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...nominated for a Best Actor Oscar against Forest Whitaker. "He said it's exhausting winning all the time. I wouldn't know. He better win tomorrow night. I've got a lot of money on him." In a sign of just how far under-the-radar Spirit Award winner performances like Epps' are compared to those honored at the Oscars, presenter Felicity Huffman called the young winner "Shakira" twice. "Oh, my name's Shareeka by the way," Epps said when she took the stage...
...these women” a project titled “The Heathen School: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic.” This is actually the latest book project by John Demos, a preeminent scholar of early America and winner of the Bancroft Prize. He mocks also that one of the fellows, an art critic of ancient times, is studying woven representations of Christ. Now, what else would an art historian of ancient times be doing? Finally, he neglects to mention that about one-fourth of the fellows are male, only...
...time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, due to compete next in Dubai Feb. 26, is guaranteed to break his tie with Jimmy Connors: of 160 straight weeks ranked No. 1 in men's tennis...
...First Church in Cambridge last Thursday, but once he began to speak, he needed no one’s aid to keep the audience mesmerized. Though ostensibly there to speak about his new novel, “The Castle in the Forest,” the two-time Pulitzer winner weighed in on everything from Adolf Hitler’s genitalia and Hillary Clinton’s buttocks to the Iraq War and George W. Bush. Throughout the event, he never shied away from controversial claims and even went so far as literally asking the audience to confront him. GENITALS...
...Best Actor snub is a terrible omission, especially in a year when Hollywood is pretending to care about international films. The Academy ignored many critics’ international favorites as well. Where is French writer-directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Palm d’Or winner “L’Enfant” nomination? Where is Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s “The Death of Mr. Lazarescu” honor? Where is the recognition for Korean director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s “Three Times?...