Wouldnt It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasnt Shakespeare? – NYTimes.com

Wouldnt It Be Cool if Shakespeare Wasnt Shakespeare? – NYTimes.com

“First they came for the Kennedy scholars, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Kennedy scholar. Then they came for Opus Dei, and I did not speak out, because I was not a Catholic scholar. Now they have come for me. “

Oscarmetrics: Statistics Don’t Favor Brad Pitt’s Best Actor Chances – Hollywood Prospectus Blog

Oscarmetrics: Statistics Don’t Favor Brad Pitt’s Best Actor Chances – Hollywood Prospectus Blog

“when you look at his prospective competitors, they all sound prototypically nominatable. Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar? Famous person, period piece, ages decades, uses an accent, maybe even dies. Jean Dujardin in The Artist? First-time nominee, non-American, period piece, miscellaneous showboat factor (the film is silent). Gary Oldman in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy? Non-American, period piece, and (this is insane but true) a potential first-time nominee. George Clooney in The Descendants? See Clooney Exception”