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By R. Kurt Osenlund
In its unending efforts to remedy Oscar stuffiness and better the telecast’s ratings, the Academy pulled a lot of tricks from its sleeve this year, changing the 10-wide field of the last two years to an uncertain total, and even announcing the eventual picks out of alphabetical order.
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By R. Kurt Osenlund
Five of the top Academy Awards races boast the night’s closest competitions and no-contest front-runners.
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By Mystic Terry
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19): You could become obsessed with an alluring person...
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By R. Kurt Osenlund
People often talk about how they turn to movies to escape, and that’s certainly part of the thrill of cinema, but its greater function is to shape the way we look at the world, and the greatest filmmakers have the ability to shape the world itself. Here are eight inimitable maestros who, through their work, have managed to do just that.