Word: oscared
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...unique athleticism and an earthy romanticism to movie dancing. He had very high aspirations for dance in the movies and brought innovations such as the 1945 film "Anchors Aweigh", where he shared a dance sequence with the famous cartoon character "Jerry the Mouse." The role earned him an Oscar nomination as best actor. As a choreographer, Kelly took movie dancing from staged sets to what appeared to be real life. The famous scene from "Singin' in the Rain" finds Kelly dancing on a real street, in real rain, splashing through real puddles. "Gene, in contrast to Fred Astaire...
...woods and build a fire. Call it recreational primitivism. But the mind needs its rest too. So we go intellectual backpacking: We dabble in potions and auras; we give rapt attention to bearers of tales of alien abduction and Satanism in schools. "I can stand brute force," wrote Oscar Wilde, "but brute reason is quite unbearable." Ah, the relief...
Hearst's action against Kane suited Hollywood's Old Guard fine; MGM's Louis B. Mayer offered to buy the picture for $1 million and destroy the negative. Kane was finally released, amid raves and some skepticism from critics, a yawn from the public. At the following year's Oscar party, having earned nine nominations, the film was booed every time it was mentioned. Callow says that by today's counting methods, Kane would have won for Best Film. In fact, the only statuette went to Welles and Mankiewicz, for Best Screenplay. Mank, who did not attend the ceremony, told...
...Italian premier Silvio Belusconi was at stake as his corruption trial began Wendesday in Milan. Berlusconi, the media magnate who lost the premiership after seven months amid conflict-of-interest charges, is attempting a comeback just as the trial gets underway. Premier Lamberto Dini resigned last week, and President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro is meeting with potential candidates to suceed him. Berlusconi meets with Scalfaro on Friday. TIME's Greg Burke reports from Rome: "This is a do-or-die situation for Belusconi, who wants the premiership back. We have no idea how strong a case the prosecutors have. The question...
...Sense and Sensiblity," a film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, received six Golden Globe Awards nominations, and the romantic comedy "The American President" captured five, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Thursday. "The Golden Globes are the most telling harbingers of Oscar success," says film critic Richard Corliss. "They are influential because the foreign press tries to pick the most popular candidates, rather than the best." Corliss says that in many ways the Golden Globes Awards program is a more popular event with people in Hollywood than the Academy Awards. "They try to get the most famous names...