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Ben Stiller Presents Best Makeup Oscar in Full Avatar Garb
Matt Cherette · 03/07/10 10:08PMIf Illegal Downloads Were Votes, District 9 Would Win Best Picture
Maureen O'Connor · 03/07/10 05:42PM3D Is Going to Ruin Movies For a Long Time to Come
Brian Moylan · 03/04/10 03:37PMThe Complete Guide to Winning Your Oscar Pool
Richard Lawson · 03/04/10 02:12PMWhat We Learned from Oprah's Oscar Special
Matt Cherette · 03/04/10 02:49AMTonight, The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special graced us with its presence. We knew that it would be full of CELEBRITIEEEEEEES, and we knew that they would interview each other. But we learned some new things, too! Inside, some standout moments.
Death, Divorce, and a Baldwin Will Save History's Boringest Oscars
Richard Lawson · 03/01/10 03:55PMKevin James and Vince Vaughn, United in Schlub
Adrian Chen · 02/23/10 03:42AMBigelow Bests Cameron at the BAFTA Awards as The Hurt Locker Wins Big
Matt Cherette · 02/21/10 11:49PMAvatizers
Brian Moylan · 02/18/10 06:20PMThe (Predictable) Horrors of Avatar Larping
Arianna Reiche · 02/16/10 05:18PMSatirical as this Na'vi larping may be, the line between it and reality is probably hauntingly slim. I'd still get involved if only for the opportunity to get all Tobias Fünke on everyone.
The Na'Vi Dicktails of Avatar Take a Side in Palestine Conflict, Probably Not a Viral Oscar Campaign
Foster Kamer · 02/13/10 05:15PMcityfile · 02/08/10 04:45PM
• Super Bowl XLIV made history last night: It's now the most-watched TV program in U.S. history, having bypassed the finale of M*A*S*H in 1983. [THR]
• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have filed suit against the Rupert Murdoch's News of the World for reporting the couple was separating. [Guardian]
• Talks between Fox and Conan O'Brien seem to be moving ahead. As for the Super Bowl ad featuring Letterman and Leno, Letterman was reportedly interested in having Conan appear as well, although it didn't pan out.
• Ellen DeGeneres makes her debut on American Idol tomorrow. Meanwhile, talks to have Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell next season are progressing.
• Mixed news for the magazine business: newsstand sales fell in the second half of 2009, although the situation was even worse a year ago. [NYT, AdAge]
• Sarah Palin won't have to fly to NYC to tape her appearances on Fox News: The network is building its new "contributor" a TV set in her living room. [NYT]
• After dominating the box office for seven weeks, Avatar was dethroned by Dear John this weekend, although it remained No. 1 internationally. [MTV]
• Ads for Snickers, Doritos, and Google were big winners with Super Bowl viewers this year. As for the Motorola spot starring Megan Fox, she may be the first person in history to have had a "thumb double." [Reuters, NYT, NYM]
Not Even the Na'vi Can Fight Puppy Love
Richard Lawson · 02/08/10 10:21AMThe First Week of the Rest of Avatar's Life
Adrian Chen · 02/08/10 01:54AMThe 3-D Blue Warrior Dicktail Tribe of Avatar Unseated by Weepy PenPal Suckfest of Dear John
Foster Kamer · 02/07/10 01:00PMNa'vi Can Officially Afford New Treehouse
Richard Lawson · 02/03/10 04:15PMcityfile · 02/03/10 04:15PM
• CBS News laid off more than 150 staffers this week. Will Katie Couric be forced to take a pay cut when her contract expires next year? Some say yes; CBS News chief Sean McManus is denying the report. [NYP, Politico]
• Avatar has dominated the box office for seven straight weeks now (and has officially bested Titanic), but that may change this weekend or next. [LAT]
• Janice Kaplan is out as editor-in-chief of Parade magazine. [NYT]
• Nikki Finke says it will take "minutes" for Comcast to dump NBC CEO Jeff Zucker after its acquisition of NBC is approved by regulators. (Meantime, maybe he could explain why the Today show is propping up Scientology?)
• An estimated 12 million people tuned in to Lost last night. [Forbes]
• Time Warner reported fourth-quarter revenues and profits were up. [AP]
• Fox and ESPN will challenge NBC for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. [BN]
• Does Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter hate non-white women? [DF]