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One of us lived in a house that was built by Joe Youngerman, an early president of the Directors Guild of America (you can read more about Youngerman and early Hollywood in the excellent book My Seventy Years at Paramount Studios and the Directors Guild of America). One perk of living there was that the studios hadn't figured out that the Youngermans had moved on to greener pastures, so the studios kept sending DVDs of all the films nominated for an Academy Award as part of their campaign to win more statues.

A DVD sent out for the purpose of garnering votes from Academy members always arrived with a notice saying that the DVD was for your consideration.

Even though none of us lives in Hollywod anymore and we no longer receive those free promotional DVDs, Blog Carnival is pleased to present, in the spirit of Joe Youngerman and for your consideration, Carnival of the Celebrities' Brokeback Mountain Extravaganza.

You'll want to check this before you attend your swank 78th Academy Award parties on March 5th. Otherwise, what will you have to talk about?