glennkenny.premiere.com - 2/24/2008
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I'll be liveblogging the Oscars tomorrow night, and hell, maybe the Barbara Walters thing or maybe the Joan and Melissa red carpet thing, or what the hell, why don't I just get up early and liveblog CBS This Morning and/or Meet the Press while I'm at it? I could liveblog everything I watch and do and...
No, seriously. Around the time the Oscars get started, I'll be "weighing" in, ...
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Links for the Day (February 23rd & 24th, 2008): Academy Awards Edition
The House Next Door —
... and "A friendly reminder" . [ "So USA Today has another one of those tiresome "the Oscar nominees this year hardly made any money" stories, which I dutifully read as it's a professional obligation and all that, and therein Variety Oscar prognosticator Kris Tapley commands "You can't ignore that Juno is the biggest platform release since My Big Fat Greek Wedding."" ] *** 5. ...
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Polishing the Oscar, Part 3: Acting!
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ELLEN'S EMPATHY —
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ELLEN Page, a long shot to win Best Actress for "Juno," thinks Hollywood's bad boys and girls are getting a bum rap. About young actors who "get into drugs," Page, 21, she says on tonight's "Barbara Walters Special" on ABC: "I feel really bad for...
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THERE is very little doubt who will win the top five Academy Awards tonight. Danny Sheridan, Page Six's favorite oddsmaker, said after talking to several Oscar voters, "Because of the politics involved, this is the most predictable Oscars in the...