Academy Awards

Rock star status: Preakness horses get royal treatment

2013-05-17 15:52:00

Handlers used special massage techniques to soothe Goldencents' muscular frame and sudsy sponges to stimulate the shine and bloom on the Preakness competitor's chocolate-colored coat — while a sizable entourage seemed transfixed. Outside the...

Stevie Wonder plays Baltimore-made instrument harpejji during 'Dancing with the Stars' appearance

2013-04-23 07:18:00

A little extra bit of Baltimore made its way onto "Dancing with the Stars" last night, thanks to Stevie Wonder. When the Motown recording legend appeared onstage to play a beautiful, pared-down version of his 1969 hit "My Cherie Amour," he accompanied...

Three companies win $100,000 prizes in Md. start-up contest

2013-04-15 18:59:55

A pharmaceutical company, a corporate-data analytics firm and a lighting company learned Monday night that they won the top prizes at the state's inaugural competition for start-up firms — $100,000 each. The InvestMaryland Challenge drew entries...

Ed Reed agrees to a deal with the Houston Texans

2013-03-20 18:24:00

For so long, they had been the two faces of one of the league’s most dominant defenses, Ray Lewis the punishing tackler and Ed Reed the unrelenting ball hawk. Now, they are both gone and the mass exodus from the Ravens defense continues. About...

Bidding farewell to Ed Reed, the most interesting, entertaining athlete in Baltimore

2013-03-21 07:48:00

Sportswriters inevitably get the question: How do you cover teams you once loved as a fan? The standard answer is that you stop rooting for the jersey and start rooting for the best story. That’s true to a point but incomplete. It’s near...

John Williams to conduct Baltimore Symphony in musicians' pension fund benefit

2013-03-14 09:35:00

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which has slipped back into deficit territory partly because of pension fund obligations, has planned a concert to do something about that. The program has what should be a big draw -- music by celebrated film...

Books on the big screen -- 'Great Gatsby' to launch Cannes film festival

2013-03-12 15:04:00

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will kick off the 66th Festival de Cannes, organizers announced today. "It is a great honor for all those who have worked on 'The Great Gatsby' to open the Cannes Film Festival," Luhrmann said in a...

Ravens should find a way to keep Ed Reed in Baltimore

2013-03-10 19:13:00

Try to imagine the Ravens defense next season without Ray Lewis. Now try to imagine it without Ed Reed, too. No, I can't do it, either. One thing's for sure: the Ravens are at a delicate point in their long relationship with the moody free safety with...

What the? Dennis Pitta's on 'Fashion Police' tonight?

2013-03-08 10:00:00

The Ravens have been fixtures on national television shows since winning Super Bowl XLVII a month ago. Wide receiver Jacoby Jones will be “Dancing with the Stars.” Head coach John Harbaugh and quarterback Joe Flacco, the Super Bowl MVP,...

Some musings from Oscar's red carpet

2013-02-24 17:22:00

We're about 10 minutes from the start pf the 85th Academy Awards -- hope you've made the final adjustments on your Oscar betting pool. Here are a few observations from Oscar's red carpet, surely one of Earth's most fascinating (not to mention...

Waltz is respectful to the company he keeps

2013-02-24 18:13:00

Christoph Waltz, fresh off winning one of the most competetive Oscar categories in recent memory -- all five Supporting Actor nominees were previous Oscar winners -- was admittedly caught off guard when he heard his name called from the Oscar stage....

Baltimore's Oscar connection 2013

2013-02-24 18:52:00

Baltimore may not be Hollywood East, but once again, the Oscars include a distinctly Bawlamer element. Craig Bartholomew Strydom, writer of the Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," lived in Baltimore until last year. Read about his...

seems to have it all -- a loving family, a handsome movie star partner and a successful career. But it wasn't so long ago that Jolie was off sowing some pretty wild oats.

2013-05-15 10:32:00

Baby Angelina practiced her awards show pout at the Oscars in '86 with her brother, father and his mom.

2013-05-14 04:37:00

At the 2000 Academy Awards, Angelina shocked fans by giving her brother a very un-sisterly kiss, and later declaring, "I'm so in love with my brother right now."

2013-05-14 00:00:00