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A slim race for best original song at the Oscars
Jan. 25, 2012 11:44 AM ET (AP)
The race for the best original song Oscar is a slim one with two songs up for the honor, a first for the Academy Awards.
Sergio Mendes' "Real In Rio" from the animated adventure "Rio" will compete with...
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'Hugo,' 'Artist' inject cinema nostalgia to Oscars
Jan. 24, 2012 3:41 PM ET (AP)
American master Martin Scorsese journeyed to France, putting Hollywood's newest technology to work for his dazzling 3-D re-creation of 1930s Paris in "Hugo." French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius came...
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Review: The laudable 'Red Tails' misses its target
Jan. 18, 2012 5:16 PM ET (AP)
In "Red Tails," the famed Tuskegee Airmen get the John Wayne-style heroic rendering they very much deserve, but in a hackneyed and weirdly context-less story that does them a disservice.
Long a pet...
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Review: 'The Woman in Black' summons suspense
Feb. 1, 2012 7:02 PM ET (AP)
"The Woman in Black" very nearly suffocates under the mounting weight of its gothic kitsch _ an abandoned house, child ghosts, spooky dolls, oh my! _ but nevertheless summons ornately crafted,...
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Hungarian film on Roma killings at Berlin Festival
Feb. 1, 2012 10:15 AM ET (AP)
Backers of a new film based on the recent serial killings of Hungarian Roma hope to shine a light on an embattled minority group that is among the region's poorest and least-educated.
"Csak a szel"...