Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are ready to battle for more than just Emmy awards and TV ratings. The mock-news anchors announced last week that they would hold dueling rallies in Washington D.C. next month.

Stewart invited his audience to the "Rally to Restore Sanity", which is for people "who have been too busy to go to rallies." The Daily Show gathering will be held on the National Mall where Stewart is hoping to draw a million moderates to "beg America to stop shouting, throwing and drawing Hitler mustaches on people other than Hitler (or Charlie Chaplin)." ]]> cmb 2010-09-20T13:34:52-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2008/2/25/124239/739

The 80th Annual Oscars began with a whimper but went out with a bang--specifically, the bang from Anton Chigurh's scary-ass weapon, as Joel and Ethan Coen picked up three statuettes for their Western thriller "No Country for Old Men."

Javier Bardem, who played Chigurh, grabbed Best Supporting Actor in a foreigners' sweep of the acting awards--only the second such occurrence in Oscar history. Bardem was joined in the winners' circle by Brits Daniel Day-Lewis (Best Actor, "There Will Be Blood") and Tilda Swinton (a surprise Best Supporting Actress winner for "Michael Clayton"), as well as French actress Marion Cotillard, who cried out "It is true there are some angels in this city!" after taking Best Actress for "La Vie En Rose."

Water-cooler trivia you need to know: Host Jon Stewart played Wii, mocked montages and ceded some of his time for Best Song winner Marketa Irglova to give her thanks. "The Bourne Ultimatum" clobbered "Transformers" in the editing awards. Gary Busey got all crazy on Jennifer Garner on the red carpet, and Best Original Screenplay winner Diablo Cody wore a very ugly leopard-print dress.

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Here's something worth flying standby for: The WGA has overwhelmingly voted to end its strike, which means the Academy Awards will go on as planned! We bet second-time host Jon Stewart already has his tickets.

The WGA has been on strike since November 5th, converting the Golden Globes into a glorified press conference and throwing the remainder of this television season--as well as next year's pilots--into jeopardy.

If you never want to travel again, at least keep yourself busy at home with this list of all your favorite TV shows, including the ones which are going back into production right away ("Gossip Girl," yes!) and the ones that are being threatened with cancellation (critical fave "Friday Night Lights" among them).

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