Not this time, Mike

Michael Moore has had his anti-Bush film, Fahrenheit 9/11, comprehensively rejected in the Oscar film-award process:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Moore's attempt to turn voters against President Bush (news - web sites) failed and on Tuesday he lost his gamble as well for a coveted best-picture Oscar nomination for his incendiary documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11."

The omission from the coveted category marks a major misfire for the liberal firebrand who withdrew his anti-Bush polemic from contention in the documentary category, which he won two years ago with "Bowling for Columbine," in order to focus on the big prize. No documentary has ever won the best picture Oscar.

Third time isn't likely to be a charm for Mikey either. His latest film project, "Sicko" (tentative title), is a red-hot expose of the American Health Care industry.

It will make rivetting late-night SBS watching, but little else. One can only hope that the glory days of celluloid political activism in liberal Hollywood are now well and truly behind us.

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