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...mixers of Dreamgirls address an apparently hot button issue in the sound community: Apocalypto mixer Kevin O'Connell, the Susan Lucci of the category, who has never won an Oscar despite 19 nominations: "I just wonder what Kevin's trying to do out there by trying to get an award using sympathy," says Oscar winner Michael Minkler. "Kevin's an OK mixer, but enough's enough about Kevin." And you thought actresses were catty...
...Former Paramount executive Sherry Lansing, just given the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by her friend Tom Cruise, deflects a question about Cruise's ugly send-off from her old studio last summer. "It's hard for me to comment," says Lansing, who made many movies with Cruise before leaving Paramount 2 1/2 years ago. "I'm very good friends with [Viacom President] Sumner Redstone." She does make a prediction about Cruise's career: "He will be here winning an Oscar within the next five years...
...Another little film that scored big was Half Nelson, about a crack-addicted junior high-school teacher and his student, which took both acting awards: Ryan Gosling for Best Actor and newcomer Shareeka Epps for Best Actress. "Forest called me last night and asked if I would win for him," said Gosling, who is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar against Forest Whitaker. "He said it's exhausting winning all the time. I wouldn't know. He better win tomorrow night. I've got a lot of money on him." In a sign of just how far under-the-radar...
...most of the afternoon's honorees were of the strictest indie pedigree. Dennis Hopper introduced a special award celebrating the film collaborations of David Lynch and Dern. "At the core of every David Lynch movie is one fundamental mystery," said Hopper, showing clips from Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Inland Empire. "What the f___ was that about...
...Sundance's top prizewinner last year, the teen drama Quinceanera, won the John Cassavetes Award for a film shot for less than $500,000. A new award was created in honor of Robert Altman, which starting next year will be given to a director and acting ensemble, an acknowledgement of Altman's knack for corralling sprawling casts...