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Cinemablend points us to Moviehole’s nab of Warner Bros.’s Gran Torino plot and cast breakdown. The official synopsis: Walt Kowalski is a widower, a grumpy, tough-minded, borderline-hateful, unhappy man who can‚Äôt get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in cherry condition....

Nominations were announced this morning for the Daytime Emmy Awards in roughly 2300 categories. You can wade through the 20-page pdf to find out if your favorite “Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control” guy made the cut. TOP MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS 17¬†¬† The Young and the Restless 13¬†¬† Guiding...

Variety’s Robert Koehler raves about the French doc, Beloved: Lovely, extremely heartfelt film helps redefine the term “homemovie” as the director examines the sad, multilayered life of his grandmother Therese, who died of tuberculosis at 36. Desplechin once again demonstrates his capacity for turning anything into a cinematic moment, and accomplishes...

Kris Tapley has redesigned his Incontention site and added a few more contributers. He promises it to be a more lively and active blog, not just Oscar focused but industry focused. Check it out. ...

Reuters prints the quotes from Empire Magazine’s interview with Ian McKellen, as follows: “Yes, it’s true. I spoke to Guillermo in the very room that Peter Jackson offered me the part and he confirmed that I would be reprising the role. Obviously, it’s not a part that you turn down, I loved playing Gandalf.” ...

Well, someone’s got to say it. In case you haven’t been following the latest distraction (do people really care about shit like this?) of Miley Cyrus, the “topless” photo and Annie Leibovitz, Vanity Fair has decided to showcase the talented photographer’s covers over the years. What is striking about looking at them all in a long line, as...

The Coens’ film has had few, if any, actual stills from the film. But First Showing has some of them (via Oh No, They Didn’t). Tilda, George, John and Brad! Here’s to hoping the Coen crowd doesn’t becoming like the Soderbergh crowd where all the cool kids hang together in every movie. ...