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Win Oscar, Live Longer
Better than gold A snippet in the Jan. 11 edition of Parade mentions a “controversial study” that claims Academy Award winners lived 3.9 years longer than performers who don’t get that recognition. Then it trots out a more recent analysis … Continue reading
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Oscars: Diablo Cody & the Anti-Snark of the 80th Academy Awards
I experienced my first out-loud Oscar cheer this year, ironically, to me and those who know me, when “La Vie en Rose” won for makeup, of all things; normally, Scarlett, I wouldn’t give a damn, but Marion Cotillard’s transformation to Edith Piaf, from youth through premature aging was just too impressive. Continue reading
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