Hollywood trade papers Variety and The Hollywood Reporter could get a much needed boost from the decision to push the Oscars ceremony into March next year. Both would benefit from the extension to sell more advertising and boost their flagging revenues....
Martin Sheen and Ed Asner, the liberal conscious of Hollywood, have joined the protest against Kathryn Bigelow’s film “Zero Dark Thirty,” for the way it portrays torture in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Actor David Clennon began the campaign urging other Academy members to boycott the film in the Best Picture category....
