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VAR | Oscar candidates lagging this year
indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors — ... An early look at awards season from Variety: "At least on paper, this year looks like a return to the old days, when the majors dominated awards and most of the nominees bowed late in the year -- in contrast with recent history, when the Oscar charge was led by specialty divisions and fall launches." ...

“‘Cock” Cash: Trade Roughage 07/03/08
SpoutBlog — Hancock made a bunch of money on Tuesday. Yay, Will Smith IS America! All together now, in our best Werner Herzog voice: “Don’t call it a reeeemaaaaake!” But whatever it is, Val Kilmer and Xzibit have joined the cast of Bad Lieutenant. Timothy M. Gray’s midyear assessment of the Oscar race finds a lot of ways to say “no one knows anything.” The uncertainty is causing such a frenzy that we’re apparently considering handing out Oscars to Hamlet 2 and (maybe even worse) The Visitor. Please, Toronto, deliver us from this crisis! ...

Old Man Gets New Guide Dog
RadarOnline.com — ... : In the UK, an Internet service provider is sending out letters to customers threatening to disconnect them if they engage in illegal file sharing. Time Warner wondering if this could be the new excuse for their spotty service. Halfsies : The year is half over, and Variety notes that movies this far have been lamer than ever so lame they're not even Oscar-worthy. Except Wall-E . That robot is ...

Let’s Predict An Oscar Winner Six Months In Advance
Best Week Ever — An interesting article on Variety.com today proposes the question -- six months into the moviegoing year, are there any serious Oscar contenders? (Besides, well, the ...

Ellen Page Hoping Endeavor Can Make Her More Famous [Trade Roundup]
Gawker: defamer — ... · Apparently there's a shortage of prestige material so far for the 2008 Oscar race, but that could change just as soon as the Academy drastically alters the rules to give Camp Rock full eligibility in all categories. [Variety] ...

Box Office, Bottom Line Still More Important than Awards
Awards Daily — Variety’s Timothy Gray sorts out the questions we should be asking right about now: But even at the halfway point, there are questions. Will the early buzz sustain for Disney-Pixar’s “Wall-E” and WB’s “The Dark Knight” and Heath Ledger? What effect will the Clint Eastwood double whammy — November’s “Changeling” and the December bow of Warner Bros.-Village Roadshow’s “Gran Torino,” in which he stars as well as directs — have on kudos? Similarly, Scott Rudin, who was in the winner’s circle with “No Country,” has ...