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Are 13 Oscar Nominations Enough To Nudge ‘Button’ Into The Black?

7:03AM Seth | Paramount Emperor Brad Grey is undoubtedly delighted with the 13 Oscar nominations earned by his pet project The Curious Case of Benjamin Button—truly an impressive haul for a movie no one actually liked. More »

The Butterscotch Puppy: A Christmas Miracle!

3:23AM Seth | We hope Santa brought everything you wanted (Wii porn), and nothing you didn’t (tongue cancer, American Apparel giftcards). Your B.O., followed by the Top 5 Chinese Dishes Consumed Later by the Jews Who Saw Them:

7:00AM Kyle Buchanan | Directors…They’re Just Like US! David Fincher is one of the most exacting, visionary directors in Hollywood, having made iconic films like Se7en, Fight Club, and now The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Thus, when Empire sat him down to scribble his favourite movies of all time, we expected something a little less, well, AFI-y? Hey, sure, we like Citizen Kane and Lawrence of Arabia as much as anybody. But c’mon, Finch: throw us a curveball or two! Click through for the full-sized list. [/film] More »

Old Man Brad Pitt Still Front-Runner as Oscar-Hungry Paramount Pushes ‘Button’

8:15AM STV | Oscar-chasing Scott Rudin and Harvey Weinstein’s convalescence from their bruising steel-cage Reader release-date squabble has left a tiny window open today for other awards hopefuls, a selection of which are scrambling through with varying degrees of aggression. But while the upstart Frozen River (a Defamer Attractions “Underdog” alum) is reportedly the first film to send out screeners to Academy voters, and while the controversial German pick for Best Foreign-Language Film, The Baader-Meinhof Complex, found mixed reviews upon its LA bow last Friday, the real witchcraft is wafting from a cauldron deep inside the Paramount lot. There, we’re told, Brad Grey’s ambition to exorcise DreamWorks and conjure awards-season glory for Brad Pitt yielded both the lovely Benjamin Button trailer after the jump and a closer, carefully vetted look at the ‘Mount Spell Book.