I thought Oscar Knight must be some British character actor famous for his dramatic roles, or some international footballer famous for "selling" penalties, but couldn't find anything about the mysterious Mr. Knight via google. Turns out the commentator talking about "Oscar night". It wasn't until much later last night that I finally got it.
That's "Oscar night" as in the 80th Academy Awards (which were last night). I didn't watch the Oscars, and have not see any of the nominated films, so I didn't see any reason to watch. Apparently No Country For Old Men is pretty good, since it won all the awards. I'm glad that "Falling Slowly" won best original song (Once was my favorite film of 2007) and would have liked to see Glen and Marketa perform it, but that's what
youtube is for.
By the way, after Dimitar Berbatov converted that 70th minute penalty to equalize, Tottenham went on to beat Chelsea 2-1 in extra time and win the Carling Cup. It was a second half performance worthy of Oscar Knight. The Carling Cup should not be confused with the FA Cup (which is still in progress and down to the final eight the boys from Barnsley now have to face Chelsea) or the Champions League (which is down to the final sixteen). And all these cup competitions are independent from their various leagues.
In movie terms, it's like simultaneously competing for the Oscars and the Golden Globes, if these movie awards were all knockout competitions. So even though Atonement won the GGs, it would still have to face the mighty No Country in the Oscar semis.
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When is Glen Hansard going to be cast as the lead in the Harry Nilsson biopic?
Jestaplero: Have you seen The Commitments? The younger Hansard looks even more like the young Nilsson..
I have seen the Commitments, but forgot he was in it!
He's the perfect age to play him right now, because he is a dead ringer for the slightly ravaged, Son of Schmilsson/mid-70s era Nilsson, not yet too old to play him as a young man.
He is also about as tall as Nilsson, and could probably sing the parts pretty well. All he needs is to come up with a Brooklyn accent.
I'm serious, Martin Scorcese (a huge Nilsson fanatic) should make this movie. It's a great American story, Brooklyn to Hollywood, and just think of some of the scenes and characters it would comprise: Phil Spector, Lennon - did you know both Keith Moon and Mama Cass died in his London apartment?
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