Film Awards

La Belle Vie named one of the top 25 bars in the country

It's nice to get the notice, when the man running the bar program literally wrote the book on fine drinks cocktails. Johnny Michaels's cocktail-shaking star continues to rise. This week Men's Fitness magazine named La Belle Vie one of the 25 best bars in America.

Andrew Zimmern wins James Beard Award

Minnesota food celebrity and TV show host Andrew Zimmern has won a James Beard Foundation Award for Best Television Show on Location. His popular Bizarre Foods show is now in it's seventh season, with new episodes airing on the Travel Channel Mondays at 8 p.m. The James Beard Awards are known as the ... More >>

James Beard Award finalists announced

​While Minnesota chefs and restaurants were well-represented when the semifinalists were announced, fewer were recognized as finalists.  The James Beard Awards are regarded as the Oscars of the culinary world. Here are the local nominees who made the cut:

5 foods inspired by Oscars nominees

​For the purposes of party menu-planning, it's a good thing that so many of this year's Best Picture nominees are set in food-centric locales, from The Descendants in Kaua'i to Midnight in Paris in, well, Paris, obviously. The Hot Dish is bringing you some of our favorite foods inspired by this ye ... More >>

Win your Oscar office pool

Without really trying

Oscar Night America

Without really trying

Marketa Irglova

Without really trying

Coen brothers plan film on '60s folk scene

​This year was another critical success for the Coen brothers as their remake of True Grit received Oscar nominations and solid reviews from critics. But the duo never rest for long between hits. Variety recently announced that their next project will be a retro piece exploring the '60s folk sc ... More >>

Anne Hathaway in One Day

A formulaic lovers' tale

Blackberry Winter performs songs from 'Winter's Bone' at the Cedar tomorrow

Dennis Crider​Though the Academy Awards are often dominated by big-name films with huge budgets, director Debra Granik's family drama/rural crime thriller Winter's Bone (2010) caused quite a stir on the awards circuit last year. The film grabbed four Academy Award nominations, two Independent ... More >>

LEGO KidsFest

Dennis Crider​Though the Academy Awards are often dominated by big-name films with huge budgets, director Debra Granik's family drama/rural crime thriller Winter's Bone (2010) caused quite a stir on the awards circuit last year. The film grabbed four Academy Award nominations, two Independent ... More >>

Mitt Romney vs Tim Pawlenty: The campaign videos

And the Oscar goes to ...​When it comes to presidential campaign videos, Mitt Romney compares to Tim Pawlenty the way CSPAN compares to Fox News. With Mitt, you get a rich, boring white Republican guy with great hair, droning into the camera about how awful Barack Obama is. Why so serious, M ... More >>

Nancy Barnes of Star Tribune joins Twitter

Follow Nancy Barnes.​Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Star Tribune, has entered the Twitterverse, which seems like a good idea since a lot of her staff are already there. But it sounds like she'd rather be someplace else. Barnes is a "lifelong journalist, Star Tribune editor, mother of three ... More >>

Free First Saturday: Going to the Movies

Follow Nancy Barnes.​Nancy Barnes, the editor of the Star Tribune, has entered the Twitterverse, which seems like a good idea since a lot of her staff are already there. But it sounds like she'd rather be someplace else. Barnes is a "lifelong journalist, Star Tribune editor, mother of three ... More >>

Crunching on popcorn gets a man killed during a screening of "Black Swan"

A man is shot and killed during a screening of "Black Swan" for eating his popcorn too audibly

Thom Pham hosts Oscar nominations this Week in Food

We'll see these guys in hell. ​It's a star-studded Week in Food with Thom Pham hosting an Oscar nomination breakfast at his Wondrous Kitchen and Chino Latino honoring this year's hottest celebrity--the rabbit. Tuesday 1/25 Thom Pham hosts an Oscar-worthy celebration to benefit the Aegis Foundat ... More >>

Mimosa Movies: Funny Girl

We'll see these guys in hell. ​It's a star-studded Week in Food with Thom Pham hosting an Oscar nomination breakfast at his Wondrous Kitchen and Chino Latino honoring this year's hottest celebrity--the rabbit. Tuesday 1/25 Thom Pham hosts an Oscar-worthy celebration to benefit the Aegis Foundat ... More >>

The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg screens at the Walker

​Starting tonight at the Walker Art Center, museum goers can catch a glimpse of the life and influence of American icon Allen Ginsberg. The 1994 documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is an award-winning film, directed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Aronson.

Steve Martin

​Starting tonight at the Walker Art Center, museum goers can catch a glimpse of the life and influence of American icon Allen Ginsberg. The 1994 documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is an award-winning film, directed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Aronson.

Oscar Night 2010

​Starting tonight at the Walker Art Center, museum goers can catch a glimpse of the life and influence of American icon Allen Ginsberg. The 1994 documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is an award-winning film, directed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Aronson.

Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2010: Film Highlight

​Starting tonight at the Walker Art Center, museum goers can catch a glimpse of the life and influence of American icon Allen Ginsberg. The 1994 documentary The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg is an award-winning film, directed by Academy Award nominee Jerry Aronson.

Jeff Bridges shines as country-music has-been

Will the elusive Oscar finally be his?

2009 British Television Advertising Awards

Will the elusive Oscar finally be his?

Diablo Cody talks backlash in Guardian interview

How strange can the backlash against her success be? Pretty darned strange.

Pawlenty compares GOP to Eminem during Bruno ass-encounter

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

MN AIDS Project and DivaMN Benefit: Oscar Night Minnesota

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Best Picture Showcase

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Best Picture Showcase

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Best Picture Showcase

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Pen Pals: Tony Kushner

While speaking to the College Republicans National Convention this weekend in Washington, D.C., he managed to compare the GOP's current state to that of Eminem during his stunt with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Bruno during the MTV Movie Awards.

Coen Brothers snag two Golden Globe nominations

City Pages alumni watch: Star Tribune is thankful for Diablo Cody

Chris Rock

Ten Second Film Festival

Breakfast of Champions: 2/25

Film Highlight

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

Minnesota Book Awards Finalists Announced

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

Diablo's Oscar Chances

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

1/18 Morning Communiqué

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

The day after Oscar: "Download day"

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

A triple-feature just for Oscar night

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

May the farce be with you

2007 Academy Award-Nominated Short Films

Return of the Psycho-Critic

A depressed movie lover talks himself into watching the Oscars

The Dream Dump Made Divine

A depressed movie lover talks himself into watching the Oscars

Where to Aim, When to Shoot

Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.

Local Native Misses Oscar by a Mile

Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.

Shine This

Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.

Thinly Veiled Dreams

Film as a weapon in a time of war: Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival coverage.