10/25 Oscarweb Round-up
We'll get to more of a day-to-day update scenario in due time, but this first look at the spectrum includes much of the week's activities across the Oscarweb:
• "Atonement," Daniel Day-Lewis stays on top of the Gurus o' Gold consensus. Ryan Gosling and Sam Riley duke it out for "Most Unexpected Nomination." [Movie City News]
• Meanwhile, Anne Thompson keeps an even keel, warns "some pics haven't been seen." [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Gurus 2.0 reflects sideshow guessing from a group largely unfamiliar with the titles in play beyond existing media coverage. [Movie City News]
• Gerard Kennedy handicaps the race for Best Original Score at "Tech Support." [In Contention]
• Todd McCarthy says awards hopeful "American Gangster" "delivers, but doesn't soar." [Variety]
• Newsweek launches an Oscar blog, though David Carr might need to sue for character infringement. [The Gold Digger]
• Sasha Stone wonders why Hollywood is neglecting the original ideas of industry screenwriters in favor of sequels and adaptations. [Awards Daily]
• Patrick Goldstein chastises the Academy (anyone surprised there?) for their Best Foreign Language Film category restrictions. [Los Angeles Times]
• Tom O'Neil ponders a Best Picture snub for "Juno" due to potential lack of DGA exposure. [Gold Derby]
• Nathaniel Rogers kicks off a new weekly Oscar column: "Hollywood needs to make more movies like this: sharp, thoughtful, dramatic, relevant and populated with classy thespians." [The Film Experience]
And in the news...
• Anne Thompson reports Hal Holbrook will campaign for "Into the Wild" in November. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• "Control" leads the field of nominees at the British Independent Film Awards. [Variety]
• "Great World of Sound" and "Into the Wild" among nominees for 17th annual Gotham Awards. [Variety]
• First awards notice for Oscar-hopeful "Hairspray" at the Diversity Awards [Variety]
• David Poland says Wes Anderson's Hotel Chevalier has been Oscar-qualified for Best Live Action Short. [The Hot Blog]
More awards news at Award Central.
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 
I don't think The Carpetbagger needs to worry about the Golddigger... it's just a very pale imitation, doesn't even reach the heels of the Bagger's charm and quality!
Posted by: crazycris | 10/26/2007 6:27:39 AM