• Anne Thompson ponders how the year’s mainstream studio pics might fare with Oscar. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Patrick Goldstein catches up with Tom Hooper and the director’s Hollywood education. [The Big Picture]
• Steve Pond dutifully reports from a “Biutiful” post-screening Q&A with members of the crew. [The Odds]
• David Poland sits down with “The Kids Are All Right” star Mark Ruffalo. [The Hot Blog]
• Sasha Stone talks with “Get Low” star Sissy Spacek. [Awards Daily]
• “Inception” soundtrack to get “augmented sound project.” [WIRED]
• Tom O’Neil points out 2010 as an Oscar rematch year between Hollywood heavyweights Harvey Weinstein and Scott Rudin (the latter, by the way, featuring in a big Hollywood Reporter interview on newsstands soon). [Gold Derby]
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