Argo (movie)

In Brazil, Domino's makes rented DVDs smell like pizza

2013-05-18 09:17:00

Don't forget the napkins when you watch a DVD in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Domino's has teamed up with 10 rental stores to use movie DVDs for an unusual marketing push. Users pop in a rented DVD like they would any other, and after...

Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'

2013-05-03 07:49:00

Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...

Ben Affleck to receive honorary doctorate from Brown University

2013-04-25 10:36:00

Good Ben Hunting! Ben Affleck is getting an honorary degree from Brown University. Is this life imitating art? The Academy Award-winning producer and philanthropist, 40, is set to receive the honorary degree from the Providence, R.I.-based...

Ben Affleck says he'll 'Live Below the Line' on $1.50 a day

2013-04-23 11:10:00

The idea of Ben Affleck living on $1.50 a day sounds ridiculous, right? Maybe just as ridiculous as Hugh Jackman doing the same thing. The "Argo" director-producer-star is the latest celebrity showing his support for the Global Poverty Project's Live...

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...

CinemaCon: Note to Hollywood, give audiences more choices

2013-04-16 17:29:00

The head of the theater industry trade group urged Hollywood studios to give their audiences more choices at the box office. John Fithian, chief executive of the National Assn. of Theatre Owners, told a crowd of theater owners and studio executives...

With '42,' the history-lesson movie strikes again

2013-04-15 07:49:00

When it comes to our commercial moviegoing, there are some pretty basic staples. Romances. Comedies. Animated adventures. Superhero films. Check the upper echelons of Box Office Mojo in any given year and you’ll find the list rife with them. But...

Review: Marveling at meditative 'To the Wonder'

2013-04-11 17:22:00

Terrence Malick, as unconventional, esoteric and spiritual as ever, has created an ocean of love in "To the Wonder," filling it with calm seas, treacherous storms, incredible beauty and a god who watches over it all. Love in all its many facets is...

'Lincoln' top DVD and Blu-ray seller; 'Argo' top rental

2013-04-08 11:17:00

Oscar winners and nominees battled for supremacy as new arrival "Lincoln" bested "Les Miserables" to take the top sales slot, and returning "Argo" was the No. 1 rental title over "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall," according to the tracking firm Rentrak....

When going onstage is part theater -- and therapy

2013-04-06 17:30:00

Are you an actor who suffers from depression due to constant rejection? Have you had nightmares about strangers looking you over as if you're meat? Do you break into a cold sweat at the words "open casting call"? Perhaps "Worst Audition Ever" can...

Oscars 2013: Follow the Academy Awards live on Twitter

2013-02-24 15:00:00

The 85th Academy Awards are hours away, but social media is abuzz with winner projections, potential Oscar snubs and fashion faux pas. For film buffs and casual onlookers following the awards on a second screen,�you can get access from the scene on...

Oscar predictions 2013: Animation, documentary, foreign film

2013-02-22 15:11:00

Gold Standard writer Glenn Whipp is sweeping through all 24 Oscar categories this week, assessing the races, predicting the winners and helping you prevail in your Oscar pools. If you missed previous entries, you can find the shorts races here, the...

Tony Mendez and his wife, Jonna Mendez, pose for photographers Thursday night as they arrived at The Maryland Theatre for the screening of "Argo" and the kickoff of the second Maryland International Film Festival.

2013-04-11 00:00:00

Ben Affleck, left, and George Clooney, center, have been hiding their chins of late. Grant Heslov, co-producer of their Oscar-winning film "Argo," also wears a beard.

2013-04-09 14:40:00

George Clooney, Ben Affleck and Grant Heslov celebrate backstage after winning best picture for "Argo" at the Oscars.

2013-02-24 23:15:24