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No director Oscar nod? No problem says Hooper
NEW YORK - If director Tom Hooper, who won the best-director Academy Award in 2010 for "The King's Speech," is bothered by not getting a nomination this year for "Les Miserables," he's not letting on.
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Oscar producers aim to cut out the boring parts
BEVERLY HILLS, California - The producers of the Academy Awards have good news for those watching at home: They're trying to cut out the boring parts.
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Oscar green room honors '40s art director Gibbons
LOS ANGELES - When Oscar nominees such as Steven Spielberg, Hugh Jackman and Helen Hunt want to take a break backstage during the Academy Awards show, they'll step back in time.
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'Argo' named best film at Britain's Oscars
LONDON - Iran-hostage drama "Argo" continued its journey from awards-season outsider to favorite Sunday, winning three prizes, including best-picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
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'Les Miserables' musical is Broadway-bound
NEW YORK - Someone is dreaming the dream: "Les Miserables" is coming back to Broadway.
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The "best bad idea" ended up being brilliant, and so was the movie about the ruse that freed six Americans who ran for their lives from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. - "Argo" is about a mission...
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1960s soul group The Rascals reunite for Broadway
NEW YORK - The band that gave us "Good Lovin,'" "People Got To Be Free" and "I've Been Lonely Too Long" are grooving their way to Broadway.
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Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards
LOS ANGELES - You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30...
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Adele, 'Les Miserables' cast sing on Oscar stage
LOS ANGELES - It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre.
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Cameron Mackintosh doubles down on 'Les Miz'
NEW YORK - Win or lose at the Academy Awards, Cameron Mackintosh is happy to keep all things miserable.
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Waltz wins supporting-actor prize for 'Django'
LOS ANGELES - Christoph Waltz really owes Quentin Tarantino. Waltz won his second supporting-actor Academy Award on Sunday for a Tarantino film, this time as a genteel bounty hunter in the...
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Day-Lewis wins record third best actor Oscar
LOS ANGELES - Daniel Day-Lewis has won the Academy Award for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama.
View ArticleCelebrities have foundations at same Del. address
WILMINGTON, Delaware - Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have something in common with Alex Trebek, Hugh Jackman, Cher and NFL quarterbacks Matt Hasselbeck and Philip Rivers: an address in Delaware.
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NY fracking foes: will become lobby if required
ALBANY, New York - Artists Against Fracking say the group and supporter-celebrities, including Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon, haven't been told to register as lobbyists in their campaign to stop gas...
View Article'20,000 Leagues' to be filmed in Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - The Australian government has announced that U.S. production company The Walt Disney Studios will film the movie remake of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" in Australia.
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Australia puts $22.6M into '20,000 Leagues' remake
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia is paying its biggest Hollywood inducement ever to bring "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Down Under.
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Craig, Weisz to star in 'Betrayal' on Broadway
NEW YORK - Real-life husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are to play an adulterous stage couple in a Broadway production this fall of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal," the latest blast of...
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Settlement removes cloud from 'Spider-Man' musical
NEW YORK - The bickering parents of Broadway's most expensive show have made up - in court at least - and that removes a huge cloud above the future of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
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'Les Miserables' will move into familiar home
NEW YORK - When "Les Miserables" arrives on Broadway next March, it will find a familiar home.
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Theater vets crowd out Hollywood stars at Tonys
NEW YORK - The day after the Tony Award nominations were announced, Annaleigh Ashford stood smiling in a Times Square hotel's event space, cheered by the sight of all her fellow honorees gathered...
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