Why Didn't Jeffrey Wright Receive A Nod From The Oscars For His Role In "Cadillac Records"?

Even though "Cadillac Records" was supposed to be Beyonce's breakout role,as Etta James,Jeffrey Wright really was the star of the movie.He took someone I had heard of & made him into someone that I felt I knew.Jeffrey Wright was dynamite in his portrayal of Muddy Waters. How is it that he didn't get nominated for an Oscar? He's played everyone from Martin Luther King to Colin Powell.But,you know how Hollywood works.If he plays a thug or a gangster,like Denzel Washington did in "Training Day",Jeffrey Wright will get an Oscar nod.They like it when you play stereotypical roles.Here's more from the L.A. Times:

"We at Pop & Hiss are happy to join in the annual kvetch-fest over the Oscar noms -- here's the full list -- and say both Batman and the Boss deserved what they didn't get. But in between lamenting the academy's failure to recognize a monumental mainstream movie, and puzzling over the exclusion of Springsteen's poignant "The Wrestler" from the lead song category, let's not forget another glaring music-related omission: Jeffrey Wright for leading actor.

Jeffrey Wright's performance as Muddy Waters in "Cadillac Records" didn't merely bring to life a departed titan of American popular music. With subtlety, sexiness and class, Wright embodied a primary conflict experienced by music's pioneers: their careers were often enabled by white allies in the music business, but those "best friends" also frequently used them as if they were indentured servants."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/awards/

Beautiful Brazilian Model Has Feet & Hands Amputated!! *UPDATE:She Has Passed Away!

Miss World finalist Mariana Bridi da Costa is the exquisite-looking woman who had both her feet & hands amputated.She is in dire need of blood.Since she has a rare blood type,it may be very difficult for her to get it.This story is so sad because doctors misdiagnosed her condition at first.This is a serious issue for Mariana Bridi da Costa & I hope she finds a blood donor.Here's more on this heartbreaking story from the Herald Sun:

"Miss Bridi first fell ill in December but doctors failed to spot the infection - instead saying she had kidney stones.

The illness worsened, causing her to go back to hospital for tests that revealed her condition.

But by then septicaemia had set in her limbs, cutting off circulation and forcing doctors to amputate her hands and feet.

And after that surgery she suffered an internal haemorrhage and had another emergency operation on Wednesday afternoon.

Her boyfriend Thiago Simoes said Miss Bridi could die, despite the drastic surgery.

"We are all absolutely distraught and are just praying now that she can pull through," he said.

"She fell ill on December 30 and we took her to hospital where she was misdiagnosed with a kidney stone.

"They gave her some medicine and sent her home. But two days later she started getting worse.

"We took her back to hospital and they said she had a very serious infection.

"She got more and more sick, and had no blood circulation to her limbs.

"First she lost her feet, then on Tuesday she lost both her hands.

"But she is a very strong person and we just want her to survive."

Miss Bridi is on a ventilation machine in hospital in Serra, in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo.

The infection was caused by the pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the whole tragic story here:http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24951977-5012753,00.html

UPDATE ON THIS POST:
Unfortunately,I learned that she passed away on Jan. 24.So,so sad! She was only 20.

I Cannot Fathom Why An Iowa Woman Got Arrested For Not Returning A $14 Library Book!!

This is a piece of ridiculousness for the day.Talk about throwing the book at someone! A woman in Iowa got arrested for not returning an overdue library book.Why are they wasting the taxpayer's dollars in the state of Iowa? Here's more on this stupid arrest from the Baltimore Sun:

"An Iowa woman has been arrested because she failed to return a library book.

Thirty-nine-year-old Shelly Koontz was arrested Thursday night on a fifth-degree theft charge. She is accused of keeping "The Freedom Writers Diary," which she checked out from the public library in nearby Jesup in April.

Police say the book — which is about a high school teacher's effort to inspire students to write — is valued at $13.95.