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The Urchin Oscar Response!
The Academy Awards came and went last night, and while First Lady Michelle Obama’s unannounced drop-in was easily the biggest and most delightful surprise of the night, here are three other surprises that caught the Urchin eye. Jennifer Lawrence’s Best … Continue reading
We Want Your Nominations for the 2011 Urchie Awards!
Now’s your chance, people! Last year’s first annual Urchie Awards were a big hit, and the only way we can top last year’s is with your help! Tell us in the comments section who/what deserves to win the prize this … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, 2011, academy awards, audrey hepburn, award shows, Oscars, urchie nominations
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That Other Award Show
By Sarah Jost It is hard to believe that the biggest award show of the season is already over. Yes, the Urchies were a wild success! The winners were truly extraordinary, and gosh, can you believe those arrivals? But there … Continue reading
1st Annual Urchie Award Winners!
What a show! Sincere thanks to all who read and voted! Here they are, your winners! Book of the Year Imperial by William T. Vollmann Novelist (that’s right, novelist) William T. Vollmann spent ten years of his life on this … Continue reading
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Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, award shows, Away We Go, beatles, belgium, books, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, george clooney, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, kathryn bigelow, nonfiction, paul mccartney, richard hammond, scotland, st. vincent, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Up, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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And the Urchie Lifetime Achievement Award Goes to…
By Geo Ong I don’t believe I deserve dinner unless I’ve done a day’s work. —Charlie Chaplin The Urchins love and respect Charlie Chaplin for plenty of reasons. First of all, he’s English. (You don’t have to be English to … Continue reading
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Tagged america, award shows, charlie chaplin, city lights, communism, house un-american activities committee, huac, james agee, jesus christ, mccarthyism, modern times, silent film, the circus, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies
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Welcome to the Urchies Red Carpet Special!
By Geo Ong *The following is a transcript of the Urchies Red Carpet Special. Hack: Welcome to the Urchies Red Carpet Special! I’m your host, Hack Bignose, and this is my lovely, lovely cohost, the gorgeous… umm… hold on, don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged award shows, ed helms, ewan mcgregor, faust, george clooney, television, the hangover, the office, urchies
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1st Annual Urchie Award Nominations!
[UPDATE: Find out who won!] The day you have been waiting for is finally here. The Golden Globes and Grammys have passed. The Oscars loom forebodingly in the not-so-distant future. But none of that matters! The only important award show … Continue reading
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Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, academy awards, award shows, Away We Go, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, film of the year, george clooney, grammys, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, judd apatow, little bee, long way round, Oscars, paul mccartney, Pixar, Quintin Tarantino, richard hammond, st. vincent, Stand Up Stand Up, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Todd Phillips, Up, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Countdown!
So we may not have a fancy-spanche countdown ticker to the Oscars like IMDb (do you know how much those things cost?? like five thousand dollars at Best Buy!), but we don’t need it. We’d rather keep you all in … Continue reading
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Tagged academy awards, award shows, charles darwin, imdb, Oscars, urchies
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Conan O’Brien: An Appreciation
By Geo Ong I remember the exact moment I realised Conan O’Brien was more than just funny. Before that moment, I simply enjoyed watching him on Late Night, wondering how this guy could say and do the same things every … Continue reading
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Tagged award shows, charlie rose, conan o'brien, cynicism, emmy awards, entertainment weekly, injustice, inside the actor's studio, late night with conan o'brien, los angeles, nbc, new york city, new york times, television, the tonight show, the tonight show with conan o'brien, writers strike
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