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Hey, cheer up bankrupt, war-weary America! The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced this very morning in Beverly Hills at 5:30 in the freaking morning—of course, everyone over there is always up at dawn doing yoga and colonics anyway. And it's a big day for local Off Broadway star and Red Hook denizen Michael Shannon, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Revolutionary Road. He'll no doubt lose to Heath "Know How I Got These Oscars?" Ledger, and rightfully so, but it's nice to see a local boy (yes, via Chicago) make good. (We most recently caught Shannon in Lady.)

Yesterday the New York Film Critics Circle [NYFCC] announced their awards, and today the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the Golden Globe Award nominees. Both are viewed by the movie industry as harbingers of what's to come at the Academy Awards in February, and today's winners will use the accolades for their Oscar campaigns. Milk was the big winner with the NYFCC yesterday, nabbing three awards, including Best Picture. Mike Leigh was named best director Happy-Go-Lucky, and Jenny Lumet won best screenplay for Rachel Getting Married. Man on Wire was awarded the prize for best documentary, and critics voted Wall-E the best animated film of the year.

New York, meet the bike rack of the future. Today the DOT announced that after a lengthy design competition, a jury of six—including sodden cyclist David Byrne—chose "Hoop" (pictured) out of the ten finalists. It's the work of two Copenhagen designers, Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve. "Constructed of cast metal, the design is elegant yet sturdy enough to withstand New York cyclists’ harsh treatment," the DOT said in a statement.

Today Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan revealed details about their Residential Parking Permit (RPP) proposal, which would restrict parking in some neighborhoods to locals during specific times. The plan is part of the mayor’s Congestion Pricing proposal and the RPP program is designed to foil commuters who would drive into neighborhoods just outside the congestion pricing zone, leave their cars for the day on a residential street, and then take the subways or buses into Manhattan to avoid paying a congestion fee.