Personally, I think my Swagger ( style and personality) is what sets me apart from the next person and I know we all can agree that there's that one little something about oneself ..the 'UMPHH' factor that makes you special and stand out.
Moving right along, I have so many things I want to talk about, but I'm going to narrow it down since is getting a little late. Never fear I promise to keep you in tune with what's going on ... I just wish that I could hear your opinions and thoughts more. This blog means more to me than you probably think. It's my way of doing something I enjoy and practicing my passion -WRITING. With that being said, let's get down things that you should know...
A NEW APPROACH FOR THE OSCARS
CNN is saying the rating have been down for ABC..so they are trying to make up with the numbers of viewers by adding some surprise in the mix.. Now will this be effective... I think not .. I mean come on all we have to do is Google, visit blogs like mine or go to an entertainment site to see the gowns.... I heard their not going to reveal who the presenters are either.. Do you think this will help their numbers?
HEATH LEDGER BRINGS HOME AN OSCAR
Okay so who could deny this man the OSCAR! I mean he was the best Joker I have ever seen play the role out of all the Batman movies I have viewed.. I know this was hard for the family to accept the award. Congratulations to Heath Ledger and Family.
Did you pick the right choices..check out the line up courtesy of ET!
A TASTE OF THE RED CARPET YAY OR NAY?!!!
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Frank Langella in "Frost/Nixon" (Universal)
Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Performance by an actor in a supporting role:
Josh Brolin in "Milk" (Focus Features)
Robert Downey Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks, Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Doubt" (Miramax)
*Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
Michael Shannon in "Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Anne Hathaway in "Rachel Getting Married" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Angelina Jolie in "Changeling" (Universal)
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
Performance by an actress in a supporting role:
Amy Adams in "Doubt" (Miramax)
*Penélope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company)
Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Marisa Tomei in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Best animated feature film of the year:
"Bolt" (Walt Disney) Chris Williams and Byron Howard
"Kung Fu Panda" (DreamWorks Animation, Distributed by Paramount) John Stevenson and Mark Osborne
*"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton
Achievement in art direction:
"Changeling" (Universal)
Art Direction: James J. Murakami
Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
*"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" James J. Murakami (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
"The Dark Knight"
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley
Set Decoration: Peter Lando
"The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films)
Art Direction: Michael Carlin
Set Decoration: Rebecca Alleway
"Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage)
Art Direction: Kristi Zea
Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
Achievement in cinematography:
"Changeling" (Universal) Tom Stern
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Claudio Miranda
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Wally Pfister
"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Chris Menges and Roger Deakins
*"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Anthony Dod Mantle
Achievement in costume design:
"Australia" (20th Century Fox) Catherine Martin
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Jacqueline West
*"The Duchess" (Paramount Vantage, Pathé and BBC Films) Michael O'Connor
"Milk" (Focus Features) Danny Glicker
"Revolutionary Road" (DreamWorks, Distributed by Paramount Vantage) Albert Wolsky
Achievement in directing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Fincher
"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Ron Howard
"Milk" (Focus Features) Gus Van Sant
"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Stephen Daldry
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Danny Boyle
Best documentary feature
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)" (Cinema Guild) A Pandinlao Films Production Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath
"Encounters at the End of the World" (THINKFilm and Image Entertainment) A Creative Differences Production Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser
"The Garden" A Black Valley Films Production Scott Hamilton Kennedy
*"Man on Wire" (Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall Production James Marsh and Simon Chinn
"Trouble the Water" (Zeitgeist Films) An Elsewhere Films Production Tia Lessin and Carl Deal
Best documentary short subject:
"The Conscience of Nhem En" A Farallon Films Production Steven Okazaki
"The Final Inch" A Vermilion Films Production Irene Taylor Brodsky and Tom Grant
*"Smile Pinki" A Principe Production Megan Mylan
"The Witness - From the Balcony of Room 306" A Rock Paper Scissors Production Adam Pertofsky and Margaret Hyde
Achievement in film editing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lee Smith
"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
"Milk" (Focus Features) Elliot Graham
*"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Chris Dickens
Best foreign language film of the year:
"The Baader Meinhof Complex" A Constantin Film Production Germany
"The Class" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Haut et Court Production France
*"Departures" (Regent Releasing) A Departures Film Partners Production Japan
"Revanche" (Janus Films) A Prisma Film/Fernseh Production Austria
"Waltz with Bashir" (Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang Production Israel
Achievement in makeup:
*"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Greg Cannom
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
"Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (Universal) Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score):
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Alexandre Desplat
"Defiance" (Paramount Vantage) James Newton Howard
"Milk" (Focus Features) Danny Elfman
*"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A.R. Rahman
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song):
"Down to Earth" from "WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman Lyric by Peter Gabriel
*"Jai Ho" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Gulzar
"O Saya" from "Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Music and Lyric by A.
Best motion picture of the year:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) A Kennedy/Marshall Production Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) A Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Working Title Production Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
"Milk" (Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production Nominees to be determined
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) A Celador Films Production Christian Colson, Producer
Best animated short film:
*"La Maison en Petits Cubes" A Robot Communications Production Kunio Kato
"Lavatory - Lovestory" A Melnitsa Animation Studio and CTB Film Company Production Konstantin Bronzit
"Oktapodi" (Talantis Films) A Gobelins, L'école de l'image Production Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
"Presto" (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Doug Sweetland
"This Way Up" A Nexus Production Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes
Best live action short film:
"Auf der Strecke (On the Line)" (Hamburg Shortfilmagency) An Academy of Media Arts Cologne Production Reto Caffi
"Manon on the Asphalt" (La Luna Productions) A La Luna Production Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
"New Boy" (Network Ireland Television) A Zanzibar Films Production Steph Green and Tamara Anghie
"The Pig" An M & M Production Tivi Magnusson and Dorte Høgh
*"Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production Jochen Alexander Freydank
Achievement in sound editing:
*"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Richard King
"Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Tom Sayers
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
"Wanted" (Universal) Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
*"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Ben Burtt
"Wanted" (Universal) Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño and Petr Forejt
Achievement in visual effects:
*"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
"The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.) Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
"Iron Man" (Paramount and Marvel Entertainment) John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick and Shane Mahan
Adapted screenplay:
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.) Screenplay by Eric Roth Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
"Doubt" (Miramax) Written by John Patrick Shanley
"Frost/Nixon" (Universal) Screenplay by Peter Morgan
"The Reader" (The Weinstein Company) Screenplay by David Hare
*"Slumdog Millionaire" (Fox Searchlight) Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy
Original screenplay:
"Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics) Written by Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax) Written by Mike Leigh
"In Bruges" (Focus Features) Written by Martin McDonagh
*"Milk" (Focus Features) Written by Dustin Lance Black
"WALL-E" (Walt Disney) Screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon Original story by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter
TYLER PERRY MAKING HISTORY
Okay so it has been a while since I have dropped some words on the movie side of things. I went to the movies to see, "Madea Goes to Jail," tonight. I must say this is a WINNER! MADEA is a class act as always...this movie had a lot of good angles and it goes to show that you can't judge a book by it's cover. I don't want to give away the movie, but I strongly recommend this movie to everybody. Tyler did a great job with the cast-Keyshia Knight Pulliam aka Rudy Huxtable and Derek Luke( Notorious plays Puffy Combs) were my favorite storyline in the movie.
More importantly, I think it is a great idea to support Tyler Perry because he helps others start their careers, reaches out in the community, he has a message in his work and he made it from the bottom to the top. He has a true testimony. For those of you that don't know at one point and time he was homeless at one point and now look at him. God is Good All the Time!
Access Atlanta, reveals this film has already topped the box office $41.1 million, making it the highest grossing film Lionsgate and Tyler Perry since "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." Keep em' coming Tyler..
RIHANNA RELEASES A STATEMENT
RiRi is not going into details yet about her falling out with Chris Brown, however she did release a statement through her representative.
"At the request of the authorities, Rihanna is not commenting about the incident involving Chris Brown. She wants to assure her fans that she remains strong, is doing well, and deeply appreciates the outpouring of support she has received during this difficult time."
WHAT'S BETTER THAN A OSCAR.. A NEW BABY FOR JOEL MADDEN OF GOOD CHARLOTTE AND HIS WIFE NICHOLE RICHIE..
CONGRATS TO THE 2 LOVEBIRDS...
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1 comment:
thanks for the quick glance at the Oscars cause i for sure was not going to be able to watch them. And yes the Tyler Perry movie was good. The good and the bad sides of things were shown and as said by this writer and many others in life NEVER judge a book ( or Person ) by their cover, look, feel, speech, or back ground. Because people can change and they do change.. I am a living testimony to this...
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