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Who's afraid of the Batman? | Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers
While Heath Ledger seems assured of winning Best Supporting Actor at next year's Oscars (and should have won for Brokeback), don't be surprised if The Dark Knight sneaks in to win Best Picture, too. Plenty of folks insist that The Wire is the best show ever to air on television, but I'll stick with Deadwood if asked to choose. Ian McShane gave one of the best performances in recent memory as the vile anti-hero Al Swearengen. Lost regained significant footing in its fourth season. Let's hope that momentum carries into season five. Man on Wire and Colbert are both minor miracles in utterly different ways.
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You know those Dos Equis commercials about "the most interesting man in the world?" They should have cast Werner Herzog in the title role. He directs big budget features, weird documentaries--he even writes and acts! And, of course, he makes shorts which you can see today. I have no idea if a movie called Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles is any good (it almost certainly isn't), but I love that some poor fool thought this was a winner of an idea. If you ever wanted to flout federal law and grow huge amounts of weed in your own home, today's your lucky day! Wouldn't this be a better place to spend the long Christmas weekend?
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