The Envelope, Please...And Smokin' In the Cubicle
This year's Academy Award nominations have been announced, and the lists of movies and personalities blanket BlogPulse today, with the actors and actresses dominating the Key People section.
Not to be overshadowed by Hollywood -- the annual "Razzie" awards for the worst achievements in film. Note that Condoleeza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld have been nominated in best actress/actor supporting roles.
Also grabbing Blogosphere real estate today is Google, which this week announced the ability to search for videos and also drew blogger scrutiny for pulling a blog written by a Google employee.
NOT gaining any popularity among blogggers is Attorney General-nominee Alberto Gonzales, the subject of a blogger movement to oppose his confirmation as John Ashcroft's replacement. Daily Kos is the latest to join in.
And in a smokin'-gun human resource move (pardon the pun), Weyco Inc. has fired four employees who smoke because the owner didn't want to absorb the health-related costs of those employees. The company did offer quit-smoking help to employees, and 14 successfuly took up the challenge. The four who didn't? Gone.
BLOGPULSE TREND GRAPHS: Who's winning the morality wars -- SpongeBob SquarePants or Dr. James Dobson? And with the Oscars just around the corner, which current movies are getting the most buzz?
Posted by Sue MacDonald at January 26, 2005 02:49 PM
