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The players were mostly politically correct in discussing the unexpected exit of the Spaniards, but they had to be as surprised by the development as the rest of us. Kyrie Irving, for one, said he welcomed the fact that the questions about Spain would finally come to an end. "I mean, you know, obviously everybody wanted to see us play Spain, but we're not, so those questions can go out the window," he said. "It's all about Serbia and France, and we're going to prepare as best we can." USA Today Sports
And then there was Faried. It was only fitting that he would be the one to break protocol when it came to discussing the Spaniards. Since the start of the tournament, the 24-year-old has brought an edge and an intensity that has served this group well. "I've been trying to hold my tongue for this one," Faried told reporters. "I felt as though we came out and did our job, and y'all kept saying, 'Oh, you're not going to beat Spain.' Spain couldn't even beat France. When Spain can meet us at the championship game, then come talk to me. "I wasn't surprised at all (about the Spain loss). There was too much hype around them. It was arrogant, borderline disrespectful to us, saying they're better than us, we're not going to be able to match up with their bigs and all this other arrogant stuff. I just took it as, 'okay, alright. Once we meet them in the finals we'll see what happens.' We can't even see what happens." USA Today Sports
Jorge Sierra: James Harden and Anthony Davis playing NBA 2K15 in Madrid. Davis won. instagram.com/p/s2f1ZsOABl/ Twitter @hoopshype
No basketball player has thrown down more earth-shaking dunks or made a bigger international name for himself at the FIBA World Cup than Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried. "It took a while for people in Spain to figure out who I am. But they know I'm the Manimal now," said Faried, his laughter popping like fireworks over the cellphone from Barcelona, where Team USA routed Lithuania 96-68 to earn a spot in the tournament's championship game. Denver Post
"It was very emotional for me to play on 9/11 for the USA. It was heartfelt," said Faried, a starter in all eight tourney games for the undefeated American squad. "I wanted to show people I will stand up for the United States, and I'm going to fight for the United States 'til the end." Denver Post
So the guy from Slovenia brought a bottle of wine with him Friday night, and he was not going to take "no" for an answer from Krzyzewski under any circumstances, no matter how uncomfortable it was making the FIBA media officials. "I have a gift for you," the reporter said. "Don't bring anything up here," Coach K warned. But security being just a tad lax at this event compared to previous versions of the World Cup (back when it was known as the World Championship), the reporter was undeterred. "It's not such great wine, but sometimes you have to be modest," the reporter said as he walked the bottle up to the podium and handed it to Coach K, who was gracious enough to go with the flow and accept it. SheridanHoops
But over in Spain, where the U.S. will play for the FIBA World Cup title on Sunday, Mike Krzyzewski believes he has the answer. It is a bit sentimental, but to this point, you can't argue with the results. He calls it "feel-it" moments: team visits to cemeteries, trips to military bases, anything to drive home the significance of representing one's country. "When it's time to change the culture of a team, your players have to hear it, see it and understand what you're trying to do," said Krzyzewski, the coach of the U.S. national team since 2005. "But to really make change stick"—and when he describes this, he drags out the word really—"they have to feel it. "To do that," he said, "you have to create moments." Wall Street Journal
Beyond hiring Krzyzewski as coach in the wake of the Athens debacle, USA Basketball also made a point of getting its players to buy into the meaning of international competition. "We knew we had ask our players for a new level of commitment than was expected previously and we had to get them to realize we weren't going to win international competitions doing things as we had," Colangelo said. "We needed them to see themselves not as basketball players but as representatives of our country, doing our service, our piece. We had to get them to feel patriotism and selfless service." Wall Street Journal
Euroleague: Kenneth Faried: "I am disappointed (with Spain's loss against France). I wanted to beat them in their own country." #Spain2014 Twitter
Sam Smith: Rose on not facing Pau: That's kind of disappointing. Hopefully he's there (Madrid). I'll probably meet with him, have dinner with him." Twitter @SamSmithHoops
The USA coasted from there to a 96-68 win. The USA has won every game in this tournament by at least 21. The victory puts the USA in the gold medal game Sunday in Madrid against the winner of Friday's France vs. Serbia contest. NBCSports.com
Jonas Valanciunas gave DeMarcus Cousins an elbow to the throat while boxing out. Boogie reacted and almost punched Valanciunas in the back of the head. Cousins got a technical. Valanciunas got… to watch his back when the Raptors play the Kings next season. Amazingly, this can be considered restraint and a sign of maturity on the part of Boogie Cousins. A year ago, he might have thrown a punch. Make no mistake, the FIBA officials are decidedly bad. USA leads 43-35 at the half. The Big Lead
It also turns this inaugural World Cup -- sporting that new name FIBA hopes will lend the event more stature -- into a tournament that will likely be remembered as the end of an era for not one but two international powers: Argentina and those very same Spaniards. It's hard to imagine Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon and Juan Carlos Navarro coming back to the national team for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil ... especially after the hell they'll catch for failing to deliver this time when hopes were so high. It's also fair to wonder how much they'd be able to offer at that point even if they did return. It thus seems safe to suggest that Spain, even if it can still field Marc Gasol, Rudy Fernandez and Ricky Rubio in Rio, will no longer be the same force Team USA has come to expect (and respect) since Spain won the 2006 World Championship in Japan. ESPN.com
As one NBA general manager put it this week, neatly summing up sentiments I've heard from folks with various teams in the weeks building up to Sunday's title game in Madrid: "LeBron and Carmelo and those guys barely beat Spain last time, and they didn't have to play 'em in Spain. With the [Americans'] current roster, if they played 10 times, I think it would be 5-5. Or if it was a seven-game series, I think it would have gone seven. But Game 7's at their place." ESPN.com
Mike McGraw: There will be no USA vs. Spain at FIBA World Cup. Spain loses to France 65-52. Semis are USA-Lithuania on Thu and France-Serbia on Fri. Twitter @McGrawDHBulls
The popular narrative, which was relayed to him after Wednesday's practice, is that teams such as Lithuania and Spain have the formidable frontcourts to slow the USA's group of Faried, Anthony Davis (New Orleans Pelicans), DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings), Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons), Rudy Gay (Sacramento Kings) and Mason Plumlee (Brooklyn Nets). Faried disagrees. "That's what's going around?" Faried asked with a quizzical look. "That's massively disrespectful. I'm not buying that at all. We'll just have to see tomorrow, I guess." USA Today Sports
In that regard, Faried and Davis will be the ones trying to quiet all the talk about the big men who aren't wearing red, white and blue. "It's just funny to me," Faried continued. "It's just more critics being critics, people trying to bring you down. But you've got to fight through adversity. I had to do it my whole life, so it's nothing new. Whatever I hear, whatever I read, I'm not taking it to heart, I just take it as more fuel to the fire." USA Today Sports
"I think we've played well," Krzyzewski said. "I don't know what everybody has been watching, but our guys have played our butts off, have great camaraderie. "We've developed into a really close group, a good group. If we don't win, it won't be because we haven't put the effort and developed the camaraderie and all that kind of stuff. We're proving worthy of winning. Now whether we do or not ..." USA Today Sports
The question is whether it's as important as the Olympic basketball tournament, which has always been more popular in the United States. "To the basketball people of the world, this is the event," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said earlier in the tournament. USA Today Sports
"Remember, the Olympics is every sport, so you've got a bunch of people who are excited about swimming, track, all the events, and you put them together and it creates this spectacle that basketball is a part of. 'Basketball's not a part of this event. Basketball is the event and there's a big difference and we've learned that." USA Today Sports
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Everybody laughed when the signs went up around Highbury, notifying motorists of road closures due to an Arsenal FA Cup bus parade.
They also laughed when pictures of Arsenal's FA Cup parade bus were leaked earlier in the week.
But the Gunners will have the last laugh today, as they parade the trophy in north London.
The parade starts at 11am, so there might be a few sore heads aboard that bus, but it's nothing a bit of champagne can't sort out.
We'll be bringing pictures and live coverage of the event.
Yaya Sanogo showed his desire on the pitch yesterday, he's a popular lad in the Arsenal dressing room.
The celebrations from the Arsenal players after the match showed how much it meant to them, especially the ones that have been at the club for a long time without winning any silverware.
But Sanogo has come in and won a trophy in his first season!
And here's a brilliant video of him winding up Vermaelen on live TV:
Yaya Sanogo being Yaya Sanogo. https://t.co/Ks4mGvl8pG— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) May 18, 2014
Here's something to make Arsenal fans smile even more this morning...
We've found a website called "Since Spurs Last Won a Trophy", with a live ticker of how long it has been, along with a Twitter feed of what people have achieved in that space of time.
Here's a screenshot!
As far as celebrations go, winning the FA Cup after a nine-year trophy drought is probably up there.
But apparently one guy took it a bit too far at Wembley yesterday while trying to invade the pitch.
He twisted his ankle, and after feeling some pain, had to be stretchered off the pitch.
But the best bit? He did the Theo Walcott 2-0 gesture with his hands while being carried off the pitch. Superb.
Some lad at the Emirates twisted his ankle when pitch invading, had to get stretchered off and did the Theo Walcott "2-0" gesture. Unreal— BZ (@FormidableTH14) May 17, 2014
Some Arsenal fans will be waking up this morning and thinking "was it all a dream?".
Thankfully it WASN'T a dream, and Aaron Ramsey has confirmed that on Twitter.
Aaron Ramsey was man of the match yesterday, and put in the type of committed and skillful performance he has become known for this season.
He'll probably get one of the biggest cheers when he takes his turn holding the trophy aloft on that open top bus.
Remember the parade is now just 40 minutes away!
Woke up and it turns out it really did happen. Thanks for all the tweets, see you later at the parade!!— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) May 18, 2014
We've said it before, we'll say it again... Arsene Wenger is a dead ringer for Mr Burns.
And it appears that the likeness is enhanced when you pour champagne over him and hold him aloft.
Here's a great picture of the Arsenal players throwing their boss in the air and celebrating their FA Cup win.
It is now just 25 minutes until the Arsenal players will parade through Highbury on the open-top bus.
A lot is being made of the news that Sagna wants to move away from Arsenal this summer, but you can see how much it meant to him yesterday.
The Vine below shows Wenger celebrating (with his own trademarked twist and spin), but in the background you can see Sagna dive down to his knees.
Whether he stays or goes this summer, he'll always be a fan favourite at the Emirates, he's often been at the top of his game this season.
Charles Allen, who is head of marketing at Arsenal, will no doubt be as happy as the rest of the fans are this morning.
He probably had to go easy on the champagne last night though, with the smooth-running of an open-top bus parade to oversee today.
He has tweeted a photo on top of the bus, commenting that it's the closest he'll get to how the players will feel when they get up on top of the bus in just a few minutes time.
It's a beautiful day for it too, very sunny in London with panoramic blue skies!
The closest I will get to the feeling up top pic.twitter.com/t5Gd2LMqMW— Charles Allen (@CharlieAllen66) May 18, 2014
DANGER DANGER. Aaron Ramsey has a megaphone.
It looks like it's doing Thomas Vermaelen's hangover the world of good.
But this tweet/Vine from Arsenal shows that the fans are on the bus, and are ready to go.
"Oi Rambo, Rambo?"
Watch the boys get on board. They are lively! #GunningForTheCup https://t.co/dw0uLtfT2g— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
The bus has left and is now on route to Islington Town Hall.
While we wait for more video and pictures to come in, here's some of the best reaction we've seen online from Arsenal fans:
"That was some f****** intense emotional journey. Nonetheless so proud of this team, absolutely love the Arsenal right now YESSS," said one fan on Twitter.
Another added: "We really did win that the Arsenal way, threatening to throw it away, seeing a myriad of clear penalties go against us."
And a blogger on Arsenal fan-site Arseblog wrote:
"It wouldn't be an Arsenal FA Cup final if it didn't feature an early Arsenal collapse on set plays, refereeing controversy, some tactical genius, a typically beautiful Arsenal goal to win the game, and a last minute error to nearly lose."
Here's the team bus as it sets off for Islington Town Hall. Join us for live coverage: http://t.co/683ebOf54y pic.twitter.com/hWzCs2Q4Dk— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
They said Arsenal would never park the bus, it just isn't the way they do things.
But in two hours, the Arsenal bus will be parked at Islington Town Hall, and the FA Cup will be shown off to fans.
It marks the end of a nine year trophy drought for the Gunners, and a triumph for Arsene Wenger, who will now sign a new contract as manager of the club.
Meanwhile we've received worrying news that Wenger could be going for a career as a catwalk model.
EXCLUSIVE: Arsene Wenger & Steve Bruce quit football to become catwalk models. pic.twitter.com/Dp4hiysZxu— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) May 17, 2014
Here's the view from the bus.
Thousands of people are out in north London to see the Gunners parade their new silverware.
It will make its way to Islington Town Hall, and they've picked a beautiful day to do it.
If you're on the streets of London, send us a picture to @MirrorFootball on Twitter.
The view from the bus. The best fans in the world. pic.twitter.com/y40SOrb5B6— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
Brilliant scenes out in the sunshine.
The players are playing to the crowds out there, and many of them are giving interviews atop the bus.
We'll have quotes from some of Arsenal's stars soon.
We also have some video coming up of the players talking after the game.
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Here's @Podolski10, @_OlivierGiroud_, Mathieu Flamini and Laurent Koscielny on the bus posing with the FA Cup pic.twitter.com/p8L248qSTy— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
Here's a great photo of Podolski, Giroud, Flamini and Koscielny with the FA Cup trophy.
Remember, no club has EVER won this particular FA Cup trophy before, because it was only made this year.
It is only the third trophy to be made in the competition's history, the last won was made in the 90s.
Here's @Podolski10, @_OlivierGiroud_, Mathieu Flamini and Laurent Koscielny on the bus posing with the FA Cup pic.twitter.com/p8L248qSTy— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
Have you seen the amazing video of Jenkinson, the Ox and Podolski doing a Facetime call with Theo Walcott while celebrating on the pitch yesterday?
It's definitely worth a watch, a very surreal moment, and definitely the first time in FA Cup history that players have done a video call to another player while celebrating on the Wembley turf.
Wonder how they'll be celebrating the FA Cup in 50 years time?
Aaron Ramsey has been an absolute trooper for Arsenal this season.
Despite being hit with injury after a stonking start to the 2013/14 term, he has come back and has shown that he can be the difference in key games for the Gunners.
The Cardiff City graduate has said that winning the FA Cup was a dream come true, and he gave a nod to his Welsh heritage by donning a Welsh flag while celebrating on the Wembley turf.
How important will the Ramsey and Ozil partnership be next season? The two seem to be able to pull defences out of shape with their movement and innate knowledge of where the other one is on the pitch.
"It's hard to find the words, we waited a long time for this, we waited nine years," Wilshere told Sky Sports News atop the open-top bus.
"We failed a few years ago in the Carling Cup, we all felt that."
But Jack says that no matter what anyone else says, Arsenal deserved their silverware this year.
"We had a tough run in the FA Cup, so you can't way we didn't deserve it."
Fans are lining the streets all over (certain parts) of north London. Thankfully there are many miles worth of street to line, as this bus parade is going on for around two hours.
Those bus drivers (there are three buses by the way), are earning their money's worth.
I just saw Wenger do a fist pump, so that actually happened.
Now he's gone back to waving. Waving for TWO hours.
#arsenal parade in islington today. Not long now until the bus heads up to Islington town hall! pic.twitter.com/FsWXKpR24o— Ryan O'Hare (@thepragmaticape) May 18, 2014
Just saw this... he hasn't even left yet, calm down!
A better use of that one sheet of A4 paper may have been a sign which read "Please stay, Bacary", but let's not split hairs.
Meanwhile, Kieran Gibbs has spoken to TV cameras atop the bus.
"It's something very special, I can't believe how many people are here, this just reiterates how big the club is.
"Now we've got the first hurdle out the way, hopefully it will give us a boost for the season to come.
"To be honest, we showed character for the last couple of years, but yesterday was a testament to the players."
Great to see fans of all ages out in Islington today, and this child has got a great view of the bus parade thanks to his dad.
Meanwhile, Gibbs has said that the level of support reiterates how big the club is.
It could be one of a few trophy parades taking place in London this summer. If QPR and Leyton Orient are successful in their play-off finals at Wembley, they will also receive a trophy to show off.
Here's a little reminder that today's celebrations extend far beyond Islington and Highbury though.
Fans from all over the world tuned in to watch the FA Cup yesterday, we saw a few pictures of packed bars and pubs around the globe.
But here's a picture of fans in Washington DC, who colonised a bar and turned it red for the day.
Few sore heads this morning in America, we imagine.
@GeoffArsenal full capacity here! Washington DC pic.twitter.com/rvUf99ub91— Fränz Villa (@Franchiiise) May 18, 2014
Here is Gunnersaurus Rex, who doesn't make it onto any of the Arsenal buses, but does get a car to himself.
He is soaking up the atmosphere, and most likely soaking in sweat too, because it will be incredibly hot inside that costume.
Although we've heard that if you press officials at Arsenal, they will tell you that there is nobody inside the Gunnersaurus Rex costume, and the Gunnersaurus Rex is real.
The Arsenal buses have parked up for a little while to allow the players to address the fans.
It has finally happened, Arsenal have parked the bus.
Rate him or not, you have to be happy for Wenger after yesterday.
Five FA Cups is a pretty decent return.
This is what it's all about... the boss at Islington Town Hall with his FIFTH FA Cup #GunningForTheCup pic.twitter.com/5tSJLbiX0t— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
Big Per Mertesacker is a popular chap as the hoards of Gooners sing his song.
Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski have kopped a fair amount of stick for their performances - or non performances - last night.
But look at their faces now, they couldn't give two hoots.
The bus has now arrived Islington Town Hall where the players have got off to stretch their legs and meet the fans.
And you know what that means - team photo!
The team gather for a photo on the Town Hall steps #afc #FAcupwinners2014 pic.twitter.com/Pj8XK9D8Z8— Islington Council (@IslingtonBC) May 18, 2014
Well the parade is coming to an end. If every other Cup parade in the history of Cup parades are anything to go on, the fans will now take it in turns to stand on a makeshift podium, while shouting to the fans and telling them how great they are.
Somewhere, not far away, an ice cream fan will sell 99s to adults and children alike.
The players are at the Emirates Stadium now, tens of thousands of people have made their way there to cheer on the players. It really is an amazing atmosphere.
Great to see players like Theo Walcott involved in the celebrations, he didn't get to join in with the players yesterday and had to watch the match from home.
Fans from all over the place had made it to London today, many of them would have gambled on buying plane tickets earlier in the week. The gamble paid off!
As an entirely 100% neutral football writer (who actually supports a non-league football team), I couldn't possibly comment on these figures.
But this person can:
90,000 City fans for winning the league, 80,000 Chelsea fans after winning the Champions league, 250,000 Arsenal fans for F.A Cup.
Class.— Cain (@cainfootball) May 18, 2014
Celebrations have extended out of London and into Europe. Even the good people of Hamburg are getting involved.
@GeoffArsenal In Hamburg, Germany #GunningForTheCup pic.twitter.com/0nJN2aCIIG— Arsenal Germany (@ArsenalGermany1) May 18, 2014
Here's an arty shot, we haven't had an arty shot yet so we thought we'd go for it.
It shows the players arriving at the Emirates on their fleet of buses.
There is currently ticket tape and confetti everywhere, celebrations in full flow.
The Arsenal players are singing songs on top of the bus.
So far they've done Bohemian Rhapsody, Focus - Hocus Pocus, and Freebird.
That's not true, but they HAVE done a
stunning rendition of Hey Jude.
The man who is making the most of having a microphone at his disposal is Per Mertesacker has been loudly singing:
"I'm Arsenal til I die, I'm Arsenal til I die..."
Let's hope he never leaves the club, otherwise that clip will be played over, and over, and over again to accompany TV coverage.
Here's a Vine of Per Mertesacker and his beautiful singing voice.
"I'm Arsenal til I die", he sings.
EMPTINESS is Arsenal til he dies. http://t.co/giQEgAd0S3 http://t.co/gJQfiFHJaJ— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) May 18, 2014
The Vine below contains some strong language, so don't turn audio on unless you like hearing thousands of people swearing.
The video shows Jack Wilshere leading a popular Gunners chant:
Wilshere: "What do you think of Tottenham?"
Arsenal players reply: "S***"
Wilshere: "What do you think of s***?"
Arsenal players reply: "Tottenham".
Wilshere: "What do you think of Tottenham?" Arsenal players: "S***". https://t.co/LFfwbPwyWw http://t.co/gJQfiFHJaJ— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) May 18, 2014
You could be forgiven for assuming that Jack Wilshere has had a few drinks today, he is in absolutely bullish mode, and it is providing much entertainment to the crowds in north London.
In this picture you can see him wearing a pair of aviators while he has an Arsenal scarf wrapped around his head in a style reminiscent of John Rambo.
Thatta boy.
Absolute #scenes at the Emirates Stadium, here's a picture somebody snapped earlier on today.
We've seen some fantastic photos on Twitter and Facebook today, but this one really gives a sense of the atmosphere in the sunshine this afternoon.
A party 9 years in the making... "@_RyanAFC: This is Arsenal ⚪ pic.twitter.com/pbc8AkJve1"— gunnerblog (@gunnerblog) May 18, 2014
Lukas Podolski "When I was young in Germany I always watched the FA Cup, it is the greatest Cup in the world."
Here's footage of Arsenal fans celebrating today in London.
Might be a few people calling in sick for work tomorrow. At the very least there will be a few sore throats.
Arsenal's celebrations today largely geared towards not liking Tottenham. https://t.co/JHxUXf0F2P— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) May 18, 2014
Szczesny is ADDICTED to selfies.
This is his first FA Cup parade selfie though.
Here's the boss with his prize.
Arsene Wenger is now set to sign a new contract at the Emirates, and he'll be hoping for more silverware next season.
Wenger #Arsenal (@Stuart_PhotoAFC) pic.twitter.com/SGNH65F1hg— Gunner Updates (@Gunner_Updates) May 18, 2014
Arsenal fans chanted "Bacary Sagna, we want you to stay", but will he get the message?
Sagna has been linked with Manchester City AND Manchester United, and insiders at the club say he has turned down a new improved deal.
Arsenal fans, unsurprisingly, want Sagna to stay. https://t.co/4LCZrYUkf3— Richard Beech (@RichTheJourno) May 18, 2014
Aaron Ramsey currently leading the tweet voting on Arsenal's Man of the Match competition for yesterday.
Rambo has 3,000 votes, while Cazorla has 1,300, and Mertesacker has 900.
RETWEET if @aaronramsey was your man of the match #GunningForTheCup pic.twitter.com/oEOquNvgey— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 18, 2014
This passed us by earlier in the week, but apparently the an who won a childhood competition to design Gunnersaurus Rex got married recently, and there was a surprise guest!
Peter Lovell won a competition in 1994 when he was 11-year-old member of the Arsenal young supporters' club.
@piersmorgan I designed Gunnersaurus Rex as an 11 yr old in 1994 and he came to my wedding as a surprise! See pic :) pic.twitter.com/1pwc1oyX6v— Peter Lovell (@the_shov) May 12, 2014
Well this seems like a PERFECT way to finish this live blog.
Lukas Podolski has taken photos of his slumbering teammates on the coach from their bus parade (we assume), it was posted just a few minutes ago.
It sums up how many people in north London will be feeling this afternoon.
That's a wrap from us, ladies and gents. Thanks for joining us, see you again soon.


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By Ken Denney
"Do you mean to tell me, Katie Scarlett O'Hara, that
Tara, that land, doesn't mean anything to you? Why, land's
the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting
for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts."
-- Thomas Mitchell as "Gerald O'Hara"
David O. Selznick's Gone With The Wind (1939)
The guides at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park near Atlanta tell a story. During the 1930s, back before there was a park, the federal government was buying parcels of land around the historic Civil War site. One farmer's property particularly interested them, for on it stood a massive earthen fort in good preservation, one of only a handful of surviving relics from the highly significant, yet often underrated, 1864 Atlanta Campaign. For months government agents made offers, but the farmer refused to sell. The more the agents persisted, the deeper the farmer dug in his heels. Finally, he cranked up a bulldozer and leveled the fort, destroying in an hour a piece of history that had weathered a century. The crusty descendant of Confederate veterans couldn't allow the government to tell him what to do.
Today, strip malls and subdivisions dot the lands where the Union Army battled the armies of the Confederacy during the Atlanta Campaign. The traces of this conflict are quickly being erased by urban sprawl. To the dismay of historians wishing to slow, if not stop, this process, Southerners, the very people who have the greatest reason to preserve these sites, are responsible for their destruction.
In Columbia, in Atlanta, in Jackson, Southerners rally to defend a symbol of their "Southern Heritage"-- the Confederate Battle Flag. Arguments abound in regard to the fate of the controversial flag. Another more tangible symbol of that same Southern heritage--the very land sanctified by Confederate blood--remains underappreciated but apparently not undervalued. Descendants of those Confederate soldiers are selling their true Southern heritage, the land, for Yankee dollars.
In the spring of 1864, Gen. Ulysses Grant, commander of all the federal forces, implemented a strategy that no Union commander before him had attempted. The Confederate forces were concentrated in two regions only, north and south. Grant devised coordinated attacks on both. Grant supervised the actions against Robert E. Lee's northern Confederate forces. William T. Sherman simultaneously attacked the southern Confederate force commanded by Joseph E. Johnston.
No prior Union commander had attempted such a coordinated, strategic assault on the Confederacy. As a result, the Confederate armies had been able to survive, even as the Confederacy continued to lose territory. The persistence of the Confederates had almost exhausted the federal treasury and sapped the will of the North. Lincoln faced another election in 1864 that he was certain he would lose. His opponent, Gen. George McClellan, would almost certainly end the war if elected, perhaps by negotiating a peace that recognized the Confederate states as a new republic.
Northern pessimism grew that year as spring turned into summer. Lee stalemated the federal armies in the North; Johnston teasingly led Sherman deep into the Georgia interior, avoiding a fight and drawing on the calendar as an ally. But Johnston, unloved by his government, his tactics disputed, was replaced by John Bell Hood, who was no match for Sherman. The fate of the Union was decided in September 1864, when Sherman captured Atlanta. Lincoln was re-elected and the war continued. Atlanta's fall ended Southern hopes for victory. Lee's struggle against Grant served only to delay the inevitable.
The Atlanta Campaign began in early May 1864 in the foothills above Dalton, Ga., and ended four months later with the Confederate evacuation of Atlanta. Today, Interstate 75 roughly traces the route of Sherman's and Johnston's attempts to outmaneuver each other. Sherman's force of about 100,000 men ranged all over the countryside, engaged in a deadly dance with Johnston's 65,000 men. Johnston, a skilled tactician whose goal was to preserve his army, had hoped to outmaneuver Sherman, catch some part of the federal commander's scattered force by surprise, and smash it. The result was a series of engagements throughout north and west Georgia--land now the prime target of developers and people who want the comforts of suburban life.
Today, a person driving through Cobb County will see numerous historical markers alongside the busy roads. Chances are, however, that he wouldn't stop to read them, even if he wanted to. The markers are staked alongside busy roadways and cluttered shopping centers. The places where troops marched or stopped to rest--or to bleed and die--are, as often as not, paved over, their spaces enclosed by giant buildings. Only the sites of major engagements remain somewhat protected, though new development crowds in around them.
While it is true that the story of the Civil War is told by the outcomes of singular battles, it may not be necessary to save every trail and every earthwork related to the war. Other battlefields may be more easily circumscribed into definite boundaries. The Atlanta Campaign, however, is different from any other campaign; by contrast it was nothing short of a slugfest. The two forces were engaged virtually every day for four months. June 1864 saw 22 consecutive days of rain, yet the armies fought on, contesting virtually every inch of what is now the Dallas Highway in west Cobb.
In reality, the entire route of the Atlanta Campaign is a single battlefield. Yet it has been so broken up by development that the significance of the Campaign may be lost to historians and to others who think only of the combats of Lee and Grant.
Unlike modern war, the Civil War was fought on foot and horseback. Weapons of limited range required the soldiers to get close, almost face to face, to kill one another. Features of landscape proved highly significant. Hills, for example. A cannon placed on a hill could damage the enemy severely, keeping him away. Rivers, creeks and forests tangled up columns of troops, causing them to delay their march or break their cohesion. Sherman and Johnston equally used landscape features to their full tactical advantage.
Lines of blue and red ink on a map of the Atlanta Campaign trace the meandering paths of the two armies. Why did the commanders take those paths? A person wishing to solve that mystery might go out to the places marked on the map but find no answer. The commanders moved their armies to gain the greatest tactical advantage of the landscape features available to them--features now replaced by an acre of asphalt, a grocery store, or a subdivision with a cute Saxon name. In some instances, the destruction of a vital landscape feature makes it utterly impossible to understand the progress of a battle. In the Battle of Dallas, for example, a planned coordinated attack by the Confederates against a Union force failed. Why?
A Confederate brigade was to attack a federal force no one had seen. If the brigade met little resistance, it was to fire four quick cannon shots as a signal for other forces to attack. If there was heavy resistance, no signal would be fired.
The ground where the Federals lay was unusual. When the first Confederate brigade moved in, an acoustical freak of the landscape amplified the sound of the firing. One of the units waiting to attack heard the noise and assumed the general attack was under way. They had not heard the four-gun signal. The unit moved in and was mowed down by the well-entrenched Federal forces. Some of the best troops in the Confederate army died simply because of a trick of landscape and acoustics. The site of that battle has been utterly erased, the field and its unique features bulldozed away.
Currently only a few disjointed islands of preservation remain to tell the story of the Atlanta Campaign. The physical links that denote their importance to one another have been paved over or plowed under. Students must now rely on history books--books written by people who never saw the landscape or who remembered it poorly--to learn the story of their heritage.
Even sites set aside for preservation are in jeopardy. A new residential area--with a faux city square--has been planned for the land around Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. People continue to crowd in, features continue to disappear. Whether anyone will be able to study and understand the heritage of the war remains an open question.
Why is this happening? In large part, the people selling land to developers, or developing it themselves, are descendants of Confederate veterans. Some are descendants of Union veterans who returned to Georgia after the war to settle on sites that had been transfixed in their memories. Those who own historical lands hold them in trust for future generations. In theory, at least. In reality, the lure of money quickly overwhelms any sense of this obligation. Too often, morality ends where prosperity begins.
This feature of human nature presents a special irony. Without question, the barbarism of slavery sundered our nation, leaving two sides to war against each other for very different sets of ideals. The motivation of individual soldiers proved a different matter. Whether he owned slaves or not, the individual Southern soldier fought to insure that no federal government should be able to tell him what to do or how to live. The old farmer who would not sell his fort to the National Park Service was their true son.
Today, the federal government and other agencies--even Southern agencies--strive as determinedly as ever to preserve historical sites. But the nature of the Southerners who own those sites has not changed. They remain in rebellion, unreconstructed individualists who insist no one can tell them how to use their own property.
This attitude led Southerners into the Civil War; this attitude is causing them to lose the relics of that war. The Southerners who loudly cry for preservation of the "symbols" of their Confederate legacy are the same ones selling off the tangible remains of that legacy as so much real estate.
As Walt Kelly might have said, "We have met the enemy..." And he has a Southern accent.
Ken Denney is a writer and former journalist who works for an Atlanta public relations agency. He is also an amateur historian who has extensively studied the Atlanta campaign. Send e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
This article first appeared in Waysouth.


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The Israeli army, frustrated over the ineffectiveness of sending "a plane worth $100 million against a suicidal terrorist," is developing futuristic weapons, including a "bionic hornet" capable of photographing and assassinating a target.
The flying robot, nicknamed the "bionic hornet", would be able to navigate its way down narrow alleyways to target otherwise unreachable enemies such as rocket launchers, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said.
It is one of several weapons being developed by scientists to combat militants, it said. Others include super gloves that would give the user the strength of a "bionic man" and miniature sensors to detect suicide bombers.
The research integrates nanotechnology into Israel's security department and will find creative solutions to problems the army has been unable to address, Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres told Yedioth Ahronoth.
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You're leaving Austin for good, take one taco with you and tell us why.
Y'all sound like a good group. I might consider flying in to Austin from L.A. for lunch or stay for dinner.
Sep 05, 2014Hughlipton in Austin
For those who love offals, which are your favorite?
Thanks for the reply. Asian restaurants here in California are the best places to get offals. Otherwise we are for the most part, Indian and Nepalese restaurants not to be excluded, denied the pleasures of so many foods you have available to you. Good eating!
Jul 14, 2014Hughlipton in General Topics
For those who love offals, which are your favorite?
And short of cooking at home where might one find all of these delights? San Fernando Valley first choice otherwise any of Los Angeles County.
I know lungs are out, having had mine in Munich, but the rest might be available. This is most likely the wrong board for the question but I had to ask.
Jul 14, 2014Hughlipton in General Topics
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Carter, you are dead on regarding those Malbecs, but I wouldn't expect less from you, and as for the menu it's great. Just bring your best credit card with you.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
It was one of those wines you wish you could share with everyone to teach them the benefits of aging and the pleasures of Rhone.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Life doesn't get much better than that. I had it stored since release and it had everything you could want out of a Rhone. The color was perfect and it opened in the glass and kept opening throughout the meal.
Ahh, the other side of the story, the dishonest restaurant.
Jul 12, 2014Hughlipton in Site Talk
I live in Los Angeles a San Francisco expatriate. A Dr. friend of mine recently regaled me with the story of how patients come to her office seeking drugs and when refused threaten to write bad reviews on Yelp and other forms of social media which can be devastating to one's practice even if untrue. When passing that story on to a restaurant owner I was told the same is true in the restaurant business when people, with cell phone in hand, say pick up the tab or I am writing a bad review on Yelp. I guess that the same threat could be made of a bad review on Chowhound.
I've always been content in the knowledge that the reviews on Chowhound are the reviews written by serious commentators and not those of extortionists.
The question posed is, Is there any way of insuring against the reviews of the extortionist? I suggest there is not. The destruction value of social media knows no limits. It's a whole new world.
Jul 12, 2014Hughlipton in Site Talk
Sichuan Chong Qing Cuisine - San Mateo
The reviews here are pretty consistent with those that I've experienced in the Los Angeles version of this restaurant. For a reading treat, however, I invite you to read the comments on Yelp for the Los Angeles restaurant where a patron got in to a fight with ownership. Very interesting.
Jul 12, 2014Hughlipton in San Francisco Bay Area
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Carter, I considered the fact that you had been treated poorly at Bistro Provence but had never tasted the food. I thus tread upon their ground and was thrilled by the good food. No lamb shank but outstanding lamb chops and corkage for my 1989 La Chappelle Hermitage by Jaboulet was $18 and well worth it. I highly recommend this restaurant to you and suggest you let bygones be bygones.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Thanks Carter. As usual you are right on top of the restaurants in Los Angeles. I was going to say in the Valley but then I thought, Hell No, this man is knowledgeable about all of Los Angeles.
With the foregoing in mind, anything close to the Valley with the same food choices you might recommend? I was giving some thought to Carlito's Gardel but haven't checked their menu yet.
Jun 28, 2014Hughlipton in Los Angeles Area
Really. It was a work night I was tired and I had no time to put up with their nonsense. They had a bad attitude. But it seems they have a reputation for doing this and I was not the first customer it happened to. I have since confirmed this. Maybe management should have better trained their staff than expecting me to do it for them. So those of you who feel it is acceptable to put up with that are welcome to go there.
Jun 27, 2014Hughlipton in Los Angeles Area
almond duck from the far east cafe in little tokyo
With this day and age technology I'm sure you can find the menu from the Empress of China on Grant Ave. Talk about old school that would be it. Both the place and the dish. I love to go there, a double scotch and potstickers and then move on to a dinner including the almond duck. I love that double scotch and Chines apps. most anywhere but with the view and the kitschy old bar at Empress it' a destination point. As for L.A. and almond duck, nada.
almond duck from the far east cafe in little tokyo
Some things are memorable Tony, and when it is a place where in the middle of the night you went to get your wife a piece of that banana cream pie, your more apt to remember. Especially when the wife loved the pie. I also introduced my wife to the honey walnut prawns at that restaurant. We have been back several times since the first.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Le Petit is under consideration having a lot of great dishes that go with 1989 Burgundy or some early 90's Rhone wines. I haven't been to Chablis and will check that out. I would value your opinion on Bistro Provence in Burbank. Knowing you, you know the place and I know you know the wines.
That's just the way it happened and I was on time.
You are absolutely correct Servorg. As I walked in to find out what had happened I just as quickly walked out telling them "You're not the only Mexican Restaurant in the valley". This was about three years ago and I have not returned.
Not an unusual story and not all that unusual for a restaurant to do. WRONG mind you but not unusual. I had the same incident at Casa Vega in Studio City, when my Daughter told the hostess I was only parking the car (with their parking lot valet), and my daughter, wife and son were there. The hostess did not seat my waiting family and instead put us to the bottom of the list. I also left the restaurant and never to return.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Using the 101 Freeway for reference, from Hollywood to Woodland Hills and from Mulholland Dr. to Granada Hills. That geographically is about the best that I can do.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
Jesse, you have a broad definition of Valley. Saddlepeak is a great restaurant but a bit far for what I want.
almond duck from the far east cafe in little tokyo
Well certainly the sweet and sour almond duck. My second pick would be the honey walnut prawns and if it's two of you leave space for the best banana cream pie you have every put in your mouth.
almond duck from the far east cafe in little tokyo
Canton City should be ashamed of itself. The duck is horrible. Paul's Kitchen is passable as is the club house in Beverly Hills, Joss, which shows itself as a "small exclusive version" (excuse me). Short of going to Sacrament, Frank Fat's or the few places that still serve it in San Francisco, there simply is nothing in Los Angeles.
Valley Place To Open Great Red Wines
I'm looking for a place that serves outrageously good duck, whole, half, breast or sliders (no Asian restaurant this time). Swinging to the other side I would like lamb shank. Caveat: I want to bring my own wine and am willing to pay corkage. Thanks
Duh! Now that you say Grand Central Market I can pair it up with Valerie. A great bakery and confectionary. Had no idea they did a Monte Cristo or some take off on a Monte Cristo. Worth trekking back down there.
Jun 06, 2014Hughlipton in Los Angeles Area
Judi Judi Judi (my best impersonation of Carey Grant) is GCM the name of the restaurant or an acronym? I hate acronyms and if so would like to know the name.
Jun 06, 2014Hughlipton in Los Angeles Area
what do you do with beef shanks?
6 - 8 meaty beef shanks
combine Blend In
Pour sauce over shanks (I like to pour some on the bottom of the large pot and then all over the top of the shanks). Bake covered @ 225 for four hours. Add mushrooms (optional) and cook one hour more. Serve over pasta or rice.
I can't get too much more specific that that. In addition to the pasta or rice some San Francisco Sourdough would not be wasted.
This is not the way it looked on the screen when I typed it. The spices are mixed together and then added to the sauce before pouring it over the beef.
Apr 25, 2014Hughlipton in Home Cooking
There's just nothing like it today. Blums was a remarkable place. The Emerald Isle and the Chantilly cake two wonderful experiences.
Apr 24, 2014Hughlipton in San Francisco Bay Area
Where can I buy ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE???
I'm not running any ads here but not only does Huntington Meats carry Andouille but Amazon Fresh will deliver it to your house.
Mar 25, 2014Hughlipton in Los Angeles Area
Who's familiar with 'old' San Diego restaurants?
Oooooh!! I had the breast of capon with all those wonderful sides. $5.75? That was a lot of money to me back then.
Mar 22, 2014Hughlipton in San Diego
Who's familiar with 'old' San Diego restaurants?
Now an old menu like that is worth photoing and attaching for us all to see. I LOVED Lubach's.
Mar 22, 2014Hughlipton in San Diego


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Letter to the editor: Support House Bill 184
ARANSAS PASS - It would appear that intentionally taking a deer fawn from its mother and putting it into a cage with hungry wolves is not acceptable behavior in a civilized society. Our own country has many laws establishing protective regulations against animal abuse. I am sure decent citizens are in agreement with such compassionate care of the creatures we all have been entrusted to oversee.
Why would our lawmakers and their constituency, then, continue to maliciously give power through law thereby allowing peaceful citizens (fawns) who choose cannabis as a natural medicine to be thrown into cages with hungry wolves (hardened, violent criminals)?
The hypocrisy, lack of sound judgment, and subsequent crime against humanity is appalling. Where is your compassion? Will you leave it at the feet of animals over your brothers and sisters under God?
Go beyond supporting HB 184 this legislative session. This proposed bill would soften penalties for the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana. How can you agree to not intentionally feeding a deer fawn to hungry wolves and turn and thrown human fawns in the lion's den?


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Avalanche Info From Bridger Bowl [Video]
Avalanches have closed most of the lifts at Bridger Bowl for the past two days.
Avalanches have closed most of the lifts at Bridger Bowl for the past two days.
With the weather this nice, one would think the ski season is already over, but on the contrary. There are still a few weeks left to catch the chairlift at nearby Bozeman Ski Resorts.
The 2010-11 ski season is off and running at Bridger Bowl. Mother Nature has been kind with excellent early season snow. And Bridger Bowl has unveiled another year of improvements at the hill just 16 miles north of Bozeman.
The fresh snow that has fallen on Southwest Montana over the past couple of weeks has put smiles on both skiers & boarders; and ski area operators alike. The early season openings have not just benefited Big Sky, Moonlight, and Bridger; but ski areas across the state.
With Bridger Bowl and Moonlight Basin moving up opening dates due to record snowfall, area skiers and boarders are poised to hit the mountains. Big Sky opens today and has picked up another foot of new snow in the last 24 hours, giving the resort a 40" base at the bottom of the hill, and 70" at the summit
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Best Foreign Language Film Down to Nine Nominees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (The Oscars) has shortlisted its "best foreign language film" category to nine choices. They are:
- Accused (The Netherlands)
- Corn Island (Georgia)
- Force Majeure (Sweden)
- Ida (Poland) *
- Leviathan (Russia)
- The Liberator (Venezuela)
- Tangerines (Estonia)
- Timbuktu (Mauritania)
- Wild TalesĀ
* currently streaming on Netflix
As you can see, I've only seen "Ida," which I think is one of the best movies of the year. Missed "Force Majeure" at SIFF Uptown because it's December and time is crazy. Heard good things on "Leviathan."
What's missing? "Deux jours, une nuit" from Belgium. I've heard "Winter Sleep" from Turkey is quite good. I assume "Kraftidioten" wasn't even offered up by Norway to the Academy.
"Ida": The best road movie of the year.Ā
Tags: Ida, Foreign Films, OscarsPosted at 07:54 AM on Dec 21, 2014 in category Movies - The Oscars
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Academy Winnows Best Documentary Feature to 15, Including 'CitizenFour' and 'Life Itself'
Our Roger wins best documentary feature?
I don't know if you know, but the Academy's documentary branch always sees fit to winnow the nonfiction possibilities down to 15 before arriving at the five documentary nominees, announced in January, from which they choose, of course, the one: best documentary feature.
Well, today they winnowed to 15:
- ōArt and Craft,ö Purple Parrot Films
- ōThe Case Against 8,ö Day in Court
- ōCitizen Koch,ö Elsewhere Films
- ōCitizenFour,ö Praxis Films
- ōFinding Vivian Maier,ö Ravine Pictures
- ōThe InternetÆs Own Boy,ö Luminant Media
- ōJodorowskyÆs Dune,ö City Film
- ōKeep on KeepinÆ On,ö Absolute Clay Productions
- ōThe Kill Team,ö f/8 filmworks
- ōLast Days in Vietnam,ö Moxie Firecracker Films
- ōLife Itself,ö Kartemquin Films and Film Rites
- ōThe Overnighters,ö Mile End Films West
- ōThe Salt of the Earth,ö Decia Films
- ōTales of the Grim Sleeper,ö Lafayette Film
- ōVirunga,ö Grain Media
I've seen five: the four that are linked to my reviews, and "The Case Against 8," which, I suppose, could be linked to this interview I did in JanuaryŚshortly after the doc premiered at Sundance.Ā
It's not a bad group. What's missing? "The Unknown Known," Errol Morris' mixed but still powerful doc on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.Ā
Among the docs I've seen, I'd probably vote for "Life Itself." Does it have a shot? Maybe. I don't believe in the make-up vote, but director Steve James was royally reamed when his doc "Hoop Dreams" wasn't even nominated in 1994Śa travesty that Roger and Gene (among others) let the world know about. How delicious if Steve's doc on Roger made up for that?
Tags: Oscars, Documentaries, Roger EbertPosted at 06:05 PM on Dec 02, 2014 in category Movies - The Oscars
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Why We Can't Quit the Academy Quitting on 'Brokeback'
In a post on "Beckett," which he calls "the most covert 'gay' movie ever released to mainstream America in the 20th Century," Jeffrey Wells takes the Academy to task over ignoring the most overt gay love story Hollywood has produced:
At this exact time nine years ago "Brokeback Mountain" was building a head of Oscar steam like no other Best Picture contender. Or so it seemed to me and mine. It had premiered in Telluride, Venice and Toronto in September 2005 but wouldnÆt open commercially until early December, but everyone knew. It was one of the saddest love stories ever made, one that might have been even more moving for being about closeted gay guys. Everybody knew the truth of what it was saying, which was more or less ōIf youÆve got something really good going with someone, donÆt blow itģdonÆt hide your feelings, donÆt be afraid. Man up.ö
It was a love fest, a blossoming. Critical praise, critics awards, big box-office, etc. Around which the whole country, in a sense, seemed to be holding hands and coming together.
And then it all started to go wrong. Discussions I had during that period (late Æ05 and early Æ06) suggested that older Academy geezers were not emotionally comfortable with gay sheepherders, and that they had written it off early on. The late Tony Curtis became the poster boy for this sentiment, famously declaring that ōHoward Hughes and John Wayneö wouldnÆt like it.ö And then Jack Nicholson opened the envelope ģ thud. IÆll never get over that. Never.
The unforgivable moment. Not the love between Jack and Ennis but the lack of love from the Academy.
Tags: Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Jeffrey Wells, OscarsPosted at 06:29 AM on Nov 11, 2014 in category Movies - The Oscars
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Neil Patrick Harris to Host 2015 Oscars
Because he's not just for gays anymore.
Seriously, this is great news for the Oscars and for my Oscar party. Although I might actually want fewer people there so I can hear more.
A few days ago, I was watching the clip below for the umpteenth time and marveling at the talent. If he brings a fraction of this to the Oscar telecast, it'll only be a massive improvement.
Tags: Oscars, Neil Patrick HarrisPosted at 01:48 PM on Oct 15, 2014 in category Movies - The Oscars
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SLIDESHOW: My Oscar Picks
SLIDESHOW: This is who I want to win, not who I think will win. I have no inside information, beingin Seattle, but I'll bring up some of the favorites. I'll also mention who's missing from among the nominees, if anyone. Overall, I have to admit, it's been a good year for Hollywood movies and the Academy did a good job picking its nominees. Its big blind spot was not giving any love to "Inside Llewyn Davis," but then, as my friend Jim Walsh writes, that's the nature of Llewyn Davis. Nothing would be more incongruous than Llewyn Davis winning anything. If you want him during awards time, he'll be in the back alley getting his ass kicked. But onward.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: "HAPPY": What's missing, of course, is any song from "Inside Llewyn Davis," or at least the original songs ("Please, Mr. Kennedy," etc.), but even if that were nominated I'd probably still go with this songŚand not just because Patricia's obsessed with it. It's because Pharrell's voice is great, the song grooves, and it does what it sets out to do. It makes us happy.
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: GRAVITY": Sure, great effects and whiz-bang in "Star Trek Into Darkness" "The Hobbit 2," and "Iron Man 3." But c'mon. This movie was an experience. It was a spectacle. It pushed the bounds. It went where no film had gone before.
BEST FILM EDITING: "AMERICAN HUSTLE": How do you choose this category unless you know what the editor was working with? But I'd go "Hustle" based on how quickly it moved through the movie's many different storylines in a way that felt left almost nothing extraneous on the screen. It's a quick, fun, fat-free movie. The only extra weight was what Christian Bale put on.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: BRUNO DELBONNEL, "INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS": I wouldn't be surprised if the black-and-white movie wins ("Nebraska") but "Llewyn Davis" felt black and white to me. This is Delbonnel's fourth nomination, after "Amķlie, "Un long dimanche de fianńailles," and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Roger Deakins, who often photographs the Coens' movies, is also up, for "Prisoners." It's his 11th nomination with no wins. Could be interesting. Would love to see someone from this movie up there.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "THE GREAT BEAUTY": It won the Globe and the BAFTA, and its strongest competition isn't here: "The Past," from Iran, and "Blue is the Warmest Color" from France. Plus it was No. 3 in my top movies of 2013. Although does that count against it ulimtately? Either way, Jep (above) gave us the best Oscar-night advice: "We're all on the brink of despiar. All we can do is look each other in the face, keep each other company, joke a little. DonÆt you agree?"
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "THE ACT OF KILLING": Every year this category gets tougher. Think of all the great 2013 docs that didn't even get nominated. But "Killing" is in a league of its own. It's horrifying, bizarre but ultimately redemptive. If we think what we see in the first 9/10 can be redeemed.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: JENNIFER LAWRENCE, "AMERICAN HUSTLE": There's been pushback lately that Lawrence's is a showy performance. Maybe, but it's my kind of showy performance. But it appears Lupita Nyong'o will win for "Slave." If enough members of the Academy can bother to see it.Ā
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: MICHAEL FASSBENDER, "12 YEARS A SLAVE": I'd be happy with Jared Leto, who seems a lock. But Fassbender's was one of the most amazing performances of the year. Not because, as a slaveowner, he could act cruel but because he could also act righteous. There's not a trace of guilt in him. The opposite. Look how wrongedhe felt in the end.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: SPIKE JONZE, "HER": This category is usually stacked but not this year. To be honest, any of these could win and I'd just shrug. The best movie of the bunch is "American Hustle" but I heard a lot of that was improvised. So I'd go Jonze.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: STEVE COOGAN, JEFF POPE, "PHILOMENA": I still think this is a very underrated movie. There's a purity, a cleanness to it. I'd be happy with either "12 Years" or "Wolf," too. What would make me most unhappy? "Before Midnight," one of the most overrated movies I've seen in years.Ā
BEST ACTOR: LEONARDO DICAPRIO, "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET": This is the most stacked category we've got. It's so stacked that performances that might normally win, such as Robert Redford in "All Is Lost," Tom Hanks in "Captain Phillips," and Oscar Isaac in "Inside Llewyn Davis," weren't even nominated. It's McConaughey's to lose, of course, and I'll cheer along with everyone else for the great year he had, including "Mud," "Wolf" and HBO's "True Detective"; but Leo took it to another level here. ItÆs like he was channeling Jack Nicholson at his outrķ best. He was both contained and over-the-top. It was riveting.
BEST ACTRESS: JUDI DENCH, "PHILOMENA": Again, why was there no buzz for this performance? Cate Blanchett was amazing in "Blue Jasmine," and she'll deserve it, but Dench is so good she almost undercuts her film. We get several scenes from the 1950s to demonstrate what Philomena Lee lost, but these, to me, are almost superfluous. We know what Philomena Lee lost. You just need to watch Judi Dench act.
BEST DIRECTOR: MARTIN SCORSESE, "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET": I know, he's got no shot. But the movies Marty will be remembered for are "Mean Streets" (no nomination), "Taxi Driver" (ditto), "Raging Bull (nominated, lost to Redford), "Goodfellas" (nominated, lost to Costner), and this. So who gets the honor instead? I'll take McQueen, even though, in some sense, "12 Years" is his least powerful movie. I'll take Cuaron for pushing the boundaries of space on film. But this is who I want. And finally ...
BEST PICTURE: "THE WOLF OF WALL STREET": ItÆs about the haves and have nots; about how to be a have and not fall back into have-not territory. Jordan Belfort keeps bringing up McDonaldÆs with his brokers in the wolf pit. He keeps bringing up dingy cars and plain wives and the energy-draining 9-to-5 existence: commuting between two places that donÆt really appreciate what you do. The schnook life. Our life. And welcome to it. "American Hustle" might win, along with either "12 Years" or "Gravity," but this movie is about the true American hustle.
EXIT MUSIC (FOR A SLIDESHOW): Gosh, where to start? I'd like to thank Patricia for always being there, and for taking like two dozen photos of me before we got a decent one. I'd like to thank the Academy for starting up to stave off unionization. I'd like to thank the talented people who made this year's movies, particularly Martin Scorsese, and all the people who came to my Oscar party. But mostly I'd like to thank Llewyn Davis. For reminding me of me. This one's for you, dude!
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