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Right now I am trying to forget that we are back to 1997 levels on the market. So, I am posting this WSJ clip about the Oscars. Overall, I guessed 4 out of 7 of the big categories right.
It was the best show in years with “Slumdog Millionaire,” a brilliant film, winning Best Picture.

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The link for the list of nominees for the 81st Academy Awards Ceremony is here.
Here are my picks:

Best Actress – Kate Winslet
Best Actor – Mickey Rourke
Best Supporting Actor – Heath Ledger
Best Supporting Actress – Penelope Cruz
Best Director – Gus Van Sant
Best Foreign Film – The Baader Meinhof Complex
Best Picture – Slumdog Millionaire

The show starts at [...]

You may have heard about the Rags-to-riches movie “Slumdog Millionaire” which recently won a Golden Globe for Best Picture. I saw the film and thought it was brilliant. Nevertheless, not everyone agrees with this sentiment, as the video below will attest. Some are calling the film voyeuristic poverty porn and are quite upset about it.

I should also note that child actors in the film are said to still be living in the same slum circumstances they were plucked from before the film started.

December is a big month for Hollywood as some of the biggest and most critically acclaimed movies come out in December. One such movie is “The Reader” starring Kate Winslet. I am a big fan, so I thought I’d provide you with a little distraction from the usual fare of dismal economic news with a short clip from the film.

Enjoy.

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The holiday season is the second most important for the movie studios and many of their academy-award nominees are released in the time after Thanksgiving (the 4th Thursday of November) to take advantage of the holiday cheer.
One film released this summer, the Dark Knight, is talked about, not because of Chrstian Bale, its star, but [...]