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  • 2/19 Oscarweb Round-up

    Marisa Tomei in The Wrestler• I’m just now stumbling onto this site, but if you weren’t keen to the controversy surrounding Jerry Lewis receiving the Academy’s Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, here’s a hub with everything laid out for you. [TheTroubleWithJerry.net]

    • With Kate Winslet and Marisa Tomei in mind, Rachel Abramowitz wonders if nudity = Oscar glory. [The Envelope]

    • Patrick Goldstein on the bleak Oscar advertising picture. [The Big Picture]

    • Rex Reed blasts the stage designs of the 81st Annual Oscar telecast. [New York Observer]

    • David Poland captures a few frames of Loki Rourke’s recent existence. [The Hot Blog]

    • Steve Pond reports that Matilda Ledger will receive daddy Heath’s Oscar…if he wins, that is. [Associated Press]

    • LOL. [Oscars Leaked]

  • 2/16 Oscarweb Round-up

    Jerry Lewis• David Carr asks for your input if you ran the Academy. [The Carpetbagger]

    • Tom O’Neil talks to Best Supporting Actress contender Penelope Cruz. [Gold Derby]

    • Speaking of supporting, Betsy Sharkey writes up an appreciation of the lot. [The Envelope]

    • Michelle Phillips wonders which Jerry Lewis will show up at the Oscars next weekend. [Chicago Tribune]

    • Peter Bradshaw on the weirdest Oscar acceptance speeches. [The Guardian]

    • Patrick Goldstein remembers the Oscar impact of “Patton.” [The Big Picture]

    • Cosmo Landesman talks to Amy Adams across the pond. [The Times]

    • Nathaniel Rogers gets around to the shorts and docs. [The Film Experience]

    • Patricia Leigh Brown talks to Oscarcast designer David Rockwell. [New York Times]

  • Jerry Lewis to receive humanitarian award at this year’s Oscars

    It seems we have our first Oscar winner announcement for the year.  From the AP:

    Jerry Lewis has never been nominated for an Oscar, but he’s going to get one anyway. The 82-year-old will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Oscar ceremony in February.

    The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their selection Wednesday. The Hersholt Award — an actual Oscar statuette — recognizes humanitarian efforts that have brought credit to the film industry.