Time to book your spray tan and order that botox injection, as Oscars season is upon us.  VUDU and Boxee want to make sure everyone gets a chance to check out all of the nominees they have available. Simply “refer a friend” and for each person that signs up and rents their first movie, you will get a $3.99 credit towards any film. Why not check out one of the ‘Best Picture’ Nominees:

• The Help
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris

Your friends don’t have to use Boxee, but you do. So make sure your account is registered through the Vudu app on Boxee, and head over to the referral page.

The Boxee crew has been hard at work polishing up Boxee Live TV for the release next month.  But for now, we’re taking a bit of time to see our families and celebrate whichever holidays we choose.  So from our Boxee family to yours, we wish you all a great and happy holiday, and happy New Year.

After 3 vigorous rounds of voting, and lobbying that carried on late into Friday night.  We have our clear winners of the Boxee Sticker Design contest. In first place is Josh McGee who made the beast of a Cut the Cord propaganda poster posted above.

Coming in a close second was Danica’s Boxee Pop.  With the amount of soda this office churns through it was inevitable that this awesome image would find a place near and dear to our hearts.

Third Place goes to the Boxee pancake stack made by Kyle Kendrick, which will go well with the Boxee sandwich that’s already on the back of most of our laptops.

Two honorable mentions that we have to shout out here is the ridiculously awesome Boxee cat, drawn by an 11 year old user who’s going to make a killer graphic designer some day:

And this one submitted by a user outside the US that was a personal favorite of a few members of the team.

Thanks so much to everyone who submitted designs.  We had a ton of fun seeing what all of our users came up with.  Hopefully we’ll be doing a few more contests like this in the not too distant future.  Check out our Facebook page to see more of the entries, let us know which one’s your favorite!

We released Boxee for iPad version 1.2 into the iTunes app store today.
Here’s a run down of the standout new features in the app.

If you’re sending stuff to your Boxee Box, you’ll also notice that it picks up where you left off for any local files played through the Boxee Media Manager.

For people with bandwidth issues, we’ve also added the option to select the video quality when you’re streaming files, so if you’ve got a spotty WiFi connection you can drop the video quality for more consistent streaming.

Head over to the iTunes store page for the free download.

If you want a more detailed description of the update check out the release notes

SPOTIFY UPDATE: We’ve got some good news for Spotify fans.  If you’re a Premium Spotify user, you can now use Spotify anywhere in the world on Boxee. Previously the app was only available for use in countries where Spotify had launched.

GBTV, Glenn Beck’s internet media network, has arrived on Boxee Boxes around the globe. Whether you know Glenn Beck or not, the fact that, according to the Wall Street Journal, he has more subscribers than the Oprah Winfrey Network has viewers means he’s someone that you should be paying attention to.

For those who need their daily Beck fix, GBTV offers five daily live video streams along with hours of archived video from the GBTV network.

The daily live TV schedule includes:
9 AM The Glenn Beck Radio Program
12 PM The Fourth Hour
1 PM Mercury Theater
4 PM Liberty Treehouse
5 PM The Glenn Beck Program

You’ll need a GBTV or GBTV plus subscription (for more details click here) to check out the new GBTV app for Glenn’s radio show, four other daily live programs, specials, documentaries and behind the scenes looks at how Glenn Beck’s growing media empire works.

Win a Boxee Box and 1 year subscription to GBTV
To celebrate the launch of the app GBTV and Boxee have teamed up to give you an opportunity to win 1 of 3 Boxee Boxes plus a free year of GBTV.
All you need to do is:
1) follow @GB_TV, @Boxee, and @GBTVonBoxee,
2) Tweet the message below for a chance to win.

“Retweet this & follow @GB_TV, @Boxee and @GBTVonBoxee to win a Boxee Box and 1 year of GBTV. Official Rules: http://b0x.ee/oAiIh3”

To see the official rules click below
Official contest rules

SEC Today
News and highlights, these daily updates keep you up to date on any major developments from around the conference. SEC Today also offers team previews for all of SEC football.

Specials
Watch classic documentaries focused on SEC Sports, profiles of great SEC players who’ve gone pro, or interviews of current SEC coaches.

Full Games
Rewatch some of the greatest SEC games of the past 20 years. Plus watch many of the best football games from last season. All of the games are totally free to watch, so stop worrying about wearing out those VHS tapes of last season’s football games and stream some of the best games whenever you want.

My Library
Shop the SEC OnDemand streaming VOD store for a library of over 700+ full-length historic and current SEC games. This season’s games are available as soon as midnight the following Saturday. All videos you buy there are automatically accessible on Boxee through the SEC Digital Network app’s My Library section.

Any true SEC sports fan will have to check this one out. With great news and video that’s not available anywhere else, the app will be a perfect complement to your season.

We wanted to post a quick thanks for all the love on the iPad app.  We broke into the top 10 apps in iTunes just 2 and a half days after release.  To say we’re excited would be more than a little bit of an understatement.

The general feeling around the office may best be expressed via a work by the great New Jersey born performing artist A. Samuels.

Thank you! And you’re welcome for introducing you to the most compelling new artist since Rebecca Black.