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Academy Awards

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    St. Louis Actors' Studio Cancels One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    For the first time in its history, the show will not go on for St. Louis Actors' Studio. The company's June production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has been cancelled. Refunds for tickets already purchased will be sent out in the next few days. Cuckoo's Nest was to have run June 12 through 17 ... More >>

  • Film

    May 3, 2012

    With his first movie in fourteen years, Whit Stillman returns, triumphant and worried

    For the first time in its history, the show will not go on for St. Louis Actors' Studio. The company's June production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest has been cancelled. Refunds for tickets already purchased will be sent out in the next few days. Cuckoo's Nest was to have run June 12 through 17 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Academy Awards 2012: A Breakdown of the Two Animal Race for Best Original Song

    Most people wouldn't care to know who prevails in a fight between puppets and animated birds -- unless they've taken some sort of hallucinogen. But that's precisely the battle set to be resolved Sunday during the latest iteration of the Academy Awards. The Best Original Song award this year is a tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    The RFT Web Awards Food Winners

    Last night, in a star-studded ceremony that the Academy Awards can only dream of matching, the RFT handed out its 2012 Web Awards. Read the complete list of winners here (or pick up the issue on newsstands today), and join us after the jump for the list of food-related champs and the worthy runners- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Wash. U. Scientists Discover Reason for Stuttering is in the Genes

    Not even Geoffrey Rush and an Oscar can cure your stuttering problem.​If everything you know about stuttering comes from movies such as last year's Oscar-winner The King's Speech, you may be forgiven for believing the speech disorder is the result of a sad childhood and a profound lack of self ... More >>

  • Film

    August 18, 2011

    July 15 is a very important date for the lovers of One Day

    Not even Geoffrey Rush and an Oscar can cure your stuttering problem.​If everything you know about stuttering comes from movies such as last year's Oscar-winner The King's Speech, you may be forgiven for believing the speech disorder is the result of a sad childhood and a profound lack of self ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Anthony Bourdain Visits the Ozarks Tonight

    Photo: The Travel Channel​When Anthony Bourdain appeared in St. Louis last year, he noted that while he had no plans to feature our city in his Travel Channel show No Reservations, he would be visiting the Missouri Ozarks for an episode of the upcoming season.That episode airs tonight at 8 p.m. ce ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2011

    SLSO:LOTR:FOTR

    Photo: The Travel Channel​When Anthony Bourdain appeared in St. Louis last year, he noted that while he had no plans to feature our city in his Travel Channel show No Reservations, he would be visiting the Missouri Ozarks for an episode of the upcoming season.That episode airs tonight at 8 p.m. ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    St. Louis' Very Own Oscar Winner

    image viaSt. Louisan and Oscar winner Colin Firth in one of his most celebrated roles: Mr. Darcy in the BBC's Pride and Prejudice.​Unreal has learned the hard way that we should read our New Yorkers as soon as we get them, because if we had, OMG, we would have learned that Colin Firth, Oscar w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    Five Bistro's Midweek $25 Prix Fixe: Fine Dining at a Finer Price

    fivebistro.comChef and owner Anthony Devoti of Five Bistro, located on Daggett Avenue on the Hill​When it comes to dining, many folks who have no qualms whatsoever about diving into unfamiliar cuisine still have reservations (no pun intended) about venturing into a new price range -- or a styl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    The Firth King, and Other Acadamy Award-Inspired Fast Food Treats

    In honor of being nominated for Best Actor in his role as stammering King George VI in The King's Speech, fast food-loving Brit Colin Firth will get to create his own sandwich at Burger King if he wins the Academy Award. hollywoodnews.com​ Firth hasn't said what he'll put on his burger if he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    Holly FannChris Bork shared a recipe for poached eggs in this week's Chef's Choice​This week, we paid visits to Nora's, Pizzeria Tivoli and Thai Pizza Co. and celebrated American Wine Appreciation Week in the classiest fashion. What else did we do this week? We talked to chef Christopher Le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts and Cheese-ology Macaroni and Cheese

    Katie Moulton"Limited Edition Spinach Artichoke Mac & Cheese": Not for chips or children.​ Could this be the year that Oscar gets a Woody Woody gets an Oscar? Though three animated films -- Beauty and the Beast, Up and this year's Toy Story 3 -- have been nominated for the Academy Award for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Sorry, Gwyneth: Eight Actresses Who Actually Can Sing

    In the old days, just being an actress wasn't enough. Everyone had to be a double threat just to keep up with singing actresses like Julie Andrews, Doris Day, Marlene Dietrich and Judy Garland. But then musicals fell out of fashion and we find ourselves asking, "Why the hell is Gwyneth Paltrow singi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Mizzou Students In Running to Cover Oscars for MTV, And They Need Your Vote!

    mtvU.comErica Coghill: C'mon people, send this future star to the Oscars. ​Daily RFT received a request -- okay, a plea -- yesterday from University of Missouri undergraduate Erica Coghill asking that we pass on the news that she and three other Mizzou students are finalists in MTV's Oscars Corres ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    The Empire of Crime Strikes Back

    mtvU.comErica Coghill: C'mon people, send this future star to the Oscars. ​Daily RFT received a request -- okay, a plea -- yesterday from University of Missouri undergraduate Erica Coghill asking that we pass on the news that she and three other Mizzou students are finalists in MTV's Oscars Corres ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Protesters Planning Mock Awards Ceremony at Peabody Energy Headquarters in St. Louis Today

    Image viaProtesting Peabody Energy: Not a coal black tie affair.​You know how The Razzies are the anti-Oscars? They're the "awards" that "salute the worst that Hollywood has to offer" each year? Well, that's kind of what a group of climate change protesters have planned this afternoon in downtown ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 14, 2010

    Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?

    Image viaProtesting Peabody Energy: Not a coal black tie affair.​You know how The Razzies are the anti-Oscars? They're the "awards" that "salute the worst that Hollywood has to offer" each year? Well, that's kind of what a group of climate change protesters have planned this afternoon in downtown ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Dance Into Her Heart

    Image viaProtesting Peabody Energy: Not a coal black tie affair.​You know how The Razzies are the anti-Oscars? They're the "awards" that "salute the worst that Hollywood has to offer" each year? Well, that's kind of what a group of climate change protesters have planned this afternoon in downtown ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    Loud and Proud

    Image viaProtesting Peabody Energy: Not a coal black tie affair.​You know how The Razzies are the anti-Oscars? They're the "awards" that "salute the worst that Hollywood has to offer" each year? Well, that's kind of what a group of climate change protesters have planned this afternoon in downtown ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 21, 2010

    St. Louis Stage Capsules

    Dennis Brown and Paul Friswold suss out the St. Louis theater scene

  • Music

    April 21, 2010

    Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers

    8 p.m. Friday, April 23. The Roberts Orpheum Theater, 416 North Ninth Street.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    The Morning Brew: 3.16

    ​Beer laws and typos lead to police raids and a lot of fine craft beers going down the tubes in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania laws, instilled when Prohibition ended, dictate that beer manufacturers register with the state before selling beer in the state. Misspelling or abbreviating a beer's name ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 24, 2010

    Feel the Push

    ​Beer laws and typos lead to police raids and a lot of fine craft beers going down the tubes in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania laws, instilled when Prohibition ended, dictate that beer manufacturers register with the state before selling beer in the state. Misspelling or abbreviating a beer's name ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2009

    The year's 10 best movies and more: 2009 in film!

    ​Beer laws and typos lead to police raids and a lot of fine craft beers going down the tubes in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania laws, instilled when Prohibition ended, dictate that beer manufacturers register with the state before selling beer in the state. Misspelling or abbreviating a beer's name ... More >>

  • Music

    June 3, 2009

    Aerosmith

    7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

  • Dining

    May 13, 2009

    Gut Check: Winners and bloggers

    7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 14141 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights.

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Open Comment Thread: The 2009 Grammy Awards

    Because I'm on vacation, I'm writing this FROM THE PAST (ooh, spooky), and there won't be any live-blogging about Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast from me this year. However, consider this post an open commenting thread for the show. According to Grammy.com, the list of performers is crazytown:Curre ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 23, 2008

    Bizarre Love Triangle

    Fear and loathing in Paris

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2008
  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    Oscar Never Saw It Coming

    Fear and loathing in Paris

  • Calendar

    October 31, 2007

    Big Bible Box Office

    Fear and loathing in Paris

  • Calendar

    June 6, 2007

    Kid-tastic, Film Fantastic!

    Fear and loathing in Paris

  • Calendar

    April 11, 2007

    Bizarre Love Triangle(s)

    Fear and loathing in Paris

  • Home Entertainment

    January 31, 2007
  • Culture

    March 8, 2006

    And the Kevin Goes To...

    Coming soon to a theater near you: The first annual Kevin Kline Awards

  • Film

    April 13, 2005

    Film Openings

    Week of April 13, 2005

  • Calendar

    October 13, 2004

    The Fabulous Lunts

    They're ready for their close-up

  • Film

    June 23, 2004

    Film Openings

    Week of June 23, 2004

  • Film

    May 5, 2004

    Fear Factors

    Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

  • Film

    December 31, 2003

    A Second Opinion

    The flicks that the best-of list overlooked

  • Film

    July 2, 2003

    Film Openings

    Week of July 2, 2003

  • Calendar

    June 4, 2003

    Stars of David

    The Jewish Film Festival of St. Louis unspools this week

  • Film

    March 20, 2002

    Series/Festivals

    Week of March 20, 2002

  • Culture

    September 12, 2001

    Feel His Pain

    Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

  • Film

    May 2, 2001

    Road Warriors

    Amores Perros sears its characters (dogs included) to a crisp as it leads them to a kind of redemption

  • Culture

    March 14, 2001

    Up the Academy

    The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

  • Film

    December 1, 1999

    ANIMATED WORLDS: TWO DECADES OF PORTLAND ANIMATION

    The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

  • Dining

    March 31, 1999

    Semper Phi

    The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

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