• "2008 is shaping up to be another year of an Oscar season that echoes the 1970s," says Sasha Stone at AwardsDaily.com. "At this stage of the game, when so many of the big guns have held their movies back in an unusual, somewhat daring move, two films still seem to define both the era in which we are living and the Oscar year we are about to live through. 'The Dark Knight' and 'Wall-E.'" READ MORE

• "It's one thing to preserve a film that's been made," says Martin Scorsese in his mini-thriller created as a promotion for Freixenet champagne. "It's another thing to preserve a film that's not been made!"

That's what he attempts to do in the resulting footage of "The Key to Reserva," Scorsese's wink to Alfred Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain," that won two top prizes from the One Show Entertainment Awards, which salute outstanding advertising and PR work: best feature-length film that incorporates a brand as integral component and online videos, movies, webisodes or podcasts that clearly identify a brand and furthers its position. "Reserva" marked Scorsese's bold move to create a project just for Internet users and it's an ambitious production for the small screen that's quite cheeky. The set-up (or send-up?): The script of "Reserva" is supposedly just three-and-a-half pages of a partial script intended for Hitch to direct, but Scorsese tackles it anyway, filling in the rest. You can view "Reserva" and the footage of other top winners at the One Show site HERE. Check out the winners' list HERE.

• Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, the Eagles, Coldplay and Lil Wayne led with the most nominations announced this morning by the American Music Awards, which will be bestowed on Nov. 23. Check out The Envelope's photo gallery of top contenders, CLICK HERE.

• Richard Belzer has been tapped as master of ceremonies for Thursday's Directors Guild of America Honors at the DGA Theater in New York," reports Variety. READ MORE

(OneShowEntertainment)