Fandango Top 10 Jeff Bridges performances. I'm glad The Door in the Floor is above Crazy Heart. That's when he shoulda won his career Oscar. I gave him the goldTopless Robot bizarre news of the week: someone is greenlighting another Chronicles of Riddick feature for Vin Diesel?
Hollywood Elsewhere even more bizarre but not exactly news: a rumor that Scorsese and von Trier may unite for a creative partnership involving, uh, Taxi Driver. I actually love this idea because I think as long as you aren't remaking but riffing on, it's all good. And creative partnerships can sometimes reinvigorate people.
Rob Salem best couples on tv, with Modern Family's gay duo topping the list
Coming Soon Madonna has lined up her next directorial gig, and her Anglophilia is still showing
The Envelope a fun 'if i ran the Oscars' piece with Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger)
Today's Must Read...
...or maybe it's 'must peruse' since there will be many articles. For the Love of Film, a blog-a-thon about film preservation has now begun. This one, hosted by Ferdy on Films and Self Styled Siren has been very well publicized and is sponsored by the National Film Preservation Foundation. Check it out. Whenever this topic comes up I get ugly angry that Hollywood doesn't funnel more of its vast wealth back into the preservation of their own artform. Take Avatar for example... should some of those billions go to saving some disintegrating silent?!
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