1/26 Oscarweb Round-up
• The final guild out of the gate, the Motion Picture Sound Editors, annouce nominees for the Golden Reel Awards. [Variety]• Sasha Stone cooks up one of her infmaous Oscar comparison charts. This time: SAG vs. Oscar. [Awards Daily]
• Jeff Anderson finds plenty of room to complain about this or that, re: the nominations. He also reveals a profound ignorance for certain crafts categories. [Cinematical]
• Tom O'Neil has a new theory in the books. Somethign about multile nominated contenders yielding one win, I think. I got lost in the data. You give it a shot. [Gold Derby]
• Daniel Day-Lewis hits the daily talk show circuit with the owner of the world. [Oprah.com]
• Gerard Kennedy begins reacting to Oscar's tech nominations, some surprising, most expected. [In Contention]
• The Gurus o' Gold chime in post-noms. "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" take the #1 and #2 spots. Scott Rudin does back-flips. [Movie City News]
• Mike Russell sits down with "Persepolis" creator Marjane Satrapi in 2-D black and white. [Culture Pulp]
• T.L. Stanley thinks there is no backlash in the cards for the most backlash-prone of the Best Picture contenders. [Gold Rush]
• In a long interview never lacking the color of its subject, Mick Brown sits down with the Oscar-nominated Julian Schnabel to talk art, Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and Schnabel. Good times. [The Daily Telegraph]
• After years of disavowing Oscar bloggers, Stu VanAirdale finds his new role as...Oscar blogger. [Little Gold Men]
• He also agonizes over the glut of Oscar prognosticators. I'm sure he still cashes the checks, though. [Little Gold Men]
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 
Welcome to the table, Stu. Enjoy your stay. Oh, and film culture is doing just fine now, no? Shock and awe, Oscar blogging didn't destroy the universe of film appreciation as we know it.
Posted by: Kristopher Tapley | 1/27/2008 12:35:39 PM
Kris--
I don't think I disavowed Oscar bloggers as much as the accompanying hype at the expense of film culture as a whole. But I'm sure I;ll get there soon enough. Nevertheless, your second link is particularly interesting (and appreciated): If you're suggesting I've taken up prognosticating myself, send me the link where I did so and there may be a check for <i>you</i> to cash in the end.
Thanks!
Stu VanAirsdale
Posted by: STV | 1/26/2008 7:37:26 PM