Jean Dujardin

Oscars 2013: Here's what to look for on Oscar night [video chat]

2013-02-22 14:51:00

With the 85th Academy Awards set for Sunday night, the question on many's minds is whether "Argo," Ben Affleck's drama set amid the Iranian hostage crisis, will cap off its awards season run with a best picture win. But there are many other things to...

Oscars 2013: 'Amour' in, 'Intouchables' out for foreign language

2013-01-10 12:00:00

Academy voters showed their love for Austria's "Amour" on Thursday morning, with the deep and intimate look at an aging couple facing the end of life together being nominated not just for best foreign language film, but also for best picture and in...

Omar Sy of 'The Intouchables' hits his stride

2012-12-13 11:30:00

"The Intouchables" can justifiably be called an international sensation. Having taken in more than $414 million worldwide, including some $13 million in the U.S., is impressive enough. That the film is a French comedy-drama based on a simple story of...

Motion picture academy invites 176 new members

2012-06-29 13:28:00

This post has been updated, as indicated below. The� Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited 176 new members into the organization on Friday, including Octavia Spencer, Terrence Malick, Matthew McConaughey, Kristen Wiig, Kerry Washington,...

Movies: Dapper gents rule in 'J. Edgar,' 'The Artist' and other films

2011-12-18 00:00:00

Clothes and carefully cultivated facial hair are helping to make the man — and the movie — in a big way at the multiplex this season. Consider the tuxedo-wearing, thinly mustachioed men of 1920s' Hollywood in "The Artist"; the dapper denizens...

Movies: The '20s roaring again

2011-12-18 00:00:00

Cue the flappers, the fringe, the beads and the bobs. The Roaring '20s are back in fashion — on the runways and on-screen. It started in September at the spring 2012 fashion shows, with Ralph Lauren's "Great Gatsby" gowns, Tory Burch's...

Oscars 2012: Backstage tears, fears and a terrier

2012-02-27 14:40:00

Backstage at the Academy Awards was a place for unscripted moments of jitters, jubilation -- and doggy treats. "We're so old and we're so happening!" Meryl Streep shouted, throwing her arms around her longtime makeup artist J. Roy Helland when the two...

'The Artist' deserves best picture, and here's why

2012-02-26 13:36:00

Why is it, given all the prizes "The Artist" has won already — best picture from the Producers Guild; best actor for Jean Dujardin from the Screen Actors Guild and the Cannes film festival; seven awards, including best picture at the BAFTAs, the...

'Artist' win is a tribute to Harvey Weinstein's tenacity, vision

2012-02-27 13:48:00

"The Artist" has won the Oscar for best picture and I'm speechless. It's not lack of passion for the film that has robbed me of the power of words; it's that I felt so strongly that my thoughts were geared to how I would react should the worst happen,...

'The Artist' is big winner at Academy Awards

2012-02-27 00:01:00

The movie of the fewest words spoke the loudest at the Oscars this year. On an evening suffused with nostalgia, "The Artist," a nearly wordless, black-and-white romance celebrating Hollywood's formative era, won five Academy Awards, including best...

List of films and release dates in summer 2012

2012-04-29 00:00:00

May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

The Scores: The sound of silence in 'The Artist'

2011-12-08 00:00:00

Ludovic Bource | "The Artist" There was, of course, a bit of a history lesson that French composer Ludovic Bource embarked upon while working on "The Artist." Some of the touchstones for director Michel Hazanavicius' silent film about the end of the...

Best actor winner Jean Dujardin holds Uggie the dog after "The Artist" won best picture at Sunday's Oscars.

2012-05-16 14:43:00

The Weinstein Company is re-releasing the 'The Artist' nationwide on Friday, May 11. The black-and-white silent film about the early days of talking pictures won best picture, actor (Jean Dujardin), director (Michel Hazanavicius), score and costume design at this year's Academy Awards.

2012-05-07 00:00:00

In the wake of a tragic accident involving one of their own, a group of longtime friends reunite for their annual beach vacation, where they must confront the lies they've been telling one another and themselves. With Francois Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoit Magimel and Jean Dujardin.

2012-04-26 15:19:00