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Who is This Year's Miss Golden Globe?

The tradition of Miss Golden Globe goes back nearly half a century -- it's an elaborate Hollywood Foreign Press Association anointment ritual that involves the slaughtering of a fatted publicist as a sacrificial offering to the show business god Nepoteus, followed by the overturning of an awards show gift bag and reading of its scattered swagtents, and culminating, finally, in the announcement of their selection of leggy celebrity progeny to stand mutely on a makeshift stage in the Beverly Hilton ballroom, handing out trophies before a televised audience of millions while trying their best to avoid direct eye-contact with Jack Nicholson, hopped up on prosecco and waving an outstretched pinkie and thumb near his ear, mouthing, "Call me." This year's lucky lady...after the jump.
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Golden Globes Go Ani-Crazy

Following as usual in the conceptual footsteps of the Academy Awards, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday that its Best Animated Feature category would include five nominees for 2009 as opposed to the usual three. This follows the record 20 submissions for this year's Oscar consideration, which resulted in the Academy's own expansion of the category as well. The prospective competitors all breathed a sigh of relief at their improved chances of losing to Up. [THR]