Review: Laughs are hit and miss in `Wanderlust'
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AP - "Wanderlust" would provide an intriguing double feature with the acclaimed indie drama "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
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Oscars to drop Kodak name from awards show
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AP - The Academy Awards will be coming to you live from the same place — but with a different name.
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Pa. museum automaton has link to Scorsese's 'Hugo'
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AP - The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance.
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Judge to Lohan: Keep up good work
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AP - Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her.
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AP critics pick 'The Artist' for top Oscar wins
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AP - Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire are boringly in lockstep on their picks for this season's top Academy Awards categories, depriving them of their usual snide debate over who's going to win.
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Spirit Award nominees share low-budget secrets
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AP - The Spirit Awards celebrate the best in low-budget filmmaking. But within those honors, the John Cassavetes Award goes to films with even lower budgets: those made for under $500,000.
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Short films fill tall order as Oscar nominees
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Reuters - Oscar week kicked off Tuesday night at a celebration of this year's nominees for live action and short films, who are among the least-known of the 2012 Academy Award contenders but no less important to the movie industry.
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Costume designers honor "W.E.," "Harry Potter," "Glee"
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Reuters - "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "W.E." and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" have won the top awards from the Costume Designers Guild, which handed out this awards season's last set of guild awards on Tuesday night.
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"Hunger Games" onslaught begins with advance ticket sales
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Reuters - "Hunger Games" won't hit theaters for more than a month, but already Lionsgate is making a multi-front push to maximize interest in the film weeks ahead of its March 23 release.
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British queen honors actress Helena Bonham Carter
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AP - Actress Helena Bonham Carter, whose regal roles include the Red Queen in "Alice in Wonderland" and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II in "The King's Speech," has been honored by the British monarch for services to drama.
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These mobile apps for the Oscars are worthy of the red carpet
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Appolicious - The Academy Awards are upon us, and increasingly we are using apps designed for small screens to enjoy movies made for the big screen. Whether you are looking to learn more about all the nominees through videos and biographies, like to dish about what your favorite actress and actor is wearing on the red carpet, or want to bet on winners with friends, we have some mobile apps recommendations for you.
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Fun Android apps for Oscar night 2012
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Appolicious - You’ll be hard-pressed to find an Android app that’s streaming the Oscars live this coming Feb. 26th, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have as much fun as your iPhone counterparts on Oscar night. The 84th annual Academy Awards is one of the glitziest events of the year, and is the Super Bowl of Hollywood elites and marketers. Film buffs, gossip junkies and everyone in between will be tuned in on Oscar night, and your Android’s second screen provides the perfect venue for nabbing a front row seat.
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App developer gets Oscar nomination for film that doubles as iPad app
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Appolicious - The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are upon us, and there’s one unexpected nominee among the usual list of Hollywood studios, crew and actors – an iPad developer.
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Actor's Equity endorses SAG-AFTRA merger
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Reuters - The Actors' Equity Association on Tuesday gave its blessing to the proposed merger between the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
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"The Help": Bold, black and bidding for Oscar glory
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Reuters - Viola Davis knew she had big shoes to fill when she agreed to play the role of a lowly black maid to a rich white family in 1960s Mississippi in "The Help".
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Lose at Oscars? 15 "used" statuettes up for auction
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Reuters - Fifteen Oscar statuettes are to be auctioned off next week in what organizers said on Tuesday is the largest collection of Academy Awards ever to go under the hammer.
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Dodging motorcycle crashes makes a star of movie insurer
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Reuters - If Rooney Mara wins an Oscar for her role as a troubled waif in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," it's unlikely she'll thank Paul Holehouse from the stage.
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Weinstein Co. to appeal "R" rating for "Bully"
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Reuters - The Weinstein Co. won't be cowed into accepting an R rating for its upcoming documentary "Bully."
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A Minute With: Uggie, scene-stealing star of "The Artist"
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Reuters - At 10 years old, Uggie has a long show business resume. But it wasn't until the lively Jack Russell terrier landed the role of sidekick to actor Jean Dujardin in silent film "The Artist" that he hit the big time.
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Film studio sues to prevent more "Godfather" books
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Reuters - The movie studio that controls the rights to "The Godfather" has sued the estate of its creator Mario Puzo, accusing his heirs of wrongfully authorizing new book sequels to the fictional mafia family's story.
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