Nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced yesterday by Academy President Tom Sherak and actress Anne Hathaway. During the ceremony the duo announced all the contenders in 10 of the 24 categories.
According to the Academy, Avatar and The Hurt Locker get most of the nods scoring 9 nominations each, including the best picture, best director, best cinematography, best music, best sound mixing and editing, and best film editing.
Ironically enough, Avatar director James Cameron and The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow are real life husband and wife.
The 2010 Academy Awards will air March 7, 2010 at 8/7c on ABC. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the event.
Check out the complete list of 2010 Oscar nominees inside.
The list of nominees for the 15th annual Critics’ Choice Awards was revealed yesterday morning.
Unlike other awards ceremonies Critics’ Choice Awards welcome movies of all different genres, thus, featuring more films in the nom list than some others, like the Oscars, for instance.
This year is all about blood spilling justice and mind blowing life stories as Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Rob Marshall’s Nine lead the nominations list with 10 noms each. They’re followed by James Cameron’s Avatar (out this week) with 9 nods, The Hurt Locker and Up in the Air with five each.
The 2010 Critics’ Choice Awards will air live on January 15, 2010 at 9/8pm Central on VH1.
Critics’ Choice Awards are traditionally seen as Oscar rehearsals, so probably this is the list of possible Oscar nominees as well.
Being a genius director himself, Quentin Tarantino knows how to appreciate other directors’ brilliant work.
In his list of 20 favorite movies that’ve come out in the last 17 years from 1992 to 2009 are the films that he admires the most and the movies that have been released since he started making movies himself.
It wasn’t surprising to hear that Tarantino is a big fan of Japanese and Korean directors and their movies make the most of the list, basically. Now we all know the source of Quentin’s inspiration.
This information is must-have for all those who dream to see themselves in the director’s chair some day or simply for those who don’t know what movie to watch tonight. Anyways, hope it’s helpful!
So here are Quentin Tarantino’s top 20 favorite movies in the last two decades:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie arrived in Cannes to premiere Pitt’s latest (and plausibly Golden Palm winning) movie Inglorious Basterds at the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival.
The couple arrived two days before the photocall and redcarpet events and immediately became center of everyone’s attention.
However, the media frenzy reached its highest peak by the night when it was time to actually premiere the movie and turn up on the redcarpet.
If you ask me, I was finally pleased with what Angelina was wearing. The floor-length draped nude gown, slashed to the thigh looked great stressing her curves and exposing her slender toned legs.
Angelina looked healthy and alluring. Her red lipstick added a touch of old Hollywood glamour. Loved it.
2009 Cannes international Film Festival continues to bring you the best and must-watch movies from the global film market.
Here are some you just can’t miss if you’re currently in Cannes or, at least, if you keep up with the latest Cannes events.
When talking about the in competition program, I would certainly pick Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds that, according to experts, stands a chance to win the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) this year. The movie stars Brad Pitt and is set in the World War II guerilla war environment.
Brad Pitt will premiere the movie and arrive in Cannes later this month. So stay tuned to see the Brangelina invade France this year again!
When I think of this beautiful May time I immediately think of France.
Last night in Cannes was marked by the grand opening of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival, one of the most prestigious events in global movie industry.
For the next 11 days the Cannes redcarpet will welcome many big Hollywood actors, directors and producers as well as movie makers from all over the world.
This time around, the Cannes feature film jury includes Robin Wright Penn among others. The actress looked stunning in the silver off-the-shoulder gown last night when visited the screening of Up that actually opened the Film Festival.
Last year Wright’s soon-to-be-ex husband, Sean Penn was President of the jury in Cannes.
[I'm here not to] judge films, I’m here to love them,” Robin said.
Don’t think I don’t know how to spell the word. I misspelled “basterd” cause that’s what Tarantino called his latest film!
Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson, Simon Pegg star in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds that will be released August 21, 2009.
Pitt stars as the principal Basterd and “most Inglorious of all Basterds,” Lt. Aldo Raine.
Tarantino calls his movie “one hundred percent Quentin Tarantino Nazi-scalping business” as it deals with a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” who are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
The second story line is about a girl who flees to Paris and has a chance to revenge on the Nazi who killed her family.
The just-been-released trailer promises a lot of action. Guess it’s hard to do historical films as a lot of people’ll try to find historical inaccuracies in the movie. Wonder what we have to expect from Tarantino’s war flick.
It’s not only the day for great 2008 Summer Olympics opening in Beijing, some new summer flicks are also opening this Friday. A film to everybody’s taste, that’s what I think of this Friday’s movie premieres.
Elegy starring Ben Kingsley (Wackness) and Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona) is an adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Philip Roth’s short novel The Dying Animal. The movie also stars Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson, and Peter Sarsgaard.
Elegy is a story about a celebrated college professor (Kingsley) who finds his life in upheaval after he begins a romance with a young beautiful woman (Cruz). With humanistic warmth, wry wit and erotic intensity, Elegy explores the power of beauty to blind, to reveal and to transform.
As critics say, Elegy is a “gorgeous looking film with a wry and clever script.” Cruz’s “ability to appear as if she’s actually thinking and responding organically to each situation” is highly praised. As for Ben Kingsley, he’s “the most formidable and convincing of all the good actors who have adorned the middle-aged-professor films.” Generally, the film is described as one “thoughtful filmgoers can’t afford to miss.”
Well, in case you’re more into sports films on Friday night, you can watch true-story-based The Perfect Game, the story of a team of poor boys from Monterrey, Mexico, who became the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series in 1957. It was a perfect game, the only one in championship history.
And one more true-story based premiere. This time it’s not about sports but wine. Bottle Shock is the story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris.” In this film Jim Barrett (Bill Pullman, 29 Palms) is struggling to create the perfect chardonnay at his vineyard.
The film reveals America’s initiation into and contribution to vinification, along with the brave and enterprising people who love nothing more than to bottle it.
Beer for my horses is a comedy about two best friends who work together as deputies in a small town. When girlfriend (Claire Forlani, Meet Joe Black) of one of them got kidnapped by a drug lord, they decided to defy their boss, Sheriff Landry, and chase the kidnappers down. They head off on an outrageous road trip to save the girl.
And here’s also something for big grindhouse fans. Quentin Tarantino produced Hell Ride reminds of the days of spaghetti westerns and tells the story of two biker gangs. Writer/director Larry Bishop stars as Pistolero, head of the Victors, a group of badass bikers who are out to avenge murder of one of their members by the rival gang, 666ers.
According to some reviews, the pulpy dialogue preceding the violent eruptions bears the mark of Tarantino. Well, we’ll see. Larry Bishop made a twisting, multilayered tale of revenge, loyalty, and brotherhood that is brought to life by a superb ensemble cast of Dennis Hopper, Vinnie Jones, Michael Madsen, and David Carradine. In the words of Comanche, one of the heroes, “The road to hell is paved with anything but good intentions.”
Kate is 34 and looks as twice as hot as her young colleagues Daria Werbowy and Lara Stone. Together these three hot models do a photo shoot for W magazine. It is a total summer boom with the slogan 'School's out and the livin' is easy!'
After giving birth to twins in February 2008 J Lo seems to work a lot on her post pregnant body as during the pregnancy she gained as twice as she usually weighs. At a luxurious boat Lopez stripped down to two pieces bikini to reveal her new figure.
AskMen.com revealed their annual Top 99 Most Desirable Women list that was complied by the readers and staff counting 10 million votes this year to find out who's considered to be the most alluring girl of 2009.
Think shaved hairstyles ala Rihanna and Cassie. Wear your shaven hair styles in the form of mohawks, half shaved styles, or designs shaved in the back of the hair
Your favorite Twilight star is number one sexiest this year. Robert Pattinson, 23, scored the first on the list for having the face of a Greek God but none of the arrogance that goes with it.
From geometrical prints to florals, from vibrant colors to classical black and white, from demure silhouettes to cut outs, the beach season will be hot!
Experts say this coming fall and winter will be all about strong silhouettes and sophisticated glamour. Decadent features are also present in many F/W 2009-10 key looks.
I know you probably wonder why I’m posting this as it has nothing to do with celebs, glam events, glitzy lifestyle and all this Hollywood stuff that I typically bitch about.
An article caught my attention and I thought to myself, damn, the truth is still out there.
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Just couldn’t pass these photos by. These baby orangutans are so cute and lovely!
They belong to the rare Pongo Pygmaeus and live in the special orangutans’ hospital in Malaysia that’s aimed to save the species from extinction in Malaysian jungle.
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You know I was just thinking about the things that make me vulnerable. Cause I personally hate this feeling, like being hanged in the air like being controlled from outside and unable to do my thing. Generally, who the hell was the first to come up with the idea of control?
And the more important question, why do we need it? If I wanna do something I'll do it anyway and either way, and if I do it breaking some rules, escaping the CONTROL, then the feeling would just get better and the victory would just feel sweeter. So why do we need control and sort of submission it takes a long. What sort of bdsm pleasure is that supposed to give?
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This week Cosmopolitan’s sex position of the day is “The Stand and Deliver”. It gives instructions as for how to have a quickie. It’s cute, but so for like total idiots who don’t know how to follow their basic instincts…
Did you ever provoke a fight with your guy? You love getting on his nerves because that makes him so obscure and funny – “cute” so we say. No, you’re not sadistic. Just the fact that after the make up, it feels so sweet to be the conqueror- to have the feeling of power! To feel the situation is under your control - to cause a fight and then to stop it. Isn’t it just so dramatically sweet to push the edges once in a while?
I love pushing his triggers. Some may think I’m an evil witch, but I’m simply making our relationship tempered, exciting, resolute, pert.
If you intentionally get into a fight with him – you are not sick in a head (and no, you’re not just a bitch). Scientists say that a healthy relationship is a relationship where there are arguments, and any argument needs a solution, right? That takes out our negative energy and brings us closer. read more
Once upon a time there was a little girl who was just like a real princess, but no one knew that she was a princess. She grew up and became a very successful model. She lived up on the Manhattan tower and had almost a prince like boyfriend. One day she got tired of others not seeing that princess inside her. Ruslana Korshunova killed herself. She jumped off that high evil tower.
Parable
During my journey to Tibet I was lost. It was actually the reason why I went there. I was there to try to discover my soul. I will not get into details about my journey; there is only one meeting I have to tell you about. read more
No matter how obvious it sounds most of the rules have been created long before us. By rules I mean systematized experience of previous generations, like handshakes and etiquette, and things like going for a social smoke. There is a rule that ladies go in first into any door except the elevator.
But rules are a need for the sense of stability around one. Society needs rules to forecast the effect of a cause, to have at least some confidence of the future. And this is what disappoints people. This is when they lose their confidence because things appear not the way they expected them to be. Those who were really dependent on expectations suffer from facing the world that is unpredictable, that the rules they believed in didn’t work at some turning point.
So they say that only fools learn through their own mistakes. Don’t you remember your mom telling you not to stick your tong out and put it against the metallic balcony railing when it’s freezing cold outside? Why did I skip my SPSS class with that macho from senior class? All of my friends were telling me he was a player and had nothing else in his head except for getting laid. Why do we learn things only after we go through them? This is what humans are like. read more
What do you call it when you feel something against your will? When the call of that something inside you starts ripping your self - esteem in pieces while your consciousness tells you to stop.
I never had it when I was a child.
I always felt what I wanted and I always wanted that what I felt.
Being used to getting what I want I am stuck. Stuck in the position like being lost in the desert. There’s nowhere to go. I can’t deny what I feel but I also can’t afford to feel it. It’s against my beliefs and values. Hum… fuck the beliefs. I don’t care.
No more. The human mind is such control-freak. It kills me. And if I continue it will sound like a confession to you and this is the least I want to do. read more
Inspired by “fuck” conversation last Saturday, which is a very delicate subject.
All of us, living in a fast growing temper of big cities are busy. We go to work, go to college full time, or have kids to take care of. There are plenty of things to do. When crazy week days are over we have yoga or tango classes, and shopping to do aside the chorus, french classes and getting a good sleep.
When is there time for sex?
The right answer would be - there is always time for sex. But the stress and busyness lead some couples to pencil their intimacy. It is logical, simple and hot to know that your schedule after works has a mark “Ryan 8 pm”.
It is exciting to feel the anticipation, but on the other hand do we feel it is comfortable to set up our special moments with an important person for us on a basis of a scheduled task? It seems awkward to plan it, it is out of style, especially for femme-fatale like me, but even when sex is spontaneous, in every woman's head it is always planned. (wink!) read more
I got sms from a friend of mine which said “I heard you were robbed last night and the robber gave you two choices: you either had to give him your phone or suck his dick… I see you still got your phone…”
I thought that was stupid but hilarious and sent it to another friend of mine. He didn’t reply and I totally forgot about it. Well, I had to call him up for some business this morning and as he answered the phone he told me he was robbed last night. read more
Sex sells! JBS knows how to sell underwear to men. The line is out with slogan "Men do not want to look at naked men"and that means hot naked model stars in the hilarious ad. Sizzling, provocative the girls are really naughty. Truly must see. Ouch!
Sensual and young Angelina Jolie at the start of her career. 16 year old 'A' list celebrity acts in Italian music video featuring kissing and bed scenes. Jolie was as twice as young but her acting was as good as it is nowadays. Can't miss it!
She's a singer, songwriter, performer and designer. She's known for designing a lot of her outfits and is definitely famous for her unconventional style. Love or hate it, but it's Lady GaGa.
The trailer is hailed as the first official teaser for the highly anticipated Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, the final film of the Potter franchise.
Gisele Bundchen is the world's richest supermodel, earning $33 million last year. She does everything from runway to starring in commercials. Watch her in the Volkswagen Gol ad and the most glam and sophisticated Dolce & Gabbana advert of all times.
Grammy Awards like to blend styles, genres, songs. Duets are usually really spectacular and unpredictable. Here are 5most memorable Grammy Awards duets of the recent years.
Check out the very first music video from Ryan Gosling's indie rock band, Dead Man's Bones. It's called 'In The Room Where You Sleep' featuring the Silver Lake Conservatory of Music Children's Choir. Hottie Ryan plays the piano and sings vocals.
Lil Wayne's coming out with a new rock album. Wonder if his rock album is as successful as his last hardcore rap album, Tha Carter III, that sold one million copies worldwide in its opening week in summer 2008 and brought him 8 Grammy nominations.
Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford took part in the Teens For Jeans campaign to collect jeans for homeless teens. As Chace says in his message, you can drop off your old pair of gently worn jeans and they will be donated to local charity.
Lacoste portrays the future of tennis 2083 in the amazing futuristic concept. The pioneer of tennis attire is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. The concept of exaggerated futurism is mind blowing! Enjoy the video.
