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12/18 Oscarweb Round-up

Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:10 am · December 18th, 2008

Rosario Dawson • Ken Turan proves how really out of touch he is. [Los Angeles Times]

• David Poland defends “Seven Pounds” two years after being in the tank for Gabriele Muccino and “The Pursuit of Happyness.” [The Hot Blog]

• Wow. And it’s not even April Fool’s Day. [The Sun]

• David Carr responds to the uber-cool special edition “Dark Knight” soundtrack. [The Carpetbagger]

• Dave Karger sits down with the cast of “Doubt.” [Entertainment Weekly]

• Another list of the year’s worst. Mine tomorrow. [Daily Telegraph]

• What, no byline? Anyway, SOMEONE chatted it up with the lovely Rosario Dawson. [Los Angeles Times]

• Christopher Campbell runs down the worst 5 Oscar hosts. [Spout Blog]

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→ 3 Comments Tags: Doubt, Gabriele Muccino, Rosario Dawson, Seven Pounds, The Dark Knight, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Wrestler | Filed in: Daily

3 responses so far

1 12-18-2008 at 9:39 am

Simon Crowe said...

Re: Turan. When you typed “out of touch” I think you meant to say “has a different opinion from mine.”
2 12-18-2008 at 9:47 am

Kristopher Tapley said...

Touche, Crowe. But I’ve been down on Turan’s work for some time, not just because I have different opinions from time to time. He’s inching toward Rex Reed territory.
3 12-18-2008 at 12:17 pm

Zan said...

No, I think he meant to say, he has a different opinion from every other single critic, except for the perennial malcontent Armond White.

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