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A Deserving Sean Penn »

By Matthew Rothschild, February 23, 2009

He tweaked the Academy for being a “commie and homo-loving” crowd, thereby taking the sting out of those epithets.read more


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Why “Slumdog Millionaire” didn’t deserve its awards »

By Partha Banerjee, February 23, 2009

Like others before it, this was a voyeuristic look at the Third World’s poor and vulnerable. There was no sense of history, no glimpse of peoples’ struggles and really no dignity.read more


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Jerry Lewis doesn’t deserve a humanitarian award at the Oscars »

By Mike Ervin, February 19, 2009

By giving Lewis this honor, the board of governors of the Academy shows that its view of people with disabilities and our potential has not evolved in 50 years.read more


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