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By the time there's a new Site Columns up, the Academy Award nominations will have been announced, at some ridiculously early hour on the west coast Wednesday morning. The British BAFTA nominations came out last week - Big Fish, Cold Mountain, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - oddly missing one film that seems a shoe-in for an Oscar nod, Mystic River, and without either of the popular American favorites, Finding Nemo or Pirates of the Caribbean.
Return of the King seems like the other shoe-in for a nomination for Best Picture; it got better reviews overall than The Two Towers, which followed up The Fellowship of the Ring with a second consecutive nod, and there seems to be a general sense that it's time Peter Jackson got his due even if it is a fantasy movie. I will be rooting strongly for it, but I'm a tiny bit torn otherwise. I figure that if Master and Commander does really well during awards season, it will greatly improve the chances for a sequel - Fox seemed to give up on marketing this film after the first weekend but when I saw it again last weekend, the theater was completely sold out - and I really, really want a sequel.
I'm cold on Cold Mountain (and Renee Zellwegger) and would rejoice if its Oscar nod went to something less pretentious, even though I seem to be less enamoured of Finding Nemo than the filmgoing public who brought it to the top of the box office. (As far as Disney goes...give me Mulan.) Pirates is fluff with leagues-deep plot holes but there's no denying that Johnny Depp is in a class by himself; I really hope he gets a nomination. Ditto Sean Penn, though between Mystic River and 21 Grams, I'm pretty sure that will happen. And if I were to pick one Rings actor, it wouldn't be the illustrious Ian McKellen but the astoundingly powerful Sean Astin.
Last night the Golden Globe Awards were televised, unfortunately with little success for CSI. We'll know Wednesday who gets the Oscar nods. In the meantime, answer the poll about who you'd pick!
<font size="3">Talk CSI Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at Talk CSI:
-CSI Shut Out at Golden Globes.
-A new show in New York? Why not in Canada?
-Miami vs. Vegas!
More topics can be found at Talk CSI!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent CSI Files poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> How do you feel about New York as the setting for the next 'CSI' show? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I'm not happy with the idea of another 'CSI' spinoff</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 43% - (239 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think another city would have been a better choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 27.3% - (152 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think it was an excellent choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 13.5% - (75 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <!-C-->I'm indifferent to the city, but happy about a new 'CSI' show</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 8.1% - (45 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think it's a pretty good choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.9% - (44 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 555 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">This Week's Television Listings</font>
<ul>[*]Tonight CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Miami episode "Grand Prix". Here is the official synopsis:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Horatio suspects foul play when a pit-crew fuel man at a qualifying race in Miami is burned to death after being engulfed by invisible flames shortly after refueling his team's race car. The investigation leads the CSIs into the ultra-competitive, high-stakes world of open-wheel racing, where they discover teams will do anything to get ahead.</font></blockquote>
[*]Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Jackpot". The official synopsis states:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Grissom visits a small Nevada town to investigate the death of a man whose severed head was found by a dog in some nearby woods; and Catherine receives an unexpected and unwelcome gift from her dad, which prompts her to visit him.</font></blockquote>
[*]Friday night at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Spike TV will show the third season CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "A Little Murder". This is the official synopsis:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Grissom suspects murder, not suicide, when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Across town, Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home robbery.</font></blockquote>
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By the time there's a new Site Columns up, the Academy Award nominations will have been announced, at some ridiculously early hour on the west coast Wednesday morning. The British BAFTA nominations came out last week - Big Fish, Cold Mountain, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Lost in Translation and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - oddly missing one film that seems a shoe-in for an Oscar nod, Mystic River, and without either of the popular American favorites, Finding Nemo or Pirates of the Caribbean.
Return of the King seems like the other shoe-in for a nomination for Best Picture; it got better reviews overall than The Two Towers, which followed up The Fellowship of the Ring with a second consecutive nod, and there seems to be a general sense that it's time Peter Jackson got his due even if it is a fantasy movie. I will be rooting strongly for it, but I'm a tiny bit torn otherwise. I figure that if Master and Commander does really well during awards season, it will greatly improve the chances for a sequel - Fox seemed to give up on marketing this film after the first weekend but when I saw it again last weekend, the theater was completely sold out - and I really, really want a sequel.
I'm cold on Cold Mountain (and Renee Zellwegger) and would rejoice if its Oscar nod went to something less pretentious, even though I seem to be less enamoured of Finding Nemo than the filmgoing public who brought it to the top of the box office. (As far as Disney goes...give me Mulan.) Pirates is fluff with leagues-deep plot holes but there's no denying that Johnny Depp is in a class by himself; I really hope he gets a nomination. Ditto Sean Penn, though between Mystic River and 21 Grams, I'm pretty sure that will happen. And if I were to pick one Rings actor, it wouldn't be the illustrious Ian McKellen but the astoundingly powerful Sean Astin.
Last night the Golden Globe Awards were televised, unfortunately with little success for CSI. We'll know Wednesday who gets the Oscar nods. In the meantime, answer the poll about who you'd pick!
<font size="3">Talk CSI Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at Talk CSI:
-CSI Shut Out at Golden Globes.
-A new show in New York? Why not in Canada?
-Miami vs. Vegas!
More topics can be found at Talk CSI!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent CSI Files poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> How do you feel about New York as the setting for the next 'CSI' show? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I'm not happy with the idea of another 'CSI' spinoff</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 43% - (239 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think another city would have been a better choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 27.3% - (152 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think it was an excellent choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 13.5% - (75 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <!-C-->I'm indifferent to the city, but happy about a new 'CSI' show</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 8.1% - (45 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> I think it's a pretty good choice</TD><TD Width=50% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 7.9% - (44 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 555 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">This Week's Television Listings</font>
<ul>[*]Tonight CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Miami episode "Grand Prix". Here is the official synopsis:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Horatio suspects foul play when a pit-crew fuel man at a qualifying race in Miami is burned to death after being engulfed by invisible flames shortly after refueling his team's race car. The investigation leads the CSIs into the ultra-competitive, high-stakes world of open-wheel racing, where they discover teams will do anything to get ahead.</font></blockquote>
[*]Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time, CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Jackpot". The official synopsis states:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Grissom visits a small Nevada town to investigate the death of a man whose severed head was found by a dog in some nearby woods; and Catherine receives an unexpected and unwelcome gift from her dad, which prompts her to visit him.</font></blockquote>
[*]Friday night at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Spike TV will show the third season CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "A Little Murder". This is the official synopsis:
<font color=yellow><blockquote>Grissom suspects murder, not suicide, when the body of a dwarf is found hanging from a rope high above a stage in a casino hotel where a convention of little people is being held. Across town, Catherine is attacked at a crime scene where a man was murdered during what appears to have been a home robbery.</font></blockquote>
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