Tag: actress

  • Juliette Binoche on Falling in Love, and Peru!

    Juliette Binoche - hc916After obsessing just a bit with watching Dan in Real Life, HBO showed a re-run of Chocolat. I love the movie, mainly because of the Chocolate-y goodness… I can just smell the chocolate coming from the TV. LOL’ Anyway, after that, I was on the boards at IMDB and run into a transcript of a recent interview with Juliette Binoche. Since it’s posted on the forum, you would need to have an IMDB account – so I’m posting here…

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  • 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!

  • Changing the World One Pie and a Cookie at a Time

    Just finished watching Stranger than Fiction. Fantastic film. I just thought I would share a couple of images with Maggie Gyllenhaal, as Ms. Pascal – the Cookie lady, the thoughts of warm cookies gave my stomach fuzzy feelings, reminded me of Waitress, starring Keri Russell.

    So here’s to fuzziness! And changing the world with cookies and pies!

    Waitress - I Make Pies
    Stranger than Fiction - Ms. Pascal

    This is my friend’s Cookie Recipes. Some are in Chinese, though.

  • Aww Cute Baby River

    Baby River was just too cute not to blog about. This is the first pic I see of Keri Russel’s baby, and awwwwwwww… x’D

    Aww, Baby River

    Isn’t River adorable?

  • SAG Awards 2008 Nominations!

    The nominations for the Screen Actors Guild are in! Marion got a nod, woohoo!

    Other nominations include, Ryan Gosling, Javier Bardem, Ellen Page, Julie Christie, etc.

    Having Gosling for a SAG nod and not Johnny ups his chances for a GG win, non?

    For a complete list of nominees, go here.

  • Film Listing 2007 Update~

    Follow up to this post~

    This is the current list:

    • Across the Universe (2007)
    • The Other Boleyn Girl (Hopefully 2007)
    • Goya’s Ghost (2007?)
    • My Blueberry Nights (2007?)
    • The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
    • I’m a Cyborg, but it’s OK (2007???)
    • Martian Child (Oct 26, 2007)
    • The Savages (Sept. 7, 2007)
    • Fido (Jun. 15th)
    • Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (Jun. 1st)
    • Becoming Jane (Aug. 3)
    • Rocket Science (Aug. 10)
    • Margot at the Wedding (Oct. 19)
    • Paprika (out now)

    Adding these titles…

    • Persepolis
    • No Country for Old Men
    • Juno
    • Gone Baby Gone
    • Lars and the Real Girl
    • El Orfanato

    Been meaning to update my list for a long while…

  • Garbo and Crawford? Why my fascination…

    So… people knowing me would know a while back I saw The Greta Garbo Collection, which I loved! Especially watching Queen Christina and Camille! Though my surprise came when I saw Grand Hotel, and was taken away from Garbo’s famous line of “I want to be alone” by the sharply-delivered-lines of Joan Crawford. Now, I’m done watching my Joan Crawford Collection.

    I loved watching it, especially The Women and Mildred Pierce… and Possessed… and yeah, most of it, really! On the side, I also saw Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? – Man! That film is freaky~~~ All recommended!

    So, yeah~ back on the topic. Why am I fascinated by these two seemingly different actresses? One gave up almost everything in her life for her much wanted privacy… and never really got it because paparazzi still followed her around. The other lived to be a star, and took it as it came… even the bad publicity, and still held her head high!

    My respect to both of them. Nowadays, it is so hard to find stars like them. Most of them just complain about the paparazzi, and talk about their wanting privacy… but never really truly wanting it. Nights of wild partying, drugs and fights… and don’t forget the crotch shots! You’ve never seen Hollywood so unglamorous… such a shame.

    I am of the opinion that we should get rid of Hollywood Ebola soon before it’s too late.

  • My Favorite Actress is… WHO?

    So I guess I’m not the only one who happens to say “my favorite actress is…” and then I get a big “WHO?” because people just don’t have any idea who I’m talking about. It happens to me quite a lot recently… not so much with Mr. Finnegan, who happens to know every goddamn name in the film industry, lol – actually, in his case, it happens the other way around. My big excuse is “I’m in Peru, we haven’t heard about it yet.” lol

    Anyway, so I just thought I would share some of the actresses I’m watching on the big/small screen… or mainly the ones that come to mind right away. So let’s begin! (more…)

  • I still love you

    still love you