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...limping sidekick in Gunsmoke and as the titular Manhattan cowboy cop in the 1970s series McCloud; in Ridgway, Colo. The prolific Weaver had leading roles in 40 films, including Orson Welles' Touch of Evil and the 1971 highway thriller Duel, directed by an up-and-comer named Steven Spielberg. A committed environmentalist, Weaver spent the past 16 years living in an Earthship--a 10,000-sq.-ft. house made of tin cans and tires...
...considered an upset that the big serioso Steven Spielberg film snagged a Best Picture nomination. (His Munich was a relative long shot; Walk the Line had been favored to nab that last slot...
...award tomorrow. If one of those three wins both, it would be just the second time in history (Platoon, in 1987, is so far the one and only). Most of the prime contenders in big categories have taken oodles of critics? prizes, yet attracted fewer paying customers than, say, Spielberg?s other movie of 2005, War of the Worlds...
...Munich” received a chilly reception from the Israeli press, while performing modestly in the States. I wouldn’t count on it clinching any of the major awards for which it is nominated: Best Picture, Best Director, or Best Adapted Screenplay. The Academy has snubbed Spielberg before—notably in 1985 for his similarly controversial film “The Color Purple.” I think “Crash” will be rewarded instead; it is an uplifting film about racial reconciliation that is likely to inspire easy consensus...
When Oprah Winfrey hasdeclared you "more than a politician," when you've had dinner with Bill Gates and Steven Spielberg and received 300 speaking invitations a week, things are going well for you as a freshman Senator. So you might forgive Barack Obama for being cautious in his first year on Capitol Hill. Why should he risk blemishing an almost perfect public persona that could help him win the presidency one day? But last month Obama finally found his cause: he wanted to lead Democrats in the push for lobbying and ethics reform. The issue seemed perfect...