What’s the Most Underrated City in Utah ?
Utah: Ogden
A century ago, this little mountain town was the connecting point for railroads going from east to west, and was filled the sort of drifters, grifters, and prostitutes who have since made Florida famous. The ghosts of those outlaws persist in Ogden, where the 25th Street main drag is lined with neon-lit bars and clubs, including the Beatles-themed City Club and an underground speakeasy at Zucca Trattoria. As the city has grown, Ogden’s opened restaurants doing creative things with local meats like Hearth on 25th, making the best yak meatball sandwich you’ll ever find. Ogden sits smack between two of the state’s best ski resorts — Snowbasin and Powder Mountain — both quilted in famous Utah powder but without the Park City scenesters. Ogden is still the rowdy little brother to its buttoned-up neighbors, but that’s exactly why it’s the most fun city to visit in Utah. — Matt Meltzer
Who Should (and Will) Win at the Oscars This Weekend?
The Oscars are this Sunday . . . and since the overzealous movie nut at work will strong-arm you into some sort of Oscar pool, even though you haven’t seen most of these movies . . . this should help.
“The Hollywood Reporter” put out this list of who SHOULD and WILL win in each of the 24 categories:
1. Best Picture
Should Win: “Call Me By Your Name”
Will Win: “The Shape of Water”
2. Best Director
Should Win: “Dunkirk” director Christopher Nolan
Will Win: “The Shape of Water” director Guillermo del Toro
3. Best Actor
Should Win: Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
Will Win: Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
4. Best Actress
Should Win: Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Will Win: Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
5. Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell ‘should’ and ‘will’ win for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
6. Best Supporting Actress
Should Win: Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Will Win: Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
7. Best Adapted Screenplay
“Call Me By Your Name” ‘should’ and ‘will’ win.
8. Best Original Screenplay
Should Win: “Lady Bird”
Will Win: “Get Out”
9. Best Animated Feature
“Coco” ‘should’ and ‘will’ win.
10. Best Documentary Feature
Should Win: “Faces Places”
Will Win: “Icarus”
11. Best Foreign Language Film
The Lebanese movie “The Insult” ‘should’ and ‘will’ win.
For the technical and minor categories, they only listed who or what ‘WILL’ win.
12. Best Cinematography: “Blade Runner 2049”
13. Best Costume Design: “Phantom Thread”
14. Best Film Editing: “Dunkirk”
15. Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “Darkest Hour”
16. Best Original Score: “The Shape of Water”
17. Best Original Song: “Remember Me” from “Coco”
18. Best Production Design: “Blade Runner 2049”
19. Best Sound Editing: “Dunkirk”
20. Best Sound Mixing: “Dunkirk”
21. Best Visual Effects: “Blade Runner 2049”
22. Best Animated Short: “Dear Basketball”
23. Best Documentary Short: “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405”
24. Best Live Action Short: “The Eleven O’Clock”
