23 month ago
plasticbag : There's an article on the BBC about Al Gore post-Oscar and whether the US is ready to warm to him... - Interesting question. From a geek perspective, most of the Gore coverage has been pretty glowing since the Wired article a couple of years ago. There's this energy consumption debacle going on, but that seems more like an attack than an insight...
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24 month ago
Andy Baio : Waxy.org: Pirating the 2007 Oscars - I just posted my research into Oscar screener piracy, also showing that restricting screeners may hurt film's Oscar chances
jkottke : Andy Baio has a report on Oscar nominated films showing up online - Andy Baio has a report on Oscar nominated films showing up online. Out of the 34 films nominated in one form or another, 31 have been released online. "The average length of time between a film's USA release and its first appearance online is 12 days."
Nelson Minar : Pirating the Oscars - Waxy researches the downloads of Oscar nominated films
wearehugh : Waxy.org: Daily Log: Pirating the 2007 Oscars
plasticbag : Andy Baio's written a great post about piracy and the Oscars and the effect of the piracy-free DVDs sent to academy members... - The general conclusion I get from this survey and from friends in the industry is that the companies who insist on copy protected DVDs ended up with Academy members unable to watch the films and subsequently not winning awards...
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36 month ago
plasticbag : Dan Futterman's page on IMDB - Dan Futterman was the cute American in Shooting Fish, the son in the Birdcage and object of a minor crush of mine. I'm stunned and impressed to see that he's also the Academy Award-nominated writer of Capote...
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37 month ago
plasticbag : Best news in ages: Jon Stewart is to present this year's Oscars. He rocks. - It's just a shame it's always on in the middle of the bloody night in the UK. I always doze off at the wrong moments, ten minutes from the Best Picture gong...
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