Despite early expectations that it would top $20 million in its opening weekend, when I was twelve!
Box Office Review: It's a heartbreaker...
Why is Strathairn frowning?
We think he's trying to figure out Hollywood math. The Randy Quaid lawsuit against the producers of Brokeback Mountain — they had him work cheap, but then spent big on marketing — has people looking at the mini-majors. How do they get to make those cool edgy films? By asking the actors to work for peanuts. And then, there's the wacky math. As explained to the NY Times:
The Independent Spirit Awards: too dirty for primetime
Yep, that's Felicity Huffman, and yes, she wins Best Actress at the Independent Spirit Awards. Think she's got a shot at the Oscar?
Brokeback rides toward Oscar Land
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning, and the gay cowboy lovestory leads the pack: Brokeback Mountain got 8 nominations. The 5 movies up for Best Picture are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Munich, Good Night and Good Luck, and Crash, which just took the big prize at the SAG Awards Sunday night.
SAG gives awards to really good actors
9:40 Jake and Heath stumble and laugh over the sappy script written for their Brokeback Mountain intro. They look darling, don't they?
Hollywood horserace: DGA edition
The DGA announced its best directing in feature film award nominees yesterday:
And they're off!
Horseraces! Handicaps! No sooner had we posted about the not-quiet-announced Oscar host than the SAG Award nominees were announced. The biggest surprise must be the nomination of Hustle & Flow in the "best performance by a cast" category (SAG's version of "best picture"), while none of the cast members were nominated individually. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Terrence Howard was robbed.
The Weekender
Tonight, we're going for a sneak peek at the new Burton Morris exhibit at the Hamilton-Selway Art Gallery. You can get your chance to take a gander at the artist's latest Pop Art work tomorrow night at the opening reception from 5-9 PM.

