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A few days ago it was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that their awards–commonly referred to as The Oscars–would have not five but ten nominees for the best picture Oscar.  The reaction was decidedly mixed, with many of the detractors suggesting that the new rules will add to the already [...]

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Oscar Nominations Out

January 22nd, 2009 by Will O'Hargan

The Oscar Nominations were announced today by the Academy and a surly looking Forest Whitaker. It had a few major surprises, including no Best Picture, Best Director or Best Screenplay nomination for The Dark Knight (though Heath Ledger was nominated, which is probably all you care about), the total snub of Gran Torino and the [...]

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Every year I like to see how close I can get to the actual nominations for the Academy Awards. This year is a little different, because I’ve been unable to see a lot of the nominees (though I hope to change that over the next couple weeks). However, I put together my official predictions, which [...]

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A few quick hits from the world of the internets today:

Variety is reporting that no one is watching NBC’s new show My Own Worst Enemy. I don’t know if it was the duel personality angle that is so tired or the fact that it stars mega-star Christian Slater… but it’ll be lucky to make it [...]

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