On The Clock Report: February 25, 2008

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The 80th Academy Awards 

Hollywood, CA – The most prestigious and important awards show for actors and movie fans alike was held last night (Feb. 25) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The 80th Annual Oscars honored the best in film of 2007and included the most acclaimed films of that year. The show was aired live on ABC and was hosted by Jon Stewart of The Daily Show. This was his second time hosting since 2006.  

Here is a list of major category winners from last night’s Oscars:  

Best Picture  

No Country for Old Men 

Best Actor in a Leading Role 

Daniel Day-Lewis: There Will Be Blood 

Best Actress in a Leading Role

 
Marion Cotillard: La Vie En Rose  
 
Best Actor in a Supporting Role  

Javier Bardem: No Country for Old Men  
 
Best Actress in a Supporting Role  

Tilda Swinton: Michael Clayton  
 
Directing  
 
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men  

Writing (Original Screenplay)  
 
Diablo Cody: Juno  

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)  

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen: No Country for Old Men  
 
Best Foreign Language Film  
 
The Counterfeiters  
 
Best Documentary Feature  

Taxi to the Dark Side  
 
Best Animated Feature Film  

Ratatouille 
 
Mad Props to No Country for Old Men, but I still thought that Michael Clayton was a better movie overall. And what the hell happened to American Gangster, that wasn’t even in the category for Best Picture, Denzel played that role perfect. In my opinion, this year’s choices worth all too grand anyway, let’s just hope that next year has better released films that get that major acclaim. 

Lil Wayne: Non-Stop Musical Monster talks about Tha Carter III

New Orleans, LA – We can all come to a conclusion that Lil Wayne is a lyrical monster, he will literally murk a beat without having to think twice about what he wants to address in a song. Self Acclaimed Best Rapper Alive is a heavy title to carry around, but he does it with full evidence.  

Weezy recently spoke to MTV News about his predicted unofficial release of his most anticipated Tha Carter III LP; he comments that he’s always in the studio working constantly on songs left and right, stating that he has material enough to last him into the Carter 10. 

This was his comments to MTV News: 

“I make it worse for Universal (Records), I keep doing new songs every other day. I don't stop working, so I don't know when they gonna get that. Everything I do be better than the last, like, ‘Oh, this gotta make the album!’” 

At present moment, Weezy says that he’s worked with a lot of different artists on this upcoming album  which include Jay-Z, Hurricane Chris, Tiger (cousin of Gym Class Heroes' member Travis McCoy), Lil Mama, Busta Rhymes, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, Birdman, and Cash Money’s newest artist Brisco. As for the production side, he’s worked with Alchemist, Swizz Beatz, Cool & Dre, Kanye West, Jim Johnston and his own in-house producer Diesel. At press time, Weezy adds that he is looking towards an April release, but that is still unofficial. 

On the real, I’ve been listening to the works of Wayne since before the Tha Block is Hot. I got to admit, there is no denying that his talent has matured over the course of the decade and continues to mature. Now pushing this album back several months was actually a good idea, now the fans wait and anticipate the arrival even more. When Tha Carter III officially drops, it’s gonna sell like crazy. I know there are a lot people who disagree, so drop a comment and tell us your opinion.