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Oscar Season Defined in 80 Words

” Word is [Natalie Portman]’s giving a pretty swell performance Still, if it is a swell performance and it doesn’t win her the Oscar for which she is now the alleged favorite, we’ll look back on this day and think, ‘How sad–it looked as if she had a shot,’ and hope she can pick herself up and get it together to give another Oscar-worthy performance because this one will have gone down as a disappointment and she will be a loooooooooser .” Please blog more, David Edelstein ! [ The Projectionist/NYM ]

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Oscar Season Defined in 80 Words

Miramax Not Actually Purchased Just Yet

Uh-oh. According to Variety , Disney’s hopeful — and thought to be written in ink — sale of Miramax has hit a major pothole. Apparently Morgan Creek founder James Robinson and philanthropist Jerome Swartz have back out of their “financial agreements,” leaving the deal short of capital. Disney has yet to comment, possibly because they’re too busy trying to get the Weinsteins back on the phone. [ Variety ]

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