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2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor

By Orlando on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 7:03pm | Arts & Entertainment

 

 

And the nominees are:

 

  • Josh Brolin in Milk;
  • Robert Downey, Jr., in Tropic Thunder;
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt;
  • Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight; and
  • Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road.

 

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2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actress

By Orlando on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 3:26pm | Arts & Entertainment

We're in the homestretch now! Only three days left and, frankly, on Sunday night, I'm going to be more concerned with whose dress is pretty than who actually wins. But for now, let's soldier on.

The nominees for Best Supporting Actress are:

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2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Actress

By Orlando on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 7:15pm | Arts & Entertainment

 

So we've covered Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Song. Now, it's time to turn our attention to Best Actress. And the nominees are:

 

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Earth to Roland Burris: RIP THE %*$&*# BANDAID OFF!

By Orlando on Tue, 02/17/2009 - 3:48pm | Politics

Turns out, even I underestimated the stupidity of Roland Burris, a feat, I assure you, that is as difficult as it is unexpected, seeing as how I've been criticizing him for weeks.

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2009 Oscar Predictions: Best Actor

By Orlando on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 10:52pm | Arts & Entertainment

The big night is just a week away, so it's time to get serious. The Best Picture nominees are covered here. For the rest of this week, I'm going to do my level best to post my predictions for the other major categories.

For Best Actor, the nominees are:

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You Break It, You Buy It: The U.S. Senate is Stuck with Roland Burris

By Orlando on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 8:55pm | Politics

Sometimes, being right is cold comfort. 

As Genghis mentioned in his post, Roland Burris has "elaborated" on his testimony regarding his contact with Rod Blagojevich prior to his appointment to the United States Senate seat once held by President Obama. The Illinois State Senate is looking into whether he committed perjury and State Rep. Barbara Flynn Curie thinks it's "odd."

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Witch Hunts in Papua New Guinea: The Dark Side of Human Nature

By Orlando on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 2:39pm | Social Justice, World Affairs

Before last week, all I knew about Papua New Guinea was that its capital was Port Moresby and that it was that island on top of Australia. But while I was searching the internet for examples of the country’s musical offerings, I was fascinated to learn that over 700 languages are spoken there, that most of the island doesn’t have access to television and can only be reached by airplanes, and that there is an incredible diversity of flora and fauna in the mountains and rainforests.

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Around the World in 80 Songs: Papua New Guinea

By Orlando on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 11:53pm | Arts & Entertainment

It’s not surprising that few acts out of Papua New Guinea have found international recognition. The country is largely rural and connections are made difficult by the mountains and rainforests. Television is only readily available in the capital of Port Moresby and most of PNG is connected to the outside world only through government radio.

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Perspectives from Elkhart: President Obama's Visit is a Dubious Honor

By Orlando on Tue, 02/10/2009 - 12:24am | Politics

Elkhart, Indiana, is a city of just over 50,000 people. Over its history, it's had a few key industries, but none so important as trailer and RV manufacturing that has been recently devastated by high gas prices and lack of credit for people still willing to buy. It's a city of hard-working, salt-of-the-earth types, most of whom vote Republican. It's middle America at its best and its worst. And it's not so very different from cities of its size all over the country. 

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Orlando is a teacher and aspiring novelist, living a mysterious and reclusive life somewhere in Asia. She used to live a reclusive and mysterious life somewhere in Indiana until Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence became national figures, making it far too humiliating to continue residing there. In her spare time, she travels the world--or her small part of it--snapping pictures and writing down random thoughts to share with the dagblog crowd.

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