And the winner of the Simesite sweepstakes this year is… Paul Harris, who guessed 10 of the 12 categories correctly! How Paul manages to pull off this soothsaying each year is a deeply guarded secret. If his is not a gift from the gods, we’d love to know how much time he spent researching the list of nominees.
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Well, kids, another Oscar season has rolled around again. Though we know that many of you don’t go out to the full-screen cinema much anymore, we hope you are still interested enough in our old stamping grounds and in the Simesite to cast your vote for this year’s Oscars.
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Former Variety staffer James Melanson passed away on February 5 at Calvary Hospital in Brooklyn, following a four-year bout with brain cancer. He was 62.
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By Doug Galloway
Joe X. Price, a longtime entertainment industry writer who served as a music reporter for Daily Variety back in the 1960s, died December 30 at his home in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) of complications due to lung cancer. He was 81.
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by MORRIE GELMAN
What comes to mind first when remembering Bob Chandler is his covering stories without taking notes. But what I remember best is something he said to me during a long car trip back from Bucks County, Pa.
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