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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Oscar Contenders</title>
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		<title>UPDATED: Video Previews for All Ten of the Animated Short Film Oscar Contenders</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/video-previews-for-nine-of-the-ten-animated-short-film-oscar-contenders</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATED: Thankfully a user has sent in the trailer for Nicolas Schmerkin&#039;s Logorama so I now have video previews (and a couple of full versions) of all ten Animated Short Film Oscar Contenders.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the ten animated short films that have advanced in the voting process for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigation Reports &#039;Tyson&#039; Not Extorted in Oscar Doc Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/investigation-reports-tyson-not-extorted-in-oscar-doc-controversy</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/investigation-reports-tyson-not-extorted-in-oscar-doc-controversy#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anvil! The Story of Anvil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capitalism: A Love Story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tyson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not a person that seeks out many documentaries. I enjoy watching them whenever I do see them, but I don&#039;t hunt them down the way so many others do. So, when the Academy announced the 15 documentaries that made their short list for Oscar nomination consideration I didn&#039;t even think twice about dissecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mini Reviews of &#039;Invictus&#039; and &#039;The Lovely Bones&#039; from an Industry Insider</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mini-reviews-of-invictus-and-the-lovely-bones-from-an-industry-insider</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/mini-reviews-of-invictus-and-the-lovely-bones-from-an-industry-insider#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Lovely Bones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Saoirse Ronan in The Lovely Bones
Photo: Paramount Pictures


I don&#039;t think I have done this more than a couple times, but that&#039;s primarily due to the fact I am never convinced of the authenticity of reader reviews, or they just aren&#039;t up to par. However, when a recent industry insider shot over some well thought out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academy Announces 2010 Oscar Feature Documentary Short List</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/academy-announces-oscar-feature-documentary-short-list</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/academy-announces-oscar-feature-documentary-short-list#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Cove]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

The Beaches of Agnes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Award Season Briefs: Oscar Goes MTV VMA Route and Globes Nominate Five Animated Films</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/award-season-briefs-oscar-goes-mtv-vma-route-and-globes-nominate-five-animated-films</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/award-season-briefs-oscar-goes-mtv-vma-route-and-globes-nominate-five-animated-films#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=22099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I really liked last year&#039;s Oscars. I liked the way the awards were presented and just the overall feel of the show. So, when I hear the Oscar show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman have brought in Hamish Hamilton to direct the 82nd Academy Awards I get a little wary. Why? Because this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contender Notes 11/18a</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-1118a</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-1118a#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contender Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have updated the Best Actress predictions, get the latest here.
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		<title>Trailer, Poster and Pics for Potential Oscar Nominee &#039;Crazy Heart&#039;</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-poster-and-pics-for-potential-oscar-nominee-crazy-heart</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-poster-and-pics-for-potential-oscar-nominee-crazy-heart#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures and a Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Heart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Crazy Heart
Photo: Fox Searchlight


The buzz all around has been how Jeff Bridges gives some kind of stellar performance in Fox Searchlight&#039;s late season addition Crazy Heart, a film dubbed the country music version of The Wrestler starring Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal, whom is also getting a small bit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruz and Hudson: The Ladies of &#039;Nine&#039; Sing a Little Song</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cruz-and-hudson-the-ladies-of-nine-sing-a-little-song</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/cruz-and-hudson-the-ladies-of-nine-sing-a-little-song#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Clips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Hudson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penélope Cruz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Late last week two clips from a personally anticipated film found their way online featuring the vocal stylings of Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson as Carla and Stephanie respectively in Rob Marshall&#039;s musical adaptation Nine and it has the Internet buzzing.

There are two questions that come into play for both actresses; 1) Can they sing? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nine New Contender Scripts: &#039;A Serious Man,&#039; &#039;Harry Potter,&#039; &#039;Precious&#039; and More</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/nine-new-contender-scripts-a-serious-man-harry-potter-precious-and-more</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/nine-new-contender-scripts-a-serious-man-harry-potter-precious-and-more#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[9]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Serious Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coraline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sin Nombre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunshine Cleaning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Informant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Men Who Stare at Goats]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Opening to the Coen bros.&#039; script for A Serious Man
Photo: Focus Features


Do you have an opinion on what scripts should take home the awards for Best Original and Best Adapted Screenplays at the 2010 Oscars? Well, if not you may want to begin by reading a few yourself as I have once again updated the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look for Five Animated Oscar Nominees This Year</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/look-for-five-animated-oscar-nominees-this-year</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/look-for-five-animated-oscar-nominees-this-year#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was long speculated and recently confirmed that enough titles would be submitted for consideration in the Best Animated Feature Film category for there to be five nominees this year. This is something that hasn&#039;t happened since 2003 when Hayao Miyazaki&#039;s Spirited Away took home the award and not only are there 16 contenders, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Movement In the Predictions, but the Front-runners Remain</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-movement-in-the-predictions-but-the-front-runners-remain</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-movement-in-the-predictions-but-the-front-runners-remain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crazy Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helen Mirren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Bridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Station]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Last year I was pumping out Oscar Updates with ease on a weekly and almost twice-a-week basis, but this year I am slowly groing bored by the news (or lack thereof). A lot of this year&#039;s buzz seems to be manufactured, such as those wondering if Michael Jackson&#039;s This is It will be a Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin Set to Co-Host the Oscars</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-set-to-co-host-the-oscars</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/steve-martin-and-alec-baldwin-set-to-co-host-the-oscars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alec Baldwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Martin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21689</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin


After a report from Nikki Finke earlier this morning saying Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. declined the duty of co-hosting the 2010 Oscars, the Academy made an official announcement this afternoon that It’s Complicated co-stars Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have agreed to host the show.

Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: Tidying Up the Best Picture Race</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-tidying-up-the-best-picture-race</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-tidying-up-the-best-picture-race#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Avatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bright Star]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inglourious Basterds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;ve been mulling around the Best Picture race in my head for quite some time and there are five films I am certain will be nominated; Invictus, Up In the Air, Precious, An Education and The Hurt Locker. Those are my five locks as of right now and if we were still looking at a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trailer for Clint Eastwood&#039;s &#039;Invictus&#039; is Here</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-clint-eastwoods-invictus-is-here</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/trailer-for-clint-eastwoods-invictus-is-here#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visit to the Trailer Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21520</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I guess that seals it. My prediction came true as last week I asked if we would be seeing the marketing for Clint Eastwood&#039;s Invictus begin and surely enough it has as we got the poster last week and now Apple delivers the trailer for the film telling the story of how Nelson Mandela [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Called It: Clint Eastwood&#039;s &#039;Invictus&#039; Poster Debuts</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/toldja-clint-eastwoods-invictus-poster-debuts</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/toldja-clint-eastwoods-invictus-poster-debuts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Posters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh man, did I call it or did I call it? After my post yesterday saying we may be able to start seeing some movement from Warner Bros. on Clint Eastwood&#039;s Invictus, the poster has now debuted. Should we expect the trailer soon?

Invictus hits theaters on December 11 tells the true story of how Nelson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Public Enemies&#039; and &#039;Funny People&#039; Kick Off This Year&#039;s Oscar Scripts</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/public-enemies-and-funny-people-kick-off-this-years-oscar-scripts</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/public-enemies-and-funny-people-kick-off-this-years-oscar-scripts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Page Turner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funny People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Enemies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

Photo: Universal Pictures


You can tell the awards season is upon us as the studios have begun updating their For Your Consideration websites and we even have our first couple of scripts from the new season courtesy of Universal Pictures.

As always, I keep an updated list of studio For Your Consideration sites in &#034;The Contenders&#034; section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: &#039;Precious&#039; Backlash, &#039;An Education&#039; Looms Large and New Predictions</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-precious-backlash-an-education-looms-large-and-new-predictions</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-precious-backlash-an-education-looms-large-and-new-predictions#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amelia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Sarsgaard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

We shall begin with Amelia, a film I wrote about on Monday as it became the talk of the town with hardly a review in sight and a mere five days until its release. Well, that&#039;s all changed as I saw the film early Tuesday morning and it seems most everyone in Los Angeles and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Unveiling of Eastwood&#039;s &#039;Invictus&#039; Just around the Corner?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-the-unveiling-of-eastwoods-invictus-just-around-the-corner</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/is-the-unveiling-of-eastwoods-invictus-just-around-the-corner#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>

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Photo: The Bad and Ugly


Are we a mere days away from our first official glimpse at Clint Eastwood&#039;s Invictus? Last year Warner Bros. held off promoting Eastwood&#039;s Gran Torino until October 23, which is when they released the first picture and the poster for the film followed by the trailer one day later.

I ask only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contender Notes 10/20a</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-1020a</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-1020a#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contender Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak just announced Bill Mechanic, CEO of Pandemonium Films, and Adam Shankman, the director of Hairspray, as the producers of the 82nd Academy Awards telecast. This will be the first major Oscar show involvement for both men.
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		<title>New &#039;Up In the Air&#039; Clip Focuses on Anna Kendrick</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new-up-in-the-air-clip-focuses-on-anna-kendrick</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/new-up-in-the-air-clip-focuses-on-anna-kendrick#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Movie Clips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Kendrick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of people that have seen Jason Reitman&#039;s Up In the Air have told me they think Anna Kendrick has just as much a chance, if not a better chance, than Vera Farmiga to walk away from the film with an Oscar nomination. While Farmiga is obviously the bigger name, Kendrick has burst on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hurt Locker&#039; and &#039;Big Fan&#039; Lead Way at Gotham Award Nominations</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hurt-locker-and-big-fan-lead-way-at-gotham-award-nominations</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hurt-locker-and-big-fan-lead-way-at-gotham-award-nominations#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gotham Independent Film Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Serious Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adventureland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amreeka]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Fan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cold Souls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tyson]]></category>

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We have our first batch of conversation starter nominees as nominees were announced this morning for the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award, with Kathryn Bigelow&#039;s The Hurt Locker and Robert Siegel&#039;s Big Fan each earning three nominations with The Hurt Locker also set to receive Gotham&#039;s tribute award. In addition to the competitive awards, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATED: &#039;Amelia&#039; is On Everyone&#039;s Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/amelia-is-on-everyones-mind</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/amelia-is-on-everyones-mind#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amelia]]></category>

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From left, Hilary Swank in Amelia and the actual Amelia Earhart in 1928. 
Photo: New York Times


UPDATE: I have now been informed Seattle will have an earlier screening on Wednesday morning. So I will have a chance to see it before Thursday night, which will certainly help in putting together a more thoughtful review.



Last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget about Malick&#039;s &#039;Tree of Life&#039; in 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/forget-about-malicks-tree-of-life-in-2009</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/forget-about-malicks-tree-of-life-in-2009#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Tree of Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last Oscar update someone brought up Terrence Malick&#039;s Tree of Life and I replied by saying it looked like Apparition was simply going to focus their attention on Bright Star and potentially The Young Victoria for their Oscar chances and today Anne Thompson confirms my speculation. Apparition chief Bob Berney told Thompson that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar Update: What&#039;s There to Talk About?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-whats-there-to-talk-about</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/oscar-update-whats-there-to-talk-about#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invictus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Last Station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=21095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[

Is it just me or is the awards race this year a little boring? Nothing is moving the dial as Oscar pundits seem to have had their hands when it comes to tossing out much early praise.

So far the one film that should have everyone standing up cheering is Lee Daniels and Lionsgate&#039;s Precious, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Five Animated Films Do You Think Will be Nominated for an Oscar?</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/which-five-animated-films-do-you-think-will-be-nominated-for-an-oscar</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/which-five-animated-films-do-you-think-will-be-nominated-for-an-oscar#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Christmas Carol]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[


  

Word has come down from In Contention, and Robert Zemeckis&#039; A Christmas Carol will be submitted into the Best Animated Film race, which means the category will have enough films to qualify (anywhere from 16 to 17) for five nominations as opposed to the traditional three. Of course, as per the rules this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contender Notes 10/11a</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-1011a</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contender Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Oscar Foreign Language list of submissions is finally complete with the additions of Bangladesh and the United Kingdom. Click here for the complete list.
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		<title>BREAKING: &#039;Nine&#039; Has Been Moved to December</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/breaking-nine-has-been-moved-to-december</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/breaking-nine-has-been-moved-to-december#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Release Date Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Single Man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got word that The Weinstein Co. has officially moved Rob Marshall&#039;s musical Oscar contender Nine from its currently scheduled release date of November 29 to a limited release on December 18 in New York and Los Angeles and will then go wide on December 25.

The move only makes sense considering Weinstein/Dimension already had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contenders Notes 10/3a</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contenders-notes-103a</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contender Notes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=20776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Indonesia, Mongolia, Peru and Uruguay bring Oscar Foreign Language submissions up to 61. Click here for the complete list.
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		<title>&#039;Up In the Air&#039; Gets Bumped to December Release</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/up-in-the-air-gets-bumped-to-december-release</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/up-in-the-air-gets-bumped-to-december-release#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Release Date Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Up In the Air]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just received word from Paramount that they are moving Jason Reitman&#039;s Up in the Air from its limited November 13th release to December. The release schedule now goes as follows:

December 4, 2009 limited
December 11, 2009 expansion
December 25, 2009 wide

Up In the Air was a huge festival favorite at Telluride and Toronto and has since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contender Notes 9/29c</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-929c</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/contender-notes-929c#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oscar Contender Notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Warner Bros. has opened their 2009 For Your Consideration site highlighting Steven Soderbergh&#039;s The Informant! and including Marvin Hamlisch&#039;s complete score. Click here to give it a visit.
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