IT WAS a long night for Ben Affleck, waiting to see if his film, which garnered the Oscar for adapted screenplay, beating out Tony Kushner’s lush crafting of Lincoln, would win. But Affleck was rewarded in the end with the most coveted Oscar of all, Best Picture, with First Lady Michelle Obama making a surprise [...]
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Celebrating Movies with Oscar, and Seth McFarlane
THE HOSTING gig for the 85th Oscars, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science [yes, they take themselves very seriously], this year jumped around until Seth McFarlane showed up on SNL and rocked the house. Tonight’s as big as it gets for someone who’s either going to lodge into everyone’s mind as [...]
ARGO Wins at Golden Globes, a Deserved Nod to Foreign Service
THE REVIEW I did of ARGO tells the story. This is a tribute to the foreign service. It was quite a surprise, a wonderful moment at the Golden Globes, well deserved.
“Lincoln” Tops Oscar Nominations, “Argo,” “Django Unchained” Earn Nod, Bigelow Snubbed
THE OSCAR nominations are out, with 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis becoming the youngest ever to get a nomination nod, starring in “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” Spielberg’s “Lincoln” deservedly tops the list with 12 nominations, which I reviewed, believing the film has the greatness of Hollywood’s “Golden Era.” On the other hand, some expected nominations failed [...]
Ben Affleck on Kerry’s Senate Seat: “One Never Knows”
RIGHT NOW Scott Brown is leading Democrats by a mile in Massachusetts, as a recent WBUR poll showed, also revealing holding Kerry’s seat after a placeholder is appointed against Brown will require a smart campaign by a good candidate. The closest Democrat to Brown in popularity is Martha Coakley, who ran a horrible race last [...]
Showbiz Beat: SAG Awards 2013 List is Out
THE LIST of SAG Awards 2013 nominations is out. As a member of SAG for years (as well as AFTRA before it merged with SAG, AGVA and Actors’ Equity), the Screen Actors Guild nominations interest me more than any other, despite the Hollywood hoopla of the Oscars. SAG has a terrific pictorial listing of the [...]
Top Story: Ben Affleck’s ARGO in the Blast Furnace of Benghazi
“This is the best bad idea we have sir, by far.” – Ben Affleck in ARGO, playing C.I.A. agent Tony Mendez November 4th, 1979. As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA exfiltration specialist concocts a risky plan to free six American hostages. SOMETIMES A FILM meets with an event in history and [...]
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