"By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman was named on Friday as host of February's Oscars in a departure from the tradition of picking U.S. comedians on Hollywood's most prestigious night.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which hands out the world's top film honors, said Jackman, 40, star of the romantic epic "Australia," will host the televised ceremony for the first time.
The actor, who also starred in the three "X-Men" movies and is an award-winning musical theater performer, has hosted Broadway's Tony awards three times and last month was named 2008's "sexiest man alive" by People magazine.
"Hugh Jackman is a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star," said Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, the new producers of the televised show.
"He also has style, elegance and a sense of occasion. Hugh is the ideal choice to host a celebration of the year's movies -- and to have fun doing it," the pair said in a statement.
Oscar nominations for the best movies and performances of 2008 will be announced in January. The awards will be handed out on February 22 by the Academy at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and will be televised in the United States by the ABC network.
Jackman's choice heralds a new direction for the 81st Oscar ceremony after recent years of falling TV ratings.
Typically, the program has been hosted by U.S. comedians, and in recent years, show organizers have experimented with a variety of hosting styles ranging from political satirist Jon Stewart, to edgy Chris Rock and popular Ellen DeGeneres.
Mark and Condon have axed the famous opening monologue for the February 2009 show, hoping for more spontaneity overall. They said there may be a stronger element of music and dancing than previously.
"We want it to be more of a party and a celebration and a departure from the late-night talk-show format," Mark told Reuters. Mark and Condon have a background in musicals and worked together on the 2006 film hit "Dreamgirls".
Jackman, who can sing and dance, was "genuinely thrilled" at the offer, Mark said, but "he wanted to make sure the format would mesh with his skills."
The February 2008 three-hour plus broadcast, hosted for the second time by Stewart, hit a low 32 million U.S. viewers and entered the record books as the least-watched Oscars ever.
Still, even an audience of that size makes the telecast annually one of the most-watched U.S. TV shows. The broadcast also is televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Mark said he and Condon planned to get the telecast under three hours, yet still keep the live presentations of awards and acceptance speeches."
Article came from reuters.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian actor Hugh Jackman was named on Friday as host of February's Oscars in a departure from the tradition of picking U.S. comedians on Hollywood's most prestigious night.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which hands out the world's top film honors, said Jackman, 40, star of the romantic epic "Australia," will host the televised ceremony for the first time.
The actor, who also starred in the three "X-Men" movies and is an award-winning musical theater performer, has hosted Broadway's Tony awards three times and last month was named 2008's "sexiest man alive" by People magazine.
"Hugh Jackman is a consummate entertainer and an internationally renowned movie star," said Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, the new producers of the televised show.
"He also has style, elegance and a sense of occasion. Hugh is the ideal choice to host a celebration of the year's movies -- and to have fun doing it," the pair said in a statement.
Oscar nominations for the best movies and performances of 2008 will be announced in January. The awards will be handed out on February 22 by the Academy at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood and will be televised in the United States by the ABC network.
Jackman's choice heralds a new direction for the 81st Oscar ceremony after recent years of falling TV ratings.
Typically, the program has been hosted by U.S. comedians, and in recent years, show organizers have experimented with a variety of hosting styles ranging from political satirist Jon Stewart, to edgy Chris Rock and popular Ellen DeGeneres.
Mark and Condon have axed the famous opening monologue for the February 2009 show, hoping for more spontaneity overall. They said there may be a stronger element of music and dancing than previously.
"We want it to be more of a party and a celebration and a departure from the late-night talk-show format," Mark told Reuters. Mark and Condon have a background in musicals and worked together on the 2006 film hit "Dreamgirls".
Jackman, who can sing and dance, was "genuinely thrilled" at the offer, Mark said, but "he wanted to make sure the format would mesh with his skills."
The February 2008 three-hour plus broadcast, hosted for the second time by Stewart, hit a low 32 million U.S. viewers and entered the record books as the least-watched Oscars ever.
Still, even an audience of that size makes the telecast annually one of the most-watched U.S. TV shows. The broadcast also is televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
Mark said he and Condon planned to get the telecast under three hours, yet still keep the live presentations of awards and acceptance speeches."
Article came from reuters.com
Holy shnikies! This is crazy! I didn't expect the movie to do so well, then again I wasn't expecting it to be as good as it was. I guess filmmakers have finally got the clue that the movie needs to follow the book. And this movie does, to a T. Without the book though, I think the movie wouldn't be as good. I did go see it at midnight, and it was sold out until Sunday... BUT WOW!
*Edit* 75% of the audience were female haha.
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"'Twilight' sucks up $70.5M in debut
By CHRISTY LEMIRE – 13 hours ago AP.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vampire romance "Twilight" has drained the box office in its opening weekend with ticket sales totaling $70.5 million.
Catherine Hardwicke's film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the previous standard of $41.1 million set by Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" in 1998.
The movie draws from a huge fan base of teenage girls who fell in love with Stephenie Meyer's novel of forbidden love between vampire Edward Cullen and bookish high schooler Bella Swan.
"Twilight" has made a whopping $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates." -->AP.com
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"Nov 23 2008 9:58 PM EST MTV.com
'Twilight' Takes A Big Bite Out Of The Box Office With Record-Breaking Opening Weekend
Miley Cyrus' animated flick 'Bolt' couldn't keep up, earning only $27 million.
"A huge weekend for "Twilight" fans has drawn to a close, and star-crossed lovers Edward and Bella are now rolling around on top of a pile of $70.55 million instead of in a flowery field.
That estimated total is enough to nearly double the film's budget in its first three days, making it 2008's biggest surprise blockbuster. A sequel, in the form of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling "New Moon," has already been green-lit. The film opened at the top spot in the box-office race, despite lukewarm reviews, capturing the fourth-best November opening of all time and the best opening weekend since "The Dark Knight" this past July. "Twilight" is also on pace to become the highest-grossing vampire film of all time and has already set a record for Catherine Hardwicke as the biggest opening for a solo-directing female.
For those of you who've been living under a rock the size of Bella Swan's '53 Chevy truck, "Twilight" is based on the best-selling novel by Meyer, which tells the story of a klutzy human (Kristen Stewart) and a sexy vampire (Robert Pattinson) who find themselves falling recklessly into a forbidden love affair. Fans have been breathlessly counting down the days to the film for more than a year, making headlines as they swarmed the movie's young stars, launched the film's soundtrack to #1, and blew out eardrums last week at the jam-packed premiere.
The "Twilight" opening is one of the most successful ever recorded for an independent film. The film's average Cinema Score grade was "A-." The audience skewed 75 percent female, and 55 percent of the moviegoers were under the age of 25. According to polling by Fandango.com, 63 percent of the "Twilight" audience plans to see the film again.
The cultural phenomenon simply proved to be too much for Disney's action-hero talking dog "Bolt," whose film of the same name earned itself a disappointing $27 million. The movie, which features the vocal talents of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, was expected to open stronger but may have been caught up in the "Twilight" crossfire, as both films were counting heavily on attracting a teen audience.
The bad news for "Bolt" was good news for Bond, James Bond. In its second weekend, 007's "Quantum of Solace" was able to shake and stir $27.4 million from the box office, giving it a whisker-thin lead over the Disney flick for second place. With the gap between the two films being so close, however, the official silver medalist might not be sorted out for a few days.
Similarly holding strong in their follow-up weekends were the Ben Stiller cartoon "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" ($16 million) and the Paul Rudd/ Seann William Scott comedy "Role Models" ($7.2 million). Other films filling out the top 10 were "Changeling" ($2.6 million), "High School Musical 3" ($2 million) and "The Secret Life of Bees" ($1.2 million). Looking past "Twilight," however, the most eyebrows may have been raised by limited-release Oscar hopefuls "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" ($1.6 million, ninth place) and Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," which should enter the top 10 next week after pulling in a huge per-screen average of $31,063 — nearly 50 percent more than the enormous total for "Twilight."
-->MTV.com
*Edit* 75% of the audience were female haha.
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"'Twilight' sucks up $70.5M in debut
By CHRISTY LEMIRE – 13 hours ago AP.com
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The vampire romance "Twilight" has drained the box office in its opening weekend with ticket sales totaling $70.5 million.
Catherine Hardwicke's film also enjoyed the biggest opening ever for a female director, blowing away the previous standard of $41.1 million set by Mimi Leder's "Deep Impact" in 1998.
The movie draws from a huge fan base of teenage girls who fell in love with Stephenie Meyer's novel of forbidden love between vampire Edward Cullen and bookish high schooler Bella Swan.
"Twilight" has made a whopping $20,636 per theater, according to Sunday morning estimates." -->AP.com
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"Nov 23 2008 9:58 PM EST MTV.com
'Twilight' Takes A Big Bite Out Of The Box Office With Record-Breaking Opening Weekend
Miley Cyrus' animated flick 'Bolt' couldn't keep up, earning only $27 million.
"A huge weekend for "Twilight" fans has drawn to a close, and star-crossed lovers Edward and Bella are now rolling around on top of a pile of $70.55 million instead of in a flowery field.
That estimated total is enough to nearly double the film's budget in its first three days, making it 2008's biggest surprise blockbuster. A sequel, in the form of Stephenie Meyer's best-selling "New Moon," has already been green-lit. The film opened at the top spot in the box-office race, despite lukewarm reviews, capturing the fourth-best November opening of all time and the best opening weekend since "The Dark Knight" this past July. "Twilight" is also on pace to become the highest-grossing vampire film of all time and has already set a record for Catherine Hardwicke as the biggest opening for a solo-directing female.
For those of you who've been living under a rock the size of Bella Swan's '53 Chevy truck, "Twilight" is based on the best-selling novel by Meyer, which tells the story of a klutzy human (Kristen Stewart) and a sexy vampire (Robert Pattinson) who find themselves falling recklessly into a forbidden love affair. Fans have been breathlessly counting down the days to the film for more than a year, making headlines as they swarmed the movie's young stars, launched the film's soundtrack to #1, and blew out eardrums last week at the jam-packed premiere.
The "Twilight" opening is one of the most successful ever recorded for an independent film. The film's average Cinema Score grade was "A-." The audience skewed 75 percent female, and 55 percent of the moviegoers were under the age of 25. According to polling by Fandango.com, 63 percent of the "Twilight" audience plans to see the film again.
The cultural phenomenon simply proved to be too much for Disney's action-hero talking dog "Bolt," whose film of the same name earned itself a disappointing $27 million. The movie, which features the vocal talents of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, was expected to open stronger but may have been caught up in the "Twilight" crossfire, as both films were counting heavily on attracting a teen audience.
The bad news for "Bolt" was good news for Bond, James Bond. In its second weekend, 007's "Quantum of Solace" was able to shake and stir $27.4 million from the box office, giving it a whisker-thin lead over the Disney flick for second place. With the gap between the two films being so close, however, the official silver medalist might not be sorted out for a few days.
Similarly holding strong in their follow-up weekends were the Ben Stiller cartoon "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" ($16 million) and the Paul Rudd/ Seann William Scott comedy "Role Models" ($7.2 million). Other films filling out the top 10 were "Changeling" ($2.6 million), "High School Musical 3" ($2 million) and "The Secret Life of Bees" ($1.2 million). Looking past "Twilight," however, the most eyebrows may have been raised by limited-release Oscar hopefuls "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" ($1.6 million, ninth place) and Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire," which should enter the top 10 next week after pulling in a huge per-screen average of $31,063 — nearly 50 percent more than the enormous total for "Twilight."
-->MTV.com
The best place to watch Smallville episodes online. Surfthechannel.com
Full-Length! I know right? Hahaa!
EDIT: Oops, there are two actors, not just one.
EDIT: Oops, there are two actors, not just one.
Just a list of websites I will need for later. I'm not on my computer right now.
Blogsolid
Design Disease
Crazy Leaf Design
RSS feeds
RSS
My favorite campaign video. Watch it naoughw!
"Although the ending to The Bourne Ultimatum last summer was ranked by EW as one of 40 perfect endings, that's not stopping Universal from continuing on the franchise. Late last year there were early rumblings of a fourth Bourne movie being in the works, but nothing major was confirmed until this year, when Universal announced that they were trying to make it happen. Now we have some new details from producer Frank Marshall courtesy of IESB." Read the whole article --> More Sequels: Fourth Jason Bourne Film on Track for 2010
"Trilogies are no longer the big thing in Hollywood. Universal is moving forward with a fourth Jason Bourne movie, tentatively titled Bourne 4. Although this news was first confirmed back in June, Variety announces today that Universal has hired a writer and is giving full support to the production in hopes of having it ready by 2010. Interestingly, Universal really did intend to end the series with The Bourne Ultimatum (as we saw with the ending of the film), but after it made $227 million at the box office, they decided to go ahead and make another. Ultimatum writer George Nolfi has been hired to pen the sequel." Read the whole article --> It's Official - Jason Bourne Back in Action in Bourne 4
"Trilogies are no longer the big thing in Hollywood. Universal is moving forward with a fourth Jason Bourne movie, tentatively titled Bourne 4. Although this news was first confirmed back in June, Variety announces today that Universal has hired a writer and is giving full support to the production in hopes of having it ready by 2010. Interestingly, Universal really did intend to end the series with The Bourne Ultimatum (as we saw with the ending of the film), but after it made $227 million at the box office, they decided to go ahead and make another. Ultimatum writer George Nolfi has been hired to pen the sequel." Read the whole article --> It's Official - Jason Bourne Back in Action in Bourne 4
This is a great update on The Hobbit right from Guillermo del Toro.
Due out late 2011 and 2012!
Due out late 2011 and 2012!
This is the best quality I could find. I'll post as soon as a better one comes out.
Due out May 1st 2009!
Due out May 1st 2009!
Tina Fey As Sarah Palin and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton On SNL.
Check out this awesome site Kati showed me! -->FreeTetris.org
From Entertainment Weekly-
"It's a dark day for Team Edward. Stephenie Meyer, bestselling author of the Twilight franchise, has announced on her website that she will no longer continue writing Midnight Sun — a companion novel that describes the Twilight events from hunky vampire Edward's perspective — after an early, incomplete draft was posted illegally online.
As Meyer writes on her website, "I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun...My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely."
Read the rest and user comments on EW.com
"It's a dark day for Team Edward. Stephenie Meyer, bestselling author of the Twilight franchise, has announced on her website that she will no longer continue writing Midnight Sun — a companion novel that describes the Twilight events from hunky vampire Edward's perspective — after an early, incomplete draft was posted illegally online.
As Meyer writes on her website, "I'd rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun...My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything. If I tried to write Midnight Sun now, in my current frame of mind, James would probably win and all the Cullens would die, which wouldn't dovetail too well with the original story. In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely."
Read the rest and user comments on EW.com
***CAUTION:*** Bad language and umm... yeah.
Got some time? Check this site out -->TheWebsiteisDown.com
Also, the release date of the film has been postponed to July 17, 2009. Now Twilight has moved a few weeks and filled the November 21, 2008 release date.
This is the second of four "How to Act" videos with James Franco on Funnyordie.com.
See more James Franco videos at Funny or Die
From the LA Times - "'Dark Knight' hauls in an estimated $155.3 million in three days and leads the industry to its best weekend ever.Read more about The Dark Knight's opening weekend here
"The Dark Knight," the long-awaited sequel from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, sold $155.3 million in tickets this weekend, according to early estimates from its distributor, setting a record for the biggest three-day take and cementing the primacy of superhero movies at the cineplex.
Batman's haul surpassed the bar set last year by Sony Pictures Entertainment's "Spider-Man 3" by $4.2 million and set the pace for what turned out to be the top-grossing overall box-office weekend in U.S. history, with an estimated $253 million in sales. The previous No. 1 weekend brought in $218 million two years ago, when..."
I don't usually just repost news, but this is huge! The movie really is brilliant, but long and violent. Nobody at the midnight showing I went to had anything bad to say about this 152 minute long film. Heath Ledger deserves whatever accolades he is awarded.
UPDATE: "The film grossed $158.355 million during its first three days of release across the United States and Canada -- a $3 million improvement over Sunday's estimate from the Time Warner Inc-owned studio. That brings its worldwide total to $199.655 million. Source - Reuters
From Verbatim et literatim
1. Bold the ones you have seen.
2. Put an asterisk after the movie title* if you really liked it.
3. Cross it out if you saw a film and really disliked it.
4. Underline the ones you own.
My stats:
Movies I've seen - 42/100
Movies really liked - 11/100
Movies disliked - 3/100
Movies owned - 13/100
1.Pulp Fiction (1994)
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)*
3. Titanic (1997)*
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)*
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)*
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)*
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)*
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)*
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)*
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)*
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)*
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)*
46.Children of Men (2006)
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)*
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90.Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
1. Bold the ones you have seen.
2. Put an asterisk after the movie title* if you really liked it.
3. Cross it out if you saw a film and really disliked it.
4. Underline the ones you own.
My stats:
Movies I've seen - 42/100
Movies really liked - 11/100
Movies disliked - 3/100
Movies owned - 13/100
1.
2. The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-03)*
3. Titanic (1997)*
4. Blue Velvet (1986)
5. Toy Story (1995)*
6. Saving Private Ryan (1998)*
7. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
8. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
9. Die Hard (1988)
10. Moulin Rouge (2001)*
11. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
12. The Matrix (1999)
13. GoodFellas (1990)
14. Crumb (1995)
15. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
16. Boogie Nights (1997)
17. Jerry Maguire (1996)
18. Do the Right Thing (1989)
19. Casino Royale (2006)
20. The Lion King (1994)*
21. Schindler's List (1993)
22. Rushmore (1998)
23. Memento (2001)
24. A Room With a View (1986)
25. Shrek (2001)*
26. Hoop Dreams (1994)
27. Aliens (1986)
28. Wings of Desire (1988)
29. The Bourne Supremacy (2004)*
30. When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
31. Brokeback Mountain (2005)
32. Fight Club (1999)
33. The Breakfast Club (1985)
34. Fargo (1996)
35. The Incredibles (2004)
36. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
37. Pretty Woman (1990)
38. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
39. The Sixth Sense (1999)*
40. Speed (1994)
41. Dazed and Confused (1993)
42. Clueless (1995)
43. Gladiator (2000)*
44. The Player (1992)
45. Rain Man (1988)*
46.
47. Men in Black (1997)
48. Scarface (1983)
49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
50. The Piano (1993)
51. There Will Be Blood (2007)
52. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad (1988)
53. The Truman Show (1998)
54. Fatal Attraction (1987)
55. Risky Business (1983)
56. The Lives of Others (2006)
57. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
58. Ghostbusters (1984)
59. L.A. Confidential (1997)
60. Scream (1996)
61. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
62. sex, lies and videotape (1989)
63. Big (1988)
64. No Country For Old Men (2007)
65. Dirty Dancing (1987)
66. Natural Born Killers (1994)
67. Donnie Brasco (1997)
68. Witness (1985)
69. All About My Mother (1999)
70. Broadcast News (1987)
71. Unforgiven (1992)
72. Thelma & Louise (1991)
73. Office Space (1999)
74. Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
75. Out of Africa (1985)
76. The Departed (2006)
77. Sid and Nancy (1986)
78. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)*
79. Waiting for Guffman (1996)
80. Michael Clayton (2007)
81. Moonstruck (1987)
82. Lost in Translation (2003)
83. Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
84. Sideways (2004)
85. The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
86. Y Tu Mamá También (2002)
87. Swingers (1996)
88. Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
89. Breaking the Waves (1996)
90.
91. Back to the Future (1985)
92. Menace II Society (1993)
93. Ed Wood (1994)
94. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
95. In the Mood for Love (2001)
96. Far From Heaven (2002)
97. Glory (1989)
98. The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
99. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
100. South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
I don't know if I will see this in theaters. I wanted to post this trailer just to say that every time movie promoters try to ride on LotR's coattails I want to scream. Barrie Osborne was only one man involved with the making of LotR.
I've been watching Avatar episodes in anticipation of the final two this Saturday. I found an awesome website that I want to share. Here is the URL of one of the avatar episodes, and then to find others just change the number in it.
This episode and the two previous are avatar chibish cartoons
--> Which element is best?
This episode and the two previous are avatar chibish cartoons
--> Which element is best?
I found these on the blog Verbatim et literatim, and wanted to share. They originally came from IMDB.com. You can use IMDB to look up any of the following people if you don't know who they are.
* A pal, icon -- Al Pacino
* I'm so cuter -- Tom Cruise
* Genuine class -- Alec Guiness
* Groan madly! -- Gary Oldman
* Wooed all NY -- Woody Allen
* Old West action -- Clint Eastwood
* Major menaces -- James Cameron
* Likes a Tom, eh? -- Katie Holmes
* Energy, cool ego -- George Clooney
* Will is Earthman -- William Shatner
* Fine in torn jeans -- Jennifer Aniston
* Cap Star Trek wit -- Patrick Stewart
* I scare monsters -- Martin Scorsese
* No aliens, darling -- Gillian Anderson
* Best PG never lies -- Steven Spielberg
* Docile or paranoid -- Leonardo DiCaprio
* He's grown large n' crazed -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Honour graced British art -- Sir Richard Attenborough
* Rude? I'm hyped! -- Eddie Murphy
* Merry wardrobe -- Drew Barrymore
* A pal, icon -- Al Pacino
* I'm so cuter -- Tom Cruise
* Genuine class -- Alec Guiness
* Groan madly! -- Gary Oldman
* Wooed all NY -- Woody Allen
* Old West action -- Clint Eastwood
* Major menaces -- James Cameron
* Likes a Tom, eh? -- Katie Holmes
* Energy, cool ego -- George Clooney
* Will is Earthman -- William Shatner
* Fine in torn jeans -- Jennifer Aniston
* Cap Star Trek wit -- Patrick Stewart
* I scare monsters -- Martin Scorsese
* No aliens, darling -- Gillian Anderson
* Best PG never lies -- Steven Spielberg
* Docile or paranoid -- Leonardo DiCaprio
* He's grown large n' crazed -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Honour graced British art -- Sir Richard Attenborough
* Rude? I'm hyped! -- Eddie Murphy
* Merry wardrobe -- Drew Barrymore
So here it is, just in case somebody doesn't want to look it up on youtube. Yeah Charlie.
Viggo! But I believe this will only come out in the UK.
Where were you last night approx. between 8:00 and 11:00 pst? Not watching AFI's 10 Top 10? Shame. LotR was second on the fantasy list.
To explain the hype around the Avengers
From Wikipedia -
"In a May 5, 2008, report to shareholders, Marvel Entertainment announced the release dates for two planned Avenger movies. The First Avenger: Captain America (working title) is scheduled for May 6, 2011, followed by the The Avengers, scheduled for July 2011.
The first reference in film to the Avengers is in Iron Man (2008), in a post-credits scene of Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) speaking with Tony Stark about the "Avenger Initiative". Subsequently in The Incredible Hulk , Tony Stark briefly speaks with General Thunderbolt Ross discussing the formation of a team."
To read more about the Avengers check out wikipedia. Gotta love it.
From Wikipedia -
"In a May 5, 2008, report to shareholders, Marvel Entertainment announced the release dates for two planned Avenger movies. The First Avenger: Captain America (working title) is scheduled for May 6, 2011, followed by the The Avengers, scheduled for July 2011.
The first reference in film to the Avengers is in Iron Man (2008), in a post-credits scene of Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) speaking with Tony Stark about the "Avenger Initiative". Subsequently in The Incredible Hulk , Tony Stark briefly speaks with General Thunderbolt Ross discussing the formation of a team."
To read more about the Avengers check out wikipedia. Gotta love it.
I enjoy this clip more so than other Matt Damon clips. I want a video with his entire Inside the Actors Studio episode.
"Their ears ringing with the sound of three Oscar wins for the Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reportedly committed to add a fourth film to the critically acclaimed action franchise."
Read the rest at eonline.com
Featuring Clint Mansell's Requiem score, again. (The background music you hear frequently in movie trailers)
I haven't seen anything about this movie on tv, so i posted here. Another Vin action movie.
From moviesonline.ca
Bourne went three for three! And if Viggo was going to lose to anyone, I am glad it was Daniel Day-Lewis.
Best Motion Picture: "No Country for Old Men."
Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood."
Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose."
Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, "No Country for Old Men."
Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, "Michael Clayton."
Director: Joel Coen and Eathan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Foreign Language Film: "The Counterfeiters," Austria.
Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men."
Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, "Juno."
Animated Feature Film: "Ratatouille."
Art Direction: "Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street."
Cinematography: "There Will Be Blood."
Sound Mixing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Sound Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Original Score: "Atonement," Dario Marianelli.
Original Song: "Falling Slowly" from "Once," Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
Costume: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age."
Documentary Feature: "Taxi to the Dark Side."
Documentary Short Subject: "Freeheld."
Film Editing: "The Bourne Ultimatum."
Makeup: "La Vie en Rose."
Animated Short Film: "Peter & the Wolf."
Live Action Short Film: "Le Mozart des Pickpockets ('The Mozart of Pickpockets')."
Visual Effects: "The Golden Compass."
Bourne went three for three! And if Viggo was going to lose to anyone, I am glad it was Daniel Day-Lewis.
I found this a long time ago but just found it again and wanted to share it.
The end of the Harry Potter series, as written by:
These are hilarious! They are from Mark Draughn and various commenters at windypundit.com and there are more! Thank you!
JRR Tolkien:
Good guys win, bad guys lose. Yet, there are still 600 pages left in the book.
30 Pages of Ron going home,
40 more of Hermione going home. Crookshanks peed on the rug, 70 pages of cleaning that up.
30 more pages while Harry goes home.
Harry doesn't like home, goes to visit Ron. (50 more pages). They go to the mall (20).
Someone mentions Dumbledore and they talk about him.. 75 more pages.
Appendix A - Entire text of 'Hogwarts, A History'.
Appendix B - Muggles, and how they got that way.
Appendix C - A collection of songs, presented in their original Parselmouth language.
Appendix D - Detailed description of the flora and fauna of the forbidden forest.
Appendix E - Wand styles of the famous.
Appendix F - A treatise on Lucius Malfoy's hair
Dean Koontz (Bestselling Thriller Author) :
While Voldemort is preparing his final assault on Hogwarts, Arthur Weasley uses his knowledge of muggle artifacts come up with a plan to defeat Voldemort. He and Ron work desperately to connect the flue network to a fireplace in the house of a major Columbian drug lord. Harry and Hermione go through, stun everyone in the house, and steal all their Uzi submachineguns. When the Death Eaters arrive at Hogwarts, members of the Order of the Phoenix gun them down.
Joe Haldeman (The Forever War, Forever Free, Worlds Enough and Time) :
During the final confrontation, Neville Longbottom reveals unsuspected powers when he kills all the Death Eaters all over the world, including Lord Voldemort, by making them blow up into steaming bloody chunks. Neville explains that he is God The Creator Of The World in disguise, and then he blows up all the muggles in the world. God-Neville then proceeds to blow up all the all the wizards and witches in the world except Harry. Then he blows up Harry.
These are hilarious! They are from Mark Draughn and various commenters at windypundit.com and there are more! Thank you!
Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart fight Conan O'Brien over who made Mike Huckabee.
After a pretty funny sequence involving a Louisville Slugger, a recycling bin, a Conan stand-in and various choreographed punches and kicks, the three men stood in their suits and pants in the behind-the-scenes area of NBC studios.
After American Gladiators finished for the evening, when most people were thinking about getting to bed, the battle of the late night hosts began to heat up.
This isn't intended on my part to endorse Mike Huckabee
Thank you milkandcookies.com
Here's a look at upcoming movies in 2008!
Part 1 -Jumper, Spiderwick Chronicles
Part 2 -Iron Man, Indiana Jones, ect.
Part 3 -Kung Fu Panda, Get Smart, The Incredible Hulk, ect.
Part 4 -Harry Potter, Star Trek, etc.
Nominations for the 80th Academy Awards have just been announced at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24th, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Best motion picture of the year:
* Atonement
* Juno
* Michael Clayton
* No Country for Old Men
* There Will Be Blood
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
* George Clooney (Michael Clayton)
* Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
* Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
* Tommy Lee Jones (In the Valley of Elah)
* Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
* Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford)
* Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
* Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson's War)
* Hal Holbrook (Into the Wild)
* Tom Wilkinson (Michael Clayton)
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
* Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
* Julie Christie (Away from Her)
* Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose)
* Laura Linney (The Savages)
* Ellen Page (Juno)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
* Cate Blanchett (I'm Not There)
* Ruby Dee (American Gangster)
* Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
* Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
* Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
Best animated feature film of the year:
* Persepolis
* Ratatouille
* Surf's Up
Achievement in art direction:
* American Gangster (Art Direction: Arthur Max, Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino)
* Atonement (Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood, Set Decoration: Katie Spencer)
* The Golden Compass (Art Direction: Dennis Gassner, Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock)
* Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Art Direction: Dante Ferretti, Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo)
* There Will Be Blood (Art Direction: Jack Fisk, Set Decoration: Jim Erickson)
Achievement in cinematography:
* The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Roger Deakins)
* Atonement (Seamus McGarvey)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Janusz Kaminski)
* No Country for Old Men (Roger Deakins)
* There Will Be Blood (Robert Elswit)
Achievement in costume design:
* Across the Universe (Albert Wolsky)
* Atonement (Jacqueline Durran)
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Alexandra Byrne)
* La Vie en Rose (Marit Allen)
* Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Colleen Atwood)
Achievement in directing:
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
* Juno (Jason Reitman)
* Michael Clayton (Tony Gilroy)
* No Country for Old Men (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
* There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
Best documentary feature:
* No End in Sight
* Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
* Sicko
* Taxi to the Dark Side
* War/Dance
Best documentary short subject:
* Freeheld
* La Corona (The Crown)
* Salim Baba
* Sari's Mother
Achievement in film editing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Christopher Rouse)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Juliette Welfling)
* Into the Wild (Jay Cassidy)
* No Country for Old Men (Roderick Jaynes)
* There Will Be Blood (Dylan Tichenor)
Best foreign language film of the year:
* Beaufort (Israel)
* The Counterfeiters (Austria)
* Katyn (Poland)
* Mongol (Kazakhstan)
* 12 (Russia)
Achievement in makeup:
* La Vie en Rose (Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald)
* Norbit (Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Ve Neill, Martin Samuel)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
* Atonement (Dario Marianelli)
* The Kite Runner (Alberto Iglesias)
* Michael Clayton (James Newton Howard)
* Ratatouille (Michael Giacchino)
* 3:10 to Yuma (Marco Beltrami)
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
* Once ("Falling Slowly" - Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova)
* Enchanted ("Happy Working Song" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)
* August Rush ("Raise It Up" - Nominees to be determined)
* Enchanted ("So Close" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)
* Enchanted ("That's How You Know" - Music by Alan Menken, Lyric by Stephen Schwartz)
Best animated short film:
* I Met the Walrus
* Madame Tutli-Putli
* Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)
* My Love (Moya Lyubov)
* Peter & the Wolf
Best live action short film:
* At Night
* Il Supplente (The Substitute)
* Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)
* Tanghi Argentini
* The Tonto Woman
Achievement in sound editing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg)
* No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay)
* Ratatouille (Randy Thom and Michael Silvers)
* There Will Be Blood (Matthew Wood)
* Transformers (Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins)
Achievement in sound mixing:
* The Bourne Ultimatum (Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis)
* No Country for Old Men (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland)
* Ratatouille (Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane)
* 3:10 to Yuma (Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe)
* Transformers (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin)
Achievement in visual effects:
* The Golden Compass (Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier)
* Transformers (Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier)
Adapted screenplay:
* Atonement (Screenplay by Christopher Hampton)
* Away from Her (Written by Sarah Polley)
* The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Screenplay by Ronald Harwood)
* No Country for Old Men (Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
* There Will Be Blood (Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Original screenplay:
* Juno (Written by Diablo Cody)
* Lars and the Real Girl (Written by Nancy Oliver)
* Michael Clayton (Written by Tony Gilroy)
* Ratatouille (Screenplay by Brad Bird, Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird)
* The Savages (Written by Tamara Jenkins)
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