When it comes to hyping the Oscars, ABC has two rabbits in its hat. Nightline and Oprah. Nightline lends respectability and Oprah brings the numbers. JustJared reports that ABC’s Nightline will start their countdown to Oscar and of course, it looks like they’re leading with Angelina Jolie who, it sounds like, must talk yet again about Brad and the kids: On...
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Okay, so let’s do this thing. I am supposed to be filling out my Gurus chart and my Buzzmeter chart, of course I haven’t done either. It’s hard out there for a pimp, what can I say. I’m working on it, fellas. Here we go. Best Picture – mostly locked. Slim chance for a Reader or Button upset but the slimmest of ever-so-slim chances there....
Photo snagged from BBC’s collection I like the NY Times/Carpetbagger Michael Cieply’s take on the backstage goings-on at the luncheon. He takes a one-cool-removed tone to the whole affair. It makes me think it would make a great much longer piece. In fact, his and Mark Harris’ pieces would make good copy for a book on the season. I guess that’s...
HE points us to this interesting, well-written piece on Oscars 2008. It’s a must-read: Pity the film scholar who tries to discern something about our times from surveying this list of best picture nominees 10, or 30, or 50 years from now. The substance of popular movies is almost never coincident with the events on the front page, and it would be a huge mistake to...
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iy23LVFG1w [/youtube] It occurs to me that Supporting Actress is still wide open. With Kate Winslet out in that category, the favorite becomes Penelope Cruz. And she has the advantage of being hot as well as talented. She also is in a Woody Allen movie and those voters love them some supporting actresses in Woody movies. On the...
By far the best thing about the Oscars luncheon is the group shot with all of the Oscar nominees. If I were a nominee I’d be damned sure I would be there just to get into the group shot. And here it is in all its glory. Click here for a regular hi-rez. Click here for a brain-bleeding super hi-rez. More images after the jump. (CLICK THE IMAGES FOR BIGGER VERSION) ...
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