1/4 Oscarweb Round-up
• AMPAS narrows Best Visual Effects down to seven. [Variety]• BAFTA nominated five foreign language films. [Variety]
• Sasha Stone calls Jodie Foster the year's "silent standout" in "The Brave One." [Awards Daily]
• Tom O'Neil and Pete Hammond look at the lead acting contenders in a podcast. [Gold Derby]
• David Poland sizes things up in the his first Oscar column of 2008, calls the season "one of the most legitimately competitive" seasons in a long time. [Movie City News]
• Meanwhile, the Gurus o' Gold are back with scattered opinions. [Movie City News]
• Nathaniel Rogers takes a look ahead to the Best Actress race of 2008. [The Film Experience]
• Scott Bowles runs through the acting frontrunners, but gets a few journos on the record touting contenders not to be forgotten. [USA Today]
• New York Magazine keeps its own FYC train moving along. This week: Edgar Wright's "Hot Fuzz." [Vulture]
• Matt Zoller Sitz plays psychiatrist to Paul Thomas Anderson's genius. [New York Times]
• Oh, and in case your head has been in the sand, Huckabee and Obama won in Iowa. [MSNBC]
Red Carpet District is Variety contributor Kristopher Tapley's attempt at making sense of the ever-expanding glut of film awards coverage. He's been on the beat for six years. Email 
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