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Comic fans continue to debate the merits of Frank Miller’s The Spirit, which arrives today in a Blu-ray and two-disc DVD package. They say you never want to follow in the footsteps of a legend, and The Spirit largely proves this point by failing to live up to its predecessor, the much-beloved Sin City. Of course, Sin City had Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino on board, and reveled in darker material and the R rating to go with it. (The kinder/gentler Spirit somehow squeaked out a PG-13 despite violence galore.) But forget the story for a second — as a show-off disc for your hot new home theater set-up, The Spirit is a winner. The films sharp visuals and crisp sound are perfect for basking in the glow of that new 1080P monster you just installed in the family room. Special features include Frank Miller talking about the film on a commentary track and about his work in a “Miller on Miller” segment, Samuel L. Jackson adding his mothafucking voice to a storyboarded alternate ending, and the de rigueur bonus of the moment — a digital copy of the film for use with iTunes or Windows.

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No, not the feature film, which doesn’t have a DVD release date yet. Instead, we’re giving away both the Tales of the Black Freighter and Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic DVDs. All you have to do is go to our Fun and Free page and sign up. A winner will be selected on Wed., April 15, so get over there and get signed up before it’s too late!

Check out trailers for both DVD’s after the jump. Good luck, fanboys …

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Joe's enthusiasm during this week's podcast deeply concerns London.

Back by popular demand, it’s the second installment of our Lost podcast. This week, the round-table talks Egyptian gods, Richard Alpert’s eyeliner, Locke’s divinity and why you can’t trust a word Ben says. Plus, we add Leilani to the mix, checking facts and keeping us honest. Video clip from the show below the jump. Enjoy …

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As part of the hype for J.J. Abram’s Star trek re-boot, Paramount Pictures has launched a website where you can Trek-ify a picture of yourself. Kinda-sorta entertaining. Probably not as cool as having Optimus Prime or Mitt Romney call your friends, but not that far off either.

As an added convenience, the site will allow you to grab a photo from Facebook, eliminating the need to upload a pic. That’s me as a Romulan above. I know, very cute. (To see my Trek-face in action and talking, click below to “read more ‘Go Trek Yourself.’”) It took less than 5 minutes to put together and the lip-syncing (that’s not my voice) is pretty good. If you try this out, leave me a comment or send me the embed code (joe.bardi@creativeloafing.com). If I get a few good ones, I’ll post them here.

Live long and prosper, folks.

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Director Mike Judge is heading back into Office Space territory with Extract, a new comedy set largely in a factory. This preview landed online today, and from it we can glean 1. Ben Affleck’s haircut is a riot, 2. Jason Bateman & Kristen Wiig could be couple of the year, 3. Mila Kunis keeps getting hotter, and 4. Sometimes pot smoking is just a CGI effect. Check it out for yourself below. Extract opens September 4, 2009.

[Note: For a more complete rundown of today's DVD/Blu-ray releases, go here. I thought D.M. deserved a little special attention …]

It’s a shame what’s happened to Dennis Miller’s career. After graduating from Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” anchor chair, Miller went on to fame and fortune with some killer HBO specials, crappy movie work (Disclosure, The Net, Bordello of Blood), a weekly TV show (Dennis Miller Live), and a memorable stint from 2000-2002 in the booth with Al Michaels and Dan Fouts on ABC’s Monday Night Football. After the 9/11 attacks, Miller’s politics and comedy took a hard right turn, with the previously sharp counterculture comic rolling over for the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.

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The Academy Awards may have come and gone, but this year’s nominees for Best Picture are just now making their way to your home theater. Milk led the pack with a March 10 release date, followed by Oscar winner Slumdog Millionare, which hit DVD and Blu-Ray on March 31. April sees Amy Adams and Meryl Streep do battle with Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt (out today); Kate Winslet get swept up in Holocaust romance in The Reader (April 14); and the brilliant Frank Langella resurrects Tricky Dick in Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon (April 21). Sorry, Brad Pitt fans, you have to wait until next month to own The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which hits stores May 5.
But enough about these damn movies already! Frankly, after all the pre-Oscar hype, I’m sick of hearing about them. Instead, let’s talk about last year’s Best Picture winner: No Country For Old Men. The Coen Brothers’ dark, new-fangled Western starring Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones and Javier Bardem’s haircut finally gets the deluxe treatment today with a three-disc DVD and two-disc Blu-ray package.
Originally released last year lacking suitable extras, No Country is done up right this time, with about five hours of bonus material. In addition to the standard “making of” documentary and interviews, the set also boasts cast-and-crew holding forth on what it’s like to work with the revered Coens. One high-tech addition is the inclusion of a downloadable copy of the film for use on your iPod or Windows devices. It’s a cool feature, even though No Country’s bright desert photography needs to be experienced on a screen larger than a deck of cards to be appreciated.

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A few more titles out today that are worth mentioning: Keanu Reeves’ remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still didn’t exactly tank at the box office, but it was no home run either. Skip it and check out the new Blu-Ray of 2010: The Year We Make Contact, director Peter Hyams’ better-than-expected 1984 sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001: A Space Odyssey. If neither of those floats your boat, grab Jim Carrey in Yes Man or an animated rat in The Tale of Despereaux, both out today.

Universal has dropped the red-band trailer for Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s follow-up to 2006’s hilarious Borat. Word is the MPAA slapped Bruno with the dreaded NC-17 rating, and from the looks of this preview that may have been generous. This being a big summer release from a major studio, I’m sure the producers will work this down to an R before the July 10th release date.

Join the CL round-table of Joe, J.J., London and Ham Gravy as they talk out this week’s puzzling Lost episode, “Whatever Happened, Happened.” And if you guys think you can answer any of the questions that have our chatty crew’s heads spinning, please take a shot at it in the comments section.

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In this edition, I interview with web designer Gary Burge, who’s personal story includes a 7 a.m. heart attack on the day after Christmas — while Burge was at his desk at work! And stay tuned to the end for details on a Watchmen Tales of the Black Freighter DVD giveaway.

It’s April 1, better known as April Fools Day. Don’t believe anything anyone tells you and you should be fine.

Oh, and that computer virus thing is real. Sorry Windows users.

Good luck out there today.

News from Ain’t It Cool via MTV is that Ghostbusters 3 is a go, with the original cast on board! Per Harry K.’s site:

Ramis promised that all the old core players will take part in the updated version, including Bill Murray (Dr. Peter Venkman) and Dan Aykroyd (Dr. Raymond Stantz), who co-wrote the original films. “We’re all going to be in it in different kinds of roles,” Ramis said. “We’re going to be the sage mentors. There are going to be young Ghostbusters.”
At the moment, Ramis is waiting on a first draft of the script, which is being penned by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, two writer/producers on “The Office,” who also wrote “Year One.” “Gene and Lee, both of whom I mentored, are now writing the new ‘Ghostbusters,’ ” Ramis said. “I’m consulting with them, as is Dan Aykroyd and [original director] Ivan Reitman.

Best part was Ramis’s kicker at the end:

“Bill Murray is just waiting for the truckload of money to arrive to get him out of his office,” Ramis joked.

Tough to say whether or not Ghostbusters 3 will be worthy of the hype. The original is a classic, but Ghostbusters 2 sucked slimer’s green gonads. Injecting young blood into the franchise is certainly a decent — if tired — way of resurrecting the franchise.

Now, if only Ramis and Murray would get to work on Caddyshack 3, maybe we’d have something here.

When I was a kid in the ’80s, I was a big fan of high-schooler war flick Red Dawn. In it, a rag-tag group of kids escapes a Russian invasion of America only to stick it to the Commies, insurgent style. Leave it to Funny Or Die to shoot a great parody trailer. Please enjoy Naked Dawn, starring Rob Schneider.

Domino’s Pizza has made noise of late with their heavily advertised “Big Taste Bailout.” Ostensibly a handout to down-on-their-luck pizza lovers across the nation, the “Big Taste Bailout” offers one-topping pizzas or hot sandwiches for $5 each, provided you buy a minimum of three. In addition to being a supposedly great deal, Domino’s is clearly advancing a “we feel feel your pain” meme, hoping to engender loyalty in the general public. Per the press release:

“We know times are hard, it’s a reality we are all facing,” says [Domino's CEO Dave] Brandon. “But I didn’t go to Washington to ask for a bailout. Instead, we are giving one. I’m proud to be able to offer our consumers a promotion with such a great deal on pizza. By adding our oven baked sandwiches to the mix we are further increasing the number of taste varieties to the offering.”

Domino’s is also looking for some help from you:

In an on-line continuation of the promotion, Domino’s is launching the Super Big Taste Bailout. Here, consumers are encouraged to nominate a friend in need of a bailout. Two winners, as well as their nominating friends, will receive a year’s worth of Domino’s Pizza products with the prize delivered directly to their door by Dave Brandon himself.

Seems like a terrific deal, right? It isn’t. My message to Domino’s Pizza and their smarmy, incredibly cynical marketing promotion: Go fuck yourself.

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Sure, Jon Stewart spent time raking business net CNBC over the coals a few weeks ago — a well-deserved drubbing if there ever was one. However, that’s no reason not to highlight an example of network doing something right. What follows is a killer Power Lunch segment from last week that debates whether or not marijuana should be regulated instead of outlawed. Normally, these news channel weed debates are one-sided affairs meant to scare the pants off parents and reinforce the status quo. Not this one. Here, the debate is framed in economic terms (this is a business network, after all), and the consensus may surprise you. Video after the page break …

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The brilliant Stephen Colbert talking with Meredith Vieira on The Today Show this morning:

Gotta love Meredith’s “Me too.” She’s one saucy host.

America’s favorite white “rapper” got into a tussle with a mouthy fan in Miami last night. Fortunately, someone with a video camera was there and got the footage up on YouTube. After Phoenix hits the floor, pandemonium breaks out and it’s hard to tell if any punches are actually thrown. Still, gotta love the chaos.

A quick release-date update: Sony has revealed that Spider-Man 4 will be hitting theaters on May 6, 2011. Director Sam Raimi is on board, and I’d expect that with the original director back, Toby Maguire and Kirsten Dunst would sign on if asked. (Of course, Dunst may be on the outs.) With two years to go before the release, at least the overwhelming hype is still months away.

In other scheduling news, Marvel has racked quite a slate of superhero flicks for the next few years. The list is as follows:

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A double-whammy of casting news for John Favreau’s follow-up to last year’s blockbuster Iron Man. First, Scarlett Johansson has signed up, replacing Emily Blunt as Black Widow. Per the story at /Film, Blunt had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict, opening the door for Scar-Jo. If this works out, expect to see the actress reprise the role in several Marvel flicks due over the next few years.

And in a long rumored move, current critical darling Mickey Rourke and Marvel finally came to terms for the actor to play Iron Man 2’s Russian villian. (The studio had been low-balling Rourke with a paltry $250,000 offer.) I’m sure Putin is going to love this.

Main man Robert Downey Jr. will also be back, along with a double-shot of Sams (Rockwell and L. Jackson), with Jackson under contract for as many as nine (!!!) Marvel flicks.

Iron Man 2 is set for release in 2010.

Yeah, I wet my pants too. The four principals from Seinfeld — Jerry, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander and Michael Richards — will be appearing on Curb Your Enthusiasm in a re-occuring story ark for the show’s not-yet-scheduled seventh season. I may finally have a reason to kick in for the HBO.

If you’ve always wanted to watch someone beat the shit out of Will Ferrell with a baseball bat, have I got a movie for you …

• Finally, Karl Rove and Harriet Miers will testify on the record.
• Obama Administration fleshes out the details of the mortgage bailout plan.
• Chances the U.S. is headed for a Depression: One in five.
• Doctors now using waivers to prevent patients from posting about their visits online.
• Barbara Bush (the old one) goes under the knife.
• Tax laws get tougher for the wealthy, as the wealthy are now expected to pay taxes.
• Facebook battles Twitter in a fight you need your kids to explain.
• “Bucs Lose Buchanon To Lions.” Was 0-16 Detroit really a better option?
• Manny signs with L.A. for $45 million. I know I feel better now.

After a long break, the Reel Projections podcast is back! In this week’s installment, host Joe (that’s me) talks to Brian Ries about Watchmen. Brian’s seen it and I pick his brain for information about the most anticipated movie of 2009. (FYI: We keep it mostly spoiler free. Mostly.)

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If you dig the show, or just have general comments, send us an e-mail at reelprojections@creativeloafing.com and let us know. Thanks for keeping it Reel.

You may recall a video that made the rounds a while back detailing the latest conflagration in a prank war between two guys who work for collegehumor.com. In the last installment (shot in September 2007), pranker Amir gave his pal Streeter a pair of Yankee tickets for him and his girl. Amir worked some magic on the Jumbotron and hilarity ensued. Take a look:

Streeter, obviously burned by this prank, bided his time, considered his alternatives, and a full 18 months later finally got his revenge on Amir. Streeter’s ruse: An incredible half-court shot for $500,000 at a Maryland college basketball game. Video after the jump — and it’s hilarious!
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Not much to this one. Bizkit is a dog and he/she is having one intense dream. Enjoy.

• Democrats bow to lenders, revise mortgage bailout plan.
• Obama hits personal high in job approval polls.
• St. Pete police or Keystone Cops?
• The Coast Guard has called off the search for the missing NFL boaters.
• “Pakistan hunts militants after deadly cricket attack.” They’ve weaponized crickets?
• When breaking & entering, try not to hit the air marshal’s house.
• Blockbuster swears they’re not filing for bankruptcy. (Which of course means they are …)
• Jimmy Fallon’s a hit!

Creative Loafing’s inaugural Oscar contest was simple: Pick the winners in six top categories and tell us what time the show would end. Dozens of you took a shot, with 13 entrants nailing all six categories correctly. After we sorted out the tiebreaker (the show ended at 11:56 p.m., with the credits rolling until 11:59 p.m.), the only person left standing was Bay area resident Debbie Tozier.

When asked via e-mail how she came by her amazing Oscar prognostication skills, Debbie replied: “I guess a did a little research by reading Oscar articles in Creative Loafing and the St. Pete Times, and I had seen several of the movies and felt pretty strongly about some of my choices.”

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Here’s a compelling animation of the U.S. Airways Hudson River crash. Stay tuned for the end, where the passengers are revealed to be the cast of The Sims.

• Michael Steele apologizes to Rush, making Limbaugh the defacto leader of the Republican Party.
• R.I.P. The Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• Is this a Depression? What the hell is a “Depression,” anyway?
• How dangerous and out of control was the Bush Administration?
• Where in the world is Hillary Clinton?
• “Scientists make HIV strain that can infect monkeys.” What did the monkeys ever do to us?
• New iMacs today?
• The Bucs learn a thing or two about Karma.

In honor of Obama’s brief mention of Clean Coal Technology, here is an ad for an air freshener based on this breakthrough of modern science-fiction. Have a good weekend, everyone.

• Obama takes the wraps off the budget …
• … Let’s hope it goes over better than the Iraq withdrawal plan.

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In the first major review of Watchmen, Variety’s Justin Chang has mixed feelings about the much anticipated superhero flick. An excerpt:

Yet the movie is ultimately undone by its own reverence; there’s simply no room for these characters and stories to breathe of their own accord, and even the most fastidiously replicated scenes can feel glib and truncated. As “Watchmen” lurches toward its apocalyptic (and slightly altered) finale, something happens that didn’t happen in the novel: Wavering in tone between seriousness and camp, and absent the cerebral tone that gave weight to some of the book’s headier ideas, the film seems to yield to the very superhero cliches it purports to subvert.

Uh oh, Watchmen fans. Did Snyder just fuck up your baby? You’ll have to wait until March 6 to find out.

Watchmen trailer after the jump …

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Comedian Louis CK puts our current economic crisis in perspective.

• What’s another $634 billion among friends?
• When it comes to their guns, Mexican drug cartels buy American.
• Pick a diet, any diet …
• The Obamas have selected the First Dog … maybe.
• Tiger Woods is frickin’ incredible.
• The Arrested Development movie is a go.
• Good bye, Derrick Brooks, Warrick Dunn. Hello, rebuilding year.
• R.I.P. Philip Jose Farmer.

Everyone’s favorite web-crawler (sorry, Charlotte) is poised to make his Broadway debut — in a musical! That’s not even the crazy part. Per Variety:

Helmed by Julie Taymor (“The Lion King”), “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” will have music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, both of U2. Taymor and Glen Berger (”Underneath the Lintel”) pen the book.

Julie Taymor? Bono and The Edge? That’s some major star-power in the playbill. My gut instint is to call all of these people insane and rant about how a Spider-Man musical is just about the dumbest fucking idea I have ever heard. Only problem: It isn’t.

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Woo hoo! They are partying like it’s 1997 down on Wall Street. I don’t know about you, but I’m waiting for it to hit 1933 levels before I start my bargain hunting.

• Obama plans “a more transparent budget.” I presume that means it will be printed on clear paper.
• “I have already talked to (Defense Secretary Robert) Gates about a thorough review of the helicopter situation. The helicopter I have now seems perfectly adequate to me.”
• The FBI is hot on the trail of Buddy Johnson.
• Obama remains popular in opinion polls.
• Keep your bikes off the Selmon, hippies!
• Destined to go down in flames: A bill to legalize weed in California.
• Academy Award ratings not quite as horrible as last year.
• Jell-O wrestling at the ends of the earth.

Welcome to Creative Loafing’s live blog of the 2009 Academy Awards. Make yourself at home and please, sound off in the comments section. Also, we’ll be keeping you up to speed on the progress of our Oscar contest throughout the evening.

12:00 p.m.: Four entrants in our Oscar contest managed to guess all six categories correctly and get within 10 minutes of the ending of the show. Congrats to Jimmy O. (11:52 p.m.), Kevin M. (12.04 a.m.) and Steven (12:02 a.m.). You guys came up just short. The winner of dinner and a movie is Debbie, who not only got all six films right, but also picked 11:59 p.m. as the end of show. Pretty amazing Debbie. Congratulations! Thus ends our live blogging of the Oscars. Hope you had as much fun as we did. Until next year, the balcony is closed …

11:56 p.m.: Show officially over! Final tabulations in the Oscar contest ongoing. The answer will be in shortly.

11:53 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Picture goes to … Slumdog Millionaire.

11:52 p.m.: Closing in on midnight. Will the show end tomorrow?

11:47 p.m.: The Sean Penn upset really thinned the herd in our Oscar contest. Only 15 people remain perfect. It looks like the winner will be determined by the tie-breaker.

11:43 p.m.: And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to … Sean Penn in Milk. The first big-time upset of the night!

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Note: If you haven’t done so already, make sure you enter our Oscar contest for a chance at free dinner and a movie from Creative Loafing. And don’t miss our live-blogging of the show itself, starting 7 p.m. on Sunday night, right here on The Daily Loaf.

Now, we continue our countdown to Oscar night with a look at a major award up for grabs on Sunday. (Friday was Best Director.) Today, we break down:

BEST PICTURE
Nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, The Reader, Slumdog Millionaire

Vegas odds: Some wacky numbers (Slumdog is 2-19, Button is 9-2) leave no real favorite in the race for Best Picture. What is clear is that a win by Milk (20-1), Frost/Nixon (30-1) or The Reader (30-1) would be stunning to the gambling community.

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Note: If you haven’t done so already, make sure you enter our Oscar contest for a chance at free dinner and a movie from Creative Loafing. And don’t miss our live-blogging of the show itself, starting 7 p.m. on Sunday night, right here on The Daily Loaf.

Now, we continue our countdown to Oscar night with a look at a major award up for grabs on Sunday. (Yesterday was Best Actress.) Today, we break down:

BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon; Gus Van Sant, Milk; Stephen Daldry, The Reader; Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Vegas odds: Another clear favorite, with every $10 bet on Doyle netting only $1 profit if he wins. Fincher is still in the running at 5-1. Van Sant (20-1), Howard (20-1) and Daldry (30-1) would all deliver sweet rewards if they paid off.

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The Canadians went wild over President Obama’s visit, his first trip out of the U.S. since assuming office. Have a good weekend, everyone. See you at the Oscar live blog Sunday night at 7 p.m.

• The NY Post apologizes (sort of) for that maybe-racist cartoon.
• They’re still working out the details of who will qualify for the mortgage bailout.

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Here’s the latest from Brave New Films, a look at Goldman Sachs’ 2002 purchase of Burger King and the wage slavery the BK employees live under:

It’s just infuriating. Both the Democrats and Republicans are bought and paid for by companies like Goldman, so there is no surprise in Congress rolling over. However, I do find myself wondering where all the grandstanding Republicans are on this issue? After going insane over a few hundred million of stimulus money directed toward family planning, you’d think they might have something to say about a company lining its pockets with $10 BILLION of taxpayer money while the employees can’t afford food. Oh wait, that would indicate intellectual honesty. My mistake.

Note: If you haven’t done so already, make sure you enter our Oscar contest for a chance at free dinner and a movie from Creative Loafing. And don’t miss our live-blogging of the show itself, starting 7 p.m. on Sunday night, right here on The Daily Loaf.

Now, we continue our countdown to Oscar night with a look at a major award up for grabs on Sunday. (Yesterday was Best Actor.) Today, we break down:

BEST ACTRESS
Nominees: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married; Angelina Jolie, Changeling; Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Meryl Streep, Doubt; Kate Winslet, The Reader

Vegas odds: It’s a three-way race, with Oscar all-star Streep (7-2) and newcomer Hathaway (7-2) lagging behind favorite Winslet (1-2). Wins by Jolie (18-1) or Leo (30-1) would be shocking — but quite profitable.
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This may qualify as the dumbest thing I have ever posted in this space. Yet, somehow I am charmed. Ladies and gentlemen, I present Obama’s Elf.

• High hopes in Florida for Obama’s foreclosure plan.
• Hillary takes it to them in Asia.

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Last scene sulking off the field in World Series defeat, the Tampa Bay Rays opened spring training this morning with their first full-squad workout. After the depressing end to last year (can you say “unfinished business”?), it’s great to have the American League Champions back on the diamond, preparing for a long campaign against the high-spending Yanks and Sox.

We plan to have an epic amount of Rays coverage this year, so come back often for updates as the hometown team makes a run at the pennant.

Note: If you haven’t done so already, make sure you enter our Oscar contest for a chance at free dinner and a movie from Creative Loafing. And don’t miss our live-blogging of the show itself, starting 7 p.m. on Sunday night, right here on The Daily Loaf.

Now, we continue our countdown to Oscar night with a look at a major award up for grabs on Sunday. (Yesterday was Best Supporting Actress.) Today, we break down:

BEST ACTOR
Nominees: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Sean Penn, Milk; Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Vegas odds: Rourke is even money, with Penn fractionally behind. Early fave Langella has fallen to 8-1, but even that far outpaces dark horses Pitt (20-1) and Jenkins (50-1).
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Now that the $787 billion stimulus package has been signed in to law, you may be wondering, “What’s in it for me?” This video should help.

• President Obama orders 17,000 troops to Afghanistan.
• Looks like we’re not going to be one big bipartisan family after all.

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Note: If you haven’t done so already, make sure you enter our Oscar contest for a chance at free dinner and a movie from Creative Loafing. And don’t miss our live-blogging of the show itself, starting 7 p.m. on Sunday night, right here on The Daily Loaf.

Now, we continue our countdown to Oscar night with a look at a major award up for grabs on Sunday. (Yesterday was Best Supporting Actor.) Today, we break down:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominees: Amy Adams, Doubt; Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona; Viola Davis, Doubt; Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Vegas odds: Cruz is smokin’ hot at 1-2, but Davis (13-4) and Tomei (5-1) could both douse her sizzle. Henson (16-1) and Adams (14-1) aren’t generating much heat at all.

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Was yesterday a slow news day or what? Guess that explains how video of a woman screaming in the Hong Kong airport because she missed her flight was the biggest story of the day.

• Florida tourism numbers fall for the first time in 7 years.
• Now that the stimulus plan is done, what’s next?

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In celebration of this year’s Academy Awards, we’re going to be live blogging the ABC telecast and giving away a free dinner and movie in the process.

First things first: That free dinner and movie. Here’s how you win it:

1. Pick a winner in each of the following categories (for a full rundown of the categories, click here):

• Best Picture
• Best Actor
• Best Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Director

2. Add your picks to the comments section of this post, along with an answer to the following tie-breaker question: At what time will the Oscar telecast end?

3. Come back to The Daily Loaf on Sunday night at 7 p.m. and follow along as we chronicle Oscar night with our usual helping of CL snark. We’ll crown a winner at the end of the evening. (Don’t worry. If you win but pass out before the show ends, we’ll send you an e-mail.)

Join us as we live blog the Oscars telecast tonight!

If you’ve been paying attention to the Bucs at all this off-season, you probably saw this one coming. The Bucs let out word today that they would not be resigning QB Jeff Garcia.

Again, not all that shocking. And yes, Garcia deserves better. Still, did you really ecpect the rebuilding Bucs to hang on to a player who has first-hand knowledge of the War of 1812?

Come on, Warner Bros.! How many of these Watchmen sneaks are you going to put together? We get it. There’s lots of brooding in slow-mo. Things explode. Glass shatters. Just release the frickin’ movie already!

In any event, if your appetite still needs whetting, check out the latest Watchmen trailer after the jump …

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Note: We’ll be counting down to Oscar night with a daily breakdown of the major awards up for grabs on Sunday. Today, we get started with:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
And the nominees are: Josh Brolin in Milk, Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, Michael Shannon in Revolutionary Road
Vegas odds: Ledger is currently listed as 0-1, which seems like a scam to me. (How can I win zero on a bet of a dollar? This is why gambling is a dead end, kids.) The rest of the field is all 20-1 shots or worse.

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And now, a message from the President of the United States of America.

• When Sen. Lindsey Graham advocates nationalizing the banks, you know we’ve got a crisis.
• President Obama to sign the $787 billion stimulus bill into law on Tuesday in Denver.

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America’s first family finally upgrades to high-def on tonight’s episode of The Simpsons. Here’s the fancy new main title sequence:

I don’t know about the whole “chasing the couch into space” bit, but overall I think the creative team did a solid job. Added bonus: Finally finding out the Simpson family grocery bill. Thank you HDTV.

It’s a trap! Well, not really. Just a funny vid from the folks at College Humor. Man, those Skywalkers are some interstellar WT.

Musician Peter Gabriel has decided to drop out of performing at Feb. 22nd’s Academy Awards telecast due to a dispute over performance time. Gabriel thought he was performing his song “Down To Earth” from WALL-E in its entirety, but was informed by the Academy that he would only get 60 seconds. Per Variety:

[Gabriel] does not believe the song will work in such a truncated form.

“It’s a bit unfortunate,” he said in a video on his website. “The songwriters are a very small part of the filmmaking process but we still work bloody hard and deserve (a bigger part in the ceremony).”

Calling himself “an old fart” who can afford to “make a little protest,” Gabriel’s hope is that the Oscarcast producers will reconsider the move next year and reinstate full performances of songs.

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I can’t believe Obama appointed Judge Dredd to his cabinet in the first place. Have a good weekend everyone.

• Gov. Crist’s bipartisanship leads to a Republican backlash.
• Court rules Autism not caused by vaccines. Don’t we have doctors for this?

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Whoever thought that throwing Casper Van Diem into a Starship Troopers-themed PSA to raise awareness of child abuse was a good idea really needs to start looking for other work.

I’ve got two major problems with this:

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Yes, you read that right. Britian’s Royal Opera is planning to adapt the life and times of Anna Nicole Smith. Per Variety:

The company says the show will have music by respected British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. The libretto is by Richard Thomas, co-creator of “Jerry Springer: The Opera,” an earlier merger of highbrow and lowbrow culture. It is due to run in the Royal Opera’s 2011 season.

Many questons remain: Can the producers find a female opera singer who can pull of this role? What kind of special effects will be required to get the star to repeatedly gain and lose 100 lbs. during the show? Is Kato Kaelin available to play Larry Birkhead?

This is a great Daily Show segment, in which Jon takes apart Bill O’Reilly yet again. Bill-O’s hypocrisy practically melts the screen.

• The Simulus Bill That Will Not Die tops out at $789 billion. What do you think? Too big, too small or just right?
• Bank CEOs swear to Congress that they are lending cash to consumers. Uh huh.

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Good morning, South Carolina. Good news! There’s no more real crime in your state. How do I know? The cops spent time yesterday arresting eight college kids for being at that party where Michael Phelps was caught on camera sucking on a bong. Phelps was not among the incarcerated. (Of course.)

• Late-night bargaining in The Stimulus Debate That Will Not Die.
• Jesus Geithner, you can’t announce that you’ll have details of a plan soon. That means you don’t have a fucking plan in the first place!

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The model is DiCaprio-girl Bar Refaeli. The image speaks for itself.

The folks at MSN have posted an exclusive preview of the upcoming Clive Owen/Naomi Watts thriller The International. The video consists of the first 5 minutes of the film, and it’s a gripping tease — a tense meeting between two men, a sudden death, a minor car accident, a fun CSI-like autopsy. I would have liked a little more Naomi Watts (she apparently shows up later in the movie), but that’s probably because I could watch her read the Times for two hours and be a happy man. Is The International worth your cash this weekend? Hard to tell from only a few minutes, but I’m definitely intrigued.

Thought you couldn’t make it through all 86 episodes of The Sopranos without investing a serious chunk of time, huh? One clever editor has cut the whole series down to just the most interesting 27 minutes. What follows is every curse word spoken on the show assembled in chronological order. Somewhere, Christian Bale is smiling.

the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon on Vimeo.

Obama stumped for the stimulus package during last night’s prime-time press conference, the first of his administration. In case you missed it:

• Obama in Ft. Myers: At least now we know the epicenter of Florida’s economic meltdown isn’t Tampa Bay.
• From the stimulus frying pan to the bailout fryer.

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A lot of good Gasparilla video on YouTube. I enjoyed this one, a floats-eye-view of the parade.

• Keeping tabs on the never-ending stimulus debate.
• Republican leader Michael Steele almost went a whole week before having to clear his “good name.”

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What better way to end this week than with a Colbert clip where Stephen sends up the Christian Bale meltdown with a little help from fellow Stephen, Steve Martin? Have a good weekend!

• Obama shoots back at the Republicans; says time is of the essence on stimulus bill.
• But can they pass it today?

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Poor Alberto Gonzalez. He can’t seem to find a job. What a shocker after the bang-up job he did as Attorney General.

• You win some: Obama signs SCHIP expansion into law.
• You lose some: The stimulus package wrangling continues …

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Admit it: the first time you heard the Christian Bale on-set freakout you thought to yourself, “If only someone would cut this together with Bill “Fuck it! I’ll do it live!” O’Reilly’s Inside Edition rant, we might have something here.” Good news folks, if you can dream it, the Internet can do it. Enjoy!

New Lost tonight, and here’s a sneak peak at tonight’s episode. Don’t tell me what happens in it. I’ll wait to find out.

• Obama caps executive pay at $500,000. Let the cries of the apocalypse begin.
• The President continues his bipartisanship attack by appointing a Republican to the Secretary of Commerce post.

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I’ll have what he’s having.

• Eric Holder confirmed as Attorney General. Let’s hope a memory test was part of the vetting process.
• And the new Speaker of the Florida House is …

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Here’s a great piece on the impact of the recession on this year’s Super Bowl. (From Al-Jazeera, no less!) Tampa looks great in the video, and looked stunning in all the overhead shots during the game. Nice job, Bay area. See you in 2014, NFL.

• The Steelers win one for the other thumb.
• NBC does a super job with the Big Game.

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• Super Bowl excitement taxes cell phone systems to the limit.
• Jennifer Hudson nailed it.
• Incidentally, I paid no attention to the ads this year. Guess what: I don’t feel like I missed anything.
• Hot Obama nominee trend: screwing up you taxes.
• OMG, Michael Phelps smoked some weed! The whole fucking world is going to end!!!!
• Over the weekend, Google decided every other website was a virus.
• A new iPhone in the wild around San Francisco?

With the big game just around the corner, here is an informative video that should help ticket counterfeiters make more realistic facsimiles to sell to the helpless rubes around Ray-Jay. Thank you, St. Pete Times!

• We’re live-blogging the game on Sunday. Won’t you stop by and give your $.02?
• Be careful driving this weekend. There will be road closures to contend with.
• Good news Steelers fans, Hines Ward looks like a go.

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We’re pretty busy down here at Loaf central today, what with the Super Bowl only four days away and time quickly running out. Of course, time was of the essence once again on last night’s episode of Lost. From 9 p.m. until 10:02 p.m. (very slippery thwarting of the DVR folks, ABC), I studied it like the Zapruder film — and came away with about as many concrete conclusions. I would love to break it all down for you, but I’m swamped. In the meantime, I would direct you to Doc Jensen’s EW column … but Doc took the day off as well! Asst. Prof. Vary is filling in, and he/she seems to be doing a fine job. Check back later, as I’ll try to add some more content to this post as time permits.

The bill moves on to the Senate, where Obama is going to need at least a few Republican votes to get the package through to his desk.

• For the U.S. Postal Service, the crumbling economy has proven more troubling than snow, rain, heat or gloom of night.
• Capitalists, please remain calm: Obama Administration has no plans to nationalize any banks.

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President Obama tried again yesterday to get Republican lawmakers’ support for his economic stimulus package. The Republicans seem determined to oppose it. So, Mr. President, we going to do this thing or what? (On a side note: Happy Birthday Mom!)

• A few choice Blago tapes get a public airing.
• Unemployment is up everywhere. Everywhere!

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Ok, so they aren’t exactly the fireside chats, but Barack Obama’s weekly YouTube message has been a cool way for him to talk directly to the American people. It’s good to see the videos continue now that Obama is the President.

• Obama may be all about the bipartisan spirit, but the Republicans not so much.
• Prison riot outside Orlando!

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Be careful what you put as your Facebook status. A 41-year-old British man was sentenced to 18 years in prison today for murdering his 26-year-old wife after she changed her Facebook status to “single.” The woman’s parents were quoted as saying, ““We hope that Richardson will be an old man before he’s ever allowed out of prison.” At least we can all agree on that.

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You know how I know the next four years are going to be fun? Two words: Joe Biden. Here, Biden knocks John Roberts for flubbing the oath on inauguration day. Obama looks none-too-pleased, by the way. I love it!

• And the new Senator from New York is … not named Kennedy or Cuomo.
• The inauguration quartet featuring Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma faked it live … sort of.

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After what seemed an eternity, ABC’s Lost has finally returned for another 16 episode run. When last we saw the castaways on TV’s funkiest island it was May 29, 2008. Hillary Clinton was still alive for the Democratic nomination. The Dow was above 12,500. On a personal note, I’ve gotten engaged and bought a house since the island vanished before our very eyes. Time marches on.

Of course, Time (with a captial T) is what this season of Lost is all about. Rather than give a full recap of each episode (CL Intern Michelle has her take here, and I highly recommend Entertainment Weekly’s Doc Jansen as well), I’ll focus on the things that captured my imagination or made my head spin — often simultaniously. It strikes me that much of the fun of Lost comes from sorting through everyone’s theories, and then finding out exactly how far off we are when a new episode airs and changes everything.

One final note: If the season premiere of Lost is sitting on your DVR until you have a free moment, you’ll probably want to stop reading now.

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Obama’s first day in office was a success. Business was done. Executive Orders were released. A BS church ceremony was attended. I didn’t think about Bush all day. Damn, now I ruined it.

• Caroline Kennedy pulls out of the race to be appointed to Hillary’s old Senate seat.
• Barack Obama is sworn in … again. (Just to be safe.)

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Rumors have been kicking around for some time that Quentin Tarantino is planning to recombine the excellent Kill Bill: Vol. 1 & 2 into one complete film on DVD. Of course, that was before the director ditched the continental 48 for Europe to shoot this summer’s Inglourious Basterds starring Brad Jolie. Fortunately, QT has gone on the record again, stating that Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair will be a reality, and that the filmmakers have even gone back and added a brand-spankin’ new, 7 minute anime sequence to the film. Though there’s still no release date (Amazon has a link to product they claim has been “discontinued by the manufacturer”), expect to see this package drop sometime right before the release of Basterds. It’s called corporate cynergy, yo!

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They didn’t just love the inauguration in D.C. Here, a crowd in New York’s Times Square watch the festivities on the big screen and gets its cheer on.

• President Barack Hussein Obama.
• Inauguration day as told by Time magazine photographers.

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With history going on in D.C., the movie biz took time out from partying at Sundance to watch Obama’s inauguration speech. Speaking of Sundance, would you believe a documentary about Mike Tyson from director James Tolback was an early highlight of the festival? Only in America. As Nathan points out in the comments, I screwed this up and got an article from the Cannes film fest mixed in with my Sundance reading. I feel stupid and regret the error. This really ruins my use of that Tyson photo, huh?

Sony has decided to postpone the opening of 2012, the latest disaster mess from Independence Day director Roland Emmerich, from July 10 to Nov. 13. Sony claims the delay is due to an already rock-solid summer schedule, but I suspect there are problems with film that can’t be fixed by July …

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To get you geared-up for the big moment, here is an excellent AP short on how far we’ve come “From Emancipation to Inauguration.” Also, be sure to check out our live blogging of the even over on PoHo. Oh, and W.: Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

• Dick Cheney to attend inauguration in a wheel chair. I have no comment.
• Jill Biden reveals to Oprah that Joe had his choice of jobs, VP or Sec. of State. Gulp.

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God it feels good. Say a fond farewell with Dick Cheney’s exit interview from this weekend’s Saturday Night Live.

• “Anything is possible in America.”
• The inauguration may be tomorrow, but the “inauguration celebration” is well underway.

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• Finally, a ceasefire in Gaza.
• For the media, covering the inauguration is easier said than done.
• Please welcome to Tampa the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals.
• Fox 13’s Russell Rhodes arrested in Channelside.
• The Florida Strawberry Festival has a new queen.
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop opens big at #1.

Drew Magary’s Jambaroo, published every Thursday on sport blog Deadspin, is a must read for serious football fans who also get the absurdity of their favorite sport. This week, Drew is sounding off on championship Sunday when he takes time out to address a potential Super Bowl crisis:

And so, if the favorites hold, we’ll end up with an all-Pennsylvania Super Bowl that will take place in Florida. People, I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say this kind of mass influx of Pennsylvanians into the greater Tampa area will result in A FUCKING DRIVING HOLOCAUST.

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This video of the improptu rescue of U.S Airways flight 1549 in New York’s Hudson River is just amazing. And the passengers all made it out alive! On that note, have a good weekend everyone.

• The cause of the crash seems to be a flock of birds.
• By the way: The first report of the crash came on Twitter by a guy from Sarasota.

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Tampa Theatre is making a habit out of reviving last year’s films that are now up for serious award consideration. First, I got word that Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona would menage it’s way back onto the big screen from Jan. 16 through 21st. Now, the Sony Pictures Classics publicity department is reporting that Jonathan Demme’s Rachel Getting Married will again unspool at the Tampa Theatre starting Jan. 23. Rachel received excellent reviews upon release (yeah, we liked it), and should be up for several Oscar nods, including one for star Anne Hathaway.

What’s next, Tampa Theatre? You guys planning a WALL-E screening anytime soon?

This is Marcia and Lorenzo. They have been posting movie reviews online under the handle “Reel Geezers” for a little over a year now, in the process garnering a tidy little fanbase. Both have film industry experience, and their reviews are a lot more insightful than the gimmick of having old fogies review new flicks requires. This week, they’re taking on one of their own as they take apart fellow geezer Clint Eastwood’s box office hit, Gran Torino. Best part: Lorenzo’s analysis that the film is really a comedy — whether Eastwood meant it to be or not. Good stuff.

With Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ announcement that he is taking a medical leave of absence until the end of June, all eyes turn to the electronics giant and its price per share. How will Wall Street react? stay tuned. And get well soon, Steve.

• Is this the end of the line for the military’s controversial policy on gay soldiers?
• America supports Obama’s economic plan, despite no one really knowing what it is.

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Apple fan-boys have been in a tizzy for months, speculating about the deteriorating health of Apple CEO/Guru Steve Jobs. Just last week, Jobs released a letter stating that he was not dying, had a treatable “hormone imbalance” and was fully capable of removing himself from power if the need be.

Today, the need be.

Drudge Lap-Dog Breitbart.com has Jobs taking a “medical leave of absence until the end of June.” If this pans out, expect Apple’s stock price to tank — big-time. Fair or not, no other company is perceived as being as dependent on its CEO as Apple.

We’ll have more details on this as they become available.

As W. continues his farewell tour, here’s one stop not on the actual itinerary.

Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency

• Obama has dinner at George Will’s house. I bet they talked a lot about baseball.
• Hillary gets grilled at her confirmation hearing.

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Just got word from Nicole Southworth that the Tampa Theatre is going to be showing Woody Allen’s now Golden Globe-award winning film Vicky Cristina Barcelona for a limited engagement starting Jan. 16. The showtimes are as follows:

Fri., Jan. 16: 7:30 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 17: 2 p.m., 7:30 p.m.

Sun., Jan 18 through Wed., Jan 21: 7:30 p.m.

Not sure if it’s worth your time, despite the recent showering of praise by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association? Does the fact that film features Scar Jo and P-Cruz in a threesome with Javier Bardem alter your thinking any? If you’re still on the fence (what’s wrong with you?), check out our (positive) review of the film here.

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* Picking up our Watchmen coverage, the above is Warner Bros.’ newish clip for the superhero spectacular that has been airing during the NFL Playoffs. Meanwhile, rumors leaking out of the negotiations between Warner and Fox hint that the sides are close to settling, meaning we might get to see the movie on March 6 after all. (Here’s the NY Times take on the wrangling.) You didn’t really believe the studio weasels were going to kill this one, did you?

* Will Linda Hamilton reprise her role as Sarah Connor in the upcoming Terminator Salvation? Better start hitting the weights, Linda.

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I caught this 60 Minutes piece on the rise and fall of the price of oil and thought it a good one. Remember, every time they say “supply and demand,” you’re getting screwed.

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• Any guesses on what W. will say in his prime time farewell Thursday night? Put them in comments.

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Obama talks the sinking economy in the latest “Message From The President-Elect” posted to YouTube.

• Obama’s not even officially the Prez, and already he’s caving.

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Anyone who thought that Sarah Palin was going to vanish into the Alaskan wilderness now stands corrected. This time, Palin has popped up in a conversation with right-wing filmmaker John Ziegler about how the media was so mean to her because she’s not a Kennedy. Good stuff.

• After a tough, bruising game, the Gators win the BCS national championship!
• UN votes for Gaza cease fire. The U.S. abstained.

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Some of the craziest video I’ve seen in a while. These guys can really fly. Sorry, but the flying-guys video is apparently gone. In its place, here’s this … other random, flying-related video.

• Illinois House committee could decide soon on whether or not to impeach Blago.

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Democrat funnyman Al Franken has beaten Norm Coleman to become Minnesota’s new Senator. Understandably, Norm is pretty upset about this. So now, we go to court.

• Barack Obama gets a hot new whip.
• India makes public new details of the Mumbai attacks.

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I’ve been keeping an eye on the keynote address going on right now at Apple’s Macworld conference. After a pretty uninspiring show (upgraded software, one new laptop, almost no surprises), new keynote MC Phil Schiller revealed that Apple’s iTunes Music Store is dumping the annoying copy protection scheme, Fairplay DRM. Basically, this means that when you download something from iTunes, you own it and can do whatever you want with it. No more “You can’t play this song on this computer” message. It’s about damn time, Apple.

In addition, iPhone and iPod Touch users can now download music directly to their mobile device, eliminating the need to first download songs into iTunes running on a computer. A nice, overdue feature.

Other than that, no iPhone Nano, no new Mac Mini, no updates to the iMac line. Weak sauce, Apple. Maybe Steve Jobs is dying after all.

UPDATE: Here is a full rundown of Apple’s announcements from the tech-friendly folks at Ars Technica.

Today is the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo, an annual Apple-centric trade show. CEO Steve Jobs normally gives the big speech, during which he takes the wraps off Apple’s latest shiny thing (iPhone, iPod, etc.), but this year Steve is a no-show. Speculation about Jobs’ health has become so rampant that the guru/CEO published a letter yesterday explaining that he was not, in fact, dying. Get the latest on Macworld here and here, but first check out this great take on the Apple mystique (and get a first look at the revolutionary Macbook Wheel) from The Onion.

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

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Thinking of doing some investing in 2009? Here’s some predictions from Bloomberg TV for what’s in store in the year ahead.

• Israel gets its war on in Gaza.
• A “choked up” Obama heads for Washington.
• Tax credits for everyone!
• Bill Richardson withdraws as Obama’s Commerce secretary citing his being investigated back home in New Mexico.
• John Travolta speaks about his son’s sudden death.
• Bay News 9 gets a weather upgrade.
• Marley & Me remains atop the weekend box office.
• R.I.P. Commissioner Gordon. (No, not Gary Oldman.)

Happy new year one day late. To celebrate the ‘09, here’s a little clip from CNN’s NYE coverage featuring Kathy Griffin, an open mike and off-color hilarity.

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Last day of the year. Let’s end it with one final look back at the 2008 presidential election, as seen through the all-seeing eye of YouTube. Be back in 2009!

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