Word: oscars
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...imagine that the rift between the gem biz and show biz is going to be permanent. While DiCaprio says he would no longer let any date of his wear diamonds, the years of jewelers lending free baubles to stars and their wives have to count for something. Come Oscar time, we'll see who gets iced...
...Purim, a 1940s period piece, set in the South in which she plays a terminally ill mother awaiting the return of her long-estranged daughter for that most obscure of Jewish holidays. One day, though, one of the crew informs her that she's been mentioned for an Oscar nomination on one of the show biz blogs...
...plot-line, the “mockumentary” gives attention to both the obscure and mundane in a light that exceeds most comedic standards. The film centers around the making of a small, low-budget picture entitled “Home for Purim” and the ensuing Oscar buzz that surrounds its actors. Hardly a single aspect of L.A.’s entertainment industry escapes lampooning: actors, directors, agents, publicists, makeup artists, morning talk shows, network entertainment reviews, internet movie sites, and even TRL are all poked fun at in one way or another. Giving himself...
...hair lover-to-be named Lionel (Robert Downey Jr.), who seems ripped from the pages of “Beauty and the Beast.” Sound interesting? It could have been, but instead, we’re given Kidman’s attempt to reprise her wonderfully restrained, Oscar-winning turn as Virginia Woolf in “The Hours”—a valiant effort, to be sure, but an unsuccessful one. And then there is Arbus, whose fascinatingly strange photographs you will sadly not see in this film. Arbus shows us people who are decidedly...
Richard Linklater doesn’t like fast food, and it’s not just because he cares about his waistline.“If you look at the whole system, it’s kind of a disaster on every level,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker said of the fast food industry. “Bad for the animals, bad for the environment, bad for the workers, and bad for the consumer at the end, so lose, lose, lose, lose.”Linklater has written and directed a diverse array of films, including...