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Article: THRILL OF AN OSCAR SOMETHING TO BEHOLD.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

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February 28, 2004
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Byline: Mike Pearson, Rocky Mountain News

It's Academy Awards time again, which means another Barbara Walters special, a run on limousines and taffeta, and another chance for the Greatest Awards Show on Earth to run longer than the Falklands War.

These days celebrating the Oscars has become a virtual cottage industry across the country. Film societies throw lavish parties; video stores have contests. Crazy people take to the streets to act out scenes from Braveheart. At least in my neighborhood they do.

When I was in high school the Oscars posed a dilemma: They were routinely held on Monday nights opposite the NCAA men's basketball championship. ...

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