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Like The Oscars, A.C. Lyles Marks 83 Years In Movies

A.C. Lyles in his Paramount office, which is lined with photos of friends and colleagues from his 83 years in the movie business. Lyles has spent his entire career at Paramount. Courtesy A.C. Lyles hide caption

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Like The Oscars, A.C. Lyles Marks 83 Years In Movies

The 92-year-old producer got his first job sweeping popcorn at a Paramount theater. At the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, he may have been the only person in the audience who had been in the movie industry for as many years as the Oscars.

Oscar Stars Thank Muses And, Of Course, Moms

Actress Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied arrive at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held Sunday at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Calif. Jason Merritt/Getty Images hide caption

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Oscars 2011: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Oscar Stars Thank Muses And, Of Course, Moms

The Oscars have all been handed out, and the winners' sound bites are in. In their acceptance speeches and backstage comments, this year's crop of Academy Award winners reveled in the limelight, thanked their mothers, ducked out for drinks and let loose some profanity.

'Heartbeats': Finding Beauty, Even If It's Skin-Deep

Triple Threat: Xavier Dolan wrote, directed, and stars in Heartbeats, which won the 2010 Sydney Film Festival's Sydney Film Prize and was selected for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Mifilifilms Inc. hide caption

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'Heartbeats': Finding Beauty, Even If It's Skin-Deep

Canadian director Xavier Dolan favors style over substance in his latest, a color-saturated look at a 20-something love triangle that threatens a friendship. But it's very stylish style indeed.