January 2012
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Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir in “A Better Life”
George Clooney in “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin in “The Artist”
Gary Oldman in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt in “Moneyball”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh in “My Week with Marilyn”
Jonah Hill in “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte in...
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MY FIRST AMAZING DISCOVERY OF 2012
You know that “2 stainless steel bowls” method of peeling cloves of garlic, made famous in that video from Saveur Magazine?
IT WORKS WITH A STAINLESS STEEL COCKTAIL SHAKER, TOO!
You’re welcome.
December 2011
23 posts
MY NEW YEAR'S WISH
is to never again have to read or hear the phrase “_____ called, they want their ______ back.”
“MONDAY AM ADVISORY: Due to a shopping emergency, box office will be updated...”
– I find it amusing that Nikki Finke doesn’t even bother to feign *illness* anymore.
[via Deadline]
>>SEC TACKLES "RUDY" IN FRAUD CASE →
If you’re at all a sucker for sports movies, this story is really sad.
[via WSJ]
THE WAY EVERYONE'S POSTING ABOUT CHRISTOPHER...
that said, r.i.p.
“Can a movie be hyperactive and lazy at the same time? Clever and idiotic? If the...”
– A.O. Scott, with the burn of the day
[via NYT]
“I always think they’re cute—but the problem is that they always have B.O. One of...”
– John Waters on the Occupy Wall Street protesters
[via]
THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY HEAD WHILE...
Michael Mann really needs to stop listening to KCRW.
“GODDAMN FUCKING CHUMASH INDIANS”
– My mom, whenever something would fall out of a shelf by itself in the house where I grew up, which, indeed, was built upon a Chumash Indian burial ground.
“I tried to get my brother to hire him to do ‘Scary Movie,’ but...”
– Harvey Weinstein, patron of the arts, on The Artist director Michel Hazanavicius
[via]
“OOOOOOHHHHHHMYYYYYYYYYYGOOOOOODDDDDD”
– NVC, responding to my wisdom and truth
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death as status update
one more gone too soon
bask in attention’s glow and
make it all ‘bout you
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Watchfor Pat Healy
>>The deeper problem Romney appears to face became... →
Devastating LA TIMES story about a recent Romney focus group of likely GOP voters.
November 2011
12 posts
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“Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s...”
– Deadline.com
“THE MUNSTERS” as a one-hour drama. Let that sink in for a minute.
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“Q: OK, your mustache. Why do you think it’s becoming such a talking...”
– Nick Offerman, acting god, interviewed in The Hollywood Reporter.
ON THE "COMMUNITY" CONTRETEMPS
There has been much clamor over NBC’s decision to bench the beloved COMMUNITY during mid-season and a lot of slings and arrows directed towards the definitely-not- everyone’s-cup-of-tea-but-otherwise-unassuming new sitcom WHITNEY, as if WHITNEY’s success is to blame for COMMUNITY’s having been placed on life support.
A few facts:
A) WHITNEY is not to blame. It is actually...
“As we all well know, the ideas brought to life in ATLAS SHRUGGED are entirely...”
– Harmon Kaslow, producer of ATLAS SHRUGGED, on his decision to recall all DVDs of the movie because of mislabeled cover art which read “Ayn Rand’s timeless novel of courage and self-sacrifice comes to life.” The new cover art will read “Ayn Rand’s timeless novel of...
“Humor is going to depend on the context. If you tell me about a guy who goes in...”
– Martin Scorsese on comedy
[via NYT]
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
October 2011
15 posts
"AS CALIFORNIA GOES, SO GOES THE NATION"
An amazingly clear-headed look from Bloomberg News, of all places, at how 33 years of short-sighted tax cut fervor that began with Proposition 13 has crippled the once-greatest state in the nation. Highly recommended. LINK
[via Bloomberg]
>>[Huston] then added that the tempestuous Hackman... →
Wes Anderson and cast classlessly shit-talk the great Gene Hackman at a NY Film Fest 10th Anniversary screening of The Royal Tennenbaums (if anything, hearing that Hackman belittled Anderson’s tweeness and called him a cunt only makes me admire the man that much more).
[via The Playlist]