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1/12 Oscarweb Round-up

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Kate Winslet at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards• Jeffrey Wells responds to last night’s Golden Globe Awards. [Hollywood Elsewhere]

• David Carr gets some choice quotes from twofer victor Kate Winslet in the press room. [The Carpetbagger]

• Guy Adams, meanwhile, comments on the actress’s “downbeat” role choices. [The Independent]

• Karina Longworth’s eight Globe moments that transcended cynicism. [Spout Blog]

• Tom O’Neil and Pete Hammond yak about the evening’s surprises. [Gold Derby]

• Moving away from the circular Globes talk, Gene Seymour takes stock of today’s African-American filmmaking talent. [New York Times]

• Philip Seymour Hoffman calls his trade “tortuous.” [The Guardian]

• Welcome to the new indieWIRE. [indieWIRE]

• Speculation on the fate of Two-Face in “The Dark Knight,” reported plenty in this space, turns up elsewhere. [/Film]

• Continuing on the geek beat, Geoff Boucher talks “Watchmen”‘s Rorschach with actor Jackie Earle Haley and director Zack Snyder. [Los Angeles Times]

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3 responses to “1/12 Oscarweb Round-up”

  1. N8 Avatar

    American Cinema Editors nominations:

    NOMINEES FOR 59TH ANNUAL ACE EDDIE AWARDS

    BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter

    The Dark Knight
    Lee Smith, A.C.E.

    Frost/Nixon
    Mike Hill, A.C.E. & Dan Hanley, A.C.E.

    Milk
    Elliot Graham

    Slumdog Millionaire
    Chris Dickens

    BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (COMEDY OR MUSICAL):
    In Bruges
    Jon Gregory, A.C.E.

    Mama Mia
    Leslie Walker

    Tropic Thunder
    Greg Hayden

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    Alisa Lepselter

    WALL-E
    Stephen Schaffer

    BEST EDITED HALF-HOUR SERIES FOR TELEVISION:
    30 Rock: “Reunion”
    Meg Reticker

    Entourage: “Playing With Fire”
    Jeff Groth

    The Office: “Goodbye Toby”
    Dean Holland & David Rogers

    BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
    Boston Legal: “True Love”
    Craig Bench

    Breaking Bad: “Pilot”
    Lynne Willingham, A.C.E.

    Law & Order SVU: “Authority”
    Karen Stern, A.C.E.

    BEST EDITED ONE-HOUR SERIES FOR NON-COM TELEVISION:
    Crash: “Los Muertos”
    Eric Sears, A.C.E.

    True Blood: “Strange Love”
    Michael Ruscio, A.C.E.

    The Wire: “More With Less”
    Kate Sanford, A.C.E.

    BEST EDITED MOTION PICTURE FOR NON-COM TELEVISION:
    Bernard and Doris
    Andy Keir

    John Adams: Independence
    Melanie Oliver

    Recount
    Alan Baumgarten, A.C.E.

    BEST EDITED MOTION PICTURE FOR COMMERCIAL TELEVISION:
    24: Redemption
    Scott Powell, A.C.E.

    The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
    David J. Siegel, A.C.E.

    Lost: There’s No Place Like Home
    Henk Van Eeghen, A.C.E., Robert Florio, A.C.E.
    Mark J. Goldman, Stephen Semel, A.C.E.

    BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY:
    Bush’s War
    Steve Audette

    Chicago 10
    Stuart Levy, A.C.E.

    Man on Wire
    Jinx Godfrey

    BEST EDITED REALITY SERIES:
    Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – New Orleans
    Eric Lasby

    The Deadliest Catch: Fresh Blood
    Kelly Coskran & Ed Greene

    Greensburg: The Tornado
    Leonard Feinstein

  2. Jonathan Spuij Avatar

    That Harvey Dent talk desrves a whlly seperate post Kris! It’s something huge.

  3. Steen Avatar
    Steen

    No real importance, but pretty cool coincidence:

    IMDb Top 250

    Milk, Harvey

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