2/11 Oscarweb Round-up
• Sasha Stone points us to the "No Country" campaign, teeth-bared, determined to win the big cheese, reaching full-blown overexposure as three -- count 'em -- three interview run on NPR (with producer Scott Rudin, directors Joel and Ethan Coen and Javer Bardem). [Awards Daily]• Gerard Kennedy chats it up with 20-timer Kevin O'Connell (nominated this year for "Transformers," as you surely know by now). [In Contention]
• Jeffrey Wells was a little bummed at that mPRm BAFTA viewing party because of the -- well -- lack of suspense. The winners, o course, were leaked earlier in the day. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• Anne Thompson responds to the winners, gives her account of the night's festivities. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Ever the authority on what we "learn," David Poland kicks off the ten lessons of the 2007-08 Oscar season. [Movie City News]
• A pie chart representing release dates and their representation in Oscar's ultimate nominees throughout the years. [The Film Experience]
• Robert Downey, Jr. calls it a "crime" that Joe Wright was snubbed for "Atonement" during a set visit of the director's upcoming "The Soloist." [Guardian]
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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