2/21 Oscarweb Round-up
• The local ABC affiliate sits down with Kevin O'Connell and Greg P. Russell to discuss the art of sound mixing and their history with Oscar. [ABC]• Steve Chagollan talks to this year's honorary Oscar recipient, art director Richard Boyle. [Variety]
• Anne Thompson rounds up a few pundit predictions. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Sasha Stone, meanwhile, starts her big ole' compilation chart. [Awards Daily]
• Jon Stewart speaks! Bill Carter does the reporting at the Gray Lady. [New York Times]
• Edward Havens handicaps the Oscar race. [Film Jerk]
• Jeffrey Wells keeps this "Juno" thing going with one guy's assessment of some unquantifiable British sentiment. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• Don't think about taking an embed, biatch! The Oscars get tubed. [YouTube]
• Michele Norris talks to the two poor souls from Price Waterhouse tasked with counting all 6,000 ballots. [NPR]
• Pete Hammond hits the nail on the head: it's a year of upsets; why not Oscar, too? [The Envelope]
• Tom O'Neil tosses around the "actor rule" reagarding Best Picture winners. [Gold Derby]
• The Gurus o' Gold do not expect "No Country for Old Men" to lose at all on Sunday. [Movie City News]
• Gurus 2.0 offer up their final guesses as well. [Movie City News]
• Nathaniel Rogers hearts the fact that love can survive in Hollywood, spotlighting the 34 year marriage of Sissy Spacek and "There Will be Blood" production designer Jack Fisk. [The Film Experience]
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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