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What's an Oscar Worth? It Depends on Your Contract (224 diggs) Win yourself a Nobel Prize, and you know you just scored roughly 1.4 million U.S. dollars. Get a Pulitzer Prize, and you can count on $10,000. But win an Oscar? Your cash prize is more of a crapshoot. When signing on for films that are possible Oscar contenders, actors often have award-triggered bonuses built into their contracts that vary

'Robin Hood' Trailer #2 Arrives Looking Good (video) (266 diggs) Hollywood Reporter - Universal shot out the new trailer for "Robin Hood" today, and it's better than the previous one with focus on story and character...

Man of Steel: Chris Nolan takes flight with 'Superman' Movie (317 diggs) “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, viewed by some as the Hitchcock of superhero cinema after his two Batman films, is “godfathering” a reboot of the Man of Steel, acting as producer and mentor to an as-yet-unnamed- director who will be making a movie based on a story by Nolan and David S. Goyer.

Gary Busey: Crazy interview at the Oscars (302 diggs) Gary Busey? Bat-shit crazy? No! (He really gets going toward the end)

Guy Ritchie to Direct King Arthur Film (257 diggs) Trainspotting scribe John Hodge is attached to write the script.

Greedo The Bounty Hunter - Intergalactic Loser (Videos) (227 diggs) Greedo is everything a bounty hunter shouldn't be.

Quentin Tarantino Sued Over 'Kill Bill' (351 diggs) Quentin Tarantino "lost" in the Oscar race -- and now he's being sued by a man who claims Q.T. stole his concept and character to create 'Kill Bill'...

10 Movies That Were Better Than The Books (615 diggs) We’re well aware of the old canard “the book is better than the movie.” But, every once in a while, the movie wins.

How To Write A Hollywood Rom-com In 10 Easy Steps (323 diggs) Unless you’ve been living in the moron cave on Retard Mountain, you’ve probably noticed that romantic comedies are big business. Movies like The Proposal, The Ugly Truth, that one with Matthew McConaughey and the treasure; they’re out there earning two and three hundred million dollars.

Five “Best” Actors Who Were Better Than Freeman (This Year) (554 diggs) Morgan Freeman didn’t deserve his Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Nelson Mandela in Invictus. Call it blasphemy if you want, but the Academy simply mailed it in on that one.

Why Oscars didn't embrace 'Avatar' (496 diggs) 'Hurt Locker' overcame several hurdles to win best picture

WTF? Sean Penn's Bizarre Oscar Speech Explained (499 diggs) Sean Penn's introduction of the Best Actress category was another big "WTF?" moment during the Oscars last night. Sean Penn's brain is a strange place to be.

Unproduced John Hughes Script May Be Made (379 diggs) The script follows the downward spiral of a wealthy Chicago family who loses everything and moves to the sticks.

Ten Great Films That Center Around Racism (376 diggs) It doesn’t appear that movies about racism exist as much as they used to. In fact many movies today have more of a “racial undertone” type of approach. Although a touchy subject; there have been great films that revolved around the themes of race and equality; and here's ten of them.

James Cameron Congratulates Kathryn Bigelow (PIC) (2,629 diggs)

The Avatar Effect: God Stars in Book of Genesis 3D Reboot (254 diggs) The world’s oldest story is on a collision course with cutting-edge Hollywood technology. I’m told that Paramount Pictures and former Walden Media co-founder Cary Granat producing with Reel Fx are mounting In The Beginning, a 3D telling of the creation story. The film is using The Book of Genesis as its primary resource.

Alice in Wonderland Beats Avatar (in U.S.) (452 diggs) So much for 'Avatar's' record opening for a 3-D movie. Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' set opening weekend records for both IMAX and 3-D while taking in an estimated total of $116.3 million in ticket sales between Friday and Sunday midnight.

'Iron Man 2' Trailer #2 Arrives (video) (1,753 diggs) More is the operative word here. More of the grand prix scene, more of Whiplash, more of Sam Rockwell, more of War Machine. Key line: "I want to make Iron Man look like antique."

The World's Most Action Packed Action Movie [VIDEO] (303 diggs) Perhaps the most action packed action movie of all time from everythingisterrible .com

New Tron: Legacy Trailer Leaked Online (443 diggs) It's unclear when Disney will make the new Tron: Legacy trailer available online officially, but this is the internet, where you only wait if you want to. It has shown up as a leaked version. If you want to watch it right now, then here's your only option.

The Essence of Each Best Picture Nom in 100 Words or Less (245 diggs) If you were M.I.A. for the past 12 months, the following 1,000 words or so would bring you up to speed for tonight’s Oscars

14 War Films that Won the Best Picture Oscar (Pics) (295 diggs) War films from the days of silent pictures to today that have won -- and deserved -- the best picture Oscar.

And BitTorrent’s Oscar Goes To…. District 9 (409 diggs) In just a few hours the Oscar winners will be announced, including the award for the best movie of 2009. We take a look at the nominees in the Best Picture category to see which film would win if every download on BitTorrent counted as a vote.

Give This Guy The Fucking Academy Award (pic) (2,882 diggs)

Tim Burton: 'I'm not Dark" (336 diggs) Right. Next thing you know he will say that he doesn't direct films... or breathe air. We kid! In this interview, Tim Burton explains why he isn't as dark as some people think.