The Iraq War drama “The Hurt Locker” won best picture and five other prizes tonight at the Academy Awards; its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’s top prize for filmmakers.
When the band No Age was in town last year for a 21-and-older show at the Beauty Bar on Fremont Street, the two members of the L.A. Vegan Noise Rock band — who also support all-ages shows — were nice enough to let me interview them before their gig.
Ending their weeklong special session in the wee hours of Monday, lawmakers sent Gov. Jim Gibbons a stopgap balanced-budget plan to fill an $887 million hole in the $6.9 billion general fund budget.
We are not recovering from a recession. We are actually falling deeper into a depression. The spin, propaganda and wishful thinking from Barack Obama, Congress and the Fed are wearing thin on the average American.
The people’s choice, the biggest hit in box-office history, has a genuine shot at Oscar’s top accolade — but can this visionary sci-fi adventure win without nominations in bellwether acting and screenplay categories? To do so, it’ll have to hold off a blistering barrage from the night’s other big gun, “The Hurt Locker,” which has shots at both.