12/7 Oscarweb Round-up
• Anne Thompson talks up the Oscar prospects of "Juno" as the film opens to rave reviews. [Thompson on Hollywood]• Paula Schwartz chats up producer Richard D. Zanuck re: "Sweeney Todd." [The Carpetbagger]
• Pete Hammond recounts the week's Oscar events and talks up the precursors to come. [The Envelope]
• Tom O'Neil runs an Oscar-to-NBR comparison piece. [Gold Derby]
• Jeffrey Wells, a stickler for getting theatrical presentation right, is none too pleased with the way a "Sweeney Todd" screening went down at a Loews theater in Boston this week. (Yeah, slow news day.) [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• David Poland sits down with John Turturro (in an on-going routine that is now apparently "presented by 'The Golden Compass.'") [Movie City News]
• New York Magazine offers up the "10 Most Anti-Christian Movies of All Time" amidst "Golden Compass" controversy. [Culture Vulture]
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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