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No Country, under the skin

View image UPDATED 03/03/08: The author of the original letter expands his thoughts: We received this very fine letter to the editor yesterday at RogerEbert.com. It's from Nicholas Rizzo and it offers a deeply felt understanding of "No Country for…

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Coens take Oscars for words and picture

View image Joel and Ethan Coen flank Martin Scorsese. AP photo. Oscar deadline story: Everybody pretty much called it in advance, but nothing was certain until the very end. Joel and Ethan Coen's crowning achievement, "No Country For Old Men,"…

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How to Give Your Oscar Speech

Water Music From Big Pink: Gwyneth's Oscar meltdown. Where is she now? My perennially sage advice on what to do, and not to do, when you win your Oscar (if you lose, you're on your own) is generating a lot…

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Juno about the fuzzier Oscars? Presenting... The Muriels

View image In 3-D, you'd swear Muriel was nibbling your proboscis. By the way, that's not her real phone number. Although you probably think they are a reference to the 1963 Alain Resnais film,ยน or Bette Davis's bald uncle, The…

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Dina Martina's Oscar Entertaining Party Hints!

View image Dina Martina shows you how to organize, glamorize, accessorize, extemporize and festivize for Oscar. (photo by David Belisle) A year later, Dina Martina is back to remind you of how you can make this year's Oscar festivities the…