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Arts and Culture
1:33 am
Mon February 25, 2013

The Oscars Broadcast, Zooming Way Past Cheeky To Land Squarely On Crass

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Adele performs the theme song to "Skyfall."
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Adele accepts the Oscar for best original song — the theme song in "Skyfall."
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Quentin Tarantino accepts the Oscar for best original screenplay for "Django Unchained."
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Director Ang Lee accepts the best director award for "Life of Pi."
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Daniel Day-Lewis accepts the Oscar for best actor for his role in "Lincoln."
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Ben Affleck accepts the Oscar for best picture for "Argo."
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Anne Hathaway accepts the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in "Les Miserables."
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Actor Christoph Waltz accepts the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in "Django Unchained."
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The legendary Shirley Bassey makes an appearance to sing the theme song from the James Bond classic "Goldfinger."
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Catherine Zeta-Jones performs a number from "Chicago" in a tribute performance to recent Hollywood musicals.
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The 85th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Seth MacFarlane, creator of TV's "Family Guy."
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William Shatner makes a cameo appearance as Captain Kirk from "Star Trek" during the opening ceremony.
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Michael Haneke accepts the Oscar for "Amour," best foreign language film, from Jennifer Garner.
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Jennifer Lawrence accepts the Oscar for best actress for her performance in "Silver Linings Playbook."
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Host Seth MacFarlane speaks onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.
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Host Seth MacFarlane speaks onstage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.
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Host Seth McFarlane during Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.
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Originally published on Mon February 25, 2013 3:36 pm

If you like Argo (which won Best Picture), the movie Chicago (which made a couple of appearances) and jokes about women (which just kept coming), you probably had a substantially better night than the average viewer, who was subjected to Seth MacFarlane's delivery of one of the worst hosting performances in Oscar history.

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Global Journalist
5:49 pm
Thu December 6, 2012

Filmmaking in Iran

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Iranian actress Leila Hatami, and actor Peyman Moadi, act in a scene of the movie "A Separation," which won this year's Academy Award in the foreign film category.
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This has been an eventful year when it comes to Iranian filmmakers.  

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