In our January 3 cover story, fiddling-premier inspiration Ellen Page described to Tara Thorne what it felt like when Robert Ebert predicted she’d receive an Academy Award nomination: “It’s like your brain kind of explodes. Quietly. It’s like a Family Guy or a Simpsons moment where it closes-up on the brain, you know what I mean?” I guess we should watch out for a wee hoodie containing a well-deserved puddle of grey matter.
This article appears in Jan 24-30, 2008.