Grant Heslov

Sneak peek of Sony's 'This Is the End' plays to enthusiastic crowd

2013-04-18 00:00:00

LAS VEGAS -- The head of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners may want Hollywood to make fewer R-rated movies, but the exhibitors at CinemaCon this week seem to be eager for more. During nearly every studio presentation here this week, the movies...

Oscars winners and nominees 2013: Complete list

2013-02-25 11:55:00

Ben Affleck's film "Argo" took the best picture Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards. Other marquee winners were Daniel Day-Lewis for lead actor for “Lincoln,” Jennifer Lawrence for lead actress for “Silver Linings Playbook,” and Ang...

Oscars 2013: Join our discussion about the Academy Awards [Video]

2013-02-25 10:10:00

The Oscars saluted Hollywood’s best from the past year on Sunday night, honoring “Argo” for best picture, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence for lead actor and actress, and Ang Lee for director, to name only a few. Anne Hathaway&...

Oscars 2013: 'Argo' wins best picture

2013-02-24 20:56:00

Ben Affleck may have been snubbed for directing it, but "Argo"�certainly wasn't slighted at the�Academy Awards, winning best picture in Sunday night's ceremony. In beating Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" for the top Oscar honor in the 85th annual ceremony,...

Oscars 2013 preview: MacFarlane, 'Argo' hope to steal the show

2013-02-24 13:30:00

"Argo" heads into Sunday's Oscars with the wind at its back, but Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has the most nominations of any film -- a dozen. Will Ben Affleck's 1970s Iran drama make it a sweep, or are there some surprises in order? The suspense isn'...

'Argo' producers show confidence in Affleck, even if Oscar didn't

2013-01-24 06:00:00

Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov had no idea who was going to direct "Argo." "Maybe I was going to, maybe Grant would, maybe somebody else," Clooney said. "We didn't know." But when Ben Affleck called Clooney and Heslov's Detroit hotel in early...

SAG Awards 2013: 'Argo' a go-go; Day-Lewis an Oscar frontrunner

2013-01-28 05:00:00

"Argo" took home a single prize at the 19th Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but it was the one that mattered most. Winning the trophy for performance by a cast in a motion picture, Ben Affleck's CIA drama solidified its status as the front-runner...

DGA analysis: Unlike 'Apollo 13,' 'Argo' isn't coming back to earth

2013-02-03 08:55:00

Those belonging to the camps of the eight movies not titled "Argo" that are competing for this year's best picture Oscar went to bed last night with one film title on their minds: "Apollo 13." Like Ben Affleck and "Argo," Ron Howard's 1995 space drama...

'Argo' producer scours for the next stranger-than-fiction story

2013-01-28 07:00:00

Hunched over a desk in his spartan Westwood apartment, David Klawans squints at his computer monitor and knits his brow in concentration. "I'm perusing," he says. His eyes dart between headlines almost indecipherable on a Web page displaying about 800...

'Argo' scores at the Producers Guild of America Awards

2013-01-27 10:36:00

Call it the Affleck Redemption. After being snubbed for an Oscar nomination for best director earlier this month, Ben Affleck scored a win Saturday night for outstanding producer of a theatrical motion picture for “Argo” at the 24th annual...

SAG Awards 2013: Tate Donovan humble about 'Argo' prospects

2013-01-27 16:54:00

Tate Donovan, nominated in the ensemble in a motion picture category for his role as Bob Anders in "Argo," approached the press line at Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards red carpet with his eyes on the readily available bottle of Purell. "Do you...

'Argo' wins Producers Guild award

2013-01-26 22:24:00

Ben Affleck, George Clooney and Grant Heslov won the the Darryl F. Zanuck outstanding producer of motion picture for "Argo," besting "Lincoln" and other contenders in the category. It was the latest triumph for the film, which won the Golden Globes...

Director John Wells; cast: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis. The movie has the pedigree -- Tracy Letts adapted his Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play about a dysfunctional family coming together after a crisis. And it's being released by the Weinstein Co., so there's that.

2013-03-04 14:57:00

Producers George Clooney, left, Grant Heslov and Ben Affleck celebrate backstage in London on Feb. 10, 2013, after their movie "Argo" was named best film at the BAFTA awards.

2013-02-10 14:20:55

From left, US actress Eva Rachel Wood, US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman , US actor and film director George Clooney , US actress Marisa Tomei , US actor Paul Giamatti and US script writer and producer Grant Heslov arrive for the opening ceremony and the screening of "The Ides of March" during the

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