Saturday, January 08, 2005

on the irony. plus the fact that this president is sitting at 49% approval, a week before inauguration ... is just more proof that this election was not won by this man.

InsideTrack1: "NEW YORK CITY (Jan. 7, 2005, GoldDerby.com) -- George W. Bush may have been the American people's choice for President in 2004, but the People's Choice Award for the Favorite Film of 2004 will go to his political nemesis this Sunday night, GoldDerby.com has learned.
At the ceremony to be telecast Jan. 9, at 9 p.m. (EST) on CBS, director/writer Michael Moore will accept the prize bestowed upon 'Fahrenheit 9/11' by TV 'President' Martin Sheen, star of 'The West Wing.'
GoldDerby has learned that Moore was tipped off ahead of time that his film beat other nominees 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,' 'The Incredibles,' 'Shrek 2' and 'Spiderman 2.' Apparently, that's why Moore mysteriously chose to ditch his earlier plan to attend this Sunday's gala dinner of the New York Film Critics Circle, which had planned to give him their award for Best Documentary, a victory announced on Dec. 13. Now rumor has it that Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein -- who organized 'Fahrenheit 9/11's' indie patchwork distribution -- will attend the Roosevelt Hotel gala to accept on Moore's behalf.
Even though People's Choice Award winners usually pretend to be surprised when their names are announced as champs, the fact that CBS really tips them off early has always been a poorly kept secret in the media world and, strangely, has never become controversial. In 1968, the Golden Globes were kicked off NBC when the FCC accused the Hollywood Foreign Press Association of tipping off winners ahead of time and thus 'misleading the public about the integrity of the awards process.' The Globes' banishment lasted a long time: it was 9 years before its kudos gala returned to live TV.
This year the tip-off at the People's Choice Awards could become scandalous because it enables CBS and Michael Moore to stage a r"

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