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January 21, 2007
20 Weeks To Oscar - Pre-Noms
Of course, the greatest power of the New Media has always been the power to inform Traditional Media. No one has to agree with me or anyone else writing about Oscar or anything else on the web. But if they enjoy MCN, they are feeding on content that has been processed editorially. I never think that there is a direct cause and effect. But whether you are a civilian, an Academy voter, or a journalist, you can only consume so much content. And as a gateway, MCN has the power to move a movie business story as effectively as all but a handful of Traditional Media outlets.
The problem with most discussions about the influence of web sites on awards season or anything else is that people take it personally. Los Angeles Magazine decided to create a story about the gossip around "Oscar bloggers" instead of seriously exploring the influence that we may or may not have. Typical in an era in which printing the news always seems to lose to printing the legend. (There are many other factual errors, which simply aren't worth discussing.)
Posted by poland at January 21, 2007 01:13 AM
Comments
Wow. No Jack Nicholson, but yes to Mark Wahlberg? I hope you're right! I'd much rather Marky Mark in there than Old Jack.
It still saddens me that Best Actress this year has been so stagnent despite it being the strongest year for them in a long time.
Here's hoping for an Emily Blunt surprise ala Joan Cusack in Working Girl. Preferably instead of one of the Babel girls.
Also hoping for a Paul Greengrass director spot. It'll be annoying to see Clint Eastwood get a lone director spot. No matter how good the film is, it'll just be annoying.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 21, 2007 04:44 AM
Prepare to be annoyed, methinks.
OK, there has to be one surprise, right? One nominee who isn't listed anywhere on these charts? COUGHCuaronCOUGH?
Posted by: Josh Massey at January 21, 2007 04:55 AM
Now Cuaron would be a great longshot nominee...less of a longshot is Del Toro.
Posted by: Aladdin Sane at January 21, 2007 09:03 AM
Here is the Los Angeles magazine article that David talks about
opening visual
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/12007/OscarBloggersFull1.jpg
Cover page
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/12007/OscarBloggers2.jpg
article
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/12007/OscarBloggers3.jpg
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/12007/OscarBloggers4.jpg
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/12007/OscarBloggers5.jpg
Posted by: marychan at January 21, 2007 09:23 AM
Thanks for that visual, Marychan... they did manage to find the most obnoxious photo of me in existence... which pretty well speaks to the intent of the piece, no?
Posted by: David Poland at January 21, 2007 09:50 AM
David's got a point. He looks like Robert Maxwell in that pic.
Posted by: Ian Sinclair at January 21, 2007 01:34 PM
If thats the quality of the actual pics in the mag, I wouldn't be too worried. No ones gonna recognize you from that.
Posted by: martin at January 21, 2007 01:47 PM
Actually, the visual put me in mind of some '40s film noir in which a leg-breaker pays a call on a delinquent debtor...
Posted by: Joe Leydon at January 21, 2007 03:13 PM
For goodness sake. do you really get a Million visitors a week to MCN Dave?
Don;t fret about the picture Dave. The triple chinned stoner look isn't you so I'm sure none would recognize it as You.
Posted by: Lota at January 21, 2007 04:04 PM
Actually David doesn't get a million hits a week. That's Jeff Wells and David hitting their Refresh buttons 500,000 times each looking for something to pick a fight about.
Posted by: Ian Sinclair at January 21, 2007 04:09 PM
Go back and take another look at that illustration. Can't you just imagine Dave saying: "OK, Jeffy. Time to come up with the vigorish." Jeff replies: "But Dave, I don't have it. I bet on 'The Departed' to win the DGA award and..." Dave: "You know, I'd really hate to break your thumbs, Jeffy, but..."
Posted by: Joe Leydon at January 21, 2007 05:52 PM
Cuaron would make a worthy edition to the lone director archives.
Posted by: KamikazeCamelV2.0 at January 22, 2007 05:01 AM
After spending so much time reading all the predictions and having everything set in stone for so long, the only thing I can imagine that would truly shake up this race would be U93 grabbing a surprise nomination for picture and director. While it is not my personal favorite (Children of Men and Water hold the top slots though I still have a lot to see)it is a movie worthy of a nomination and would create an interesting dialogue of what an "must-see film" is.
Posted by: hcat at January 22, 2007 11:26 AM
*David Poland's head explodes*
Posted by: jeffmcm at January 23, 2007 05:44 AM
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