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I have nothing. Absolutely nothing. I grew up listening to ... having the biggest crush on ... Michael Jackson. I've seen him live. Twice. Thriller and Billie Jean are still two of the best music videos EVER MADE.Thank you for your music. Thank you for your artistry as a performer. Whatever craziness happened as you got older--and I don't condone it if the allegations were true--doesn't take away

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It just seems like dating is a stacked deck. If you like someone, you're not supposed to show it. If you want the person to occasionally call you, then you're considered needy or dependent. If I initiate contact, then I'm being pushy and annoying (and breaking the golden rule of not showing someone that you like them).I made a mistake (I think) earlier this week and went off on a man who I

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So Sid Ganis at AMPAS (the folks who bring you The Oscars) finally admitted--sort of-- that they screwed up in not nominating The Dark Knight for Best Picture earlier this year. So, to make up for that huge snafu, the Academy is extending the Best Pic nomination slate to ten. Great. So Star Trek or Watchmen (God help us) can get the nod that TDK deserved more. I hope that Chris Nolan has made

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Many people are calling this new Three Stooges movie that the Farrelly brothers are directing blasphemous to the original trio. I'll hold my judgment until it comes out next year. Because in addition to growing up watching Stooges clips on TV, I will see it for this reason: Sean Penn is playing Larry!!!

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Last night's stunning announcement of the death of Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson had a extra dose of sadness for me. Many of my close friends and family (and now, you) know that I have HUGE "thing" (the term "crush" would be an understatement) for her husband, Liam Neeson. I remember reading about how they met on stage, cast opposite each other in a Broadway production of Anna Christie-

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I just find it annoying that the thousands... yes, THOUSANDS of $$ I am paying in taxes this spring is going to bail out a company that paid millions of dollars in bonuses to people who 1) fucked up the company, and the country in the process, and 2) in some cases no longer work there! Supposedly, half of the bonuses may be returned to us.  I'll believe it when I see it.

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As I wrote earlier, I didn't watch most of the Oscars telecast last night, but Nikki Finke's blow-by-blow is hilarious.  But I don't get the fanatical devotion that many people had--including Finke--to seeing Mickey Rourke win for Best Actor. It's obvious that he was the "populist" choice to many, to the point that there were some saying that Rourke should prevail while acknowledging that Sean

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AWESOME: Sean Penn won! Artistry wins over backstory (and yes, Mickey Rourke is an artist too...but c'mon!!)!AWESOME AND SAD: Heath Ledger wins, and his family graciously accepts the award that they're holding "for the beautiful Matilda." *me wiping away tears*BORING: Pretty much everything else.  Slumdog. Best Pic? Really?!!! Yeah, whatever...

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My prayers for the families of the 49 people that have apparently died in the plane crash that occurred in Buffalo, NY a couple of hours ago.

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Today is the deadline to vote for the Spirit Awards, "indie" film's version of the Oscars. Unlike the Oscars, I'm actually going to watch the Spirit Awards on the 21st, in part because I voted, so I feel like I have a vested interest. Many worthy films and performances were nominated, but there were also some odd omissions. No Milk or The Visitor for Best Feature, no Gus Van Sant for Best

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Like many, people, I have issues and questions about Nadya Suleman fitness to take care of her now very large brood? First of all, how could she afford the IVF treatments in the first place? Did she use some of her student loan $$$? Did the IVF doctor know she already had six kids, and try to advise her to carry fewer embryos? And do IVF doctors require some type of psychological evaluation

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This is an interesting discussion about the need (or lack thereof?) of Black film festivals. I think it depends on the festival...THE OBENSON REPORT: POLL - Rating Black Film Festivals; Your Participation Encouraged!

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Saw two very good films this week that play a part in the Oscar race:The Visitor - A somber story of a widowed college professor (Richard Jenkins) who comes back to his part-time NYC apartment to find an immigrant couple living there. Jenkins befriends the couple, at which point the narrative branches out to both love story and post 9-11 "war on terrorism" tale.I really liked The Visitor, in part

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Forget that this chick has the #1 selling album this week, why does she even have a recording contract?!! She can barely carry a tune! I heard a woman sing at a subway station yesterday who's 10x a better singer than her!Grrrr...

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(SORT OF SPOILER ALERT)It’s not enough that The Joker is caught; The Joker himself even says that in the final exchange with Batman. Gotham’s reckoning begins and ends with Harvey Dent. He has gone off the rails and seeks revenge on everyone who led to his disfigurement and the death of Rachel Dawes. Even with The Joker’s capture, his “piece de resistance” is Harvey Dent’s turn to the dark side,

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This will be my final post about The Dark Knight, unless something crazy happens between now and the Oscars.I saw the film again when it was re-released in theaters last weekend. The film holds up, even in its third viewing in a theater. The narrative is still compelling, the action sequences still thrill (esp. the 18-wheeler flipping over in the middle of Chicago’s LaSalle St.) and the acting

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Congrats to Melissa Leo for her deserved Best Actress nomination in "Frozen River!"

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I called Kate Winslet in lead for "The Reader," didn't see Michael Shannon coming (but it's a good pick), but none of that matters now. I will turn off the Oscars this year after the supporting actor category! They're dead to me now.

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I will go into more details later about what films I've seen and what I think about them. But here's what and who I think will earn Oscar nominations tomorrow morning:BEST PICTURE:"The Dark Knight" -- yes, I think it will make it in. :-)"Milk""Slumdog Millionaire""Frost/Nixon""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- although I think this film has lost a lot of steam. If one of the early

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Hi again. I will be blogging about different things on this site: politics, music, film, weird-ass people, whatever comes up. But because of what's going on right now, a lot of my posts in the next month will revolve around movies, because of the pending Oscar nominations as well as the Independent Spirit Awards. And as you can tell from the last post, I will be an unabashed apostle of The Dark

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I'm a blogger now! Well, actually I have a blog on MySpace, but I don't know if that really counts. Anyway, welcome! I guess better late than never.Because it's late, let me cut to the chase...1) Today saw the swearing in of President Barack Hussein Obama! WHOO fucking HOOO!!!! Finally, some competency and compassion in the White House! I broke out in a huge smile while watching him take the oath

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