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  <title>oscars at Brave New Films</title>
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  <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/oscars</id>
  <updated>2008-10-08T04:29:41Z</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>Wicked Good Witch</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33404-wicked-good-witch" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/33404-wicked-good-witch</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T04:29:41Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Royelen</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/33404-wicked-good-witch"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/36412" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;It's all in the cackle.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/33404-wicked-good-witch"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Papa John's Hip Hop Heavies Workshop</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32769-papa-john-s-hip-hop-heavies-workshop" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32769-papa-john-s-hip-hop-heavies-workshop</id>
    <updated>2008-07-20T16:36:59Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>papa john</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/32769-papa-john-s-hip-hop-heavies-workshop"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35620" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Papa John's Hip Hop Heavies Workshop @
&lt;br /&gt;Edwin Markham Middles School Week Five!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/32769-papa-john-s-hip-hop-heavies-workshop"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hip Hop Heavies Workshop Week Five</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32732-hip-hop-heavies-workshop-week-five" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/32732-hip-hop-heavies-workshop-week-five</id>
    <updated>2008-08-11T18:24:54Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>papa john</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/32732-hip-hop-heavies-workshop-week-five"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/35533" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Papa John's Hip Hop Heavies Workshop @
&lt;br /&gt;Edwin Markham Middles School Week Five!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/32732-hip-hop-heavies-workshop-week-five"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Leap Day Week in Review 2/29/08</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30950-leap-day-week-in-review-2-29-08" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30950-leap-day-week-in-review-2-29-08</id>
    <updated>2008-06-14T15:29:33Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Ointment</name>
    </author>
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&lt;a href="/blog/30950-leap-day-week-in-review-2-29-08"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/33350" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;One out of every 100 Americans is in jail. This and other news as Steve looks back on some headlines for the week ending Friday, February 29, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/30950-leap-day-week-in-review-2-29-08"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Gallup Glance Around the Globe</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30604-gallup-glance-around-the-globe" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30604-gallup-glance-around-the-globe</id>
    <updated>2008-06-15T03:30:21Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Gallup</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Data-driven insights into economic conditions in Cuba, Americans' perceptions of Cuba, Japan's Internet satellite, and Americans' movie-watching habits.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/30604-gallup-glance-around-the-globe"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Oscar Recap</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30487-oscar-recap" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30487-oscar-recap</id>
    <updated>2008-06-08T15:30:31Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Ointment</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Steve gives a recap of the Oscars... even though he hasn't seen them yet.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/30487-oscar-recap"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Gary Busey seems drunk and Nora O'Donnell is pregnant</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30469-gary-busey-seems-drunk-and-nora-o-donnell-is-pregnant" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30469-gary-busey-seems-drunk-and-nora-o-donnell-is-pregnant</id>
    <updated>2008-04-23T09:29:23Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GottaLaff</name>
    </author>
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&lt;a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30469-gary-busey-seems-drunk-and-nora-o-donnell-is-pregnant"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/32829" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Carpet alert&lt;/strong&gt;: Gary Busey has imposed himself at least twice on the very mature, seasoned, tall, subdued Ryan Seacrest&amp;#39;s interview with Laura Linney and Jennifer Garner. He lunged at them, hugged them, overtalked them and all with the composure of a seal on crack.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In more &lt;a href="http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/"&gt;positive news&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBC&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;Tim Russert&lt;/strong&gt; broke some news on his MSNBC show this weekend: &lt;strong&gt;MSNBC&amp;#39;s chief Washington correspondent &lt;strong&gt;Norah O&amp;#39;Donnell&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is pregnant. &lt;strong&gt;O&amp;#39;Donnell gave birth to twins just last May&lt;/strong&gt;, prompting Russert to say, &amp;quot;She has Henry and she has Grace. 13 months...this is an Irish triplet.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have twins. Thinking about having more after having exactly one hand available for each twin and being up every 45 minutes for feedings squelched any thought of having more. GottaHandIt to Nora.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Breaking news! It's not raining at the Kodak Theater!</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30468-breaking-news-it-s-not-raining-at-the-kodak-theater" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30468-breaking-news-it-s-not-raining-at-the-kodak-theater</id>
    <updated>2008-02-25T05:52:28Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GottaLaff</name>
    </author>
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&lt;a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/30468-breaking-news-it-s-not-raining-at-the-kodak-theater"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/32827" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Big breaking news, screams Ryan Seacrest! The flood warning has been called off! The stars can arrive sans life jackets and snorkels! That IS big breaking news!!!!!! ... in superficial, facade-laden Hollywood, I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I spent my entire adult life in &amp;quot;the biz&amp;quot; and live 30 minutes or so from the Kodak Theater and somehow I haven&amp;#39;t been affected by the excitement. Maybe because it&amp;#39;s finally sunny in Westlake Village, I don&amp;#39;t get free swag, and I&amp;#39;m not wearing Armani. Or maybe because this year&amp;#39;s nominated movies haven&amp;#39;t moved me as they have in the past. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But what did get me all a-dither was the TomCam! No, not TomKat, Tom&lt;em&gt;Cam&lt;/em&gt;. That&amp;#39;s the name of the video camera that&amp;#39;s attached to the hat that&amp;#39;s sitting on the head of Camera Guy Tom, so we get the same view of the Red Carpet as Camera Guy Tom does. Woweeeeee!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tata from Tinseltown. TomCam&amp;#39;s back on and I&amp;#39;m about to find out who made Ryan&amp;#39;s dress.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ode To Oscars</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29982-ode-to-oscars" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29982-ode-to-oscars</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T04:24:54Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>theresident</name>
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&lt;a href="/blog/29982-ode-to-oscars"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/32283" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;I was just out in LA (working on a TV show, stay tuned for news!) and thought I'd figure out the deal with  Hollywood. New season is starting soon so sign up to be in the know at &lt;a href="http://www.theresident.net."&gt;www.theresident.net.&lt;/a&gt; I'm covering the US war with Iraq, religion, the Israel/Palestine conflict, and some fun stuff too.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/29982-ode-to-oscars"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Week in Review 2/22/08</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29967-week-in-review-2-22-08" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29967-week-in-review-2-22-08</id>
    <updated>2008-06-14T03:30:07Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Ointment</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Steve looks back at some headlines for the week ending February 22, 2008 including news from the worlds of politics and showbiz.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;


  &lt;a href="/blog/29967-week-in-review-2-22-08"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>AP:  Will Moore bring Castro to Oscars?</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29852-ap-will-moore-bring-castro-to-oscars" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29852-ap-will-moore-bring-castro-to-oscars</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T04:44:40Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sicko</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Oscar nominated filmmaker Michael Moore tells reporters that bringing Fidel Castro to the Oscars would be a "ratings grabber." Moore's film, 'Sicko,' is nominated for Best Documentary.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Cross your fingers with &lt;a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com/"&gt;www.michaelmoore.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/29852-ap-will-moore-bring-castro-to-oscars"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Clinton Accuses Obama of Plagiarism</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29692-clinton-accuses-obama-of-plagiarism" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/29692-clinton-accuses-obama-of-plagiarism</id>
    <updated>2008-06-10T15:37:35Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Ointment</name>
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&lt;p&gt;Pakistan votes. Clinton accuses Obama of plagiarism. Al Qaeda fights with Al Qeada. And, most importantly, the Oscars are coming. All this and more news for Tuesday, February 19, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/29692-clinton-accuses-obama-of-plagiarism"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Week in Review 1/25/08</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26399-week-in-review-1-25-08" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26399-week-in-review-1-25-08</id>
    <updated>2008-06-17T03:29:48Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Ointment</name>
    </author>
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&lt;p&gt;Steve looks back at some of the stories making news for the week ending January 25, 2008.&lt;/p&gt;
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  &lt;a href="/blog/26399-week-in-review-1-25-08"&gt;Watch the video&lt;/a&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>"You can't stop what's comin'."</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26384--you-can-t-stop-what-s-comin" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26384--you-can-t-stop-what-s-comin</id>
    <updated>2008-06-10T09:31:39Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Third Echelon</name>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bono sang that if &amp;quot;they don&amp;#39;t know what you&amp;#39;re doing, babe, it must be art.&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; If this year&amp;#39;s Academy Award nominees are any indication, filmmakers knew exactly what&amp;nbsp;hopes and&amp;nbsp;fears would relate with film audiences this year.&amp;nbsp; Those themes?&amp;nbsp; Fear of an bleak, uncertain future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Roll out the black carpet,&amp;quot; said the &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/movies/awardsseason/23osca.html?scp=1&amp;amp;amp;sq=oscar+nominations&amp;amp;amp;st=nyt" title="New York Times"&gt;New York Times&lt;/a&gt; in a report Wednesday.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;A lineup of films bleak in tone and worldview will take center stage.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Four out of five of the &lt;a href="http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2008/oscars" title="IMDB&amp;amp;#39;s Best Picture Nominees"&gt;best picture nominees&lt;/a&gt; are not whimsical affairs.&amp;nbsp; The bleakest, &amp;quot;No Country for Old Men&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;There Will Be Blood,&amp;quot; nabbed the most nominations (8 each).&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;No Country&amp;quot; serves as an allegory for the battle&amp;nbsp;of unwarranted hope versus inevitable death.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Blood&amp;quot; tells the epic of how one man&amp;#39;s search for oil and capitalist success strips him of his sanity and humanity.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Michael Clayton&amp;quot; turns legal thrillers upside-down by proving good people can be villians and truth systematically adjusted.&amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Atonement,&amp;quot; while a more traditional film, centers its plot around the lies of&amp;nbsp;a child&amp;nbsp;and their neverending search to redeem themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Frost over the World - Wim Wenders - 11 Jan 08</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24636-frost-over-the-world-wim-wenders-11-jan-08" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24636-frost-over-the-world-wim-wenders-11-jan-08</id>
    <updated>2008-06-09T21:29:38Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;It is awards season but this year, the writers' strike has been responsible for cancelling the Golden Globe ceremony and there's no telling what will happen to the Oscars.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>The Fabulous Picture Show - 26 Feb 07 - Part 1</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7278-the-fabulous-picture-show-26-feb-07-part-1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7278-the-fabulous-picture-show-26-feb-07-part-1</id>
    <updated>2008-06-06T15:33:01Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Amanda Palmer hosts a special screening of "Days of Glory" with features on the Oscars, composer Ennio Morricone, and Nollywood - the Nigerian film industry.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>The Fabulous Picture Show - 26 Feb 07 - Part 2</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/7279-the-fabulous-picture-show-26-feb-07-part-2" rel="alternate"/>
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    <updated>2008-06-06T15:33:05Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Amanda Palmer hosts a special screening of "Days of Glory" with features on the Oscars, composer Ennio Morricone, and Nollywood - the Nigerian film industry.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Al Gore could win an Oscar on Sunday</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6018-al-gore-could-win-an-oscar-on-sunday" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6018-al-gore-could-win-an-oscar-on-sunday</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T04:30:13Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Full story at &lt;a href="http://www.thebluestate.com/2007/02/video_al_gore_c.html"&gt;www.thebluestate.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On Sunday night, Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" has a chance to win a few Oscars.  CNN's Bill Schneider discusses how a Gore victory on Sunday might encourage him to run for president in 2008.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The New York Observer confirmed a few weeks ago that Gore is leaving the door open for a possible September entry into the presidential race:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;    "According to one influential Democratic insider, close associates of the former Vice President have communicated to him and other prominent fund-raisers who are uncommitted to the other '08 candidates that Mr. Gore will consider entering the race&#8212;if an opening presents itself&#8212;in September."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To this day, no Gore official has stepped forward to deny that report.  It would definitely be something to have Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Richardson and Gore all vying for the nomination.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Michael Arndt - After "Little Miss Sunshine"</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5663-michael-arndt-after-little-miss-sunshine" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5663-michael-arndt-after-little-miss-sunshine</id>
    <updated>2008-06-07T09:35:39Z</updated>
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&lt;a href="/blog/5663-michael-arndt-after-little-miss-sunshine"&gt;&lt;img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/4937" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;p&gt;Complete video at: &lt;a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=687"&gt;fora.tv&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Screenwriter Michael Arndt talks about his Academy Award-winning script for the runaway hit film "Little Miss Sunshine."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-----&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2000, screenwriter Michael Arndt had no credits, no agents, no publishing history when he took a year off to write "a saleable script" that got him an agent and a deal and, five years after that, one of the big hits of 2006. A new book, "Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script," details the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of the indie runaway hit with an introduction, afterword, and enlightening scene notes from Arndt. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all. Michael Arndt offers a rare insider's look and considered thoughts on one of the film's most prevalent themes, success vs. failure. -- Cody's Books&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Michael Arndt - Themes of "Little Miss Sunshine"</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5662-michael-arndt-themes-of-little-miss-sunshine" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/5662-michael-arndt-themes-of-little-miss-sunshine</id>
    <updated>2008-06-07T09:35:10Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;Complete video at: &lt;a href="http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=687"&gt;fora.tv&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Screenwriter Michael Arndt talks about the major themes present in his Academy Award-winning script for the film "Little Miss Sunshine."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;-----&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2000, screenwriter Michael Arndt had no credits, no agents, no publishing history when he took a year off to write "a saleable script" that got him an agent and a deal and, five years after that, one of the big hits of 2006. A new book, "Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script," details the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of the indie runaway hit with an introduction, afterword, and enlightening scene notes from Arndt. Starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin, the film strikes a nerve with everyone who's ever been awestruck by how their muddled families seem to make it after all. Michael Arndt offers a rare insider's look and considered thoughts on one of the film's most prevalent themes, success vs. failure. -- Cody's Books&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Angelina Jolie and James Haven Orphanes??</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3762-angelina-jolie-and-james-haven-orphanes" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3762-angelina-jolie-and-james-haven-orphanes</id>
    <updated>2008-06-08T09:35:14Z</updated>
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&lt;p&gt;The Absolute Truth: Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Jill Pike. AT talks about James Haven's statement.  Watch live 12pm ET on www.theyoungturks.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <title>Justin Timberlake is Off the List!!</title>
    <link href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3761-justin-timberlake-is-off-the-list" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3761-justin-timberlake-is-off-the-list</id>
    <updated>2008-06-08T09:34:53Z</updated>
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      <name>youngturks</name>
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&lt;p&gt;The Absolute Truth: Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Jill Pike. AT talks about Justin Timberlake.  Watch live 12pm ET on www.theyoungturks.com.&lt;/p&gt;
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