The News About The Oscar Nominees

With the Hollywood writer’s strike still going on it is still uncertain how the Oscar ceremonies will be played. However, the nominees for the Oscar awards have been announced. Here is a list of those nominees.

1. Best Picture: "Atonement," "Juno," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

2. Actor: George Clooney, "Michael Clayton"; Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"; Johnny Depp, "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street"; Tommy Lee Jones, "In the Valley of Elah"; Viggo Mortensen, "Eastern Promises."

3. Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"; Julie Christie, "Away From Her"; Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"; Laura Linney, "The Savages"; Ellen Page, "Juno."

4. Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men"; Hal Holbrook, "Into the Wild"; Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Charlie Wilson's War"; Tom Wilkinson, "Michael Clayton."

5. Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, "I'm Not There"; Ruby Dee, "American Gangster"; Saoirse Ronan, "Atonement"; Amy Ryan, "Gone Baby Gone"; Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."

6. Director: Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Jason Reitman, "Juno"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

7. Foreign Film: "Beaufort," Israel; "The Counterfeiters," Austria; "Katyn," Poland; "Mongol," Kazakhstan; "12," Russia.

8. Adapted Screenplay: Christopher Hampton, "Atonement"; Sarah Polley, "Away from Her"; Ronald Harwood, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"; Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"; Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood."

9. Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno"; Nancy Oliver, "Lars and the Real Girl"; Tony Gilroy, "Michael Clayton"; Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava and Jim Capobianco, "Ratatouille"; Tamara Jenkins, "The Savages."

10. Animated Feature Film: "Persepolis"; "Ratatouille"; "Surf's Up."

11. Art Direction: "American Gangster," "Atonement," "The Golden Compass," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," "There Will Be Blood."

12. Cinematography: "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford," "Atonement," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

13. Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "3:10 to Yuma," "Transformers."

14. Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "No Country for Old Men," "Ratatouille," "There Will Be Blood," "Transformers."

15. Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli; "The Kite Runner," Alberto Iglesias; "Michael Clayton," James Newton Howard; "Ratatouille," Michael Giacchino; "3:10 to Yuma," Marco Beltrami.

16. Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova; "Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "Raise It Up" from "August Rush," Nominees to be determined; "So Close" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; "That's How You Know" from "Enchanted," Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz.

17. Costume: "Across the Universe," "Atonement," "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "La Vie en Rose," "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

18. Documentary Feature: "No End in Sight," "Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience," "Sicko," "Taxi to the Dark Side," "War/Dance."

19. Documentary (short subject): "Freeheld," "La Corona (The Crown)," "Salim Baba," "Sari's Mother."

20. Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Into the Wild," "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood."

21. Makeup: "La Vie en Rose," "Norbit," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End."

22. Animated Short Film: "I Met the Walrus," "Madame Tutli-Putli," "Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)," "My Love (Moya Lyubov)," "Peter & the Wolf."

23. Live Action Short Film: "At Night," "Il Supplente (The Substitute)," "Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)," "Tanghi Argentini," "The Tonto Woman."

24. Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass," "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," "Transformers."

There you have it. For me I really don’t care if the ceremonies air or not. Quite frankly I find award show boring. But for those of you who like that sort of thing I hope the strike ends so that you can get your Oscar fix.

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The News About Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday

Although Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is actually on the 15th of January, it is nationally observed on the third Monday in January. There will be large celebrations all over the nation today to celebrate the birth of the man who did the most in the fight for civil rights.

Martin Luther King Jr., who wold have been 79 years old this year, was assassinated at the age of 39 on April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Because of the efforts of King today we have a black man running for the office of President of the United States who has a good chance of winning.

As a black man myself I want to say thanks you Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Happy Birhtday.

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The News About Lindsey Lohan Seeing Dead People

Like the kid in “The Sixth Sense”, Lindsey Lohan will be seeing dead people, except these dead people won’t be ghosts the will be real dead people.

As part of her punishment for misdemeanor drunken driving, Lindsey will be working at a morgue. She will work at the morgue for two days for four hours each. This is part of a court-ordered program to show drivers the consequences of drinking and driving. Also as part of the program, Lindsey spent two days working in a hospital emergency room.

Lindsey has already spent two months in rehabilitation and has done some community service as part of her plea deal.

Lindsey Lohan is part of those young Hollywood celebs that always seems to find themselves in trouble, which I for one do not understand. If you’re doing want you love doing, why not just sit back and enjoy it.

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The News About The Rolling Stones Sound Track And Film

Well, the grandfathers of rock, the Rolling Stones, have signed a deal to release the sound track of their new concert movie through Universal Music Group. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese and will be released by Universal Pictures. The name of the movie and sound track is "Shine a Light".

"Shine a Light" was filmed during a Rolling Stones performance at New York's Beacon Theatre in autumn 2006. The sound track for Universal Music is a one-album deal and will have no affect on the Stones relationship with EMI where they recorded for 16 years.

The Rolling Stones have been around for what seems like forever and they are still going strong even though they are nearing 60 years of age. You will get to see some rarely seen archival footage of the Stones in the "Shine a Light" film. The film will also include appearances by Buddy Guy, the White Stripes' Jack White and Christina Aguilera.

That’s the news about that. I hope the news about you is good news.

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The News About David Spade, Father To Be

Think David Spade is just a smart iliac nerd? Well think again. It is reported that David Spade may be the father to the unborn child of his ex-girlfriend, and get this, Playboy playmate, Jillian Grace.

Apparently David dated Jillian for a short time in 2007. How is that for a supposedly nerdy guy? But in all fairness to David, this is not the first hotty he has dated. He also dated Heather Locklear for a while.

David said, that if he is the father of Jillian’s child, that he will accept his responsibility. Also if it’s true that David Spade is the father, this will be his first child.

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The News About The Stephenville UFO

It looks UFO sightings is making a brief comeback. Dozens of people in Stephenville, Texas reported seeing a UFO. The people who reported seeing the UFO said it was a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Among the people who reported seeing the UFO were a pilot, a teacher, county constable and business owners.

Steve Allen, a freight company owner and pilot said that the object he saw was about a mile long and half as mile wide. County Constable Lee Roy Gaitan said that he first saw red glowing lights and then white flashing lights moving fast and that even with binoculars he couldn’t see the object the lights were attached to. He also said that what he saw wasn’t an airplane and that he never seen anything like it.

Of course you know that this sighting has brought out the UFO fanatics who plan to descend on Stephenville for a possible chance to see this thing themselves. There were no photos taken of this thing as usual. I for one do believe that UFOs exists, but I would like to for once see some concrete evidence.

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The News About T.O. Crying

“There’s no crying, there’s no crying in baseball”. Well, I guess there is crying in football because Terrell Owens did some in a press interview after the Dallas Cowboys loss to the New York Giants. But really, did T.O. actually cry or was it an almost cry like Hilary. Lets see the play back.



I didn’t see any tears, it looks like a Hilary Clinton to me. What do you think?

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