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Oscar Watch: Milk and Proposition 8
weblogs.variety.com - 11/7/2008
Oscar Watch: Milk and Proposition 8
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The odd thing about the unfortunate passing of the gay marriage ban Proposition 8 is that it could actually boost Milk's Oscar chances. So many people will see Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay activist Harvey Milk , which is ostensibly set in our dark anti-gay 70s past, and realize that we ...
Could an earlier ‘Milk’ release have killed Prop 8?
incontention.com - 11/5/2008
Could an earlier ‘Milk’ release have killed Prop 8?
— incontention.com — I find myself just now making sense of the passing of Proposition 8 here in California, an... appalling measure that, however naive it may be to admit, I really thought had no chance of passing. Well, it has. Homosexual couples are banned from ... (more) Could an earlier ‘Milk’ release have killed Prop 8?

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Harvey Milk Rally (video)
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youtube.com - 11/6/2008
Harvey Milk Rally (video)
— youtube.com — Harvey Milk's inspiring speech from Focus Features' film Milk.... (more) Harvey Milk Rally (video)

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Election + Oscar pundits = absurd
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/6/2008
Election + Oscar pundits = absurd
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Anyone who doesn't believe that the Oscars haven't been thoroughly hijacked by a gang of daffy, clown-suit-clad... Oscar bloggers making endlessly moronic best picture predictions just hasn't been paying attention. But now apparently every world news ... (more) Election + Oscar pundits = absurd

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Hollywood Elsewhere:  Latest Goldstein Beef

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Hollywood Elsewhere — ... which led to the election of Barack Obama. Because Oscar ballots are due on 1.12.09, or eight days before Obama's inauguration, Karger feels that "most Hollywood types" will be swayed to give awards to the picture. I'm sorry but this is horseshit . To my knowedge no legit BHO echoes have been acknowledged outside of TDK geek chat boards. TDK is going to get a Best Supporting Actor nom for Heath Ledger plus the usual tech noms. And that's it. There is merit, however, in the belief by Variety 's Anne Thompson that the passage of Proposition 8's gay marriage ban ...

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getthebigpicture.net 11/26/2008 — Sean Penn stars as slain gay activist and San Francisco politician Harvey Milk in a bio-pic that blindly stumbled into great timing with California's recent passage of Prop 8.
Gus Van Sant's Milk Has Just Become So Much More Relevant
firstshowing.net 11/6/2008 — It wasn't a victory for everyone yesterday. I really hate mixing politics and journalism, but I can't help it today, because I feel like I need to promote Gus Van Sant's Milk even more based on the results of the election in California. For ...
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theplaylist.blogspot.com 10/29/2008 — Damn, check it. This just in from a tipster. Quite the fully-realized review. We managed to sneak in to see Gus Van Sant 's latest " Milk ," about former San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn, James Franco, Josh Brolin , ...
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daily.greencine.com 11/29/2008 — "While not up there in the annals of transformation with Robert De Niro 's poundage or Daniel Day-Lewis 's palsy, Sean Penn 's smile lines in Milk are a wonder," writes David Edelstein in New York . "They're not crinkles, they're furrows; they ...