Predictions! Everywhere!
Johnny Depp moved up a few nothces this week in The Envelope's Buzzmeter standings, but I was pretty stoked to see Casey Affleck bounce back into the supporting actor field. It seems most people are pretty confident in nominations for Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men"), Hal Holbrook ("Into the Wild"), Tom Wilkinson ("Michaely Clayton") and Phillip Seymour Hoffman ("Charlie Wilson's War"), with a fifth slot up for grabs.Personally, I think the last slot will come down to Affleck, Paul Dano ("There Will Be Blood") or the real performance to watch, Philip Bosco ("The Savages"). Affleck wins the day this week.
Elsewhere, Julian Schnabel muscles his way into the Best Director consensus and "The Kite Runner" takes a step up the ladder.
Also, I neglected to mention the Gurus 2.0 assessment last week at Movie City News, which holds tight to an "Into the Wild" Best Picture prediction, as well as Tommy Lee Jones in Best Actor ("In the valley of Elah").
Oh, and the Sultans of Bling over at Awards Daily checked in with thoughts on the acting, cinematography and film editing races last week as well (where Christopher Rouse gets some play for "The Bourne Ultimatum").
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 






PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISSPELLING
ON LAST POST IN ESSENCE, THE SAME PIVOTAL QUESTION APPLIES-(to whomever)
DOES VARIETY HAVE THE ANNAL "PREDICT THE NOMINEES & OF COURSE WINNERS CONTEST" STILL???
PLEASE REPLY THANKS
Posted by: Spencer Shannon | 1/12/2009 8:38:40 PM
PLEASE ASSIST IMMEDIATELY! AS THIS IS MY #5th ATTEMPT TO JUST GET A RESPONSE FROM THE EDITING TEAM AT>VARIETY.com
IT'S ABOUT IT'S ANNUAL "OSCAR-ORACLE CONTEST"
I WON FOR 2002 & 03(though the latter yr I was promised i could enter by it's editor 7 when i did, despite me showing her that I tied for first place again Was ignored?) AS MOST KNOW IT COST $ TO EVEN ENTER THIS SUPERB CONTEST THEN. IS THIS STILL THE CASE OR WHAT?
SOMEONE PLEASE DROP ME A LINE SOON AS YOU SEE THIS
Posted by: Spencer Shannon | 1/12/2009 8:36:15 PM