And the (Doggie) Oscar Goes To…

Posted by Russ Ryan in Celebrity Dogs, Dog Movies, Dog Videos and tagged with beginners, cosmo, dog, jack russell terriers, oscars, the artist, uggie 02/26/2012

Forget Brad Pitt (Moneyball, The Tree of Life) and George Clooney (The Descendants)…The real dog-eat-dog Oscar race tonight is between the playful pooches of The Artist (Uggie) and Beginners (Cosmo), as seen in this video here.

Rin Tin Tin Deserves An Oscar, too!

Posted by Russ Ryan in Celebrity Dogs, Dog Books, Dog Cartoons, Dog Memoir, Dog Movies, Dog Non-Fiction, Dog TV Shows Commercials and tagged with book, oscar, rin tin tin, susan orlean, the life and legend 02/25/2012

Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief (or Adaptation, if you saw the very creatively adapted film by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman) is pushing for a posthumous Oscar for the subject of her latest book, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend, as it seems that way back in 1929, some ne’er-do-well actor fetched the poor dog’s gold statue all for himself!