I found with deep regret that Peter O'Toole left us as well. He was sick and bored, so there's no big fuss. The difference between him and Paul Walker is that Peter O'Toole will live forever in out hearts, and I'm also sure that it's not just a matter of tastes. Peter O'Toole was born in 1932. The date of his birth is not known, he claimed at a time that he may have been born in June, so we can consider him a Gemini, more than a Cancer. He became prominent as a Shakespearean actor, before his … [Read more...]
Who Hates Anne Hathaway?
Not quite a Flash! category post, the annoying subject of hating Anne Hathaway finally got on my nerves. This is not a post about her acting talents, or her talents on the whole, such one will be more appropriate on Actors & Actresses, this is my reaction, so I publish it here, and to change the view on the home page as well. On my Google News page, I have a dedicated entertainment section, where unfortunately, half of the news are about Anne Hathaway and her "hateability". [source] … [Read more...]
Oscars – No Surprises
You already know the Awards, nothing new today. I just want to say it was not a surprise for Best Directing going to Ang Lee, artistically speaking it was as an arrangement for all that to happen. If Argo or Django Unchained were nominated, one of these two would have received the vote. A nice ceremony was what everybody expected and the live performances were up to our hopes. Considering the numbers and the procedures, the business was good as well, all investors had much more than they spent. … [Read more...]
Who Deserves to Win?
With this essay post I have separated a new sub category on this blog, the Awards, which will be as you already guess, the Motion Pictures specialized talk. Everything I know related to Oscars, Globes, Emmy, SAG, and such, will be part from this new sub category. Tonight, the Oscars ceremony will take place and I feel compelled to say a few words about it. I don't feel there were many mistakes this year. Ben Affleck and Quentin Tarantino think they were robbed by Best Director nominations, … [Read more...]
Oscar Buzz with Galifianakis
Galifianakis has a series of videos on the Funny or Die website titled Between Two Ferns With Zach Galifianakis where he conducts interviews with popular celebrities between two potted ferns. The interviews are short and of course, unusual. He made two parts of Oscar Buzz, interviewing Jennifer Lawrence, Christoph Waltz, Naomi Watts, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bradley Cooper, Sally Field, as Oscar nominees this year. The celebration, is the 85'th in the Academy History and will … [Read more...]
The Master
There are five nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and one of them is my favorite, Joaquin Phoenix for his performance in The Master. The film received two other Oscar nominations, also important, Best Supporting Actor and Actress for Hoffman and Amy Adams. It is strange and dark, it is filmed by a compatriot of mine, Mihai Mălaimare Jr., it is directed by Tom Cruise's friend, Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia fame. By the way, the premiere was at the Venice Film Festival in … [Read more...]