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...Sure, there were the usual red-carpet questions about dresses and accessories, and the usual award-show drama behind the drama. (Were Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler sitting too close together?) There was even the routine celebration from the podium, relishing the Globes' recognition and basking in its Oscar implications...
...Critics Choice awards. The 199 members of the BFCA, North America's largest film-critic group, are a mix of reviewers for radio and TV - a dwindling fraternity, as are the print critics - and the swelling contingent of industry bloggers. (See who the critics think will win an Oscar this year...
...same content ("I'm astonished to receive this ... Thanks to all the wonderful people I worked with ...") and differ only in the grace and humor with which they're delivered. By this standard, Robert Downey, Jr., a winner for best comedic performance, somehow, in Sherlock Holmes, merits an Oscar for his speech, in which he didn't just warn, "if you start playing violins I will tear this place apart," but also "refused" to thank his wife, producer and director; smartly done, sir. Streep, who followed the Best Song winner T-Bone Burnett, got a laugh by musing, "I want...
...once one of the fastest-growing cities in the Inland Empire, the competition for foreclosed homes is intense. In December, only 532 houses were listed for sale, down from approximately 3,500 a year ago. "Pretty much anything under $150,000 is going to be bought with cash," says Oscar Rodriguez, a Century 21 real estate agent. He calls his clients, primarily first-time buyers, "goldfish going against sharks." (See pictures of Los Angeles...
...With the Wind, earned three times as much in theaters as Avatar has so far.) In foreign markets, Avatar is even more imposing, having earned more than $1.1 billion; that's only about $150 million less than Titanic did in its entire run. Expect a new worldwide champ before Oscar night...