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Yeah… This'll Get Her That Nomination..

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She ain’t unattractive… but this Vanity Fair topless shot of Sienna Miller appearing to be having a butt after a hard afternoon of “auditioning” ain’t the road to Oscar.

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30 Responses to “Yeah… This'll Get Her That Nomination..”

  1. T.H. Unfassung says:

    What she really wants to do is direct, but she can’t find her shirt.
    Thanks for putting up that delayed Scorcese/Paramount press release. It sounds like an overall deal with development exclusivity for original projects Scorsese owns or controls (i.e. first look), with Paramount having the right to assign projects to him, in his case, across a wide range of platforms. Plus, Paramount gets first opportunity to co-fin/dist his third party films. What does Scorsese get in exchange? A big guarantee, half now, the rest in weekly installments, credited against fees not including royalties, plus anything over the guarantee; if he doesn

  2. T.H. Unfassung says:

    You dog, are those supposed to be Harvey nipple rings?

  3. T.H. Unfassung says:

    It goes perfectly with “Shitsburgh.” Curious, have many Acad voters seen “Factory Girl” yet? There are no screenings for it scheduled, but there are for Miss Potter, which also opens Dec 29. It doesn’t seem to me like Harvey is giving any Oscar push for Sienna. Maybe this pic is just proof of that.

  4. EDouglas says:

    Oh man… I thought that was Sharon Stone… not good for Sienna Miller’s future.

  5. James Leer says:

    Of course, if she were topless in a MOVIE, that would make her a lock for nomination.

  6. The Carpetmuncher says:

    She was topless…in ALFIE, if I’m not mistaken.
    She does look horrible in that photo, but she is gorgeous, and isn’t that photo old?
    The answer is, NO ACADEMY voters have seen FACTORY GIRL yet, like a lot of other films, the hype is just that, hype…
    But Sienna is really quite excellent in the film, which everyone will come to see. She’s much more than just a pretty face…quite a good, smart actress…with a very pretty face…

  7. Man, those cats over at perezhilton.com haven’t been kidding…Sluttienna Miller indeed.

  8. Nicol D says:

    Well, I’d be willing to bet her stock just increased with all of those ‘old fashioned’ over fifty, male Academy voters.
    In all honesty, a friend of mine recently finished working with Miller on an indie production and had nothing but positive things to say about her.
    We’ll see.

  9. matro says:

    Call me crazy, but shouldn’t an image like this be “after the jump” as David calls it? Some of us read this blog at work, after all (even if we shouldn’t). Maybe it’s not technically nude, but someone looking at my screen from a few feet away wouldn’t know that.

  10. Aladdin Sane says:

    It’s originally from the VF Hollywood issue from April or May if I’m not mistaken.
    Not the most flattering nude picture, but she’s still an attractive young woman.

  11. jeffmcm says:

    Nicol, why did you put ‘old fashioned’ in quotes? It makes it sound like you think men looking at a naked woman is somehow…modern?

  12. Tofu says:

    Well, I likely won’t be coming to this blog when I’m browsing in public places anymore…

  13. Eric says:

    I actually interpreted “old fashioned” to mean “not gay.”

  14. jeffmcm says:

    You’re probably right, Eric.

  15. palmtree says:

    Seriously. Mr. Poland, put stuff like this after a jump so that we can enjoy your site while at work and such.

  16. The Carpetmuncher says:

    I hope the Harvey/Nipple work was outsourced.

  17. Blackcloud says:

    The first time I looked a the pic I thought it was a Photoshop job of a woman’s head on a guy’s body. Then I noticed it wasn’t a guy’s body.

  18. LOL. Nevertheless, I’ve been excited for Factory Girl all year so unless the reviews are downright awful then I’ll still see it.

  19. Nicol D says:

    Eric,
    Old Fashioned was put in quotes to be ironic.
    Every year we have to endure the same old drivel about how all Academy members are ‘old fashioned’ and from the Jimmy Stewart, John Ford generation, are prudes and will never vote for anything modern or edgy.
    Of course, that is not the case. That generation is virtually all deceased now and the old fashioned crew are the 60’s generation. Y’know, the Jack Nicholsons, Robert Redfords etc. who are not prudes at all.
    Gay had nothing to do with it.

  20. Cadavra says:

    This reminds me of that wonderful scene in S.O.B. where Bill Holden and Richard Mulligan are trying to convince Julie Andrews to do the topless scene by listing all the legendary actresses who’ve done so, including….LIV ULLMANN!
    And of course, Andrews did do the topless scene, and the Academy voters were so outraged that the next year she got an Oscar nomination (albeit for another film).

  21. David Poland says:

    I knew Julie Andrews, Mr. Cadavra… and Sienna Miller is no Julie Andrews.
    It’s not about outrage or fear of boobs. It’s about a new face stepping on their own toes when trying to appeal to a group of older, somewhat resistant and cynical voters.

  22. The question is why is Dave bringing out an eight month old photo as if it was something new. Anyway, it won’t hurt her that much… after all, the Vanity Fair post-Oscar party IS the hottest shindig in town.

  23. The Carpetmuncher says:

    Please, the photo isn’t going to hurt Sienna’s chances one iota.
    And are we really that big of Julie Andrews fans? Outside of Mary Poppins (which I still adore), her work has not aged any better than Doris Day’s.
    It’s pretty sad when movie critics feel the need to pile on an actress for a film they haven’t even seen yet…becuase of some apparent anger/jealousy over the power of the distributor of the film.
    Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
    Digging up an old photo and presenting it as if it’s part of an Oscar campaign is disingenous at best; and creating little Harvey pasties for her nipples is beyond juvenile…and 100% tasteless.
    Jealousy is a bad look…

  24. Cadavra says:

    Just for the record, I wasn’t comparing Miller to Andrews. I was stating that this sort of thing shouldn’t impact Academy voters’ minds.

  25. Carpet, I’d say Victor/Victoria is still a hoot.

  26. David Poland says:

    Wow, Carpet… seemed to have pushed some specific button in you.
    The simple truth about the Sienna Miller push is that it has been 100% through The Usual Weinstein Suspects, which in this case includes Wells, who has proven to be Hickenlooper’s bitch over the years.
    With a movie this small, you don’t hide the salami and get away with it. If it really was that great, they’d be showing it. And Ms. Miller is an outsider and walking PR disaster. She may turn out to be brilliant, but right now, it’s sex with Jude, Shittsburgh, and photos like this.
    And while she is far more restrained, Penelope Cruz faces the same first level of this perception. It is not easy for a woman known for being a sex object to break out. Stone got the nod for Casino, not Basic Instinct, which is where she really made her impact.
    The whole discussion of Sienna as Oscar bait is nothing but A Harvey Creation at this point. And as such, the pasties are 100% appropriate in my mind.
    Meanwhile, TWC is busy trying to milk a nomination out of the Hollywood Fucked-ip Players Association while hiding the movie from anyone who might actually engage in critical thought in a real way.
    Jealousy? Of what, exactly? And if it’s Harvey, shouldn’t I be more jealous of people who actually have horses that will run in this year’s race?

  27. JET says:

    Oscar nomination for Sienna Miller ??? NO WAY
    I’m sorry but I still remember Sienna Miller, after last year’s Academy Awards, trying to have public sex with Sean Penn at the bar of the Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Strip, in full view of hundreds of Hollywood producers, directors, and other moguls.
    In “Factory Girl” Sienna Miller attempts to portray Edie Sedgwick, who was a real life muse of PITTSBURGH’s Andy Warhol.
    After Sienna Miller’s RECENT crude comments and bizarre DIVA Temper Tantrum behavior in PITTSBURGH during the filming of “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”, do you really think that the hundreds of producers, directors, actors and writers in Hollywood that were either born in PITTSBURGH or attended College in PITTSBURGH would ever vote for the idiot Sienna Miller ???
    Harvey & Bob Weinstein, save your money instead of wasting it on a Sienna Miller campaign.

  28. jeffmcm says:

    I doubt that there’s a really high proportion of producers/actors/writers/directors with a strong PITTSBURGH connection in their past.

  29. AH says:

    Don’t know if anyone else has mentioned this but this is an old photo and, if I am not mistaken, came out around Alfie.
    The question is, if her performance is Oscar worthy, will an old image hurt her chances? I mean, wouldn’t guys in the voting committee, no matter their age, want to vote for a hottie like her over a … non-hottie?

  30. jeffmcm says:

    Only if the performance is strong enough to make them not feel like dirty old men while they’re voting.

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