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On This Day: Katherine Hepburn, Barbra Streisand Split an Oscar

Happy April 14, dear reader! Time to join Movieline on another breezy expedition through the historical arcana and milestones that helped shaped the pop culture you know and love today. And let it suffice to say that Oscar was busy.

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On This Day: Katherine Hepburn, Barbra Streisand Split an Oscar

You’ve Got 2 More Days to Win an iPad from Movieline

They’re in the wild now, these iPads. Perhaps you’ve seen them. Perhaps your friends have them, or that neighbor, Jones, who you’re trying to keep up with. They’re kind of fun to play around with, am I right? There’s just that sticking point of the price… Fortunately, you’ve got 2 days left to win an iPad for free, thanks to Movieline.

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You’ve Got 2 More Days to Win an iPad from Movieline

A Full Year of Movieline’s Virtual Newsstand

At the end of every month at Movieline, we like to assemble that month’s best writing into one easy-to-digest table of contents, slap a cover onto it in a tribute to Movieline’s print legacy, and call it the Virtual Newsstand. We hope it’s a great feature for you, the reader, but it’s also a very necessary ritual for the Movieline staff.

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A Full Year of Movieline’s Virtual Newsstand

‘On This Day’ Special Edition: Movieline Turns 1!

When it comes to Movieline’s “On This Day” feature, there are always plenty of historic occasions to commemorate on April 13 — say, Sidney Poitier’s groundbreaking Academy Award win for Best Actor in 1964, or Rick Schroeder’s birthday 40 years ago (go ahead, gasp). But today around ML HQ, there’s another momentous birthday we can’t overlook celebrating as well: Ours.

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‘On This Day’ Special Edition: Movieline Turns 1!

Welcome Stephanie Zacharek, Moveline’s New Chief Film Critic!

Fanfare! Confetti! Champagne (but not too much — it’s early)! Movieline is pleased this morning to welcome Stephanie Zacharek to the site as our chief film critic. The veteran of Salon and esteemed member of both the NY Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics will contribute all her must-read insights on the latest theatrical releases, joining Michelle Orange in reinforcing Movieline’s formidable critical chops. What it means for you, Dear Reader, is an even richer compendium of tasteful, generally correct opinions about all things pop-culture. Excited much? Even more exciting: The official press release from MMC World Headquarters follows the jump! Woot!

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Welcome Stephanie Zacharek, Moveline’s New Chief Film Critic!

How Does Oprah’s Love Affair with John Tesh Stack Up Among Kitty Kelley’s Other Tell-All Allegations?

If you are still on the fence about whether to fork over $30 for Kitty Kelley’s unauthorized Oprah biography, Movieline is here to help by sorting out the bombshells after the jump. If you are still intrigued, head on over to Amazon, and if not, why don’t you pour yourself a cup of coffee and sink into an easy chair opposite Tony Hopkins or Emma Stone . Oh — and have your grain of salt at the ready:

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How Does Oprah’s Love Affair with John Tesh Stack Up Among Kitty Kelley’s Other Tell-All Allegations?

Chloë Moretz Should Probably Add Inglourious Basterds To Her Netflix Queue

As part of the wall-to-wall media blitz happening with Kick-Ass at the moment, Movieline’s favorite teenager, 13-year-old Chloë Moretz , gets her due in the New York Times this weekend. The profile (online now, in the paper tomorrow) traverses much of the territory you’d expect — her character, Hit Girl, might curse, maim and kill, but it’s okay because Chloë’s so aware and adjusted! — but does reveal one interesting bit of minutia: Quentin Tarantino is safe for children.

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Chloë Moretz Should Probably Add Inglourious Basterds To Her Netflix Queue

On This Day: Happy Birthday, Kristen Stewart!

Happy April 9, dear reader! Time to join Movieline on another breezy expedition through the historical arcana and milestones that helped shaped the pop culture you know and love today. And there’s a lot of it, comprising birthdays (make a wish, Jeff Zucker!), awards commemorations and the popping of Bob Hope’s television cherry. Read on and allow me to explain.

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On This Day: Happy Birthday, Kristen Stewart!

Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek on New Doc, Old Influences and Oliver Stone’s Folly

Welcome back to Moment of Truth, Movieline’s weekly spotlight on the best in nonfiction cinema. This week, we hear from Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek about the band’s new documentary When You’re Strange , which opens Friday in limited release. For a rock band whose filmed legacy includes at least a dozen concert and video compilations — not to mention a full-scale Hollywood biopic — it’s not just a little bizarre that The Doors were never the subject of a feature documentary until now. Enter When You’re Strange , director Tom DiCillo’s fairly straightforward doc (narrated by Johnny Depp) interweaving archival performance and interview footage with extended, never-before-seen footage of late vocalist Jim Morrison’s own experimental film, HWY : An American Pastoral . Some of it looks like it was shot yesterday, reinforcing Morrison’s enduring mythology as a half-martyr, half-ghost whose mission is carried forward here by surviving members Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. In a candid, freewheeling discussion recently with Movieline, Manzarek explained the film’s mission, the Doors’ cinematic influences, Oliver Stone’s blundering and how making a movie is like “World War III. ”

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Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek on New Doc, Old Influences and Oliver Stone’s Folly

On This Day: Why Snooki Owes Everything to Herbert Hoover

Happy April 7, dear reader! Time to join Movieline on another breezy expedition through the historical arcana and milestones that helped shaped the pop culture you know and love today. Read on for a TV miracle and a trifecta of essential birthdays that will have you raising your coffee cup in their honor in no time.

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On This Day: Why Snooki Owes Everything to Herbert Hoover