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1. 2012 Academy Awards Best Picture nominees had modest revenues
(Entertainment/Movies)

BY ANGELA DAIDONE NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Did you miss a few of the movies nominated for Sunday night’s Best Picture Academy Award? You’re not alone. Industry reports say there is not one blockbuster ...

2. Oscar Roundtable 2012: Academy Award picks from the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

...  So let me start the questioning: If the best picture field had remained at 10, a feat that could have been easily accomplished this year, what two other movies would you have nominated, including one ...

3. Photo of Whitney Houston in casket: Blame Enquirer or seller?
(Entertainment/Movies)

... “Bodyguard” co-star, Kevin Costner. According to Digital Journal, the Enquirer was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the "Investigative Reporting" and "National News Reporting" categories in 2009 for ...

4. Christie to Piers Morgan: Vetoing gay marriage was ‘right thing to do’ (VIDEO)
(Opinion/Commentary)

... in 2016. Michael Hayne is a comedian/VO artist/Columnist extraordinaire, who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, produces a chapter of Laughing Liberally, wrote for NY Times Laugh Lines, guest-blogged ...

5. How to win an Oscar: Be white, male and aging
(Entertainment/Movies)

... picture nominees include "The Help." Overcoming a pallid, safe script, the ensemble cast provided strong work, including Viola Davis, nominated for best actress, and Octavia Spencer, best supporting actress. ...

6. Christie turning Port Authority into 'Patronage' Authority
(Opinion/Commentary)

... extraordinaire; who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, produces a chapter of Laughing Liberally, wrote for NY Times Laugh Lines, guest-blogged for Joe Biden, and writes a column for MSNBC.com affiliated ...

7. Obama nominates Magistrate Judge Michael A. Shipp to U.S. District Court in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

Presently sits in federal court in Newark BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM President Obama on Monday nominated federal Magistrate Judge Michael A. Shipp to serve on the U.S. District Court ...

8. Christie's two nominations to state Supreme Court include first Asian-American and first openly gay man
(N.J./State)

... become the first immigrant to serve since the 1947 state Constitution created the court. Additionally, Justice Anne Paterson, nominated by Christie and confirmed, created the first female majority in ...

9. Tebow Time sparks Giants rematch dream: Bronco fan torn should it come to that
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and God apparently not being present in the team’s locker room, fans poured into the stadium, radio sports jocks refused food and water on game weekends, and I think former quarterback John Elway was nominated ...

10. Jeff Chiesa approved by Senate Judiciary Committee for N.J. Attorney General
(N.J./State)

... to replace Paula T. Dow as state attorney general. The full Senate is expected to approve the nomination on Monday. Christie has nominated Dow to a state Superior Court seat but Senate Democrats are ...

11. The best fictional films of 2011
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to the resilience of the spirit, illuminating corners of the human condition often left in darkness. “Another Earth” - Please watch this movie. Brit Marling may not get nominated for an Oscar, but even ...

12. Another call for removal of Thomas Nast from N.J. Hall of Fame ballot
(N.J./State)

... (D-Mercer) and Scott Rumana (R-Passaic) and the New Jersey Ancient Order of Hibernians also have called for the removal of Nast’s name from the ballot. Nast is nominated in the Hall of Fame’s largest ...

13. Taissa Farmiga on ‘American Horror Story’ finale: ‘It’s really, really twisted’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... there are two reasons. First her older sister is Oscar-nominated actress (for “Up in the Air”) Vera Farmiga and there is a strong physical resemblance. And secondly, Taissa recently played a younger version ...

14. Gov. Christie's Obama-bashing is a lot of fiction
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is a comedian/VO artist/Columnist extraordinaire, who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, wrote for NY Times Laugh Lines, guest-blogged for Joe Biden, and writes a column for MSNBC.com affiliated Cagle. ...

15. Tea Party politician on Facebook calls for President Obama's assassination
(Opinion/Commentary)

... there's no wi-fi. Michael Hayne is a comedian/VO artist/Columnist extraordinaire, who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, wrote for NY Times Laugh Lines, guest-blogged for Joe Biden, and writes a column ...

16. (VIDEO) Christopher Hitchens' greatest hitch-slaps: Palin, Hannity, and more
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Let us all honor this great thinker’s memory with a shot of Johnny Walker Black! Michael Hayne is a comedian/VO artist/Columnist extraordinaire, who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, wrote for NY ...

17. N.J. State Police overtime pay removed from public info search
(N.J./State)

... for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and after that will be nominated to the New Jersey Superior Court in Essex County.  ...

18. (VIDEO) NYPD defies Raymond Kelly's 'lay of press' warning at OWS protest
(Opinion/Commentary)

... extraordinaire, who co-wrote an award-nominated comedy, wrote for NY Times Laugh Lines, guest-blogged for Joe Biden, and writes a column for MSNBC.com affiliated Cagle. Follow (or yell) at him on Twitter ...

19. Hibernians demand Thomas Nast be dropped as N.J. Hall of Fame nominee
(N.J./State)

... name in such a celebrated and esteemed venue. I, too, call for his name to be removed from the ballot for New Jersey’s Hall of Fame.” Nast is nominated in the Hall of Fame’s largest category, General, ...

20. Christie nominates Harry Harchetts of Toms River to seat on Sports Authority
(N.J./State)

Makes 10 additional nominations BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Gov. Chris Christie on Monday nominated Harry J. Harchetts of Toms River to serve as a public member of the New Jersey Sports ...