I just saw that the 1st in their Division Nets fired coach Byron Scott today.

Just what I was stopping in to point out mosnab.    Pretty bum deal Byron got there, and I can only guess it had something to do with his repoir/relationship with Jason Kidd not being too great (possibly a few of the other players too, but it sounds like Kidd spearheaded the attack).

Pretty weak.  Take your (previously horrendous) team to the NBA Finals two years in a row, and currently in first place in your division, and you still get the axe?  Damn.  That's harsh.  I really hope Byron lands somewhere else next year, and sticks it right back in the Nets ass the first chance he gets!  Horrible how some coaches get treated nowadays, especially by their own players.

Looks like San Antonio's rise was short-lived, as they've been sliding pretty badly again the last few weeks, leaving room for the T-Wolves and Mavs to start climbing the charts again, to join the Kings near the top.  All the while, the hobbled Lakers minor league team remains close behind.  Should be an interesting race later in the year when everyone's teams are healthy.  Then the real fun will begin!

So what'd you guys think of the Golden Globe awards last night?  You into that kind of stuff, or are award shows not your thing?  Oscar nominations are due out tomorrow morning as well.  What are your predictions?  Who do you want to see win?

Here's some of the Golden Globe winners from last night:

Picture - Drama:
Cold Mountain
The Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of the King - WINNER
Master and Commander
Mystic River
Seabiscuit

Picture - Musical or Comedy:
Bend It Like Beckham
Big Fish
Finding Nemo
Lost In Translation - WINNER
Love Actually

Actor In a Leading Role - Drama:
Russell Crowe in Master and Commander
Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai
Ben Kingsley in House Of Sand and Fog
Jude Law in Cold Mountain
Sean Penn in Mystic River - WINNER

Actor In a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy:
Jack Black in The School Of Rock
Johnny Depp in Pirates Of the Caribbean
Bill Murray in Lost In Translation - WINNER
Jack Nicholson in Something's Gotta Give
Billy Bob Thornton in Bad Santa

Actress In a Leading Role - Drama:
Cate Blanchett in Veronica Guerin
Scarlett Johansson in Girl With a Pearl Earring
Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain
Charlize Theron in Monster - WINNER
Uma Thurman in Kill Bill (Vol. 1)
Evan Rachel Wood in Thirteen

Actress In a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy:
Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday
Scarlett Johansson in Lost In Translation
Diane Keaton in Something's Gotta Give - WINNER
Diane Lane in Under the Tuscan Sun
Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls

Actor In a Supporting Role:
Alec Baldwin in The Cooler
Albert Finney in Big Fish
William H. Macy in Seabiscuit
Tim Robbins in Mystic River - WINNER
Peter Sarsgaard in Shattered Glass
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai

Actress In a Supporting Role:
Maria Bello in The Cooler
Patricia Clarkson in Pieces Of April
Hope Davis in American Splendor
Holly Hunter in Thirteen
Renée Zellweger in Cold Mountain - WINNER

Director:
Sofia Coppola for Lost In Translation
Clint Eastwood for Mystic River
Peter Jackson for The Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of the King - WINNER
Anthony Minghella for Cold Mountain
Peter Weir for Master and Commander

Original Score:
Big Fish Composed by Danny Elfman
Cold Mountain Composed by Gabriel Yared
Girl With a Pearl Earring Composed by Alexandre Desplat
The Last Samurai Composed by Hans Zimmer
The Lord Of the Rings: ROTK Composed by Howard Shore - WINNER

Original Song:
"The Heart Of Every Girl" From Mona Lisa Smile Music by Elton John Lyric by Bernie Taupin
"Into the West" From The Lord Of the Rings: The Return Of the King Music and Lyric by Annie Lennox, Howard Shore, Frances Walsh - WINNER
"Man Of the Hour" From Big Fish Music and Lyric by Eddie Vedder
"Time Enough For Tears" From In America Music and Lyric by Bono, Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer
"You Will Be My Ain True Love" From Cold Mountain Music and Lyric by Sting



I was excited to see LOTR take home best movie (drama), director, and the score and song awards.  The more hardware for this flick, the better.  Well deserved, and hopefully it'll repeat, along with Jackson as Director, at the Oscars.

I was also glad to see Charlize and Renee win their actress awards.  Charlize was amazing in that Monster role!  Good to see Sofia Coppola get the Screenplay too (not listed here).

My only disappointment last night was Johnny Depp not winning best actor for a Comedy film (comedy?).  Hopefully Johnny will get another shot when the Oscar nods roll out tomorrow.  But Bill Murray has always been insanely funny throughout his career, so I was excited to see him recognized with a GG award.

Should be interesting to see what surprises and disappointments the always interesting Oscar nominations have in store for us tomorrow morning!

Very, very nice paint details added to an already cool figure there marc!  It's amazing to see what more can be done to spice up the average Hasbro product.  It's just a shame that Hasbro can't do that themselves for the start, since unfortunately not all of us have the customizing skills to create cool stuff like your Wampa there.  

Great work.  I'm jealous.  Why do I venture into these customizing forums in the first place?  Just gets me all depressed every time!  

This figure is still a thorn in my side, and one of the only figures I've never seen at retail.  I keep expecting them to finally trickle out, along with some more of the HTF CW wave 3, but alas, I've seen nothing.

Odd that Canada seems to have quite a plethora of them though.  

I agree too.  This was a fantastic book, with some great reference pictures right alongside the figure shots, for easy comparison.  I'd much prefer that it's updated through a new book, or even two, rather than a couple pages each month in the Insider.

But honestly, I'd prefer one giant, comprehensive Star Wars figure encyclopedia, with everything in it!  Now that would be cool!  

C'mon, anybody else?  

Thanks for the info Scott.

Gosh, just about anything within reach in the kitchen, and quickly inhaled with little to no prep time.  But I suppose if we're trying to go beyond the average cookie/cracker type of thing, I'd probably say a quick bowl of cold cereal or maybe some toasted bread with a slice of melted cheese on it.   I'll also spread some butter on a tortilla and nuke it for 10 seconds.  That definitely makes for one of my favorite snacks too.

There's usually some cold pizza in the fridge too, so that always makes do in a pinch!  

Holo Luke is still blah, but Rappertunie looks great, but his colors are a little off in places (face, stomach).  Not too good of a blend with the yellow and green there.  But I still can't wait for this one.

Something's out of whack with Lando's face too.  Doesn't look right, and doesn't even look like some of the earlier loose shots we saw a month or two ago.  Hopefully it'll look better when it hits the shelves soon, since it would be a shame if Hasbro somehow dropped the ball at the last minute on what looked to be an incredible figure.  The rest of him looks great though!