Last year's chart-topper, Howard Stern, dropped to No. 12 on Talkers magazine's annual ranking of radio's hottest hosts. Rush Limbaugh claims the No. 1 spot this year, trailed by Sean Hannity and Michael Savage.... Volver has been slotted for an Apr. 3 DVD/Blu-ray release.... Showtime will air Al Gore's Oscar-nominated An Inconvenient Truth on Mar. 11 at 8 pm/ET.... Earl's Joy? Heroes' Nikki? Cast your vote for TV's sexiest momma in TVGuide.com's latest poll.
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Stop me if you have heard this prattle before: The Chicago Film Critics Association on Thursday lauded Martin Scorsese's The Departed with honors for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay, continuing the crime drama's veritable sweep of the pre-Oscar kudosfests. Likewise, Helen Mirren and Forest Whitaker copped the top acting trophies, while Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) and Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) took supporting honors. Letters from Iwo Jima and An Inconvenient Truth won in the best foreign-language film and doc categories, while Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Ricky Bobby) was named most promising performer.
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The American Film Institute on Wednesday detailed what it is calling the year's Moments of Significance, eight developments that impacted the worlds of TV and film. And they are:— Clint Eastwood's double whammy of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima— The passing of filmmaker Robert Altman— The influence of documentaries such as An Inconvenient Truth and Iraq in Fragments— The rise of YouTube— The migration of TV news to this "Internet" thing— The death of VHS— The reaffirmation of a moral standard for television, as evidenced by Fox's decision to snuff the O.J. Simpson special— The Big Four networks fighting the FCC's indecency crackdownNo mention of Gwen Stefani's "Wind It Up" video.
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So as to better inform the new generation that, like, the globe is being trivection-cooked into toasty nonexistence, 50,000 DVDs of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth doc about global-warming are being made available for free to educators across the country. To claim yours, Miss Crabtree, Mr. Hand et al, go to Participate.net with your nine-digit federal tax ID number at the ready.
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Speaking of the awards season... Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, the companion film to this fall's earlier-released Flags of our Fathers, has been named best picture by the National Board of Review. Martin Scorsese was named best director for The Departed, while Forest Whitaker (Last King of Scotland) and Helen Mirren (The Queen) nabbed the top acting prizes. Volver won best foreign film, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth was declared top documentary, and Cars led the animated-entries pack.
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