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Good Morning, Oscar: October 30

 
By Steve Pond In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, Jacko gets an Oscar campaign and Jackman opts out of an Oscar gig. Apparently, Sony Pictures has been listening to Elizabeth Taylor. Or maybe they read my piece from a couple of days ago. Or maybe they had the idea all by themselves. At any rate, a Sony spokesman tells the Associated Press that the company plans to submit the Michael Jackson film “This Is It” to the Oscars in the best picture category and “other appropriate categories.” (It’s eligible in some, th... (link)

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