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1/11 Oscarweb Round-up

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The Hurt Locker• Dave McNary catches up with the thin WGA field story.  (Nominees will be announced later this morning.) [Variety]

• The local rag continues to step up its crafts coverage, spotlights “The Hurt Locker” sound mixer (and sound editor) Paul Ottosson. [Los Angeles Times]

• On the non-actor terminated from Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air.” [The Guardian]

• Jamie Portman chats with “The Lovely Bones” star Saoirse Ronan. [National Post]

• Jada Yuan spends 52 minutes with “Creation” star Paul Bettany. [New York Magazine]

• Regarding “Avatar,” David Poland chimes in with six reasons “tickets sold” is a “terrible” stat. [The Hot Blog]

• Can Oliver Stone show us the human side of Hitler? [The Independent]

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  1. Megan Avatar
    Megan

    I’m excited that Hurt Locker is coming to DVD this week. I can finally provide some input other than empty speculation.

    I’m having the dangdest time in general seeing the contenders this year.