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January 2008

January 31, 2008

THE NOMINEES: 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'

THE NOMINEES: 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'

1/31 Oscarweb Round-up


January 29, 2008

THE NOMINEES: 'Ratatouille'

"Once" song cleared -- duh

THE NOMINEES: 'Away from Her'

Karger tries to make sense of the SAGs

1/29 Oscarweb Round-up


January 28, 2008

THE NOMINEES: 'Transformers'

THE NOMINEES: 'No Country for Old Men'

Tarantino gets feisty at Sundance

Chris Nolan says goodbye to Heath

Ledger at the SAGs 2006

The Bagger pokes Brolin with a stick

Regarding "Falling Slowly"

1/28 Oscarweb Round-up


January 27, 2008

Screen Actors Guild Awards

"What's the secret?" "What's the secret?" "Is that the secret?"

More on the Sean Young DGA disruption...

'Bourne' wins SAG Stunt Ensemble Award

Coens and company talk craft of 'No Country'

Go away!!!

Drama at the DGAs -- Sean Young gets the boot?

Coens, Elswit tops with guilds


January 26, 2008

DGAs in T-minus...something

Extra-terrestrials and/or Atlantis in 'Indy 4?'

Day-Lewis on Oprah

Oscar shorts are coming to a theater near you

On the way: the DGA Awards

1/26 Oscarweb Round-up


January 25, 2008

FEATURES: SAG Awards

WB offers online Ledger memorial

When will Harris Savides get his due?

1/25 Oscarweb Round-up


January 24, 2008

Katz's 'Quiet City' gets a DVD release, with some reflexive humor to boot

Vanity Fair tip-toes back into the Oscar season

'Clayton' gets the jump on phase two

CNN and MSNBC jump into the Oscar game

Tony Gilroy on the writers' strike

Oscars 2009: '10,000 B.C.'

1/23 Oscarweb Round-up


January 23, 2008

Overthinking did me in

Diablo does Dave x2

Edelstein calls Oscar Tuesday 'a sad day indeed'

McPaper McMisses on some McFacts

The Bagger nails it. He NAILS it.

Sound mixer hopes to put an Oscar bow on a meaningful partnership

Goldstein chimes in, keeps his blog-hating puppy on a leash

1/23 Oscarweb Round-up


January 22, 2008

Heath Ledger dies in New York, 'Dark Knight' to be final film performance

Interesting stat that popped up

Candid camera

Watch it again, for the first time

Mac/Oscar send-up

1/22 Oscarweb Round-up -- Reactions Edition

The nominees react...

Amy Adams to make an Oscar appearance after all?

AMPAS announces nominees, 'Blood' and 'No Country' lead the pack


January 21, 2008

Someone get the hose...

Your guess is as good as mine...

Oscar's music through the years

Jonny Greenwood's 'Blood' score disqualified by AMPAS

Raspberry Fields Forever

1/21 Oscarweb Round-up


January 19, 2008

Cates sticking to same rhetoric: Wait and see.

1/19 Oscarweb Round-up


January 18, 2008

'Defiance' trailer...Oscars 2009?

1/18 Oscarweb Round-up


January 17, 2008

The Night Before benefit will not go gently into that good night

Anyone want to know what His Honor has to say about the DGA?

3 from the DEA want some of that 'Gangster' dough

WB to re-release 'Clayton' following Oscar noms

Denzel makes a stop on Letterman's couch

Oscars 2009: A plea...

Pete Hammond, on the case so you don't have to be

1/17 Oscarweb Round-up


January 16, 2008

New (and final) Buzzmeter

Oscar gets a poster

FINAL UPDATE: Guilds continue to clear up the picture

CDG noms come in, "No Country" and "Blood" finally miss

BAFTA stat


January 15, 2008

AMPAS narrows foreign film race, '4 Months,' 'Persepolis' get the shaft

'Casino' the most foul-mouthed Oscar flick?

MORE history set to be made at the Oscars?

I had to. I just...had to.

David Poland sits down with the delightful Saoirse Ronan

Diablo Cody cranks out column #2 for EW

I might as well join the party here...

1/15 Oscarweb Round-up


January 14, 2008

'Blood,' 'Clayton,' 'Diving Bell,' 'Juno' and 'No Country' tops with PGA

Best Actress category set to make Oscar history?


January 13, 2008

Globes reactions from around the Oscarweb

The Globes go their own way, "Atonement" and "Sweeney" stand out


January 11, 2008

The Art Directors Guild announces...

Dave Karger needs a lifeline...

ACE nominees might solidify Best Picture's likely five

The LA Times finally gets on the Dark Knight's trail

1/11 Oscarweb Round-up


January 10, 2008

If 'Juno' and 'No Country' are indeed the WGA winners...

We strike, therefore we award

'No Country' and 'Wild' still the industry faves

Eddie Vedder's 'Guaranteed' music video

TV Guide sticking with Globes; E! staying at home

Jason Bateman and Michael Cera talk the birds and the bees

Tom Hanks on Letterman

Features galore

1/10 Oscarweb Round-up


January 9, 2008

'No Country' takes down the Scripter

1/9 Oscarweb Round-up


January 8, 2008

What to say about the DGA nods?

Leaving on a jet plane...

The 21 most memorable scenes of the year

FEATURES: Eye on the Oscars - The Look

1/8 Oscarweb Round-up


January 7, 2008

A night at the Critics' Choice Awards

BFCAs in just under three hours...

Deakins takes a double-dip with ASC

Peter Bart chimes in on the season

A side note on the DGA...

DGA speculation

BFCA gets a 'green light' from SAG

1/7 Oscarweb Round-up

'Pirates' leads the way with VES


January 6, 2008

It just keeps hitting the fan...

Broadway directors on cinema helmers

Top Secret!

FEATURES: Awards Season Focus - Actor and Actress

1/6 Oscarweb Round-up


January 5, 2008

IMDb kicks off the Road to Oscar

There was 'Blood' at the NSFC

Not Oscar related, but...

1/5 Oscarweb Round-up


January 4, 2008

Interesting Scripter/'Blood' Parallel

17 nods for 'Atonement' from the Brits

Ellen Page on Letterman

For Your Consideration: The Bagger

1/4 Oscarweb Round-up


January 3, 2008

'Hairspray' coming back for "one [week] only"

The Year of the Elusive Frontrunner

USC Scripter Nominees

Jib-Jab's Year in Review 2007

FEATURES: Eye on the Oscars: Cinematography

"Huckabee is a scab."

1/3 Oscarweb Round-up


January 2, 2008

About those backroom dealings...

Tomorrow's Scripter announcement

1/2 Oscarweb Round-up


January 1, 2008

Oscars 2009???

1/1 Oscarweb Round-up



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