American Beauty
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Mena Suvari felt 'weird and unusual' vibes from Kevin Spacey on American Beauty set
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Christina Hendricks explains how her hand wound up on the American Beauty poster
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What's leaving Netflix in February 2020: The Matrix, Gangs of New York, more
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'AHS: Coven,' 'Wolf of Wall Street' among Netflix's December lineup
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Christina Hendricks reveals her shocking connection to American Beauty
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'Men, Women & Children' cast to perform live-read of 'American Beauty'
Examining 'American Beauty' at 15: A masterpiece, or a farce?
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Kevin Spacey: Good 'n' Evil
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Jason Reitman reveals 'American Beauty' cast
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The Best of the Best
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EW?s alternative nominations for 2000
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Tom Hanks teams with ''American Beauty'' director
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David Duchovny will return to ''The X-Files''
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American Beauty
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American Beauty
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Madonna is expecting a son
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''American Beauty'' scribe Alan Ball is returning to television
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Why ''American Beauty'' won best script
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A complete list of the Oscar winners
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''American Beauty'' sweeps, but it's the Best Actress win that surprises
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''American Beauty'' sweeps the EW Online Oscar poll
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Celebrities pick their Oscar favorites
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Studios reveal their Web savvy in sites for the Best Picture nominees
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''American Beauty'' sweeps the SAG Awards
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Flowers are springing up on movie posters
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Here are the latest Oscar absurdities circulating in Hollywood
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''The Cider House Rules'' challenges ''American Beauty''
The latest on the Oscar Best Picture race
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Thai protesters will hang Leonardo DiCaprio in effigy
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Meg Ryan ties Matthew Perry at the box office
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''The Insider'' and ''American Beauty'' are locks for a Best Picture nod
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''American Beauty,'' ''Sopranos'' dominate the Golden Globes
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I See Gold People
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Oscars 2000: BEST PICTURE
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Breakouts 1999: Wes Bentley
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Mail
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This was the year that movie storytelling fell apart
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''American Beauty'' wins a best picture award
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Making their beauty marks
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Why Kevin Spacey chose to star in ''American Beauty''
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Wes Bentley of 'American Beauty'
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The secrets of 'American Beauty'
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EW gives some early Oscar predictions
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''Double Jeopardy'' and ''American Beauty'' hit big at the box office
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The surprise hit ''American Beauty'' is the anti-''American Pie''
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Teens rule the fall TV season
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American Beauty
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''Blue Streak'' runs over ''For Love of the Game''
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Movie Review: 'American Beauty'
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American Beauty
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American Beauty