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2012 Academy Awards Recap: Winners, Losers, Dresses, & More
By Sarah Jost Oscars night has always been one of my favourites of the year, right up there with Halloween and…well, any excuse to get dressed up, have a party, and vote someone best dressed. This year, unfortunately, I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Sarah
Tagged 2012 oscar winners, academy awards, Anne Hathaway, art direction, Best Actor, Best Actress, best picture, billy crystal, bret mckenzie, cameron diaz in gucci, cinematography, Colin Firth, directing, film editing, george clooney, glenn close, gwyneth paltrow, host, hugo, j. mendel, James Franco, kristen wiig, lanvin, louis vuitton, man or muppet, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, msuic, Oscars, oscars best dressed, sound editing, sound mixing, the artist, The Descendants, The Iron Lady, the urchies, tinker tailor soldier spy, tom ford, visual effects, zac posen
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The 2012 Oscar Nominations
By Sarah Jost With last week’s Golden Globes and yesterday’s release of the Oscar nominations, award season (or Urchie season, as its known in discerning circles) is fully upon us. This year, the Golden Globe nominations and winners were so … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award nominations, alec baldwin, Berenic Bejo, Best Actor, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Motion Picture, Best Music (Original Score, Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Bridesmaids, Bryce Dallas Howard, Burn After Reading, gary oldman, george clooney, golden globes, jean dujardin, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Octavia Spencer, Oscar nominations, Rose Byrne, Syriana, the artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Iron Lady, tinker tailor soldier spy, Up in the Air, War Horse, Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
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More Work, Less Pay, the American Way!
By Margaret Hedderman I like to visualise. You know, the way athletes do. Except, instead of slam-dunking from center court (I could totally do that if only I visualised it…) I instead imagine myself acing a job interview. Exciting, I … 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
Posted in Art & Money, Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel
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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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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