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Ramin Setoodeh
George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Day-Lewis, Ellen Page, James McAvoy and Marion Cotillard dish on this year's awards.
Brian Braiker takes time out from his regular duties at I, Breeder to weigh in on the Oscars:
Allow us to take the occasion of the Oscars to bring up something that has been bothering us lately: Lazy headline writers of the world, the jig is up! Time to retire the cliche "there will be ..." and "no country for ..." constructs. They've both been done to death. Behold, from this month alone (we'd like to blame this on the strike, but that doesn't seem quite right):
There Will be Beating a Dead Horse. But wait! There's more:
Luxury stadiums are on the rise. A top seat can cost $150,000. Beer costs extra.