The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the nominations for this year’s Academy Awards will not be held on the tradition Tuesday, but on Thursday, January 22, so as not to conflict with the presidential inauguration.And just a few short months since the end of the 100 day-long writers’ strike that crippled the entertainment industry for three months, the Screen Actors Guild is beginning contract negotiations with the studios and networks. Like the writers, the actors are demanding a new residual platform for new media and a restructuring of the DVD/home video formula.
This week, head out to the theaters to see the latest comedy from the Judd Apatow/Seth Rogen posse, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” “Marshall” is a vehicle for actor Jason Segal, who delivered a memorable performance in this summer’s “Knocked Up.”
Also in theaters, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” the self-proclaimed “controversial documentary from Ben Stein.” The film offers an uncompromising view of how and what Americans are taught in schools and universities.
Stein, by the way, is a Washington native who can often be seen walking around Foggy Bottom. He keeps a residence in the Watergate complex.
- Jason Levin
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