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This week I posted my Top 10 Movie Dads — many of whom are notable for their sweetness or bravery or patience. Now for this week's Movie Night, I'm suggesting three movies in which the dads love their kids and are well-intentioned, but don't always quite cut it. Say Anything Before he was the grouchy cane-wielding dad on "Frasier," John Mahoney was Diane's (Ione Skye) crook dad, James, in Say Anything.

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• Thankfully, the Little Miss Sunshine directors' next project won't be a sequel but a Tom Perrotta script about a sex-ed teacher, MTV News reports.
• The co-executive producers on "Lost" strike a deal with ABC through 2010, according to Variety.
• Also, get used to "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" — it's sticking around for a while, Zap2it reports.
• Inexplicably, the new White Stripes album will be called Icky Thump, and Billboard has the details.
• Anglophiles, rejoice: The BBC is creating three YouTube channels.
• Who's taking over for Big Pussy on "Dancing with the Stars". Why, it's Cliff from "Cheers," People reports.
• Pitchfork has info on the next Bjork album, Volta, which will drop in early May.
• Peyton Manning will be hosting "Saturday Night Live" this month, says the Associated Press.
• Drastically shifting gears from the controversial play "Equus," Daniel Radcliffe signs on for the final two Harry Potter films, Reuters reports.

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Now that we know who won at the 2007 Oscars, a lot of you are probably looking to catch up on your Oscar-movie viewing. Well, you're in luck, because most of the winning movies that aren't still in theaters are out on DVD and just waiting to be added to your Netflix queue. Here's a look at all of the Oscar-winning films now available for home viewing. The Departed Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay, Achievement in Film Editing, Best Director for Martin Scorsese, and Best Picture Trust me: Just watch The Departed once, and you'll understand what all the fuss is about.

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The big ol' Oscars get all of the attention, but the Film Independent Spirit Awards are the a nice little antidote to all of the Academy Awards' grandness. Held on the Saturday night before the Oscars, this year's ceremony honored one major Best Picture nominee (Little Miss Sunshine) and some great little pictures that could, like Half Nelson. Here's a list of the 2007 Spirit Awards winners. BEST FEATURES Little Miss Sunshine BEST DIRECTOR Jonathon Dayton & Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine BEST SCREENPLAY Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking To see the rest, read more BEST FIRST FEATURE Sweet Land BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (For the Best Feature made for under $500,000) Quinceañera BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Frances McDormand, Friends with Money BEST SUPPORTING MALE Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine BEST FEMALE LEAD Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson BEST MALE LEAD Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth BEST FOREIGN FILM The Lives of Others BEST DOCUMENTARY The Road to Guantanamo Source

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