Zero Dark Thirty (movie)

Sanford and Hicks go to Congress, The CIA goes to Hollywood and CNN stays put

2013-05-08 07:10:00

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has been elected to the House (or at least that's where we hear he's going). Welcome to your trends report for Monday, May 8, 2013. Sanford will head to Capitol Hill after facing off against Elizabeth...

Down syndrome advocacy groups call for investigation into Frederick County man's death

2013-04-24 09:16:00

National advocacy groups for people with Down syndrome are seeking an independent investigation into the January death of a Frederick County man after off-duty sheriff's deputies tried to remove him from a movie theater. Robert Ethan Saylor, 25,...

Details emerge about death of Frederick man with Down syndrome

2013-03-28 03:37:00

Robert Ethan Saylor didn't like to be touched, and suddenly an off-duty deputy had his hands on him. Within moments, two more deputies would grab him, the four men would fall in a heap on the floor, and Saylor, who had been shouting and resisting their...

Frederick sheriff's deputies will not face charges in movie theater incident

2013-03-22 18:17:41

Three Frederick County sheriff's deputies will not be held criminally responsible in the death of a developmentally disabled man at a movie theater in January, prosecutors said Friday. A grand jury declined to indict the three deputies, who were...

Columbia Digest

2013-03-15 00:00:00

Newly released film "Zero Dark Thirty" will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at Howard County Library's East Columbia branch, 6600 Cradlerock Way. Free popcorn, soda and candy. Information: 410-313-7700. Children's theater Red Branch Theatre...

'Argo' editor beats self for Oscar

2013-02-24 19:51:00

William Goldenberg, who won the Editing Oscar for "Argo," faced perhaps his closest competition from an editor he knew well -- himself. Goldenberg was also nominated for "Zero Dark Thirty" (with Dylan Tichenor), a rare double nomination for a single...

Tarantino wins screenplay Oscar; the press room gasps

2013-02-24 20:26:00

Quentin Tarantino, Hollywood's reigning enfant terrible, seems to have some fans in the motion picture academy -- and in the pressroom. Tarantino's win, his second (he also won for "Pulp Fiction"), was a bit of a surprise, as it bested pre-Oscar...

Argo, Lincoln and the politics of Hollywood

2013-02-26 03:00:00

The Oscar for best picture was won by "Argo," the true tale of a secret rescue mission in Iran during the Carter administration. It beat out "Lincoln," the story of how black Americans were rescued from slavery. Does this mean Jimmy Carter's stock is on...

Partying with Oscar, Baltimore-style

2013-02-23 00:00:00

Errol Webber has an unfair advantage when it comes to Oscar parties. He actually has an Oscar, handed out on stage during an Academy Awards ceremony. And it'll be there for all his guests to admire, pose with any maybe even hold for a few seconds when...

Death of mentally disabled Frederick County man sparks outrage

2013-02-21 18:17:28

The movie was over, but Robert Ethan Saylor refused to leave the theater. Soon after the developmentally disabled Frederick man was handcuffed by three off-duty sheriff's deputies, he was dead. The unexplained death last month of Saylor, 26, who had...

Torture helped get bin Laden?

2013-02-07 03:00:00

"Zero Dark Thirty," the film about the hunt for and killing of Osama bin Laden, got a fresh infusion of buzz over the weekend when outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta confirmed again that enhanced interrogation techniques aided the effort to find...

Movie Guide for TownMall in Carroll County, Jan. 13, 2012

2013-01-12 11:52:00

now playing "Django Unchained" (R). A slave turned bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio. TownMall Cinemas (12:50, 4:20, 7:50 p.m.) "Gangster Squad"...

One of the most acclaimed -- and controversial -- movies of 2012 recently came to DVD, and maybe it's seeing its scenes of "enhanced interrogation techniques" on the small screen, but the idea that the film somehow defends torture doesn't, well, hold water.

2013-04-05 12:04:46

Lead actress nominee Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") arrives on the red carpet for the 85th Academy Awards on Sunday.

2013-02-24 16:22:42

"Zero Dark Thirty" star and Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain, right, and guests.

2013-02-24 00:00:00