Makin’ Whoopee With Affleck and Kimmel

Dear Mr. Robin Williams, You may or may not recall yesterday’s post in which we hinted at a longing for another musical performance similar to your rendition of “Blame Canada” for the 2000 Oscars telecast. In our post, we even suggested that they should have let you sing “Raise It Up” the Oscar-nominated song from [...]

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80th Academy Awards Post Mortem

Dear Mr. Robin Williams, This is not the traditional Oscar Post mortem. Our goal here at If I Blog It They Will Come isn’t to evaluate whether the awards went to the right people. We prefer to leave that task to Richard Corliss of Time Magazine ten years from now. However, we will judge from [...]

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ReOscar Worthy

Dear Mr. Robin Williams, As you are no doubt aware, this Sunday evening the majority of the nation will be wrapped up in yet another Oscar ceremony. While we are no doubt disappointed that your turn as Wizard in August Rush did not earn you another nomination, we are still quite caught up in the [...]

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A Little Mr. Brooks Inside All Of Us

Dear Mr. Costner, In the most recent issue of Time Magazine, Richard Corliss wrote an article about good actors portraying villains in this summer’s most anticipated movies. To nobody’s surprise your portrayal of Mr. Brooks was one of the characters mentioned. You described the title character as someone with an ” addiction he’s trying to [...]

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