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Actress Jennifer Lawrence's 'Silver Linings' clothes fetch $12,000

March 1, 2013 17:15
LOS ANGELES, March 1 (Reuters) - Clothing worn by Jennifer Lawrence in her Oscar-winning role as an outspoken young widow in "Silver Linings Playbook" beat expectations by taking in about $12,000 at auction. The wool, full-length winter coat worn by Lawrence in the Oscar-nominated comedy topped all items, selling for $4,652 in the three-day online auction, Los Angeles auction house Nate D. Sanders said on Friday.

Youngest Oscar nominee Wallis to play Annie

February 25, 2013 18:16
Quvenzhane Wallis, fresh from the Oscars spotlight as the youngest ever best actress nominee, is to play "Annie" in a Tinseltown remake of the hit Broadway musical, filmmakers said. The nine-year-old, who drew praise for her amazingly mature performance in "Beasts of the Southern Wild," will play the title role in "Annie," also a remake of the Oscar-nominated 1982 movie.

UPDATE 2-Jennifer Lawrence wins Best Actress Oscar for 'Silver Linings'

February 25, 2013 02:15
(Updates with additional quotes) By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Jennifer Lawrence won her first Oscar on Sunday for her lead role as an outspoken young widow in the quirky comedy "Silver Linings Playbook." Lawrence, 22, an early front-runner for the prize, fended off strong competition from Jessica Chastain and 86-year old French actress Emmanuelle Riva for the Best Actress prize.

February 25, 2013 01:00
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February 25, 2013 01:00
JENNIFER LAWRENCE WINS BEST ACTRESS OSCAR FOR "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"

'Silver Linings' wins four honors at indie film awards

February 23, 2013 21:45
By Piya Sinha-Roy SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb 23 (Reuters) - Quirky comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" dominated the Independent Spirit Awards on the eve of Hollywood's Academy Awards ceremony, winning four prizes including for Best Feature. Jennifer Lawrence, 22, who plays a feisty young widow in "Silver Linings Playbook," was named best actress and David O. Russell picked up the best directing honor on Saturday.

'Silver Linings Playbook' wins pre-Oscar awards

February 23, 2013 21:30
"Silver Linings Playbook" won the best film prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, as well as best actress for Jennifer Lawrence and best director. On the eve of the Oscars, director David O. Russell received a publicity boost for his dark romantic comedy, which stars Bradley Cooper as recovering bipolar ex-teacher Pat who falls for Lawrence's mixed-up Tiffany. Austrian Michael Haneke's Cannes Palme d'Or-winning "Amour" took the best foreign film prize.

Lawrence, Chastain, Riva in Oscar battle of youth versus experience

February 20, 2013 08:15
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES, Feb 20 (Reuters) - A young widow, a bayou girl, an elderly woman, a mother and a CIA agent battle it out on Sunday for the Best Actress Oscar, a race that includes the youngest and oldest nominees in the category's history. Jennifer Lawrence of "Silver Linings Playbook," 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis from "Beasts of the Southern Wild," 85-year-old star of "Amour" Emmanuelle Riva, "The Impossible" lead Naomi Watts and "Zero Dark Thirty's" Jessica Chastain are competing for their first Academy Award.

Could 9-year-old win youngest best actress Oscar?

February 17, 2013 22:00
She landed the part by lying about her age: Quvenzhane Wallis was five, and the filmmakers were only auditioning girls at least six years old. But they believed her fib and tried her out -- and were blown away, giving her the starring role in the low-budget "Beasts of the Southern Wild" over 4,000 other hopefuls. And now she could become the youngest ever winner of the best actress Oscar, at the 85th Academy Awards, the climax of Hollywood's annual awards season, next weekend.

Jennifer Lawrence wins best actress award from Screen Actors Guild

January 27, 2013 23:15
LOS ANGELES, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Jennifer Lawrence won the award for best actress from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday. Lawrence won for her role as a young widow in the film "Silver Linings Playbook." The Screen Actors Guild, made up of some 100,000 actors working in the United States, handed out trophies for the best performances on film and television at a dinner in Los Angeles. (Reporting By Jill Serjeant, editing by Stacey Joyce)
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