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Since I signed up to be on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences press list leading up to the Oscars, I have been subjected to a numbing array of press releases on such matters of import as the placement of outhouses during pre-awards red carpet-area construction. But this …

Directed by Judy Irving The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill is a documentary about the relationship between former San Francisco street musician/odd-job worker Mark Bittner and a pack of approximately 45 wild parrots, mostly cherry-headed conures with the occasional blue-crowned and mitred in the bunch. The flock is comprised of …

Beginning at 8pm ET tonight (that’s like NOW), PBS is airing what looks to be a ripsnorting gala: On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize salutes Lorne Michaels, creator of NBC’s Saturday Night Live and the recipient of the Kennedy Center’s seventh annual Mark Twain Prize for …

After opening statements in which prosecutor Tom Sneddon characterized Jackson as Jeffrey Dahmer and defense attorney Thomas Mesereau painted a portrait of St Francis of Assisi, the main action has centered around TV reporter Martin Bashir’s documentary Living With Michael Jackson, which aired on ABC in the U.S. three days …

Convicted federal Internet movie pirate found dead in his cell in Los Angeles. Russell William Sprague, 52, was the Chicago man who pleaded guilty in April to one count of copyright infringement for duplicating 134 screener movies originally sent to members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences …

Dusting off another obscure thirties era movie comedy. . .

More gothic fun from the Hammer Films' library . . .

I put in some serious time yesterday and last night communing with the Oscar groove, letting the E! pregame show wash over me in all its splendorous vacuity as various overdressed hobnobbers interviewed Oscar-related designers, chefs, jewelers, observers and hangers-on. I learned: “You should wear the dress, the dress shouldn’t …

Hollywood’s biggest day is here. Our news, previews and predictions leading up to the Oscars, as well as coverage of the event itself and aftermath is all gathered right here. You are wise beyond reason to join us. “For those of us who have loved movies our entire lives and …

The British film magazine Empire has named Mel Gibson’s Braveheart the worst Best Picture Oscar winner, maintaining that writer Randall Wallace’s dialogue for the film “has all the thudding subtlety of a parody.” Runner-up was 2002’s A Beautiful Mind, which was faulted for its “willfully dishonest screenplay.” In third place …