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    NY Film Critics Name “American Hustle” Best Picture

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    This film image released by Sony Pictures shows Bradley Cooper, left, and Christian Bale in a scene from "American Hustle." (AP Photo/Sony - Columbia Pictures, Francois Duhamel)

    By Jake Coyle, Film Writer

    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The New York Film Critics Circle named "American Hustle" the best film of 2013, giving David O. Russell's fictionalized Abscam tale an early jolt in Hollywood's awards season.

    The film was also awarded best supporting actress for Jennifer Lawrence and best screenplay for the script by Russell and Eric Singer. The film, which doesn't open in theaters until Dec. 13, is about a collection of FBI agents and con men that brought down high-profile politicians in and around New Jersey in the late 1970s.

    Best actor went to Robert Redford for his near-wordless performance in the shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." Cate Blanchett won best actress for her leading role as a bitter, fallen socialite in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine."

    "12 Years of Slave" filmmaker Steve McQueen took best director for his adaptation of Solomon Northup's memoir about being abducted and sold into slavery in 19th-century Louisiana.
    The critics group doesn't frequently predict Academy Awards winners. Last year, it chose Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama "Zero Dark Thirty" as best picture, though the group was in line with Oscar voters in 2011 with "The Artist."

    Many prognosticators consider the front-runners this year to be "12 Years a Slave" and the space adventure "Gravity," but early awards are finding anything but consensus. On Monday night, the Gotham Independent Awards chose the Coen brothers' early '60s folk music tale "Inside Llewyn Davis" as best film.

    The New York critics named Bruno Delbonnel's photography for "Inside Llewyn Davis" best cinematography.
    Best supporting actor went to Jared Leto for his performance as an HIV-afflicted transsexual in "Dallas Buyers Club."

    Other awards included "Blue is the Warmest Color" for best foreign language picture, "Stories We Tell" for best non-fiction film, and "The Wind Rises" for best animated film.

    The New York Film Critics Circle, a body of New York-based critics founded in 1935, announced their annual vote on Twitter. Awards will be handed out at a ceremony Jan. 6.

    Award-giving continues Wednesday with the National Board of Review Awards. The Los Angeles Film Critics make their picks Sunday. Golden Globe nominations will be announced Dec. 12.

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    A Closer Look At Proposed Measures Designed To Curb Google’s Search Monopoly

    Thursday, November 21, 2024

    U.S. regulators are proposing aggressive measures to restore competition to the online search market after a federal judge ruled Google maintained an illegal monopoly for the last decade.

    The sweeping set of recommendations filed late Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Justice could radically alter Google's business, including possibly spinning off the Chrome web browser and syndicating its search data to competitors. Even if the courts adopt the blueprint, Google isn't likely to make any significant changes until 2026 at the earliest, because of the legal system's slow-moving wheels.

    Here's what it all means:

    What is the Justice Department's goal?
    Federal prosecutors are cracking down on Google in a case originally filed during near the end of then-President Donald Trump's first term. Officials say the main goal of these proposals is to get Google to stop leveraging its dominant search engine to illegally squelch competition and stifle innovation.

    "The playing field is not level because of Google's conduct, and Google's quality reflects the ill-gotten gains of an advantage illegally acquired," the Justice Department asserted in its recommendations. "The remedy must close this gap and deprive Google of these advantages."

    Not surprisingly, Google sees things much differently. The Justice Department's "wildly overbroad proposal goes miles beyond the Court's decision," Kent Walker, Google's chief legal officer, asserted in a blog post. "It would break a range of Google products — even beyond search — that people love and find helpful in their everyday lives."

    It's still possible that the Justice Department could ease off on its attempts to break up Google, especially if President-elect Donald Trump... Read More

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