12/3 Oscarweb Round-up
• Jeffrey Wells draws a rather...definitive line between this year's Best Picture contending product. [Hollywood Elsewhere]• Anne Thompson offers some thoughts on the supposed non-campaign campaign for "Atonement." [Thompson on Hollywood]
• David Poland flails about wildly and takes Thompson's comparisons to other Oscar epics WAY too seriously on his way to being "a dick about it." (his words, not mine) [The Hot Blog]
• Susan King talks method and "Blood" with Best Actor hopeful (frontrunner?) Daniel Day-Lewis. [The Envelope]
• Romanian Oscar entry "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days" wins big at the European Film Awards. [Variety]
• Tom O'Neil responds... [Gold Derby]
• ...then he chats it up with "Lust, Caution" helmer Ang Lee... [Gold Derby]
• ...and Best Supporting Actress hopeful Amy Ryan ("Gone Baby Gone"). [Gold Derby]
• Ramin Setoodeh responds to "Sweeney Todd," calls it "good, not great." [The Gold Digger]
• Sasha Stone thinks "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" is a formiddable contender in the Oscar race. Duh! [Awards Daily]
• Rebecca Ascher-Walsh forecasts indie Oscar hopefuls. [The Hollywood Reporter]
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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