Critics’ Choice Movie Awards: ’12 Years a Slave’ wins for best film
It's been a good week for "12 Years a Slave," Steve McQueen's unflinching portrait of slavery in the U.S. The historical drama won the Golden Globe on Sunday for dramatic...
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‘Mary Poppins’ among 25 films added to National Film Registry
A beloved musical about a magical nanny, an epic about the first astronauts, a silent film with a Native American cast and a sci-fi thriller loosely based on Shakespeare's "The...
‘Frozen’ and ‘The Croods’ are among nominees for Annie Awards
"A Letter to Momo," "Despicable Me 2," "Ernest & Celestine," "Frozen," "Monsters University," "The Croods" and "The Wind Rises" have earned nominations for best animated film feature for the 41st...
The late James Gandolfini to receive honor at Gotham film awards
The late Emmy Award-winning actor James Gandolfini will be presented with a posthumous tribute by Steve Buscemi at the 23rd Gotham Independent Film Awards. The awards ceremony takes place Dec....
‘China Beach’ celebrates its 25th anniversary with DVDs and cast reunion
It had been only 13 years since the fall of Saigon when ABC premiered the award-winning Vietnam War drama series "China Beach" on April 26, 1988. The physical and psychological...
They snubbed Oscar
If, as widely predicted, Woody Allen wins his fourth Academy Award on Sunday, this time for original screenplay for the romantic comedy "Midnight in Paris," an even safer bet will...
Left off Oscar’s dance card
See related story, "Oscars not really a popularity contest," Live! section, Page 3 Many of Hollywood's greatest and most popular actresses never won best actress honors at the Oscars. Some...
Still knocking ’em dead
This summer at Dearly Departed Tours, business has never been better -- and that was before Michael Jackson's death. In the days since, the company that drives tour buses to...
Special effects unlock `Chest’
Mollusk-faced Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) and the sea phantoms that crew the ghostly Flying Dutchman in "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" are part human, part sea-bottom creatures brought...
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I applaud Michelle Fallaw-Gabrielson for telling her son's story to the Tribune. This reminds me just how important a role a free press plays in the community. Were it not...