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The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced today.  The Playlist catalogues some of the snubs.

I'll say it again -- Wikipedia is weird.  Check out this List of United States Presidential nicknames.  My favorite is John Adams: His Rotundity.

The Village Voice has posted the results of its annual Pazz + Jop critics poll.

Jay-Z sez he's "gonna take [his] time with" The Blueprint III.