Movies
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Your most pressing Oscars ceremony questions, answered
Feb 09, 2020 6:32 am - Like any good bit of orchestrated fun, the Academy Awards relies on a bunch of rules and safeguards to keep the ceremony from descending into chaos. Rules and safeguards...
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How a stuntman from Wheaton worked on three of the year's Oscar nomineesFeb 09, 2020 6:32 am - Quentin Tarantino loved it. Hollywood stuntman (and former Wheaton and Park Ridge resident) Joe Bucaro was on a vintage Triumph 650 motorcycle burning doughnuts into the...
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'Birds of Prey' flies low on Oscars weekend with tepid debut
Feb 09, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Birds of Prey," the DC Comics' Harley Quinn spinoff, made a tepid debut in theaters over the weekend, opening in No. 1 but below expectations with $33.3 m...
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Images from the 92nd Academy AwardsFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - Hollywood celebrated the best in film at the 92nd annual Academy Awards on Sunday. ...
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Barrington Independent Short Film Festival wants submissionsFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - Barrington Independent Short Film Festival organizers are calling for submissions. Films not exceeding 30 minutes - including title and closing credits - are being sough...
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'Parasite' makes Oscar history with Best Picture winFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Parasite" is the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards. Bong Joon Ho's masterfully devious clas...
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Oscar night: The complete list of Sunday's winnersFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - Best Picture: "Parasite" Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, "Joker" Best Actress: Renée Zellweger, "Judy" Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" Bes...
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The Oscar category that best reflects the state of film isn't best picture — it's visual effects
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Widescreen: Big-screen grandeur at the Music Box, and another milestone for John WilliamsFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - The annual 70 mm Film Festival returns Thursday, March 5, to the Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave, Chicago, with a two-week lineup of films presented in one of t...
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HBO Max series 'Station Eleven' filming in downtown Glen EllynFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - The last time the Glen Art Theatre charmed location scouts, Charlie Sheen was still a baby-faced jock and Winona Ryder had not yet become a goth icon. Glen Ellyn audienc...