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		<title>&#039;Hunger Games&#039; for Best Picture? Lawrence for Best Actress? Nope.</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-for-best-picture-lawrence-for-best-actress-nope/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hunger-games-for-best-picture-lawrence-for-best-actress-nope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Lawrence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks online are giving <i>The Hunger Games</i> a shot at Best Picture and thinking Jennifer Lawrence may have a shot at Best Actress. I like the film, but I just don't see this happening.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tale of the Tape: 8 Actresses in Line to Star Opposite Johnny Depp in &#039;The Thin Man&#039; Remake</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tale-of-the-tape-8-actresses-in-line-to-star-opposite-johnny-depp-in-the-thin-man-remake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tale-of-the-tape-8-actresses-in-line-to-star-opposite-johnny-depp-in-the-thin-man-remake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Studio Shortlists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Adams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carey Mulligan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Blunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eva Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isla Fisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kristen Wiig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Weisz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Thin Man]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like that <i>Thin Man</I> remake with Johnny Depp and director Rob Marshall is moving forward and the shortlist of ladies up for the co-starring role is here. Which one of these eight actresses do you see in the role of Nora Charles?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ten Year Oscar Reunion: Revisiting and Revoting for the 2002 Oscars</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-year-oscar-reunion-revisiting-and-revoting-for-the-2002-oscars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-year-oscar-reunion-revisiting-and-revoting-for-the-2002-oscars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revisiting the Oscars]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wish the Academy would go back and re-vote for the Oscars of years prior? Well, thanks to a suggestion by Slate's Lowen Liu we are going to do just that. I have included polls for the six major categories from the 2001 Oscars and we are going to do it all over again. Place your votes and we'll see who comes out on top.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>What was Your Favorite 2012 Super Bowl Trailer?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-was-your-favorite-2012-super-bowl-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-was-your-favorite-2012-super-bowl-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl Trailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marvel's The Avengers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What was your favorite Super Bowl trailer from yesterday? Was it <i>The Avengers</i>, <i>Battleship</i>, <i>The Dictator</i>, <i>G.I. Joe: Retaliation</i> or maybe <i>John Carter</i>? Vote in our poll and share your thoughts!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>USER POLL: 2012 Screen Actors Guild Award Winner Predictions!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-2012-screen-actors-guild-award-winner-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-2012-screen-actors-guild-award-winner-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screen Actors Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beginners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Plummer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Octavia Spencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Descendants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Screen Actors Guild Awards will be held this Sunday so it's time to get your predictions in before the big show. My money is on <i>The Help</i> going home the big winners, but I wonder, are you more inclined to vote for <i>The Artist</i>? Click through and share your thoughts and your votes.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>49</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Film Do You Think Would Have been the Tenth Best Picture Nominee?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/film-tenth-picture-nominee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/film-tenth-picture-nominee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[50/50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridesmaids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Week with Marilyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robot & Frank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soldier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tailor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Ides of March]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tinker]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Academy nominated nine films for Best Picture at the 2012 Oscars, so what film would have been number ten if they kept going? If I had to place a bet I'd go with <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</i>, but <i>Bridesmaids</i> or <i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</i> could just as easily slid in based on the rest of the nominations. Click through and vote!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>If You Could See One of These 20 Upcoming 2012 Releases Today, which One Would It Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/20-upcoming-2012-releases-today-be/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/20-upcoming-2012-releases-today-be/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you taken a look at the movies set to hit theaters next year? Movies such as <i>Spider-Man</i>, <i>The Avengers</i>, <i>The Dark Knight Rises</i>, <i>Django Unchained</i>, <i>The Hobbit</i>, <i>Prometheus</i> and <i>Skyfall</i>, and that's the tip of the iceberg. Question is, if you could see one of them right now which one would it be?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
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		<title>POLL: Which Franchise Do You Prefer, &#039;Star Wars&#039; or &#039;Star Trek&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-better-star-wars-star-trek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-better-star-wars-star-trek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carrie Fisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Shatner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[William Shatner opened up the debate, Carrie Fisher added her two cents and now I bring it to you... which franchise do you prefer, <i>Star Wars</i> or <i>Star Trek</i>?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>POLL: Which Post-&#039;Dark Knight Rises&#039; Option Would You Like to See Christian Bale Star in Next?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-post-dark-knight-rises-option-christian-bale-star-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-post-dark-knight-rises-option-christian-bale-star-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Star is Born]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christian Bale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Aronofsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Mann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Noah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oldboy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spike Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight Rises]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=45468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian Bale has choices once he completes work on <i>The Dark Knight Rises</i> and those choices include films from the likes of Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee, Darren Aronofsky and Michael Mann. Click on through to see what each is about and let us know which one you would prefer he take.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smith, Elba, Foxx or Tucker &#8211; Who Do You Want to Lead Tarantino&#039;s &#039;Django Unchained&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/smith-elba-foxx-tucker-lead-tarantinos-django-unchained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/smith-elba-foxx-tucker-lead-tarantinos-django-unchained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rumor Monger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Tucker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Django Unchained]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Idris Elba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Foxx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Smith]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=41932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If this was 2005 I probably wouldn&#039;t be cringing as much as I am at the idea of Jamie Foxx leading Quentin Tarantino&#039;s Django Unchained, but as much as I trust Tarantino&#039;s judgment when it comes to casting this would be a decision I couldn&#039;t support until seeing actual footage. The rumor comes from Roger [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Which Superhero Movie Will Rule Summer 2011?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/which-superhero-movie-will-rule-summer-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/which-superhero-movie-will-rule-summer-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain America: The First Avenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Lantern]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[X-Men: First Class]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=39479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. / 20th Century Fox Early reviews are out for Thor as the start of the summer movie season is only a couple weeks away and with it comes four new big budget superhero movies. Three new superheroes attempt to mark their own territory on the landscape and a familiar [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Would You Like to See Zack Snyder Replaced as Director of &#039;Superman&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/would-you-like-to-see-zack-snyder-replaced-as-director-of-superman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/would-you-like-to-see-zack-snyder-replaced-as-director-of-superman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superman: Man of Steel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zack Snyder]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=38665</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the record, my answer to the question posed in the headline is&#8230; No. The reason I&#039;m asking this question is because a pair of articles over at The Guardian and MTV contemplate the possibility of such a scenario. Personally, I think Snyder is the right director to give the Superman franchise the kick in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Reader Results: Your 2011 Oscar Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reader-results-your-2011-oscar-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reader-results-your-2011-oscar-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37318</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: AMPAS // RopeofSilicon.com You voted and the results are in. Featured below are the results from the user poll I posted on Thursday as well as my predictions for comparison. Most of our predictions are the same, but on five of them we do find differences and the users have some different runners-up in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>AWARDS POLL: You Predict the 2011 Oscar Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/awards-poll-you-predict-the-2011-oscar-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/awards-poll-you-predict-the-2011-oscar-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=37202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: AMPAS // RopeofSilicon.com I&#039;ve already posted my personal Oscar predictions right here and now it is time for you to weigh in with your predictions so we can see what the RopeofSilicon collective has to say. I have listed 21 of the 24 Oscar categories below (excluding the short categories), and next to each [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Was Your Favorite Super Bowl Trailer?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-was-your-favorite-super-bowl-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-was-your-favorite-super-bowl-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Trailers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl Trailers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Columbia Pictures Before you begin reading this or prepare to vote, if you haven&#039;t watched the trailers from Super Bowl XLV yet, I have them all right here. Give &#039;em a watch and come back and let me know what you think. I just posted my thoughts on the Captain America: The First Avenger [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>FINAL ROUND: 51 Films Left, Nominate Ten for Best Picture of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-round-nominate-ten-films-for-best-picture-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-round-nominate-ten-films-for-best-picture-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=36298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a pretty successful first round of voting for the best films of 2010, but it would have been even better had people been able to follow the simplest rule and voted for eight or more films. You wouldn&#039;t believe how many votes were deleted because people voted for only one film or those [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ten Years of Best Animated Oscar Nominees&#8230; Which Ones are Your Favorite?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-years-of-best-animated-oscar-nominees-which-ones-are-your-favorite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ten-years-of-best-animated-oscar-nominees-which-ones-are-your-favorite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35839</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 marks the tenth year the Oscars have singled out animated films for their own Best Animated Feature Oscar and I started looking over the list of nominees and began to wonder how they might match up with public opinion. In ten years 34 films have been nominated for the Best Animated Feature Oscar, eight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YOUR TURN: Nominate Ten Films for Best Picture of 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/your-turn-nominate-ten-films-for-best-picture-of-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/your-turn-nominate-ten-films-for-best-picture-of-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of you have been asking for your opportunity to vote on the best films of 2010 after I did the same thing last year, which resulted in a decent result even though there were a few people that tried to game the system. Fortunately, you live and you learn and checks have been [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>54</slash:comments>
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		<title>USER POLL: Predict the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-predict-the-2011-screen-actors-guild-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-predict-the-2011-screen-actors-guild-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screen Actors Guild]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday, January 30, the Screen Actors Guild will hold the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards giving us yet another opportunity to debate and discuss winners, losers and should&#039;ve-been-ers and I will be here once again with a live blog and live winner updates throughout the night, but first we must make our predictions. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USER POLL: Predict the 2011 Golden Globe Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-i-predict-and-you-predict-the-2011-golden-globe-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-i-predict-and-you-predict-the-2011-golden-globe-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golden Globe Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=35458</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin, what do you think of my new Golden Globe Award logo? I spent a little time in the workshop yesterday and that was the result. Hope you like it, I was quite pleased with it. That bit of silliness aside, we are only a few hours away from the first big award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should the Academy Eliminate the Best Animated Feature Film Category?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/should-the-academy-eliminate-the-best-animated-feature-film-category/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/should-the-academy-eliminate-the-best-animated-feature-film-category/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How to Train Your Dragon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ratatouille]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toy Story 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WALL-E]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=34234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There seems to be a group of people that believe animated films aren&#039;t &#034;real&#034; films, at least not in the same way as live-action films. As a result they don&#039;t think animated films should be considered for Oscar&#039;s Best Picture category. They often point to the Best Animated Feature category and say, &#034;They have their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News? Bad News? &#039;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I&#039; Going 2D Only&#8230; No 3D</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/good-news-bad-news-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-going-2d-only-no-3d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/good-news-bad-news-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-going-2d-only-no-3d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Production Update]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Warner Bros. If you ask me this is spectacular news as Warner Bros. has just issued a press release announcing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I will be released only in 2D in both conventional and IMAX theaters as completed 3D versions of the film will not be ready in time for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Avatar&#039; Extended Blu-ray and DVD Set for November, but Will You Buy It?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avatar-extended-blu-ray-and-dvd-set-for-november-but-will-you-buy-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/avatar-extended-blu-ray-and-dvd-set-for-november-but-will-you-buy-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Video News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Fox Home Entertainment NOTE: You can preorder the Avatar: Collector&#039;s Edition from Amazon right now by clicking here. The DVD is currently priced at $22.99 and the Blu-ray for $35.99. After being released on December 18, 2009 James Cameron&#039;s Avatar went on to make over $749 million domestically before it ended that theatrical run [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POLL: Are You Excited for &#039;Star Wars&#039; in 3D?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-are-you-excited-for-star-wars-in-3d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/poll-are-you-excited-for-star-wars-in-3d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Coming Up Next]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Wars: Episode VI, Return of the Jedi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photo: 20th Century Fox // Lucas Film]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>36</slash:comments>
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		<title>Curious Audience Reactions to &#039;Super 8&#039; and &#039;Inception&#039; Trailers</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/audience-reaction-to-j-j-abramss-super-8-and-the-new-inception-trailers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/audience-reaction-to-j-j-abramss-super-8-and-the-new-inception-trailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 18:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reactionary Causes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inception]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super 8]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The A-Team]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Airbender]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I shot over to a midnight screening of Iron Man 2 so I could catch the trailer for the super secret J.J. Abrams project Super 8. I had to know what the fuss was about&#8230; right? Well, the trailer was included as the last one in a series of trailers prior to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>READER POLL: You Predict the 2010 Oscar Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reader-poll-you-predict-the-2010-oscar-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reader-poll-you-predict-the-2010-oscar-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=24995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: AMPAS I started tracking this year&#039;s Oscar contenders on July 20, 2009 and it has all come down to this final week as Sunday, March 7 will mark the end of one Oscar season and the start of another, and trust me, I am already preparing for Oscars 2011 with a list of 47 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>USER POLL: You Predict the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-you-predict-the-2010-screen-actors-guild-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-you-predict-the-2010-screen-actors-guild-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Screen Actors Guild]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Screen Actors Guild The Golden Globes come to a close and less than a week later we must make preparations to receive the 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards and just as with the Globes I open the door for you to predict the winners. However, instead of like the Globes, the SAGs only offer [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>USER POLL: You Predict the 2010 Golden Globe Award Winners!</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-you-predict-the-2010-golden-globe-award-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/user-poll-you-predict-the-2010-golden-globe-award-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golden Globe Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=23519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Hollywood Foreign Press Association It&#039;s that time of year and it&#039;s about time we begin focusing on the first major awards show of 2010 as the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be held this coming Sunday, January 17 and once again I will be here live-blogging the festivities and updating the winners as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#039;Inglourious Basterds&#039; Leads List of Top 25 Movies of 2009 as Voted by You</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inglourious-basterds-leads-list-of-top-25-movies-of-2009-as-voted-by-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/inglourious-basterds-leads-list-of-top-25-movies-of-2009-as-voted-by-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RopeofSilicon User Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My little experiment to give users the chance to vote on the best films of 2009 was certainly an interesting one as the first round went a little haywire in the beginning with a group of fans attempting to game the system by not following the rules. This forced me to create a script to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ROUND 2: You Vote for the Best Films of 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/round-2-you-vote-for-the-best-films-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/round-2-you-vote-for-the-best-films-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Questions for the Audience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RopeofSilicon User Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so the first round went moderately well, even though some voters tried to game the system by not following the rules and not voting for the full five films. Fortunately I caught the problem and was able to fix it in time to get as accurate a result as we could expect. No problem [...]]]></description>
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