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Margaret gets a new moniker this week, as the Weekly Blend crew returns to discuss Alice in Wonderland, She's Out of My League, Green Zone, and more! We kick off our discussion of Artist of the Month Richard Dreyfuss, and explain in show references to Lindsay Lohan and Armond White. All of that, plus our take on Oscar highlights.

It's our annual pre-Oscar round up. Listen as Rafe, Margaret, and Jeff round up all the contenders and pick which movies they expect to take home awards next Sunday. Will the recent Hurt Locker controversy cost the movie its statue? Is ten selections for best picture too many? Just what is the value of Jeff's life in a bet?

After months of prolonged waiting, Shutter Island has arrived and all three of us are impressed, to say the least. We're less impressed with The Wolfman remake and Sidney Poitier's '80s movies, but we dive into those as well. Add in some movie news talk about changes to the Oscars and Kevin Smith, and you have a well rounded hour of entertainment news and reviews.

Fans who tried to tune in during our live broadcast know we were facing some computer issues. Little did we know those issues were affecting our broadcast clock as well. What we ended up with is a broadcast that's two days late thanks to the weather, with a cast that's spread out in three different locations, and a show that's fourteen minutes longer thanks to the computer. What a mess.

As I said yesterday, we haven’t paid a ton of attention to the various awards on the main site (although our friend Tony has done a great job of keeping track of them on our “super secret” forums which can be found here).

We're back with new reviews of Old Dogs and The Fantastic Mister Fox, as well as Rafe's survival story after watching Twilight.

We'll admit it - Woody Harrelson has very little to do with this week's podcast, but when you find a picture of him looking like a madman, you can't pass it up.