From Hollywood's historic Musso & Frank restaurant, Off-Ramp brings you a special Academy Awards preview special.
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• 15:06
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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• 5:47
"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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• 10:48
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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• 7:31
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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• 7:28
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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• 3:18
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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• 1:46
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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• 7:01
Songwriters Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois talk about "Lost Stars," their Oscar-nominated contribution to the film "Begin Again."
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• 4:25
... 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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• 6:21
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.