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Oscars

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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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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21 Jump Street (redband trailer)

Mon, Feb 20, 2012
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Oh. My. God. Please kill me now. What have they done to my show?

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Jack and Jill (review)

Sat, Feb 18, 2012
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There has always been something meanspirited about drag, but the meanness of this appalling movie descends to a cruel new low…

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another diss for Uggie! oh, the caninity! (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Feb 16, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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Undefeated (trailer)

Tue, Feb 14, 2012
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Not the Sarah Palin documentary but a totally different film, about football, and an Oscar nominee for Best Documentary…

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London photo of the day: golden couple

Sat, Feb 11, 2012
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An Oscar and an Emmy on display at postproduction house Framestore in Fitzrovia.

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Jason Statham: Burt Reynolds for the 20teens (and other adventures in social networking)

Thu, Feb 09, 2012
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question of the day: How many things can you find wrong with the cover of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue?

Fri, Feb 03, 2012
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Too white, too thin, too interchangeable: the traditional cover featuring young talent on the rise always comes under massive scrutiny, and the ritual is now in full swing…

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question of the day: Did male discomfort prevent Michael Fassbender from being nominated for an Oscar for Shame?

Mon, Jan 30, 2012
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Did the nature of Fassbender’s performance as well as the subject matter of the film — which is so very raw about male sexuality — make male Academy voters too uncomfortable?

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