Filed under: Culture, MMO Enumerating the accomplishments of one Steve Preeg would be a lengthy undertaking, indeed. He's got a magnificent surname, for starters. He's worked on the digital effects team of some of our favorite films, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy, I, Robot, and Ri¢hie...

Song, Dance, and Commendation: Turning the 2009 Oscars into a Television Event When the Academy Awards brought on a set of new producers, there was the usual buzzwords: on time! Big surprises! Excitement! On time! Thrilling! And yet, we all doubted that it could live up to the expectation, especiall...

8:31PM. Gawd, Hugh Jackman looks good. 8:36PM. Enjoying Hugh Jackman's opening number. You can't say he's not giving it his all. 8:38PM. "I am Wolverine" -- awesome! 8:40PM.Oh, look, Angelina's wearing a black dress. Again. 8:41PM.Eleven minutes in, and we're on the fist time-suck montage of the eve...

For both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie , the only speech they really need to rehearse for Sunday's Oscars is what to say when they run into his ex-wife Jennifer Aniston . After all, both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are ranked by Gold Derby fourth in their respective lead races for "The Curious ...

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Folded: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (thought provoking, stunningly realised) Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona: So, Penelope Cruz or Scarlett Johansson? (utterly pointless discussion really because you’ll never bed either. Still, don’t rule s...

In Contention points out that this isn't Taraji P. Henson's first trip to the rodeo. Although she was not a nominee, she joined Three Six Mafia on-stage at the Kodak Theater in 2006 to sing "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from "Hustle and Flow." The song went on to win, proving once again just how d...

There's no single passage from this epic new David Fincher interview that we feel especially good singling out at others' expense, but at least one answers history's long-standing question: Why is he such a prick? After all, it takes a special kind of man to chest-punch studio executives and boldly ...

In the eighties we pretty much plagiarised the crap out of everything JRR Tolkien ever wrote. Well, we say “plagiarised” loosely. We certainly stole most of his characters, themes and settings, but we made them better by including several direct references to Samuel L Jackson (Frodo keep...

Oscar season's smear-outsourcing trend spreads today to Italy, where bizarre new allegations threaten to complicate — if not quite derail — Team Benjamin Button's fledgling comeback quest. THR reports that an "office worker" and amateur screenwriter named Adriana Pichini claims Button is...

I generally have a quest to see as many oscar nominated movies as possible before the Oscars actually hit. Not so much because I think these will be great movies but because I enjoy yelling at the screen when a piece of crap wins (anyone remember Gladiator?). Last night was The Curious Case of Benja...