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Monday, March 6, 2006 12:00 AM

Oscar castrates himself

The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart?

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  • Monday, March 6, 2006 08:00 AM

    Hmmmm..... curious....

    Did you write this on Friday? If I'm not mistaken the Oscars Award Show was last night, March 5, 2006. Your story was filed March 3, 2006:

    "Oscar castrates himself

    The Academy celebrates niceness, bleeps out "bitch" and pats itself on the back for good behavior. And what did they do to poor Jon Stewart?

    By Cintra Wilson

    March 3, 2006 | Just when you thought it couldn't possibly get any more wrist-slashingly boring, the boringness collapsed in on itself and became a deadly howling void of terrible sucking from which the light of no star could escape. These Oscars were so hideously uptight...."

    Jon Stewart was wonderful - a little restrained but he got in a few good ones... perhaps if you had actually watched the show ON MARCH 5, you would have known this...

    :)

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