Movies
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‘Barbie’ Oscars snubs prompt a backlash, even from Ken (and Hillary)Jan 24, 2024 5:35 pm - “Barbie” was the biggest hit of 2023, the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that turned movie theaters pink and left a st...
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Carol Kane on working with Jason Schwartzman and her dream of being in a Scorsese filmJan 24, 2024 4:08 pm - Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman, but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone. Filmmaker Nathan Silv...
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Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director and other Oscar nominations surprisesJan 23, 2024 10:43 am - Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year’s Oscars is one of the biggest shocks in re...
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List of nominees for the 2024 OscarsJan 23, 2024 9:32 am - A list of nominees to the 96th Academy Awards, which were announced Tuesday. BEST PICTURE “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”; “The Holdovers”; “Killer...
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‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig passed over for best directorJan 23, 2024 8:07 am - After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheim...
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The Oscar nominations are being announced. Expect a big day for ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie’Jan 23, 2024 7:41 am - The reading of the 2024 Oscar nominations has begun. Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid are announcing the nominees for the 96th Academy Awards from the Samuel Goldwyn The...
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Oscar nominations are Tuesday morning. Expect a big day for ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Barbie’Jan 23, 2024 6:46 am - It’s Oscar nominations morning, which means it’s time for the year’s best movies and performers to find out if they’re headed to the Academy Awards. Nominations to the 96...
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Norman Jewison, acclaimed director of ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Moonstruck,’ dead at 97Jan 22, 2024 4:21 pm - NEW YORK — Norman Jewison, the acclaimed and versatile Canadian-born director whose Hollywood films ranged from Doris Day comedies and “Moonstruck” to such social dramas ...
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‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at the box officeJan 21, 2024 4:58 pm - NEW YORK — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while...
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In ‘Origin,’ Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor seek the roots of racismJan 18, 2024 12:39 pm - Ava DuVernay kept hearing she had to read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” She had Isabel Wilkerson’s book in galleys before it was published in 2020. Oprah Winfr...