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European Set-Jetting: Lights, Camera, Travel

Kensington Tours | Posted 05.13.2013 | Travel
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Kensington Tours

Both globetrotters and entertainment critics alike will agree that Europe sets the stage for some of the world's greatest adventures, from Greece in Mamma Mia to France in Les Misérables. What film will inspire your next holiday?

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Our Homegrown Miserables: Missing the Point Amid Box Office Bounty

William O'Brien | Posted 03.28.2013 | Crime
Read More: Prison Reform, Criminal Justice, Les Miserables, Crime News
William O'Brien

I can't help but think that Victor Hugo would lament how the juggernaut of blockbuster entertainment threatens to subvert his profound and very relevant challenge to oppressive social systems that are as real today as they were in the Paris of his day.

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Happy Anniversary, Les Miserables!

Posted 03.12.2013 | Arts
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Today marks the 26th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Les Miserables, the third-longest running musical in the history of the Great White Way. ...

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To the Question of Fantine (and Anne Hathaway)

Carole DeSanti | Posted 05.08.2013 | Books
Read More: Prostitution, Victor Hugo, Sex, Fantine, Les Miserables, Anne Hathaway, Anne Hathaway Oscars, Anne Hathaway Hatred, Anne Hathaway Acceptance Speech, Fantine Les Miserables, Books News
Carole DeSanti

For the world to be a better place for women -- and also, by the way, for men, and for young people -- it will need to become a place where the main thrust of our work and our pleasure is conceived not as an act of plunder, but of something else.

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Obama Must Lead

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Read More: Marissa Mayer, Marie Antoinette, John Feehery, House Republicans, Eric Cantor, Jean Valjean, JP Morgan, Dow, George Washington, Jamie Dimon, Austerity, Corporate Welfare, Barack Obama, Homelessness, John Boehner, Matt Drudge, Gop, Les Miserables, American Dream, Obama Sequester, Barack Obama Sequester, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

There was no excuse for the president to shout from the rooftops about the dangers of sequester while not doing a thing to prevent it. Americans need jobs, not spin, and leaders, not photo ops.

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Eddie Redmayne Was Doing WHAT Before Les Mis?

The Huffington Post | Shana Ecker | Posted 03.01.2013 | HuffPost Home
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He and Ryan Gossling have more than being hot in common.

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Can You Hear the People Sing?

Kim Witman | Posted 04.28.2013 | Arts
Read More: Les Miserables, Opera, Les Miserables Movie, Arts News
Kim Witman

Even though Les Mis is not traditional operatic territory, it begs for an instrument up to the challenge. (We were praying for Colm Wilkinson to bust through that upstage door...)

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Oscar's Musical Hypocrisy -- Why Awards Show's Emphasis Is Misplaced

Dan Mirvish | Posted 04.27.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Sally Kellerman, Jennifer Hudson, John Travolta, Academy Awards, John C. Reilly, Rent, Woody Allen, Beyonce, Barbra Streisand, Les Miserables, Anthony Rapp, Hugh Jackman, The Oscars, Marx Brothers, Anne Hathaway, Reece Witherspoon, Best Original Musical, Anne Hathaway Les Miserables, Eddie Murphy, Peter Bogdanovich, Dreamgirls, Chicago, Bette Midler, A Star Is Born, Robert Altman, Taye Diggs, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Video, Entertainment News
Dan Mirvish

It's very nice that Oscars made a special tribute to movie musicals. The only problem is that not a single one of the musicals honored (Chicago, Dreamgirls, Les Miz) was ever eligible for Oscar's own category of "Best Original Musical."

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Romany Malco Recreates Oscar-Nominated Best Actor Performances (WATCH)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.26.2013 | Comedy
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Shira Lazar

To round out our Academy Awards-themed week, actor Romany Malco ("Weeds", "40 Year-Old Virgin," "Think Like A Man") performs monologues from this ye...

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Oscarmania! (Or Not): A Political Stew on Light Simmer

William Bradley | Posted 04.27.2013 | Politics
Read More: Ben Affleck, Lawrence of Arabia, Daniel Day-Lewis, Iran, Skyfall, Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Garner, George Clooney, Academy Awards, John Kerry, James Bond, Django Unchained, Argo, Jessica Chastain, Barack Obama, Zero Dark Thirty, Michelle Obama, Lincoln, Entertainment News, Steven Spielberg, Katherine Bigelow, Bill Clinton, Warren Beatty, Oscars, Nikki Finke, Les Miserables, J.J. Abrams, Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer Lawrence, Politics News
William Bradley

Even before Jack Nicholson introduced the first lady of the United States to present the award for best picture, this year's Oscars had developed an unusual political cast to it, both in personalities and in substance.

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'Les Miserables' Hits The Oscars

Posted 02.25.2013 | Entertainment
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The cast of "Les Miserables" hit the Oscars stage on Sunday night to celebrate the Best Picture nominee. Anne Hathaway, Huge Jackman, Eddie Redmayn...

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Is Adele Ready For The Oscars?

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 04.25.2013 | Entertainment
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LOS ANGELES — It was an extra starry, musical day at the Dolby Theatre. Adele took the stage first Friday, followed by the cast of "Les Miserab...

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Anne Hathaway's Oscar Acceptance Speech: A Flow Chart

The Soup | Posted 04.24.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Statistics, Comedy, Nate Silver, Celebrities, Acceptance Speech, Oscars, Anne Hathaway, Academy Awards 2013, Anne-Hathaway-Best-Actress, Oscars 2013, Les Miserables, Anne Hathaway Les Miserables, Comedy News
The Soup

Our core team of mathematicians here at The Soup has developed an algorithm for the speech, which was written the moment nominations were announced, then rehearsed tirelessly to appear off-the-cuff.

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LOOK: Remember Anne's First Oscar Nomination

Posted 02.22.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Anne Hathaway Best Supporting Actress, Anne Hathaway First Oscars, Video, Oscars 2013, Anne Hathaway 2009 Oscars, Les Miserables, Academy Awards 2013, Anne Hathaway, Anne Hathaway 2013 Oscars, Entertainment News

Anne Hathaway is only 30, but the actress has already become a fixture at the Academy Awards. Hathaway, who is favored to win Best Supporting Actre...

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Get Others to Share Your Ideas and to Buy

Kare Anderson | Posted 04.20.2013 | Business
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Kare Anderson

An anger-evoking true story that's spreading, "Exec loses job after allegedly slapping toddler on plane," quickly moved Dan Schawbel to write on Faceb...

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Oscar Nominees That Inspire Travel

Travelzoo | Posted 04.24.2013 | Travel
Read More: Mona Lisa, India, Academy Awards, France, Silver Linings Playbook, Abraham Lincoln, Oscars, Washington DC, Les Miserables, Travel, Philadelphia, Taj Mahal, Life of Pi, Paris, Travel News
Travelzoo

As we walk out of the theater, we discuss what we just saw on the big screen: the plot, the acting, the costumes. But on occasion, we also dream of travel.

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YouTube's Best Parodies of Oscars 2013 Best Picture Nominees (WATCH)

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.23.2013 | Entertainment
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Shira Lazar

For your pre-Oscars 2013 enjoyment, What's Trending gathered YouTube's most popular parodies of the films nominated for Best Picture at this Year's Academy Awards.

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At Restaurant Daniel for the Oscars: Forget Walking the Red Carpet

Regina Weinreich | Posted 04.23.2013 | New York
Read More: Argo, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Daniel Boulud, Restaurant Daniel, A Royal Affair, Patrick Harrison, Les Miserables, No, Kon-Tiki, Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook, New York News
Regina Weinreich

In New York on Oscar Sunday, the red carpet will be more than a runway for hopefuls in borrowed gowns and glitter.

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And The Oscar Goes To Stories Of Loss And Hope..

Greg Garrett | Posted 04.22.2013 | Religion
Read More: Jennifer Lawrence, Academy Awards, Lincoln, David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper, Les Miserables, Daniel Day-Lewis, Oscars, Greg Garrett, Anne Hathaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Oscars 2013, Religion in Film, Suffering, Religion News
Greg Garrett

Great stories make us feel as though we are not alone, and these stories offer us the opportunity to enter into stories of great suffering -- and to cultivate the fervent belief that suffering will somehow, someday, pass.

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BEST DRESSED

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 04.22.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Costume Designers Guild 2013, Video, Oscars 2013, Les Miserables, Costume Designers Guild 2013 Winners, Academy Awards 2013, Anne Hathaway, Anne Hathaway Costume Designers Guild, Costume Designers Guild Winners, Anne Hathaway Best Dress, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Anne Hathaway was deemed best dressed – by people who dress her for work. The "Alice in Wonderland" and "The Dark Knight Ri...

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Celluloid Patriotism in the United States of Oscar

H. Alan Scott | Posted 04.21.2013 | Comedy
Read More: Academy Awards, Oscar Predictions, Geena Davis Amy Adams, Lincoln Oscars, Les Miserables, Argo Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway, Best Director, Christopher Waltz, Django Unchained, Jennifer Lawrence, Ben Affleck Oscars, Lincoln, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actorargo, Oscars, Daniel Day-Lewis, Comedy, Comedy News
H. Alan Scott

I'm a gold star film fan. I see it IN. THE. THEATER. Movies, though popular worldwide, are very much an American art form. Hashtag PATRIOTISM. Do I even have to tell you that Oscar season is my favorite time of year?

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'Les Mis' Is Back!

AP | By MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.21.2013 | Arts
Read More: Les Mis, Les Mis Show, Broadway, Theater, Les Miserables Show, Les Miserables Theater, Les Miserables, Les Mis Play, Les Mis Returns, Les Mis Broadway, Les Miserables Broadway, Arts News

NEW YORK -- Someone is dreaming the dream: "Les Miserables" is coming back to Broadway. Producer Cameron Mackintosh said Tuesday that the national to...

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Stage Door: Bunnicula, Les Misérables

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.20.2013 | Arts
Read More: Theater, Les Miserables, Charles Busch, Musicals, Books, Children, Bunnicula, New York, Les Miserables From Stage to Screen, Arts News
Fern Siegel

Downtown theater legend Charles Busch is best known for his satiric gender-bender plays. So it's something of a revelation to see him adapting a best-selling children's book into "a rabbit tale of musical mystery."

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Why The Oscars Are More Relevant Than Ever

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 04.20.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Argo, Video, Fyc, Oscars 2013, Lincoln, Best Picture, Les Miserables, Academy Awards 2013, Best Picture Nominees, Best Picture Box Office, Django Unchained, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — How accurate is "Zero Dark Thirty"? Is "Lincoln" an epic of historical recreation or a high school history lesson? What did you think...

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Surprising Wins At London Theater Prize

AP | Posted 02.18.2013 | Arts
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LONDON -- Director Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony has been named theater event of the year at London's Whatsonstage awards. Boyle's spectacu...

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