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The State of the Race: The Tension So Thick
Awards Daily — ... , and he also works for the LA Times’ The Envelope.  Floating negative buzz his way IS a way to slant Oscar coverage, for better or worse.  Why would someone do it?  To knock out the competition.  To get back at someone.  To be “first.”  It’s likely to be one of those. ...

Oscar Update: 'Milk' Screening Gets a Strange Bit of Attention
RopeofSilicon.com — ... : Anyway, David Poland was eager to iPhone in his "First!" response on "Milk," and while I agree with his assessment of Sean Penn's phenomenal portrayal, I can't share his overall enthusiasm for the film itself. From this I get the impression that Sean Penn is looking at a nod for Best Actor, we're still not sure about the film and David Poland was the first to write about it. Which one of these points doesn't matter? Scott Feinberg from And the Winner Is and The Envelope commented on Jeffrey Wells' Milk and Frost/Nixon post in which he ...

Golden Globes Predictions
Awards Daily — ... to it as the weekend wears on.  Let’s get down to it, shall we?  Many of you have already entered our predictions contest and our preferences ballot but let’s go through them, one by one. Best Motion Picture - Drama The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Frost/Nixon The Reader Revolutionary Road Slumdog Millionaire - Nathaniel Rogers - The Film Experience, Scott Feinberg - The Envelope, Sasha Stone (AD), Clarence Turak (AD) If any of these films ...

Virtual Oscars Roundtable: The Directors
Awards Daily — For our second round, we have a few different voices. The participants are: Edward Douglas, Coming Soon Scott Feinberg, And The Winner Is Pete Hammond, The Envelope Pete Howell, The Toronto Star Tom O’Neil, The Envelope Kris Tapley, Incontention.com Anne Thompson, Indiewire Melissa Silverstein, Women & ...

Oscar Roundtable Take Three
Awards Daily — ... would be doing what they do if they didn’t love movies.  This is really what drives the whole Oscar watching business.  Sure, it is about money, too, and it’s about the allure of being right, but underneath it all it’s the movies, stupid. The participants are: Ryan Adams, Awards Daily Damien Bona, Inside Oscar Brad Brevet, Rope of Silicon Edward Douglas, Coming Soon Gregory Ellwood, Hitfix Pete Hammond, LA Times Envelope Craig Kennedy, Living in Cinema Tom O’Neil, The ...

Oscar Roundtable Take 4
Awards Daily — ... top ten lists. The participants (in random order): Susan Wloszczyna, USA Today Craig Kennedy, Living in Cinema Damien Bona, Inside Oscar Pete Howell, The Toronto Star Scott Foundas, Film Comment (and newly appointed Associate Programmer, The Film Society of Lincoln Center) Kristopher Tapley, In Contention Anne Thompson, Thompson on Hollywood at Indiewire Steve Pond, The Odds at The Wrap Nathaniel Rogers, The Film Experience Edward ...