"Away From Her" - A Review 2007-08-15 09:46:00 By Leslie Halpern Among the many wonderful independent spotlight films in this year’s Florida Film Festival, “Away From Her” stands out as an exceptionally tender tale of loving, aging, and suffering with dignity. Directed by Canadian actress Sarah Polley and based on the short story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” by Alice Munro, the movie introduces The Andersons, an aging couple married for more than 40 years. Fiona (Julie Christie) shows symptoms of progressing Alzheimer’s disease and her husband Grant (Gordon Pinsent) is faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to place her in a permanent care facility.Grant doesn’t worry about small things like when she puts a frying pan in the freezer or can’t remember simple words such as “wine.” When she wanders off in the snow and gets lost, however, he realizes that Fiona would be safer at Meadow Lake, an assisted living home for others like her. She encourages him to make this decision, saying that all they
Unlimited iPod Movie Downloads For Pennies? 2007-08-21 10:20:00 By Davion Wong iPod
movie downloads are well-sought after by iPod lovers. As long as you own a new video iPod, you would certainly love to get your hands on some of the hottest and newest iPod movies and videos around. The new video iPods can easily store many hours of video and movie entertainment and it is the perfect entertainment companion when you are traveling or simply outside of home. But where can you find quality iPod movie downloads for pennies?iTunes is the reigning king for iPod movie downloads. People who first bought the iPods would remember going to iTunes to download music and movies. Finding a movie is easy and the whole process is clear and fast. Before you know it, you would have found, downloaded and synchronized it with your video iPod. iTunes contain millions of files and you can even find the latest movies there. Each iPod movie download costs you $9.99 or more. Compare this to a movie ticket and it is considered cheap. But when you start to compare this price f Read more:Downloads
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2 Weird Films That Have Stood the Test of Tim - "Drag Queens in the Desert" and "Rocky Horror 2007-08-21 10:20:00 By Ed Bagley The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
– 2 Stars (Average)What would Hollywood be without its share of bitchy, catty, gaudy, outrageous and crazy films?That is perhaps why Stephen Elliott wrote and directed "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert". It is rare when the writer/director of a film can pull it off without the film becoming average to a disaster.Elliott now officially joins a list that is very long and includes Kimberly Peirce, Vanessa Parise, Peter Weir, Nancy Myers, Thomas Bezucha, Michael McGowan, Jared Hess, Robert Rodriguez and Paul Thomas Anderson.The worst of the lot? Paul Thomas Anderson for "Punch-Drunk Love".Elliott's film has two drag-queens—Mitzi (Hugo Weaving) and Felicia (Guy Pearce)—and a transsexual—Bernadette (Terence Stamp)—contract to perform a drag show at a resort town in the remote Australian desert.They head west from Sydney aboard a lavender bus called Priscilla (do not ask, just be patient and accepting). E Read more:Weird
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Monologues - What Are They? 2007-08-21 10:19:00 By Shavar RossThose of you who are new to acting may have heard of the term “monologue”. The correct Webster’s dictionary definition of a monologue is a “dramatic sketch performed by one actor”. The most important thing about having a monologue prepared is allowing people to see your talent. It’s also important to have because if you're new to acting, your monologue is your calling card. Most talent agents and managers are looking for experienced actors with credits but may take on a newcomer who performs a monologue with outstanding dramatic performance. Having a good monologue prepared may be your ticket “in” for a good manager or talent agent to discover you. Of course, a good referral to a manager or talent agent is ideal but that’s a different story. Having a monologue prepared also keeps your acting “chops” tuned up.How Long Should Your Monologue Be? A good monologue should be between 1 and 3 minutes long. It definitely should be short. Anything longer may
Talent Agents - What Do They Do? 2007-08-21 10:19:00 By Shavar RossThis could be a very complex answer but I’ll try to break it down to you as simple as I can. In Hollywood, agents act as the intermediary or middlemen between the actors and the studios. In the golden days of Hollywood filmmaking, it was the studios that had great power and control over the actors. The studios would discover and groom their own actors. Talent
agents came into existence because actors had many financial and legal disputes with the big studios and needed someone to represent them. Today, even though the major studios are still a dominant force in the industry, talent agents are just as powerful if not more powerful than the studios because the studios must go through the talent agents in order to hire the actors.The Big 4 Hollywood Agents Agents can be basically broken down into different categories, A, B, and C. An “A level" agency has the greatest power, “pull”, and prestige. Most new actors are not even considered by these top agencies because th
In the Night Garden - Who Lives There? 2007-08-21 10:18:00 By Keith R ScottIn the NightGarden
is a television show for kids aged 1-5 years old with a cast of engaging and lovable characters of all shapes and sizes who live in a magical fantasy woodland world. In the Night Garden has been produced by Andrew Davenport and Anne Wood who are the creative geniuses behind the Teletubbies. The show is filmed in a secret woodland location just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the main characters are shot using live actors, they are not computer generated – the location and live performances give the show a unique warmth and realism that young children can easily relate to.But who are the wonderfully surreal characters that live there? Let’s find out more about IgglePiggle, Upsy Daisy and Makka Pakka, some of the characters who live together In the Night Garden.IgglePiggle is cuddly and blue with a shock of red hair. He is always full of energy, bouncing and skipping around. When he gets excited, IgglePiggle often throws himself to the ground, lyi Read more:Lives
The Tintin Movie - Kirsten Myburgh To Play Tintin 2007-08-21 10:18:00 By John HeliosThe Tintin movie rumour mill is starting to crank up. The biggest amount of speculation is who is set to play Tintin. Kirsten
Myburgh has been linked to the lead role for a while. There have been many actors linked to the Tintin character. The Tintin movie to be directed by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson is going to be big box office. The Tintin movie trilogy is due to be completed by 2009. Jackson and Spielberg are producing the three Tintin movies back to back to cut cost and speed up the film making process as Jackson did with the Lord of the Rings.Whoever gets the lead role will see his stock rose on a seen with Daniel Radcliffe who through the Harry Potter series became recognised around the world. Kirsten Myburgh like Daniel Radcliffe before Harry Potter isn't known by the movie going public at large. He is an actor whos only credit we could find was in a film called Garden Party that was completed early this year.It is fair to say he has all the requirements t
The Seinfeld Show (1989-1998) 2007-08-21 10:17:00 By Michael ErispeSeinfeld is one of the greatest TV show aired in our television set, it is the story about, yes “Nothing“, that gives us laugh for the whole 30 minutes of nothingness. The show compose of four main character, Seinfeld, the stand up comedian who always makes us laugh, Elaine, the ex-girlfriend of Seinfeld who still his friend, Kramer, a businessman without a business and lastly George, living on his parents house , the balding fat guy according to Elaine.One of the ingredient why the show was top of the chart because the story tackles on the simple things that mirror our society from buying lunch, clothing, meeting with our friends, having misadventure in life, the show didn't concentrate on only one situation it revolves in all four main character in all different situation.But all stories must have an ending, the finale of the season 9 was not aired, the last episode was filmed in front of the audience and executives of the show, having them signed “vow of sile
Ernie (Ghoulardi) Anderson - The King of Cool! 2007-08-21 10:17:00 By Rob StanleyGhoulardi was a fictional character invented and portrayed by disc jockey, voice announcer, and actor ErnieAnderson
. He broke the boundaries in television possibly before anyone else as the horror host of the Late Night Shock Theater at WJW-TV, Channel 8, in Cleveland, Ohio from 1963 through 1966.During the breaks from the movies, Anderson addressed the camera live in a dialogue peppered with: “Hey, group!,” “Stay sick, knif” (“fink”), “Cool it,” “Turn blue” and “Ova deh.” Anderson improvised because of his difficulty memorizing lines.He also mocked the poor quality films he was hosting:"If you want to watch a movie, don't watch this one," or "This movie is so bad, you should just go to bed." He had his crew insert stock film clips or his own image at climactic moments.Ghoulardi used friends and members of his crew as supporting cast: cameraman “Big Chuck” Schodowski, film editor Bob Soinski and writer Tim Conway (later of McHale's Navy, The
Watch TV On Computer - Connect Computer To TV 2007-08-21 10:16:00 By James Dean With the way technology is today you can not watch TV on computers quickly and easily. Because it only makes sense to connect your computer to a TV. You can watch thousands of channels with no recurring fees like cable or satellite television. How is this possible? Is this legal? These are some questions you may be asking yourself and rightfully so. The television to your computer is possible by over seven years of research and a quarter million dollars to legally access thousands of channels all across the globe. Its really simple to access you just download the software and make sure your computer meets the systems requirements. Most computers do meet the requirements.What channels can I watch? Well you can quickly and easily channels such as HBO, ESPN, QVC, NBC, CNN, FOX and that is just to name a few. You will be receiving instant access to over 3000 channels from all across the globe and you will never have to pay for cable or satellite television ever again.Is this Read more:Computer
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Al Prodgers' Stand Up Comedy Video - "Of Course I'll Still Respect You In The Morning" 2007-08-21 10:16:00 By Doug Hoseck"My name is Al Prodgers and I’m a stand-up comic. If that sounds like a standard greeting for a support group, then you’re not far off the mark. I’ve realised that my career as a part-time slapstick stunt baboon is more an affliction than a fulfilling creative passion.The South African stand-up comedy circuit is growing, but still in its infancy compared to other parts of the world. However, what we lack in size, we make up for with enormous enthusiasm. Perhaps it’s because we understand what it’s like to lose our freedom of speech, that we’ve now become very loud and proud. It’s also an exciting time for those of us who try to get laughs that are not based on the lowest common denominator of racial stereotypes and exploding toilets.After a few years developing my act, which included tours throughout southern Africa and trips to Europe and North America, I was approached by Doug Hoseck to record my stuff, as a stand-up comedy video/DVD. I thought it might be Read more:Stand
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TiVo Remote Tips & Tricks 2007-08-20 10:38:00 By Timothy CashmanTo those who have a TiVo in your household are enjoying one of the most innovative products on the market.However, there are many little tips that can turn your TiVo into a much more efficient mechanism. Plus you can do all of this from your remote control.The goal of this article is to give you some basic tips to run your TiVo a little better from your remote control.To Check the Time: Press Select, Play, Select, 9, SelectTo Have the Progress Bar fade away faster: Select, Play, Select, Pause, SelectThere are also some navigation shortcuts I would like to share with you. These will allow to move around more quickly. From the TiVo Central Screen you can do the following0 = Show the TiVo cartoon introduction1 = Season Pass Manager2 = To Do List3 = Search Using Wishlists4 = Search By Title5 = Browse By Channel6 = Browse By Time7 = Record Time/Channel8 = TiVo's Suggestions9 = ShowcasesTiVo = Now PlayingThe 30 Second Skip: The advance button that normally brings you to th Read more:Remote
Underdog Movie Review 2007-08-20 10:37:00 By Eric VanNostran No need to fear, Underdog
is HERE!This is a very cute movie for the kids. As has been the tradition with the Disney Movies over the past few years, Underdog has a mix of humor, action and just a little drama.I will not spoil all of the details for you, but I will give you a brief synopsis of what the movie is about. A dog (obviously) gains super powers by means of an accident. He can save damsels in distress, fight crime and most impressively FLY!Now I must admit, the cheese-o-meter was all fired up when I first heard Disney was releasing this movie. I am one of the traditionalists and it seems one of the few people I know who remember Underdog from the cartoon series. He was the coolest! I did not think Disney could pull it off, but they did a good job.I like the way Disney incorporates modern themes and concepts into their movies. The musical soundtrack from this movie is AWESOME (if you like that kind of music). The music is incorporated into the movie and has a w
Star Wars Popularity 2007-08-20 10:37:00 By Eric VanNostran Ok, so I admit it. I am a Star Wars
junkie. I love everything Star Wars. I remember when I was a kid and drug my Mom to episode 4, 5 and 6. I never dreamed my kids would still be into this stuff, but boy are they!Let's break down the plot for a moment. Star Wars is based on the primary struggle between good and evil. The dark vs. the light. It is the story of the good guys coming out ahead with a twist, right? Well, I find it absolutely amazing that you can have a 20 gap between films and pick up right where you left off. I was not a huge fan of Episode 1 just because it did not move enough for me. It was something that had to be done though, as it laid the groundwork for the rest of the series.And Anakin, how about this guy? The actor who portrayed him as a teen ager and young adult was awesome. Were there not times where you just wanted to smack this guy? He was too good to listen to anyone and was stubborn and just about as arrogant as he could be. I have had fri Read more:Popularity
Free iPod Movie Downloads 2007-08-20 10:36:00 By Earl Bennett First of all, let me tell you that it is true that you can get free iPod
movie downloads online without paying any pay-per-download fees. The only problem right now is to find the right resources in order to start downloading. Second of all, let me tell you how I found a way to get iPod movie downloads for free.About 3 months ago I was looking for a way to get free iPod movie downloads but I couldn't really find anything that is worth joining, because most of the sites were forcing me to pay for ever movie I wanted to download, which made me completely pissed off.Until recently, I saw an ad somewhere on Google, which claimed to deliver iPod movie downloads for free with lots of bonuses, free video converter and many other free downloads like music and games for iPod. Although, I was a little bit skeptical because that is way too good to be true, but I decided to try it out anyway.I must admit that I have not been disappointed, I was very surprised when I joined my firs Read more:Downloads
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Do You Still Want Your 15 Minutes Of Andy Warhol's Promise Of Fame? Here's One Way And It Works 2007-08-20 10:36:00 By Rick London Have you had your 15 minutes of fame that Andy Warhol
promised us all. And if you did, how was it? I had several hours of it back in the late 1980's when I created a bus tour in Washington, D.C which had “theater”, music and actors in it called Scandal Tours.It was fun, for awhile, but believe it or not became tiresome; media interviews daily etc., and frankly, I didn't enjoy the business after a few months.Had another brush with fame when I wasn't even trying creating a cartoon on the Internet called Londons Times Cartoons. I had no idea I was becoming “famous” until I looked at the counter and saw million visitors on the counter since 2005. So I can honestly say, it didn't change my life. I didn't go out and buy a Ferrari or a big house on the ocean. I guess I could though. Too tired now and frankly enjoy the quietness and serenity and all it offers to keep one creative. The cost of living is low and much more energy can be spent being creative than “pla Read more:Works
Most Successful Actors Of All Time 2007-08-20 10:35:00 By Keith Barrett A trip to the cinema is something that many of us enjoy. Though people may have different tastes in films, many have favourite actors and actresses. Who would you say is the most successful actor of all time?I've been reading about the Oscars (the Academy Awards) and looking at the list of previous winners to see if there are any candidates that really stand out. It's been interesting to look through the list of names, like stepping through the history of cinema.Not many actors have won more than one award for their acting ability, so those who have done so are really highlighted as truly great film stars.Among those who have won an oscar for their acting on two separate occasions are the likes of Tom Hanks (a winner in 1993 for 'Philadelphia' and again the following year for 'Forrest Gump'), Hilary Swank and Denzel Washington. Such modern stars of the movies easily come to find.Stepping back a bit further in time, Marlon Brando (a winner in 1954 for On The Water
A Cheap Trip To The Cinema 2007-08-20 10:35:00 By Keith Barrett A trip to the cinema needn't cost a packet - there are plenty of steps that you can take to save on cinema tickets, meaning that you can enjoy the entertainment that's on offer without sitting there worrying about the damage that's being done to your bank balance.Going to watch a movie is one of the most popular forms of entertainment for many people here in the UK. Most major cities have large multi-screen cinemas, often incorporated as part of leisure complexes that have been built on a grand scale. It's clear to see that cinemas mean big business.The cost of actually going to watch a film at the cinema has been steadily increasing, with prices now looking pretty steep in some parts of the country, notably in London.If you want to catch a movie without paying over the odds then there are a few steps that you can take to try and reduce the cost.One idea is to try and avoid peak times. Many people decide to watch films on Friday nights or at weekends. During the we Read more:Cheap
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Frame by Frame Movie Reviews - Ratatouille & Live Free or Die Hard 2007-08-20 10:34:00 By Rus JeffreyRatatouilleRated GFamily-Friendly3 out of 5 LloydsI applaud Disney for the fact that they didn’t stoop to the potty humor so often found in G rated animated movies. Ratatouille is a well thought out flick, definitely aimed at the family-friendly crowd. The animation is wonderful and for the most part, the plot hangs together well too. It’s the story of a rat who desires to be a Paris chef. While others say it can never be done because he’s different, Remy holds onto his dream of becoming a gourmet chef. His famous dish ends up being Ratatouille.It's a movie about connecting with your hearts desire. Remy wants to be a chef, and Anton Ego, the food critic voiced by Peter O'Toole, discovers lost joy when the Ratatouille dish re-connects him with the happy days of his childhood. Suddenly the bitter and joyless Anton, remembers his roots, and re-discovers his joy.Ratatouille is a family-friendly movie, but a little long coming in at about 2 hours, with a G rating. Beca Read more:Frame
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A Spoonful of Disney's Best Composer - Richard M. Sherman 2007-08-20 10:34:00 By Scott WolfMore people today know and love the music of Richard
M. Sherman
than perhaps any other popular composer of our time, and he'll be the first to disagree with you. During my recent interview, he sincerely and humbly told me that composers like Jerome Kern, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Cole Porter will always be the kings.While those composers and other greats like George Gershwin and Irving Berlin are the masters, even in my book, I have to put the music of Richard and his brother Robert B. Sherman right up there with the best. And I still hold to my story that their music is more popular perhaps any other American composer.Who doesn't know "It's a Small World" which is the most translated song in the world, or any of the songs from the original "Winnie the Pooh" featurettes? How about all the music from "Mary Poppins?" "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," "Spoonful of Sugar," and the Academy Award® winning "Chim Chim Cheree" were written for the 1964 film but remain just Read more:Disney
Mary Kate and Ghandi? 2007-08-20 10:33:00 By Angela EdwardsMary Kate
Olsen has a new movie coming out. No big deal there, right? However, in THIS movie the 21 year old Mary Kate, who still looks like a teenager, has a passionate kissing scene with none other than Ben Kingsley. Ben Kingsley? You mean the guy who won an Oscar for playing Ghandi in the movie four years before Mary Kate and her twin sister Ashley, were born? Yep. That’s the one!The movie is called the Wackness, and is slated to come out in 2008. It’s supposed to be a comedy. The movie was filmed last week, and in an interview a few days later, Kingsley was quoted as saying this about Olsen and the scene: “It went extremely well and she was very focused. She was very good, very professional. She was quite wonderful.” (Yeah, Ben. I’ll bet she was.)In the movie, Kingsley’s character is a therapist. He forms a friendship with a teenage drug dealer, who uses pot as barter for therapy sessions. (A pot smoking psychologist? It’s for medicinal purposes, righ
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Movie Review 2007-08-26 08:03:00 By Joel GirlingBack when Daniel Radcliffe’s voice hadn’t broken, HarryPotter
meant just a book. Nowadays it means videogames, stamp collections and chess sets amongst other equally pointless cash-in products. However with the new film – Harry Potter and the Order
Of The Phoenix
– the films certainly don’t feel part of the family franchise. Trying to keep up with the books, the films have always been lagging behind and with the seventh book on imminent release some skeptics have branded "Order" as a prelude to the main event. At 766 pages, the fifth book is like a large appetizer to the main course, and certainly gives producer David Yates a lot on his plate to work with. The movie to many will be a “brief” (138 minutes) refresh of the fifth installment whilst others will see it as the “slacker-approach” to knowing everyone’s favorite wizarding celebrity turned teenage emotional adolescent. "Order" itself distinguishes that Harry Potter (Radcliffe) isn’t all about Read more:Movie Review
Hey Paula-Reality TV Review 2007-08-26 08:01:00 By Clara FreemanI was on vacation a week ago, when I needed a bit of rejuvenation from all of the things to do and see when one goes on vacation...Anyway, since I'd sworn to relax, forget about my trusted computer and just pretend that writers, like myself, can go a few days without trying to get their work syndicated, I decided to casually flip through the cable channels that flashed upon the big screen tv inside the cabin reserved with the intent to relax...Lo and behold, I see Paula
Abdul facing the cameras. She is describing the goings on of her new Bravo Reality Show, Hey Paula. After watching a couple episodes of the show, I get why it is that Paula Abdul has to become a virtual tour guide for her viewers. This once chart topping female artist of the 90's with such hits as Straight Up, was biting off more than she could chew by allowing the cameras to capture stuff in her closets that I think should have remained packed away in boxes marked, "Not for Viewers"Something tells me,
The Outsider's Tool to Break Into Hollywood 2007-08-26 07:59:00 By Paul LawrenceEveryone knows that in baseball a pitch is when the ball is thrown for the batter to swing at. But, in the world of entertainment, a pitch has a whole different meeting. A pitch in Hollywood
is when the “pitcher”(the person with the idea for a TV show or movie) explains the idea to a “catcher” (a person who works with a company that could produce this idea). Pitching is the lifeblood of how deals get made in the entertainment world.There are many people who watch television and movies and think to themselves, “I’ve got a better idea than this….or if this actually got on TV or in the theaters, then surely my idea could do the same.” But, they think that if they don’t have any industry contacts or experience, then there’s no way that they could get someone in Hollywood to take them seriously. However, what they’re not aware of is that there is a vehicle created by the enterainment industry that gives novices a chance to pitch their ideas to real indu Read more:Outsider
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Gangster Movies - America's Love Affair With The Bad Guy 2007-08-26 07:58:00 By Jay J. Smith No matter how much we like to see the good guy triumph in the end and those who have committed crimes be punished for them, we can never quite shake off that sneaking enjoyment that comes from bad guys doing what they do and being good at it! Gangster
movies have been a part of America
n cinema from the beginning and by taking a quick look at the genre, we definitely can see why.The two movies that are considered the grandfathers of this film genre are Little Caeser, starring Edward G. Robinson and Public Enemy, starring James Cagney. In both of these films, the gangsters get their comeuppance, but often, that's not what the audience remembers. In Little Caeser, you remember the scenes of Robinson's character Rico living it up in the lap of luxury and in Public Enemy, you fondly remember Tom Powers, played by Cagney doing a delighted little two step on a public street when a girl smiles at him.Gangsters in Hollywood come in a variety of different flavors and Al Pacino Read more:Affair
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Is the Last Game of Quiditch Over for Harry Potter? 2007-08-25 10:14:00 By Abigail DunneWashington Post Book Critic says "reading HarryPotter
was one of those chores of parenthood that I was happy to do -- and then happy to stop.'All is not well in the murky world of Harry Potter. Just as the fate of the Horux is released on the world of Muggles, the pages of the nation's newspapers are as much alive with news about Harry as the Daily Prophet and like the plot of the book, dark and sinister forces are at work.With the advent of Potter 7, it seems that the once friendly press and media are now turning on the creator of the worlds most popular book series ever. All seemed well in Potter world until cracks appeared in the leaky cauldron and the latest installment of Potter movies opened in theatres to a mixed reception from critics. One Channel 4 (a TV network in the UK) said recently that "The Order Of The Phoenix is formulaic and lacking in depth, and does not make the most of the intensity in the fifth instalment of JK Rowling's epic story."Paul Ardent
Voice Talent Can Make Or Break Your Animated Production 2007-08-25 10:14:00 By Terry Daniel When you are faced with casting a voice actor for an animated production, there are certain things you have to know before you proceed. You can't just decide to make a production and then go hire a voice actor and hope everything turns out all right. Even if you have done a lot of work on the script, it is not going to come together unless you cast the right people for the spots. No matter how good the lines are, if the voice actor does not deliver them properly, then your vision is not going to be realized.You may not even know what a voice actor delivering the lines properly entails. That's all right, if you are willing to turn over some of the creative process to the voice actor. But you have to know enough about it to cast a voice actor you know will do a good job. That means you understand what kind of character you are casting for, and that you consider all of the variables, like accent, before you look for someone to fill the role.Is your character original and Read more:Break
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"The Departed" Is Best Mob Film Since Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" in 1972 2007-08-25 10:13:00 By Ed Bagley The Departed
– 4 Stars (Excellent)Let me get to the most important thing first: Director Martin Scorsese won an Oscar for "The Departed".Scorsese, one of the most accomplished directors of our era, has been nominated for 7 Oscars—5 for Best Director and 2 for Best Screenplay—before winning with The Departed.He had also received 7 Golden Globe nominations—6 for Best Director and 1 for Best Screenplay—and won for Gangs of New York before winning again for The Departed this year (2007).The Departed is simply the best mob film since Mario
Puzo's original Godfather
in 1972.Besides Scorsese, The Departed won for Best Picture, Best Screenplay (William Monahan) and Best Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), giving The Departed 4 Oscar wins to The Godfather's 3 (Marlon Brando for Best Actor, Best Picture and Best Screenplay by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola).Mark Wahlberg was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor as Sgt. Sean Dignam.The Departed also picked up 45 more w
Watching TV Big Brother 8 After Dark on Showtime's Showtoo Channel 2007-08-25 10:13:00 By Mike LiebnerIf you're a Big Brother
8 fan and lucky enough to get Showtime
and it's sister premium channels such as Showtime Too (two?) you can be enjoying a behind the scenes look at the houseguests and their goings on.As I reported in TV Robot's Big Brother
8 section, the all new Big Brother After Dark runs 3 hours per night LIVE on Showtime Two. You'll see the Big Brother 8 house as you've never seen it before as Showtime gives us 3 hours live per night 7 days a week to spy on what is really happening in the Big Brother 8 house.The live as it happens footage is broadcast unedited. The only thing close to editing is that they will jump through different cameras positioned in various parts of the house, so you do not see all the action - just what they choose to show live. What I have seen is very good and revealing. The quality is also unexpectedly high since their is no editing or sweetening of footage.Since I have Tivo I have loaded up and have all the previous nights recor Read more:Watching
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I Loved (My) Los Angeles 2007-08-25 10:12:00 By Harlan AustinIt was 1984, I was 21 and I knew everything.Cuddin’s, I was working for Prince who, at that time, was still an up-and-coming major recording star. I’d already traveled to New York, and now I was staying in Los Angeles
. When I first arrived in L.A., I vividly remember driving on Santa Monica Boulevard. I was 220 pounds of muscle and bravado, I had a lot of money in my pocket and I was behind the wheel of a brand new, red Porsche 944 Turbo–and George Burns pulled up at the light next to me, in a Cadillac Seville. I know my kids will be asking, “Who’s George Burns?” But back then, George was the embodiment of California celebrity, and I knew my parents would be thrilled to hear that I saw him, sort of up-close and personal. I was blown away.I was in L.A. because “Purple Rain” was scheduled to premiere there. The city was abuzz with excitement. I remember Donna Mills flirted outrageously with my good buddy Bob Brooks at the afterparty. Beautiful cars, beauti Read more:Los Angeles
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