Academy Awards

After loving preparing a blurb on the just announced Academy Award nominations, I began to edit it. Hitting some key on my keyboard ERASED it all. Maybe you heard the scream in your own home. It was great. But I don't have the time or patience to recreate it. Nor could I. So here is a quick primer to tide you over: jeers for the exclusion of Revolution Road (except for Mike Shannon's best supporting nom), cheers for only giving Slumdog appropriate award (well, the best picture nod was a gift), jeers for nominating a few films/performances I haven't seen so that I now need to spend MORE time at my local cineplex; cheers to Anne Hathaway; jeers: who is Melissa Leo? Who is Richard Jenkins?; cheers to the supporting actress nom to Taj Henson (Brad's momma in Ben Buttons); cheers for including Ben Buttons in a bunch of categories (it deserved it). More later.