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Whopper of the Week: Oscar Edition
Posted Friday, Feb. 16, 2001, at 11:18 AM ET"We're not here to create a show that panders to our celebrity-driven culture."
--John Pavlik, spokesman for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as quoted by Tom King in the Feb. 9 Wall Street Journal.
"Nicole Kidman is a fashion influence and a fearless trend-setter when it comes to modern glamour on Oscar night."
--One of the 101 celebrity fashion squibs on the Academy's Oscar.com Web site.
(Thanks to Barry J. Stiefel, San Francisco)
Whopper Archive:
Feb. 9, 2001: Lynne Cheney
Feb. 2, 2001: Bobby Thomson
Jan. 26, 2001: Denise Rich (rules for submitting whoppers explained here)
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