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This Sunday night is it - Acadmey Awards night! I like to start the evening at 7pm with The Barbara Walters Special, this year featuring Sandra Bullock and Mo'nique (and apparently this is the last year she will be hosting her Oscar special- boo!). Then I hope they can actually wrap the awards up before midnight since I work the next day. For more information, check out The Oscars online.

Over the past month, I've noticed that Turner Classic Movies has played the Oscar winning film Forrest Gump quite a few times. It is a thoroughly enjoyable film, but did you know it's based on a book? Originally published in 1986, Forrest Gump by Winston Groom presents a likable but somewhat uncouth Forrest. Like in the movie, he always seems to end up in the middle of the action or as the star of a great adventure. However, Groom's Gump is quite muscular and rather risque; he goes into space, lives on an island with cannibals, and works on a science fiction film, along with other triumphs and catastrophes. But don't worry - there's plenty of stories that did end up helping create the movie we all know and love. Go ahead, reach into the box of chocolates and see what you get!