Last look at Van Nuys location
WNET and the influence of David Koch
Sasha Stone has run OscarWatch.com for seven years, but suddenly the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has hit her with a cease-and-desist letter over the name. She posts about it here, and tells Scott Martelle of the LAT that she can't afford a lawyer. "I really do think I can argue this thing — people do use the name all the time…. Oscar-watching is its own word, really," she said. "But I probably just can't afford it. I think I'll just have to comply."
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LA Times writers revisit their '92 riots observations
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Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas exchange words over Maccabee script *
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