more
 

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

O

News | By Chris Lee and Sheigh Crabtree, Susan King | November 21, 2007
LOVE ‘AMERICAN’ STYLE: “American Gangster” is getting lots of love from top rapper Jay-Z, who titled his new album after the film and is chatting up the movie big-time in interviews. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

The studio report - A handy guide to the distributors vying for gold this season.

News | By Tom O'Neil | November 14, 2007
DreamWorks Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman for “Sweeney Todd”; Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro for “Things We Lost in the Fire.” Read more
 

Altitude readings - Mt. Oscar: To grab the brass ring – or in this case the Golden O – wrap yourself in raves and pack lots of buzz. This week’s altitude readings are by Times staff writers Sheigh Crabtree, Susan King and Gina Piccalo.

News | By Gina Piccalo and Sheigh Crabtree, Susan King | November 14, 2007
PEAKING SOUL MAN: Think Lloyd Dobbs 20 years later. Read more
 

DARK HORSE ON THE RISE?

News | By Pete Hammond | November 14, 2007
IN the race for best actor in 2002, four Hollywood Goliaths – Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Caine, Jack Nicholson and Nicolas Cage, all previous Oscar winners – were pitted against a lone David. Read more
 

IN CONTENTION TOM O’NEIL - IT’S A CROWDED FIELD

News | By Tom O'Neil | November 14, 2007
THE Oscars’ acting races are packed with real drama. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

DON’T MENTION THE WAR

News | By Ann Donahue | November 7, 2007
IN 2007, the early heavyweight contenders for Oscar are just that – heavy. Read more
 

AFTER THE AFTERGLOW

News | By Robert W. Welkos | November 7, 2007
WHEN he won the best actor Oscar for his role in “The Pianist,” Adrien Brody planted a passionate – and shocking – kiss on the lips of Halle Berry. Read more
 

FOR HIS CONSIDERATION

News | By Patrick Goldstein | November 7, 2007
JOHN LASSETER is in a classic no-win position. Read more
 
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