PAYNE ON NEBRASKA
With less than ten days before Oscar winners are revealed and with only a few days left for ballots to get in (they're due on Feb. 25th), directing nominee Alexander Payne is featured in this lengthy piece from Fade In Online by F.X. Feeney:
http://fadeinonline.com/alexander-payne-interview.html
MIYAZAKI ON RETIREMENT
Animating legend and Oscar nominee Hayao Miyazaki talked to Anne Thompson about his currently nominated "The Wind Rises" and his announced retirement recently.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/miyazaki-talks-retirement-oscars-true-history-in-wind-also-rises
THE RETURN OF MICKEY MOUSE
If you saw the same screening in Telluride that I did you saw the Oscar nominated animated short (and probable favorite to win that statue) "Get a Horse" featuring Disney legend Mickey Mouse. Steve Pond from The Wrap talks to Lauren McMullan about the short film and the re-emergence of the classic character:
http://www.thewrap.com/get-horse-oscar-nominated-short-mickey-mouse-lauren-macmullan
OSCAR PODCAST
Less than ten days to Oscar and Awards Daily's Sasha Stone has put together her 59th edition of Oscar Podcast:
http://awardsdaily.com/oscarpodcast/?p=6689
More on Monday...have a great weekend everyone...
