Oscar News

• In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, ballerina Sarah Lane claimed that as Natalie Portman’s body double for her Oscar-winning role in Black Swan, she performed “95%” of her dancing sequences. Director Darren Aronofsky rebutted, saying that he and his editor looked at the film and Lane is only about 25% of the shots.
• James Franco appeared on Friday night’s Late Show with David Letterman, and came out pretty honestly about what he perceived as a failed hosting attempt. Letterman, of course, likes to make jokes about his less than stellar hosting of the 1994 Oscars.
• This year’s Best Director, Tom Hooper, announced that his next project will be the long awaited film adaptation of the Broadway musical Les Miserables.

Review Round-Up

• The reigning Best Foreign Language Film, In a Better World, finally opened in the States this weekend. With a positive Metacritic rating of 65, critics are calling the film a strong mixture of intimate drama and political message.
  

Oscar Box Office

• Jane Eyre continued its strong run in limited release, taking in just under $1 million last weekend.

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Oscar Farewell

• Farley Granger, whose classic roles include Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope and Strangers on a Train, died at the age of 85.