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10/29 Oscarweb Round-up

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Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road• Steven Zeitchik thinks “Frost/Nixon” will get a pass for journalist worship. [Rizky Biz Blog]

• Bill Horberg captures the San Francisco debut of “Milk” in pics. [William Horberg]

• Eugene Hernandez, meanwhile, reports from the scene. [indieWIRE]

• Ditto Brad Brevet, with some nice video interviews tossed in for good measure. [Rope of Silicon]

• Jeffrey Wells draws a correlation between Nixon’s apology in “Frost/Nixon” and the painful knowledge that we’ll probably never get the same out of our current Commander-in-Chief. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

• Anne Thompson gets a big thumbs up from the first long-lead screening of “Revolutionary Road.” [Thompson on Hollywood]

• Susan King runs down the upcoming AFI Fest honorees. [The Envelope]

• Xan Brooks runs down his six favorite Bond openings. [The Guardian]

• Patrick Kevin Day reveals the secrets of makeup wizardry on “Synecdoche, New York.” [Los Angeles Times]

• Mike Jones reports on “Adam Resurrected”‘s resurrection as an Oscar hopeful. [The Circuit]

• Dave Karger and Missy Schwartz talk the year’s two remaining “mystery” films. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Translation: “Blah, blah, blah…WHY WON’T YOU LINK TO ME?!…blah, blah, blah.” [And the Winner is]