• Dave Karger, in a slow news week, digs up the old “‘Hangover’ for Best Pic” notion. No. [Oscar Watch]
• Jeff Wells face-to-face with “Fantastic Mr. Fox” director Wes Anderson. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• Susan King talks to editing legend Anne V. Coates, whose career was showcased at the Academy last night. [Los Angeles Times]
• Melissa Silverstein sits down with “Trucker” star Michelle Monaghan. [Women & Hollywood]
• Steve Pond takes note of HBO’s domination of the documentary short shortlist. [The Wrap]
• Who killed cult movies? [The Guardian]
• “Agora” earns highest 2009 Spanish box office gross within four days
• Anne Thompson on the season’s contenders seeing double. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Anna Kendrick tapped for the Palm Springs fest’s Rising Star Award. [Variety]
• A list of seven directorial double whammies that criminally relegates Steven Spielberg’s 1993 duo to a runner-up position. [Cinematical]
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8 responses to “10/14 Oscarweb Round-up”
The Hangover for Best Picture is happening. The highest grossing R comedy ever, plus very positive critical acclaim, makes it a possibility, while ten nominees makes it a certainty.
Ugh, that Karger piece made me crazy and you gave it top billing!
So lazy and copy and paste from articles from the summer. That 10 nominee business sure through the media for a loop. Everyone has basically predicted everything for a best picture nomination at some point since.
I wouldn’t say CERTAINTY. I just don’t see many people listing that at #1 or #2–same goes for Star Trek, as much as I WANT that to happen.
Karger has never been the most savvy of prognosticators, oftentimes doubting indie contenders (repeatedly) in favor of bigger names. Perhaps the BP 10 will boost his early-predix record, but it just seems like wishful thinking to me.
James D: No.
not ina million years, the hangover is not a best picture nominee, if it was then transformers will win the whole show, shia labeauf for best actor!! come on guys
The is no link for the Agora line.
Anyway, it probably won’t get Up, who is the highest grossing movie in Spain in the last 3 years, the highest grossing animated movie ever in Spain, and it made the Top-10 of all-time highest grosses ever in Spain.
That list of directorial doubles is just terrible. No Ingmar Bergman (Wild Strawberries/Seventh Seal), Curtiz (Yankee Doodle Dandee/Casablanca), Coppola (The Conversation/The Godfather II)?
Hell, even Mel Brook’s Blazing Saddles/Young Frankenstein duo. Yet we have Clint Eastwood’s Changeling/Gran Torino? Boo-urns.
Please, can we not have “The Hangover” be nominated? kthnxbai!
That list makes a great visual laxative.