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Did we also have the first African-American Best Screenplay winner last night? -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:33 1
- yep. -- nm - b. Mar 8, 09:35
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- I think it's fine. She'll end up winning another at some point. Not many actors or actresses have three acting Oscars. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 09:36
- I liked the "biggest loser" line about her last night -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:36
- She's a victim of her own success. They figure they'll always have time to give her another one. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:34 2
  - And I could be wrong, but she seems content with it. Like, she knows her place in film history regardless. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:35 1
    - She's the Susan Lucci of the Oscars! -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 09:37
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  - What's interesting to me is that every year there's a movie starring Diane Keaton or someone that grosses over $100 million and it's always dismissed - Roger More Mar 8, 09:40 3
    - nice! -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:41
    - They're all made eitherby Nora Ephron or Nancy Meyers. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:40
    - heh -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:40
  - Yes. And even moreso for women over 40. - ty97 Mar 8, 09:36
  - Quality roles for older women is the real issue. But that is changing. - TWuG Mar 8, 09:36
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  - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:33 7
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      - Harvey bot that one for her and the Academy okay'ed it because she probably should have won for "Mrs. Brown". -- nm - Diva Mar 8, 09:37
      - to be fair... - znufrii Mar 8, 09:37
      - That was the Academy admitting they fucked up the year before. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:37
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      - That was partly an apology for not giving her the Best Actress Oscar the previous year for Mrs Brown though. -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:36
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- And Al Hitchcock never won either. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:32 1
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If I'm reading this right, Erik Estrada and Verne Troyer are going to be roaming SXSW dressed up as cops. -- (link) - ty97 Mar 8, 09:31 1
- Worst porno EVAR! -- nm - TWuG Mar 8, 09:32
Posting it again because it's SO FREAKING AWESOME!: New Iron Man 2 trailer - TWuG Mar 8, 09:28 [youtube] 1
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Isn't this the time that articles start handicapping next year's Oscar race? - ty97 Mar 8, 09:28
STIS: What would be a reasonable price for a 2-hour custom Excel training session? - Fuzzy Mar 8, 09:26 5
- $80? -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:31
- $40 or $50, I would guess would be worthy. Is it an individual or a business? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:30 2
  - Business, for one person. I will offer to conduct the class for a small group if they like. -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 8, 09:33 1
    - I'd say max of $75 or $80, but maybe do the $50 as an introductory one-time deal. - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:41
- 31250 -- nm - oblique Mar 8, 09:28
it is 13*C (55F) outside. i just want to be out there! -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 09:26 2
- 60 today, such a nice day today. So nice feeling a warm sun again. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 09:29
- same here. it's gorgeous out. -- nm - Max Mar 8, 09:27
Any overnight #s on viewers for the Oscars yet? I predict a decent bump upwards thanks to Sandra Bullock and Avatar. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 09:16 59
- I'm still torn on Sandra being an Oscar-winner. - ty97 Mar 8, 09:18 53
  - I think she was fantastic in the role and I have no issue with her winning for it. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 09:27 2
    - Didn't Goldie Hawn make this movie already? -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 8, 09:39
    - For me, it's the same reason Jaimee Foxx won for Ray: she "turned into" that person. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:37
  - "And you thought she was just okay in Miss Congeniality 2." Heh. -- nm - Steve Martin Mar 8, 09:25 1
    - I was hoping he'd say "All ABout Steve" and comment on all of her 2009 movies - MDH Mar 8, 09:26
  - I don't think it's fundamentally different than Julia Roberts'. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:24 4
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    - yeah. And overall Sandra is probably a better actress with slightly more range. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:24 1
      - L3! -- nm - Spawn Mar 8, 09:27
    - I agree -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:24
  - If Halle Berry, Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman can have Oscars...I see no reason Sandy can't. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 09:23 18
    - How do you think she compares with Charlize Theron? -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 8, 09:30 5
      - Charlize really seemed to figure something out about that time. She's been nothing but compelling since - Reagen Mar 8, 09:33 1
        
        able to be choosier with scripts, maybe -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:39
      - In Monster? Theron was unrecognizable and was fantastic, IMO. Better than all names I listed above. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 09:32
      - Charlize has a better rack -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:30 1
        
        "My girlfriend looks a little like Charlize Theron...and a lot like Dog the Bounty Hunter." nm - Dignan Mar 8, 09:32
    - Witherspoon too -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:26 3
      - Election buys her a bit of leeway, IMO. nm - Dignan Mar 8, 09:28
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      - Another good one. -- nm - Jim Mar 8, 09:27
    - I'll disagree with you on Kidman. I think she's been great in at least six films. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:25 7
      - Amazingly enough...she wasn't even the best actress in the movie she won for. - Jim Mar 8, 09:27 5
        
        It's the way it goes. Billy Bob Thornton blew Halle Berry off the screen in Monster's Ball yet wasn't even nominated. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:28 4
        
        There aren't many movies he's been in where he wasn't the best. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:29
        
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        I hate to say this, but race played a role that year, to some degree. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:30 1
        
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    - I think she's proud of this performance, but understands that there was an odd confluence of events that led to this. - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:31 1
      - woo! demolition man 2! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 8, 09:39
  - eh. There are plenty of overall-average (or less) actors who have won Oscars. She wasn't spectacular in the movie, but there were worse injustices - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:21
  - I don't think the performance was oscar caliber but for some reason I'm not terribly miffed. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 09:20 2
    - I think in attitude and likeability, she's the female George Clooney. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:23 1
      - I don't disagree at all. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 8, 09:24
  - How can you say that about a Razzie Award winner? -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:19 2
    - i love when people show up to claim them, good for her. -- nm - Andie Mar 8, 09:27
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  - would've been great if she acted the slightest bit surprised or emotional when they said her name... -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:19 13
    - I honestly think she was heavily medicated. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:26
    - to answer her own question, yes, you finally wore them down, Sandra - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 09:21 3
      - It's refreshing that she understands and recognizes the politics and business of it. - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:27 2
        
        kinda. but at least have the grace to not be so obvious about it when you're accepting -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 8, 09:29 1
        
        So you preferred the Monique route. - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:35
    - nah, I don't want fake surprise (I love Kate Winslette, but the faux shock is dumb) -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:20 7
      - and Kate Winslet looked stunning, btw. Probably my favotire dress of the night. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:24 1
        
        She looked very tone, but not overly so. -- nm - Inigo Mar 8, 09:26
      - Winsy can fake anything she wants with me* - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 09:24 1
        
        laughing at the IM -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:25
      - you can at least look like you're enjoying the moment. - znufrii Mar 8, 09:21 2
        
        She was having a blast up there. -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:22 1
        
        once she was up on stage she loosened up a bit, sure. - znufrii Mar 8, 09:23
- Here you go: - Callisto Mar 8, 09:17 4
  - This is always sort of danced around in TV rating reporting, but that "40 million" is households, yes? Or is it # of people? - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:20 3
    - "viewers" -- nm - Callisto Mar 8, 09:21
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      - I imagine it's like newspaper "readership" where they assign an average number of people per box. -- nm - Callisto Mar 8, 09:22
Tomato lovers better go local or grow your own this year. Florida's January cold snap knocked out close to 70% of the crop -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 09:14 15
- Crap! I was hoping the numbers were being exaggerated. I make sauce every week, this is gonna suck. - Krusty Mar 8, 09:26 8
  - I just have to bide my time until NC tomatoes come about in late spring/early summer. Hopefully they fared okay. I'm not sure. -- nm - HdnAgnda Mar 8, 09:29 1
    - I'm not sure of their flavor but hopefully they'll be fine for sauce. I'll keep an eye for them. -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 09:33
  - stock up now... -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:27 5
    - Good idea, which ever supermarket has the best deal in the next week is getting cleaned out. :-) -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 09:30 4
      - get enough to last until you can get fresh local ones at your nearest greenmarket -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:32 3
        
        Do you know if oranges were affected as badly? -- nm - Krusty Mar 8, 09:33 2
        
        haven't heard anything, really... -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:35 1
        
        I just checked and the orange crop report doesn't come out until April. - Krusty Mar 8, 09:37
- Yay! -- nm - ty97 Mar 8, 09:17
- Wendy's here has a sign up that says tomatos will be only given upon request -- nm - crash davis Mar 8, 09:16
- yup, they had a sign at a Wendy's here that they were providing tomatoes by request only. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:16 3
  - Same here - but this is OK for me, because normally the only request I make is for NO tomatoes. Heh. - Beryllium Mar 8, 09:29 1
    - same here. :) -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:30
  - also, this reminds me to find out if they ever received our reservation deposit for our CSA membership this year. -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:18
SITWAP: The story behind the Documentary Short acceptance speech. -- (link) - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:12 1
- Aside from the woman generally seeming like a crackpot, she runs up on stage to accept an award for a movie that she didn't think was any good and - pmb Mar 8, 09:17
oh my how did we miss this? Strong earthquake shakes Eastern Turkey, kills at least 51. -- (link) - loosilu Mar 8, 09:10 1
- @WheresItShaking -- (link) - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:16
Embarassing? realization last night. - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:07 1
- You just made a powerful enemy -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:11
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- He's the other untouchable. - Mel Profit Mar 8, 09:11
ST knows stuff: Hurt Locker is the lowest grossing Best Picture winner since... -- nm - ceregon Mar 8, 09:03 26
- I imagine it is doing pretty well on DVD/blu (and will do even better now), fwiw. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:14
- The Apartment? -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:07 11
  - That, and many others made less, but adjusted for inflation (a tricky thing) would be higher. ($3 mil domestic) -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:09 10
    - scratch that; I was looking at the budget; imdb just says $25M worldwide. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:09 9
      - I think what ceregon was going for was "before the hurt locker, what was the lowest grossing BP winner?" -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:12 8
        
        Maybe Annie Hall? (which grossed $38M - not inflation adjusted) -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:16 7
        
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        Will said below TLE grossed $43M (so, nominal - no, inflation adjusted - very likely) -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:24 2
        
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        "Maybe Annie Hall for $38m?" (???) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 8, 09:26
        
        But both of those are higher than THL's total. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:22 2
        
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        understood. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:25
- Ever. Last Emporer grossed 43mil -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 8, 09:04
- Ever. -- nm - MDH Mar 8, 09:04
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- ever, I think -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:04 8
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    - I guess so. The oldest one with a BO figure on wiki is The Best Years of Our Lives which won in 1945 - it made $23 million -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:09 4
      - I'm highly skeptical of that amount. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:10 3
        
        Anything before 1970 is largely guess work. -- nm - Reagen Mar 8, 09:16
        
        It may be worldwide -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:11 1
        
        FWIW IMDb says $11.3M -- nm - Roger More Mar 8, 09:13
    - Right. I searched bom for a few older ones out of curiosity and it doesn't have any $ data for some. -- nm - Don Homer Mar 8, 09:07
    - Wings was a blockbuster, yo! -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 8, 09:07
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*homeschools B2* -- nm - znufrii Mar 8, 09:02
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