TRENDING UP: As of Jan. 21, 2011
On its victorious Golden Globes night, Aaron Sorkin proved he's as smart as his screenplay when we couldn't get him to throw Sarah Palin fresh meat, and offer a critique of the politician's post-Tucson performance.
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When reporters start writing pieces on why your film could still win, that means you've lost.
TRENDING UP
Do you get points for being utterly charming at the Globes? Well, you should.
Lotsa luck, kids, coming up with water-cooler material as irresistible as Gervais'.
Rumor is he'll never eat lunch with the Hollywood Foreign Press again. Um, like, that's a bad thing?
If you didn't get an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award nod, then you're probably not a legit Best Picture contender.
TRENDING UP as of Jan. 14, 2011
What does the film that has everything need? A DVD release! Now nobody can escape its clutches—you know, sorta like Facebook.
Keep clicking to see what's trending up (and down) in the 2011 Oscar race!
So, about that DGA snub...Can a Best Picture contender be a true Best Picture contender without a true Best Director contender?
The Kids Are All Right star made a tearful plea for peace at the bananas New York Film Critics Circle Awards dinner. Makes us love her all the more.
So, about that American Society of Cinematographers snub...Can a Best Picture contender be a true Best Picture contender without a true Cinematography contender?
Hey, that could be the Academy Award-nominated Jonah Hex to you, bub. The Josh Brolin-Megan Fox bomb made Oscar's shortlist for Makeup.
You've heard the official red-carpet preshow on ABC has been expanded from 30 to 90 minutes, yes? We pray in the name of Oscar-party martinis that you pace yourself accordingly.
TRENDING UP as of Jan. 7, 2011:
Forget about the WGA snub that wasn't a snub (owing to guild rules, its script wasn't eligible for consideration), no Best Picture contender can sell itself more impressively: enough first-rate, four-star blurbs to fill up a two-page ad.
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True Grit's a box-office hit, a critical hit, a lock for a Best Picture nomination—and further proof that the Golden Globes ain't necessarily all that.
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A WGA nod, plus a surprise Producers Guild nom for The Town?! Somebody's burying Gigli but good.
The Town "stole" this indie's spot in the Producers Guild Awards. A crime?
Nicole Holofcener's great comedy doesn't figure to hang in the Oscar race, so its WGA nod is its time to shine. Now go rent it...
Not that Harry Potter fans would ever, ever point this out, but Deathly Hallows Part 1 is on Oscar's shortlist for Visual Effects—and the latest Twilight movie isn't.
TRENDING UP as of Dec. 23, 2010:
The Facebook movie's the new odds-on Best Picture favorite, per Gold Derby's Oscar pundits.
As a rule, it's not good when your ass makes more news than the rest of you.
The Rocky buzz is building.
Thanks to Black Swan's ample use of the dead Russian dude's "Swan Lake," the film's overall original score was ruled ineligible for Academy consideration
She got past the Heath Ledger question. Hopefully, it'll be all sunshine and flowers from here on out.
The action flick leads the Academy's alphabetized list of eligible feature films—lotsa good that'll do it.