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Want an Oscar? Try Buying One

Tim Karan — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:51:14 CST

Face it, Taylor Lautner: This is your only chance. Fifteen Oscar statuettes will be auctioned Tuesday in the largest such sale ever, says the Los Angeles Times , and bids during the online and telephone event are expected to reach up to $4 million. All of the awards currently belong to...

World's Priciest Fake Homes

Kristina Loew — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:53:01 CST

Forbes has put together its first list of the world’s most-expensive fictional homes. Including literature, video games, and Monopoly, the editors had a few ground rules—no castles, and take it easy on the country estates. Xanadu, $135 million: A perfect mountaintop retreat for Citizen Kane , “a tragically flawed media...

Hearst Group to Auction Night at Xanadu

Harry Kimball — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:42:00 CDT

Wanna-be Citizen Kanes have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend a night at Hearst Castle—if they can pony up enough cash. A single night for two at William Randolph Heart's ultra-luxe California digs is going up for auction this month on eBay to raise funds to restore the legendary publisher's...

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Ambreen Ali — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:00 CST

In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals: 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How Green Was My Valley 1956:...

Rosebud Wins...Again

NewsDude — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:16:16 CDT

CITIZEN KANE THE GODFATHER CASABLANCA RAGING BULL SINGIN' IN THE RAIN

AFI Updates Top Films, Doesn't Forget Rosebud

Colleen Barry — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:35:00 CDT

Citizen Kane has stood the test of time—and then 10 more years. The American Film Institute refreshed its list of the 100 greatest American films, and Orson Welles' portrait of power and privacy remains on top. Rounding out the top 5 are The Godfather , Casablanca , Raging Bull (which surged...