Movies
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Dwayne Johnson goes indie with 'Fighting With My Family'Feb 26, 2019 5:00 am - PARK CITY, Utah - Believe it or not, Hollywood executives told Dwayne Johnson "no thanks" when he pitched his latest movie. It was an unusual rejection for the industry'...
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Spike Lee was horrified 'Green Book' won best picture. He wasn't the only one.Feb 25, 2019 12:00 am - The Oscar-winning film “Green Book” tells the real-life story of two men, Don Shirley and Tony “Lip” Vallelonga, who get to know one another in the 1960s. Shirley (Maher...
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Oscar keeps it shorter without host, but something needs to done about speechesFeb 24, 2019 10:00 pm - OK, people. Enough. You whined and wailed all season about the 91st Academy Awards, tweeting your irks, virtue-signaling your disapproval of nominations and potential ho...
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Five things that should happen at the OscarsFeb 24, 2019 6:29 am - This year's Oscars ceremony will be remembered for several reasons, not limited to its being the first in recent memory to go commando without an official host. With cel...
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'Roma' star Yalitza Aparicio's year of notable breakthroughsFeb 24, 2019 6:28 am - Long before Yalitza Aparicio became the first indigenous woman nominated for best actress at the Oscars, she applied for a retail position at a clothing store in her hom...
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An existential question animates this year's Oscar race: What, exactly, is a movie?Feb 24, 2019 6:28 am - "Weird." "Crazy." "The strangest I've seen in years." Those were the most-oft repeated descriptions of this year's Oscar race overheard in Los Angeles last month, as mem...
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'How to Train Your Dragon' tops Oscar weekend with $55.5M
Feb 24, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" breathed some fire into a slumping box office with a franchise-best $55.5 million debut over Oscar weekend. Wr...
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Divisive 'Green Book' wins best picture at diverse OscarsFeb 24, 2019 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The segregation-era road-trip drama "Green Book" was crowned best picture at the Academy Awards, handing Hollywood's top award to a film seen as a feel-goo...
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The final list of winners at the 91st Academy AwardsFeb 24, 2019 12:00 am - The final list of the winners at the 91st Academy Awards: Best picture: "Green Book" Best actress: Olivia Colman, "The Favourite" Best actor: Rami Malek, "Bohemian Rhaps...
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Which top Oscar contender had the best movie poster?Feb 23, 2019 6:29 am - Movie posters are plastered on dorm rooms, scaffolding under construction sites and megaplex hallways. Like the films they advertise, they can become cultural icons - at...