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	<title>Rope of Silicon &#187; Viola Davis</title>
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		<title>2012 Oscar Predictions: The Close Races for Best Actor and Actress</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Dujardin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Descendants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Iron Lady]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who yah got? Jean Dujardin or George Clooney? Meryl Streep or Viola Davis? The Best Actor and Actress races look to be the hotly contested major categories at the 2012 Oscars, care to make an early wager on the winner?]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast: Awards Race, The Ending to &#039;The Grey&#039;, Over/Under, New DVDs and Blu-rays and Listener Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Worthington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Artist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's a packed Tuesday episode with plenty of awards talk, discussion concerning the ending of <i>The Grey</i>, an examination of Sam Worthington's career to this point, a look at this week's new DVD and Blu-rays, your questions and that age-old question, is Laremy a man or a Muppet?]]></description>
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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 Award News]]></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>

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		<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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		<title>&#039;The Artist&#039; Tops the 2012 Critics Choice Movie Awards Winners</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-artist-tops-2012-critics-choice-movie-awards-winners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/the-artist-tops-2012-critics-choice-movie-awards-winners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Critics Choice Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christopher Plummer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michel Hazanavicius]]></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>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Broadcast Film Critics Association named the winners at the 2012 Critics Choice Movie Awards last night and at the top of the heap was director Michel Hazanavicius and his black-and-white silent film <i>The Artist</i>. Click through to check out all of the night's big winners.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Oscar Predictions: Viola Davis Takes the Lead and It&#039;s a Close Finish for Fifth</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-viola-davis-takes-lead-close-finish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlize Theron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Olsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glenn Close]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tilda Swinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was movement at both the top and the bottom of the Best Actress rankings as Viola Davis is now my front-runner to win and two of my previous top five bounce out and are replaced by two new names. Who's in? Who's Out? Click through to find out.]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Oscar Predictions: Updated Best Actress Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-updated-actress-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscar-predictions-updated-actress-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Predictions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlize Theron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Olsen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martha Marcy May Marlene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meryl Streep]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Week with Marilyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Iron Lady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Adult]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Things are getting a little more exciting as I only have a couple of films left to see before I can weigh in on all of the major performances of the year and after seeing <i>Young Adult</i> last night and basking in Charlize Theron's performance it was only appropriate I update my Best Actress predictions today.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons &#039;The Help&#039; is an Early Dark Horse Favorite for This Year&#039;s Oscars</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reasons-considered-dark-horse-favorite-years-oscars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/reasons-considered-dark-horse-favorite-years-oscars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Cody</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allison Janney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce Dallas Howard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Chastain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Octavia Spencer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sissy Spacek]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tate Taylor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=44606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo: Dreamworks Pictures Let me start by saying this article isn&#039;t about naming the best film of 2011. That&#039;s another discussion for another time. This article isn&#039;t even about whether or not I enjoyed The Help, though I did indeed love the film. Instead, this article is to let everyone know I believe The Help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Look at Emma Stone and Viola Davis in &#039;The Help&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-look-at-emma-stone-and-viola-davis-in-the-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-look-at-emma-stone-and-viola-davis-in-the-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sidebar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Emma Stone and Viola Davis in The Help Photo: DreamWorks Pictures I&#039;m very interested to see where the career of Emma Stone heads. I never saw Easy A, but continue to hear mixed opinions on it. However, the fact she&#039;s become a rather hot commodity in Hollywood is indisputable. Coming up Stone has Crazy, Friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efron Smuggles Cocaine and Davis and Stone Look for &#039;Help&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/efron-smuggles-cocaine-and-davis-and-stone-look-for-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/efron-smuggles-cocaine-and-davis-and-stone-look-for-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Who's In? Who's Out?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emma Stone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frances McDormand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[This Must Be the Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zac Efron]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zac Efron Preps to Play Coke Smuggling Money Launderer: Zac Efron is still best known for playing the lead in the High School Musical movies, but after dropping out of the Footloose remake last year and now looking to play a runner for a coke dealer things may be changing. Efron is set to co-produce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>134 New Names Invited to Join the Academy</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/134-new-names-invited-to-join-the-academy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/134-new-names-invited-to-join-the-academy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Ryan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne Hathaway]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Gleeson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Casey Affleck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Marsan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emile Hirsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Blunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugh Jackman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James McAvoy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane Lynch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Wright]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Shannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seth Rogen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taraji P. Henson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday came the yearly announcement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as it extended 134 invitations to several artists and executives &#034;who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures&#034; read the press release. Of course all of them can decline, but I wouldn&#039;t necessarily expect that to happen as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking with Viola Davis about Her Golden Globe Nominated Performance in &#039;Doubt&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/talking-with-viola-davis-about-her-golden-globe-nominated-performance-in-doubt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/talking-with-viola-davis-about-her-golden-globe-nominated-performance-in-doubt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Viola Davis as Mrs. Miller in Doubt Photo: Miramax Out of the blue, last Wednesday I was offered the chance to interview Viola Davis for Doubt, a film I recently reviewed (read here) and dowsed her with much praise, but my interview came one day before her Golden Globe nomination and I wasn&#039;t able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Defiance, Twilight(?), Australia, Wrestler and New Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-defiance-twilight-australia-wrestler-and-new-predictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-update-defiance-twilight-australia-wrestler-and-new-predictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Award Show News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Winslet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mickey Rourke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Reader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Wrestler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viola Davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, last week it was all about Miramax&#039;s Doubt as it finally screened and had a few mixed reactions, but didn&#039;t inspire Oscar blogger finger pointing so I guess that&#039;s something. However, this week all the buzz has been around Baz Luhrmann&#039;s Australia as word began circling Fox had forced Baz to change the downer [...]]]></description>
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