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Is it just me, or does it seem like the writers of “Lost” are coming up with more questions than they are answers?
Last night is a perfect example. While the show lacked the action and spookiness of previous episodes, it certainly dumped a whole new batch of questions on us.
Among the bigger ones:
How did Ben get off the island? And why is Sayid working for him now? And more importantly, who are he and Sayid after? Does this guy — “The Economist” — have something to do with the group of people from the freighter, or is he part of an entirely different operation?
What’s up with Miles, Daniel, Frank and Charlotte? Even though Naomi was told in her flashback last week that there were no survivors of the Oceanic crash, none of freighter people seemed surprised to see the Losties when they arrived on the island. And I don’t know about you, but I don’t trust any of them — except Frank. He seems the most honest of the group — even if he’s an alcoholic pilot.
Who’s Ben’s spy of the freighter? And why are the people on the freighter after Ben?
What’s the deal with the 31-minute time difference on the island that Daniel discovered during his little experiment?

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Maurice N. Alford Jr. was killed during a drive-by shooting Feb. 4, 2008. Watch as his family reacts to his death.
DAYTON — “No Country for Old Men,” the 2008 Oscar winner for best picture, was visualized by J. Todd Anderson of Oakwood.
The dark drama produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen won four Academy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 24, including best picture, director, adapted screenplay and supporting actor.
Anderson, who has worked on every Coen brothers film since 1987’s “Raising Arizona,” was the storyboard artist on “No Country for Old Men.”
“I’m exceedingly proud of working with them and being part of the project,” Anderson said regarding the Oscar win.
As storyboard artist, Anderson visualizes a movie by breaking the scenes down into shots that can be filmed.
“I’m their interpreter,” he explained. “Whatever goes on in their head, I try to put it on paper so that everyone can understand.”
“No Country for Old Men” is a cat-and-mouse tale involving a sheriff and his search for a serial murderer.
“I’m a little surprised by the amount of success it had, but I always thought it was a really good movie,” Anderson said.
Anderson watched the Oscar ceremony at his Oakwood home. He had not yet spoken to the Coens.
“I’m sure I’ll speak to them soon because we’re working on another movie,” he said. “But right now, they belong to the world.”
Anderson was storyboard artist for the Coen brothers’ next film, “Burn After Reading,” which opens Sept. 26.
He has started work on the Coens’ subsequent project, “The Serious Man,” which begins filming in May or June.
Anderson also was storyboard artist on George Clooney’s “Leatherheads,” which opens April 4.
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2419 or dlarsen@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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One of the students most seriously wounded in the Feb. 14 shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University was to be released today from Advocate Good Samaritan in Downers Grove. Doctors say more than 20 pellets from a single shotgun blast hit Maria Ruiz-Santana in the chest, head and neck.
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Apparently, when it comes to the Oscars, I don’t know much about the ladies.
In this year’s Beat the Movie Man contest, I missed both female acting categories. I picked Julie Christie to win Best Actress for “Away from Her” (Marion Cotillard won for “La Vie en Rose”) and Ruby Dee to win Best Supporting Actress for “American Gangster” (Tilda Swinton won for “Michael Clayton”).
Six out of eight isn’t bad, but it wasn’t good enough. Our winner, Lisa Horton of Poplar Grove, picked seven of the categories correctly, missing only Best Supporting Actress. (She picked Cate Blanchett for “I’m Not There.”)
Though she didn’t see all the nominated films and performances, Horton says she pays attention to pre-Oscar awards, such as the Screen Actors Guild honors. She also keeps up on trends by reading People and Entertainment Weekly. She didn’t see “La Vie en Rose” but was impressed by Cotillard anyway.
“I saw clips of her, and she did an awesome job,” Horton says.
Horton says she’s a big movie fan. Just last weekend she rented “Michael Clayton,” Gone Baby Gone,” “Rendition,” “American Gangster” and “We Own the Night.” She prefers romantic comedies and dramatic thrillers, like “Michael Clayton,” but says she doesn’t get out to the theaters often.
“I love to go to the movies,” she says, “but you have to just about mortgage your house to do it.”
Next on Horton’s list? Best Picture winner “No Country for Old Men” (due on DVD March 11) and “There Will Be Blood” (due on DVD April 8).
Almost 200 people entered this year’s Beat the Movie Man contest, trying their luck in eight Oscar categories to win the grand prize, an HD-DVD player from American TV & Appliance in Rockford. Twenty-one people managed to tie the Movie Man, picking six winners. But only Horton predicted that crucial seventh winner, earning her the prize.

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