1/23 Oscarweb Round-up
1979-2008
• Phil Gallo rounds up a list of 2008 Oscar factoids here at homebase. [Variety]
• Calling from Rome regarding his Best Director nomiantion, Julian Schnabel has this bit of dry excitement for Paula Schwartz: "They're going to buy me a bottle of champagne and we're going to act like we're excited." [The Carpetbagger]
• Another rudimentary list of nominee reactions, but with some fresh faces nonetheless: Scott Rudin and Andrzej Wajda among them. [Movie City News]
• Nathaniel Rogers, thinking outside the box as always, ponders the Top 10 Oscar Talking Points of yesterday's goings on. [The Film Experience]
• New York Magazine asks the brothers Coen about Oscar nominee "Roderick Jaynes." [Vulture]
• Peter Martin thinks "There Will Be Blood" is one Oscar nomination short of its destiny, thank you very much. [Cinematical]
• Boy, T.L. Stanley really hates "Juno." [Gold Rush]
• No, she really hates "Juno." [Gold Rush]
• Ramin Satoodeh, meanwhile, chalks Jason Reitman's Best Director nomination for "Juno" up as the morning's most surprising nominee. [The Gold Digger]
• Pete Hammond has his own idea of the surprises, and calls the Best Makeup showing for "Norbit" his "favorite nom of the day." Here's hoping Pete's winning sense of humor is shinging through there. [The Envelope]
• Tom O'Neil pours over the various guild misteps this season, where Oscar prognostication is concerned. [Gold Derby]
• Anthony Breznican and Susan Wloszczyna dig into "the long strange Oscar season" of 2007. [USA Today]
• And Gary Strauss rounds up Oscar's snubs. [USA Today]
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 
Point taken.
Posted by: TERRY STANLEY | 1/23/2008 6:08:11 PM
See. She REALLY hates "Juno."
;)
Posted by: Kristopher Tapley | 1/23/2008 4:16:03 PM
Now, Kris, don't be so hasty. Just because I've repeatedly called out Diablo "Not Her Real Name" Cody and kind of agreed with a Gold Rush commenter yesterday that Jason Reitman probably didn't deserve that best director nod (over Sidney Lumet?!?) doesn't mean I HATED Juno. Nuance, dude, it's all about the nuance, and Juno no got. It's overrated, plain and simple. And because of that, plenty of better and more deserving films out there from '07 got dissed. That's just wrong.
Posted by: TERRY STANLEY | 1/23/2008 4:07:14 PM