And the last minute goes to:

The New York Times media blog
The Carpetbagger!

David Carr, media critic for The Times, reports on the movie awards season.

The Carpetbagger is a seasonal blog that covers all things Oscar -- the news, the nonsense, and the players that drive the campaign.

After my first two experiences with blogging blogs, I didn't know what to search for. A couple of searches came up short. I thought I'm doing a paper about Glenn Miller for The History of Jazz. Let's use the Blogger search tool to see what I can find... nada. At least not anything class-worthy. Nothing that could be used as cross-over research, anyway. Then I thought about Sex and the City. Carrie's column definately reminds me of a blog. I thought There has to be a fantasy blog where people are pretending to be Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte. Wrong again. I couldn't find any such blog, at least not to my standards... there was one No Sex and the City, where the authors called themselves notCarrie and notSamantha and so on and so forth. But in further examination, not what I wanted.

I the end, I went to the journalist go-to resource... The New York Times. There's always something interesting one can elaborate on in The New York Times. I knew that there were blogs at The Times, and it was time to check them out.

The first couple of weblogs I blogged were written by several authors. While each had different qualities, I wanted to stray further from my pattern and find a weblog with a single author. There might be more consistency with a single author, or not. I guess we shall see.

If one was wondering if a true blog existed, this is it. Short postings, a link here and there, very focused. Professional: the author is a writer for The Times. The author definately uses the blog to build his reputation and give information. Simple as that.

This single author is a BUSY author. TEN count 'em one two three four five six seven eight nine TEN posts today alone. Six the day before. I thought posting once a day was hard. And I can post about ANYTHING This guy has to keep his musings related to the Oscars. Granted, he does stray here and there, but if a posting's not Academy Awards related, it is about Hollywood.

Upon further review, this single author has the consistency I seek. Not saying that all single-author blogs are consistent in their posting, but after the last two blogs, it's something I wanted.

I like this. It's not the same-old same-old Hollywood gossip we get on E! and VH1. It's classy, like it's parent. Carr even refuses to post about the death of Anna Nicole Smith with this posting:

In Search of the Grim Reaper’s Funny Bone

We are not going to discuss You Know Who’s death because we generally don’t think that dead people, regardless of their backstories, should be treated like piñatas — hit with sticks by bloggers and commentators until their insides fall out and their demise somehow becomes comic. Not to get all prissy or anything, but the Bagger always wonders what is so funny about someone, anyone, turning up dead.

Very commendable. I must say, Ms. Smith's death shocked me, but there isn't much to say at the moment.

For an E! junkie like myself, this is a fresh look into the world of entertainment. It's not about Paris and Lindsey's latest rumble. It's about legitimate artists search for one of the highest honors awarded to those in their field.