Being a famous-ass movie star or a bigwig producer does not preclude one from being a douchebag. Often, it only raises the levels of douchebaggery exponentially. This year's crop of movie industry cretins included grown men who pissed all over airplanes, creeps who married children, and more than a few dudes whose mugs we're just plain sick of (and directors whose style is really starting to wear on us.

It's that time again, folks -- time to google at the absurd outfits, kvetch about the pandering film nominees, root for our favorite cinematic underdogs, and otherwise revel in the absurd hoopla that is Oscar Night.

We had a blast with our live Oscar chatjam last year, and so we're doing it again. Starting at 7pm, we'll be snarking our way up the red carpet.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

Kendall Square Cinema
Penny Camberville

Ever get lost trying to find the Kendall?
Well, the first time I tried to find it, 10 years ago, I took the T and got off at the Kendall T station, and it was nowhere near.

Welcome to "Meet the Mayor," a segment in which we interview local Foursquare Mayors in their natural habitats.

Boston Phoenix
TJ Miller

Has anyone ever confused you with the other T.J. Miller?
The actor? No, but a friend of mine in New York saw T.J. Miller was performing at some comedy club.

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With the Rays and Yankees slugging it out for the AL East and the Red Sox falling more and more distant in their rearview, Fenway Park has not been the hot spot it normally is as Fall descends on Boston, but yesterday was another matter; in the afternoon, over 5,000 immigrants were sworn in as US citizens; and last night, Fenway hosted the Boston film premiere of The Town, the highly anticipated crime thriller directed by native son Ben Affleck.

EL PASO, TEXAS - It's the West Texas city that Whole Foods forgot, though the chain started up in Austin. Trader Joe's also has snubbed this blue-collar, poverty-socked metropolis with its majority Mexican-American population. Even All the Pretty Horses author Cormac McCarthy, a long-time citizen, has gone up the road to the fashionable environs of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Oscars may be this Sunday, but the Phoenix is giving you the chance to pick your favorite films of the last year right now. Remember when WFNX was doing that best albums of the decade thing? Where they pit two albums against one another head to head and forced you to vote for your favorite between the two? Well, we've set up the exact same thing with the year's best and biggest movies, placing them all in our battle arena awaiting your input to decide their fate.

Last Saturday night at midnight, Johnny Cupcakes brought late-80s gamer geek classic The Wizard to the Coolidge. People who crave their fix of both Nintendo nostalgia and exclusively designed Powerglove posters flocked to the theatre early that night. I arrived at 11:15 to find the line stretched down the alley.

Speaking last night at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Tony "Angels In America" Kushner let slip that he expects to hear, within the week, whether funding will be approved for Lincoln, the long-awaited Steve Spielberg-helmed Abe biopic that Kushner has been writing the screenplay for.

Off the top of my head, I'd say that Korea's Oldboy is probably one of the best films of this decade. For those who haven't seen it yet, it centers around a man incarcerated in his apartment for fifteen years, by an unknown tormentor, for reasons that are unclear to him, and his search for vengeance and answers upon his release.