“STUDIO EXECS PREFER ‘BROKEBACK’ OVER ‘MUNICH’ — SPIELBERG SAID DISPLEASED,” a Drudge Report headline said earlier today. I’m not saying this allegation is gospel but who at Universal wouldn’t be feeling more enthusiastic about Brokeback Mountain than Munich at this stage? An emotionally moving critical fave now sitting at the top of a Showbiz Data box-office chart vs. a politically despised, okay-but-no-cigar Spielberg movie that’s doing blah business and which nobody but nobody thinks has a chance of nabbing any Oscar nominations of note, much less the awards.
