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4 Reasons Why Kiernan Shipka (a.k.a. Sally Draper) Might Get an Emmy Nomination in 2011

Laugh all you want, but it’s true: Besides perhaps only Randee Heller — R.I.P. Ms. Blankenship — there hasn’t been a bigger breakout performer on Mad Men this season than Kiernan Shipka. Upped to a series regular for the first time, Shipka has handled her increasingly adult situations — ahem — with the aplomb of someone twice her age. It begs the incredibly, ridiculously premature question: Can little Sally Draper be an Emmy nominee in 2011? Ahead Movieline offers 4 reasons why that might not be as far-fetched as you think.

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Can Any Toronto Performances Possibly Eclipse Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman?

Listen, I’m with you on the hype thing: There can never be too little, especially this early in what’s generally accepted as the dawn of awards season, pretty much before anyone’s seen anything and studio money talks. But you know what? Let me put it this way: Everything you’ve heard about Javier Bardem and Natalie Portman’s extraordinary performances in Biutiful and Black Swan is true, and if festivalgoers see anything better this week in Toronto, then all of us are in for one hell of a bounty in the months ahead.

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Why Yes, Ms. Blankenship Does Still Keep in Touch With The Karate Kid

Am I the only one who finds the strength to get out of bed every morning simply because Mrs. LaRusso from The Karate Kid is back in our lives? Randee Heller — who played Daniel’s mom in the ’80s classic and can currently be seen as Don Draper’s new office-affair-repellent-and-racist secretary, Ms. Blankenship, on Mad Men — spoke to Vulture today and revealed (to the delight of Karate Kid fans the world over) that she’s still in contact with her former screen son, Ralph Macchio. “We’ve been hooking up over e-mails and texting each other ever since the Karate Kid remake,” she said. “[I]t’s always, ‘Hi, mom!’ He calls me mom.” Aw. [ Vulture ]

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