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The Weekend Desk Report

By Natasha Julius

Geez, if you want to see some frozen shit just wait a couple of weeks.
Market Update
For some context, $1 billion spread across half a million people works out to $2,000 per head. Don’t spend it all in one place, especially not Walmart.


Oscars Edition!
Hollywood’s big night is this Sunday. Let’s take a look at the contenders for the marquee categories.
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Will it be: the troubled millionaire, the unconventional man being legislated out of existence, the free thinker facing terrible odds, the dead-eyed sniper or, you know, that guy?
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Could it be the one no one supports, the one who won’t stop running, the long-suffering partner, the one who’s losing it or the dangerous fraud?
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Really, this comes down to a choice between the fading champ or the imperious educator.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Would it surprise anyone if somebody’s useless daughter won again?
Best Picture
It definitely won’t be anybody’s Theory of Everything, unless you really want to fuck with Boyhood.
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The Weekend Desk Tip Line: You’re all winners.
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Weekend Beachwood
* The Beachwood Radio Hour.
In pre-production.
* The Political Odds.
Updated to reflect recent developments.
* The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #39: Meghan Trainor vs. Rahm Emanuel.
Pols pander; Ponce punts. The Jackie Robinson West charade continues. Plus: Let The Combine Begin! And: Blackhawks Sit Tight While Rest Of The NBA Goes Trade Crazy; A Pall Over The Blackhawks; Baseball Players Report To Work; and Illini Golf Beats The Cold To Lead The Nation.
* The Week In Chicago Rock.
Featuring: Sleater-Kinney, Lucid Empathy, Anvil, Robbie Fulks, John Mellencamp, Well Yells, Stick To Your Guns, The Amity Affliction, and In Hearts Wake.
* Beachwood Photo Booth: Snowy Lincoln.
With the finally restored Beachwood Radio Hour #3: What The FBI Director Saw In Chicago, which includes an interview with our photographer Helene Smith.
* The Beachwood 2015 Election Guide.
In pre-production.
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The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: “Sound Opinions gasses up the byplane and makes its next stop on the World Tour: Cuba. Later they review the posthumous release from gospel icon Pops Staples.”
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The CAN TV Weekend Viewing Report: Election 2015.
Meet the candidates, watch the forums; ward-by-ward.
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BeachBook
* Another State Secrets Case Ends In Dismissal.
Paging Joseph Heller!
* You Pay A Lot More To See The Doctor With Obamacare Than Job-Based Health Insurance.
Just the way they wanted it.
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TweetWood
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Posted on February 21, 2015