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...last film, The Passion of the Christ, was spoken entirely in the dead languages of Latin and Aramaic.? Now Mel Gibson will appear in a brief spot on this Sunday?s Oscar broadcast speaking another exotic tongue:? Maya.? That's the sole language of Apocalypto, the adventure epic set in Pre-Columbian Mexico that Gibson is currently shooting on the edge of southern Mexico's rainforests, in the state of Veracruz. ""I wanted to shake up the stale action-adventure genre," Gibson told TIME, which was given an exclusive peek at the filming for a story to appear...
...know it?s a weird Oscar year when...
...Oscar host on Sunday night will be a man most folks watching will never have laid eyes on. Not that Jon Stewart is fazed. As the anchor of Comedy Central?s The Daily Show told USA Today two weeks ago: "If you?re going to go with films that not a lot of people have seen, you might as well go with a host that not a lot of people have seen. You know what? Let?s turn the whole damn thing into the Independent Spirit Awards...
...five major finalists are part of an off-Hollywood, almost an anti-Hollywood, light years removed from the pictures the moguls really wants to make: the moneymakers. Are the box office winners and the Oscar nominees even members of the same family? Yes, both are children of the movie industry; but they?re siblings without much in common. The Narnias and Wedding Crasherses are the son who got rich as a corporate lawyer, and the Capotes and Good Nights are the daughter who quit graduate school to become an inner-city social worker...
Amidst the chaos of set construction in Agassiz Theatre, Rohini Rau-Murthy ’08 and Mayuri Shah ’08 appear serene. They laugh at the mention of Bollywood and sigh over Aamir Khan, hunky star of such blockbusters as the Oscar-nominated “Lagaan.” The two, who met through dance and mutual involvement with the South Asian Association (SAA), are the dance directors of Ghungroo, an annual celebration of the many art forms of the Subcontinent. They have been practicing different forms of Indian dance since childhood. Rohini...