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Oscar Watch: The Nominees Luncheon
Thompson On Hollywood — ... rather to honor the people who did great work in 2007 films. Speaking to the kudos hopefuls, Oscarcast producer Gil Cates acknowledged "it's traditional to harangue you" into making short and interesting speeches, but he declined to do that this year. Cates said, "With everything going on in the world and everything going on in this town," he said he feels sure that the speeches will be "thoughtful, graceful... and heartfelt." Here's Diane Garrett's report from the nominees lunch press room. ...

Trade Roughage 2/5/07
SpoutBlog — IFC has acquired Ballast for day-and-date release in a deal apparently worth “a six-figures…plus gross participation and a real P&A commitment.” Lance Hammer’s excellent drama premiered last month at Sundance; see my review here and Kevin’s interview with Hammer and the film’s cast here. Diane Garrett says reporters at yesterday’s Oscar nominee’s luncheon tried to keep the conversation light––what are you wearing, etc––but stars like Viggo Mortensen, George Clooney and Michael Moore kept returning to the issue of the writers strike. Everyone agreed that unless the ...