Page Six hasn't had any blind items in days, so here's one from a reader: "Which young male star of a successful epic movie needs to be careful about making out with men in hotel elevators? The prying security guards at said hotel like keeping tapes of these encounters in case they ever get fired."
Okay, I'm sorry. One more Oscar thing. Kimya Dawson, from the Moldy Peaches, weighs in regarding one of the most important Oscar issues of all:
I suppose America learned many things last night. We learned that Annie Lennox has been involved in an intracellular war with herself: outside, she's becoming Julie Andrews, while inside, she's metamorphosing into Enya. We wish her the best of luck with her transition.
I'm afraid one of our readers has been pushed way over the communist edge by the upcoming Oscar spectacle. This reader goes so far as to suggest that the ridiculously wealthy actrons of Hollywood give away the tens of thousands of dollars worth of free shit they get on Oscar night. Crazy! She writes:
In honor of Oscar weekend, Fametracker gave out its fifth annual Rasco P. Soultrain Awards today. Their Lifetime Achievement Award in fame-whoring deservedly goes to Nicole Kidman:
This year's giant bags of free crap for Oscar nominees are as bountiful as ever. What's really thoughtful is the gift bag that's being made for nominated non-winners — Distinctive Assets and Caesar's Palace will give a $32,000 consolation prize to the schmucks who don't get their gold statuette. That's sweet — it'll keep the impoverished Oscar losers fed and clothed and plucked for weeks.
Oscar Goody/Goodie/Gift Bags 2004 [Girl Hacker]
Peter Landesman has sold his NYT mag sex slaves story to Roland Emmerich, director of such important films as Godzilla and Stargate. We can only hope that space prostitutes figure in somehow.
Sex, Slaves and Videotape [Film Stew]
Godzilla Totally Overestimated the Number of Giant Lizards in New York [Radosh]
Miramax is on a years-long winning streak — even with Cold Mountain going un-Oscared — says Harvey Weinstein in a Q&A with Rebecca Traister. Most importantly, he is too: "I will say to you that the last two years, I'm on my own streak. I haven't had an incident or an outburst. If I can make it next year, I'm going for three..."
I'm so glad there's the potential for a Bill Murray Best Actor speech at the Oscars. From his acceptance at the Golden Globes: "You can all relax...I fired my agents a couple of months ago. My physical trainer killed himself. And I would thank the people at Universal and Focus Features, but there are so many people trying to take credit for this, I wouldn't know where to begin."
Could someone tell Frank Pierson from the MPAA not to wear that tacky checked jacket on TV? It's giving me interference patterns and trails that make Sigourney Weaver look like she's on fire.
From today's Done Deal report on script sales:
A reader reports on a little quid pro quo at Sundance:
One fake and one real report from Sundance:
There's an email going around, dated shortly before New Year's, which is purportedly written by Erik Todd Dellums, an actor known from The Wire and Homicide. In it, he calls for a boycott of Cold Mountain. It seems that the film doesn't accurately represent the life of black people in Civil War times. This is shocking shocking disturbing news.
Besieged by screening copies and Hollywood propaganda, Bruce Feirstein reports from LA on the Oscar handicaps:
If you're trying avoid all the year-end movie wrap-ups because you don't want the endings ruined, Anil Dash has some bad news for you: you're a spoiler queen, and furthermore, you actually already know how the movie ends. His memo to you:
Salon meets up with director Jonathan Kesselman and discusses his new Jewsploitation film Hebrew Hammer. Evidently, the Hot New Jewish Irony has gone too far. According to Baz Dreisinger, the film is derivative and near pointless: Kesselman is "comfortable marketing Jewish insider jokes to everyone" because he knows nothing about being Jewish. For the kids today, harshes Baz, cultural identity is just another "trendy accessory that can be taken on and off at will." Shocking news: insert obligatory Williamsburg reference here.
The 'Jewsploitation' Craze [Salon]
The New York Film Critics Circle gave their shot-outs yesterday, including making Sofia Coppola the second woman to get their best director prize. As Cinecultist puts it: "Sure, we all want to live a life of alienated passionate detachment while wearing the Marc Jacobs fall line."
NY Critics Crown 'King' [Indiewire]
Tis the Season for Shunning [Cinecultist]
