Everyone noted she was over it at the Spirit Awards on Saturday. She’s probably been over it for weeks, if not months. Because SHE IS 9. And 9 year old girls should not be campaigning for Oscar. The Spirit Awards press line was LONG. Poor thing, by the time she’d completed maybe a third of the interviews, she was turning to her publicist and pleading to stop. Full Story

Emmanuelle Riva did not attend the Nominees Luncheon yesterday in Beverly Hills. That has something to do, perhaps, with the BAFTAs being on Sunday and it might be too much at her age to go back and forth from LA to London and then back to LA again in a week or so for the Oscars. Or maybe it’s because she’s not playing. Full Story

You know I love Hushpuppy. I've been writing about Beasts Of The Southern Wild for months. It totally deserved to be included in the Best Picture category. Dwight Henry should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. But as much as I enjoyed her, I don't know if 9 year old Quvenzhane Wallis is one of the 5 Best Actresses, and over Marion Cotillard in Rust & Bone? I can't. Full Story

Beasts Of The Southern Wild will be released on DVD next week, on December 4th. Have you seen it? I highly, highly recommend. Now this is the work of an exciting new director. His name is Benh Zeitlin and his leading lady might be nominated for an Oscar. It looks like they’re working hard, on what has to be a limited budget, to make that happen. Full Story