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Point of order on J. Law - she was already a star when she bagged her Oscar, having headlined THE HUNGER GAMES movies already. (She ascended to the stratosphere as a result a film she starred in, WINTER'S BONE, nabbing Oscar nominations for Picture, Screenplay, Actress, and Supporting Actor. Lawrence lost Best Actress that year to Natalie Portman for BLACK SWAN, but the clips of the movie shown at the awards ceremony caused such a sensation that they effectively acted as her audition roll for the roles that shot her to stardom). You could say the same about already being a star for Emma Stone, Cate Blanchette, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellwegger, and Natalie Portman, while Chastain had established herself as a contender by winning non-Oscar awards for previous movies and having been previously nominated for ZERO DARK THIRTY. I have gone through the list of Best Actress winners from previous years and the two winners I could find who came closest to Madison's level of fame at the time they won were Brie Larson and Marlee Matlin. Both of which had (in Larson's case, is having) careers that can be described as "Meh".

Madison's win for Best Actress may do the same thing for her career that it winning Best Supporting Actress did for Alicia Vikander's.

Oscar voters may be falling out of love with musical biopics. Took them long enough.

It's catnip to the Oscar voters in their mad quest to make themselves completely irrelevant to any discussion of cinema as a popular art form - it was a critic's darling that nobody who had to actually pay their own way to see a movie went to. Plus, Oscar voters could pat themselves on the back for being "edgy" for elevating a movie about a whore who falls in love with her john 34 years after PRETTY WOMAN did the same thing. Demi Moore made a lot of enemies back when she was riding high as a big star. Hollywood holds grudges.

Just saw Wednesday's episode and am I to understand that Drillow's f**king was so hot it caused Michael to burst into flames? ;)

My new unpopular opinion is that when Chad Duell leaves GH, they should kill of Michael and have him stay dead. His only function on the show since the beginning was to be Sonny & Carly's little hostage that they dangled in front A.J. so that he would constantly be launching some desperate scheme to try and get his child back, or, if A.J. wasn't available to be kicked around, to torment poor Monica with. A.J. is dead and Monica is pretty much gone for good, so there is no reason to keep him around any more, and there hasn't been for years. Really, they should have gotten rid of this useless character years ago. (And if they need a male in that age range to round out the cast, bring Morgan back from the dead. His characterization as a constant fuck-up would allow him to drive story, rather than having the writers constantly straining to have story happen to him).

My unpopular opinion is... I think now would be a perfect time to bring back Nathan Parsons and his character of Ethan. Ethan could reconnect with his half brother Lucky and story could be mined from their relationship. We could have him forging a friendly relationship with Laura as well, with her becoming a kind of mother figure to him that he turns to for advice and guidance for things. Maybe the relationship between Kristina and Ethan that never really took off because at the time she was too young could be rekindled. (And that's all without mentioning the ever-alluring possibility of him turning out to be Robert Scorpio's son like he always should have been!). Anyway, I hear Parsons is free at the moment. Somebody in ther GH casting department should give him a call.

I am watching MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ BROTHERS right now and I can see why Ryan Murphy tagged Nicholas Chavez as a breakout star. I can also see that it is clearly a Ryan Murphy production - before the first episode is over, both male leads have been shown either nude or nearly so. Episode 4 gives Chavez the big Give Me The Emmy monologue and he knocks it out of the park. I don't think GH is going to get Chavez back for a good long while.

Everybody in Port Charles needs to become one of Kevin's patients.

It was that way long before Frank showed up. It's been that way for almost two decades now.

She is more and more reminding me of the infamous Elizabeth Swaney.

SPORTS MOMENTS: 1. Stephen Nedorosic coming through in the clutch to win a bronze medal for his team. Clark Kent took off his glasses and turned into Pommel Horse Superman! 2. The US Artistic Swimming team doing the moonwalk underwater! 3. The entire Breaking competition (yes, even Raygun ;) ). The excitement, the competitors just putting it all down, the camaraderie, and most of all, the FUN! NON-SPORTS MOMENTS: 1. The Brigadier Stick. Just a lovely way to start off competitions. 2. Hearing the bells of Notre Dame ring out over Paris in the Opening Ceremony. 3. All the athletes singing WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS at the top of their lungs during the Closing Ceremony.

They should have them come out with old-fashioned movie clapper boards. "Aaaaaaand..... ACTION!"

Watching my recording of the closing ceremonies and I must say, France has some pretty amazing rock bands!

To me, it depends on the individual Olympics. Some of them just come off so well which such a great vibe you can't help but love them. Others just don't seem to be to pull off that vibe, so they just aren't as enjoyable.