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more about #thedarkknight more comments → Private Hangnail: A friend of mine was styling Daniel Radcliffe for a Parade shoot and borrowed several pairs of jeans from a denim company I was working for at the tim... more » Xylo: The winner could potentially take the prize with just 1/10 of the votes + 1. more » Steverino Begins: Will there be Best Picture primaries? more » Wrapitup: Fucking idiots. The whole bloody point of The Oscars is that it's this supposedly exclusive club where even nominations are reserved for a select few.... more » unclevanya: I wonder how many other non-mainstream categories will be jettisoned off the air to accommodate all these extra clip packages? We may never see a docu... more » NigelAstydameia: So a fast-paced, nominee-referential opening number may actually kill someone like Billy Crystal? I'd watch that. more » Spirit Fingers: Wow, we're already half-way through the year. Has there been a movie out yet that could make it on this list? Er, The Hangover? There may be problems ... more » TerrenceBaazigar: are there even 10 GOOD movies released in a year? more » Nice Beaver: It's good business. I, for one, ignored the 1995 Oscars after Judge Dredd got fucked out of a nomination. more » Cheap Shot: They should just have new Best Picture categories like: Best Handicapped Best WTF Best Foriegn Rip Off etc. more » Airvault: See what's shitty about this is that it is guaranteed half of these ten pictures will be forgotten in fifty years. This was the case when the Academy ... more » HiredGoons: Maybe this will increase the odds of a movie that didn't cost over $5million to get a BP nod? Naaaahhhhhhhhh more » A Pimp Named DaveR: Up next on Fox: "So You Want To Be A Best Picture Oscar Winner".... with Ryan Seacrest. more » El Matardillo: Five more reasons not to watch... more » Kitten_Witawip: And lots more trade ads. more » -
#hollywood
New Harry Potter Officially a Juggernaut
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince opened on 3,003 screens nationwide at midnight and hauled in $22.2 million, shattering the previous midnight screening record of $18.5 million set by The Dark Knight. [LA Times] -
#chchchanges
Academy Awards Widening Best Picture Race to 10 Films
Sick of trying to decide which of the five Best Picture nominees will win in your Oscar pool? Well, now you'll get to decide between ten! Yes, in a move to attract more ratings, the Academy is widening the race. More » -
#oscars
Oscar Tug-Of-War Pits Ledger Versus Ledger
Kim Ledger had plenty to do yesterday on his long flight to the Oscars, starting with an acceptance speech no one quite expected him to deliver on behalf of his son Heath. More » -
#thedarkknight
Petitioner Halfway To Assuring You Never See The Joker Onscreen Again
The fanboy crusade to earn The Dark Knight a Best Picture Oscar nomination may have failed, but one fan hasn't lost faith in the potential of Batman people-power. More » -
#thedarkknight
Batman's Next Flight Now Years Away
As much as Warner Bros. would love for Christopher Nolan to begin working on a follow-up to The Dark Knight, like, yesterday, new reports reveal that his plans for a Bat-sequel are being put off. More » -
#oscars
How To Best Campaign For a Dead Oscar Nominee? Don't
Just because Heath Ledger was a favorite to claim this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar since before The Dark Knight even opened, that doesn't mean he can't use a gentle, posthumous awards-season studio nudge. More » -
#beautifulawards
Slumdog Millionaire Advances to the Final Round
All of a sudden Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle's "love letter" (ugh) to Mumbai, is the frontrunner to take the top award at next month's Academy Oscars Awards for Movies and Things. Bet on it! More » -
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#beautifulawards
We Will Now Predict the Oscar Nominations
All the major movie awards nominations, with the exception of those for the Oscars, have been announced. So we can make a pretty good guess about what will get nods come January 22nd. More » -
#awards
Something Called 'People's Choice Awards' Praises 'Dark Knight,' '27 Dresses'
A mysterious show known as the 2008 People's Choice Awards was broadcast Wednesday on CBS, selecting The Dark Knight, 27 Dresses, Will Smith, Reese Witherspoon and others among its many honorees. More » -
#awards
PGA Noms Boost 'Dark Knight' At Other Films' Expense
The Producers Guild of America just announced its five Best Picture nominations. So which films made the cut, and which found no endorsement with this leading Oscar indicator? -
#boxoffice
'Twilight,' Dark Knight' Disappoint After Adjustment For Inflation, Reality
Among the year-end movie surveys bombing the landscape, few offer as rewarding a reality check as the one recapping 2008 as the Year of the Sucker. -
#awards
Warners' PR Cedes Control of 'Dark Knight' Oscar Campaign to Fans
The Dark Knight may yet receive its January re-release, but it hardly seems to matter with the Oscar-season fan-offensive presently — and unofficially — being mounted in the blockbuster's name. -
#lists
The Top 10 Worst Pop Culture Bits Of the Year
Everyone's doing Top 10 Lists this time of year! About movies and TV and stuff! So I figured I should too. But just one list, that encompasses everything. Everything bad. Enjoy! More » -
#christophernolan
WGA Hopes You Won't Remember Who Directed 'The Dark Knight'
When we received an awards consideration copy of The Dark Knight last week, there was clearly something missing — or, to be more accurate, censored with black felt-tip pen. -
#goldenglobes
Golden Globes Jilt 'Milk,' 'Dark Knight'; 'In Treatment' Leads TV Noms
No looming strike will slow down this year's Golden Globe Awards, nominations for which were announced this morning with a few mildly head-cramping surprises. -
#thedarkknight
'X-Files' Producer Accuses 'Dark Knight' of Hogging Fanboys, Box Office For Itself
The co-writer and producer of last summer's X Files: I Want to Believe has a theory about why the film flopped with $21 million — one you might expect from someone who writes about aliens, but which surprises nevertheless.
