Who's up/who's down

Jesse Eisenberg / Diane Ravitch

November 11, 2010 at 10:00PM

Who's up: Not only is Jesse Eisenberg on the Oscar shortlist for "The Social Network," but Mark Zuckerberg has finally weighed in: Eisenberg "did a nice job." Who's down: Will a scathing, point-by-point takedown of "Waiting for 'Superman' " by education historian Diane Ravitch in the New York Review of Books derail its chances for a documentary Oscar?

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