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Tom Tangney

  • IT IS WRITTEN: SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
    February 22, 2009 9:07 pm
    Okay, it was predictable but I’m still jazzed about it. Its Oscar reality mirrors the improbability of the film itself. Imagine being Danny Boyle 18…
  • SEAN PENN DOES IT.
    February 22, 2009 8:52 pm
    Sean Penn is the male version of Kate Winslett. Every time he acts, he’s award-worthy. And he once again completely transforms himself into Harvey Milk.…
  • KATE WINSLET!
    February 22, 2009 8:38 pm
    Kate Winslet wins the shampoo bottle of her dreams. The best actress now working finally wins her Oscar, the first of many I hope. Meryl…
  • DANNY BOYLE!
    February 22, 2009 8:28 pm
    I don’t know anyone more deserving of an Oscar tonight than Danny “TIGGER” Boyle. I couldn’t be happier for him. He’s made one of the…
  • the first surprise of the night!
    February 22, 2009 8:14 pm
    It may only be in BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE, but still it’s a surprise. WALTZ WITH BASHIR was the heavy fave, having already been released here…
  • the Music awards go SLUMDOG’s way too – JAI HO!
    February 22, 2009 8:03 pm
    The biggest name in music in India, A.R. RAHMAN, takes two well-deserved Oscars. What I didn’t realize is he SINGS too. Give that man a…
  • Sound Editing, Sound Mixing – what’s the dif?
    February 22, 2009 7:40 pm
    These sound categories seem so closely related that I couldn’t see them getting split up. So I went with THE DARK KNIGHT and got one…
  • BUTTON scores its third and final award
    February 22, 2009 7:29 pm
    Again, as predicted, BENJAMIN BUTTON wins its thrid technical award, VISUAL EFFECTS. All deserved, but I think that’s the end of the line for it…
  • HEATH takes it. And so does MAN ON WIRE.
    February 22, 2009 7:24 pm
    We knew it was coming but still, it was pretty cool to have his family accept it on stage. Ledger’s final performance may have been…
  • It IS the TONY’s!!!!
    February 22, 2009 7:01 pm
    Hey, I like Broadway more than most guys, but what the hell was that? It’s been a bad year for Baz Luhrmann: first, AUSTRALIA, and…

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