Robert De Niro

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,...

Playing to type to make it in Hollywood

2013-03-31 06:00:00

The class assignment in the bright, spare room of a West L.A. casting studio is simple: Turn to the stranger next to you. Then write down everything that comes to mind. "If somebody is ugly, write 'ugly.' You do not do anybody a favor if you are kind,"...

Hollywood Film Awards announces date for gala

2013-03-28 14:04:00

The Hollywood Film Awards announced Thursday afternoon that the 2013 gala ceremony has been set for Oct. 21 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The awards honor talent in front of and behind the camera. Over the last 10 years, 96 Oscar nominations and 34...

Oscars 2013: An 'Argo' night at Academy Awards

2013-02-25 04:00:00

For the second straight year, the movie business fell for itself. "Argo" — in which a Hollywood producer and makeup artist help engineer the rescue of six Americans from Iran — won the top prize at the 85th Academy Awards, one year after the...

Cannes 2013: Steven Spielberg to head film festival jury

2013-02-27 22:36:00

Steven Spielberg will head the jury at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, slated for May 15-26, organizers have announced. In announcing Spielberg's selection, festival President Gilles Jacob said the 66-year-old American director is a "Cannes 'regular',"...

David Fincher, Cuba's female filmmakers among weekend highlights

2013-03-07 06:00:00

Oscar-nominated director David Fincher ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "The Social Network") will have an extended conversation at Film Independent at LACMA's "An Evening with David Fincher" Thursday at the Loe S. Bing Theater. The program is to...

Oscars 2013: Ang Lee, Christoph Waltz among night's surprises

2013-02-25 08:45:00

Riding high on a late-inning surge of Oscar goodwill, "Life of Pi" director Ang Lee supplied one of Sunday night's most surprising outcomes: besting Steven Spielberg for director. Until just a few weeks ago — and with "Argo" director Ben Affleck...

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"...

Oscars 2013: The A-list descends upon Vanity Fair's after-party

2013-02-25 12:43:00

The guest list at Graydon Carter’s famous Vanity Fair Oscar party was as long on A-list celebrities as the telecast itself was short on laughs. The winners in every major category, including Ben Affleck, Daniel Day-Lewis, Christoph Waltz and Ang...

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'...

Steve Schapiro's photos in 'Then and Now' offer a mix of emotions

2013-02-24 06:00:00

When photographer Steve Schapiro first arrived on the Lower East Side set of "The Godfather" in 1971, there were rumors floating around that Marlon Brando was not well. Moving closer to the action, he noticed an old man in an overcoat and hat talking to...

De Niro's tears in 'Silver Linings' are advertisement enough, OK?

2013-02-12 13:31:00

Probably just like you, we at the Gold Standard enjoy the occasional Facebook foray to quietly unfriend anyone who sent us Farmville requests check up on the daily doings of friends and loved ones. Today, nestled among the cute kid pics and breaking...

A sand sculptor works on a Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver sand sculpture as pieces are prepared as part of this year's Hollywood themed annual Weston-super-Mare Sand Sculpture festival on March 26, 2013 in Weston-Super-Mare, England.

2013-03-26 00:00:00

Supporting actor nominee Robert De Niro ("Silver Linings Playbook") and wife Grace Hightower on the red carpet.

2013-02-24 20:00:00

LEAD ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence. When nominations were announced, this was framed as a two-woman race between the "Silver Linings" star and Jessica Chastain.

2013-02-22 14:47:42