Tuesday, January 23, 2007

THE BIG STORIES OF THE DAY

  • DREAMGIRLS BOUNCED FROM BEST PICTURE AND CONDON FROM BEST DIRECTOR BY LETTERS AND EASTWOOD, BUT STILL GETS MOST NOMINATIONS (8)... LET THE CONTROVERSY BEGIN
  • GREENGRASS (UNITED) ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR
  • LEO NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR... FOR BLOOD DIAMOND! CATEGORY CONFUSION APPARENTLY ALSO CASTS NICHOLSON A SPOT (ALTHOUGH WAHLBERG EARNS NOMINATION)
  • GOSLING COMES THROUGH FOR BEST ACTOR NOMINATION
  • BOTH BABEL LADIES HOLD OFF BLUNT IN SUPPORTING
  • BORAT NOMINATED FOR BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  • SHOCKER: NO VOLVER IN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY OR FOREIGN?!?
  • JESUS CAMP MAKES CUT FOR BEST DOCU!
  • DESPLAT NOMMED FOR ORIGINAL SCORE--FOR QUEEN, NOT VEIL
  • NOMINATIONS FOR ALL 3 DREAMGIRLS SONG CONTENDERS ("LISTEN," "LOVE YOU I DO," "PATIENCE")
  • APPARENTLY, WORLD TRADE CENTER IS NOT WORTHY OF A NOMINATION, BUT CLICK IS (BEST MAKEUP), AND BLOOD DIAMOND IS WORTHY OF FIVE?
  • UH-OH... BOBBY, WEINSTEIN CO. ONLY EARN 1 NOM; THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (AND WORTHY SCRIBE REITMAN), PAINTED VEIL, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION GO EMPTY-HANDED
  • ANALYST DAVID POLAND REPORTS THE SHOCKING STAT: BEST PIC NOMINEES SHOW UP ONLY SIX TIMES IN COSTUME (1), SONG (0), CINEMATOGRAPHY (0), ART DIRECTION (0), EDITING (2), MAKEUP (0), SCORE (2), SOUND (1), SOUND MIXING (0)
  • THE ALWAYS P-C ANALYST JEFFREY WELLS SUGGESTS THAT A "DAVID POLAND CURSE" EXPLAINS WHY HIS RECENT FAVES--PHANTOM, MUNICH, AND NOW DREAMGIRLS--HAVE CRASHED AND BURNED; POLAND ADMITS "I WAS WRONG," BUT THEN SO TOO WAS THE REST OF THE WORLD
  • KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES! MEANWHILE, FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF TODAY'S NOMINEES...
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Monday, January 22, 2007

SAD... BUT TRUE

As we count down the final hours to nominations, I thought I'd share a story about an incident that made me want to laugh and cry at the same time...

Maybe a week ago, I popped in on a screening of potential Best Picture nominee Bobby and decided to watch the final thirty minutes--the strongest part of the movie--with some college freshmen who were in the audience to hear what their response to the film would be. I was pleasantly surprised to hear very positive chatter about the film--granted, they seemed to mourn the fate of Elijah Wood more than Robert F. Kennedy, but they seemed to gauge the importance of the man the film was about.

Then, one of them turned to the others and said, "But I thought he was killed in a car?"

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