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Donald
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What really happened
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Ad agency DDB has created yet another great ad… But since it won’t hit airwaves, you’ll have to go to the budweiser site to see it (if you haven’t already).
It’s the story of what was really behind the “Wardrobe Malfunction” at last year’s Super Bowl.
Har, har.
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Spamusement
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Found by the boys over at Panel: Spamusement! Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines!
I particularly like “I can propose you the optimum select software,” “You won’t believe what you can get for a buck,” and “An email from God.”
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Annuals
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Jeremy points out his list of Annuals, those movies that cry out — nay, demand — a ritualized, repeat viewing at least once a year. And as I pointed out in the comments that I pin a good chunk of the blame for at least some of my particular Annuals on his shoulders, I started to think about what those Annuals might be.
In no particular order:
SNEAKERS
SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER
PRINCE OF DARKNESS
THE THING
EXORCIST III
OVERBOARD
BLAZING SADDLES
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
SUPERMAN
EL DORADO
THE ABYSS
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
EVENT HORIZON
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTI’m sure I’ll think of more later, but those are the most obvious ones, the ones that find their way into my DVD player year after year or get TiVoed whenever they’re on the boob tube (excepting only OVERBOARD, which somehow always finds me and sucks me in. That movie is like gum on your shoe: once on, it follows you around and never comes off…) There are certainly others, tied to holidays (such as A CHRISTMAS STORY), but I decided that only the Halloween flicks merited repeat viewings in their own right, so they’re on while others are off. And I almost put A FEW GOOD MEN on there, over THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT, but for some reason I gravitate more towards the beta version of THE WEST WING than I do the legal tomfoolery of Smiling Jack Ross…
You?
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Here Are The Nominees…
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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Don Cheadle – HOTEL RWANDA
Johnny Depp – FINDING NEVERLAND
Leonardo DiCaprio – THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jamie Foxx – RAYACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alan Alda – THE AVIATOR
Thomas Haden Church – SIDEWAYS
Jamie Foxx – COLLATERAL
Morgan Freeman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Clive Owen – CLOSERACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Annette Bening – BEING JULIA
Catalina Sandino Moreno – MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Imelda Staunton – VERA DRAKE
Hilary Swank – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Kate Winslet – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MINDACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett – THE AVIATOR
Laura Linney – KINSEY
Virginia Madsen – SIDEWAYS
Sophie Okonedo – HOTEL RWANDA
Natalie Portman – CLOSERWRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
Richard Linklater et al. – BEFORE SUNSET
David Magee – FINDING NEVERLAND
Paul Haggis – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Jose Rivera – THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – SIDEWAYSWRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
John Logan – THE AVIATOR
Charlie Kaufman – ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Keir Pearson & Terry George – HOTEL RWANDA
Brad Bird – THE INCREDIBLES
Mike Leigh – VERA DRAKEDIRECTING
Martin Scorcese – THE AVIATOR
Clint Eastwood – MILLION DOLLAR BABY
Taylor Hackford – RAY
Alexander Payne – SIDEWAYS
Mike Leigh – VERA DRAKEBEST PICTURE
THE AVIATOR
FINDING NEVERLAND
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
RAY
SIDEWAYS###
Huh. I am so completely out of the loop, I’ve managed to see none of those. Not one. (Amusing to see Jamie Foxx competing in both Actor categories — having won the Globe, is that a good sign for a Best Actor Oscar?) But I guess the short answer is, if I have even one prayer of competing in our little ballot contest this year, it’s time for me to head to the theater…
Complete nominee list here.
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VideoNow
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Your friend and mine: Google now has a video search (beta search of closed caption text available online — no actual video yet, but how much do you want to bet that’s in the works as more and more video is made available online?)
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I Think I Prefer the Bunny
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So I was thinking, why worry about keeping the vacuum in the closet when we can just cover it up?[via boingboing]

