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Nominations announced for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards®
The nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards® were revealed this morning with James Cameron’s epic AVATAR and Kathryn Bigelow’s THE HURT LOCKER leading the way as each received nine nominations including Best Picture and Directing.
Quentin Tarantino’s WWII film starring Brad Pitt, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Directing and Writing (Original Screenplay).
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Features
Oscar Nuñez talks comedy and making it in the world of show business (as well as exotic dancing)
There’s no doubt about it. Oscar Nuñez is incredibly funny. While he may be best known for his role on the hit television show “The Office” for the past six seasons, Nuñez’s career in comedy has its roots in improv. Nuñez was a member of the Los Angeles based improv group The [...]
The development of character: How the Dwarfs became the beloved figures in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
While everyone today is familiar with the names of Grumpy, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, Doc and Dopey as the forest companions of Snow White in SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, Disney and his animators worked extensively to develop the dwarfs into fully realized characters for his first full length animated film. Many different [...]
Meet Max Ryan, the newest SEX AND THE CITY beau Part II
When I had originally sat down to talk with Max, it was just a couple of weeks before the news broke about him being cast as Samantha’s (Kim Cattrall) romantic interest in SEX AND THE CITY 2. In Part 2 of our interview, we talk about Max’s upcoming projects, including a re-imagining of a [...]
Meet Max Ryan, the newest SEX AND THE CITY beau PART I
Max Ryan has starred in some of the best action films in recent years including KISS OF THE DRAGON with Jet Li, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN with Sean Connery, THE FOREIGNER with Steven Seagal, and most recently he was seen as Pachenko in DEATH RACE with Jason Statham. It was just announced though [...]
Movies
WILD THINGS, I think I love youWarner Bros. Pictures | 2009 | Rated PG | 101 Minutes
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE is an ambitious endeavor that translates Maurice Sendak’s highly revered classic children’s story into a full-length feature film. This is no small feat, considering the source material is a timeless tale, beloved by millions.
The comparisons to the book are [...]
Home Entertainment
Brilliant performances make PUBLIC ENEMIES a must have DVDUniversal Pictures | 2009 | Rated R | 140 minutes | List price: $34.98 | Get it for less at Amazon
The first thing that you will notice about Michael Mann’s film PUBLIC ENEMIES, new on DVD and Blu-ray today, is how he is able to contain the larger than life mythology that has become John [...]
Television
Meet your SYTYCD Top 20: Victor Smalley & Mollee GrayThe Top 20 dancers for Season 6 of “So You Think You Can Dance” have just been revealed, so here is your chance to go behind the scenes and meet them up close and find out exactly how their love of dance developed.
In Part Eight, meet Victor Smalley (Contemporary), age 21, from Miami, Florida and [...]
Comics
Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel team up for SIEGESIEGE is coming! It’s all been leading up to this universe shattering four issue limited series from the superstar team of Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel! Following the events of Dark Reign: The List, Norman Osborn sets his sights on Asgard and nothing will stop him from completing his mission. But what does he [...]
Books
A.D.: NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE – A unique look at what it was really like to survive Hurricane KatrinaPantheon Books | 2009 | 208 pages | List price: $24.95 | Get it for less at Amazon
A little over four years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. New Orleans and Mississippi are still recovering to this day. For those of us who witnessed the events only through news coverage, the scale [...]
