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How do you make the 2012 Best Picture Nominees even better? Recast them
with dogs!
That’s exactly what Next Movie did, and we’re not the least bit disappointed:
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- Thanks Andie!
Oscar the Grouch Backpack | $16.95
Look, it’s Oscar -with sunglasses! How cool is this? It’s a Sesame Street Junior Backpack featuring Oscar the Grouch at the NeatoShop. The toddler size backpack has padded adjustable shoulder straps, a zipped compartment, and a velcro compartment. See the other Sesame Street Junior Backpacks at the NeatoShop -your child’s favorite character is bound the be there! And there are plenty of other Sesame Street products as well.
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This year there are 45 animated shorts being considered in the Best Animated Short category at the Oscars, and while the verdict isn’t out yet on which ones have qualified, the three shorts at the link below were submitted and may be among the finalists.
A man has a New York City sidewalk encounter with a chicken in A Morning Stroll, the dark and dreary world of Birdboy, and the surreal war-torn landscape of The Gloaming are all likely candidates for the Oscar, but do you have a bid for Oscar-worthy animated short?
Ten movies are in contention for the 2011 Oscar for Best Motion Picture. While we suppose they are all good films, there is no movie that can’t be improved by being rendered in Lego! An art collective by the name of Old Red Jalopy re-created the posters for all ten Best Picture nominees in Lego form. I love this poster for 127 Hours! See all ten posters at NextMovie. Link -Thanks, Andie!
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Got Oscar fever yet? If you can’t hardly wait, feast your eyes on these first. Here are some LEGO recreations of this year’s Academy Awards Best Picture nominees by Alex Eylar: Link
Previously on Neatorama: Oscar Fun Facts
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Whereas other little piggies went to market, stayed home, had roast beef or had none, a little piggy named Oscar had a birthday and broke a world record:
Oscar the pig turns 20 years old and is crowned the world’s oldest living pig. O.K., technically the little porker turned 20 in October, but us slow pokes are just getting around to wishing him a very happy belated birthday.
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The attempt for the Guinness record came on a whim. Kimbell’s boyfriend – himself the owner of an 11-year-old potbellied pig named Ziffle – looked up the current record and discovered Oscar was older.
The application process involved a lot of paperwork to prove his age. Kimbell sent in Oscar’s birth records, photos of him growing up with her, and letters from veterinarians and his travels.
She got word of their success in late December.
Kimbell doesn’t have any big plans for her record-holder. She turned down an invitation to Rome for a Guinness TV show because Oscar’s too old to travel. He turned 20 on Oct. 29.
Here’s hoping Oscar has many more years of belly rubs and falling asleep in front of the television: Link
Slumdog Millionaire may have won the Oscars a few weeks ago, but the drama didn’t end when the curtains came down.
Reporter Mazher Mahmood of The News of the World set off a firestorm of controversy when he went undercover in India to buy Slumdog actress Rubina Ali from her poverty-stricken father:
In a bid to escape India’s real-life slums, Rafiq Qureshi put angel-faced darling of the Oscars Rubina up for adoption, demanding millions of rupees worth £200,000.
As he offered the shocking deal to the News of the World’s undercover fake sheik this week, Rafiq declared: "I have to consider what’s best for me, my family and Rubina’s future."
Rafiq tried to blame Hollywood bosses for forcing him to put his daughter up for SALE. As he tried to fix the illegal adoption deal, real-life slum dweller Rafiq declared: "We’ve got nothing out of this film."
Then, almost embarrassed to speak it out loud, he whispered to an accomplice the price tag he has put on his innocent young daughter: "It’s £200,000!"
That was an astonishing FOURFOLD increase on his opening demand. But Rafiq’s equally demanding brother Mohiuddin insisted: "The child is special now. This is NOT an ordinary child. This is an Oscar child!"
