• Gregory Ellwood slams “Everybody’s Fine,” calls last night’s AFI festivities a Miramax wake.  I’m having trouble disagreeing with him. [Awards Campaign]

• Rebecca Milzoff gets some face time with “An Education” director Lone Scherfig. [Vulture]

• Jim Carrey’s Scrooge rings in the holiday spirit. [Associated Press]

• The “Slumdog” kids are getting greedy. [The Guardian]

• Jeffrey Wells stumps for “A Serious Man,” says there should be more ardent supporters of the film’s Best Picture cause. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

• Not Oscar related, but check out H.R. Giger’s bizarre, unused Batmobile design from “Batman Forever.” [io9]

• More on the supposedly “sparse” Best Actress category.  One guy said it, now it’s considered fact.  Sigh… [Oscar Watch]

• Michael Mann is interested in 3D. [Screen Week]

• The women of “Precious” take on transformative roles. [USA Today]