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Flotsam & Jetsam
9:42AM Jess McGuire | I may as well have renamed this post Meryl Streep Appreciation, because since I saw Doubt on the weekend I’ve decided she’s the greatest person ever, and – of course – I returned home and went on a YouTube binge.
Firstly, here is the trailer for Doubt, if you’ve not seen it yet.
She is AWESOME. If Kate Winslet (and I say this as a fan of hers) wins the Oscar for the somewhat disappointing Revolutionary Road over Meryl Streep’s turn in Doubt then I’m not sure I will be able to contain my furious anger.
ANYWAY. Here is Meryl being a bit amusing! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:42AM Jess McGuire | I may as well have renamed this post Meryl Streep Appreciation, because since I saw Doubt on the weekend I’ve decided she’s the greatest person ever, and – of course – I returned home and went on a YouTube binge.
Firstly, here is the trailer for Doubt, if you’ve not seen it yet.
She is AWESOME. If Kate Winslet (and I say this as a fan of hers) wins the Oscar for the somewhat disappointing Revolutionary Road over Meryl Streep’s turn in Doubt then I’m not sure I will be able to contain my furious anger.
ANYWAY. Here is Meryl being a bit amusing! More » 
Oprah Winfrey’s Favourite Things Do Not Include ‘Doubt’ Director
8:00AM Kyle Buchanan | There are few people in this world brave enough to rebuff an insistent, role-seeking Oprah Winfrey, but Doubt director John Patrick Shanley is one of them. He had his certainty! More »
When Oscar Hype Goes Wrong, Vol. MMCXLII: Miramax Fakes ‘Doubt’ Blurb
5:45AM STV | With at least one major exception, it’s been a relatively modest cycle for manufacturers of Oscar-season buzz. But one day into 2009, the new “hybrid quote” looks to revolutionize the Fine Art of Hype.
‘Doubt’ Reminded Harry Knowles of the Time He Was Whipped Until He Bled Over A False Incest Charge
8:45AM Seth | There’s a fine line between refreshing candor in movie reviews, and the kind of oversharing that tickles the “look, I just wanted a thumbs up, not emotional scarring” area at the back of your brain. More »
Today in Awards Hell: SAG Noms Revealed; Oscar Favours Mariah, Miley, Clint
1:45AM STV | The Screen Actors Guild took its finger off the nuke button long enough to select 2008 awards nominations, while the Academy narrowed its Best Song candidates to a modest 49. More »
Meryl Streep Liked Awards-Season Better When She Didn’t Have to Beg
4:58AM STV | Meryl Streep and Amy Adams crashed The View today to court a bit of opening-day goodwill for their new film Doubt. Oscar support would be lovely, too, but, you know, only if you want to. More »
Keanu Reeves Devastates ‘Doubt,’ ‘Che,’ Rest of Earth
1:45AM STV | Welcome back to Defamer Attractions, your regular guide to everything new, noteworthy and/or Keanu-rrific at the movies. This week: Earth is doomed, Clint is done, and Che is looooonnng. More »
Philip Seymour Hoffman Awfully Defensive About His ‘Doubt’ Priest’s Extracurricular Choirboy Activities
3:11AM Seth | Here’s a couple lessons for all you rookie reporters assigned to cover the Hollywood beat: 1. Make sure your “SHOWBIZ PRESS” pass is always facing outward in the band of your fedora. 2. Place a decoy in that nearby row of telephone booths—that way you can call your scoop into the paper the second it happens. 3. Never, under any circumstance, ask Philip Seymour Hoffman for insights regarding the true nature of the possible child-molesting priest character he plays in Doubt.
Natalie Portman Refuses To Go Without Fictional Sex
3:05AM Kyle Buchanan | Though Natalie Portman earned an Oscar nomination for refusing to part with her pasties as a stripper in the film Closer, she’s been on a genuinely NSFW tear as of late. First, she stunt doubled for a lithe greyhound and went nude for the Wes Anderson short Hotel Chevalier (pictured), then she dated the troubadour Devendra Banhart, whose liner notes revealed a radical new theory that clothes simply get in the way of a man’s natural, patchouli-infused musk. Now, Doubt director John Patrick Shanley reveals that Portman wanted the role in his film that eventually went to Amy Adams, but there was one sexless impediment: More »
