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Trouble in Oscar Paradise?

March 18, 2010 - 8:43 am No Comments

Screen shot 2010-03-18 at 1.43.27 PMWith the awards season over, the press seems to have pulled all their guns and are reporting not so great news about Oscar award winner, Sandra Bullock, who have, before the awards show, only been getting relatively good press.

These days however, grapevine and rumors are circulating that her husband, Jesse James, have actually cheated on her. The woman in question is supposedly a tattoo model who goes by the name of Bombshell, or Michelle McGee. She claimed that the affair started while the actress was filming The Blind Side and that it went on for at least eleven weeks.

In her testimony to In Touch Weekly, Bombshell, gave distinctive details of their sexual encounters.

As a result of the news, Sandra Bullock has supposedly cancelled some of her engagements of late, to avoid the press.

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Katheryn Bigelow is the King of The World

March 8, 2010 - 9:58 am No Comments

Screen shot 2010-03-08 at 5.50.02 PMOscars 2010 was the battle of the exes with former husband and wife, Katheryn Bigelow and James Cameron, each vying for the Best Director plum and the Best Picture plum for their movies.

Bigelow directed the war movie, The Hurt Locker, while Cameron was the man behind the box office success, Avatar.

Insiders said Cameron had a huge chance repeating his success from last decade, when his film, Titanic, won for both director and picture awards (and where Cameron uttered the very famous King of The World line in his acceptance speech).

Last night though, the King was Bigelow, who bested her ex-husband, and eight other films, for the top honors at the 82nd Academy Awards.

Though tied at the nominations, The Hurt Locker walked away with six out of nine awards. It was a very surprising result in an otherwise very boring ceremony.

The show was hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin and although there were a couple of highlights, like Ben Stiller’s appearance dressed as a Nav’i, or that John Hughes tribute which had some of the stars of the 80’s present, this year’s event, spanning nearly four hours long, was  a total snoozefest overall.

Anyway, the complete list of winners follow after the cut —-

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Oscar Nominees React

February 4, 2010 - 9:03 am No Comments

Screen shot 2010-02-04 at 8.11.35 PMI was expecting many of the stars and movies when the Oscar nominees were announced earlier. There were really no real surprises but I’m still very curious to know the reactions from the stars themselves. Here’s is what some of them said or did when they heard their names announced. This has been culled from several videos online and on television:

Gabourey Sidibe, Best Actress Nominee (Precious) — “As soon as I heard I jumped up and down and for some reason I kept screaming, ‘I’m going to get a car! I’m going to get a car!’ I don’t know why, but I did.”

Carey Mulligan, Best Actress Nominee (An Education) — This is beyond anything I’ve ever dreamed of. I’ve definitely never felt such excitement and nausea this early in the morning!

Sandra Bullock, Best Actress Nominee (The Blind Side) — “I’d always assumed that the road to Oscar was planned. I thought people chose projects that were considered ‘Oscar-worthy.’ No one wanted to make this film. I didn’t want to make this film for the better part of the year. Everyone is as blindsided — can I say that? — as I am”

Jeremy Renner, Best Actor Nominee (The Hurt Locker) — “This is more exhilarating than I could have ever imagined. What a tremendous honour from the academy – a blazing stamp in the passport of an artist that can never be taken away and will always be cherished.”

Katheryn Bigelow, Best Director Nominee (The Hurt Locker) — “If one can give the impression that the impossible is possible, then I am perhaps overwhelmed with joy. But I do hope some day we can lose the modifier and that it becomes a moot point whether the person is male or female and they’re just film-makers making statements that they believe in.”

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List of 2010 Screen Actor’s Guild Awards

January 25, 2010 - 9:17 am No Comments

A week after the Golden Globes, the Screen Actor’s Guild also held their own awards ceremony honoring the best among their colleagues. Unlike the other award bodies, the SAG’s enlist co-actors to pick who their favorite is from last year’s crop of movies and TV shows.

Big winners for the night were Alec Baldwin and Juliana Margulies, who both won the same award from the Golden Globes, previously.

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Below is the list of winners:

BEST ACTOR WINNER Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Nominees: George Clooney, Up In The Air Colin Firth, A Single Man Morgan Freeman, Invictus Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTRESS WINNER Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Helen Mirren, The Last Station Carey Mulligan, An Education Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR WINNER Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds
Nominees: Matt Damon, Invictus Woody Harrelson, The Messenger Christopher Plummer, The Last Station Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WINNER Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Nominees: Penélope Cruz, Nine Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air Diane Kruger, Inglorious Basterds

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST WINNER Inglorious Basterds
Nominees: An Education, The Hurt Locker, Nine, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

TV BEST ACTOR – DRAMA WINNER Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Nominees: Simon Baker, The Mentalist Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Jon Hamm, Mad Men Hugh Laurie, House

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA WINNER Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Nominees: Patricia Arquette, Medium Glenn Close, Damages Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Holly Hunter, Saving Grace, Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

BEST ACTOR – COMEDY WINNER Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Nominees: Steve Carell, The Office Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm Tony Shalhoub, Monk Charlie Sheen, Two and a Half Men

BEST ACTRESS – COMEDY WINNER Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Nominees: Christina Applegate, Samantha Who? Toni Collette, United States of Tara Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine

ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES WINNER Mad Men
Nominees:The Closer Dexter The Good Wife True Blood

ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES WINNER Glee
Nominees: 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Modern Family, The Office

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List of Golden Globe 2010 Winners

January 18, 2010 - 9:00 am No Comments

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Avatar emerges as big winner at the Golden Globes this year, winning Best Picture & Best Director for James Cameron. For the TV category meanwhile, Dexter won honors for Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor, yet Mad Men beat them for Best Drama. Glee, a first timer, goes home with Best Comedy.

Below is the complete list of winners:

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Mo’Nique
‘Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire’

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette
‘United States of Tara’

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
John Lithgow
‘Dexter’

Best Animated Feature Film
‘Up’

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Michael C. Hall
‘Dexter’

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama
Julianna Margulies
‘The Good Wife’

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
‘Grey Gardens’

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Meryl Streep
‘Julie and Julia’

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon
‘Taking Chance’

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Drew Barrymore
‘Grey Gardens’

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
‘Up in the Air’
Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin
‘30 Rock’

Best Foreign Language Film
‘The White Ribbon’

Best Television Series, Drama
‘Mad Men’

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chloe Sevigny
‘Big Love’

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Christoph Waltz
‘Inglourious Basterds’

Best Director – Motion Picture
James Cameron
‘Avatar’

Best Televison Series, Comedy or Musical
‘Glee’

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
‘The Hangover’

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Sandra Bullock
‘The Blind Side’

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy
Robert Downey, Jr.
‘Sherlock Holmes’

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Jeff Bridges
‘Crazy Heart’

Best Motion Picture, Drama
‘Avatar’

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Sandra Bullock Top Money-Making Star of 2009

January 1, 2010 - 3:42 pm 3 Comments

Sandra Bullock has been voted the Top Money-Making Star of 2009 in Quigley Publishing Company’s 78th Annual Poll of Exhibitors and is the first female to win since Julia Roberts in 1999. Bullock is the eighth woman chosen #1 in the Poll’s 78 year history. She appeared in three films in 2009, “The Blind Side,” “The Proposal” and “All About Steve.”

The Quigley Poll, conducted each year since 1932, is an annual survey of motion picture theatre owners and film buyers, which asks them to vote for the ten stars that they believe generated the most box-office revenue for their theatres during the year. It has been long regarded as one of the most reliable indicators of a Star’s real box-office draw because the selections are done by people whose livelihood depends on choosing the films that will bring audiences to their theatres.

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“Princess & The Frog” is Box Office Royalty

December 14, 2009 - 8:48 am No Comments

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The much awaited animated film which features the first ever black fairy tale princess from Disney landed in this weekend’s #1 spot at the box office. It not only has the first black princess, the movie also goes back to old school animation —- hand-drawn, instead of CGI. Disney has not had an animated film made this way since 2003 or 2004.

Princess & The Frog is based on the Brothers Grimm classic, The Frog Prince, which tells of a story of a prince who was cursed and turned into a frog. He would need a kiss from the princess to come back to his natural body. Only, in the movie, the twist is something else.

The movie opened with $25million nationwide, according to studio estimates. It replaces the Sandra Bullock film, Blind Side, in the number one spot, with the latter ruling the box office for three weeks now.

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Blind Side Edges Out New Moon at the Box Office

December 7, 2009 - 7:27 am No Comments

blindsidexAfter almost three weeks of box office superiority, Twilight: New Moon has been dislodge from the top post by the film release, Blind Side.

This is a feel-good movie starring Sandra Bullock in a role I’ve never seen her play so well before.

If there’s one movie that proves she is America’s Sweetheart, this is it. Her charm and good heart sees through her, with this film.

Blind Side is a beautiful story about loving without prejudices. It’s a film every member of the family will love, and it’s very fitting to the spirit of this season.

The movie has unexpectedly raked in some $129  Million from its opening day. It has been running in theaters for about three weeks now (alongside New Moon).

Watch the trailer and tell me if this doesn’t warm your heart:

The movie is based on a true story.

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