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Oscar nominations ? in a few moments.

By Ann Althouse

UPDATE: The whole list should be here soon. I'll just say that I loved Julie Christie in "Away From Her" ? so I'm glad to see she got nominated, though I hope she won't win just because she played a character whose brain was not functioning properly. (The Academites reward that sort of thing too much.) And I like seeing recognition for my 2 favorite actors ? Daniel Day-Lewis and Johnny Depp. Let's make a short list of movies to see before the awards ceremony: "There Will Be Blood," "No Country for Old Men," "Juno," and "Atonement." I doubt if I'll bother with them all. And if they aren't going to put on a big show... well, there's so much less reason to bother.

Full post as published by Althouse on January 22, 2008 (boomark / email).