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Anyone who had trouble imagining Angelina Jolie, Marion Cotillard, Scarlett Johansson, or Natalie Portman as an astronaut can relax. THR says Alfonso Cuaron is close to launching Sandra Bullock into orbit to give his troubled space thriller Gravity a down-to-earth grounding. Houston, we have a prom queen. ...
Nat Rogers makes a pretty good case - and oh such lovely graphics – that Oscar doesn’t like to reward Meryl Streep when she stars in political films: The cynicism comes from another more political place, too. Though I greatly admire Meryl Streep’s political activism offscreen and love it when she gets political in her acceptance speeches at awards shows,...
So, who got a bump from Oscar to land on TIME’s 100 Most Influential? Kathryn Bigelow, who lands at number 3 for artists. This is due to many things, but mainly and most importantly becoming the first woman in 82 years to win a Best Directing Oscar, and the only woman to ever direct a Best Picture winner. Oliver Stone pays tribute: Kathryn Bigelow’s career...
What can one say about Sandra Bullock’s high point and low point in her career? People call it the Oscar curse, but what it really is is schadenfreude – or the desire to see someone successful take a major tumble. We can’t all pretend like we are watching a marriage fall apart so much as we are seeing the vultures flying in and pecking at the exposed...