THE OSCAR ISSUE / HUFFINGTON / 02.10-17.13
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editor letter
N THIS WEEK’S special issue, our executive entertainment editor Mike Hogan,
in the course of mapping
his own journey from Oscar skeptic to
Oscar fanatic, describes the Academy
Awards as “seductive yet infuriating,
glamorous yet grubby, essential yet ultimately meaningless.” It’s a description
that sums up our collective approach
to Hollywood’s biggest night: acknowledging (and poking fun at) its absurdist
elements, yet embracing it all — from
the rambling speeches to the overdone
song-and-dance numbers.
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