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more about #defamer more comments → SpyMagician: You know what this all means, right? Come 2040, the meta layers of retro ironic quirk will smother us all! Also, what will the 2010+ years be like? ... more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: The America of the aughts will not be remembered well. Started with a stolen election, then moved on through 9/11, anthrax, Iraq, Katrina, Afghanistan... more » belltolls: Darren Aronofsky has a lifetime cool exemption...as he should. more » raincoaster: As ever, "Make somebody shitloads of money" = "Get out of jail free" card more » Magister: The television list was just too trendy to take seriously. Year-end or decade-end lists are a natural post, but it's like the person from the Hollywoo... more » Juancho: John Lee Hancock has always had cash rolling in as an in-demand screenwriter (particularly on rewrites). Kind of a nice gig to fall back on. I should... more » Helio: "boy, that must've been a fun crowd to hang around with" I think it must be indicative of the overwhelmingly bad shit that's have happened. Basically... more » fatmonalisa: As a person who worked in the entertainment industry for the better part of this decade I would like to apologize on behalf of all of us. We knew it s... more » PaisleyPajamas: On "The Grosses Speak Law," doesn't this have its tentacles in "The Big Cool Friend Exemption?" Not in terms so much of getting household names commi... more » Mike Jahn: The decade began with hanging chads and ended with Lady Gaga. Next. more » Conchie Birdie: This decade was exhausting. Pop culture was a shitstorm of everything but the kitchen sink. A few twinkles here and there, but with the stench of Pere... more » Baroness: Interesting piece I will reread.. Thought this was about writer/Tarantino collaborator Avary, Tweeting from jail. For DUI manslaughter. It's actually... more » Airvault: Why am I in film school again? I'll be right back. I'm going to go dunk my head in the kitchen sink for a few minutes. more » CumaeanSibyl: If 1 is the Twilight kids, they should fire their marketing firm. Each and every Twihard hates K.Stew and believes she is the only one who can make he... more » Conchie Birdie: Could number 1 be A-Rod and Kate Hudson? Hence, "swing the other way"? Plus, it didn't say anything about actors. more » -
#hollywood
New Harry Potter Officially a Juggernaut
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince opened on 3,003 screens nationwide at midnight and hauled in $22.2 million, shattering the previous midnight screening record of $18.5 million set by The Dark Knight. [LA Times] -
#chchchanges
Academy Awards Widening Best Picture Race to 10 Films
Sick of trying to decide which of the five Best Picture nominees will win in your Oscar pool? Well, now you'll get to decide between ten! Yes, in a move to attract more ratings, the Academy is widening the race. More » -
#oscars
Oscar Tug-Of-War Pits Ledger Versus Ledger
Kim Ledger had plenty to do yesterday on his long flight to the Oscars, starting with an acceptance speech no one quite expected him to deliver on behalf of his son Heath. More » -
#thedarkknight
Petitioner Halfway To Assuring You Never See The Joker Onscreen Again
The fanboy crusade to earn The Dark Knight a Best Picture Oscar nomination may have failed, but one fan hasn't lost faith in the potential of Batman people-power. More » -
#thedarkknight
Batman's Next Flight Now Years Away
As much as Warner Bros. would love for Christopher Nolan to begin working on a follow-up to The Dark Knight, like, yesterday, new reports reveal that his plans for a Bat-sequel are being put off. More » -
#oscars
How To Best Campaign For a Dead Oscar Nominee? Don't
Just because Heath Ledger was a favorite to claim this year's Best Supporting Actor Oscar since before The Dark Knight even opened, that doesn't mean he can't use a gentle, posthumous awards-season studio nudge. More » -
#awards
Something Called 'People's Choice Awards' Praises 'Dark Knight,' '27 Dresses'
A mysterious show known as the 2008 People's Choice Awards was broadcast Wednesday on CBS, selecting The Dark Knight, 27 Dresses, Will Smith, Reese Witherspoon and others among its many honorees. More » -
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#awards
PGA Noms Boost 'Dark Knight' At Other Films' Expense
The Producers Guild of America just announced its five Best Picture nominations. So which films made the cut, and which found no endorsement with this leading Oscar indicator? -
#boxoffice
'Twilight,' Dark Knight' Disappoint After Adjustment For Inflation, Reality
Among the year-end movie surveys bombing the landscape, few offer as rewarding a reality check as the one recapping 2008 as the Year of the Sucker. -
#awards
Warners' PR Cedes Control of 'Dark Knight' Oscar Campaign to Fans
The Dark Knight may yet receive its January re-release, but it hardly seems to matter with the Oscar-season fan-offensive presently — and unofficially — being mounted in the blockbuster's name. -
#christophernolan
WGA Hopes You Won't Remember Who Directed 'The Dark Knight'
When we received an awards consideration copy of The Dark Knight last week, there was clearly something missing — or, to be more accurate, censored with black felt-tip pen. -
#goldenglobes
Golden Globes Jilt 'Milk,' 'Dark Knight'; 'In Treatment' Leads TV Noms
No looming strike will slow down this year's Golden Globe Awards, nominations for which were announced this morning with a few mildly head-cramping surprises. -
#thedarkknight
'X-Files' Producer Accuses 'Dark Knight' of Hogging Fanboys, Box Office For Itself
The co-writer and producer of last summer's X Files: I Want to Believe has a theory about why the film flopped with $21 million — one you might expect from someone who writes about aliens, but which surprises nevertheless.
