Not even plummeting world markets and a failing economy can stop the Acadamy Awards from stealing precious air time during America’s morning shows.

The usual categories were announced, as were the usual nominees. You’ve got your Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis and Tommy Lee Jones (although we still think he was snubbed for his role in Batman Forever.) You’ve also got your suprises, like Juno and Ellen Page, not to mention a soundtrack that will soon shadow the notorious Garden State soundtrack (read: must have Christmas gift for the Urban Outfitter aficionado in your life).

Of course, they don’t reveal some of the smaller, less notable award catagories during the announcement ceremony, but one did catch our eye on the Acadamy Awards Web site: Eddie Murphy’s Norbit. And while we would bask in the ironic glow of an Oscar win for a Eddie-Murphy-in-a-fat-suit vehicle, it’s for Achievement in makeup and actually up against “La Vie en Rose.” We must admit, though, that Eddie knows a good fat suit when he sees one.

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Get real indeed.

The rest of this sentence is probably, “not going to work again for a while.”

I’m sure everyone has heard the hype about Todd Hayne’s new film I’m Not There, a fictionalized look at the many incarnations of Bob Dylan. I had high hopes going into it. I dig Bob Dylan and I’d heard and read enough good things about it to expect to be pleased. Probably a lot of you have seen this film. I saw it the other day and came out thinking this: it sucked.

Seriously though, watching this movie was like eating like a shit sandwich after being told it was roast beef. Some of the performances are really good, notably Cate Blanchett and, yeah, okay, Heath Ledger I guess. And I definitely dreamt about fucking Charlotte Gainsbourg, we can pretty much that issue to rest. But man, was this thing stupid. That’s pretty much all I have to say about that.