“Crazy Heart” enters the Oscar race relatively late in the game, but Searchlight — the distrib behind last year’s Oscar champ “Slumdog Millionaire” — moved this recent indie acquisition to 2009 ...

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Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal was likely the most famous mother watching children's performances Thursday (April 29) at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz Fest presented by Shell. Gyllenhaal, whose work in the ...

Crazy Heart, one of my favorite films of 2009, is in theaters. Bad Blake isn’t striking a pose. His life and his music are all of a piece. To my taste and temperament, most country music sounds ...

Even though "Crazy Heart" won a couple of Oscars (including best actor for Jeff Bridges), a lot of people may have missed this delicate character drama. It's worth tracking down. Bridges, as a ...