This could get ugly.

Oscar pundits were declaring the race all but won and trumpeting 2008 as The Year of the Underdog.

And then, unexpectedly, another dog showed up.

, Kate Winslet

Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon

I love Danny Boyles movie.

Its breathtaking, Weinstein says ofSlumdog.

Its a shame theyre going to come in second.

Harmless trash talk, perhaps.

But couldThe Readeractually win?

For most of the 1990s, Weinstein was the undisputed czar of the Academy Awards.

Those five noms he received are like crack for a recovering addict.

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