• Rochona Majumdar and Satyam Khanna discuss the “Slumdog Millionaire” controversy. [NPR]

• Kim Voynar spotlights the Best Director category. [Movie City News]

• David Poland spends 30 minutes with “WALL-E” writer and director Andrew Stanton. [The Hot Blog]

• Five Oscar night surprises Mark Lisanti would like to see. [Little Gold Men]

• Searchlight may be making a wise business decision, but they’re still abandoning the best of the nominated songs in the process. [Gold Derby]

• Yet another “meet the Oscarcast producers” piece. [Associated Press]