a completely gratuitous Matthew Goode post

this video is heavy on CHEESE so I hope you're not lactose intolerant, if you choose to watch this. "Watchmen" opens in exactly 6 weeks so expect plenty more gratuitous MG posts.

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The most f$%ked up kids show ever...

Wonder Showzen was a stellar-demented sketch comedy show a la Sesame Street that aired on MTV a few years back. After discussing it with a friend I was compelled to post the absurdity that was the reason I stayed in (at least til 11) on Friday nights my Junior year of college.


Beat kids

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Hot dog factory

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Mr. Story

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What are you running from

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Vietnam flashback

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N is Pregnant

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Gun Safety

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aimless wonderings

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Defiance Review

I've been excited about the release of "Defiance" for quite some time now. While the story is thought-provoking and true, it didn't pull completely pull me in, and I think that's due to the pacing of the film. Liev Schreiber steals every scene he's in and I'm not just saying that because I fancy him, but because he's totally badass and brilliant in the role. Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell, both do a great job as well, but there's isn't much else for me to say/add that you haven't seen in the trailer. Maybe I'm too caught up in watching as many films as possible that have been nominated for awards this season, that I expected more, but I did enjoy myself.

My rating: 7.8/10

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2009 Academy Award Nominations

Winners to be announced on Sunday, February 22nd.

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Frost/Nixon (2008): Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Eric Fellner
Milk (2008): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
The Reader (2008): Nominees to be determined
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Christian Colson

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Richard Jenkins for The Visitor (2007/I)
Frank Langella for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sean Penn for Milk (2008)
Brad Pitt for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Mickey Rourke for The Wrestler (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Angelina Jolie for Changeling (2008)
Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008)
Meryl Streep for Doubt (2008/I)
Kate Winslet for The Reader (2008)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Josh Brolin for Milk (2008)
Robert Downey Jr. for Tropic Thunder (2008)
Philip Seymour Hoffman for Doubt (2008/I)
Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight (2008)
Michael Shannon for Revolutionary Road (2008)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Amy Adams for Doubt (2008/I)
Penélope Cruz for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Viola Davis for Doubt (2008/I)
Taraji P. Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Marisa Tomei for The Wrestler (2008)


Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Stephen Daldry for The Reader (2008)
David Fincher for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ron Howard for Frost/Nixon (2008)
Gus Van Sant for Milk (2008)


Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
Frozen River (2008): Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon


Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt (2008/I): John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon (2008): Peter Morgan
The Reader (2008): David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Simon Beaufoy


Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Changeling (2008): Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Claudio Miranda
The Dark Knight (2008): Wally Pfister
The Reader (2008): Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
The Dark Knight (2008): Lee Smith
Frost/Nixon (2008): Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Milk (2008): Elliot Graham
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Chris Dickens

Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
Changeling (2008): James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
The Dark Knight (2008): Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
The Duchess (2008): Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
Revolutionary Road (2008): Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Australia (2008): Catherine Martin
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Jacqueline West
The Duchess (2008): Michael O'Connor
Milk (2008): Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road (2008): Albert Wolsky


Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Greg Cannom
The Dark Knight (2008): John Caglione Jr., Conor O'Sullivan
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008): Mike Elizalde, Thomas Floutz

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Alexandre Desplat
Defiance (2008): James Newton Howard
Milk (2008): Danny Elfman
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman
WALL·E (2008): Thomas Newman

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Gulzar("Jai Ho")
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): A.R. Rahman, Maya Arulpragasam("O Saya")
WALL·E (2008): Peter Gabriel, Thomas Newman("Down to Earth")

Best Achievement in Sound
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
The Dark Knight (2008): Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
WALL·E (2008): Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
Wanted (2008): Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
The Dark Knight (2008): Richard King
Iron Man (2008): Frank E. Eulner, Christopher Boyes
Slumdog Millionaire (2008): Tom Sayers
WALL·E (2008): Ben Burtt, Matthew Wood
Wanted (2008): Wylie Stateman

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008): Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
The Dark Knight (2008): Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man (2008): John Nelson, Ben Snow, Daniel Sudick, Shane Mahan

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
Bolt (2008): Chris Williams, Byron Howard
Kung Fu Panda (2008): John Stevenson, Mark Osborne
WALL·E (2008): Andrew Stanton

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008)(Germany)
Entre les murs (2008)(France)
Revanche (2008)(Austria)
Okuribito (2008)(Japan)
Vals Im Bashir (2008)(Israel)

Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008): Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World (2007): Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden (2008/I): Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire (2008): James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water (2008): Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
The Conscience of Nhem En: Steven Okazaki
The Final Inch: Irene Taylor Brodsky, Tom Grant
Smile Pinki: Megan Mylan
The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306: Adam Pertofsky, Margaret Hyde

Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
La Maison en Petits Cubes: Kunio Kato
Ubornaya istoriya - lyubovnaya istoriya (2007): Konstantin Bronzit
Oktapodi (2007): Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand
Presto (2008): Doug Sweetland
This Way Up (2008): Alan Smith, Adam Foulkes

Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
Auf der Strecke (2007): Reto Caffi
Manon sur le bitume (2007): Elizabeth Marre, Olivier Pont
New Boy (2007): Steph Green, Tamara Anghie
Grisen (2008): Tivi Magnusson, Dorthe Warnø Høgh
Spielzeugland (2007): Jochen Alexander Freydank

Whitney Roux reviews "Gran Torino"

I just slagged this review from Whit's blog, that you should definitely check out. By the by there's a Major Spoiler in this review so I've only read part of it because I'm not sure when I'll check it out, because I've got The Wrestler, Revolutionary Road and FROST/NIXON on deck, but deeply love and respect Clint:

A Review of Gran Torino:Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, a Korea Veteran who has a chip on his shoulder to say the very least. After working hard and raising is children in the suburbs of Michigan, which had become a ghetto, his wife dies and he is left alone. Mostly he sits around drinking PBRs while hating on the asians and mexicans who have moved into his neighborhood. During the film he befriends a Humong Boy from next door, through a series of confrontations with his couzins gang. Eastwood uses a lot of guns and phrases like "get off my lawn". Although one of his symbolic gestures of pointing his fingers like a gun and pretending to shoot is kinda cool but only works to fend off gangsters if your fucking Clint Eastwood. Spoiler Alert: Clint Eastwood finds out he is sick, and then the neighbors ( whom he has become close" with) are beaten, raped and shot at. He knows that they will never be safe until the gang who did this is put down. So in the true fashion of a martyr he goes to the gang house and is killed while reaching for a lighter. Gran Torino is actually a car that Eastwood has in the film, a 72 to be exact. It plays a role of bring Walt and Tao,whom he refers to as Toad, together.My overall review is a 6 out of 10. It was
entertaining, Clint Eastwood was great, not only was he convincing and scary but I felt empathy for him without pity. His gritty hatred of all things asian was off the charts. There were more racial slurs in this movie than I knew existed. Some of that game the film some humor. The Humong characters were not as fine tuned as actors, which I was relieved to read on IMDB that only one had acted before. I guess I had never thought about Asian gangs before, especially in Detroit. The plot presented them well, as far as gangs go. The violence that ensued was enough to be believable without making it look irrational. The cheesy part was watching the relationship evelopment between Tao and Walt. They formed somewhat of a father son bond and Walt was able to move further from his memories of the Korean war and maybe stop hating all asians. This brings Walt from a mean, crotchty old man, to a father looking for someone to share his knowledge with. In the end, he dies for the kid and his sister, which was an appropriate ending for such a film. In the very end he leaves his car to Tao, instead of his spoiled over acting bitch of a grand-daughter.Final Word: If you like Clint Eastwood, or wanna pick up some new insults: See it.

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Please take a moment to Rock the F out to - The Hives

Another Swedish thing I'm fond of The Hives

Tick Tick Boom

B is for Brutus

Two Timing Touch and Broken Bones

Antidote

Main Offender

Walk Idiot Walk

Abra Cadaver

Hate to Say I told You So

Oh my wow

The first time Joaquin Phoenix came into my life was in 1996 when I came across Gus Van Sant's "To Die For," on cable. I was intrigued and tittilated since I was way too young to be watching that movie (by the by if you haven't seen this movie I highly recommend it, Nicole Kidman, Casey Affleck, Matt Dillon and Ileana Douglas round out this dark comic thriller.) I didn't know how to speak Spanish yet so I wasn't sure how to pronounce his name and was fascinated by this boy named "Jo-a-quin" with a bit of a cleft pallet, undeniable talent and was River Phoenix's brother.
By the time he was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for "Gladiator" and again in 2006 for "Walk the Line," everyone knew who he was and how to pronounce his name. So when I heard a few weeks ago he was giving up acting completely to pursue a career in music I thought "This has got to be a joke.That's gobble-dee-gook Joaquin."

Sadly (for the time being) this is no joke and below is footage of him rapping at some club in Vegas

While watching all I could think was “Knick-nack paddywhack give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.” And then he fell off the stage.

Why is Michael Phelps not on The Wheaties Box?

Because he wanted too much $
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Gotta love the winter wonderland of South Florida...

You can have Mister Softee & wear shorts in December!
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If you haven't checked out Panic Bomber...

you should come see him perform tomorrow night at The News Lounge, because it's something brilliant to behold!

I've just died and gone to fashion heaven...

I was going to do a write up myself and figured NY Magazine did such a good job why bother:

Alexander Wang got his year off with a bang. Or three. After showing his pre-fall collection and having Diane Von Furstenberg mentor him, the designer just rolled out the online lookbook for his new diffusion line T by Alexander Wang this week. And, as expected, we're buying it all. First announced last August, the line features 12 styles of comfortable T-shirt dresses, tanks, and shirts that look already worn-in, slept-in, and partied-in, all for a third of what his regular line costs — a V-neck dress is $85, a tank dress is $89, a boatneck dress is $85, and a sleeveless tee is $74. And you won't have to wait much longer to get your hands on pieces — the line will hit stores by the end of this month, a representative told us today. Barneys New York, Opening Ceremony, and Kirna Zabête are all confirmed to stock the line, and the clothes are available for pre-order now on SaksFifthAvenue.com. So, come Fashion Week, you'll have something new and affordable to wear. Win win!

Here are a few of my favorite looks below and you can check out the rest at Alexander Wang's site.

Just because...

this is possibly THE greatest image I've ever seen in my life.

It's Monday...

I was discussing with Karl the other day about how wonderfully fantastic Liev Schrieber is before I saw Defiance -he had no clue til Imentioned Naomi Watts is his baby mama and the fact that he's Sabretooth- so I suggested he check out his performance in "The Ten," and now so should you. By the by this utterly ridiculous and fantastic film was written and directed by David Wain who also wrote and directed "Role Models," & "Wet Hot American Summer."

"When I look into your eyes, I can see a love restrained..."

When this video came out I thought it was the coolest thing on the planet and totally epic...oh wait I still do