Posted in Culture and Society, Television, Film, Music on Apr 27th, 2008 8 Comments »
NKOTB reunites (or, New Kids On The Block for the tragically unhip).
The X-Files live again in a movie.
Sex in the City will also see a comeback in a movie.
A Clinton is running for office.
And 90210 is set to return to the tube.
This is weird, right?
Posted in Film on Mar 5th, 2008 2 Comments »
This just in from 20th Century Fox (makers of “Horton Hears a Who”).
“WHO-VILLES” ACROSS THE USA PREPARE FOR HORTON HEARS YOU HOMETOWN CHALLENGE
Communities nationwide ready to raise their voices and proclaim, “We are Here!”
WHO: Prospective “Who-Villes” across the USA.
WHAT: Twentieth Century Fox and its animated event movie DR. SEUSS’ HORTON HEARS A WHO! starring Jim Carrey, Steve Carell and Carol Burnett, challenged communities across the USA to raise their voices in one designated area and … continued »
Posted in Film on Mar 5th, 2008 1 Comment »
My colleague Roger just sent me this about the recent film festival in Salem, Mass. Sounds fab.
This past week Salem has been hosting what is hoped to be its first annual film fest at the Salem Cinema. To say the least, it has been amazing. My wife and I made to This Is Nollywood and Genghis Blues on a whim on Saturday. We were so impressed with the films and hearing … continued »
Posted in Film on Feb 25th, 2008 5 Comments »
The 65-year-old Harrison Ford reprises his role for “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Lucasfilm sent me this trailer (accompanied by an Indiana Jones-like whip — that’s already been appropriated elsewhere in the newsroom).
Posted in Television, Film on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Glad that they gave Marketa Irglova time to say her piece.
If you missed it, the winner for Best Song, along with Glen Hansard from the film “Once,” was music-overed when she got to the mike.
If you cut down just a little on the retrospectives, people, everyone would have a enough time to thank people.
Posted in Television, Film on Feb 24th, 2008 5 Comments »
Old Navy, of course.
So much fashion, so little time.
My thoughts:
Jennifer Garner looked amazing in her strapless black dress. But what was up with her hair? I wanted to reach through the television and offer her a bobby pin. I mean really, aren’t there some hair and makeup people backstage?
Ambivalent about Anne Hathaway’s dress. Like the color, like the roses, not digging the shoulder drape. This is why less is more.
Love Katherine Heigl’s dress. Red, off … continued »
Posted in Television, Film on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Gee, so glad they found a way to use those interviews and retrospectives show producers did in case the strike was still happening.
I was mildly interested, until the fourth one. Thank God the writer’s strike is over and it wasn’t four hours of this.
As I was about to post, I saw the “binocular/periscope” retrospective, followed by the nightmare retrospective.
It’s like they’re reading my mind.
Posted in Television, Film on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
I love Jon Stewart. I am totally devoted to “The Daily Show.”
I still think he’s better behind the desk, than behind a podium.
Still, I don’t think he’s doing badly — though I can’t believe he opened with the “makeup sex joke.” That was barely funny.
The thing I like about Stewart is his irreverence — like his jab at the Vanity Fair party (canceled to support the writers. Stewart quipped “Maybe they could have invited writers … continued »
Posted in Film on Feb 16th, 2008 No Comments »
Scouts for the Touchstone film “The Surrogates” (starring Bruce Willis) have been seen at Lawrence’s Pacific Mills and North Andover’s old Lucent building, now called Osgood Landing, eyeing possible spots to shot the film.
What’s the film about? According to imdb.com:
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders … continued »
Posted in Celebrity, Television, Film on Jan 27th, 2008 3 Comments »
Well, that was a short ceremony. It was great to see so many talented people get recognized.
There were few surprises in the show — it would have been a repeat of the Golden Globes, if they’d been held.
Javier Bardem picked up an Actor for his work in “No Country For Old Men” and Daniel Day Lewis also won for his “There Will Be Blood” role.
(Lewis dedicated his award to Heath Ledger, who he called an … continued »
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