The King's Speech to Helena Bonham Carter

I know this movie's about King George VI, his speech impediment and the man who helped him overcome it, and don't get me wrong. Colin Firth deserved his Golden Globe hands down, and all the accolades this movie's getting pre-BAFTA's with a whopping 14 nominations are not only merited but expected. HOWEVER I CANNOT help but recognize the ever-lovely Helena Bonham Carter, who totally should've won her Golden Globe. She was just EXCEPTIONAL. I mean, come on!! She's practically married to Tim Burton and he's as dark and odd as they get by directing morbid yet cute and inspiring movies like The Corpse Bride, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow and the oddest version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory I have ever seen. She was MARLA in THE FIGHT CLUB and she just played the Queen Mum during the 30's!!!!!! She's an outrageously versatile actress that has got to be acknowledged for her incandescent work. She NEEDS a freaking award already, she's BELLATRIX LESTRANGE!!!!!! She's been nominated for six, count them SIX Golden Globe awards!! Somebody give her SOMETHING to recognize her awesome brilliantness!!!!!

So far, according to IMDB, these are all the Golden Globes she's been nominated for. Quite the snub, even for the film, The Wings of the Dove, which she was also nominated for an Acadamy Award. COMPLETE snub.

2011 for: The King's Speech (2010).

2008 for: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007).

2003 for: Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV).

1999 for: Merlin (1998).

1998 for: The Wings of the Dove (1997).

1994 for: Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993) (TV).

I mean, even the BAFTA's, the British version of the Oscars, she gets snubbed by them three times...I REALLY hope she wins this one.

2011 for: The King's Speech (2010).

2010 for: "Enid" (2009) (TV).

1998 for: The Wings of the Dove (1997).

1993 for: Howards End (1992).

The Golden Globes.....and Ricky Gervais's Altered Mental State.

Well, Golden Globes last night was a definite must-watch. Courtesy of IMDB, enclosed are the nominees and winners.


Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
The Social Network

Other Nominees:
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The King's Speech


Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
The Kids Are All Right

Other Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland
Burlesque
Red
The Tourist


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Colin Firth for The King's Speech

Other Nominees:
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network
James Franco for 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine
Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Other Nominees:
Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine


Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version

Other Nominees:
Johnny Depp for The Tourist
Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland
Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs
Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack


Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right

Other Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs
Angelina Jolie for The Tourist
Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right
Emma Stone for Easy A


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Christian Bale for The Fighter

Other Nominees:
Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network
Jeremy Renner for The Town
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Melissa Leo for The Fighter

Other Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech
Mila Kunis for Black Swan
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom


Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER
David Fincher for The Social Network

Other Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan for Inception
David O. Russell for The Fighter


Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER
The Social Network: Aaron Sorkin

Other Nominees:
127 Hours: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Inception: Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right: Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko
The King's Speech: David Seidler


Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER
Burlesque: Diane Warren("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")

Other Nominees:
Burlesque: Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler("Bound to You")
Country Strong: Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey("There's A Place For Us")
Tangled: Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")


Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER
The Social Network: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Other Nominees:
127 Hours: A.R. Rahman
Alice in Wonderland: Danny Elfman
Inception: Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech: Alexandre Desplat


Best Animated Film
WINNER
Toy Story 3

Other Nominees:
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist
Tangled


Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER
In a Better World (Denmark)

Other Nominees:
Biutiful (Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (France)
The Edge (Russia)
I Am Love (Italy)


Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER
"Boardwalk Empire"

Other Nominees:
"Dexter"
"The Good Wife"
"Mad Men"
"The Walking Dead"


Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
"Glee"

Other Nominees:
"The Big Bang Theory"
"The Big C"
"Modern Family"
"Nurse Jackie"
"30 Rock"


Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
"Carlos"

Other Nominees:
"The Pacific"
"The Pillars of the Earth"
Temple Grandin (TV)
You Don't Know Jack (TV)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack (TV)

Other Nominees:
Idris Elba for "Luther"
Ian McShane for "The Pillars of the Earth"
Dennis Quaid for The Special Relationship (TV)
Édgar Ramírez for "Carlos"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Claire Danes for Temple Grandin (TV)

Other Nominees:
Hayley Atwell for "The Pillars of the Earth"
Judi Dench for "Cranford"
Romola Garai for "Emma"
Jennifer Love Hewitt for The Client List (TV)


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory"

Other Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock"
Steve Carell for "The Office"
Thomas Jane for "Hung"
Matthew Morrison for "Glee"


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Laura Linney for "The Big C"

Other Nominees:
Toni Collette for "United States of Tara"
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie"
Tina Fey for "30 Rock"
Lea Michele for "Glee"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire"

Other Nominees:
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad"
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter"
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men"
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D."


Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Katey Sagal for "Sons of Anarchy"

Other Nominees:
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife"
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men"
Piper Perabo for "Covert Affairs"
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer"


Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Chris Colfer for "Glee"

Other Nominees:
Scott Caan for "Hawaii Five-0"
Chris Noth for "The Good Wife"
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family"
David Strathairn for Temple Grandin (TV)


Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Jane Lynch for "Glee"

Other Nominees:
Hope Davis for The Special Relationship (TV)
Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire"
Julia Stiles for "Dexter"
Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family"


Frankly, I didn't watch it. I have bronchitis. BUT from the reviews I'm reading, it seems Ricky Gervais wore out his welcome as a funny man here in the US. According to the Hollywood Reporter, TV critics had this to say about the British comedian:


Indie Wire said Gervais gave a "a go-for-broke performance that would become —and I‘m not exaggerating – legendary, a benchmark by which other flameout hosting gigs are measured." But after Gervais mysteriously disappeared for the second half of the show, "the rest of the three hour show became lethally dull."

The New York Times compared Gervais -- and Christian Bale, who won the first award of the night, best supporting actor for The Fighter -- to feuding politicians. "It’s so rare for presenters to be at open war with their host, and at times it almost looked as if Mr. Gervais and Mr. Bale were intent on bringing to Hollywood some of the incivility and extremism that veins political discourse," wrote the paper's Alessandra Stanley.

TV Guide called Gervais out for "slaughtering any number of sacred cows while torching some of Hollywood's most prodigious egos. As host of the otherwise innocuous Golden Globe Awards for the second (and possibly last) time, he didn't just bite the proverbial hand, he spit it back out and mocked it again for good measure."

The Hollywood Reporter's Tim Goodman defended Gervais, calling him "scathing and hilarious in a way that made for entertaining television but no doubt bruised some egos and all but killed any chance he'll host again."

Well, here's to him. As his version of the British "The Office" ended after only 2 seasons, he was noted saying to Steve Carrell in his last hosting gig, "It's not about quantity, it's about quality." Well, apparently quality's gone downhill.

Recent Updates: The New Spidey, Film Festivals, Give it up, PLEASE, and God bless America.

At the current moment it may be titled, "Untitled Spider-Man Reboot" but filming already has begun, and from the looks of it, may be dark and angsty. The Social Network's Andrew Garfield will be taking on the title role, with Easy A's Emma Stone as his leading lady, Gwen Stacy. Yes, I know. Comic book geeks all know Peter Parker's leading lady will always be fiery red-head Mary Jane Watson, and those of you who know Emma Stone from Superbad will know that she'd be the perfect red-head to portray the role. But I think Director Marc Webb has different plans for this Spidey. He's back in high school, for one thing, and he's developing his abilities like a regular teenager would develop hormones. So this is going to be interesting, due to the fact that I actually really like Emma Stone and can't wait to see her in the upcoming The Help.

Just stating a fact here, I hate film festivals. Because GREAT movies like The Debt isn't immediately released to the public. In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents(after watching enough NCIS, I've become addicted to all things Mossad, even the name) on a secret mission capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal known as the Surgeon of Birkenau. Now a long time later, a man who claims to be the said Surgeon has re-emerged in Eastern Europe and one of the former agents who was initially assigned to kill him, skillfully portrayed by Dame Helen Mirren, whom I LOVE, must find him. Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington, Ciaran Hinds, seriously. I would've paid money to see this in an actual theater, I wouldn't have downloaded it. It looks ridiculously incredible. Take a look:



In other news, my sound sources have recently told me of the upcoming 6th installment of Fast and the Furious. Come on! Sixth? Come out with the fifth first, then we'll talk about the next one. Plus, they're talking about a spin-off with The Rock (let's face it, Dwayne Johnson will forever be known as The Rock to me) as lead character Federal Agent Hobbs. I mean, Johnny Depp, who actually is considering a 5th Pirates needs to be careful. He may be the all-luscious Johnny Depp, but getting stereotyped is fairly easy in Hollywood. All I know is Paul Walker is either driving really fast or playing football for John Voight. Either or, they need to be careful.

I wrap up my post with this awesome AWESOME picture of Chris Evans, Captain America, the FIRST AVENGER in full costume.....so goose bumpy excited.

Ondine

As the title precurses, I watched Ondine today. I happen to think Colin Farrell is an extremely underrated actor who suprised everyone, including me, when he won the Golden Globe for best actor at the Awards in 2009 for In Bruges, which by the way, he totally deserved. Sure, he did the basic bad boy image thing, and movies like Daredevil and SWAT, guilty pleasures no one would admit they enjoyed, except for me, because SWAT's got Jeremy Renner, and I've loved him ever since P!nk's music video for Trouble. I just think he's so incredibly underrated, and is now finally getting the recognition he deserves, due to movies like Ondine, Cassandra's Dream with Ewan McGregor (an absolute piece of work. But then again, it is Woody Allen, so I'm not surprised), Pride and Glory, which contains the talented Ed Norton, and Crazy Heart, which I didn't even know he was in until I saw him. I was pleasantly surprised. As crazy as it might seen, I hadn't seen the trailer to that movie, so I went in blind. And completely agreed with the members of the Academy for honoring Jeff Bridges with a Best Actor award. But back to Colin....

Let's not forget his unique work as the 3rd Tony in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, which he blew me away--I, again, was not expecting him to be cast, though like everyone who wanted to see Heath Ledger's posthumous movie, I flocked to watch the trailer as well. The caliber of his work is now compared to the accomplished and brilliant work of Johnny Depp. I kind of want to see a movie with both of them acting side by side, not the same person in an alternate world. That movie, I'm sure, will be one heck of a film. Speaking of Colin Farrell and movies that will be one heck of a film, Brendan Gleeson, Colin's costar from In Bruges, will be writing and directing a film called At-Swim-Two-Birds, and with such a respected actor like Gleeson at the helm, I am truly excited for this movie.

Natalie Portmania

Well, it seems that she's done it again. Late 2010-early 2011 seems to be Natalie Portman's time to really shine. In The Other Woman, the film depicts the literal role of the 'other woman', a role that's not really explored in Hollywood because we all want to believe that the slighted woman, the woman cheated on--the cheatee, if you will, is the one the viewers want to root for. This film seems to take another look at the dissolution of a marriage caused by an unfaithful spouse, because what happens if the other woman isn't as evil as the conventional movie always portrays her to be? This is the role Natalie Portman portrays, the other woman who met the love of her life while he was still married to another woman. It's life that happens, the dissolution of the first marriage, the second family, the tragedies and the happiness that occurs within day to day. I'm looking forward to seeing this aspect of the traditional ideal of husband cheats on wife, leaves her to marry the other woman, and how life just goes on. I'm also excited to see Lisa Kudrow step out of the comedic shell she's so popular for, and become the slighted woman whose jealousy towards the woman who wrecked her marriage is understandable and yet deplorable at the same time.

I am in awe, simple awe of Ms. Portman, soon to be wife and mother.

Auf Wiedersehen, Eva and Kirsten. Guten Tag Diane.

Tres Bien pour Madamoiselle Diane Kruger, who will be the new interpretation of Queen Marie Antoinette, naive wife of King Louis XVI of France, where both met their untimely end at La Madame Guillotine. Madamoiselle Kruger replaces Eva Green, who bowed out for unspecified reasons. I have a feeling, though, that Diane Kruger would've been a much better role to portray the Austrian princess, Ms. Kruger being German herself--birth name: Diane Heidkrüger. According to sources at Dark Horizons, "this movie will be an adaptation of Chantal Thomas' novel, set inside the insular and ritualized court of Versailles during the final days of the French Revolution."

I have to say, I think it'll be a different interpretation of Sofia Coppola's work, Marie Antoinette, which merited a lot more respect than it actually earned. It was bright, colorful, and an incrediby vivacious performance by Kirsten Dunst. What I didn't really see coming was the unique casting. Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzmann, and Rip Torn placed in roles that weren't what we viewers were used to seeing them in, and in turn made it entertaining to watch whether or not their careers were able to stand the test of dramatic arts, and not the comedy safety net they became accustomed to (although one of Rip Torn's first dramatic roles happened to be in the film adaptation of Tennesee William's play, Sweet Bird of Youth, alongside an in-his-prime Paul Newman).

Despite what anyone else thinks or says, I believe Sofia Coppola outdid herself and should've earned more respect than the flack she received. It was visually pleasing, and recognized as so when it won an Oscar for best costume design in 2007. She stands apart from Francis Ford, and ever so boldly.

Pete Postlethwaite......Thank you for being a part of one of the most romantic movies of my young generation.

By those of you who don't understand what I mean, Mr. Peter Postlethwaite has passed. He was truly a phenom of an actor, whose career spanned from doing extensive theater work to portraying roles of a lifetime on the big screen, like Kobayashi in The Usual Suspects, David in Alien3, the priest, Father Laurence in Romeo+Juliet, Roland Tembo in The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and was recently AMAZING in The Town as Fergie Colm, Fergie the Florist.

A good man altogether, he was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire), Postlethwaite was once called "The best actor of the world" by Steven Spielberg. However, I don't think I will ever forget Father Laurence, the man who was a part of one of the most romantic love stories in the most recent adaptation (recent by about 15 years, I know) of Romeo and Juliet, Baz Lurhmann's Romeo+Juliet.