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Off-Ramp's Oscar Preview Special for February 14, 2015
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Episode 11231
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Off-Ramp's Oscar Preview Special for February 14, 2015

From Hollywood's historic Musso & Frank restaurant, Off-Ramp brings you a special Academy Awards preview episode.

Host John Rabe preparing for a day of radio at Musso & Frank
Host John Rabe preparing for a day of radio at Musso & Frank
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From Hollywood's historic Musso & Frank restaurant, Off-Ramp brings you a special Academy Awards preview special.

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On a hot Sunday, 3,547 Angelenos lined up to get inside an art museum that didn't have any art in it.
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"Jambalaya is like one of those things: 'My mama makes the best jambalaya that way, my mama's jambalaya is better than your mama's jambalaya.'"
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From the Off-Ramp archive, John Rabe's wide-ranging 2008 interview with Gary Owens, who died Thursday at the age of 80.
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Charlie Siskel talks with host John Rabe about making a documentary about a nanny who turned out to be one of the century’s best and most fascinating photographers.
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You find the plane, of course. Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro did just that for "Unbroken," the Oscar-nominated story of track star and war hero Louis Zamperini.
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Writer Josh Kamensky argues the disaster movie gives a more nuanced and in-depth portrait of Los Angeles than the film that won the "Best Picture" Academy Award 10 years ago.
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At Musso & Frank, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood. you'll find a star for an actor named Harrison Ford, but it doesn't belong to modern "Indiana Jones" actor.
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Songwriters Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois talk about "Lost Stars," their Oscar-nominated contribution to the film "Begin Again."
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... And do any Oscar-nominated films this year meet the definition? Filmweek contributor and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson joins John at Musso & Frank.
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The Oscars wouldn't be the Oscars without the glamor of the red carpet. Just like the movies wouldn't be the movies without perfect costumes.