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QOTD: Are the Academy Awards making a good move by rebranding as “the Oscars”?

Thu, Feb 21, 2013
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There may be some things about the Academy Awards that need fixing, but this didn’t seem to be it.

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apparently Uggie is a fraud (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Mar 16, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Sam Raimi’s Day of the Triffids (and other adventures in social networking)

Fri, Mar 02, 2012
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question of the day: What do you think of last night’s Oscar ceremony, and what do you think of the winners?

Mon, Feb 27, 2012
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I felt a lot of disdain rolling off the screen for the very people that the Academy is allegedly honoring for actually finding that truth this past year…

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General Aladeen triumphs over the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Zionists! (and other adventures in social networking)

Sun, Feb 26, 2012
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question of the day: Are the Oscars an ever clearer indication that Hollywood *knows* it makes crap?

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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Because the divide between the movies Hollywood makes for popular consumption are increasingly not the ones Hollywood honors as quality work…

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the lowest common denominator just got a whole lot lower (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Feb 22, 2012
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Rampart (trailer)

Fri, Jan 27, 2012
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Was this movie a bit too real for Oscar-nominating Academy members?

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question of the day: What is the most egregious snub among the Oscar nominations for 2011’s films?

Wed, Jan 25, 2012
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Michael Fassbender? Tilda Swinton? Michael Shannon? Elizabeth Olsen? But Jonah Hill gets a nom… *sigh*

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question of the day: Does Uggie deserve an Oscar?

Wed, Jan 11, 2012
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Can animals actually earn acting awards? Is there a value — even if only of the novelty kind — in giving them special awards?

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