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Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 6:31PM 
THR Grease Reunion! Olivia Newton-John sings with Didi Conn
Vanity Fair Rosamund Pike talks about that scene in Gone Girl (no, not the overrated nothing shower scene. the other one)
The Daily Dot offers up a chart of superhero films and the Bechdel test
Awards Circuit Clayton shares his personal ballot. He has some weird notions about what "supporting" means (John Lithgow in Love is Strange. smh) but it's fun to see personal favorite lists. They're always more idiosyncratic than critics groups: lots of love for Wild Tales and Eleanor Rigby
The Atlantic an article on a shift in Madonna's provocation... it's negative but interesting
Grantland has an even better piece on Madonna's consistency and her new old #unapologeticbitch phase. I'm always happy when Madonna inspires cultural thinkpieces. This Girl will never be Gone.
Coming Soon Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone will be back in April 2016 with Michelle Darnell, a comedy about an insider trading excon. I'm rooting for them but please be more taut and more focused and funnier and just better than Tammy. PLEASE.
Critic Wire asks us to stop paying attention to the Razzies
EW has an Ant-Man cover. Paul Rudd looks good but I have to be honest I'm a little tired of superhero outfits being these butch armorish leather things which has been going on for over a decade now. Let's bring back the bright spandex!
Speaking of I do love the new poster...
Two Things I Never Tire of Loving About MNPP
Jason's love of Dominic Cooper
Jason's hatred of Jane Wyman
Follow Ups
Frontiers Matthew Warchus comments on the Pride DVD debacle (discussed earlier)
Flavorwire defends the NSFC for their left field Best Picture choice (discussed earlier) though I myself would be far more eager to come to their defense if they'd exhibited any imagination at all in the other categories
The Stake remembers some really great Meryl Streep quotes that reflect poorly on Russell Crowe's absolutely obnoxious comments about aging actresses (which we linked up earlier). Ageism is so pernicious and when combined with sexism its extra odious. I'm gearing myself up for another round of this when the new Madonna album comes out and all the people who hate the inevitability of their own eventual death will say she should "act her age" instead of still being a vibrant entertainer in her 50s.
Reader Comments (10)
Nice to see someone give 'Eleanor Rigby' some attention. I maintain that it's a great film and that Jessica Chastain deserves a Best Actress nomination for 'Her.'
Russell Crowe, you're an idiot. Besides your singing voice gave me nightmares for weeks. Please give back your Oscar to Javier Bardem and shut the fuck up.
You'd think at this point in her career, after all the doors she has opened and all she has contributed, the majority of the American public would respect Madonna. Not the case. She still manages to polarize the public, and there are plenty of people, young and old, who still aren't willing to respect and acknowledge her legacy.
The amount of backlash against her releasing a new album at all is incredible. Prince was just as controversial and aggressive, but when he performed on SNL recently, everyone praised him. Kylie Minogue does the same sexual act and makes the same kind of music she did in her early career, yet no one tells her to give it up or start acting her age. These artists are respected for being legends.
What is everyone's fascination with hating on Madonna? I don't get it, but she may be the only legendary, iconic artist who ironically is underrated.
I'm intrigued to see where Pike's career goes after Gone Girl , although I'm not sure Hollywood's gonna know how to use her. I hope see has good taste in selecting projects!
Would love to see Pike in a great comedy. She was hilarious in World's End, so fun and loose. Or something action-y; pair her up with Emily Blunt. I would rather see her take that on than another psychotic or high-brow girlfriend/wife role (along the lines of her parts in An Education, Made in Dagenham). But I did love her in Barney's Version. So actually, I guess I'll take her in anything...
Nat you still won't come to the NSFC defense even after they make an interesting and singular best picture choice because their other choices aren't that also ? I am confounded by your logic :)
Rami -- my logic is that it's a fluke and nothing to get worked up about (it only won because it went to a second round and only voters who are present can vote during second round and something crazy like 8 of their 50+ members were that.
it was a fluke given that they showed no imagination anywhere else.
Pam -- hear hear
Carlos -- i fear this too
Fluke or not I think the snarky reaction from Poland etc and the critique of that is valid.
I know it wouldn't be good to follow up Gone Girl with material that is thematically similar, and Rosamund is a little young for the role, but I can't help but root for her to be cast as Bernadette on the adaptation of Where'd you Go, Bernadette.
Thanks Nathaniel for including a link to my personal nominees (winners announced BTW).
Have to defend my Lithgow inclusion in Supporting. I, and I do understand many won't see it this way, see "Love is Strange" as a true ensemble with no leads. I see it as much about the love story with Tomei's character and husband, as much as Lithgow and Molina.
Can't wait to see all your nominees and winners.