First of all, how cool is that hat? I want one. Maybe I should buy one and use it as the yearly trophy for my Oscar competition. Tempting . . . Anyway–the Oscars. That yearly self-congratulatory time for cinema. It’s as if I said I’d start having a ceremony once a year where I gave […]
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So the Oscars were last night, and thanks to the kindness of some friends, I was able to watch the whole thing live. (There are times I miss my satellite. But still not $600 worth of missing it. However, maybe my friends are beginning to get tired of me freeloading TV all the time .
You know what’s way better than any holiday you can have? An unexpected one. We got 24 inches of the white stuff last night, but it ended around 4am, and I was worried that they wouldn’t cancel classes at the university–they seem to have been a bit stingier about that this year than they have
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As some of you are no doubt aware, today the Oscar nominations were announced. Benjamin Button racked up 13 noms, Slumdog Millionaire got 10 and Dark Knight got 8 (though the only biggie was Ledger for supporting actor). I have to admit that I’m not entirely thrilled with the field this year. Too many repeat
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Anybody who’s anybody watches the Oscars. That’s right. If you didn’t watch them last night, then you are officially nobody. How does that make you feel? This year I was particularly happy, because the directors who I think are the best thing since word processing were awarded with three Oscars. That’s right. The Coen Brothers
