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Links for the Day: César Nominations, Lana Del Rey's Fixed Image, Fidel Castro Disses G.O.P. Field, D'Angelo Returns, John Hawkes Interview, & More

by on January 27th, 2012 at 12:45 pm in Links for the Day

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The Artist didn't get the most César nominations today.

Sasha Frere-Jones peers at Lana Del Rey's fixed image.

Related: Lana has bought the rights to her first "unreleased" record.

Fidel Casto is sometimes right.

The London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony will reflect "people's Games," and hundreds of children will be pulled from ghettos all over the world for the production, says Danny Boyle.

D'Angelo is back.

The 12 worst ways to be killed by Liam Neeson.

John Hawkes chats with Jada Yuan at Sundance.

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Links for the Day: César Winners, Chris Dodd to Head MPAA, Frank Rich To Leave New York Times, Jeopardy!'s Watson Gets Beat, & More

by on March 2nd, 2011 at 9:43 am in Links for the Day

Roman Polanski

Who needs Oscar when you have César?

Former Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is Hollywood's new chief lobbyist.

An American remake of The King's Speech is now in the works.

Filmmaker and poet Jonas Mekas recalls the making of Empire with Andy Warhol—sneaking in, sandwiches, and screenings.

"Some shows are literally too good for network TV" according to Matt Zoller Seitz, and one of them is surviving—and thriving—on TNT.

For The New York Times Review of Books, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana converse about the confusions and occasional pleasures of the annual Hollywood awards season.

Frank Rich is leaving The New York Times.

Over at The A.V. Club, Noel Murray wants us to consider a shifting tide.

Adam Nayman's article on the drifting states and isolated lives in the films of Denis Côté has placed Tiffany into my head.

Jeopardy!'s Watson has been beat.

Richard Brody's DVD of the Week is Manoel de Oliveira's I'm Going Home:

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Links for the Day: Pazz and Jop Poll, César Noms, Hoberman Responds to White, 65 Things You Didn't Know About Lynch, Lady Gaga Remix, & More

by on January 21st, 2011 at 9:31 am in Links for the Day

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They really couldn't find better pictures for the winners? Anyway, Kanye West and Cee Lo top the Village Voice Pazz and Jop poll's albums and singles lists, respectively.

Xavier Beauvois's Of Gods and Men leads France's César nominations with 11. Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer and Johann Sfar's biopic Gainsbourg follow close behind with eight.

Back at the Voice, Michael Musto extols the 10 best New York City clubs of all time (ah, memories), and in the latest episode of That's Hagemony!, J. Hoberman responds to Armond White's response. Fun.

There are five emotions invented by the Internet.

On the occasion of David Lynch's 65th birthday, Flavorpill reveals 65 things you may not know about the director.

The 16 books that will compete in the 2011 Tournament of Books's Battle Royale have been announced. Among them: a bunch of books we tried to review at one point or another but publishers wouldn't send us—oh, and Marcy Dermansky's Bad Marie. Congrats, gurl.

Lady Gaga gets her German on with a super-hot new remix.

We're praying for Kevin Lee's sanity this morning: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? has just updated their 1,000 Greatest Films list.

Peach and Zelda catch up:

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