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OLD AT HEART: While Aiming Young , Oscar Shows His Age

February 28, 2011
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OLD AT HEART: While Aiming Young , Oscar Shows His Age

Sunday’s Oscar telecast commenced with a humorous nod to one of last year ‘s most daring and innovative movies, but by the end of the night it had turned into a celebration of the halcyon days of cinema past. While “Inception ” and ” The King ‘s Speech ” each earned four awards ,...
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Dish-Interested: I’d Like to Thank the Academy for Justifying My Superiority Complex

February 4, 2010
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Dish-Interested: I’d Like to Thank the Academy for Justifying My Superiority Complex

It’s Oscar season, superstars — the time of year all A-listers love! It’s a chance for celebrities to pull themselves away from the hard work they do for humanity each day and enjoy a night of endless fawning and accolades, which we all know makes them very uncomfortable.
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Oscars’ 2010 Expanded Best Picture List: an Opinion on Too Many Opinions

February 3, 2010
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Oscars’ 2010 Expanded Best Picture List: an Opinion on Too Many Opinions

Problem with the Academy Awards in a nutshell: You know the “opinions are like a-holes” analogy? Popularity of opinion is no arbiter of quality.
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And the Oscar Goes to … Steve Martin (and the Viewing Public)

November 8, 2009
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And the Oscar Goes to … Steve Martin (and the Viewing Public)

Steve Martin is set to host the Oscars oce again (this time with Alec Baldwin). His ability to blend high art and low culture makes him the consummate host for the glitzy, often pompous, occasionally stirring Academy Awards, able to cut through the pretension of the evening with his bone-dry, self-aware humor.
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