Tiger’s Masters Baiter

Having just come fourth from the 2010 Masters tournament, something is still bothering the Sleuth: While everyone knows that “being a hooker” is the kiss of death for a golfer, somehow TIGER WOODS couldn’t resist playing a•round with several such partners!
And the day after he announced his return for the first Grand Slam event [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 11.0

BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE WINNER:  Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
“Now that the Oscars are over {one month ago today},” the New York Post pondered, “all sorts of questions come to the fore. All of these pale in comparison, though, to this one, which is being asked by every woman in the country: [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 10.0

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE:  Penélope Cruz for Nine
“I remember thinking, ‘What am I doing here? How did this happen?’” PENÉLOPE CRUZ wondered when winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar last year for Vicky Christina Barcelona—a feat she followed up by becoming only the third woman* in history to merit consecutive BSA nominations! “I [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 9.0

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE: Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air
“I’m enjoying watching people talk about Vera {Farmiga} and discovering Anna,” their Up in the Air co-star George Clooney raves about the pair. “But I’ve been in good movies that were not successful. The problem is that if they don’t perform {at the box office}, [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 8.0

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE: Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air
“Think of me as you, with a vagina,” is what horny, high-flying businesswoman Alex instructs similarly-sexed Ryan in Up in the Air. “That’s the one line I practiced over and over again in front of the mirror,” vows VERA FARMIGA. “It’s a fine line to [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 7.0

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS NOMINEE: Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart
Sleuth has been ”Crazy” about Maggie ever since she stole his “Heart” in 2002’s sadomasochistic Secretary. And she finally stole the Academy’s heart with a long overdue nomination in 2010 as a single mom journalist “falling for her troubled singer subject,” Best Actor winner Jeff Bridges, in [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 6.0

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WINNER: Mo’Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
“If Mo doesn’t see any moolah, you won’t see any MO’NIQUE,” reported PopCrunch.com, when the favorite {and future winner} for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar as “a horrifyingly abusive mother” in Precious was a no-show at its world premiere: “Mo’Nique will not [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 5.0

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE: Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
“With the performance of the year,” raved Harper’s Bazaar, “GABOUREY SIDIBE is reinventing what it means to be a Hollywood ‘It Girl.’” Indeed, the word “it” fits her to a T- …
“She literally just walked off the street into an open [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 4.0

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE: Carey Mulligan for An Education
“While the film was great,” one critic wrote of An Education, “CAREY MULLIGAN’s performance was another level. It’s absolutely one of the best I’ve seen this year and she’s a lock for getting nominated come awards season.” And when Oscar came calling, Carey described the notable nod as [...]

The Oscars: A Look Back (and Front)! 3.0

BEST ACTRESS NOMINEE: Helen Mirren for The Last Station
“I didn’t feel I had to do some kind of impersonation,” HELEN MIRREN felt about portraying Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s wife in The Last Station—which gave her a foursome of Oscar nominations and added nude meaning to Tolstoy’s epic “War and Piece.” Muses Mirren: “I could’ve muddied [...]

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