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slate.com - 2/19/2009

Kill the "Carpetbagger" column in the New York Times. - By Timothy Noah - Slate Magazine

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Read more of Slate's Oscars coverage . David Carr. David Carr Do you know that the Academy Awards will be given out on Feb. 22? Of course you do! You can't open a newspaper or magazine these days—or click onto a culture-news Web site—without being bombarded by Oscar coverage. A Nexis database ...

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moviesblog.mtv.com - 2/18/2009

Report: Robert Pattinson To Present At Academy Awards

— moviesblog.mtv.com — If this latest report is to be believed, Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony will welcome a new and... welcome face for many a young fan. Sure, you’ll get your Brad and Angelina fix this weekend (both are nominated of course) but who cares about ... (more) Report: Robert Pattinson To Present At Academy Awards

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nytimes.com - 2/20/2009

The Oscars - The Contenders, the Pools and the Show and the Hopes

— nytimes.com — THERE you are, minding your own business, going through the mail and its daily bounty of bad... tidings. Let’s see, your 401(k) is in the tank, that valiant effort to refinance the house is going nowhere, and oh yeah, your credit-card company just capped ... (more) The Oscars - The Contenders, the Pools and the Show and ...

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sports.bodoglife.com - 2/20/2009

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— sports.bodoglife.com — Competitor Odds 2009 Academy Awards - Best Film All wagers have action. Singles Only. Max 100$ Slumdog... Millionaire 1/7 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 6/1 Milk 12/1 Frost / Nixon 30/1 The Reader 20/1 2009 Academy Awards - Best Director All wagers ... (more) Bet on Hollywood Film and Television Shows at Bodog ...

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Slate to The Bagger: Write More About Pakistan and Foreclosure
Carpetbagger — Under the headline, “Kill the Carpetbagger,” Slate put the Bagger through its Nexis spanking machine and decided he needs to spend all of his working life writing about issues of civic moment . And man, that really hurts. It’s as if the Bagger was back in high school and that really smart kid at the chalk board took time out from solving a difficult trig problem or creating a formula to end world hunger before suddenly turning around and beaning the Bagger with a chalk eraser:“But Carr’s seasonal print column, blog, and video blog about the Oscars, all called “The ...

Bagger Be Cool
Hollywood Elsewhere — ... . Most or much of the time he's not writing about much. Gut feelings, intuitions, moods, what ifs, why nots, hairs on the back of his neck, back-scratchings and so on. And he's really good at it. Got that , Timothy Noah, a.k.a. "Mr. Chatterbox"?

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em…
Awards Daily — ... After a decade of this nonsense there are few things that excite me anymore.  But when the Carpetbagger comes to LA. there is a tiny bit of excitement that blooms for me.   His take on all things Oscar is one reason why I don’t shoot myself in the face every Fall as Oscar season kicks into gear.  This may be why I was a tad enraged when I reactionary  ill-informed piece about him.  On the one hand, one doesn’t want to help spike the traffic over there at Slate, on the other hand… ...

If You Can’t Beat ‘em
Awards Daily — ... After a decade of this nonsense there are few things that excite me anymore.  But when the Carpetbagger comes to LA. there is a tiny bit of excitement that blooms for me.   His take on all things Oscar is one reason why I don’t shoot myself in the face every Fall as Oscar season kicks into gear.  This may be why I was a tad enraged when I reactionary  ill-informed piece about him.  On the one hand, one doesn’t want to help spike the traffic over there at Slate, on the other hand… ...