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BY TODD MARTENS

Our music awards blogger chats with Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz about their new songs for “Enchanted.” Listen to “The Happy Working Song” and “That’s How You Know,” at TheEnvelope.com.

NOTES ON A SEASON BY PETE HAMMOND

The latest inside scoop from our Oscar guru who dissects the state of the awards race every Thursday.

DAILY BUZZ AWARDS & RUMORS

A daily must-read from Los Angeles Times contributor Mark Olsen, who scours the Web for the most insightful awards analysis online.

CURIOUS CINEMATIC HAIR STYLES

From Javier Bardem’s ‘do in “No Country for Old Men” to Tom Hulce in “Amadeus,” The Dish Rag’s Elizabeth Snead recaps hairstylist Paul

LeBlanc’s career.