Morning Buzz: Sunday, February 24, 2008

Posted February 24, 2008, 4:54 am by Growing Bolder


Today is Sunday, February 24, 2008. There are 311 days left in the year and 254 days left until Election Day.
A-Block
Oscars Aim to Cure Awards Fever (New York Times)
Complete List of Nominees (Oscar.org)
Oscars: Who Will Win vs. Who Should Win (ABC News)
FACTBOX: Oscars 80th Birthday (Reuters)
Juno Takes Top Prize at Last Night's Spirit Awards (Reuters)

B-Block
Alternative Oscars (Esquire)
Clooney: "I'm the Hillary of the Oscars" (NowPublic)
2008 Oscars Hottest Fashion Trends (ABC News)
Oscar Party Tips (Mahalo)

C-Block (By The Numbers)
Top 10 Quotes Dissing The Academy Awards (Alternative Reel)
100 Things About Oscar Awards (TechBlogBiz)
10 Cars That Made Cinematic History (nbc5)
Top 15 Best Films That Didn't Win Best Picture (Film School Rejects)

D-Block (Pic of the Day)
Fun With Photoshop: Last Year's Oscar Dress Mistakes (StashWax)
Oscar Nominees Before They Were Stars (Moviefone)


Today's GB Birthdays:
Happy birthday to GB members Jim Carlin and eGenerations_com! Click on their names to send them a birthday greeting!

Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Actor Steven Hill ("Law and Order") is 86. Actor and singer Dominic Chianese ("The Sopranos") is 77. Composer Michel Legrand is 76. Actor Edward James Olmos is 61. Actress Debra Jo Rupp ("That '70s Show") is 57. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray is 52. Broadcast journalist Paula Zahn is 52.

On This Date:
In 1803: The Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison rules itself the final interpreter of constitutional issues.

In 1868: Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted by the Senate for his attempt to dismiss Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.

In 1938: A nylon-bristle toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (DuPont) to be made with nylon yarn.

In 1970: National Public Radio is founded in the United States.

In 1981: Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. They divorced in 1996 and Princess Di is killed in a car crash a year later.

Today's Thought:
"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."
-- Truman Capote



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