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Daniel Day-Lewis holds record of winning best actor Oscar three times

Daniel Day-Lewis at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles.John Shearer/Invision/AP

Daniel Day-Lewis has won the Academy Award for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s historical drama.

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‘Amour’ wins Oscar for best foreign language film

Actress Emmanuelle Riva arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday Feb. 24, 2013, in Los Angeles. Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP

Michael Haneke’s brutal depiction of an aging couple, “Amour,” has won the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

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Movie effects innovator Petros Vlahos dies at 96

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Petro Vlahos, a two-time Academy Award winner whose blue- and green-screen technique on movies like “Mary Poppins” and “Ben Hur” made the modern blockbuster possible, has died. He was 96.

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Globe-nominated foreign filmmakers discuss craft

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This film image dated July 2011 made available by Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS on Thursday Jan 10 2103 shows a scene from the Norwegian film "Kon-Tiki." The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign picture on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The 85th Academy Awards will air live on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013 on ABC. AP/ Carl Christian Raabe / Nordisk Film Distribusjon AS via NTB scanpix

The makers of three Golden Globe- and Oscar-nominated foreign films shared the secrets of their craft — and admiration for one another — at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 10th annual Foreign Film Symposium.

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Bumpy road to Oscars for PH film on faithful dog

AIMING FOR OSCAR. Top-billed by actor Eddie Garcia and Princess the dog, “Bwakaw” was hailed by a US journalist as “a true gem.”  INQUIRER file photo

A Philippine movie about a grumpy, old, gay man and his faithful dog has become an unlikely hit abroad while shaking the belief that local independent films have to focus on the darker side of life.

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Online tilt for shorts

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CHAVEZ, with (from left) Buenaflor and Nakpil-Roxas.

I knew Diego Buenaflor and Vince Nakpil-Roxas as kids. They have come up with the 180 Microcinema Film Festival, an online competition for short films that dares its participants to tell a compelling story in just three minutes.

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Streep equals Bergman’s Oscar haul

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STREEP AND BERGMAN. “Mature” sex appeal.

INGRID Bergman was lovelier than Greta Garbo, who was considered a legendary screen beauty—and, like Garbo, she was a superb dramatic actress. But, despite her prodigious dramatic prowess, Greta never won an Oscar—like Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant and Alfred Hitchcock.

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Eastwood surmounts cinematic challenge

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DICAPRIO (WITH DENCH, RIGHT). Plays against type in “J. Edgar.”

OUR recent piece on Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar” concentrated on Leonardo DiCaprio’s seminal portrayal of the film’s title character, and why it should have been at least nominated for an Academy Award. Today, let’s focus on the film as a whole, because its achievement is by no means limited to, and defined by, its lead [...]

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