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For me, this year, the question is not a no-brainer, the way it has been in the past. Given the time difference, now that I’m in London, the Oscars won’t even begin for me until 1:30am. I’m not sure I’ll be up to an all-nighter…
With the Oscars about to hit, on Sunday, the 2010 lovefest will be over. But those stings, of the movies you loved that no one else seemed to appreciate, will remain… like with me and my love of Never Let Me Go…
This electrifying Australian crime drama sears all hint of the sentimental out of a harrowing tale of one Melbourne family’s felonious downfall, and — daringly — strips all sense of cinematic romance out of a genre that often idealizes the corrupt and the brutal.
…on how “True Grit’s Oscar Nomination Is A Surrender To Creative Bankruptcy”…
Also: Billy Ray Cyrus wishes Hannah Montana had never happened; thoughtless tweeting brings down Nir Rosen; J.K. Rowling ticked at unauthorized biopic; more…
Jacki Weaver is one of the Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress this year, so it’s about time I caught up with this…
Have you seen True Grit? Have you noticed how it’s pretty much all about a 14-year-old girl? Have you noticed that not only is Hailee Steinfeld’s character the one who drives the story, but she also has at least as much screen time as Jeff Bridges, perhaps even more? So how the heck is she only a “supporting” actress?
Plus: Kelsey Grammer’s marriage ruined by Fox News; Wikileaks nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; why so few women writers at Wikipedia and major magazines?; more…
Plus: Katie Holmes smeared by mean ol’ gossip rags; Syfy picks up Web series The Mercury Men; the Internet stole Obama’s State of the Union address; more…
I’ve been astonished when I’ve traveled outside the U.S. how easily ordinary, mainstream, comparatively unadventurous consumers of media are able to digest the output of cultures beyond their own. The majority Americans seem unable or unwilling to do that. But why?
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