Word: oscars
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...Paul Giamatti as Santa, the picture's got three Academy Award winners: Kathy Bates as their mother, Rachel Weisz as Fred's ill-used girlfriend and Kevin Spacey as a corporate type threatening to close down Santa's workshop. Giamatti and Miranda Richardson, who plays his wife, have been Oscar-nominated. Even Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, who has a bit as the North Pole's DJ, is a Grammy-winner. From pedigree alone, the movie should have been good...
...good idea: take a familiar tale—the Santa Claus story—and breathe some life into it by means of talented actors. Cast box office king Vince Vaughn as the protagonist, throw in a little Paul Giamatti, Kathy Bates, and Rachel Weisz to add some Oscar cred, and get Kevin Spacey to play the villain. You’ve gotta get Spacey to play the villain. The man put Gwyneth Paltrow’s head in a box in “Se7en,” so he’s sure to bring some lighthearted evil...
...blamed for expecting a solid commentary on the current American condition—perhaps the “Crash” or “Babel” of 2007. The film even attempts to work with a multiple-storyline structure, which both of those Oscar-winners used well. Sorry to break the news, Mr. Redford, but your film won’t be following in the footsteps of either one. The first story line begins in Washington D.C. Harvard graduate and U.S. Senator Jasper Irving, played by Tom Cruise, reveals the government’s new strategy...
...Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize - and an Oscar. Hardly a day goes by without major corporations like Wal-Mart announcing new green initiatives. Priuses are still hot, oil is near $100 a barrel and even Detroit is hyping fuel efficiency. With all that attention, global warming is surely set to become one of the biggest issues of the 2008 Presidential campaign, right...
...think of when you wake up in the morning for about seven or eight years. Then there's the first morning when that's not the first thing you think of. You get brave," he says. His other two children, Sofia and Roman, are in the business, although the Oscar-winning Sofia is currently focused mainly on being a mom. Roman, an assistant director on Youth, co-wrote Wes Anderson's new film, The Darjeeling Limited...