12/10 Oscarweb Round-up
• The Envelope ponders the red carpet stretching across picket lines at this year's Golden Globes ceremony. [The Envelope]• Speaking of strikes, Gregg Kilday recalls a bit of Oscar history -- going way back to 1967. [The Hollywood Reporter]
• Gerard Kennedy talks to composers Dario Marianelli ("Atonement") and Mark Isham ("In the Valley of Elah," "Lions for Lambs," "Reservation Road"). [In Contention]
• With the actress racking up precursor awards, Jeffrey Wells says uncle to the prospects of Amy Ryan as a frontrunner in the Best Supporting Actress race. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• David Poland gives his reactions to yesterday's events. [The Hot Blog]
• Scott Feinberg does the same. [And the Winner Is...]
• Ryan C. Adams does some number crunching regarding the top 250 at IMDb and a correlation with Oscar. [Awards Daily]
• With all these critics' winner announcements, the Tibilisi festival winners flew under the radar (the what??). [Variety]
• Ditto the Cairo fest winners. [Variety]
• T.L. Stanley summons her inner Rosie the Riveter, sicks the LA Times for doubling up on the "stripper" moniker when discussing Diablo Cody. [Gold Rush]
• Anne Thompson offers some thoughts on "I Am Legend." [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Perhaps previewing a contender for next year's awards, Anthony Breznican gets the scoop on the upcoming "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." I still think they should kick it old school and simply title the film "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Imagine that in the Indy adventure font! Okay, I geeked out a little there. [USA Today]
(The New York Film Critics Circle will announce later this afternoon. Stay tuned.)
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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