Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 The Pitch: It's like Saturday Night Fever meets That Video for Dangerous Minds! Another reason to pre-emptively hate Be Cool: they turned Andre from Outkast into a dead ringer for Coolio! I have pictures--I will try to post later.In other thrilling news, Oscar nominations were announced this morning. I knew Paul Giametti wouldn't get nominated for Sideways since it's far too much of an "indy" film, but damned if he wasn't screwed by not getting picked, anyway. As is pretty much usual, I've seen almost none of the major nominated films (I counted four, and if we hadn't seen Collateral in the hotel in Reno, it would have been three) and probably won't see many more. I mean, Three biopics for Best Picture? Bleah. And it seems to me there's a nine-hundred pound gorilla Hollywood doesn't want to acknowledge and it's called Pixar: The Incredibles isn't nominated for best picture but Finding Neverland is? To quote Ralph Wiggum: That's unpossible! (pop-ups galore on that last link--sorry about that.) And yet, despite my general ignorance of most of the movies, I will put down cash money here and now that Clive Owen will take Best Supporting Actor. There is a chance Jamie Foxx will get a pity-fuck Best Supporting Oscar since he'll never, ever, ever, ever get it for Ray (because I think Johnny Depp is in the bag for Best Actor already) but back in the day, when Supporting Oscars went to those who deserved 'em, it'd be Clive in a heartbeat and a half. Still will, I bet. Another thing to keep in mind: Miramax is on its way out--will it try for one last mighty Oscar push, pulling out every god-damn trick in the book to get Oscars for its films? Or is it too under-funded, a shadow of its former self (and yet, behind the scenes, still as widely loathed as ever) and in many cases checkmated by having The Aviator and Finding Neverland nominated for so many of the same awards? At this point, I would say Depp and Scorsese will win on their own "merits," (and probably Blanchett, too) and Million Dollar Baby might take Best Picture as a farewell fuck-in-the-neck to Harvey Weinstein. But we'll see. We'll see. posted by Jeff Lester | 8:40 AM | |
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