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LA Times Makes Fun of Variety for Losing Oscar Ads They Covet [Hollywood]
Published 11/18/2008 by Hamilton Nolan at Gawker
... LA Times columnist Patrick Goldstein used his blog today for the entertaining purpose of viciously mocking Variety and its Hollywood fixture editor, Peter Bart. Mocking them for being poor! This column is awesome for the following reasons: because media outlets don't usually air their dirty laundry like this; because Peter Bart and Variety certainly deserve the mocking; and most of all because Patrick Goldstein seems totally unconcerned that his own paper does the same exact thing he criticizes Variety for, and that that very thing keeps ...

iW ROUND UP | Wednesday, November 19th
Published 11/19/2008 by eug (eugene@indiewire.com) at indieWIRE: Buzz / Rumors
indieWIRE's snapshot of news and views from around the web on Wednesday. 10 Holiday Movies Court Oscar This year more than any other time in recent memory, Hollywood appears to be saving the best for last. [S.F.C.] Saving the Story (the Film Version) There are growing fears that another chunk of film architecture is looking wobbly: the story. [NYT] Oscar ads going ... going ... gone "Will work for Oscar ads..." [LAT Blog] Whitaker/Sundance to Save Newark Sundance Channel is ...

More on the lack of Oscar nomination ads
Published 11/21/2008 by Chris at Movie Marketing Madness
... The other title I considered for this post was “Patrick Goldstein is my hero.” I’ll leave it to the reader to decide which one is more appropriate. Either way, it’s hard to pick out the best line from this piece, a response to Variety editor Peter Bart’s public solicitiation for ad revenue. There are, quite honestly, so many to choose from. ...