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Oscar's Big Night

After slow start, Seth shines as Argo grabs gold at one of most entertaining Oscars in recent years

By Joe Leydon

02.25.13 | 9:19 am

No less a notable than First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the Motion Picture Academy’s final verdict: Argo grabs an Oscar. And with that, one of the more briskly paced and consistently a ...


Silver Screen

Oscar predictions: Win your pool with our foolproof guide to the Academy Awards

By Duncan Carson

02.22.13 | 11:27 am

There is an entire Internet subculture devoted to predicting the Oscars. It has its own Vegas odds-makers, like sporting events, and several different blogs devoted to handicapping the ceremony. Ha ...


golden standard

Drafthouse Beverage Director Bill Norris shows us how to whip up Oscar-themed cocktails

By Caitlin M. Ryan

02.22.13 | 10:31 am

"If it's liquid — and it's not soup — and Tim League owns it, I'm in charge of it," Bill Norris says. You know that any hired gun of the Alamo Drafthouse is go ...


Movies Are My Life

Oscar controversy: Nomination snubs and shocks raise real questions, from Bigelow to Django

By Joe Leydon

01.10.13 | 4:00 pm

Snubs. Upsets. Cinderella stories. On Thursday morning, members of the Motion Picture Academy offered, in true Hollywood fashion, a whole bunch of unexpected twists while advancing the narrative of ...


Movie nirvana

Holiday film feast: The 5 most anticipated movies in December

By Alex Bentley

12.08.12 | 2:30 pm

December is the most anticipated month of the year for film lovers. This is when Oscar season kicks into high gear. Strangely, though, 2012 is almost completely devoid of typical holiday movies; th ...


Song Crisis

Are the Oscars killing music? Forget the J. Lo nip slip and Ryan Seacrest's surprise baptism, the lack of live performance is the real issue

By Bill Van Rysdam

02.29.12 | 2:15 pm

The Academy Awards provided many memorable moments for fans of the big screen and the glitz it attracts. From Jennifer Lopez’s alleged “Nip Slip” to Angelina Jolie proving her leg ...


pop almanac

The Pop Almanac Podcast #23: Oscar Pageantry

By Brendan K. O'Grady, Duncan Carson

02.27.12 | 10:17 am

It's a special Monday edition of the Pop Almanac as Brendan, Duncan and special guest comedian Andrew Tompkins record an immediate Oscar reaction. After assessing the telecast as a whole (B ...


Welcome back, Billy

Few surprises, some laughs at Oscarcast 2012: At least it was better than last year

By Joe Leydon

02.27.12 | 1:34 am

And I missed watching Luck on HBO for this? It might seem a bit harsh to describe Sunday’s Oscarcast as anticlimactic – as little more than a mere formality, really – but cons ...


spoiler alert

Oscar Predictions: How to win your pool every year using the internet

By Duncan Carson

02.26.12 | 10:00 am

Spoiler alert: I'm going to ruin the Oscars for you. I used to watch the ceremony on the edge of my seat- though I've always been an avid cinephile, I could never outguess the Academy: ...


It's just a game show

Oscars get all serious threatening to ban Sacha Baron Cohen

By Karen Labuca

02.25.12 | 12:00 pm

You expected Sacha Baron Cohen to lay low and be respectful on a "serious night" in Hollywood? Please, what fun would that be. The raunchy comedian never fails to create buzz around h ...


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