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Michael Clayton and Juno might not have 8 nominations like my favorite two pictures of the year each have (No Country for Old Men...

In our interview with Jason Reitman about three weeks ago, we discussed the open credits work for Juno - here is what...

Despite of the current strike, Diablo Cody’s skyrocketing career is one of those phenomenons that could fit perfectly into a Hollywood script: Girl without big ambitions is looking for money and takes a job as a stripper. From her experiences she writes a book, Candy Girl, a Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. Then starts a blog. Some guy who would later become her manager, reads it, finds out about the book, gets it published and suggests her to try her hand at scriptwriting. She hesitates, but finally throws herself into it while working as a sex phone operator. The outcome is called Juno and

Jason Reitman shows up at media day in a very anti-establishment, dressed-down style - an indication that this is how the next generation of filmmakers might present themselves: plain jeans, shabby shirt and non-groomed hair. I wouldn’t care how I looked either. With the wind behind his back, if the critics' predictions turn out to be correct, Reitman and his new movie, Juno, will be hitting Oscar's red carpet nominated in more than one category (best original screenplay?)....and besides, he has come to this New York hotel to talk about a movie whose main character has enough of a personality to not worry about what people may think about him.

Capping off a fairly late evening is Juno (the sophomore feature from the hip director of Thank You for Smoking) and the dialogue is absolutely delicious, diminutive actress Ellen Page is splendid – it’s a smart and savvy comedy and has Diablo Cody written all over it. This comes out in mid December can’t hardly wait to see it again.