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And because the Sales Manager resinged yesterday, the sales staff thought today was a day off and never showed up for work. - TWuG Feb 22, 08:36 3
- And what's the girlfriend doing through all this? Pretending they barely knew each other? -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 08:39 1
  - No idea. I'm not sure that relationship led to the resignation. - TWuG Feb 22, 08:41
- Or resigned. I don't know if he could carry a tune or not. -- nm - TWuG Feb 22, 08:38
Halo Top 10 Multikills for this week -- (link) - oblique Feb 22, 08:34 [youtube]
Krusty, if I ever hit a small lottery win, I am paying to get you here to take you on a chicago pizza tour. - groiny Feb 22, 08:32 2
- If you're paying, I'll eat it. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:35 1
  - or, if you find your way here, I will buy. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 08:35
Here is a list of the Best Picture winners of the 2000s. Rank them. - David Feb 22, 08:32 24
- LOTR:RK, The Departed, No Country, Gladiator, King's Speech, Beautiful Mind, Slumdog, Million Dollar, Chicago - Jovian Feb 22, 08:46 1
  - (and for the record, There Will Be Blood should have won over No Country imo) -- nm - Jovian Feb 22, 08:48
- Mine... - David Feb 22, 08:42 2
  - Your favorite of 2000's is mine is well. nm - Jovian Feb 22, 08:47
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- Well Crash does beat out Chicago and LOTRs on that list, so it has that going for it. -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 08:40
- Hint: It's much easier if you work from worst to best. nm - Dignan Feb 22, 08:39 1
  - it really is. -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 08:39
- Of that list I like Million Dollar Baby the most. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:39
- order of favorite" - amanda Feb 22, 08:38
- Million, Beautiful, Departed, Chicago, King's Speech, Argo, Slumdog, No Country, Crash, LotR and Gladiator. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:38 1
  - I forgot Hurt Locker, put that ahead of LotR. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:39
- Departed, No Country, ROTK, King's Speech, Chicago, Slumdog, Hurt Locker, Gladiator. - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 22, 08:38
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  - We had Eternal Sunshine on yesterday. I'd just added it to UV. - David Feb 22, 08:38 1
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- Million Dollar, Beautiful Mind, Lord Rings, No Country, Departed, Chicago, Kings Speech, Artist, Hurt Locker, Gladiator -- nm - budice Feb 22, 08:35
- That's a really uninspiring list. But I guess: - TFox Feb 22, 08:34 3
  - I agree that it's a surprisingly mediocre batch of films. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:37 2
    - And I think, if we picked our own favorite by year, it would *crush* that list. - TFox Feb 22, 08:39
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- Of the 6 of those I've actually seen... - znufrii Feb 22, 08:34
- it's weird that I'm asking this but... rank them in order of my favorite, or how good they are? -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 08:34 1
  - It's up to you. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:36
your Downton Abbey Facebook recap.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 22, 08:16 1
- bravo! -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE Feb 22, 08:47
Winning. Tarantino fans should check this out. -- (link) - Beryllium Feb 22, 08:16 4
- They've actually talked about this. She and Tarantino came up with the idea for Kill Bill while filming Pulp Fiction - decline Feb 22, 08:39
- except Ishi didn't practice Kung Fu, the black girl didn't blow anything up, I never saw the French chick have sex with anyone, and knives and a samur - CQ Feb 22, 08:35
- whoa -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 08:31
- There are so many instances of things like this in his films. I love it! - Krusty Feb 22, 08:19
1999 was also the year that gave us academy award winner gwyneth paltrow. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:12 21
- She was the best actress in the best movie that year. - David Feb 22, 08:14 19
  - She basically broke into Cate's house and stole that one. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:20 2
    - as much as I liked Gwyneth in that role, it's true. Cate Blanchett should have won for 'Elizabeth'. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 08:37 1
      - agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:45
  - ahem. not the best movie. -- nm - loosilu Feb 22, 08:16 15
    - Sure it was. It's called Shakespeare in Love. - David Feb 22, 08:17 14
      - SiL is known more for The Snub than anything else. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:21 10
        
        Are EITHER of them really shown any more? I think most people forget about the last two hours of SPR. -- nm - Ender Feb 22, 08:38 3
        
        We'd have to figure out the licensing situations. SIL was on the pay channels a lot in 2012. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:43
        
        TNT shows it with "limited interruptions" once or twice a year. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:39
        
        absolutely. -- nm - loosilu Feb 22, 08:39
        
        I don't even know what The Snub is. - David Feb 22, 08:26 5
        
        Harvey stiff armed/bought/out advocated for the BP out of the academy for SiL. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:33 4
        
        He's done that before and he'll do that again but I followed that race. After the Golden Globes, SIL had *all* the momentum. - David Feb 22, 08:36 3
        
        So you're admitting that SiL won because of Harvey? - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:45 2
        
        Oh, Harvey's campaigning definitely helped but politics aside, it's the superior film. - David Feb 22, 08:52 1
        
        No, it's not the superior film. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 09:08
      - I agree with the subject if not the IM. - spamlet Feb 22, 08:18 2
        
        I too agree with the subject line. The movie was called Shakespeare in Love. - Inigo Feb 22, 08:22 1
        
        laughing. -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 08:24
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- Crash was way over rated imo. Brokeback was a great love story and a great film -- nm - CQ Feb 22, 08:36
- Not yet seen Brokeback. Failed to finish Crash twice. -- nm - Was Bar Was Feb 22, 08:33
- Brokeback is obviously better, but when I reviewed movies I called Crash's BP in May. - MDH Feb 22, 08:27 1
  - I need to rewatch crash. I saw it just on the wrong day completely. -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 08:34
- both were just ok. -- nm - Remlik Feb 22, 08:25
- Ang Lee is my boy, but Brokeback was 'aight. Good Night and Good Luck was stellar for me. -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 08:24
- Not a fan of either one. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:24 5
  - Although I should add that as little as I enjoyed Crash, the one moment involving the bullet is magical. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:27
  - Agreed. I wanted to like Brokeback Mountain, but I was so bored. - Inigo Feb 22, 08:25 3
    - it was a beautiful, mostly boring movie with a huge emotional pay off at the end. -- nm - Epiphany Feb 22, 08:33 1
      - BBM really moved me, but when I gay movie that crushed my heart I go with "A Single Man." Have you seen it? -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 08:33
    - me too. it wasn't *enough* for me -- I mean, I get that some movies are small and need to be to get their point across - amanda Feb 22, 08:31
- not sure, but crash vs 3 dogs did not turn out too well. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 08:17
- I think Crash has been through enough lately, don't you? - Reagen Feb 22, 08:14 2
  - Who names their dog "Brokeback Mountain"? -- nm - nubby, Astro-lord Feb 22, 08:35 1
    - "He's always trying to hump me from behind" -- nm - oblique Feb 22, 08:40
- 2nd biggest snub in the BP category that I know if. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:14 20
  - I agree with you about BBM, but I also agree with inigo. when I was watching, I was bored. six months later, I liked it. so.... -- nm - amanda Feb 22, 08:32 1
    - I can see that but I was enthralled. (spoilers for BBM).. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:36
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    - What do you think of Cabaret losing? -- nm - MDH Feb 22, 08:28 2
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        I think both are fantastic, I just hear that brought up as a common discussion, so thought I'd ask you. - MDH Feb 22, 08:31
    - Oh yeah. Man. Versus. Network, AtP'sM and Taxi Driver? - Reagen Feb 22, 08:27 10
      - The fact that Taxi Driver lost to it is nuts. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:38
      - I'd have a tough time choosing between those 4. I love them all. - Inigo Feb 22, 08:30 3
        
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        It's amazing how much of that films intentional hyperbole has become reality for news and TV. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 08:38 1
        
        Right? It's prophecy. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:41
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        Never would have happened in today's system. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:34 3
        
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        I think it found a passionate minority, where (for example) Network fans would have given TD or ATPM #2 and 3 and Rocky maybe 5th. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:41 1
        
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    - I was never a fan of either one very much. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:26
  - I thought it was a shame that Heath & Jake got passed over for their acting - it really was a beautiful movie. -- nm - JenBro Feb 22, 08:20 1
    - agreed. that performance was stunning. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:25
- never saw Crash, loved Brokeback. -- nm - TFox Feb 22, 08:13 1
  - Opposite for me. -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:23
sitwap: Fallon got his hands on the PS4 and played Killzone.... -- (link) - Remlik Feb 22, 08:11
Diane Lane, come to Butthead -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 08:10
So, we're about 95% sure to see history Sunday right? With DDL being the first guy to win 3 Best Actors? -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 08:09 3
- it'll happen. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:12
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- Yes, he is currently one of 9 actors tied with two victories. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:10
Hawaiian Pizza! - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:07 11
- i love Hawaiian. i know it is not the most popular choice, but i love it. -- nm - Andie Feb 22, 08:28
- No. Fruit doesn't belong on pizza. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:25 6
  - But pineapple is a traditional accompaniment for ham, as apple is for pork. They just work together. -- nm - Meg Feb 22, 08:30 3
    - yeah? I don't see no apple slices between the sausage nor peperonis? -- nm - zeitgeist Feb 22, 11:51
    - You can put a slice of pineapple all over your baked ham. - Krusty Feb 22, 08:32
    - I had a pineapple jalapeno pizza once. it was really good. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 08:31
  - I get that and you're not wrong for saying that but... - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:25 1
    - I won't stop you. Enjoy the s**t out of the pizza! - Krusty Feb 22, 08:30
- delivered by Kate Upton, in bunny lingerie. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 08:18 2
  - I'll send her over to a buddy's house who's having a rough time. He'll engage the surprise and he needs a break. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:23 1
    - this is good. you'll be busy helping me fulfill my Lenten obligation anyway. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 08:28
I still say the biggest Oscar travesty was Al Pacino-Scent of a Woman over Denzel Washington-Malcolm X. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:06 30
- I can also intellectualize TLJ in The Fugitive over Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, but come on. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:12 2
  - Fiennes was absolutely chilling....*loved* his performance -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 08:13 1
    - it's one of the best performances of that type... - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:20
- In terms of the actor category perhaps...but it's still going to be a long time before a snub happens like Saving Private Ryan. -- nm - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:11 5
  - it split the war movie vote with thin red line (which I thought was better anyway) -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:15 2
    - I tried TRL but lord I don't think I was high enough. - Mel Profit Feb 22, 08:16 1
      - for me SPR averages out to a good movie. sort of like wall-e. half amazing, half mundane. -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:19
  - I'm still not over that. -- nm - loosilu Feb 22, 08:12
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- Recently, it's Kate Winslet in The Reader over Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:10 11
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    - Oh, it was overdue, but let's pick a movie that is at least decent and she doesn't suck in it. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:12
  - *small font* I kind of liked it. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:10 8
    - The Reader is one of those (awful) movies that reminds me why mainstream America thinks Academy Awards results are insipid. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:12 7
      - Made worse by the snubbed movies of Dark Knight and Wall-E which caused them to change their rules becuase of the WTF-ness -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 22, 08:13 6
        
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        The principle is sound. The ceremony does better when there are big popular movies nominated - the year of Titanic is the highest rated broadcast for - Reagen Feb 22, 08:18 4
        
        I'll be curious to see the ratings this year since the host is popular in odd circles and there are five $100+ million movies up for Best Picture. - David Feb 22, 08:23
        
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        Avengers should have gotten a BP nomination, imo. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 08:24 1
        
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    - Ed who? No one named Ed was nominated for Best Actor in 2001. -- nm - Inigo Feb 22, 08:14 1
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    - I'm think ian mckellan deserved it that year (and has a much shorter window for winning) -- nm - mafic Feb 22, 08:11 1
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    - I'd get upset about Halle Berry winning that same year too but nothign amazed me that much out of the other 4. -- nm - Reagen Feb 22, 08:09 1
      - I have never loved a contrast in speeches more than I did Denzel and hers that year - Will Hunting Feb 22, 08:11
- ugh. -- nm - Diva Feb 22, 08:06
Chicken isn't flavorful enough to have on a pizza. That's why they have to add BBQ sauce. There's your pizza abomination. -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 08:05 4
- That sounds disgusting. Yuck! -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:15 3
  - god no, it is pretty damn good. nm -- nm - groiny Feb 22, 08:17 2
    - Pizza should not smell like that. Get that out of my face. -- nm - con_carne Feb 22, 08:31
    - You can have it all. ;-) -- nm - Krusty Feb 22, 08:23
Why, that's such a considerate thing for David to have done! -- nm - prayformojo Feb 22, 08:05 2
- Set up a webcam for when you and Athena watch it. -- nm - David Feb 22, 08:06 1
  - if he buys a webcam, then he totally has to open the box -- nm - Beryllium Feb 22, 08:07
2 days till Oscar, so here are the official 2013 Ohio Oscars Drinking Game rules... - Ender Feb 22, 08:04 2
- If Tommy Lee Jones is caught smiling, shouldn't that be an automatic pounding of said drink? - Will Hunting Feb 22, 08:07
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Lacy and Sausage! -- nm - loosilu Feb 22, 08:03

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