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" The Oscars 2007: A pre-show chat," by Kim Masters, Troy Patterson, and Dana Stevens. Posted Feb. 22, 2007.
"Magnum on the Oscars: A video montage of classic movie photos." Posted Feb. 23, 2007.
"Smile and Say 'Fat!': Why does the camera add 10 pounds?" by Michelle Tsai. Posted Feb. 22, 2007.
"And the Oscar for Creative Accounting Goes To …": Can PricewaterhouseCoopers be trusted to count the Academy Awards ballots?" by Daniel Gross. Posed Feb. 22, 2007.
"None of the Above: Dispirited Oscar voters turn in blank ballots," by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 22, 2007.
"Theta Testing: Will Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes revive their careers?" by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 20, 2007.
"Democrats in Hollywood: Does the town love Hillary or Obama?" by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 16, 2007.
"You've Got 23 Annoying E-mails: The most obnoxious movie-marketing idea of the year," by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 12, 2007.
"The Norbit Factor: Will Eddie Murphy's tacky new comedy lose him an Oscar?" by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 9, 2007.
"War of the Words: Spielberg counters Brad Grey in the pages of the New York Times," by Kim Masters. Posted Feb. 6, 2007.
"Based on True Events: What exactly is 'true' about The Last King of Scotland?" by Kim Masters. Posted Jan. 31, 2007.
"Brad Grey Denied: He won't be walking up the aisle on Oscar night for The Departed," by Kim Masters. Posted Jan. 26, 2007.
" The Trouble With Borat and United 93: Two movies without screenplays get nominated for writing awards. Whoops," by Kim Masters. Posted Jan. 18, 2007.
"Golden Globes Parties: The stars, the studio intrigue, the indecipherable accents," by Kim Masters. Posted Jan. 16, 2007
"Say It Ain't So, Dakota!: The child star has a new movie in which she gets raped," by Kim Masters. Posted Jan. 12, 2007.
"Extra! Extra!: The skinny on David Geffen and the L.A. Times," by Kim Masters. Posted Dec. 28, 2006.
"The Oscar Race: Will Dreamgirls get snubbed because of its African-American cast?" by Kim Masters. Posted Dec. 21, 2006.
"That's the Look of Love: Drew Barrymore and Hugh Grant in Music and Lyrics, by Dana Stevens. Posted Feb. 14, 2007.
"Eurotrash Schoolboy: The young Lecter in Hannibal Rising," by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 9, 2007.
" Desperate Bureaucrats: The Lives of Others is the best surveillance movie since The Conversation," by Dana Stevens. Posted Feb. 8, 2007.
"Factory Reject: A tepid biopic of Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick," by Dana Stevens. Posted Feb. 1, 2007.
" Men With Guns: The absurdly macho pyrotechnics of Smokin' Aces," by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 25, 2007
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The State of the Oscar: Forget the Dreamgirls snub, what about Volver?" by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 23, 2007
"It's a Hard-Knock Life: The queasy morality of Russian adoption in The Italian," by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan. 19, 2007.
"Thai Feud: Imagine a Western directed by Todd Haynes and Sam Peckinpah," by Dana Stevens. Posted Jan, 12, 2007.
" In Too Deep: A journey into David Lynch's Inland Empire," by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 15, 2006.
"Flavorless Ham: A faithful, but bland, Charlotte's Web," by Dana Stevens. Posted Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006.
"Trading Spaces: Home-swapping in Holiday. Plus, Leo DiCaprio's turn in Blood Diamond," by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 8, 2006.
"A Pre-History of Violence: Mel Gibson's bloody, bewildering Apocalypto," by Dana Stevens. Posted Dec. 7, 2006.
"Bored in a Manger: The unceasing drabness of The Nativity Story," by Dana Stevens. Posted Nov. 30, 2006.
"Infinity and Beyond: Darren Aronofsky goes to the stars," by Dana Stevens. Posted Nov. 29, 2006.
