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READ THIS: Oscar mania accelerates

Just like the Super Bowl, there's always overkill when it comes to the Oscars.

Which take place this coming Sunday (8:30 p.m. ET on ABC), in case you missed the 7,000 promos, ads, pre-shows and other assorted hype/hoopla.

But this story about the Oscars caught my eye because it seems even wackier than usual. Who knew they had rules about which celebs could be in even the commercials of the Academy Awards telecast?

Turns out, there is such a thing as too much Jeff Bridges . . .

2 Comments

Jill said:

omg, that seems insane. What is the rationale for it? It's not like it can influence the voters or anything like that -- kinda late for THAT. :-)

March 2, 2010 1:43 PM

Lee Hartsfeld said:

I think (for TV) there should be an award for Best Comedy in an Odd Couple Mode. They could call it the Oscar, Oscar, Oscar(s).

Sorry.

I think the Oscars are suffering from a major case of taking themselves way, way, way too seriously.

March 4, 2010 5:17 PM

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Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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