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• Mike Leigh could lead Hawkins to Oscar
TORONTO - Director Mike Leigh has a knack for putting relatively unknown British actresses into Academy Awards contention, as he did with “Secrets & Lies” and “Vera Drake.” His latest find is Sally Hawkins, who co-starred in “Vera Drake ...
• Saoirse Ronan says she sometimes feels 17
Oscar-nominated teen actress Saoirse Ronan likes the sound of being a rising star. Speaking in her native Irish accent, unrecognizable from the characters she has played, the 14-year-old says that despite all her accomplishments and spending most of ...
• Best bets: Grissom's long goodbye begins
She’s a British actress who might just garner an Oscar nomination for her work in Mike Leigh’s “Happy-Go-Lucky,” as an overly optimistic woman who is sure things will turn out for the best. See it now, so you won’t say, “Who?” come ...
• Judge orders Ryan O’Neal’s son into detox
... home in Malibu as part of Redmond’s probation and found drugs on him and in Ryan O’Neal’s living area. Ryan O’Neal’s attorney has denied that any of the drugs belonged to the actor. Ryan O’Neal, 67, was nominated for a best actor Oscar for ...
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Los Cabos Mayor Oscar Nunez late Wednesday urged residents living in makeshift housing and in low-lying areas to prepare to evacuate. Luis Gonzalez, the state's top civil protection official, said brigades are ready to begin evacuating residents of ...