Here’s a wacky idea: after two weeks of complete non-bloggery, I’ll just what the heck go ahead and live-Tweet the Oscars. I’ve embedded my Twitter updates below, and you can follow me here. Refresh your browser if the newest updates doesn’t show up. Fans of Hollywood excesses! Enjoy!
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I didn’t realize this, but apparently the makers of X-Men Origins: Wolverine are really capitalizing on star Hugh Jackman’s talents. (click to see the rest of the picture) Here in this exclusive still we see the scene in which Wolverine, trying desperately to fit in with the local youths, joins a summer stock theatre [...]

Chris at Movie Marketing Madness points out that there’s a new one-sheet for the upcoming thriller Deception that has been revised from an earlier version. Chris speculates that the new poster removes some of the sensual overtones of the old one, but I think the new design is all about celebrity billing. Take a look [...]

I realize how unfair it is to judge any kind of movie property based on a publicity still, but I see this image from Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 Oscar-wannabe Australia (borrowed from Hollywood Elsewhere) and I’m already feeling sleepy.

I’m not a fan of Luhrmann’s anyway, due to the headache I’ve had since 2001 when I was [...]

Hollywood is not like other places. Chances are that when you have a bad idea at work, you get an irritated memo from your boss, maybe a black mark in your employment record, or perhaps a friendly escort to the curb and a vigorous iron-knuckling by corporate security.
Not so in Hollywood, where bad ideas can [...]