GREETINGS BLOGGERS!
SLOW start this morning, very slow start, I have found that I am getting better and better at being slow? Does anyone else agree? Seems no matter how fast i attempt to be or how fast i think i am in my head it always turns out to be slow :) YEEE HAW it sounds like we are all picking up speed rolling downhill!! :) I enjoy it though. I found something that may help or hinder your thoughts today. DO you have a lot of MOLES?!?!?! LOL seriously its some kind of study that's shaking down about being slow, or aging slow....enjoy haha:
This was taken from CBC news
Moles linked with slower aging: study
People with a lot of moles may age slower than those with few moles, say British scientists, who suggest this may mean fewer age-related illnesses such as heart disease or osteoporosis for "moley people."
In a 10-year study of more than 1,800 twins, researchers at the University of London's King's College, found those with more than 100 moles had a biological age six to seven years younger than those with fewer than 25 moles.
The study was published in the July edition of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.
The researchers estimated age using telomere length. Telomeres, which get shorter as we get older, are bundles of DNA found at the end of chromosomes in all cells and help protect, replicate and stabilize chromosome ends.
Scientists say telomeres are like the plastic tips on shoelaces, because they prevent chromosome ends from fraying and sticking to each other.
While large numbers of moles are linked to an increased risk of melanoma, a rare form of skin cancer, doctors have long suspected that people with lots of moles may have some advantages because moles are common in the general population.
Moles appear in childhood and disappear starting at around middle age. They can vary significantly in numbers and size. Scientists don't know why there are such differences between people, or even the function of moles.
"The results of this study are very exciting as they show for the first time that moley people, who have a slightly increased risk of melanoma, may, on the other hand, have the benefit of a reduced rate of aging," said lead researcher Dr. Veronique Bataille.
"This could imply susceptibility to fewer age-related diseases such as heart disease or osteoporosis, for example. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings."
These results suggest those with higher numbers of moles may have a delayed aging as they have longer telomeres and appear to keep their moles for longer. In contrast, people with shorter telomeres have lower numbers of moles and appear to lose them quicker with age — which may be a marker of accelerated aging.
"We now plan to look in more detail at the genes which influence the numbers of moles and to see whether they may also slow down the aging process in general. We'll examine the rate of aging in the skin, muscles and bones in different groups according to their mole counts," said Tim Spector, study co-author.
I am checking my body for the naughty culprits right now. I suggest you do the same, at some point. What a wild study though.
CMN (country music news)
Miss Carrie Underwood is no stranger to the number-one spot on the chart, and she's headed there again with her latest single, "I Told You So." Originally a chart-topper for RANDY TRAVIS in 1988, Carrie decided to record her own version of "I Told You So" because she wishes she'd recorded it first. Carrie says, quote, "We were looking cover songs to do...I started going through my iPod and...I thought maybe ["I Told You So"] would work. Carrie's also a big fan of Randy Travis. She says, quote, "I grew up listening to [him]. Randy Travis is kind of a staple of country music for me." "I Told You So" is the fifth single from Carrie's current album, Carnival Ride. And btw she owns Randy in this version of the song, completely blows him up with it. Sorrrrrrrry Randy man! :)
Who could ever confuse TIM MCGRAW with BILLY RAY CYRUS? A TMZ.com photographer, that's who. On Tuesday, Tim and FAITH HILL were spotted out and about in L.A. by a pack of paparazzi. One clueless photographer, who works for the gossip website TMZ.com, said to Tim, "How you doing, Billy?", and then asked "Where's Miley today?" Faith started laughed and corrected the guy, adding, "It's a compliment, though, Billy's a great guy." She then quipped, "I'm Miley, can't you tell?," while Tim joked, "Actually, I'm KENNY CHESNEY."
Later, when the photographer spotted Tim and Faith again, he claimed he was just "joking" when he confused Tim with Billy Ray. Yeah, right. You can watch the whole thing on TMZ.com.
In this Saturday's edition of CMT Insider, KEITH URBAN denies that he and his wife NICOLE KIDMAN are expecting another baby. Well, at least he denies that HE's expecting a baby.
According to People magazine, Keith says, "I'm not pregnant, no, definitely not. I haven't had any check-ups recently but...it's just going out on a limb here." Fans had been speculating that Nicole was pregnant again because a recent photo showed her hands covering up her tummy, as if to hide a baby bump.
Also in the CMT Insider interview, Keith says fatherhood is "excellent" and clarifies that the baby in the video for "Sweet Thing" is not his daughter, SUNDAY ROSE. You can watch the whole thing this Saturday at 1:30pm ET/PT.
TAYLOR SWIFT stood in as High School Musical star ZAC EFRON's date last night as she attended the Australian premiere of Zac's new movie, 17 Again. Taylor's actually on tour Down Under, but she took some time out to walk the red carpet with Zac at the premiere in Sydney. The movie opens in the U.S. on April 17th.
According to published reports, Zac explained that his girlfriend VANESSA HUDGENS couldn't make the event, but said he was glad to have Taylor as a replacement -- he called her "a lovely, lovely girl." And Taylor was lovely, sporting a white dress with rhinestone and mirror detailing around the bodice, waist and neck.
REBA MCENTIRE, TRACE ADKINS, MARTINA MCBRIDE, MIRANDA LAMBERT, LADY ANTEBELLUM and JULIANNE HOUGH are the first performers announced for this year's CMA Music Festival, which takes place in Nashville from June 11th through the 14th. All those artists will be performing each night on the main stage at LP Field.
Tickets for the 2009 CMA Music Festival are now available. Call 1-800-CMA-FEST to order, or visit Ticketmaster.com.
After losing her voice recently, SUGARLAND's JENNIFER NETTLES is back in full force. CMT.com reports that Sugarland was forced to scrap two concerts in Italy over the weekend after Jennifer lost her voice, but the duo's rep tells us that they did perform in Paris on Tuesday night, in a show that KRISTIAN BUSH described as "awesome."
Sugarland's next U.S. tour date is April 10th in Duluth, Georgia. Before that, they'll perform in Germany, the Netherlands, England, Ireland and Scotland.
RASCAL FLATTS will appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today to perform their hit "Every Day." The guys also plan to return to chat with Ellen in April, closer to the launch of their new CD, Unstoppable. Check your local listings.
Meanwhile, the Flatts are heading into the final weekend of their Bob That Head tour, which wraps up this Saturday in Irvine, California. The band'sAmerican Living Unstoppable summer tour will kick off June 5th.
DOLLY PARTON made a memorable appearance on American Idol last season. And unlike some other established artists, she doesn't see a problem with a show that brings aspiring singers overnight success. Dolly tells Atlanta's WAGA-TV, "It's different from the way folks like me made it in the business, but....I think it's wonderful that people have a vehicle where you don't have to work so hard!"
Dolly also compared Idol to "winning the lottery," and added, "If you can get a good head start, I think it's wonderful. So I think certainly it's been a big enough success that it proves that it's a good way to go."
COOL TECH NEWS
Apple has introduced the latest generation of its iPod Shuffle. As you probably expected, it's smaller and has more memory than the previous generation. Being billed as the world's tiniest music player, the third generation Shuffle is reportedly smaller than a AA battery, with four gigabytes of memory -- enough to store up to 1,000 songs. But the biggest new feature is VoiceOver, which announces songs to users in 14 languages. That's particularly useful since the tiny Shuffle doesn't have a display screen to show you what you're hearing. And now, with VoiceOver, listeners can effectively switch between playlists. The price for the new shuffle is 79 dollars.
HOLLYWOOD 411
PATRICK SWAYZE denies his life will come to an end in the near future. The 56-year-old actor, who's battling pancreatic cancer, claims a National Enquirer headline that reads "Patrick Swayze: The End" is not accurate. The cover story is accompanied by unflattering photos of him.
In a statement released yesterday through his publicist, The Beast star said, quote, "It's amazing to me that the tabloids such as The National Enquirer print such negative stories about me and my health when there are so many positive things going on in my life right now. I've started a new chemotherapy and, once again, I am one of the lucky ones with pancreatic cancer that is responding well to the treatment."
Swayze also noted that he's working on his memoir, due this fall, and is appreciative of the positive response to his cable TV series. He even said his family recently welcomed a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Kumasai.
NBC's ER will admit a few of its old staff members onto tonight's episode, including a certain someone who once played Dr. Doug Ross. While NBC hasn't specifically confirmed reports that GEORGE CLOONEY will be featured in the episode, the preview on its website does note that the doctor who JULIANNA MARGULIES' character, Nurse Carol Hathaway, married on the show will return. That would be Ross, last played by Clooney in the year 2000 in a cameo. Furthermore, a poll on the ER website asking fans which original cast member they are most excited to see on the drama includes Clooney as an option.
Margulies herself alluded to a brief reunion with Clooney on ER in a recent interview with Us Weekly, saying that he didn't pull any of his trademark pranks while on the set.
Margulies and former co-stars NOAH WYLE and ERIQ LA SALLE are also scheduled to appear in tonight's episode, as is SUSAN SARANDON. You can catch them all tonight on NBC at 10 p.m. Eastern time. ER ends its 15-season run on April 2nd.
{Wingnut's TAKE} There are more doctors than patients in this ER. You'd think there would be no wait to be admitted.
Saturday Night Live has upset another politician with one of its sketches. Hawaii Lieutenant Governor JAMES "DUKE" AIONA wasn't amused by a sketch that aired last weekend, featuring host DWAYNE JOHNSON and cast member FRED ARMISEN as a pair of Hawaiian singers/dancers at a restaurant frequented by American tourists. They complained about their low wages and repeatedly mocked the customers; Johnson's character told one of them, quote, "Our biggest export is coffee. And our biggest import is fat white tourists."
While the sketch has become a big hit on the Internet, Aioni wonders if it might affect Hawaii's tourism, especially in light of the country's economic problems. He says the sketch, quote, "went too far in its negative depiction" of native Hawaiians and the state's tourism industry. He says he will send a letter to SNL executive producer LORNE MICHAELS to express his displeasure.
The state's tourism liaison, MARSHA WIENERT, agrees with Aioni, telling The Honolulu Advertiser that the sketch was "distasteful" and "offensive."
SNL was criticized by New York Governor DAVID PATERSON earlier this year for making fun of his blindness on the show. Armisen has portrayed Paterson in multiple sketches this season.
{Wingnut's TAKE} Saturday Night Live" is thrilled. Hawaiians found the sketch "distasteful" and "offensive," but they said nothing about not being funny.....If "Saturday Night Live" is influencing your decision to go to Hawaii, then you're an idiot. LOL
DANIEL RADCLIFFE is the most bankable teen in Hollywood. That's according to Forbes magazine, which has named the 19-year-old Harry Potter actor as Hollywood's most valuable young star, based on its Star Currency survey released last month. The poll asked members of the entertainment industry to rank hundreds of actors based on multiple factors, including their ability to generate box office revenue.
Radcliffe earned a score of 6.03 out of 10, mostly because of his success in the Harry Potter films. His next adventure as the boy wizard, titled Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theaters on July 17th.
The second-ranked teenager, 16-year-old singer-actress MILEY CYRUS, will be seen on the big screen next month in Hannah Montana: The Movie. DAKOTA FANNING, ABIGAIL BRESLIN and HAYDEN PANETTIERE round out the top five. WILL SMITH led all actors, regardless of age, in the Star Currency survey last month.
The actors included in the "young stars" list were 19 or younger when the original survey was released last month. Here is Forbes' list, with the celebrities' current ages and scores:
1. Daniel Radcliffe, 19 years old, 6.03
2. Miley Cyrus, 16 years old, 5.93
3. Dakota Fanning, 15 years old, 5.58
4. Abigail Breslin, 12 years old, 4.83
5. Hayden Panettiere, 19 years old, 4.14
6. Emma Watson, 18 years old, 4.02
7. Freddie Highmore, 17 years old, 3.73
8. Keke Palmer, 15 years old, 3.17
9. Emma Roberts, 18 years old, 3.07
10. Anton Yelchin, 20 years old, 3.05
JOAQUIN PHOENIX had an altercation with an audience member at his rap show in Miami Beach early this morning. It's up to you to decide whether it was all an act.
Phoenix jumped off the stage to face the audience member before security guards escorted him away from the scene. Since his brother-in-law, CASEY AFFLECK, was filming the concert for his documentary on Phoenix's career change, it's very possible that the confrontation was scripted.
There's certainly reason to believe that Phoenix is orchestrating an elaborate hoax. He fell off the stage during his rap debut in Las Vegas in January, and made an awkward appearance on Late Show with David Letterman the following month. Phoenix has also grown a shaggy beard.
COUCH POTATO ROUND UP (tv last night)
Hey, Idol-watchers, remember how angry folks were last season when MICHAEL JOHNS was voted out so early? Well, thanks to American Idol's brand-new rule, we may be spared that kind of agony from now on. Last night on the Idol results show, which ultimately saw both JASMINE MURRAY and JORGE NUNEZ head home, the concept of the "Judges' Save" was introduced. From now up until the Top 5, the judges will have the power to save one contestant from elimination. The decision must be unanimous and, again, they can only do it once this season. The week the judges use their save, no one will go home, but the following week, two more contestants will be eliminated. It's worth noting that this particular rule would not have saved CHRIS DAUGHTRY, Idol's most shocking vote-off, since he had already made it to the top four when he got booted.
Last night, unsurprisingly, the judges all turned down the chance to use their one save to rescue Jasmine and Jorge. Here's how it went down:
First, we were shown footage of all 13 contestants moving into their huge new mansion, which comes complete with a basketball court, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, bowling alley and screening room. Despite the size, they all still have to share bedrooms.
Next, the group performed a medley of the JACKSON FIVE hits "I Want You Back" and "ABC." Legally blind SCOTT MACINTYRE managed to dance around the stage, guided by whichever fellow contestant he was standing next to at the time. We then got a look at the season's first cheesy Ford commercial, set to QUEEN's "We Will Rock You."
Next, RYAN SEACREST had MICHAEL SARVER and ALLISON IRAHETA stand up and announced they were safe. Jasmine was told to stand center stage. MATT GIRAUD and KRIS ALLEN were then told they were safe, and MEGAN JOY CORKREY was sent to join Jasmine center stage. Ryan then announced that Megan was safe and Jasmine was out, unless the judges voted to save her. She performed "I'll Be There" while they deliberated, and then RANDY JACKSON said, "No, sorry, you're headed home."
Next, we saw an obviously pre-taped performance from KANYE WEST, who sang "Heartless." Then, Ryan told Scott, ALEXIS GRACE and DANNY GOKEY that they were safe, sent ANOOP DESAI to center stage, told ADAM LAMBERT he was safe -- big surprise -- sent Jorge to center stage, and then told LIL ROUNDS she was safe.
As Anoop and Jorge sweated it out, KELLY CLARKSON appeared, live, to perform her #1 hit "My Life Would Suck Without You." Ryan announced that the show will be featuring a different Idol every week, but didn't say which ones.
Ryan then told Anoop he was safe and told Jorge he was out, unless the judges decided to save him. As he sang "Never Can Say Goodbye" one more time, the judges deliberated. Well, actually, PAULA ABDUL danced and waved her arms. Then, Simon curtly told Jorge, "No, sorry."
Tune in next Tuesday night to see the now-Top 11 do it all over again.
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Thanks so much for the flipping fantastic E-mails over the last week!!! I am trying to respond to all of them as fast as i can!!! TRUST me my fingers can not move that fast. In-fact not much of me anymore can move that fast!
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Moving on...ha that's what life is about moving on and trying to do things the best to your ability. RIGHT?!?!!? In this business sometimes things move so quick you have to just move quicker! TRUST me, I have some amazing opportunities that will be announced very quickly! I have found that in this life you have to keep going and out-think your opponent. I have DONE that. :)
STAY with me regular feeds will be heading your way SHORTLY! :) Until then STAY CLASSY COLORADO SPRINGS.........(i had to say it lol)
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Thanks so much for the flipping fantastic E-mails over the last week!!! I am trying to respond to all of them as fast as i can!!! TRUST me my fingers can not move that fast. In-fact not much of me anymore can move that fast!
If you still have questions why i am not on the radio PLEASE send me e-mail to wingnutradio@gmail.com THANKS AGAIN!
Moving on...ha that's what life is about moving on and trying to do things the best to your ability. RIGHT?!?!!? In this business sometimes things move so quick you have to just move quicker! TRUST me, I have some amazing opportunities that will be announced very quickly! I have found that in this life you have to keep going and out-think your opponent. I have DONE that. :)
STAY with me regular feeds will be heading your way SHORTLY! :) Until then STAY CLASSY COLORADO SPRINGS.........(i had to say it lol)
WINGNUT:out!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
2-24
Greetings bloggers!!!
Lets see, scanning the room, can I find a Tuesday song to fit in with the weekly theme of the blog if you are keeping track? LOL Looking.....looking.........looking......
YEA got it....its a classic enjoy:
Lets talk TV TONIGHT!
NCIS (8p ET, CBS) -- In this new episode, an agent is gunned down and Gibbs and Tony try to locate a woman who might have answers.
THE BIGGEST LOSER (8p ET, NBC) -- The teams are re-organized, leaving many contestants without their original trainers. The second hour airs tomorrow.
HOMELAND SECURITY (8p ET, ABC) -- A new edition.
BONES (8p ET, FOX) -- No "American Idol" tonight, as FOX fills with this repeat before the President's address.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (9p ET, CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX) -- President Barack Obama addresses Congress and the nation. The address is expected to run an hour or more, so the networks will fill the time after the speech with repeats.
PRIVILEGED (9p ET, CW) -- This new episode is the only show going up against the President (except for cable shows).
SEASON FINALE: LEVERAGE (10p ET, TNT) -- Nate comes out of hiding and tries to get his team back together.
NEWS abused by WiNgNuT
Ticket booths at Disneyland were temporarily closed Sunday morning after authorities became alarmed over a suspicious powder stuck to the windows of several booths. [Just one more reason to make sure Mickey is never disgruntled.]
According to a study, nearly 60% of employees steal valuable information when they leave a job. [And 95% take valuable office supplies.]
A new national poll indicates that nearly three out of four Americans are scared about the way things are going in the country today. [I'm not surprised. Jobs are disappearing, the stock market is bust, Sean Penn won an Oscar...]
Bruce Springsteen will headline this year's Glastonbury Festival. [Meanwhile, Michael Phelps will be managing the weed booth.]
The recession may be forcing the average American to cut back, but Hollywood insiders say the Academy Awards after-parties went on like nothing was wrong. [The one at Brad and Angelina's house was top notch, thanks in part to all of the free child labor.]
According to a Nielsen report, Americans are watching more television than ever. [Well, we have to do something to get our minds off of all the bad news on the radio.]
OSCAR'S BIG HIT (do we care?)
The reviews are in. And so are the ratings. The 81st Annual Academy Awards climbed 13% in the ratings from last year's record low. The telecast averaged 36.3 million viewers, ABC says, up from last year's 32 million, when No Country for Old Men took home the best-picture prize. Ratings for the past five years, followed by best-picture winner:
2008 - 32.0 million (No Country for Old Men)
2007 - 40.2 million (The Departed)
2006 - 38.9 million (Crash)
2005 - 42.1 million (Million Dollar Baby)
2004 - 43.5 million (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King)
... And what are the critics saying? They're not really raving --except for Oprah Winfrey on her show Monday and Roger Ebert online. USA TODAY's Robert Bianco says the Oscar show's "improvements often seemed to come more in spite of host Hugh Jackman than because of him." Some other critics:
... New York Daily News' David Hinckley: "Jackman did his best. His mission just wasn’t accomplishable."
... Newsweek's Pop Vox columnist: "Throughout the telecast, my BlackBerry buzzed with messages from friends, all in their 20s, about how un-hip and un-young and unwatchable the Oscars felt."
... The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley: Jackman was the "hosting equivalent of a value meal. ... Mr. Jackman was high-spirited, not mean-spirited."
... Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara: "Now I'm sorry, but didn't we decide, like as a nation, that Big Dance numbers were a blight on the Oscars telecast?"
DIGI TUESDAY (new media that drops in stores today) read and lick below:
Movies
What Just Happened?
Television
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice.
Speaking of movies that are out on DVD now and that you can watch through COMCAST ON DEMAND (order Comcast now at 1-800-COMCAST) Have you guys seen BODY of LIES very secret AGENT type stuff in that movie, check out a clip below:
Check out some secret agent code type research done for you right here!!
SECRET CODES YOU AREN'T MEANT TO KNOW
Stores, hospitals, entertainment venues, and other places where the public are together in large numbers use secret codes to pass information between store employees. These are meant to be a secret as they don’t want to alarm the non-staff members, or alert someone (like a thief) to the fact that they have been noticed.
Time Check -- as in "Time check: the time is 12:32" -- can be a code in stores for a bomb alert. It alerts the staff to follow the bomb procedure, which can be to either try to locate any suspicious packages, or to prepare to get the heck out. If you hear a time check in a store, it is probably a good idea to start moving toward the exit.
A Code 10 in hospitals can refer to a mass casualty or serious threat (such as a bomb alert), but the majority of people experiencing a code 10 will do so for another far more common reason: a "Code 10 authorization" is made by a merchant when he needs to call a credit card company to inquire about your card. This means that he is suspicious of you or your card and doesn't want you to know it while he gets it checked out. When the credit card company hears that they have a Code 10, they will ask a series of yes/no questions to the merchant in order to find out what the situation is. This will often result in the merchant keeping your card if they believe it is safe to do so. This type of call often results in a call to law enforcement.
Doctor Brown is a code word often used in hospitals to alert security staff to a threat to personnel. If a nurse or doctor is in danger from a violent patient or non-staff member, they can page Doctor Brown to their location and the security staff will rush to their aid. In some hospitals, Code Silver is used to refer to a person with a weapon, and Code Gray can mean a violent person without a weapon.
In computer support, a variety of codes can be used when referring to a customer. One of these codes has become fairly well known on the Internet: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair), but there are a variety of others that are lesser known. One of these is used when reporting a fault which has been fixed: "The fault was a PICNIC" (Problem In Chair Not In Computer), or "ID 10 T Error" -- ID 10 T spelling the word idiot.
On a ship, a Code Oscar means someone has gone overboard.
Code Bravo is the code phrase for a general security alert at airports. For those of you who travel on ships from time to time, you may like to know that Code Bravo means fire and it is the most serious alert on a ship.
Inspector Sands (or sometimes Mr. Sands) is a code for fire in the United Kingdom. Obviously it would not be appropriate for the service staff of a store to announce a fire publicly, so this code is used to alert the appropriate staff to the danger without upsetting customers. A frequently used code for a bomb in London's famous Underground is Mr. Gravel. For example, "Mr. Gravel is in the foyer."
Code Adam was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means missing child. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state, "We have a code Adam," followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins.
Hey I thought it was cool?! :)
JOKE of the day sent to me by Stan Thomas of the SPRINGS.....ENJOY thanks STAN!
E-mail you jokes to me now at wingnut@catcountry951.com
A man with a winking problem is applying for a position as a sales representative for a large company. The interviewer looks over his papers and says, "This is phenomenal. You've graduated from the best schools; your recommendations are wonderful; and your experience is unparalleled. Normally, we'd hire you without hesitation. But a sales representative has a highly visible position, and we're afraid that your constant winking will scare off potential customers. I'm sorry... but we just can't hire you." The applicant says, "Wait. If I take two aspirin, I'll stop winking!" He then reaches into his jacket pocket and begins pulling out all sorts of condoms: red condoms, blue condoms, green condoms, ribbed condoms, big condoms, small condoms. Finally, at the bottom, he finds a packet of aspirin. He tears it open, swallows the pills, and stops winking. "Well," said the interviewer, "that's all well and good, but this is a respectable company, and we will not have our employees womanizing all over the country!" "Womanizing?," the applicant says. "What do you mean? I'm a happily married man!" "Well," the interviewer says, "how do you explain all these condoms?" "Oh, that," the applicant sighs. "Have you ever walked into a pharmacy, winking, and asked for aspirin?"
NAP time...
WINGNUT:out!
Lets see, scanning the room, can I find a Tuesday song to fit in with the weekly theme of the blog if you are keeping track? LOL Looking.....looking.........looking......
YEA got it....its a classic enjoy:
Lets talk TV TONIGHT!
NCIS (8p ET, CBS) -- In this new episode, an agent is gunned down and Gibbs and Tony try to locate a woman who might have answers.
THE BIGGEST LOSER (8p ET, NBC) -- The teams are re-organized, leaving many contestants without their original trainers. The second hour airs tomorrow.
HOMELAND SECURITY (8p ET, ABC) -- A new edition.
BONES (8p ET, FOX) -- No "American Idol" tonight, as FOX fills with this repeat before the President's address.
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (9p ET, CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX) -- President Barack Obama addresses Congress and the nation. The address is expected to run an hour or more, so the networks will fill the time after the speech with repeats.
PRIVILEGED (9p ET, CW) -- This new episode is the only show going up against the President (except for cable shows).
SEASON FINALE: LEVERAGE (10p ET, TNT) -- Nate comes out of hiding and tries to get his team back together.
NEWS abused by WiNgNuT
Ticket booths at Disneyland were temporarily closed Sunday morning after authorities became alarmed over a suspicious powder stuck to the windows of several booths. [Just one more reason to make sure Mickey is never disgruntled.]
According to a study, nearly 60% of employees steal valuable information when they leave a job. [And 95% take valuable office supplies.]
A new national poll indicates that nearly three out of four Americans are scared about the way things are going in the country today. [I'm not surprised. Jobs are disappearing, the stock market is bust, Sean Penn won an Oscar...]
Bruce Springsteen will headline this year's Glastonbury Festival. [Meanwhile, Michael Phelps will be managing the weed booth.]
The recession may be forcing the average American to cut back, but Hollywood insiders say the Academy Awards after-parties went on like nothing was wrong. [The one at Brad and Angelina's house was top notch, thanks in part to all of the free child labor.]
According to a Nielsen report, Americans are watching more television than ever. [Well, we have to do something to get our minds off of all the bad news on the radio.]
OSCAR'S BIG HIT (do we care?)
The reviews are in. And so are the ratings. The 81st Annual Academy Awards climbed 13% in the ratings from last year's record low. The telecast averaged 36.3 million viewers, ABC says, up from last year's 32 million, when No Country for Old Men took home the best-picture prize. Ratings for the past five years, followed by best-picture winner:
2008 - 32.0 million (No Country for Old Men)
2007 - 40.2 million (The Departed)
2006 - 38.9 million (Crash)
2005 - 42.1 million (Million Dollar Baby)
2004 - 43.5 million (Lord of the Rings: Return of the King)
... And what are the critics saying? They're not really raving --except for Oprah Winfrey on her show Monday and Roger Ebert online. USA TODAY's Robert Bianco says the Oscar show's "improvements often seemed to come more in spite of host Hugh Jackman than because of him." Some other critics:
... New York Daily News' David Hinckley: "Jackman did his best. His mission just wasn’t accomplishable."
... Newsweek's Pop Vox columnist: "Throughout the telecast, my BlackBerry buzzed with messages from friends, all in their 20s, about how un-hip and un-young and unwatchable the Oscars felt."
... The New York Times' Alessandra Stanley: Jackman was the "hosting equivalent of a value meal. ... Mr. Jackman was high-spirited, not mean-spirited."
... Los Angeles Times' Mary McNamara: "Now I'm sorry, but didn't we decide, like as a nation, that Big Dance numbers were a blight on the Oscars telecast?"
DIGI TUESDAY (new media that drops in stores today) read and lick below:
Movies
What Just Happened?
Television
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice.
Speaking of movies that are out on DVD now and that you can watch through COMCAST ON DEMAND (order Comcast now at 1-800-COMCAST) Have you guys seen BODY of LIES very secret AGENT type stuff in that movie, check out a clip below:
Check out some secret agent code type research done for you right here!!
SECRET CODES YOU AREN'T MEANT TO KNOW
Stores, hospitals, entertainment venues, and other places where the public are together in large numbers use secret codes to pass information between store employees. These are meant to be a secret as they don’t want to alarm the non-staff members, or alert someone (like a thief) to the fact that they have been noticed.
Time Check -- as in "Time check: the time is 12:32" -- can be a code in stores for a bomb alert. It alerts the staff to follow the bomb procedure, which can be to either try to locate any suspicious packages, or to prepare to get the heck out. If you hear a time check in a store, it is probably a good idea to start moving toward the exit.
A Code 10 in hospitals can refer to a mass casualty or serious threat (such as a bomb alert), but the majority of people experiencing a code 10 will do so for another far more common reason: a "Code 10 authorization" is made by a merchant when he needs to call a credit card company to inquire about your card. This means that he is suspicious of you or your card and doesn't want you to know it while he gets it checked out. When the credit card company hears that they have a Code 10, they will ask a series of yes/no questions to the merchant in order to find out what the situation is. This will often result in the merchant keeping your card if they believe it is safe to do so. This type of call often results in a call to law enforcement.
Doctor Brown is a code word often used in hospitals to alert security staff to a threat to personnel. If a nurse or doctor is in danger from a violent patient or non-staff member, they can page Doctor Brown to their location and the security staff will rush to their aid. In some hospitals, Code Silver is used to refer to a person with a weapon, and Code Gray can mean a violent person without a weapon.
In computer support, a variety of codes can be used when referring to a customer. One of these codes has become fairly well known on the Internet: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair), but there are a variety of others that are lesser known. One of these is used when reporting a fault which has been fixed: "The fault was a PICNIC" (Problem In Chair Not In Computer), or "ID 10 T Error" -- ID 10 T spelling the word idiot.
On a ship, a Code Oscar means someone has gone overboard.
Code Bravo is the code phrase for a general security alert at airports. For those of you who travel on ships from time to time, you may like to know that Code Bravo means fire and it is the most serious alert on a ship.
Inspector Sands (or sometimes Mr. Sands) is a code for fire in the United Kingdom. Obviously it would not be appropriate for the service staff of a store to announce a fire publicly, so this code is used to alert the appropriate staff to the danger without upsetting customers. A frequently used code for a bomb in London's famous Underground is Mr. Gravel. For example, "Mr. Gravel is in the foyer."
Code Adam was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means missing child. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state, "We have a code Adam," followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins.
Hey I thought it was cool?! :)
JOKE of the day sent to me by Stan Thomas of the SPRINGS.....ENJOY thanks STAN!
E-mail you jokes to me now at wingnut@catcountry951.com
A man with a winking problem is applying for a position as a sales representative for a large company. The interviewer looks over his papers and says, "This is phenomenal. You've graduated from the best schools; your recommendations are wonderful; and your experience is unparalleled. Normally, we'd hire you without hesitation. But a sales representative has a highly visible position, and we're afraid that your constant winking will scare off potential customers. I'm sorry... but we just can't hire you." The applicant says, "Wait. If I take two aspirin, I'll stop winking!" He then reaches into his jacket pocket and begins pulling out all sorts of condoms: red condoms, blue condoms, green condoms, ribbed condoms, big condoms, small condoms. Finally, at the bottom, he finds a packet of aspirin. He tears it open, swallows the pills, and stops winking. "Well," said the interviewer, "that's all well and good, but this is a respectable company, and we will not have our employees womanizing all over the country!" "Womanizing?," the applicant says. "What do you mean? I'm a happily married man!" "Well," the interviewer says, "how do you explain all these condoms?" "Oh, that," the applicant sighs. "Have you ever walked into a pharmacy, winking, and asked for aspirin?"
NAP time...
WINGNUT:out!
Monday, February 23, 2009
2-23
Greetings BLOGGERS!!!!
Monday, Monday Oh how we love Monday's MONDAY, MONDAY!!! Reminds me of a song!
OK maybe another SONG!
HA they make me laugh!!!
Last night we have to break down the Oscars! Roll the stats:
Watch in amazement as we recap, the visual stiml-you-lie-is your eye doth crave!
It was "Slum" enchanted evening at last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards as Slumdog Millionaire swept to victory with eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Song and Best Adapted Screenplay. The feel-good story of a kid from the slums of Mumbai who lands on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in a quest to find the love of his life proved irresistable to Oscar voters, beating out more serious fare like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk. In his acceptance speech, director DANNY BOYLE thanked the people of Mumbai, holding up his Oscar statuette and saying that they, quote, "dwarf even this guy."
After five nominations, KATE WINSLET finally scored her first-ever Oscar on her sixth -- she won for her role as a Nazi prison guard in The Reader. She told the audience, "I'd be lying if I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror and this would have been a shampoo bottle." Clutching her newly-won statuette, she added, "It's not a shampoo bottle now!"
SEAN PENN won his second Oscar for playing the real-life murdered gay activist HARVEY MILK. At the podium, Penn jokingly called the Oscar voters "Commie, homo-loving son of a guns," and noted his reputation as a "difficult" actor by admitting, "I know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often." Penn also used his speech to call for "equal rights for everyone," and acknowledged the man many thought would beat him for the award by saying, "MICKEY ROURKE rises again...and he is my brother."
As expected, HEATH LEDGER won Best Supporting Oscar for The Dark Knight -- precisely 13 months after his death from an accidential overdose of prescription drugs. His family accepted on his behalf, saying, "This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here -- his peers within an industry he so loved." PENELOPE CRUZ won for Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and delivered the second half of her speech in her native Spanish.
As for the actual Oscar telecast, the producers promised something radically different, and in many ways, it was. The stage had more of a nightclub feel, with the orchestra onstage. Host HUGH JACKMAN sang and danced his heart out, starting with an opening number that incorporated "homemade props" and nods to all the nominated films, and some that weren't. The man known to many as Wolverine pointedly asked, in one lyric, "How come comic book movies never get nominated?" Jackman also did a full-blown, top-hat-and-tails salute to movie musicals with the help of BEYONCÉ, High School Musical stars ZAC EFRON and VANESSA HUDGENS, and DOMINIC COOPER and AMANDA SEYFRIED of Mamma Mia!
Other differences: lengthy montages of all the big movies of the year -- nominated or not -- were shown, grouped into categories like romance, action, animation and documentary. And the awards were handed out in the order in which they would fall during the actual creation of a film -- first comes the screenplay, then the costume design, then the special effects, then the music, then the directing, and so on.
The most unusual change in the show was having five past winners in the four major acting categories come onstage, personally address each nominee, and simply describe their roles: no clips from their performances were shown. That amounted to 20 extra mini-speeches. For example, ROBERT DENIRO spoke about Sean Penn's performance, SHIRLEY MACLAINE talked about ANNE HATHAWAY, WHOOPI GOLDBERG discussed AMY ADAMS, and KEVIN KLINE described Heath Ledger.
Other tidbits:
--EDDIE MURPHY presented JERRY LEWIS with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award -- fittingly, since Murphy starred in the hit remake of Lewis' classic The Nutty Professor.
--Presenting an award for cinematography with NATALIE PORTMAN, BEN STILLER came out dressed as a spaced-out JOAQUIN PHOENIX, in dark glasses and a huge bushy beard. Portman told Stiller he looked like an escapee from a "Hasidic meth lab," while Stiller said he wanted to "retire from being a funny guy."
--When ALAN ARKIN was talking about PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN's performance in "Doubt," he accidentally called him "Seymour Phillip Hoffman."
--Man on Wire, a movie about PHILIPPE PETIT, who tightrope-walked between the World Trade Center towers in the early '70s, was named Best Documentary. At the podium, Petit balanced the Oscar statuette on his chin, upside down.
--When JACK BLACK and JENNIFER ANISTON presented the animation awards, the camera kept cutting to ANGELINA JOLIE. We hope that was because Jolie was Jack Black's co-star in Kung Fu Panda, and not because Jolie is now with Aniston's ex BRAD PITT.
--The star who got the biggest applause during the annual "In Memoriam" montage was, perhaps not surprisingly, PAUL NEWMAN.
--The three Best Original Song performances were presented in somewhat of a mash-up, with JOHN LEGEND, at one point, singing PETER GABRIEL's nominated song from Wall-E, "Down To Earth," simultaneously during the performances of the nominated Slumdog Millionaire songs "Jai Ho" and "O Saya."
AND IF THAT recap was not enough: lets break it down winner by winner:
Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards. The story about a boy who goes on an Indian game show to find the girl he loves took home eight Oscars, including best picture, and best director for DANNY BOYLE. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had scored the most nominations going into the telecast, collected three trophies, all in technical categories.
When HEATH LEDGER was named best supporting actor last night for his role in The Dark Knight, he became only the second star ever to be honored posthumously. The first was PETER FINCH, who was named best actor in 1977 for the film Network. KATE WINSLET also went home happy last night, winning the Oscar for best actress for The Reader, her first trophy in six nominations. SEAN PENN won the best actor Oscar for his role in Milk -- his second win in five nominations -- and PENELOPE CRUZ won best supporting actress for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She's the first Spanish-born actress ever to win an Oscar.
Here are the winners from last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature Film
WALL-E
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Departures (Japan)
Original Score
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song
"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
The Duchess
Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short Subject
Smile Pinki
Achievement in Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short Film
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jerry Lewis
More Oscar stuff below
Thanks to ABC for all the stats!
CMN news (country music news)
Did ya hear about it...good now we blog about it:
TAYLOR SWIFT continued her assault on Europe over the weekend with an appearance at Germany's Echo Awards. She updated her Twitter account on the way to the show, calling Berlin a, quote, "beautiful city." Taylor also made history in the U.S. on Friday becoming the first artist to debut at number one on CMT's Top 20 Countdown. Her "White Horse" clip was the one to pull off that feat; it's also the biggest debut ever on CMT.com.
While in London last week, Taylor filmed her reaction when she first saw the Rolling Stone magazine with her face on the cover. Even though she's sold tons of records and been on countless magazine covers, Taylor truly freaked out when she saw the Rolling Stone issue and laughed when she saw the caption on the cover -- "Taylor Swift: Secrets of a Good Girl
RASCAL FLATTS is entering that rare league of artists who can headline a stadium. They're set to play Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs, on Saturday, July 18th with special guest DARIUS RUCKER.
SUGARLAND will kick off for their first European tour next month, beginning March 6th in Aviano, Italy. They'll play several military bases along the way with stops in Paris, London and Belfast, Ireland scheduled as well. Label mate HOLLY WILLIAMS will join the duo for a March 16th date in London and a March 18th show in Glasgow, Scotland. Of note, Holly's new album, Here With Me, will be in stores this June, featuring her single "Keep the Change."
Here's Sugarland's itinerary:
3/6 -- Aviano, Italy, Army Base
3/7 -- Catania, Sicily, Naval Air Station
3/8 -- Naples, Italy, Navy Base
3/10 -- Paris, France, Le Showcase
3/13 -- Bressum, Netherlands, Joint For
3/14 -- Frankfurt, Germany, Air Force Base
3/16 -- London, England, Shepherds Bush Empire
3/18 -- Glasgow, Scotland, ABC Theatre
3/20 -- Belfast, Ireland, Waterfront Hall
3/21 -- Letterkenny, Ireland, Mount Errigal Letterkenny
3/22 -- Thurles, Ireland, Premier Hall
BRAD PAISLEY has posted a behind-the-scenes video on the making of his new album at BradPaisley.com. The clip shows Brad recording guitar parts down and figuring out how a song should sound with his producer FRANK ROGERS. Brad says, quote, "You won't be able to tell much from it, but eventually when the record comes out this summer you'll say, 'Oh, okay, that's where that went." Look for more videos to be posted as Brad continues work on the new project.
NASCAR NEWS:
MATT KENSETH made it two wins in a row Sunday when he took the checkered flag in the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California. Kenseth, who won the Daytona 500 last week, becomes the first driver to win the first two races of the season since JEFF GORDON did it in 1997. Gordon finished second in Sunday's race, while KYLE BUSCH was third.
Here are the race results from the Auto Club 500:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kyle Busch
4. Greg Biffle
5. Kurt Busch
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Carl Edwards
8. Tony Stewart
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Brian Vickers
Here are the current top drivers and their points in the 2009 run for the Sprint Cup:
1. Matt Kenseth - 385 points
2. Jeff Gordon - 304
3. Kurt Busch - 294
4. Tony Stewart - 294
5. Greg Biffle - 268
6. Clint Bowyer - 266
7. Michael Waltrip - 264
8. David Ragan - 262
9. Carl Edwards - 260
10. Juan Montoya - 256
11. Elliott Sadler - 248
12. David Reutimann - 248
More entertainment sleaze: its crack for your eyes go ahead read on LOL
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE may be sexy, but they're not the sexiest Hollywood couple. According to a new Fandango poll of more than two thousand people, RYAN GOSLING and RACHEL MCADAMS have been voted the sexiest screen couple in the last 25 years for their work in the drama The Notebook. Brad and Angelina took second for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Here's a complete look at the list:
Speaking of the two here is some video stuff:
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE may be sexy, but they're not the sexiest Hollywood couple. According to a new Fandango poll of more than two thousand people, RYAN GOSLING and RACHEL MCADAMS have been voted the sexiest screen couple in the last 25 years for their work in the drama The Notebook. Brad and Angelina took second for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Here's a complete look at the list:
The Top 10 Sexiest Screen Couples:
1. Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams - The Notebook - 14%
2. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - Mr. & Mrs. Smith - 10%
3. Richard Gere & Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman - 9%
4. Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey - Dirty Dancing - 6%
5. Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet - Titanic - 5%
6. (tie) Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore - Ghost - 4%
6. (tie) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart - Twilight - 4%
8. (tie) Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain - 3%
8. (tie) Brad Pitt & Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise - 3%
10. Johnny Depp & Juliette Binoche - Chocolat - 2%
While those couples may have sizzled on screen, these pairings fizzled. Here's a look at the worst film couples:
The Top 10 Most Mismatched Screen Couples:
1. Jessica Alba & Mike Myers - The Love Guru - 9%
2. Charlize Theron & Woody Allen - Curse Of The Jade Scorpion - 7%
3. (tie) Katherine Heigl & Seth Rogen - Knocked Up - 6%
3. (tie) Adam Sandler & Kevin James - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry - 6%
3. (tie) Anne Heche & Harrison Ford - Six Days, Seven Nights - 6%
6. Kate Winslet & Jack Black - The Holiday - 5%
7. (tie) Julia Roberts & Woody Allen - Everyone Says I Love You - 4%
7. (tie) Nikki Blonsky & Zac Efron - Hairspray - 4%
9. (tie) Jennifer Lopez & Ralph Fiennes - Maid In Manhattan - 3%
9. (tie) Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck - Gigli - 3%
WINGNUT:out
Monday, Monday Oh how we love Monday's MONDAY, MONDAY!!! Reminds me of a song!
OK maybe another SONG!
HA they make me laugh!!!
Last night we have to break down the Oscars! Roll the stats:
Watch in amazement as we recap, the visual stiml-you-lie-is your eye doth crave!
It was "Slum" enchanted evening at last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards as Slumdog Millionaire swept to victory with eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Song and Best Adapted Screenplay. The feel-good story of a kid from the slums of Mumbai who lands on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in a quest to find the love of his life proved irresistable to Oscar voters, beating out more serious fare like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk. In his acceptance speech, director DANNY BOYLE thanked the people of Mumbai, holding up his Oscar statuette and saying that they, quote, "dwarf even this guy."
After five nominations, KATE WINSLET finally scored her first-ever Oscar on her sixth -- she won for her role as a Nazi prison guard in The Reader. She told the audience, "I'd be lying if I haven't made a version of this speech before. I think I was probably eight years old and staring into the bathroom mirror and this would have been a shampoo bottle." Clutching her newly-won statuette, she added, "It's not a shampoo bottle now!"
SEAN PENN won his second Oscar for playing the real-life murdered gay activist HARVEY MILK. At the podium, Penn jokingly called the Oscar voters "Commie, homo-loving son of a guns," and noted his reputation as a "difficult" actor by admitting, "I know how hard I make it to appreciate me, often." Penn also used his speech to call for "equal rights for everyone," and acknowledged the man many thought would beat him for the award by saying, "MICKEY ROURKE rises again...and he is my brother."
As expected, HEATH LEDGER won Best Supporting Oscar for The Dark Knight -- precisely 13 months after his death from an accidential overdose of prescription drugs. His family accepted on his behalf, saying, "This award tonight would have humbly validated Heath's quiet determination to be truly accepted by you all here -- his peers within an industry he so loved." PENELOPE CRUZ won for Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and delivered the second half of her speech in her native Spanish.
As for the actual Oscar telecast, the producers promised something radically different, and in many ways, it was. The stage had more of a nightclub feel, with the orchestra onstage. Host HUGH JACKMAN sang and danced his heart out, starting with an opening number that incorporated "homemade props" and nods to all the nominated films, and some that weren't. The man known to many as Wolverine pointedly asked, in one lyric, "How come comic book movies never get nominated?" Jackman also did a full-blown, top-hat-and-tails salute to movie musicals with the help of BEYONCÉ, High School Musical stars ZAC EFRON and VANESSA HUDGENS, and DOMINIC COOPER and AMANDA SEYFRIED of Mamma Mia!
Other differences: lengthy montages of all the big movies of the year -- nominated or not -- were shown, grouped into categories like romance, action, animation and documentary. And the awards were handed out in the order in which they would fall during the actual creation of a film -- first comes the screenplay, then the costume design, then the special effects, then the music, then the directing, and so on.
The most unusual change in the show was having five past winners in the four major acting categories come onstage, personally address each nominee, and simply describe their roles: no clips from their performances were shown. That amounted to 20 extra mini-speeches. For example, ROBERT DENIRO spoke about Sean Penn's performance, SHIRLEY MACLAINE talked about ANNE HATHAWAY, WHOOPI GOLDBERG discussed AMY ADAMS, and KEVIN KLINE described Heath Ledger.
Other tidbits:
--EDDIE MURPHY presented JERRY LEWIS with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award -- fittingly, since Murphy starred in the hit remake of Lewis' classic The Nutty Professor.
--Presenting an award for cinematography with NATALIE PORTMAN, BEN STILLER came out dressed as a spaced-out JOAQUIN PHOENIX, in dark glasses and a huge bushy beard. Portman told Stiller he looked like an escapee from a "Hasidic meth lab," while Stiller said he wanted to "retire from being a funny guy."
--When ALAN ARKIN was talking about PHILLIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN's performance in "Doubt," he accidentally called him "Seymour Phillip Hoffman."
--Man on Wire, a movie about PHILIPPE PETIT, who tightrope-walked between the World Trade Center towers in the early '70s, was named Best Documentary. At the podium, Petit balanced the Oscar statuette on his chin, upside down.
--When JACK BLACK and JENNIFER ANISTON presented the animation awards, the camera kept cutting to ANGELINA JOLIE. We hope that was because Jolie was Jack Black's co-star in Kung Fu Panda, and not because Jolie is now with Aniston's ex BRAD PITT.
--The star who got the biggest applause during the annual "In Memoriam" montage was, perhaps not surprisingly, PAUL NEWMAN.
--The three Best Original Song performances were presented in somewhat of a mash-up, with JOHN LEGEND, at one point, singing PETER GABRIEL's nominated song from Wall-E, "Down To Earth," simultaneously during the performances of the nominated Slumdog Millionaire songs "Jai Ho" and "O Saya."
AND IF THAT recap was not enough: lets break it down winner by winner:
Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner at last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards. The story about a boy who goes on an Indian game show to find the girl he loves took home eight Oscars, including best picture, and best director for DANNY BOYLE. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which had scored the most nominations going into the telecast, collected three trophies, all in technical categories.
When HEATH LEDGER was named best supporting actor last night for his role in The Dark Knight, he became only the second star ever to be honored posthumously. The first was PETER FINCH, who was named best actor in 1977 for the film Network. KATE WINSLET also went home happy last night, winning the Oscar for best actress for The Reader, her first trophy in six nominations. SEAN PENN won the best actor Oscar for his role in Milk -- his second win in five nominations -- and PENELOPE CRUZ won best supporting actress for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She's the first Spanish-born actress ever to win an Oscar.
Here are the winners from last night's 81st Annual Academy Awards:
Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Sean Penn, Milk
Best Supporting Actor
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Actress
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Animated Feature Film
WALL-E
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Adapted Screenplay
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Departures (Japan)
Original Score
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Original Song
"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Art Direction
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Cinematography
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
The Duchess
Best Documentary Feature
Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short Subject
Smile Pinki
Achievement in Film Editing
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Live Action Short Film
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jerry Lewis
More Oscar stuff below
Thanks to ABC for all the stats!
CMN news (country music news)
Did ya hear about it...good now we blog about it:
TAYLOR SWIFT continued her assault on Europe over the weekend with an appearance at Germany's Echo Awards. She updated her Twitter account on the way to the show, calling Berlin a, quote, "beautiful city." Taylor also made history in the U.S. on Friday becoming the first artist to debut at number one on CMT's Top 20 Countdown. Her "White Horse" clip was the one to pull off that feat; it's also the biggest debut ever on CMT.com.
While in London last week, Taylor filmed her reaction when she first saw the Rolling Stone magazine with her face on the cover. Even though she's sold tons of records and been on countless magazine covers, Taylor truly freaked out when she saw the Rolling Stone issue and laughed when she saw the caption on the cover -- "Taylor Swift: Secrets of a Good Girl
RASCAL FLATTS is entering that rare league of artists who can headline a stadium. They're set to play Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs, on Saturday, July 18th with special guest DARIUS RUCKER.
SUGARLAND will kick off for their first European tour next month, beginning March 6th in Aviano, Italy. They'll play several military bases along the way with stops in Paris, London and Belfast, Ireland scheduled as well. Label mate HOLLY WILLIAMS will join the duo for a March 16th date in London and a March 18th show in Glasgow, Scotland. Of note, Holly's new album, Here With Me, will be in stores this June, featuring her single "Keep the Change."
Here's Sugarland's itinerary:
3/6 -- Aviano, Italy, Army Base
3/7 -- Catania, Sicily, Naval Air Station
3/8 -- Naples, Italy, Navy Base
3/10 -- Paris, France, Le Showcase
3/13 -- Bressum, Netherlands, Joint For
3/14 -- Frankfurt, Germany, Air Force Base
3/16 -- London, England, Shepherds Bush Empire
3/18 -- Glasgow, Scotland, ABC Theatre
3/20 -- Belfast, Ireland, Waterfront Hall
3/21 -- Letterkenny, Ireland, Mount Errigal Letterkenny
3/22 -- Thurles, Ireland, Premier Hall
BRAD PAISLEY has posted a behind-the-scenes video on the making of his new album at BradPaisley.com. The clip shows Brad recording guitar parts down and figuring out how a song should sound with his producer FRANK ROGERS. Brad says, quote, "You won't be able to tell much from it, but eventually when the record comes out this summer you'll say, 'Oh, okay, that's where that went." Look for more videos to be posted as Brad continues work on the new project.
NASCAR NEWS:
MATT KENSETH made it two wins in a row Sunday when he took the checkered flag in the Auto Club 500 in Fontana, California. Kenseth, who won the Daytona 500 last week, becomes the first driver to win the first two races of the season since JEFF GORDON did it in 1997. Gordon finished second in Sunday's race, while KYLE BUSCH was third.
Here are the race results from the Auto Club 500:
1. Matt Kenseth
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Kyle Busch
4. Greg Biffle
5. Kurt Busch
6. Denny Hamlin
7. Carl Edwards
8. Tony Stewart
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Brian Vickers
Here are the current top drivers and their points in the 2009 run for the Sprint Cup:
1. Matt Kenseth - 385 points
2. Jeff Gordon - 304
3. Kurt Busch - 294
4. Tony Stewart - 294
5. Greg Biffle - 268
6. Clint Bowyer - 266
7. Michael Waltrip - 264
8. David Ragan - 262
9. Carl Edwards - 260
10. Juan Montoya - 256
11. Elliott Sadler - 248
12. David Reutimann - 248
More entertainment sleaze: its crack for your eyes go ahead read on LOL
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE may be sexy, but they're not the sexiest Hollywood couple. According to a new Fandango poll of more than two thousand people, RYAN GOSLING and RACHEL MCADAMS have been voted the sexiest screen couple in the last 25 years for their work in the drama The Notebook. Brad and Angelina took second for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Here's a complete look at the list:
Speaking of the two here is some video stuff:
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE may be sexy, but they're not the sexiest Hollywood couple. According to a new Fandango poll of more than two thousand people, RYAN GOSLING and RACHEL MCADAMS have been voted the sexiest screen couple in the last 25 years for their work in the drama The Notebook. Brad and Angelina took second for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Here's a complete look at the list:
The Top 10 Sexiest Screen Couples:
1. Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams - The Notebook - 14%
2. Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie - Mr. & Mrs. Smith - 10%
3. Richard Gere & Julia Roberts - Pretty Woman - 9%
4. Patrick Swayze & Jennifer Grey - Dirty Dancing - 6%
5. Leonardo DiCaprio & Kate Winslet - Titanic - 5%
6. (tie) Patrick Swayze & Demi Moore - Ghost - 4%
6. (tie) Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart - Twilight - 4%
8. (tie) Heath Ledger & Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain - 3%
8. (tie) Brad Pitt & Geena Davis - Thelma & Louise - 3%
10. Johnny Depp & Juliette Binoche - Chocolat - 2%
While those couples may have sizzled on screen, these pairings fizzled. Here's a look at the worst film couples:
The Top 10 Most Mismatched Screen Couples:
1. Jessica Alba & Mike Myers - The Love Guru - 9%
2. Charlize Theron & Woody Allen - Curse Of The Jade Scorpion - 7%
3. (tie) Katherine Heigl & Seth Rogen - Knocked Up - 6%
3. (tie) Adam Sandler & Kevin James - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry - 6%
3. (tie) Anne Heche & Harrison Ford - Six Days, Seven Nights - 6%
6. Kate Winslet & Jack Black - The Holiday - 5%
7. (tie) Julia Roberts & Woody Allen - Everyone Says I Love You - 4%
7. (tie) Nikki Blonsky & Zac Efron - Hairspray - 4%
9. (tie) Jennifer Lopez & Ralph Fiennes - Maid In Manhattan - 3%
9. (tie) Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck - Gigli - 3%
WINGNUT:out
Friday, February 20, 2009
2-20
Greetings Bloggers!!!
WOW we have to TALK Oscars!?!?! Don't we? They are this SUNDAY remember....
HUGH JACKMAN will host the 81st Annual Academy Awards this Sunday, live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Though the presenters for the event will remain a mystery until showtime, Jackman has already revealed that he'll be delivering a bit of song and dance during the ceremony, which airs on ABC beginning at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Which film will win the best picture Oscar on Sunday? The final answer could be Slumdog Millionaire, the darling of the awards season to date. The tale of an orphan who becomes a contestant on India's version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and is suspected of cheating enters the ceremony with 10 nominations. Slumdog Millionaire will contend for best picture along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has a leading 13 nominations, as well as Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader.
Those movies are well represented in the best actor and actress categories. Las Vegas oddsmaker JOHN AVELLO believes Milk star SEAN PENN and The Wrestler actor MICKEY ROURKE are the frontrunners to win the best actor Oscar. Their competition includes BRAD PITT, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; RICHARD JENKINS, for The Visitor; and FRANK LANGELLA, for Frost/Nixon.
KATE WINSLET will make a bid for her first Oscar in six tries, for her performance in The Reader. However, she's competing against some other notable names in the best actress category: ANGELINA JOLIE, for Changeling; ANNE HATHAWAY, for Rachel Getting Married; MERYL STREEP, for Doubt; and MELISSA LEO, for Frozen River. If Winslet loses, she'll tie the record for most nominations by an actress without a win.
The other major story line is whether the late HEATH LEDGER will become the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar. He's considered the favorite to take the best supporting actor prize for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight. So far, PETER FINCH is the only actor to receive a posthumous Oscar, for his work in the 1976 film Network. Thus sayuthhhh the folks from ABC!
Here's a list of the major Oscar nominees:
Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard, Defiance
Danny Elfman, Milk
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, WALL-E
Original Song
"Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness-From the Balcony of Room 306
Achievement in Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory-Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE NEWS!
This am I talked about POP star Rihanna getting beaten up supposedly by boyfriend Chris Brown. I talked about earlier last year mean nasty 'Chris Brown' sang with Tim McGraw:
R&B/pop superstar Chris Brown is testing his country crossover abilities with help from Tim McGraw. The two have recorded a song together called 'Human.'
"It's incredible," Brown tells Billboard. "I wanted to do something more along the country line. That's a bigger and different audience for me."
McGraw has already expanded his audience outside the country world. He recorded a hit song with R&B star Nelly, 'Over and Over,' in 2005. He also wrote and recorded the song 'Nine Lives' with hard rockers Def Leppard this year. Remember Tim did a tune with Nelly a while back too check it out here:
Now we have news that someone from the L.A. P.D. leaked a picture of miss Rihanna! OUCH can you say lawsuit and jail time? All of this info came form TMZ: TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after Chris Brown allegedly beat her...the picture below...
Now there are reports that Chris Brown, the idiot, did not do anything. RIGHT! There are also people saying that he has already apologized to hurting his 'then' girlfriend. Most of this started before the Grammy's in L.A. The biggest dish is that he has acted violent in the past, in his relationships. AGAIN this is all up for speculation, and nothing other than this picture has been confirmed or been cast out on record. If indeed it was Chris, the idiot, then I wish and hope to god his music career is over, and he is cast off his record label. People like this who beat and hurt women have no business drawing breath in my humble opinion!! And from the earlier report mentioned above I truly hope Tim McGraw does not record anything with this maggot ever again!
Hollywood 411!! Gossip and MORE
Speaking of Hollywood things; new movies this weekend are:
* Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail -- TYLER PERRY reprises his role of the brash grandma Madea, made famous in several of his other projects. Madea is thrown into jail after a high-speed car chase and befriends a troubled young woman. KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM -- that's Rudy from The Cosby Show -- and DEREK LUKE also star. Rated PG-13.
* Fired Up! -- Two high school football players anxious to skip summer football camp find a way to attend cheerleading camp instead so they can meet girls. Hilarity ensues when one of them falls in love. Former Heroes actor NICHOLAS D'AGOSTO, Brothers & Sisters actor ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN, MOLLY SIMS and SARAH ROEMER star. Rated PG-13.
Celebrity Sleeze:
February 8th -- CHRIS BROWN turns himself into police and is booked on charges of "criminal threats" fo
llowing an alleged domestic dispute the night before in Los Angeles that reportedly involved his girlfriend, RIHANNA. Brown posts 50 thousand dollars' bail and is released. According to reports, he allegedly assaulted a woman, who has not yet been officially identified as Rihanna, following an argument.
January 31st -- Seventy-year-old TV host GARY COLLINS is arrested outside of Montecito, California on suspicion of DUI. He is booked at Santa Barbara County Jail and subsequently released. Collins served a four-day jail sentence in California in early 2008 after pleading no contest to two DUI charges in connection with a 2007 crash blamed on another motorist.
January 20th -- WILLIAM BALFOUR, the man accused of killing JENNIFER HUDSON's family members, pleads not guilty to the crimes. He is accused of killing Jennifer's mother, brother and nephew.
January 9th -- RYAN O'NEAL is sentenced to an 18-month drug diversion program after pleading guilty to a felony methamphetamine possession charge. The case will be dismissed if O'Neal completes the program. The 67-year-old actor and his 23-year-old son, REDMOND, were arrested in September, 2008 after authorities allegedly found drugs at O'Neal's Malibu, California home during a probation check of Redmond.
January 2nd, 2009 -- HEATHER LOCKLEAR is sentenced to three years of informal probation
and a fine after her attorney pleads no contest on her behalf to a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. Under the plea deal, the 47-year-old Locklear must also attend a driver's education program. Locklear was charged the previous November with driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection with her September, 2008 arrest in Montecito, California.
December 31st -- DANE COOK's half-brother, accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the comedian-actor, pleads not guilty at a Woburn, Massachusetts
court. Forty-three-year-old DARRYL MCCAULEY, a former business manager of Cook's, was arrested earlier in the week and faces forgery and larceny charges. McCauley is ordered held on three million dollars bail. Prosecutors claim McCauley transferred money, partly through a three-million-dollar check he allegedly forged, from Cook's business accounts into his personal accounts between July of 2007 and December of 2008.
CMN (country music news)
RASCAL FLATTS has wrangled a sponsorship with J.C. Penney for their upcoming American Living Unstoppable tour, kicking off June 5th. The Flatts have also written a song called "American Living," which will be heard in J.C. Penney's commercials for its American Living brand. That song will be available exclusively on copies of the band's new album, Unstoppable, sold at J.C. Penney stores.
Flatts lead singer GARY LeVOX says, quote, "American Living represents a classic, American lifestyle -- it's a brand we wear and are proud to share with our fans." Rascal Flatts' deal with J.C. Penney will extend through their 2011 concert tour. They'll also be wearing clothes from the American Living line during their concerts.
The first single from Unstoppable, "Here Comes Goodbye," is nearing the top ten. The guys have worked out a deal with iTunes to make the single and its video available online on March 10th. Three additional songs from Unstoppable will be released one at a time to iTunes on March 17th, 24th and 31st before the full album is released on April 7th.
We have your FLATTS TIX starting MoNdAy every hour from 6am until 9!!
Las Vegas will become the epicenter of country music in early April with tons of events surrounding the ACM Awards on April 5th. TOBY KEITH and MONTGOMERY GENTRY will lead a pack of country stars and industry insiders for the ACM Chairman's Ride on Saturday, April 4th. This year's bike ride will consist of a scenic ride through the Nevada desert. RASCAL FLATTS will host the ACM Celebrity Golf Classic on that day as well, while JULIANNE HOUGH, KELLIE PICKLER and LeANN RIMES are set to perform at the Fremont Street Experience that night.
REBA McENTIRE hosts the 44th Annual ACM Awards, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on CBS-TV Sunday, April 5th.
JOSH TURNER and his wife JENNIFER will welcome their second child this summer. Josh says, quote, "I am so excited about the newest member of our family. I can't wait to hold him or her for the first time." The couple has a two-year-old son named HAMPTON.
With the Oscars being handed out this Sunday night, America's attention turns to the movie business. CRAIG MORGAN has been considering breaking into movies lately. He says, quote, "I see guys like JACKIE CHAN and CHRIS ROCK and...think, 'God, I'd love to hang out with those guys and make a movie with them'."
Craig also thinks he could win over some new fans through movie roles, saying, quote, "Anytime I can increase my fan base by dong something else, I want to do it."
As part of his plot to break into film, Craig has enrolled a few of his kids in acting lessons. He says, quote, "Rather than paying for me to do it and not be cool, I let them go. Then they come back and tell me everything they've learned." Craig has plenty of experience in front of the camera from making videos like the new one for his latest single, "God Must Really Love Me."
WINGNUT:out Have a great weekend!!!
WOW we have to TALK Oscars!?!?! Don't we? They are this SUNDAY remember....
HUGH JACKMAN will host the 81st Annual Academy Awards this Sunday, live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Though the presenters for the event will remain a mystery until showtime, Jackman has already revealed that he'll be delivering a bit of song and dance during the ceremony, which airs on ABC beginning at 8:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Which film will win the best picture Oscar on Sunday? The final answer could be Slumdog Millionaire, the darling of the awards season to date. The tale of an orphan who becomes a contestant on India's version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and is suspected of cheating enters the ceremony with 10 nominations. Slumdog Millionaire will contend for best picture along with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has a leading 13 nominations, as well as Frost/Nixon, Milk and The Reader.
Those movies are well represented in the best actor and actress categories. Las Vegas oddsmaker JOHN AVELLO believes Milk star SEAN PENN and The Wrestler actor MICKEY ROURKE are the frontrunners to win the best actor Oscar. Their competition includes BRAD PITT, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; RICHARD JENKINS, for The Visitor; and FRANK LANGELLA, for Frost/Nixon.
KATE WINSLET will make a bid for her first Oscar in six tries, for her performance in The Reader. However, she's competing against some other notable names in the best actress category: ANGELINA JOLIE, for Changeling; ANNE HATHAWAY, for Rachel Getting Married; MERYL STREEP, for Doubt; and MELISSA LEO, for Frozen River. If Winslet loses, she'll tie the record for most nominations by an actress without a win.
The other major story line is whether the late HEATH LEDGER will become the second actor to win a posthumous Oscar. He's considered the favorite to take the best supporting actor prize for playing the Joker in The Dark Knight. So far, PETER FINCH is the only actor to receive a posthumous Oscar, for his work in the 1976 film Network. Thus sayuthhhh the folks from ABC!
Here's a list of the major Oscar nominees:
Best Picture
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant, Milk
Stephen Daldry, The Reader
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn, Milk
Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin, Milk
Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Actress
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Doubt
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis, Doubt
Taraji P. Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
Best Animated Feature Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
Original Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Martin McDonagh, In Bruges
Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E
Adapted Screenplay
Eric Roth and Robin Swicord, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley, Doubt
Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon
David Hare, The Reader
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
The Class (France)
Departures (Japan)
Revanche (Austria)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)
Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard, Defiance
Danny Elfman, Milk
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman, WALL-E
Original Song
"Down to Earth," Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman; WALL-E
"Jai Ho," A.R. Rahman and Gulzar; Slumdog Millionaire
"O Saya," A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam; Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Art Direction
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess
Revolutionary Road
Achievement in Cinematography
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Costume Design
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Duchess
Milk
Revolutionary Road
Best Documentary Feature
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Encounters at the End of the World
The Garden
Man on Wire
Trouble the Water
Best Documentary Short Subject
The Conscience of Nhem En
The Final Inch
Smile Pinki
The Witness-From the Balcony of Room 306
Achievement in Film Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Makeup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
Achievement in Sound Editing
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
Wanted
Achievement in Visual Effects
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Best Animated Short Film
La Maison en Petits Cubes
Lavatory-Lovestory
Oktapodi
Presto
This Way Up
Best Live Action Short Film
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
Manon on the Asphalt
New Boy
The Pig
Spielzeugland (Toyland)
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE NEWS!
This am I talked about POP star Rihanna getting beaten up supposedly by boyfriend Chris Brown. I talked about earlier last year mean nasty 'Chris Brown' sang with Tim McGraw:
R&B/pop superstar Chris Brown is testing his country crossover abilities with help from Tim McGraw. The two have recorded a song together called 'Human.'
"It's incredible," Brown tells Billboard. "I wanted to do something more along the country line. That's a bigger and different audience for me."
McGraw has already expanded his audience outside the country world. He recorded a hit song with R&B star Nelly, 'Over and Over,' in 2005. He also wrote and recorded the song 'Nine Lives' with hard rockers Def Leppard this year. Remember Tim did a tune with Nelly a while back too check it out here:
Now we have news that someone from the L.A. P.D. leaked a picture of miss Rihanna! OUCH can you say lawsuit and jail time? All of this info came form TMZ: TMZ has obtained a photo of Rihanna taken after Chris Brown allegedly beat her...the picture below...
Now there are reports that Chris Brown, the idiot, did not do anything. RIGHT! There are also people saying that he has already apologized to hurting his 'then' girlfriend. Most of this started before the Grammy's in L.A. The biggest dish is that he has acted violent in the past, in his relationships. AGAIN this is all up for speculation, and nothing other than this picture has been confirmed or been cast out on record. If indeed it was Chris, the idiot, then I wish and hope to god his music career is over, and he is cast off his record label. People like this who beat and hurt women have no business drawing breath in my humble opinion!! And from the earlier report mentioned above I truly hope Tim McGraw does not record anything with this maggot ever again!Hollywood 411!! Gossip and MORE
Speaking of Hollywood things; new movies this weekend are:
* Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail -- TYLER PERRY reprises his role of the brash grandma Madea, made famous in several of his other projects. Madea is thrown into jail after a high-speed car chase and befriends a troubled young woman. KESHIA KNIGHT PULLIAM -- that's Rudy from The Cosby Show -- and DEREK LUKE also star. Rated PG-13.
* Fired Up! -- Two high school football players anxious to skip summer football camp find a way to attend cheerleading camp instead so they can meet girls. Hilarity ensues when one of them falls in love. Former Heroes actor NICHOLAS D'AGOSTO, Brothers & Sisters actor ERIC CHRISTIAN OLSEN, MOLLY SIMS and SARAH ROEMER star. Rated PG-13.
Celebrity Sleeze:
February 8th -- CHRIS BROWN turns himself into police and is booked on charges of "criminal threats" fo
llowing an alleged domestic dispute the night before in Los Angeles that reportedly involved his girlfriend, RIHANNA. Brown posts 50 thousand dollars' bail and is released. According to reports, he allegedly assaulted a woman, who has not yet been officially identified as Rihanna, following an argument.January 31st -- Seventy-year-old TV host GARY COLLINS is arrested outside of Montecito, California on suspicion of DUI. He is booked at Santa Barbara County Jail and subsequently released. Collins served a four-day jail sentence in California in early 2008 after pleading no contest to two DUI charges in connection with a 2007 crash blamed on another motorist.
January 20th -- WILLIAM BALFOUR, the man accused of killing JENNIFER HUDSON's family members, pleads not guilty to the crimes. He is accused of killing Jennifer's mother, brother and nephew.
January 9th -- RYAN O'NEAL is sentenced to an 18-month drug diversion program after pleading guilty to a felony methamphetamine possession charge. The case will be dismissed if O'Neal completes the program. The 67-year-old actor and his 23-year-old son, REDMOND, were arrested in September, 2008 after authorities allegedly found drugs at O'Neal's Malibu, California home during a probation check of Redmond.
January 2nd, 2009 -- HEATHER LOCKLEAR is sentenced to three years of informal probation
and a fine after her attorney pleads no contest on her behalf to a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving. Under the plea deal, the 47-year-old Locklear must also attend a driver's education program. Locklear was charged the previous November with driving under the influence of prescription drugs in connection with her September, 2008 arrest in Montecito, California.December 31st -- DANE COOK's half-brother, accused of embezzling millions of dollars from the comedian-actor, pleads not guilty at a Woburn, Massachusetts
court. Forty-three-year-old DARRYL MCCAULEY, a former business manager of Cook's, was arrested earlier in the week and faces forgery and larceny charges. McCauley is ordered held on three million dollars bail. Prosecutors claim McCauley transferred money, partly through a three-million-dollar check he allegedly forged, from Cook's business accounts into his personal accounts between July of 2007 and December of 2008.CMN (country music news)
RASCAL FLATTS has wrangled a sponsorship with J.C. Penney for their upcoming American Living Unstoppable tour, kicking off June 5th. The Flatts have also written a song called "American Living," which will be heard in J.C. Penney's commercials for its American Living brand. That song will be available exclusively on copies of the band's new album, Unstoppable, sold at J.C. Penney stores.
Flatts lead singer GARY LeVOX says, quote, "American Living represents a classic, American lifestyle -- it's a brand we wear and are proud to share with our fans." Rascal Flatts' deal with J.C. Penney will extend through their 2011 concert tour. They'll also be wearing clothes from the American Living line during their concerts.
The first single from Unstoppable, "Here Comes Goodbye," is nearing the top ten. The guys have worked out a deal with iTunes to make the single and its video available online on March 10th. Three additional songs from Unstoppable will be released one at a time to iTunes on March 17th, 24th and 31st before the full album is released on April 7th.
We have your FLATTS TIX starting MoNdAy every hour from 6am until 9!!
Las Vegas will become the epicenter of country music in early April with tons of events surrounding the ACM Awards on April 5th. TOBY KEITH and MONTGOMERY GENTRY will lead a pack of country stars and industry insiders for the ACM Chairman's Ride on Saturday, April 4th. This year's bike ride will consist of a scenic ride through the Nevada desert. RASCAL FLATTS will host the ACM Celebrity Golf Classic on that day as well, while JULIANNE HOUGH, KELLIE PICKLER and LeANN RIMES are set to perform at the Fremont Street Experience that night.
REBA McENTIRE hosts the 44th Annual ACM Awards, airing live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena on CBS-TV Sunday, April 5th.
JOSH TURNER and his wife JENNIFER will welcome their second child this summer. Josh says, quote, "I am so excited about the newest member of our family. I can't wait to hold him or her for the first time." The couple has a two-year-old son named HAMPTON.
With the Oscars being handed out this Sunday night, America's attention turns to the movie business. CRAIG MORGAN has been considering breaking into movies lately. He says, quote, "I see guys like JACKIE CHAN and CHRIS ROCK and...think, 'God, I'd love to hang out with those guys and make a movie with them'."
Craig also thinks he could win over some new fans through movie roles, saying, quote, "Anytime I can increase my fan base by dong something else, I want to do it."
As part of his plot to break into film, Craig has enrolled a few of his kids in acting lessons. He says, quote, "Rather than paying for me to do it and not be cool, I let them go. Then they come back and tell me everything they've learned." Craig has plenty of experience in front of the camera from making videos like the new one for his latest single, "God Must Really Love Me."
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