Oscars Postmortem

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 And the award for "Best Proof That Hollywood Is Out of Touch": No one made a single reference to the troops fighting and dying in Iraq. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

At the Oscars, Wear No Evil

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2006 In 1986, Teri Garr wore a dress made of "mood-ring" material; most of the gown displayed blues and purples, but Garr's crotch, armpits and other warm bits turned orange. (Above, a Claire Joseph original on loan for this year's Oscars night.) Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal on The Academy Awards, Sexuality and Politics

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 In a Truthdig interview with Sheerly Avni, Gore Vidal weighs in on this year's Academy Awards competition, Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," and Truman Capote's Proust complex. Dig deeper

Gore Vidal on ‘Capote,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ –and Why ‘Match Point’ Is the Best Picture of 2005

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 In a Truthdig interview, America's most celebrated man of letters weighs in on this year's Best Picture nominations and recalls his own encounters with Truman Capote. (Or, listen to an expanded podcast version.) Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Gore Vidal on ‘Capote,’ ‘Brokeback Mountain’ –and Why ‘Match Point’ Is the Best Picture of 2005

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Mar 4, 2006 In a Truthdig interview, America's most celebrated man of letters weighs in on this year's Best Picture nominations and recalls his own encounters with Truman Capote. (Or, listen to an expanded podcast version.) Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Oscars Uncovered

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 Sheerly Avni picks the brains of smart cinephiles for Truthdig's special coverage of the Academy Awards Vidal on Film Sheerly Avni-"Gore Vidal on 'Capote,' 'Brokeback Mountain' --and Why 'Match Point' Is the Best Picture of 2005" Worthy, but Not Great Sheerly Avni-Renowned film critic David Thomson speaks with Avni about this year's crop of issue-driven movies Pity the Fool Sheerly Avni -Paul Provenza, director of the gleefully obscene "The Aristocrats," explains why Hollywood doesn't get the joke. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

David Thomson on the Oscar Best-Film Candidates: Worthy, but Not Great

Sheerly Avni / Truthdig Feb 28, 2006 The renowned film critic talks about this year's crop of small, issue-driven movies, and why "the liberal faction in Hollywood are much better at going to parties and raising money than actually making challenging films." Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Down to the Wire

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 27, 2006 OK, the votes are in and now we all, or those of us who care, will have to wait till March 5 to find out whether the high water mark of the Year of the Queer in Hollywood will have been the nominations sweep by "Brokeback Mountain," Hoffman, Huffman, etc. In other words, did the Academy voters actually mark their ballots for this year's apparent favorites? Will the foxy stalwarts of cable talk shows be proved wrong again? When the Brokeback wave first broke over the industry the predictable consensus of the bloviators was that the "gay cowboy" film would bomb once it ventured outside the coastal enclaves into the heartland, but that it would clean up at that March madness of the lavender left known as the Oscars. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Runs on CNN International

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 OK, all you expatriates probably already knew this, but Truthdig didn't: "The Daily Show" runs on CNN International outside the U.S. Think about that: Millions (perhaps billions) of foreigners get Jon Stewart's version of America on a relatively straight-news-oriented channel. Depending on how you feel about Stewart's sensibility, that's either wonderful or troubling. (This snippet of news comes near the end of a hilarious article about Stewart's upcoming gig at the Oscars.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )