The Best Insect Picture I’ve Ever Seen

I can only assume this is a photoshop in terms of the little face looking at us. But what if it’s not? Even the little arm sticking out as if it’s waving at us kicks ass. Either way this picture rules.

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The Week in Pictures: First Plug-in Hybrid Electric Porsche Unveiled, Best Picture of Earth Ever, PETA Porn, and More (Slideshow)

From the news that state legislators in South Dakota have passed a resolution that "urges" schools to stop teaching global climate change as hard science--and instead pair it with "astrological" and "cosmological" theories--to the unveiling of the 918 Spyder, a new plug-in electric hybrid Porsche concept car from Volkswagen, a lot happened this week in green. Find out what else happened in the world of green this week in our photo roundup of most popular, most important, and most oddball stories. Read the full story on TreeHugger

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‘The Hurt Locker’ takes 6 Oscars, including Best Picture

Oh, let’s start with the positive. The irony of the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner of all time coming in a year when the Academy did everything it could (right down to a hopelessly baiting horror film montage) to shove the Oscar telecast toward populist appeal couldn’t be more delicious. Much of the season was deceptively [...]

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Oscar for Best Picture: a literary quiz

The Oscar for Best Picture will be awarded Sunday, and to get in the mood, here's a quiz on the nominees' literary heritage. Many of the top movies were adapted from books -- reaffirming the enormous creativity and storytelling power found on the printed page. For our quiz, match each movie title to the author of the book from which it was adapted. (No Googling!) Leave your answers as a comment; we'll send one lucky winner a paperback of "Crazy Heart" -- another great adaptation that got three nominations. MOVIES 1. The Blind Side (Best picture) 2. An Education (Best picture) 3. Up in the Air (Best picture) 4. Precious (Best picture) 5. Julie and Julia (Best Actress) 6. Crazy Heart (Best Actor) AUTHORS a. Walter Kim b. Michael Lewis c. Thomas Cobb d. Sapphire e. Julie Powell f. Lynn Barber

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EXTRA: The Hurt Locker wins Oscar for best picture

Los Angeles - Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker won the best picture Oscar Sunday night, capping a memorable night when it bagged a total of six Oscars. A critical favourite directed by Kathryn Bigelow, the low-budget Hurt Locker racked up numerous awar...

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'Hurt Locker' sweeps Oscars; Bigelow first female 'best director'

Iraq war movie “The Hurt Locker” won for best picture at the 82nd annual Academy Awards, with director Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman in history to win the Oscar for best director at the glittering Sunday night event in Los Angeles.

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Hurt Locker earns best picture Academy Award

LOS ANGELES - The Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow.Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the...

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And the Oscar for best picture goes to Inglourious Basterds'?

Here's what could happen Sunday night: "Inglourious Basterds," best picture. Carey Mulligan, best actress.

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And BitTorrent’s Oscar Goes To…. District 9

In just a few hours the Oscar winners will be announced, including the award for the best movie of 2009. We take a look at the nominees in the Best Picture category to see which film would win if every download on BitTorrent counted as a vote.

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Daly: Jessen was real-life bomb hero three years before 'Hurt Locker' arrived

Army Staff Sgt. Kevin Jessen was an explosive-ordnance disposal expert as uncommonly brave and uncommonly skilled as the one depicted in the film that won the Oscar for Best Picture.

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