Not really; the only thing that bumps a pay grade is a smooth agent. Actual bankability doesn't matter (look at how much Chris Hemsworth gets paid), Oscar winning doesn't matter, it's all just what your agent can spin as something that the marketing department will be able to use.

The closest I can think of off-hand is that Gene Roddenberry died between the time when "Star Trek VI" completed post-production and when it was released.

I thought that, but Rob Corddry is objectively terrible and not funny.

I think the nature of the question brings back high school feelings because, let's face it, you're probably never going to have the time or energy to hate a song as much as a song you hated in high school.

I can't imagine anybody who's seen the film wold argue that with you.

No, you're missing the important part — they pay attention WITH THEIR BRAINS.

Are you sure this isn't THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY?

I think he did that as a favor to Steve Pink, the director.

I'm hoping that the modern twist is him saying, "No, I actually meant fuck you."

I do think that Keaton is this year's Rourke in a lot of ways, but I still have trouble picturing Redmayne as this year's Penn. Cooper seems like a much better fit, if you are looking strictly at patterns of Oscar distribution and ignoring actual performances (which, generally speaking, are kind of immaterial to the…

"like it's some unprecedented feat."

When Cooper wasn't nominated for a SAG award (I think it was?), there was a very public campaign led by, oddly enough, Ben Affleck, saying that he was robbed and snubbed and whatnot.

Boyhood is a better film than Tree of Life, there is no doubt, but I do wish that Boyhood had emulated it better by pointlessly inserting dinosaurs. Lucy managed to do it!

"Boyhood is not great and will probably be remembered as one of the most overrated film of the decade."

"Unstable Mom?"

I don't want to see that unedited slab of film, but I'd be interested to see a "Boyhood" version of Harry Potter.

If you assume that the only reason people ever split up is that one of them is a shitbag, then sure, I guess that interpretation makes sense, but it sounds like you are demanding a simplistic explanation of the messy complications of life from the movie.

I'm been saying for weeks, Best Actor is the category most ripe for an upset, and Cooper is the actor to steal it.

The only merit in "Who should win" speculation, to me, is if you open it up to people who aren't nominated. Otherwise, you're just writing articles about the same five performances (and, let's face it, you're writing articles about the same two or at most three).

Downton Abbey has only been nominated for Best Dramatic Series three times, the first season was a mini-series.