Category: English

  • GRAMMY Winners Announced!

    Wow, apparently my predictions were right on target… sort of LOL’ And this is solely based on buzz… (full list of winners here)

    Producer of the Year:
    Mark Ronson (woot woot, beating Timbaland fo’su)

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  • BAFTA Winners Announced!

    No broadcast on this side of the globe, but apparently BAFTAs have been announced with La Vie en Rose kicking butt with 4 wins!!!! Including MARION COTILLARD for BEST ACTRESS!!!! WOOT WOOT. Here you go:

    Best Film: (more…)

  • On Gossip Detox

    I’m on Gossip Detox… have been, kinda… for the past month.

    My gossip addiction truly began on the month of December, when apart from Lainey’s Gossip… I began browsing through Dlisted.com, Perezhilton.com and others… I literally spent 3+ hours reading gossip… a day! LOL’ I realized I had hit bottom when I checked Perez on the news of Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant. That was rock bottom for me.

    However, I am happy to say that I haven’t checked Perez in a long while! I haven’t visited Dlisted! And the only gossip I read is Lainey. Because Lainey is good at what she does… and she’s cool, and not trashy. AND, she’s got a healthy amount of gossip a day~ The best part is I only check her site for headlines and her daily post-opener, or just twice a week to see what funniness she’s posted.

    Plus, Julyssa and I talk about Lainey… coz we think she’s cool. So I gotta read Lainey to be able to talk to Julyssa about Lainey’s latest riddle… and find the clues, and begin guessing. ^^

    We Heart Lainey!

  • Happy New Lunar Year!

    Happy Chinese New Year!

    And welcome the year of the rat~

  • Films I’ve Watched

    • 30 Days of Night
    • Atonement
    • Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life as a Dog)
    • Little Children
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    • Varg Veum: Bitre Blomster (Bitter Flowers)
    • There Will Be Blood
    • Death at a Funeral
    • Freedom Writers
    • Hot Fuzz
    • Reign Over Me
    • Helvetica
    • Les Choristes (The Chorus)
    • Rendition
    • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

    Those are the films I’ve seen, continuing with the update of the following post.

  • Jeux d’Enfants – Love Me If You Dare

    Continuing with the Best Kisses posts, this is one of my fave films. A dark romantic comedy about Julien and Sophie, who become friends as kids and begin playing a dangerous game of Truth or Dare. Marion Cotillard is truly fantastic on this one, and the various versions of La Vie en Rose make it great.

    Since I couldn’t find great captures online, I took some time to make my own. If you use them, it’ll be great that you could link back, or leave a message. ^^

    The graphics are from the following moments of the film; Julien and Sophie kissing on top of a car, after Sophie dares him to do so, which continues in the alley until the moment ends and she realizes that it might be just a game to him. And the other moment was when they were about to be covered with the cement, and Julien tells her he should’ve dared to love her like crazy… and they stay happy. together. forever.
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  • Must NOT Hydrate and Have Sex in California

    It seems water in California… or the US for that matter is ultra fertile, because everyone seems to be already preggers. It’s nuts! Planned pregnancies? Me thinks not so~ There are such things as condoms, and the pill… u know, loads of things to prevent you from accidental pregnancies. LOL’

  • Amazon MP3 Goes International

    This is the smartest move that Amazon.com can do for its users. (full article here)

    We have received thousands of e-mails from Amazon customers around the world asking us when we will make Amazon MP3 available outside of the U.S,

    We are excited to tell those customers today that Amazon MP3 is going international this year.

    I can’t wait for it.

  • Best bits of the SAG winners’ speeches

    There were some good bits in some of the speeches for the SAG! Here are some of my faves~

    JAVIER BARDEM:

    My grandparents were actors in a time when actors were not allowed to be buried on sacred land, because they were homosexuals and prostitutes. So, it’s been a long way to come here, and that’s something we the actors should apply to ourselves.

    TINA FEY:

    If you’ve seen me on the show with Alec Baldwin, then you know it’s sort of like watching Fred Astaire dance with a hat rack. And after a while, you’re like, “Oh, that hat rack is pretty good, too.”

    CHARLES DURNING:

    Hello, Mic.

    DANIEL DAY-LEWIS:

    Heath Ledger gave it to me. [applause] In “Monster’s Ball,” that character that he created, it seemed to be almost like an unformed being, retreating from themselves, retreating from his father, from his life, even retreating from us, and yet we wanted to follow him, and yet we’re scared to follow him almost. It was unique. And then, of course, in “Brokeback Mountain,” he was unique, he was perfect. [applause] And that scene in the trailer at the end of the film is as moving as anything that I think I’ve ever seen. And I’d like to dedicate this to Heath Ledger. So, thank you very much. Thank you so much.

    JULIE CHRISTIE:

    And if I’ve forgotten anybody, well, it’s just that I’m still in character.

  • SAG Winners Announced!

    The Screen Actors Guild award winners are in! Please throw me a film bone, SAG announcers!

    Supporting Actor Film
    Javier Bardem

    Supporting Actress Film
    Ruby Dee (oh bam! snap!!)

    Lead Actor Film
    Daniel Day-Lewis

    Lead Actress Film
    Julie Christie (no!!! teary eyed for Marion)

    Outstanding Cast Film
    No Country for Old Men

    Full list of winners here (with speeches)!

    Thoughts?
    I’m so sad for Marion not winning, though Christie’s performance was moving… I’m still supporting Marion for the Oscar. LOL’ Come on! They showed the “Marcel! Marcel!” clip… that is like the best clip in the film, one of the longest scenes on the film and one of Marion’s finest!