Add another feather to the hat of The King’s Speech : “The Queen loves a good film,” a source told the Daily Mail. ” The King’s Speech is close to the bone as it is a portrayal of her family life in the 1930s.” That’s Queen Elizabeth II giving Harvey Weinstein his next Oscar campaign blurb (“The Queen praises The King!”). No truth to the rumor that David Fincher will follow this news up by stealing candy from a crying baby. [ Daily Mail via Showbiz411 ]
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With eight nominations , perhaps The Social Network isn’t the slam dunk runaway Best Picture favorite everyone thought it was, but that doesn’t mean producer Michael De Luca ( Boogie Nights , Magnolia ) is disappointed with what transpired this morning. In fact, trailing The King’s Speech and True Grit in total noms just plays into Team Social Network ‘s wheelhouse.
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The Social Network’s Michael De Luca: ‘We’ve Kind of Thought of Ourselves as an Underdog from the Beginning’
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The Oscars mean nothing without their celebrated past, and this year, five Oscar-nominated performances stood out to me as the descendants of five previous winners. Can you name the Academy-loved role that almost perfectly mirrors Nicole Kidman’s in Rabbit Hole ? The consecutive Oscar-winning Best Actors who laid the track for Mark Zuckerberg? What about the histrionic mother who predated Melissa Leo’s character in The Fighter . Join us for a trip into the Oscar vault. For the hell of it, we’re picking which performances were better, too.
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5 Oscar-Nominated Roles of 2011 and Their Oscar-Winning Forebears
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(Deep long sigh) I know, I know: This is exactly what Armond White wants. When someone writes a column as inflammatory as the one he wrote this week, it’s done for one purpose: To get attention. And, yes, we are playing into the game by giving him the attention that he wants. It’s just, wow . It’s hard to ignore this one: White — who you may have heard is a bit of a contrarian — unleashed a 1,700-word rant in which he accused Entertainment Weekly ‘s Lisa Schwarzbaum — and the Village Voice ‘s Jim Hoberman, with whom White has had a longstanding feud — of racism.
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Armond White Responds to Lisa Schwarzbaum’s NYFCC Complaints by Calling Her Racist
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(Deep long sigh) I know, I know: This is exactly what Armond White wants. When someone writes a column as inflammatory as the one he wrote this week, it’s done for one purpose: To get attention. And, yes, we are playing into the game by giving him the attention that he wants. It’s just, wow . It’s hard to ignore this one: White — who you may have heard is a bit of a contrarian — unleashed a 1,700-word rant in which he accused Entertainment Weekly ‘s Lisa Schwarzbaum — and the Village Voice ‘s Jim Hoberman, with whom White has had a longstanding feud — of racism.
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Armond White Responds to Lisa Schwarzbaum’s NYFCC Complaints by Calling Her Racist
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Even more bad news for Team True Grit . Yet another guild has snubbed the Coen Brothers mostly excellent Western, meaning the chances of a Best Picture upset win seem even more unlikely than before. (That the Oscar nominations haven’t come out yet is neither here nor there, amirite?) The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced their selections this morning, and “Roderick Jaynes” (nyuck) didn’t make the cut (nyuck). Who did? The usual suspects! Click ahead for the full-list — though you could probably guess it right now without even looking — and feel free to read these tea leaves in the comments section.
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True Grit Takes Another Hit from American Cinema Editors
With awards season dragging on for months , it’s no wonder that people with even a passing interest in “the race” become Harry Caul-like in their conspiracy-searching intensity. It’s this mindset that leads us to ” Steak Eaters ,” Norbit , and all the other close reads of theories and questions which we probably wouldn’t care much about otherwise. Like these! Is Tila Tequila the latest star to put her weight behind The Social Network ? And is the release of an eight-month old book in paperback underwritten by Harvey Weinstein?
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Today in Random Awards Season Conspiracies: Tila Tequila Pulls for TSN, The Facebook Effect Does Not
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Following the crazy American Idol panel at Tuesday morning’s TCA event in Pasadena, Fox executives Kevin Reilly and Peter Rice took the stage and were immediately barraged with Lone Star cancellation-related questions from critics. For those believers out there, Reilly and Rice confirmed that the network is still looking for a home for the six unaired episodes they filmed last year. When another critic suggested that the media’s positive reviews of the Kyle Killen drama obviously did not mean anything to the network, the execs joked, “You said your reviews are meaningless. They’re really not. Except in this case.”
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Fox Teases Six More Episodes of Lone Star
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I am not ready to live in a world where Michelle Pfeiffer plays Chris Pine’s mother. That world is one we will reportedly live in, and soon, according to recent casting news. Nothing against Pine, a pleasant young talent I look forward to seeing in a smallish drama for once as opposed to smirky sci-fi/action-flick tentpole bombast. And nothing against Pfeiffer, whose choppy last decade of work overshadows her more historic demonstration of versatility and taste. (OK: Grease 2 and Scarface , but they weren’t her fault and everyone must start somewhere.) This may be a wonderful collaboration! All I’m saying is I am just not ready to live in a world… where Michelle Pfeiffer… plays Chris Pine’s mother.
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I Am Not Ready to Live in a World Where Michelle Pfeiffer Plays Chris Pine’s Mother
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Allison Janney returns to primetime Feb. 9 on the ABC comedy Mr. Sunshine , playing Matthew Perry’s unpredictable boss. The four-time Emmy champ will exercise the comic chops she brought to Juno and Hairspray , dotting her punchlines with classic C.J. Cregg smarts. We caught up with Janney at the TCA press tour in Pasadena and discussed Mr. Perry’s candid commentary, her love-hate relationship with auditions, and her response to West Wing scribe Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue in The Social Network .
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Allison Janney on Mr. Sunshine, Matthew Perry’s Helpful Insults, and Missing Aaron Sorkin
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