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'Ballast', 'Frozen River', 'Rachel Getting Married' Lead Spirit Award Nominations
Deadline.com — [image] There were few surprises among the nominees for the 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Awards announced this morning by Sandra Oh and Jason Bateman at the Sofitel LA hotel. (But what is surprising is how any contenders can be selected since it's still so damn early. The same holds true for the BAFTA nominations and even the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globes nominations on December 11th. This is getting to be a bad joke.)  Ballast ,  Frozen River , and Jonathan Demme's Rachel Getting Married , led the list with 6 nominations each. Charlie Kaufman's ...

Mad News, December 1-6, 2008
Basket of Kisses — Christina Hendricks on the cover of Southern Beauty magazine. (h/t to Basketcase Jannah.) The Hollywood Reporter opens the Golden Globes Guessing Season. Hamm and Slattery are both considered contenders. Ausiello speaks to us: Question: Any new news on the contract talks with AMC and Mad Men exec producer Matt Weiner? — G Ausiello: No movement that I know of. In other Mad Men news, perennial supporting actress contender January Jones wisely decided to enter herself into the lead actress race at this year’s ...

Mr. Beaks Spends A Scintillating Ten Minutes With Spirit Awards Host, Steve Coogan!
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... perspective on stuff, but also tune in to a different environment. And that's fun and kind of exciting. Beaks: You get a whole new set of things to parody. Coogan: Yeah. It reenergizes you. There are different rhythms to language over here. But there also are enough funny people to work with over here to not worry about it. See how Coogan fares this Saturday at 5 PM EST/2 PM PST on IFC. If you miss it, the show will be rebroadcast at 10 PM (EST and PST). Check out the nominees here . Faithfully submitted, ...