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6/5 Web Round-up

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James Cameron on the set of Avatar• Carmike Cinemas honcho S. David Passman III gets back to basics, like cleaning the bathrooms. (This story hits home with me because I grew up going to a shoddy Carmike theater.) [Company Town]

• Headline of the month.  Not film related, but necessary for your morning LOL dose. [MyFoxBoston.com]

• Drew McWeeny dives head-long into the tank for Ubisoft’s “Avatar” video game with a detailed description of what must have been a breath-taking E3 demonstration. [Motion/Captured]

• Why Cannes awards mean squat for Oscar. [The Playlist]

• How “Slumdog Millionaire” is changing filmmaking in India. [The Guardian]

• Dumb list du jour… [Premiere]

• Paul Dano, “prince regent of independent film,” rides the subway.  Just, you know, FYI. [The Times]

• Sam Mendes drew on Hal Ashby for “Away We Go” (he just missed the poignancy). [The Hollywood Interview]

• Searching for the Berkeley home that inspired Carl’s “Up” abode. [San Francisco Chronicle]

• CAA reaches out to James Cameron to represent the director’s new Fusion Camera System technology. [Deadline Hollywood Daily]

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  1. Hans Avatar
    Hans

    Yay, I work at a Carmike Theatre! We is shady as frick, and we is proud.