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...Films) made things interesting before "Gladiator" (young but powerful DreamWorks) took home the top prize, the Oscars represented a victory for the little guy - sometimes a victory for the little little guy over the big little guy. Sony Pictures Classics has long toiled in the shadow of savvy Miramax Films, the ingenuity of whose Oscar campaigns is notorious. But last night SPC copped five awards (four for "Crouching Tiger" and Harden's statuette), while Miramax went Oscarless for the first time in 13 years. So no big Miramax party on Oscar night. No Harvey Weinstein gags. Miramax...
...After snacking on cucumber sandwiches, petits fours and cups of tea (remember to crook your little finger), the lucky will head off to the annual Miramax pre-party. This has now gained the stature of the must-attend party of the weekend. Apart from the usual schmoozing, the event boasts a unique feature: Like a high school Christmas party, entertainment is provided in the form of skits spoofing the year's top films. Actors such as Kevin Spacey, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jude Law regularly show up and don cheesy wigs and Wal-Mart dresses to perform mini-sketches...
...which are the hottest parties to be? This year more and more studios are following the trend set by Miramax Films, which is to hold a killer bash the day before the Oscars. It certainly doesn't preclude a post-Oscar party, but partying before the awards has the advantage of avoiding all those insincere, glazed smiles and auto-gush about "It was an honor just to be nominated...
...Oscars are the Super Bowl for the rest of us - those of us who know that professional jealousy and bitchy remarks about designer clothes make for far more riveting combat than full-body blows, who know that Miramax's eternal ability to buy itself a Best Picture nomination is far more consequential than Bobby Knight's eternal ability to find himself another job coaching, um, hockey? And thankfully, it now has its own bloated pre-game show: not ABC's paltry, sycophantic half-hour with "Entertainment Tonight"'s addled Julie Moran, but the E! Entertainment Network red-carpet coverage, which...
RISING FUN If you've seen Pokemon, you've seen anime, stylized Japanese animation. But there's more to it than squealing monsters. My Neighbor Totoro (20th Century Fox), about two girls who befriend some forest creatures, and Princess Mononoke (Miramax Home Entertainment), a dark fable for older adolescents, show how imaginative this genre...