Philip Seymour Hoffman

Watch John le Carre's teaser for 'A Delicate Truth'

2013-04-25 09:10:00

Those eager for "A Delicate Truth," the latest from spy master John le Carre, now have something to whet their appetites as they wait for his new novel's U.S. release on May 7.� Le Carre premiered a short film on his website Thursday in conjunction with...

‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ trailer debuts during MTV Movie Awards

2013-04-14 22:53:18

Looking for opera inspiration

2013-03-23 06:30:00

Like every other form of art, operas can be inspired by just about anything — historical events, myths, epic poems, plays, even movies. Often, such operas go on to eclipse their inspiration. Puccini's "Tosca," derived from a play by Victorien...

Oscars 2013: Christoph Waltz wins best supporting actor

2013-02-24 18:00:00

Christoph Waltz won the supporting actor Oscar for "Django Unchained" in one of the tightest acting races at this year's Academy Awards on Sunday. The man who already had one Oscar on his mantel beat out four other veteran performers: Alan Arkin ("Argo"...

Oscar predictions 2013: We call the four acting races

2013-02-23 10:30:00

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. Earlier he looked at the short films, sound categories, visual crafts races,...

SAG Awards 2013: Tommy Lee Jones wins best supporting actor

2013-01-27 17:16:00

Tommy Lee Jones won the SAG Award for male actor in a supporting role Sunday night for playing the outspoken Pennsylvania congressman Thaddeus Stevens in Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln." Jones was not in attendance to receive the award,...

The Gold Standard: Bet a penny on Day-Lewis as Lincoln?

2013-01-30 14:12:00

"I am 10 years older than I was a year ago." We believe that's a line Abraham Lincoln said to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of "Lincoln." Or it could be something "Lincoln" lead Daniel Day-Lewis wearily muttered during one of the endless Q&As he's done...

Heatmeter: 'Argo' and Jennifer Lawrence lead the Oscar pack

2013-01-31 07:00:00

A flurry of ceremonies over the last 2 1/2 weeks -- the Golden Globes, the Producers Guild prizes and the Screen Actors Guild awards -- has separated pretender from contender in Hollywood's 2012-13 awards season. According to the L.A. Times HeatMeter,...

Oscar 8-Ball: Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'

2012-12-17 11:46:00

Thinking about our love for "The Master," we can't help but recall that early moment in the film when the military official tells the gathered veterans that "people on the outside will not understand the condition you have." Yes, academy members, we're...

A sneak peek at three Oscar ballots

2013-02-07 08:00:00

On the eve of Oscar voting, we asked three academy members to let us peek at their ballots and tell us, anonymously, who they're voting for and why. Here's what they had to say: OSCARS 2013: Full Coverage PRODUCERS BRANCH: This 40ish Oscar nominee...

'Argo' named best film at the BAFTA awards

2013-02-10 14:40:00

Director-producer-star Ben Affleck’s historical drama “Argo” continued its late-inning awards sweep Sunday, winning a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for best film. Although snubbed by 2013 Oscar balloters in the best...

New releases: Denzel Washington, Robert Zemeckis team in 'Flight'

2013-02-02 12:00:00

Flight Paramount, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99 Available on VOD beginning Feb. 5 "Flight" marks Robert Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking after a decade-plus of making motion-capture animated features, and it proves that Zemeckis still has the...

President Snow (Donald Sutherland) and Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

2013-04-14 00:00:00

Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Weinstein Co. in Manhattan, NY.

2013-02-20 15:56:18

Number of this year's acting nominees who have already won Oscars -- Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, Alan Arkin, Christoph Waltz, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Helen Hunt.

2013-02-20 15:45:42