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Archive for February 18th, 2009

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Your statuette has a first name, it’s… O-S-C-A-R


There are only a few days left before we find out if the gorgeous Kate Winslet will be going home with Oscar (for The Reader) or if Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) can bodyslam Sean Penn (Milk) and Brad Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) for the Best Actor gold.

In another post I’ll offer up my predictions and preferences. But if you want to discover exactly how you can secure one of those shiny statuettes for yourself? Follow me after the jump.

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Toronto ‘wins,’ The Atlantic sins


The following outrage, noted via the Mock Turtle blog (some DRIVEN comments after the fold):

“I got a little excited when I saw this month’s Atlantic Monthly on the newsstand. The suburbs lose. The sun belt fades. Toronto wins. How the crash will reshape America, touts the cover over a nighttime shot of Toronto seen from the lake. A little strange, granted, since Toronto is in Canada and there is no sun belt here, unless you’re talking midnight sun—but, with the author listed as Toronto-based urban affairs guru Richard Florida, it made sense.

“Except… the article doesn’t mention Toronto.”

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