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OSCARS Winners
"Argo," which was an Oscar also-ran before it caught fire and won practically every guild and organization award available, took home the big prize at the 85th Academy Awards Sunday night: best picture.
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Best and worst movie foods
Mystery, intrigue, horror -- you go to the movies hoping to get these on the big screen, not at the concession stand. But don't let the calorie counts of theater treats ruin your night -- there are smart ways to snack at the movies. Here are some other options to pick (and skip) before your flick.
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6 Non-Actors Who Won Oscars for Their Acting
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been annually awarding Oscars to Best Actor and Best Actress since 1928, and has bestowed additional awards for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress since 1936.
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9/11 family attacks Bin Laden film
The relatives of a flight attendant who died in the 11 September attacks have criticised the film Zero Dark Thirty for using a recording of her last call.
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Iran calls Oscar for 'Argo,' awarded by Michelle Obama, an ad for CIA
Iran has dismissed the awarding of an Oscar to the film "Argo" as an "advertisement for the CIA" and a Zionist plot to misrepresent an event arising from the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Spider-Man's Silk Really Could Stop A Train
In "Spider-Man 2," the superhero slings silk from his wrists to keep a runaway subway from plunging off the end of the tracks. Far-fetched as the scene is, a group of physics students says Spidey's webbing material, if it was truly as strong as a spider's silk, could indeed stop a train.
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Seth MacFarlane: Crude Or Classy? Delightful Or A Dolt? You Be The Critic
The reviews of the Family Guy bad boy's behavior as host of the Oscars are all over the place. We've got a sampling. Who's right and who's wrong?
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Seth MacFarlane’s Juvenile Oscars: Sexism, Assassination & Nazi Jokes
Seth MacFarlane bombed terribly hosting the 85th Academy Awards honoring the best in cinema for 2012, says Marlow Stern.
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‘Paperman’ Producer Kicked Out Of Oscars For Throwing Paper Airplanes
Don't say Disney folk can't be badasses, or at least smartasses. Kristina Reed, producer of the short film Paperman, was temporarily kicked out of Sunday's Oscar ceremony after celebrating her film's victory. Once Paperman took the Oscar for Best Animated Short, Reed, who was sitting in one of the many balconies at the Dolby Theater, began throwing paper airplanes with kisses on them. When security saw, she was asked to leave.
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15 Things You Didn't Know About "Bloodsport"
The real Frank Dux reveals details of the classic fight movie 25 years after Jean-Claude Van Damme took on the role.
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Steve Carell Announces Start of Production on ANCHORMAN 2
Steve Carell stopped by NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO to announce the start of production on ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES in Atlanta.
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Green Scream: The Decay of the Hollywood Special Effects Industry
Following Life of Pi's Oscar win, VFX artists are rallying to draw attention to effects studios losing work to international firms.
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Most successful Bond film Skyfall breaks $1bn record at global box office
The spy adventure has also become the first movie to earn at least 100 million pounds in ticket sales in Britain, the Telegraph reported.
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Fact Checking 'Argo': A Great Escape That Takes Some Leaps
Ben Affleck's Argo chronicles a covert operation to rescue six Americans during the Iran hostage crisis. Some of it's true, and some is just inspired by real events. Matt Baglio, co-author of the book Argo, helps NPR's Robert Siegel separate fact from fiction.
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The rise and fall of quicksand.
The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn't scare them, not one bit. If you're a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., you've got more pressing concerns: Dragons. Monsters. Big waves at the beach that might separate a girl from her mother.
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How the West Won: The Triumphant Return of the Western
Whilst films have been borrowing western tropes since the inception of cinema, such as the ... 'good bad man', the last ten years have seen a resurgence of directors and writers paying the genre its dues after years of all take and no give.
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Christian Bale Won't Play Batman in "Justice League"
Despite reports that Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan will revive Batman/Bruce Wayne for the new Justice League movie, it looks like Bale is out. Although he said he'd be open to it, a Warner Bros. source told Comic Book Movie that Bale won't be involved. They're looking to recast and "go with a new story."
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Pixar's 22 Rules of Storytelling
These rules were originally tweeted by Emma Coates, Pixar's Story Artist. Number 9 on the list - When you’re stuck, make a list of what wouldn't happen next - is a great one and can apply to writer...
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The Entire 'Matrix' Movie in 60 Seconds
You've probably spent years of your life decoding The Matrix. You've probably debated between taking the red or blue pill 'til your brain hurt.
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Mockbusters: Way Worse Than The Worst Blockbusters
Age of the Hobbits was ROBBED of an Oscar nomination this year by some soundalike poser, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey .
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