Moneyball

Bad Pitt: star slams his worst film roles

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Tweet By Claire McKim HE may be one of Hollywood’s most respected male stars but Brad Pitt has delivered a damning verdict on some of his most famous film roles. Pitt, who was in Glasgow last summer filming Zombie flick World War Z, has laid into some of his much loved performances, saying he “flatlined” [...]

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Oscars 2012: Christopher Plummer wins for supporting actor

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Christopher Plummer won the supporting actor Academy Award for "Beginners," in which he portrays Hal Fields, a widower who reveals to his son that he is gay and that he has terminal cancer. This is the first Oscar win for Plummer, 82, who was also nominated in 2009 for his supporting role in "The Last [...]

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Oscars 2012 – Best Actor – Spies, Artists, Immigrants, etc.

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If you were to base your guess on who was going to win this year's Best Actor Oscar on whose won one before, you'd only have one choice: George Clooney. And this year, he's not even your best choice. His turn in The Descendants was good, but we and the Academy have seen him do [...]

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Golden Globes 2012: As it happened

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tvnz.co.nz's Jessica Beresford brings you all the glitz andglamour from the 2012 Golden Globes. Join us again for coverage of the Grammy Awards onFebruary 13 and the Academy Awards on February 27. 5.10pm: So that wraps up the Golden GlobeAwards coverage for 2011. The big winners were: The Artist lived up to expectations and won three [...]

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DVD reviews: 'Moneyball' takes baseball to new level

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In 2003, Michael Lewis' book "Moneyball" garnered rave reviews for detailing the approach to baseball by the Oakland A's and their general manager Billy Beane. The GM embraced sabermetrics, which uses stat analysis in assembling a baseball team. Now, almost a decade later, Lewis' book is the inspiration for an entertaining flick of the same [...]

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Brad Pitt named best actor at NY Film Critics Circle Awards

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NEW YORK (KABC) — Brad Pitt was honored as best actor at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards for his work on "Moneyball" and "The Tree of Life" on Monday night. He and longtime partner Angelina Jolie stepped out onto the red carpet in New York City for the Critics Circle dinner. "The [...]

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Can't take the art out of baseball

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As baseball's typically dramatic postseason rattles toward a midpoint, many of its narrative arcs intersect the conversation generated by the new Brad Pitt movie "Moneyball," which I actually got around to seeing this week. The matinee had free popcorn, for which I'd probably see "Big Momma's House IV." Based on the Michael Lewis book, "Moneyball" [...]

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Kam On Film: 'Moneyball,' 'Thunder Soul' and What's New In Theater's

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Moneyball Columbia Pictures Rated PG-13 for profanity. Brad Pitt Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance In Baseball Biopic Despite this delightful biopic’s arriving in theaters prior to the onset of Oscar season, you can already pencil in Brad Pitt as a serious contender for an Academy Award. For he is simply sensational as Billy Beane in this emotionally-uplifting, [...]

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Moneyball movie: Q&A with Mark Teahen – sportsnet.ca

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BY SHI DAVIDIsportsnet.ca Toronto Blue Jays infielder Mark Teahen ran out to read "Moneyball" when the book first came out in 2003, and he is eager to see the movie now that it’s headed for theatres. As a supplemental pick, 39th overall, from the 2002 Oakland Athletics draft class featured in author Michael Lewis’s polarizing [...]

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Twitpics and Tweets: Celebs Love Toronto International Film Festival

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Juliette Lewis shines in Toronto.David ShankboneYahoo! Contributor Network The 2011 Toronto International Film Festival gave celebrities an exciting platform to showcase their latest projects. Promising films included "50/50" a comedy about cancer, baseball film "Moneyball," and "Ten Year," a film about friends who reunite ten years after high school. Some celebrities also took time to [...]

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How Little Documentary "Quantum Hoops" Became a Big Ben Stiller Comedy

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"Quantum Hoops" documentary director Robert Greenwald says he always knew the story had the potential to be "a real movie." How does a tiny documentary become a hot Ben Stiller comedy? "Quantum Hoops" was Rick Greenwald's 2007 documentary that follows the CalTech basketball team in their quest to gain a win after 21 seasons of [...]