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Enough, Already, About Natalie Portman’s ‘Norbit’

Listen, let’s just make this quick: Friends With Benefits is not Natalie Portman’s Norbit . Don’t let anybody tell you differently. Of course, they won’t tell you per se — they’ll ask or insinuate or poll (or offer some epic, perverse combination of the three), pretending to be on the forward edge of a significant moral-cultural quandary that will define this year’s Oscar race for Best Actress, advancing and attempting to rationalize a conversation with no rational foundation in the first place. We’re better than this, folks, and now is the time to eradicate this non-issue from the Oscar 2010 books.

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Enough, Already, About Natalie Portman’s ‘Norbit’

The 10 Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows for 2011 — Mike’s Picks

To be honest, I hadn’t given a lot of thought to anything coming up in 2011. Usually, I wait until the last minute to think about anything — Christmas gifts? That’s Thursday’s problem! — let alone a movie that might still be twelve months away. Now, being forced at gunpoint (figuratively; a literal description would be more my Gchat being on a constant loop with the words, “Where’s your list?!”), to look ahead to 2011, there are quite a few things that I’m excited about for the New Year. Admittedly, I’d like to throw on a few movies that you’ve never heard of — just to create the illusion that I possess some sort of eclectic knowledge to make myself feel better — but that would be lying. So here’s my actual, make-fun-of-it-if-you-want list.

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The 10 Most Anticipated Movies and TV Shows for 2011 — Mike’s Picks