Blog Posts by Bryan Enk

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It came as a surprise to pretty much no one on earth when Daniel Day-Lewis won the Best Actor Oscar for his mesmerizing performance as the 16th president of the United States in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln." But what may be news to most is that this win establishes an Oscar record.

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Bookended by the ever-classy George Clooney and the ever-brassy Barbra Streisand, the Oscar In Memoriam segment paid tribute to some of the Hollywood greats who died in the past year, including Ernest Borgnine, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jack Klugman, Ray Bradbury, and Charles Durning.

However, as is usually the case, there were some notable people who were omitted from the montage.

Arguably the most notable omission this year was Andy Griffith, who rose to prominence as the star of Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" and went on to headline the situational comedy "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960-1968) and the popular legal drama "Matlock" (1986-1985). He most recently appeared in the acclaimed independent comedy “Waitress” (2007), co-starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion and Jeremy Sisto. Griffith died on July 3 at the age of 86.

Other "In Memoriam" snubs include football player/wrestler/actor Alex 'The Mad Duck' Karras, director Gore Vidal, "Dallas" star Larry Hagman, "Family Feud" (and

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As he did last month at the Golden Globes, Christoph Waltz beat out four much more famous actors to score the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as the most charismatic character in a historical drama written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Now we're really thinking that it's 2010 all over again.

The Austrian-born Waltz was first introduced to a wide American audience via his portrayal of Col. Hans Landa, a scheming yet oddly likable (or at least occasionally amusing) Nazi officer in Quentin Tarantino's WWII revisionist fantasy, "Inglourious Basterds." Tarantino's stylized dialogue effortlessly rolled off Waltz's tongue as he brought a fey charm to a despicable monster, making Landa the most compelling Tarantino character since perhaps Jules Winfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in "Pulp Fiction." Waltz won both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.

Now, Waltz has reunited with Tarantino for "Django Unchained," a "southern" revenge