Slumdog is Top Dog
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Slumdog Millionaire may have swept the Oscars, Kate Winslet finally won, and Sean Penn outwrestled Mickey Rourke for Best Actor, but who were truly the big winners at the Academy Awards? We give out a few Bronze Beasts. VIEW OUR GALLERY
Taraji P. Henson in Roberto Cavalli, Natalie Portman in Rodarte, Anne Hathaway in Armani Prive
Don't Give It to Mickey!
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
Or Sean Penn. Frost/Nixon's Frank Langella deserves the Best Actor award, and the future of acting may be at stake.
On Christmas Day, just in time for Oscar consideration, some of the best movies of the year finally arrive. But which ones are worthy of leaving the roasting chestnuts and the open fire? (Or, more important, the long line at the returns counter.) Check this list. Twice.
The Oscar Recession
Willa Paskin is a writer and former editor of Radar magazine. She lives in New York City.
Wall Street's collapse is hitting Sunset Boulevard, narrowing the field for Best Picture.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
Jolie hunt is the global head of public relations for Thomson Reuters, appointed April 2008. Prior to that she served as global director of corporate and business affairs for IBM Corporation She was the director of PR for the Financial Times. She lives between New York and London.
John Barrasso is the junior senator from Wyoming.
Lee Siegel has written about culture and politics and is the author of three books: Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination; Not Remotely Controlled: Notes on Television; and, most recently, Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob. In 2002, he received a National Magazine Award for reviews and criticism.
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