Around the Creative World (Post-Oscars)
Welcome to the post-Oscars edition of “Around the Creative World.” I thought Steve Martin would make some sort of joke regarding our massively popular, Los Angeles-based blog…but I guess not. That hurts. Not as much as a locker hurts…but still, it’s a Bigelow… I mean, a big blow, to our psyche.
OK, we are over it.
- The Steve Martin/Alec Baldwin-hosted 82nd Oscars attracted 41 million viewers–the most since 2005.
- The Hurt Locker, a film that grossed $20 million, beat out Avatar, a film that grossed the entire U.S. GDP (seemingly), for Best Picture. But did blog buzz predict its win?
- I did not attend any Oscar parties. (I know. It is big news.)
- The Iron Man 2 trailer is out.
- ‘Shutter Island’ is still on top of the box office, taking in $22.2 million this weekend. Now that’s what I call a “shutterout.” Hey-oh!
- Six companies have been invited to place a second-round bid for MGM. Now that’s what I call a roaring competition. (Get it…? OK. I’ll stop.)
- AdAge: Why ‘Modern Family’ Still Drives Toyota
- Apple’s iPad is introduced here by a bunch of laid-back professional hand/lap models. (Do they have an award show for faceless acting?)
- AdFreak: Frito-Lay learns to have fun in small spaces
- Remember the 80s? Remember 8-bit video games? Ever wonder what NYC would look like on Atari? There’ s a map for that.
Brian Laesch said he was done using punchlines related to the Verizon vs. AT&T feud… He was wrong.
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