Nikki Finke Wins 'Best of the West' Competition

In a category that had a three-way tie for third place – Nikki Finke was number one.

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First place: “Deadline Hollywood,” by Nikki Finke, LA Weekly

Nikki Finke is a badass. Period. She covers Hollywood with a terminally jaundiced eye for the kind of ridiculousness that people in that world take with the utmost seriousness. Her line about Clint Eastwood, that “the geriatrics who still make up the majority of Oscar balloters love the guy cuz he’s still got a prostate and balls,” is classic.

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