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How the Huffpo Killed Cinematical
Movers and Shakers – Anne Thompson Editor at Large at Indiewire
Just as the news that Eugene Hernandez and Todd McCarthy's exit was not looking good for Indiewire (as this NY...
Gold Derby is BACK!
The LA Times has just announced something I already knew, I must confess it, that Tom O'Neil is bringing back...
The State of the Race: Cranking the Dial? Good Luck with That
Paramount slate inadvertently, um, ‘announced’
Academy Lists are for Closers
David Poland over at The Hot Blog has accused Sharon Waxman and The Wrap of obtaining a list of Academy...
It’s Probably Best to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie But…
It seems that the old Chartier email debacle will have one last gasp as it was addressed in Robert Welkos'...
Embargoes? We Don’t Need No Stinking Embargoes.
Anne Thompson's plug for Oscar Talk: In Contention‘s Kris Tapley and I have actually seen most of the Oscar movies...
Columnist Interrupted
There is a really great reason to read MCN and that is Kim Voynar. After she left Cinematical, she was...
Daily Beast’s Pundit Oscar Rundown
The Daily Beast has asked several influential Hollywood pundits (their words) for their take on early predictions in the Oscar...
“Help Us Help You”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XSTwfdFwIY I've never much cared for Stu Van Airsdale's Oscar coverage - judging from his snide entries when worked for...
A Great Thing Ebert Did
Recently, I kicked up the tinyest bit of fuss on the internets about the word "critic" used to describe what...
The Wrap Beelines It to Academy Members
I was surprised to find that there was an item in my feed for The Wrap that was a link...
When Drew Met George
Hitfix's Drew McWeeny (formerly of AICN) now has a legendary reaction to Up in the Air - the "shaking and...
Hammond on Best Actress
Pete Hammond continues his Notes on a Season by reporting on the Best Actress race: Certainly Mulligan isn't the only...
At Least Try to Pretend You’re on the Ball
Roger Friedman apparently thinks he was the first person to shout Oscar after seeing Carey Mulligan in An Education. Hilarious...
Oh Yeah, Baby
Ryan Adams quoted on Hurt Locker poster! Spotted on a large ad for the film at the Laemmle in Pasadena....
Indiewire Snags Thompson
The story sort of broke yesterday, on The Wrap, but it was a mere headline with no story attached -...
Goldstein on Basterds
Variety Evolves
If it's broke, fix it. Variety has gotten smart and upgraded the way users navigate their site. It's much more...