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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 6:26 pm
This is something I do at another message board. Thought I'd do a trial edition. For Wednesday, February 18th 2004, from our studios in Calgary... THE ENTERTAINMENT MINUTE-with Calgaryperson HEADLINES: -Sex in the City on the Big Screen With the upcoming series finale, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Catrall, and Kristen Davis are in negiotations to reprise the characters for a big-screen version. -CSI-Next Case: Gil Grissom After the next season, William Petersen told Playboy Magazine that he will be leaving the show. He is angry with producers and the network for cloning the show, and re-cloning it again with CSI: Miami, and next fall's possible CSI: NYC. -It's TTTThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno Stuttering John from the Howard Stern Show will serve as The Tonight Show's new announcer on March 29th. Edd Hall is leaving to work on movies. -Another SNL Spinoff...It's Not Versace, It's On TV! FOX's new show, The Littlest Groom is in fact based on a sketch from our beloved show. -Creed Lead Singer and Gibson team up Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and Mel Gibson are teaming up to release some tracks for the "Passion of the Christ" Soundtrack. Stapp is currently attempting to gain permission from his label to release some of the songs. -Norah Jones A Winner Again Norah Jone's new album "Feels Like Home" with an approx. 1 Million Copies sold. Note: That is the biggest first week sales number since July 2001. WEDNESDAY RUMOR MILL: Gibson says that his wife could be going to hell. He beleves that those outside the church are damned for eternity to hell. His wife is not a member. Here's how he puts it-in his own words: “Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She’s a much better person than I am. Honestly. She’s, like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it’s just not fair if she doesn’t make it, she’s better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.” Gee Mel, great way to greet her for dinner. ASSOCIATED PRESS MINUTE-presented by The SNL Zone www.geocities.com/snlzone Actors' Unions Approve Contract Extention LOS ANGELES (AP) - The two unions representing big screen and television actors have agreed to a one-year extension of their current contract with studios in a deal that would give actors raises and unions the right to jointly bargain. The Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists agreed to extend the labor pact that was set to expire June 30. It still requires ratification by members of both unions. If approved it would expire June 30, 2005. The agreement gives actors a 2.5 percent salary hike and requires members of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to increase contributions to the actors' health plans by a half percent. The pact also extends union coverage to performers who appear on programs shot using digital cameras on the UPN and WB networks. The most important gain is the right for both actors unions to negotiate jointly on all terms and conditions for primetime dramatic television production. Talks will begin in the fall on a new three-year agreement. Previously, SAG and AFTRA negotiated separately and often signed contracts with different levels of benefits, then competed against each other for who would represent actors on particular television shows. "Most importantly, this extension locks down the right for SAG and AFTRA to negotiate all primetime dramatic programming together, giving the unions unprecedented leverage that we have not had since the advent of television," SAG President Melissa Gilbert said in a statement. The extension was agreed to in order to avoid the kind of work slowdown that happened several years ago when negotiations went on past the contract expiration. Then, studios rushed productions in anticipation of a strike, which never came. The backlog of movies and TV shows already filmed caused a subsequent months-long work slowdown. AWARDS REPORT: THE 2004 BRIT AWARDS: Here is a list of winners: British Male Solo Artist: Daniel Bedingfield British Female Solo Artist: Dido MasterCard British Album: Darkness, Permission to Land British Group: Darkness British Single: Dido, White Flag British Rock Act: Darkness British Urban Act: Lemar British Dance Act: Basement Jaxx British Breakthrough Artist: Busted Pop Act: Busted International Male Solo Artist: Justin Timberlake International Female Solo Artist: Beyonce International Album: Justin Timberlake, Justifed International Group: The White Stripes International Breakthrough Artist: 50 Cent Outstanding Contribution to Music: Duran Duran TELEVISION RATINGS: Most Watched Show: American Idol-Tuesday with 24.8 Million Viewers Here's how the networks fared last night: 1. FOX: 17.8 Million Viewers 2. CBS: 12.4 Million Viewers 3. NBC: 11.3 Million Viewers 4. ABC: 9.1 Million Viewers 5. UPN: 5.2 Million Viewers 6. WB: 4.8 Million Viewers CLOSING NOTES: Just a bit on the political front: THE SCREAM IS OUT! Howard Dean is dropping out of the race! He vows to back another candidate-unsure at this time. Guess what, folks? That's the news, and I am out of here! 021804-1
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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000
| Wednesday, February 18, 2004 - 6:50 pm
Oh I'm sorry I wasn't listening. Could you repeat that? 
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Jan
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08-01-2000
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 11:22 am
Great job, Calgary! I enjoyed every second of it and it saves me from having to visit Zapit!
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Calgaryperson
Member
07-01-2002
| Thursday, February 19, 2004 - 6:12 pm
For Thursday, February 19th 2004, from our studios in Calgary... THE ENTERTAINMENT MINUTE-with Calgaryperson HEADLINES: -Howard Shore get's award Howard Shore is recieving a lifetime achievement award at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Film and Television Awards, April 21st. -Jackson sued again Michael Jackson is being sued by the flight attendant who arranged his November 20th surrender flight. She was stiffed on a $18,000 bill and is asking for $50,000. -Bat's, Rejoice Ozzy Osbourne is worried about not being able to perform again. He has a metal rod in his left shoulder from his accident a few months back on an ATV. -Even her friends don't like her! Martha Stewart's close friend, Mariana Pasternak testified against Martha yesterday. She admitted she knew that the ImClone founder had tried to dump his stock after Martha got rid of hers-for totally seperate reasons. -And our Number 1 Song... SHE BANGS, SHE BANGS! Remember that guy who sung She Bangs on American Idol and since, became an internet celebrity? William Hung has signed a $25,000 record deal with Fuse Music Network. -Come On, Take Me To The Courthouse Axl Rose of Guns 'N Roses is suing Geffen Records to stop the release of a GNR Greatest Hit's collection. Axl claims that they never contacted him to release the songs. Well Axl, maybe if you were punctual you'd would've had a chance to have a meeting! -Bachelor Engagement Ring, Up For Auction Aaron Buerge and Helene Eksterowicz are putting their engagement ring up for sale on ebay. The 2.75-carat Harry Winston diamond and platinum engagement ring will be avalable starting today and the opening bid is at $17,500. Ben, if you wanna get J.Lo back, try for this one-but don't tell her where she you got it! ASSOCIATED PRESS MINUTE- 'Sex and the City' Ends Six-Year Run NEW YORK (AP) - Sunday's finale of "Sex and the City" promises to be a fight to the finish for the heart of Carrie Bradshaw. Hanging in the balance is not just the man (Aleksandr Petrovsky or Mr. Big?) or the place (Carrie's beloved Manhattan, or Paris, where she defected last week?), but also the feelings of fans after six randy seasons on the town with sex columnist Carrie and her three gal pals. What of the sweet sorrow of those viewers Carrie is leaving behind? Many questions are afoot - stylishly shod in Manolos, no doubt - as "Sex and the City" concludes at 9 p.m. EST on HBO (preceded at 8 p.m. by a series retrospective). Of course, what made the show so much more than a hit is, in part, its knack for raising questions the audience was already asking themselves - or eager to. Stocking four flavors of dishy, piquant womanhood, it treated viewers to one tasty conundrum after another. "Can women have sex like men?" posed Carrie, the show's provocative narrator, on its very first episode. Later she would wonder aloud, "How often is normal?" ... "Can you be friends with an ex?" ... "Do we need distance to get close?" ... "Why are we should-ing all over ourselves?" But now the big question: How will it end? "We made a decision," said series star and co-producer Sarah Jessica Parker, one of the few who know, "and I hope people understand why. I hope people will feel that Carrie is loved and loving, and that she feels contentment." But even Parker is full of uncertainty as she closes the book on Carrie and Miranda, the cynical but softened-up lawyer played by Cynthia Nixon; Charlotte, the bright-eyed true believer (Kristin Davis); and hot-to-trot PR exec Samantha (Kim Cattrall). "It's just as complicated as it could be," Parker said last week from her Soho apartment, trying to assess her state of mind only days after completing post-production on the final episode. Ending the show was voluntary, she noted, "but that doesn't make it any less painful to walk away." Parker's wistful tone recalled a moment six years earlier in a Soho cafe as she sipped a glass of wine and sighed, "a melancholy day." Just hours before on that day in spring 1998, production had wrapped for the first season of "Sex and the City." Based on real-life sex columnist Candace Bushnell and created by Darren Star, best known then for concocting the Fox soap "Melrose Place," Parker's new series hadn't yet premiered. Who knew if it would click or flop? Maybe Parker had filmed the finale before she even got to say hello. "I wasn't expecting to like it so much, to care so much," she worried. She needn't have. Debuting that June, "Sex" caught on with its frank, funny look at four single women hitting the clubs, the shops and, frequently, the sack. Viewers saw female conquests and rejections as never before on TV, then listened in as the ladies hit the coffee shop to sort it all out. It's true, Carrie and her friends appeared to be man-crazy. But the men they wanted, they wanted only on their own terms. That, at least, was a giant leap for womankind. Meanwhile, along with the sex was the city, and no show would portray New York more deliciously, in good times - and in bad. (An episode in the aftermath of 9-11 found the ladies heading downtown to shop as they agreed that merchants near Ground Zero badly needed their business.) "Sex" has upheld cherished Manhattan myths - for instance, the notion that Brooklyn isn't a neighboring borough but a separate world an ocean away. At the same time, the show created from whole cloth its own mythology, particularly with fashion. At first, seasoned New Yorkers chortled at that little pink and white getup Carrie wears in the opening titles when she gets splashed by the bus: She calls herself a Manhattanite, didn't she know enough to wear black? Then, soon enough, the cognoscenti were embracing Carrie's goofy glamour while appropriating the show's saucy lexicon: "toxic bachelor,""frenemies,""the loathe of your life," and the rest. Parker realized her show had struck a nerve when, in the middle of Season Two, she spied women on the street wearing gold nameplate necklaces like Carrie's. "I would see women dressing or talking in a certain way," said Parker, still marveling, "and I would think, 'Well, THAT looks familiar!'" Then, in Season Three, Parker and her co-stars scored the cover of Time magazine to illustrate an article titled "Who Needs a Husband?" Clearly, "Sex and the City" had put a face (or, rather, four of them) to a new phase of women's liberation. By then, it was more than a TV show; it was a cultural marker. A year after that, "Sex and the City" became the first cable program ever to win an Emmy for best comedy series. "I tell you, it has been a blast! A blast!" summed up Michael Patrick King, an executive producer who began on "Sex" as a writer and director. "In the beginning," he said, phoning from Paris, where he was shooting final scenes, "we had no expectations of success. There was just a hunch, and a hope that people would think the show was as funny as we did. "Then, when lightning strikes," he went on, "and you're doing something that the world seems to be interested in - well, that's just kismet. It's just a blessing, and your job is to be the caretaker." Parker was as much at a loss as King when asked to explain the show's epoch-defining success. "I think it's best for me not to think about it too much," she said. "That's for others to do." One theory is voiced by Virginia Vitzthum, a New York-based journalist who for two years was somewhat of a Carrie counterpart: sex columnist for the online publication Salon. "Watching the show when it began, I thought, 'Omigod! They said "b--- j--"!' Women talking about sex without euphemisms was a big deal!" But what really set the series apart, she would soon decide, was its focus on female friendship. Even this season, as Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha each settled with a guy, "the family they've come back to has always been each other," Vitzthum said. "The assignations with men have always been a little dopey, but when the women get together, that's the juice of the show." Last week, Big conceded much the same thing. "You're the loves of her life," he told Carrie's friends, "and a guy's just lucky to come in fourth." But that's always been the gospel of the show, which also says: When counting New York City, a guy best be satisfied with fifth. TELEVISION RATINGS: Most Watched Show: American Idol-Wednesday with 21.8 Million Viewers Here's how the networks fared last night: 1. FOX: 14.1 Million Viewers 2. NBC: 12.4 Million Viewers 3. CBS: 10.8 Million Viewers 4. ABC: 9.8 Million Viewers 5. WB: 5.3 Million Viewers 6. UPN: 3.4 Million Viewers CLOSING NOTES: Well, nothing else to report. Thanks for reading!! Guess what folks? That's the news, and I am out of here! 021904-2
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Calgaryperson
Member
07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 8:19 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE: So Far... Best Actor in a Supporting Role -Alec Baldwin -Benecio Del Torio -Djimon Hounsou -Tim Robbins -Ken Watanabe Winner: Tim Robbins Best Art Direction -Girl with a Pearl Earing -The Last Samurai -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Seabiscuit Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Animated Feature -Brother Bear -Finding Nemo -Les Triplets of Belleville Winner: Finding Nemo Best Costume Design -Girl with a Pearl Earring -The Last Samurai -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Seabiscuit Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Actress in a Supporting Role -Shohreh Aghdashloo -Patricia Clarkson -Marcia Gay Harden -Holly Hunter -Renee Zellweger Winner: Renee Zellweger Bob Hope Tribute Among the tribute: -Him walking on stage from each show he has hosted. -We pay attention tonight to Oscar, or in my house The Fugitive. -They All Have Their Oscars, but are they happy? -His Honorary Oscar's -His Final Apperance at the Oscars Best Live Action Short Film -Die Rote Jacke(The Red Jacket) -Most(The Bridge) -Squash -A Torzjia(A Torsion) -Two Soldiers Winner: Two Soldiers Best Animated Short Film -Boundin' -Destino -Gone Nutty -Harvie Krumpet -Nibbles Winner: Harvie Krumpet
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 8:25 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Visual Effects -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 8:37 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Blake Edwards gets his lifetime achievement award Among the tribute: -The Pink Panther Movies -Breakfast at Tiffanys He sped by Jim Carrey on a wheelchair grabbed his Oscar and crashed into the set.
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 8:52 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Make-Up -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Sound Mixing -The Last Samurai -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl -Seabiscuit Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Sound Editing -Finding Nemo -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl Winner: Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 8:59 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Katherine Hepburn Tribute now on Among the tribute: -"You always wear pants, do you own a skirt? Yes, I have one. I'll wear it to your funeral" Katherine Hepburn to Barbara Walters during an interview. -Clips from her many movies... -Bringing Up Baby -Woman of the Year -Adams Rib -Pat and Mike -The African Queen -Summertime -On Golden Pond -among many many others...
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Ddr
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08-19-2001
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:13 pm
COMMERCIAL BREAK....I'd like to thank Calgaryperson for providing this information to us. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.
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Calgaryperson
Member
07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:13 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Short Documentary -Asylum -Chernobyl Heart -Ferry Tales Winner: Chernobyl Heart Best Documentary Feature -Balseros -Capturing the Friedmans -The Fog of War -My Architect -The Weather Underground Winner: The Fog of War
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:20 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Tribute to those lost this year: The Tribute began with a brief look at Gregory Peck. They showed part of the courtroom scene from To Kill A Mockingbird -Gregory Peck -Wendy Hiller -David Hemmings -Hope Lange -George Axelrod -Charles Bronson -Michael Jeter -David Newman -Ron O'Neal -Art Carney -Elia Kazan -Leni Rifensthal -Karen Morley -Buddy Ebson -John Schlessinger -Stan Brakhage -Ray Stark -Andrew J. Kuehn -John Ritter -Hume Cronyn -Buddy Hacket -Michael Kamen -John Gereggoy -Robert Stack -Alan Bates -Gregory Hines -Jack Elam -Jeanne Crain -Ann Miller -Donald O'Connor -Katherine Hepburn
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:31 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Original Score -Big Fish, Danny Elfman -Cold Mountain, Garfield Young -Finding Nemo, Thomas Newman -House of Sand and Fog, James Horner -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: Howard Shore Winner: Howard Shore!!! YAY! HOWARD WON!!!!!!!!!! Best Film Editing -City of God -Cold Mountain -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Seabiscuit
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 9:52 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Song in a Motion Picture -Belleville Rendez-vous, The Triplets of Belleville -Into the West, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow, A Mighty Wind -Scarlet Tide, Cold Mountain -You Will Be My Ain True Love, Cold Mountain Winners: Into the West, Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Foreign Language Film -Les Barbarian Evasions(The Barbarian Invasions) -Evil -The Twilight Samurai -Twin Sisters -Zelary Winner: Les Barbarian Evasions(The Barbarian Invasions) Best Cinematography -City of God -Cold Mountain -Girl with a Pearl Earring -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Seabiscuit Winner: Master and Commander: Far Side of the World
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:03 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Adapted Screenplay -American Splendor -City of God -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Mystic River -Seabiscuit Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Best Original Screenplay -The Barbarian Invasions -Dirty Pretty Things -Finding Nemo -In America -Lost in Translation Winner: Lost in Translation
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:09 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Director -City of God -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Lost in Translation -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Mystic River Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:15 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Actress -Kiesha Kastle-Hughes, Whale Rider -Diane Keaton, Somethings Gotta Give -Samantha Morton, In America -Charlize Theron, Monster -Naomi Watts, 21 Grams Winner: Charlize Theron
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:27 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Actor -Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pearl -Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog -Jude Law, Cold Mountain -Bill Murray, Lost in Translation -Sean Penn, Mystic River Winner: Sean Penn, Mystic River
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:31 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE Best Picture -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Lost in Translation -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Mystic River -Seabiscuit THE WINNER IS...
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:32 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE WINNER: LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
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Calgaryperson
Member
07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:34 pm
techincal error earlier Best Film Editing -City of God -Cold Mountain -Lord of the Rings: Return of the King -Master and Commander: Far Side of the World -Seabiscuit Winner: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
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Calgaryperson
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07-01-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 10:38 pm
THE OSCAR MINUTE "What Happens at the Oscars, Stays at the Oscars! Here's the winners Good Night Everybody" (The Wall behind Billy Crystal opens up to reveal all of tonight's winners) Guess what folks? That's the news and, I am out of here!
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Pamy
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01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:05 pm
Thanks Calgary!!!!!! I love this thread!! Do you update it daily or weekly?
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Spygirl
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04-23-2001
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:06 pm
Great job, Calgary! I hope you continue to post updates here on Entertainment topics!
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Egbok
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07-13-2000
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 - 11:22 pm
OMG Calgary, this is incredible work on your part!! Thank you so much for posting this great information!! I love your style!!
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