Movie:the Big Short
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Red Carpet Flashback: 25 Years of Brad Pitt
With news of Angelina Jolie’s filing for divorce from Brad Pitt, it’s a good time to remember what made the pair such a intense subject of public interest in the first place. Here’s a look back at Pitt’s time in the public eye, via red-carpet photos since 1988.
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2016 Oscar Predictions: Our Picks in Every Category
Most of the attention around this year’s Oscars has been focused on who was not nominated — namely the lack of any people of color among the 20 acting nominees for the second year in a row. The Academy has since taken action, and we can only hope Hollywood as a whole gets its act together.
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'The Big Short' and 'Spotlight' Win Big for Screenplays at WGA Awards
Spotlight and The Big Short continued to collect awards on Saturday night, with the Oscar front-runners winning best original and adapted screenplay honors at the Writers Guild Awards, which were handed out at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. In a break from tradition and the normal flow of an awards show in which the bigger awards are presented at the end, the best original screenplay prize was presented at the top of the WGA, East ceremony in New York’s Edison Ballroom, ev
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Johnny Depp Stars as Donald Trump in Gloriously Absurd Funny or Die Movie
Johnny Depp as Donald Trump (Funny or Die) Over the years, Johnny Depp’s roles have included a sad, Gothic man with scissors for hands; the Mad Hatter; a psycho who owns a chocolate factory; Ed Wood; a murderous singing barber; a drunk pirate loosely based on Keith Richards; and Mortdecai. But his latest role might be his strangest one yet. As the New York Times first reported, Depp can currently be seen as New Hampshire Republican primary winner Donald Trump in a new, 50-minute Funny or Die mo
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'Big Short' Pulls Big Upset by Winning Best Picture at PGA Awards
In a major surprise, Paramount’s The Big Short has won the Darryl F. Zanuck Award from the Producers Guild of America as the year’s top movie.
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Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling Met Their IRL 'Big Short' Counterparts
Director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Step Brothers) ambitiously tackles the 2008 financial crisis in The Big Short, based on the best-selling book of the same name. A star-studded film featuring offbeat performances by Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, and more, the film revolves around the unlikely group of real-life guys who seek to cash in on the credit and housing collapse very few saw coming. The unconventional drama manages to make the world of finance entertaining and enga
