1. This blog keeps cracking me up. My faves? This one (motion graphics, FTW) and this one:

2. LOST PREMIERE TONIGHT! Be sure to read the Ack Attack season 5 recaps if you need to get caught up. Her recaps are hilarious.
3. Oscar nomination day! Yay! You can see the full list of nominees at the official website but I’ve summarized below. Note: This year the best picture category has been expanded to 10 films.
Best Picture
“Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Blind Side” Nominees to be determined
“District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
“An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
“The Hurt Locker” Nominees to be determined
“Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
“A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
“Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
“Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Matt Damon in “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”
Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
Directing
“Avatar” James Cameron
“The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
“Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
“Up in the Air” Jason Reitman
I need to rent “Hurt Locker.” I’ve been reading great reviews of it for ages and it just recently came out on DVD. Kathryn Bigelow is only the 4th woman to be nominated. She’s ex-Mrs. James Cameron. And she directed the awesome ridiculous action flick, “Point Break.” Incidentally, we just saw “Up in the Air” over the weekend – holla St. Louis! I enjoyed the flick and love me some Jason Reitman and George Clooney.
Thoughts on any of the above?
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News I Can’t Wrap My Brain Around
There have been a couple of things in the news this week that I just can’t understand.
1. The US Supreme Court’s ruling on corporate campaign spending just kind of blows my mind. I mean, really?
2. The California Proposition 8 Supreme Court hearing is going on – that’s the one to review the legality of the ban on gay marriages in California. I’ve been following this because I believe it’s an important civil rights issue. During the trial the following happened:
*sigh*
3. Everything coming out of Haiti.
4. The weather reports out here in California. I have seen hail here, people! And I had plans for this weekend and next week that didn’t involve torrential rains!
But to end on a funny note, here’s Doctor Laura and Canadians as house slaves, thanks to some witty Facebook theatre lady friends of mine.
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