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Apparently, Jericho would be on cable and maybe Sci-Fi.

I hope it works out. The bad thing is that Sci-Fi is not available in Canada. We do have Space channel who was advertising that Jericho was a season finale. Hhmmmm? maybe they know something more…

I should start the “Second Life Channel” where all the good shows I like continues to live on. I just need the money now! Day break, Journeyman, Traveler ….and many of the 2006-2007 that died after only a few episodes. So, no American Idol, Canadian Idol or Dance with something…

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I liked the hosting job that Jon Stewart did at The Oscars. Not every thing was perfect but it was funny most of the time despite the limited time to produce the The Oscars . But he did do a kind gesture: when the music(song) winners Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova got on stage, Glen Hansard made his speech but Marketa Irglova was cut off. Jon Stewart went and got back Marketa Irglova on stage so that she could do her speech too.

Yes, time is important at the The Oscars but Jon Stewart was right doing what he did.

80th Annual Academy Awards(The Oscars)

And the winner is…

• Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
• Best Directing: No Country for Old Men
• Best Actress: Marion Cotillard
• Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
• Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem
• Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton
• Best Original Screenplay: Juno-Diablo Cody
• Best Documentary Short-Freeheld
• Best Documentary: Taxi to the Dark Side
• Best Original Score: Atonement-Dario Marianelli
• Best Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
• Best Foreign Language Film: The Counterfeiters
• Best Film Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
• Best Sound Mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
• Best Sound Editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
• Best Animated Short: Peter And The Wolf
• Best Short Film: The Mozart of Pickpockets
• Best Art Direction: Sweeney Todd
• Best Visual Effects: The Golden Compass
• Best Makeup: La Vie En Rose
• Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille-Brad Bird
• Best Costume Design: La Vie en Rose-Alexandra Byrne

Blunder?

Every year during the Oscars, the Academy take time to remember fellow members of the movie industry that died during the passed year. Some are big names and some less known by the general public. I think the ideal is a nice gesture because we may had missed someone during the year that passed over.This year, and most recently, was marked by the death of Heath Ledger, and of course, they finished with him. But I also expected that they would had included Brad Renfro that died the week before him. He did have some known movies like: The Jacket, Apt Pupil, The Client and the upcoming The Informers.

Was it a blunder by the Oscars or the wish of the family? What were the criteria to be included in the montage?

Anyway, congrats to all winners even if I did not see most of those movies yet. At least, I can rent them.

When Paramount decided to exclusively support HD-DVD in August, I decided to partially boycott them and not see their movies at the theater. I think, I went to seen only one since. It was easy for me because the number of English movies available was very small. I was mad, that by their action, they prolonged the HD format. Now, my boycott is over. Toshiba officially drop HD-DVD today. When will they start making a Blu-Ray player? They did not mentioned it.

Universal already announced that will join the Blu-Ray camp. But it will take some time to get their movies because there are behind the other studios on that front. That I understand it very well.

Surprisingly, Paramount/Dreamwork did not comment the news yet. Paramount, on another hand, has already a few movies in stock. They were not release when they made the switch to HD-DVD. They are behind by 6 months on that front. Maybe they want to make it special by announcing those titles in stock at the same time.

Don’t worry, price of Blu-Ray players will not rise because Blu-Ray has to compete with DVD and themself. Plus, those(vast majority) on the sideline will start to invest in Blu-Ray products. And don’t worry, your old DVD will still work in a Blu-Ray player. The image will be even better(upconvert) but it would not be real HD.

Toshiba has now it’s own Beta and Sony finally won in a format war

Let’s start watching HD(Blu-Ray) movies together hand in hand like happy movie fan’s!