Epstein Secrets

hink...and do not think less of me for writing about you. Harvey Weinstein is a genius. He kept "The Artist" campaign going from a May premiere in Cannes all the w=y to February. His team told him he could win Best Picture back in France but he had to se= Eastwood, Spielberg, Scorsese, Daldry, Payne

Cannes all the w=y to February. His team told him he could win Best Picture back in France but he had to se= Eastwood, Spielberg, Scorsese, Daldry, Payne and Fincher's work. We had =ust seen Woody Allen and Terry Malick's films in Cannes, which were conten=ers for nominations, but not slam dunk winner

ances of the 2011 Oscar race for the most revered artistic honor in the world. This is how nine films fell into the big picture. Three premiered in Cannes mid-May, a distant nine months ago, creating an Oscar campaign as long as any human pregnancy. At the Palais, the first inkling of Oscar buzz was bor

him from a distance and gave him Best Original Screenplay as a consolation. Terrence Malicks long-awaited, esoteric The Tree of Life was unveiled at Cannes and won the coveted Palme D’Or, positioning it for a nomination. The Artist, created by the French, shot in Hollywood and about Hollywood was the fe

senfield, Brad and Angelina, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, Cindy Crawford, Jimmy Kimmel, Ryan Seacrest and best adapted screenplay winner Alexander Payne. George and Brad cancelled each other out with two great performances. Clooney immediately returned to his best role as humanitarian, flew to the Su

his wife's infidelity. You have to love the role-reversal casting. Nobody cheats on George—which is why his performance is so poignant. Clooney and Payne met at the Toronto Film Festival two years ago and were shooting in Oahu months later. Payne edited the film at Clooney's Italian villa on Lake Como,

s my clothes, | conclude that this is the year Hollywood embraces launching their Oscar-bound films oversees. The race began in May on the beaches of Cannes where Midnight in Paris and The Artist debuted with black-tie galas nightly. Late August, American and English films dominate the Venice waterfront