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White Ribbon, A Prophet, Antichrist, Basterds Win at Cannes
Michael Haneke and his brutal black-and-white drama The White Ribbon won the Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, the festival's top honor.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsGilliam Touts Heath Ledger for Second Posthumous Oscar
Terry Gilliam, last Summer, on the Oscar campaign for Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight: “They'll do anything to publicize their film. That’s just what they do, and you can’t get upset, because it’s bullshit. They’re like a great white shark which devours whatever it can.”... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSlumdog Millionaire Battles Twilight at MTV Movie Awards
It's almost time for MTV to break out those Golden Popcorn awards, and the race is close this year between Oscar-winner Slumdog Millionaire and vampire romance Twilight.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsPulitzer Prize winners include Elizabeth Strout, Lynn Nottage, W.S. Merwin and more
It's that time of year again, when the stars align to produce three great events (usually) in the same month. We get Easter, Coachella and the Pulitzer announcements all wrapped up in a pastel-colored package, complete with blossoming trees and warm weather. It's like Rogers and Hammerstein took over the universe for a few weeks, and we're all suddenly compelled to break into song.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsBlues Music Awards Performers to include Irma Thomas, Taj Mahal, Bettye LaVette, more
It's not that common for one to present an award bearing their own name, but that's exactly what the legendary B.B. King will do May 7 in Memphis, Tenn. at the 30th annual Blues Music Awards, where one nominee will be handed the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award by the man himself.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsClint Eastwood gets honorary Palme D'Or from Cannes
Clint Eastwood received an honorary Palme D’Or last week from the heads of the Cannes Film Festival for his achievement as a filmmaker, though his unexpected smash Gran Torino suggests that work is hardly over.... read more
Found in: Movies, News2009 Grammy Awards Live Blog
As we said in our Grammy Predictions, we have a love/hate relationship with the Grammys. But hey, we love music, so we're watching to see what happens. Could be a big year for Lil Wayne (did you see his interview with "Miss" Katie Couric?). Could be a controversial night if Coldplay's alleged Joe Satriani rip-off grabs some hardware ("Viva La Vida" by Coldplay and Satriani's "If I Could Fly"). But plenty of great artists are nominated (M.I.A., Allison Krauss/Robert Plant, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, Daft Punk, Brazilian Girls....we could go on), so as always, it'll be worth watching, especially for the... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VPaste's guide to the 2009 Grammy Awards
Check out our predictions, proclamations, egregious shafts, live-blog coverage and more... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMost Egregious Grammy Shafts
We know the Grammy Awards almost always get it wrong, but sometimes they get it really, really wrong.... read more
Found in: Music, Features2009 Grammy Predictions and Proclamations
We've got a love/hate relationship with the Grammys. We love that amazing artists get mainstream recognition from time to time (see The White Stripes last year or Alison Krauss every year)... read more
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