Jan 22 2009 So Here's the Full Oscar Nominations List
The Oscar nominations have arrived! You've been wondering what 2008 movies had the best sound editing, and I've got the answer. You've been thinking The Dark Knight and WALL-E were two of the best movies of last year, and I can tell you they weren't. You figured, "Well, Charlie Kaufman will probably at least get a Best Original Screenplay nomination," and you were dead wrong. You were pondering why you even bother paying attention to meaningless awards shows, but the Oscars nominations are strangely silent on that matter.
Anyway, here are your 2009 Academy Award nominations:
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May 6 2008 MTV Movie Awards Nominees Announced, Extremely Relevant
Any awards show brave and thoughtful enough to nominate National Treasure: Book of Secrets as the best picture of the year deserves our special attention. So clearly the MTV Movie Award nominations warrant your perusal. As executive producer Mark Burnett, and anyone with half a brain says, "I consider the MTV Movie Awards to be the most relevant movie award show in America today." No doubt! To reiterate, he's referring to the same awards that imply that there may have been no better movie made in 2007 than the second National Treasure, and that Jessica Biel may have churned out the best performance of any other actress when she let Adam Sandler touch her breasts since she thought he was gay.
Anyway, here they are:
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Dec 13 2007 Golden Globe Nominations Released!
Nothing but the holiday visit to Grandma's can bring out the same mix of apathy and disappointment that comes from the annual Golden Globe Nominations. Once again, this year is the usual smattering of things you knew would be nominated, things that shouldn't be nominated, and the absence of things that you wish were. Treat yourself to the glittering, spherical ennui, under the cut.
