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Can’t stand hot weather, but boy, do I wish it were July again…

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According to Variety, the Oscars will, beginning in 2010, begin nominating ten movies for Best Picture.  This will be the first time since 1943 that the Academy has nominated that many films for its top prize; that year’s winner was Casablanca.

The move toward more nominess seems to be specifically engineered to include more popular films, and, I suspect, to boost ratings for the telecast of the show.

So, what box-office champs will benefit from the decision this year?  Could we be looking at the first-ever Best Picture-nominated Star Trek movie?  Or could Pixar finally get their due?  I’ll go ahead and put my bet on The Hangover, and I make to you this promise: if Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is nominated for Best Picture, I will never watch the Oscars again.

So … did the three dudes with headaches hang over to a third weekend at the top of the box office?

Hah-hah-heh-hah-hah!  Get it?  Hang over?  Ooh-eeh-hooh-hah-hah!  (EDITOR’S NOTE: Ting-tang, walla-walla bang-bang…?)

You know, like the movie The Hangover!  Is big hit!  You like!

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The Hangover spends a second consecutive weekend at the number one spot, barely staving off a blockbuster opening by Eddie Murphy’s Imagine That.

To find out which part of that is bullshit, keep reading.

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Who won the weekend?  Was it Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, or Mike Tyson?

Here’s a hint: it wasn’t Will Ferrell.

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Disney has confirmed that a 6 foot animatronic version of Luxo Jr. will be coming to the Pixar Place section of Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park in Disney World. Luxo Jr. is the star of Pixar’s first short film, but most guests will recognize the hopping desk-lamp as the “i” in the Pixar logo.
You can read the full article at Orlando Sentinel.
I’m interested to see what kind of movement Disney will give the animatronic Luxo, since his most common movement is hopping.

Honk Mahfah reports on the weekend box-office, which finds Pixar going ten-for-ten at the bat.

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Honk Mahfah analyzes Memorial Day weekend at the box office, with two major franchise sequels duking it out for the top spot.

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Remy, the main character of Pixar’s Ratatouille, is now at Epcot in the form of a rat sized animatronic character. (continue reading…)