Have you noticed how boring most of this year's Academy Award nominees are? While we respect a good, introspective drama as much as the next viewer, it's nice when you can say something about the human condition without having to spend 140 minutes in a suburban living room, or on the set of a 1970s television interview. But thanks to the Conley sisters, we might get a movie that's smart and entertaining.
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & SciencesThis Sunday won't be a terrific night for many restaurants -- at least for the ones patronized by men and women devoted to staying home and watching the annual Academy Awards ceremony.
Sunday night is the airing of the 81st annual award ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, which first began presenting the familiar gold trophies on May 16, 1929, at a black-tie dinner (yes, there was food in those early days)
I didn't watch the Academy Awards last night. OK, I did for like five minutes (too long). I tuned in just in time to see the "commie, homo-loving sons-of-guns" hand Sean Penn the best actor award for his role in Milk. I was too busy texting "bullshit" to Peter Rugg -- I mean, did you see The Wrestler? -- to listen to Penn's acceptance speech. I should have. He gave a shout-out to America's most hated family, the members of Fred Phelps' Westboro Baptist Church, who were picketing the Academy Awar
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