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· Here are the current odds for this year's Razzies (awarded next Saturday): Basic Instinct 2 and Sharon Stone are still way out ahead, but we're still holding out for a Wicker Man/Nicolas Cage upset. [Gold Derby]
· 40 theaters across the country will be screening compilations of live-action and animated Oscar-nominated shorts, allowing office pool entrants a little more to go on in those categories than, "West Bank Story. That sounds like a fun Israeli twist on something I know and like! I'll vote for that one." [Variety]
· Leslie Unger ascends to Chief Flack status at the Academy, effective April 1st, replacing John Pavlik, who's retiring to follow pursuits which hopefully won't involve calls from People fact checkers verifying exactly how many Oscar ice sculptures will be featured at the Governor's Ball this year. [Variety]
· ShoWest names Don Cheadle their male star of the year, a tasty little ace-in-the-hole his agent can drop at the very last moment during salary negotiations for Oceans Fourteen. [THR]
· While the formula for winning a Best Actress Oscar is to make yourself ugly, Best Actor requires far fewer complicated prosthetics and fatsuits: You just need to play a jerk and/or complete screw-up. May the best prick win! [Reuters]