When you live in a sports town like Washington D.C., there is hardly any attention paid to anyone BUT the Redskins. No matter how good or bad they finish, people are still talking about what went wrong this 2008-09 season. Heck, they are even having a dinner to relive their sucky year. Only in Washington D.C.
Well, now that the Redskins have officially sunk into a funk (no Super Bowl since 1991), a new team has emerged to capture the hearts of fans clamoring for a championship: The Washington Capitals.
What a season it has been thus far. Best team in the Southeastern Division, second best team in the Eastern Conference and still shooting to be top dog. With coach Bruce Bourdreau and players like Alexander Ovechkin, Nikolas Backstrom, Alexander Semin, Mike Green and Sergei Federov, the Capitals have gone from being one of the lousy teams year after year to a contender.
Last season when Bourdreau took over the struggling Capitals, he instilled his hockey philosophy and the players bought into it. The proof was in the last game of the 2007-08 season when the Capitals beat the Florida Panthers to capture their first division title since 2000. This was the start of something big.
What came next was a gruge match against the Flyers that ended, sadly, in a game 7 exit by a team few saw losing that series. Lessons were learned and a hunger insued.
Last night, the Capitals awoke after a three game slide to rough up the free falling Penguins 6-3.
This season after a slow start, the Capitals are one of the best teams in the NHL. Great coaching, great players and a tenacity to make the playoffs and be in it to win it. Against the best, they flourish. Here's to a team that deserves our praise. Let the Redskins sit on the back burner this team is the future of Washington sports.
Wow. The little movie that could keeps defying the odds. Only taking $15 million to make, "Millionaire" seems to be the huge favorite to land a Best Picture nod and win at the Oscars. We'll see but when a movie wins a lot of Golden Globes, the Oscars tend to frown upon including them in their party. "Benjamin Button" continues to put on the pressure as well even though it didn't win a single Golden Globe. Stay tuned.
Boyle is best known for his big sleeper hit "Millions" and the cult-classic "Trainspotting." To take a story such as this and make it into a huge hit on little money deserves the directing Oscar. But we know the Oscars. They might do the "recognize the director but not the movie" routine (see when Spielberg won for "Saving Private Ryan" but Best Picture went to "Shakespeare In Love") which would be terrible and inconsistent like the Oscars have been the past few years.
It's official folks: Rourke is back on his terms. What a comeback story with this fine actor. He goes through a lot with drugs and turns his life around to play the role that will define his career.
In the shock of the night, this win might put a wrench in the Oscar race. Hathaway was a shoe-in according to most critics who had her winning the Golden Globe and the Oscar in "Rachel Getting Married." With Winslet's double win (see supporting actress) she might finally get rewarded with an Oscar.
In the second shocker of the night, Farrell took home the Golden Globe for the dark comedy "In Bruges" beating the likes of Dustin Hoffman and Javier Bardem. Could this mean an Oscar nod? Probably not. His performance in "In Bruges" is extraordinary but this category has a track record of not getting rewarded when it comes to Oscar time. In any case, here's to hoping Farrell gets a nod!
The newcomer of the awards night goes to Hawkins for her electric portrayel in the comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky." The british star will probably suffer the same fate Farrell does although the Oscars love a great comedic performance by an actress if blended with the right amount drama (see "Juno.")
What is it with this woman? Sick and twisted movies? First "Little Children" made you want to take a shower afterwards. Now "The Reader" has her sleeping with an underaged boy in Nazi Germany. Hey, it gets her Oscar nods and might win her the coveted award, but do a normal movie for once!
In somewhat of a shocker, Byrne wins for the HBO show that gets a decent audience but doesn't have the ratings power of "True Blood" or "Entourage." He beat out four gifted actors. This also might have been a "we're sorry for screwing you out of an award for "The Usual Suspects" apology. 
Another year, another win for Alec Baldwin. Three Golden Globes in a row for his role on "30 Rock." He is funny and makes that show.
For a show that had an audience increase of 60% since it debuted, "True Blood" is certaintly the hottest show on HBO. Paquin won an Oscar for her role in "The Piano" at the young age of 12. She was an upset beating actresses such as Sally Field and Kyra Sedgwick. This should keep people flocking to catch up on "True Blood" before Season 2's premiere this fall.
Why you have Neil Patrick Harris from "How I Met Your Mother" and Tom Wilkenson from "John Adams" in the same category is beyond comparison. But Wilkenson's portrayal of a bitter and somewhat meaner Ben Franklin deserved the award. 
Dern really did portray the Florida's Katherine Harris, involved in one of the biggest scandels in American History when the 2000 election had to be recounted. From the ugly facial expressions to the fake hair, nicely done. 