Charlie Wilson

This can't be a joke because there's a writers strike on and jokes are out for the duration. So in all unscripted seriousness, I ask, could Hollywood really be smarter than Washington? Is it possible that movie people are savvier than political people?...

The five-year anniversary of 9-11 might have seemed like the perfect time for Hollywood to address the terrorist attacks – and indeed, last year brought both United 93 and World Trade Center. But the ways the world has changed since that fateful...

" The Duchess." "W." " Changeling." " Defiance." "Frost/Nixon." "Milk." " Valkyrie." "Che." What do these films have in common, other than succinct titles? All are based on real people and events, and all happen to have release dates timed to award...

Something doesn't smell right with "Charlie Wilson's War." I'm not particularly concerned with the specific facts it has left out of its telling. But what has been left in feels compromised and dodgy. The film glides along on the polish provided by the...

THIS year has huge drama in the cinematography race, where the legendary Roger Deakins has triple the average chance to finally win the Oscar that he's been due for a long time. This year, he shot three distinctive films: "The Assassination of Jesse James...

IN 2007, the early heavyweight contenders for Oscar are just that -- heavy. "In the Valley of Elah" deals with the death of a soldier after a tour of duty in Iraq. "Rendition" examines the CIA practice of shuttling foreign nationals it deems suspicious...

The 65th annual Golden Globes will air on NBC, but they'll have a distinct cable-TV feel. Cable series dominate the major television categories, with seven of the 11 nominated comedy and drama series hailing from non-broadcast networks. The series...

SO the 82-voting members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. have punted. They're either unable or unwilling to designate any sort of Oscar front-runner. Instead, the group has nominated as many as 12 films for either best film, drama or comedy, for...

Though some awards seasons leave voters wondering whether there's enough talent to warrant nominations, let alone awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. apparently had so many favorites it gave nods to them all. Vying for the 65th annual Golden...

eteran war correspondent Rob Schultheis draws a line in the sand early in his new book, "Hunting Bin Laden: How al-Qaeda Is Winning the War on Terror ." "There's never been a stranger war than the one America has been waging since the events on 9/11," he...

George Crile III, a producer for "60 Minutes" and "60 Minutes II," died Monday at the age of 61. The producer and best-selling author passed away from pancreatic cancer at his home in Manhattan. During his more than 25 years working for CBS, he produced...

Oscar-nominee Amy Adams is in talks for a supporting role in "Charlie Wilson's War," a fact-based drama set to star Tom Hanks. The Universal project was written by Aaron Sorkin and will be directed by Mike Nichols. It focuses on Texas congressman Charlie...