• Pete Hammond reports that Summit’s “A Better Life” is the first screener to go out “from a movie that has any chance in hell of getting a nomination.” [Deadline]

• Bryan Alexander talks to the principals of Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion.” [USA Today]

And naturally, everyone has something to say about Eddie Murphy…

• Pate Hammond. [Deadline]

• Dave Karger. [Entertainment Weekly]

• Patrick Goldstein. [The Big Picture]

• Greg Ellwood. [Awards Campaign]

• Anne Thompson. [Thompson on Hollywood]

[Photo: Summit Entertainment]