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Here’s what happens when you forget to thank the little people. »

By Burbanked on Mar 3, 2008 in Movies, The Oscars  |  487 views  |  

Of course, Oscar fever has died down now and we can safety put away for good the 2008 show-snorer of a few weeks ago. But if you’re good and ready to read an excellently different, brutally realistic and terrifically well-written Oscar anecdote, I can’t recommend this one nearly enough.

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Perhaps lightning strikes more than Once. »

By Burbanked on Feb 29, 2008 in Movies, Newest, Off the Rails, The Oscars  |  824 views  |  

Nice. Variety is reporting that Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the Oscar-winning actor/songwriters of the great movie Once have signed a music publishing deal with the Warner Music Group.

The pair, as well as the bands they’ve played with, have never had recording contracts before, so it’s damn delightful that their music will be able [...]

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Apologies for this dull and sleepy Oscar wrap-up post which has been written in the spirit of last night’s award show. »

By Burbanked on Feb 25, 2008 in Celebrities, Movies, The Oscars  |  629 views  |  

You’ll find few bloggers who defend the overlong, montage-packed, drunken-celebrity-slurring Oscar show with a greater sense of being a starry-eyed apologist than me. I’ve written about the shows before and commented across the bloguverse in previous years about how great the edited pieces are, that I don’t give a hang how long the show gets, [...]

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Friday Meals on Reels: Super-Spectacular Coen Brothers Edition! »

By Burbanked on Feb 22, 2008 in Friday Meals on Reels, Movies, The Oscars  |  1,311 views  |  

Hey, did you know that the Oscars are being given out this weekend?
If you’ve been paying attention, you know how lame I’ve been in any Oscar-related reporting and/or speculation this year, even more so than previous years. But although Burbanked has never been an awards prognostication site, you should not misunderstand that to mean that [...]

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One of the more horrifying things I’ve ever seen. »

By Burbanked on Feb 20, 2008 in Movies, Newest, The Oscars  |  593 views  |  

“‘The podium, the backdrop, the sense of creative achievement that hangs about him - it’s all so vivid and detailed that you’d swear it was real.’ Added Krajcsik, ‘When you see Michael thanking his talented cast and crew and raising the Oscar above his head, it’s going to be hard to believe it never, ever [...]

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You Must Choose - which Oscar film should I go see? »

By Burbanked on Jan 29, 2008 in Movies, The Oscars, You Must Choose  |  604 views  |  

I find this to be a tough time of year for movie watching.
On one hand, it’s an embarrassment of riches because the Oscar nominations usually mean that I’ve got a lot of catching up to do. I don’t see as many movies as I did long ago in my pathetically lonely bachelor days, but each [...]

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When it comes to the Oscars, here are a few things that everyone needs to chill out about. »

By Burbanked on Feb 26, 2007 in Blogging, Celebrities, Movies, The Oscars  |  1,300 views  |  

I really wasn’t going to blog about the Oscars this year, because I feel as though we’re in serious danger of whiney oversaturation of the issue. But the fact is, there are so many sites today that are complaining, complaining and complaining even more that the triumphs and highlights of the Oscars in general tend [...]

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