Pop Culture Round Up: January 31 - February 6

DGA winners.

I don't know why exactly but heh.

"The nominations of a still relatively little-seen crop of best-picture contenders are making it harder for producers of the Oscar ceremony to deliver on an earlier promise: to create a big night for the movies, even if some of the movies are not so big." You know, I never used to think one way or the other about whether the movies nominated were seen or unseen, but she does have a point. What makes you tune in if the only movie if you are likely to have seen is Wall-E? You already know and like Wall-E. You don't need the Academy to tell you that.

Also, heh. I'm buying a Group of Seven work when my ship comes in just to be contrary. Or maybe I'll get cute Geoffrey Farmer to do an installation. I suppose that would be selling out, though, so maybe that wouldn't work. Good thing no actual ship is on the horizon with all these decisions to make.

This is true, and I can get behind it. I'd personally like it if we had shorter seasons but more seasons throughout the year.

This link pretty much exists for the last line. Could you imagine what mincemeat Don Draper (name must be said in full) would make of Edward? Edward could be his new Pete, actually, now that Pete seems to be on his way up (or dead, or down). I love that show.

And this one exists pretty much for the headline.

Oh, dear. This does not suggest good things for my future.

This dramatic thriller and its casting strike me as better suited to a comedy.

You'll never guess who Clint Eastwood's best partnership is with!

Really? That doesn't seem right.

"Indeed, Disney said its CEO decided to forgo an additional bonus of $2.4 million as a gesture of good will." Generosity!

At first I balked, but I think I get this. It's cocktail party fodder.

Heh. Dude, you so don't get it.

"I don't have a message." That's good to know. Also, of course.

Alright, I don't want to spend a lot of time on the thing that you've been hearing and seeing all week, so you get this and this. But that's it.

Backlash to the backlash: "Some say the Oscar contender is 'poverty porn,' but that criticism misconstrues the nature of art."

Okay, I totally want this, especially if it a) contains insults about the source material or b) is secretly a tell-all. Would it be too much to hope for both?

Heh: my friend sent me a link to this for the headline.

I know this one! I know this one! Is the answer, "Yes, for pete's sake, kill it and put us all out of our misery?"

Ugh, why? I mean, I know why, but still.

This casting has blown my mind.