Games of Chance

The 80^th Academy Awards, hosted by Jon Stewart, are Sunday night at Hollywood’s Kodak Theatre. They’re being aired on ABC starting at 5 pm and you can find a list of this year’s nominees here. We’ve written down our predictions for the winners and are going to keep track to see who got the most right or you can play a fun game of Oscar Bingo from Thrillist. Just pull up a few different ones from the link (they’re randomly generated) and keep your eyes peeled during the ceremony.

I saw the first four episodes of Breaking Bad On Demand and the show easily lived up to the critical praise and recommendations it has received so far. The AMC original series stars Bryan Cranston as a high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer who decides to make and sell methamphetamine so he can save money for his family. Cranston was always the best part of Malcolm in the Middle and here he really shines as a morally conflicted patriarch caught in a web of deceit and ruthless crime, along with Dean Norris as his DEA agent brother-in-law. New episodes are Sundays at 10 pm, with a fresh batch being cooked up for after this weekend’s awards wrap up.

In a potentially record-breaking story of excess, one Detroit-area restaurant has prepared an 134-pound cheeseburger with hopes to earn top spot in the Guinness book as the “Largest Hamburger Commercially Available.” Mallie’s Sports Bar & Grill in Southgate, Michigan offers the “Absolutely Ridiculous Burger” and, if verified, it will dethrone the 123-pounder made in 2007 at Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. The bun alone is 50 lbs, and the gargantuan sandwich sells for $350. May we suggest a keg to wash it down?

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