Your (Almost) Daily Playlist: 8-26-22

Today’s playlist celebrates the August 26 birthdays of Garbage’s Shirley Manson, The Velvet Underground’s Moe Tucker, Cassie, Ashford & Simpson’s Valerie Simpson, The Treacherous Three’s Special K, and The Cowsills’ Bob Cowsill; the August 27 birthdays of The Stanley Brothers’ Carter Stanley, Ma$e, The Captain & Tennille’s Daryl Dragon, and The Bloodhound Gang’s Jimmy Pop; and the August 28 birthdays of The Velvet Underground’s Sterling Morrison, The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell, Florence + The Machine’s Florence Welch, Shania Twain, David Soul, The Crew Cuts’ John Perkins, The Olympics’ Walter Ward, Phranc, and Mel & Kim’s Kim Appleby.

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Oscar Oscar Oscar!

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The Oscars will be handed out this afternoon/evening. Here are my predictions:

BEST PICTURE: 12 Years a Slave
ACTOR: Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Her
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: 12 Years a Slave
FILM EDITING: Gravity
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Gravity
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Gravity
ANIMATED FEATURE: Frozen
COSTUME DESIGN: American Hustle
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING: Dallas Buyers Club
VISUAL EFFECTS: Gravity
SOUND MIXING: Gravity
SOUND EDITING: Gravity
ORIGINAL SCORE: Gravity
ORIGINAL SONG: “The Moon Song” from Her

Here is your Academy Awards-inspired playlist: