It makes sense that Iran is considering suing Ben Affleck, or that Canadians might feel shafted in their role as supporting characters. But New Zealand? Well, it has to do with one throwaway line.
Iranian media — propaganda versions and otherwise — is abuzz with reports that Iran's government, by way of Carlos the Jackal's French lawyer, is preparing to sue Hollywood over the "unrealistic portrayal" of Iranians in the Oscar-winning film.
Today in viral videos: the Oscars have come and gone but everyone's just getting started on bad lip reads and odd mashups, and perhaps the coolest pizza delivery on earth.
It looks like Ben Affleck will not be receiving any congratulatory phone calls from Iran today, after the media there dismissed his film's triumph at the Academy Awards as "Hollywood insiders sacrificing quality and artistic cinema to political slogans and distortions."
What began as a simple magazine pitch has now taken writer Joshuah Bearman all the way to the Oscars. (Well, he's working on getting a ticket.) Here's the story of the article that inspired Argo.
Oscar buzz, at least for Best Picture, at least for people who really care, comes in ebbs and flows of speculation. Here's a look back at the Hollywood conventional wisdom, from The Master's weird rise to Zero Dark Thirty's torturous fall and Argo's late surge.
Last night Argo won the Best Adapted Screenplay prize at the Writers Guild of America awards, seemingly inching the film closer to Oscar sure-thing status. Are there surprises left in any of the big categories?
The slow march toward an Oscar win for Argo got another boost on Sunday. The British Academy of Film and Television had their yearly to-do on Sunday, and they just loved Ben's big movie.
Two big weekend wins for Argo have the Hollywood pundits saying that its Best Picture chances have transformed from Academy snub to Golden Globes surprise to, suddenly, a done deal at the Oscars. Will all this make the biggest prize turn from dramatic to, well, boring?
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It's rare but not uncommon to see movie stars in multiple Oscar-bait movies in the same year. But it's been a good end of 2012 for those guys who you recognize from somewhere but can't always place. Here are your character-actor MVPs.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we don't understand what this newfangled video game movie is. What ever happened to the Super Mario Bros. movie?
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're that guy telling you to put your phone away while the movie is playing.
Welcome to the Box Office Report where we're busy binging on old horror movies and making out Michael Myers costume in preparation for Halloween.
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Welcome to the Box Office Report where the movie about a bunch of Canadians was polite enough to let Liam Neeson stay in first place. Typical.
Today we review two new films, the political thriller Argo and the dark comedy Seven Psychopaths.
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Ben Affleck's new film looks good, Nicolas Cage goes on a wild ride, and Sanjay Gupta has a show.
Matthew McConaughey disrobes for your American pleasure, Lady Gaga is a deadbeat employer, and things get hairy for Ben Affleck.
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