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Broadway Stars Not Very Pleased with Julie Taymor’s ‘Steaming Pile of Actor Crippling Sh*t’

Wondering what other Broadway actors think of the rash of injuries that have occurred during preview performances of Julie Taymor’s seemingly cursed Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark ? “They should put Julie Taymor in jail for assault!” wrote Rent star Adam Pascal on his Facebook page. “I know what its like to fall and get hurt in front of 2,000 people. It’s no fun, but at least it was the one time it happened. I hope whoever was hurt is ok and sues the sh*t out of Julie, Bono, Edge and every other a*shole who invested in that steaming pile of actor crippling sh*t!” Well, then.

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Broadway Stars Not Very Pleased with Julie Taymor’s ‘Steaming Pile of Actor Crippling Sh*t’

Oscar Index: When SAG Things Happen to Good Actors

Three months down, one to go as Movieline’s redoubtable Oscar Index tracks the cutthroat dynamics, strategies, tea-leaf analyses and total flukes leading up to the 83rd Academy Award nominations. This week’s SAG Award nominations and continued critics prizes led to an blippy array of movements, with most occurring (perhaps obviously) in the increasingly competitive actors categories. Let’s break it down.

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Oscar Index: When SAG Things Happen to Good Actors