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• Preparation for the 83rd Academy Awards
• Costume Designers Guild honors 'King's Speech,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Black Swan'
• Friends from high school to the Oscars
• Lindsay Lohan case: No deal in sight as she returns to court
• A new stage for Circus Theatricals
• Review: Couples take a trip to the gym before their walk down aisle in 'Shedding for the Wedding'
• Lalo Schifrin lit fuse of many composers
• Oscars red-carpet setup: How it looks on Tuesday afternoon
• Dwayne McDuffie's death shocks comics industry

Preparation for the 83rd Academy Awards Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:57 PM PST Moving, painting and placing Oscar statues and more is in full swing as the Kodak Theatre gets ready for its close-up.

Costume Designers Guild honors 'King's Speech,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Black Swan' Posted: 22 Feb 2011 10:56 PM PST "The King's Speech," "Black Swan" and "Alice in Wonderland" took the top feature film honors Tuesday evening at the 13th Costume Designers Guild Awards. "The King's Speech," "Black Swan" and "Alice in Wonderland" took the top feature film honors Tuesday evening at the 13th Costume Designers Guild Awards.

Friends from high school to the Oscars Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:23 PM PST Ed Novick ('Inception') and Mark Weingarten ('The Social Network') are nominees for the sound mixing Academy Award. They'll be rooting for each other. Ed Novick ('Inception') and Mark Weingarten ('The Social Network') are nominees for the sound mixing Academy Award. They'll be rooting for each other.

Lindsay Lohan case: No deal in sight as she returns to court Posted: 23 Feb 2011 08:36 AM PST As Lindsay Lohan faces a judge Wednesday morning, sources told the Los Angeles Times she was not close to a plea deal.

A new stage for Circus Theatricals Posted: Circus Theatricals changes its name to New American Theatre with a fresh mission in mind and in advance of a new performance space, the Hayworth Building on Wilshire Boulevard. Circus Theatricals changes its name to New American Theatre with a fresh mission in mind and in advance of a new performance space, the Hayworth Building on Wilshire Boulevard.

Review: Couples take a trip to the gym before their walk down aisle in 'Shedding for the Wedding' Posted: A mash-up of wedding planning and weight loss becomes a reality competition on CW. Getting healthy is an admiral goal for these couples, but it doesn't make for compelling TV. "Shedding for the Wedding," which premieres Wednesday on CW, or "the CW" as it wants to be called but which always seems silly to write, combines the popular weight-loss competition reality genre with the popular planning-for-the-nuptials reality genre — a chocolate-meets-peanut-butter moment that seems both brilliantly inevitable and somewhat recycled. Although I don't have the evidence at hand, surely these topics have met somewhere before, even if just for the space of an episode of "The Jenny Jones Show" or "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

Lalo Schifrin lit fuse of many composers Posted: Famed writer of 'Mission Impossible' theme and others blended orchestral music, jazz, funk and rock. Lalo Schifrin describes himself simply as a "music maker."

Oscars red-carpet setup: How it looks on Tuesday afternoon Posted: 22 Feb 2011 06:24 PM PST Bleachers and tents are up but the red carpet isn't down yet.

Dwayne McDuffie's death shocks comics industry Posted: 22 Feb 2011 07:54 PM PST DC Comics says the Detroit native, who's writing included runs on "Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight" and "Fantastic Four" died Monday, a day after his birthday.

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