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September 21, 2008

Bad girl, funny man

Blog_baldwinGlenn Close and Alec Baldwin. Can't really take much credit for this, because everyone else in the business, and people who aren't even peripherally involved the entertainment, and perhaps your folks back in the Midwest saw this coming.

Close just won her second Emmy, this time for best lead actress in a drama for playing the scheming, type triple-A, morally ambiguous Patti Hewes on "Damages." On the other side of the coin, Baldwin won best lead actor in a comedy for "30 Rock."

Both well deserved in races where any of the nominees rightfully could claim to be at the top of their games.

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  • So "The Dark Knight" didn't make it into the final five after all, never mind that critical and popular support. Let's just call the comic-inspired mega-hit "The Biggest Snubee."

    Here are the best picture contenders in a race that, two weeks away from the Oscars, seems to be a foregone conclusion ("Slumdog") unless there's a come-from-behind possibility ("The Reader" anyone?)

    "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett; the politically timely "Milk;" rags-to-riches fairy tale, "Slumdog Millionaire," Holocaust best-seller-based drama "The Reader," and Watergate-era biopic "Frost/Nixon."

    Could "Button" and "Slumdog" split the vote, allowing another film to take the prize? Doesn't seem likely. After having clung to "Button" for months as what we thought would be the Academy voters' top vhoice, our money's now on "Slumdog." Momentum can't be ignored.

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