Get sick on screen, cough a little too hard, and you've got a nomination all locked up. Here are some of the frontrunners for nomination consideration, who will suddenly feel much better if they're announced among the chosen this Thursday. Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone (above). The French favo ... More >>
Naturally, they might change--especially when I see every last film--but right now, this is what I'm predicting on goldderby.com (where they ask various commentators for their incredibly prescient forecasts and expect them to be accurate). SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1--Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables 2--S ... More >>
It's never too soon to start guessing Oscar nominations, so I've done some exhaustive research--like talking to one friend in the biz, as well as plumbing the depths of my own usually-semi-right instincts--and decided that the five nominees will probably come from these seven bigshots: Marion Coti ... More >>
And if they do, at least pay the kids scale
McDonald's, which has just added oatmeal and is testing flatbread sandwiches, is not afraid of changing its menu. Some locations feature some 100 menu items. [Wall Street Journal] People around the country are willing to pay more for chocolate certified as organic and fair trade, which is ke ... More >>
Your best alternative to opting out of Halloween completely: Vegging in front of the ol' tele -- because, let's get serious for a second, the idea of partying it up Sunday night isn't exactly motivating when you consider the East Village barrage of drunken revelers, that getting a costume now ... More >>
Wow.Via Eater we discover the existence of a fashion spread in the upcoming September Vogue that features both David Chang and Naomi Watts, along with other models and actors. Chang, doing his best sullen face, is apparently dressed in Diesel jeans, although you can only see the ends of them, ... More >>
Sony ClassicsMother and Child, the very strong film about motherhood and all the wrong reasons to engage in it, was produced on a relatively small budget. So the creative team must have been beside themselves when they needed to show Naomi Watts' pregnant belly and realized they didn't have ... More >>
(But only adoption.)
At a New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend event the other day, Liev Schreiber talked about working with his lady Naomi Watts in the 2006 period drama The Painted Veil. First of all, Liev said, they were already dating when the movie went into production and she got him the part, nepotistica ... More >>
Driving down Mulholland, we look at the past
A movie with troubled assets, indeed
Blind Mountain's Chinese torture trumps Haneke's tortured antics
Authentic as it feels, the world of Eastern Promises is still a fantasy
Celebs who won't let you take their picture are bad; non-celebs who demand you do are worse.
Glamour, heartbreak, and some interpretive dance
RKO's grabby gorilla loses his animal magnetism amid Peter Jackson's F/X excess
Aussie renegade heroism and British dental derring-do thrive against overwhelming odds
Hopscotching chronology elevates New Age mysticism in a heart transplant melodrama
22 films from 14 countries: Striking crimson gold at the annual New York Film Festival
Marriage American Style
The Many Sides of Indie Film's Newest Siren
Patriotic Critics Boost Gross Domestic Product
Befores and Afters
The Yin-Yang Glamour Girls of Mulholland Drive
Bingeing and Purging at Cannes
