Thursday, December 18, 2008

15th Annual SAG Awards

Nominees for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced December 18, 2008. The SAG Awards will be presented Sunday, January 29, 2009 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The show will be aired live on both TNT and TBS. THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor" Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" Sean Penn, "Milk" Brad Pitt, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Angelina Jolie, "Changeling" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Meryl Streep, "Doubt" Kate Winslet, "Revolutionary Road" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Josh Brolin, "Milk" Robert Downey Jr., "Tropic Thunder" Philip Seymour Hoffman, "Doubt" Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight" Dev Patel, "Slumdog Millionaire" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role Amy Adams, "Doubt" Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Viola Davis, "Doubt" Taraji P. Henson, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Kate Winslet, "The Reader" Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture "Doubt" "Milk" "Frost/Nixon" "Slumdog Millionaire" "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture "The Dark Knight" "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" "Iron Man" "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" "Wanted" TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Michael C. Hall, "Dexter" Jon Hamm, "Mad Men" Hugh Laurie, "House M.D." William Shatner, "Boston Legal" James Spader, "Boston Legal" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Sally Field, "Brothers & Sisters" Mariska Hargitay, "Law & Order: SVU" Holly Hunter, "Saving Grace" Kyra Sedgwick, "The Closer" Elisabeth Moss, "Mad Men" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock" Steve Carell, "The Office" David Duchovny, "Californication" Jeremy Piven, "Entourage" Tony Shalhoub, "Monk" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Christina Applegate, "Samantha Who?" America Ferrera, "Ugly Betty" Tina Fey, "30 Rock" Mary-Louise Parker, "Weeds" Tracy Ullman, "Tracy Ullman's State of the Union" Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series "Boston Legal" "The Closer" "Mad Men" "House" "Dexter" Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series "30 Rock" "Desperate Housewives" "Entourage" "The Office" "Weeds" Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Tom Wilkinson, "John Adams" Ralph Fiennes, "Bernard and Doris" Paul Giamatti, "John Adams" Kiefer Sutherland, "24: Redemption" Kevin Spacey, "Recount" Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries Laura Dern, "Recount" Laura Linney, "John Adams" Shirley MacLaine, "Coco Chanel" Phylicia Rashad, "A Raisin in the Sun" Susan Sarandon, "Bernard and Doris" Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series "Heroes" "Friday Night Lights" "Prison Break" "The Unit" "The Closer"

Monday, November 17, 2008

Meet Robert Pattinson, Movie Star

This is it. The week the reviews come out. The week that finds the rest of Hollywood opening its eyes to the magic of Robert Pattinson, the movie star.

No matter how the film is received, Pattinson is bound to emerge from this experience as a bona fide movie star.

Sitting through hundreds of recent interviews while promoting this week's potential blockbuster Twilight, Pattinson never lost his charm, wit or grace and now the qualities that have attracted his long time fans are cemented for jaded industry people to absorb.

The same for all those promotional photo shoots - not only did they capture his obvious good looks, they also captured the chameleon like quality he possesses when photographed. One moment he looks like a boy; then a boy on the verge of manhood; then he looks like a mature adult male. These looks will allow him to accept any variety of film roles, and not be locked into any one genre. He will have his pick of scripts.

Robert Pattinson is not just another pretty faced 22 year old actor. There is much more to him than that. He is a true artist, a student of the world and well grounded; he will not be just the "it boy" of the year.

Long time fans will probably feel the same way I do - vindicated. My daughter reminded me the other day about when, after seeing him in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, I went to his IMDb page to see who he was and what his previous works were. At the time, GOF was his only film credit and I told her then "watch out, this young man is going to make it."

I believe he made it in 2008.

Twilight Stars Stalked by Paparazzi

This video of Twilight stars Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Nikki Reed and Rachel Lafevere has got a lot of people mad on Twilight forums, and I agree. So I'm promoting it in an effort to make this video go virally BAD for the paparazzi channel that got "this scoop." This is an opportunity to voice your opinion to let greasy paparazzi photographers know that sometimes it's just not okay to follow Rob's every move. Yes, Rob looked gorgeous walking down the jetway at LAX, but also really, really bushed from that crazy road trip. Yes, a lot of fans like to see his every move, but if we condone pap videos like this, will you really want to see one come out of him taking a sh*t or something? Because that's where his newfound fame is going to take him unless they get a clue as to where to draw the line. A week ago these paps didn't know who he was, now they were out for the MONEY shot. Please join me, rate this video with your heart - not with 5* because Rob's in it. But a 1* because it wasn't necessary to document in the first place. Getting off my pulpit now ...

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Meet Rachelle Lefevre from Twilight

I have a feeling that Racheele Lefevre is going to be the next breakout star from the Twilight movie phenomenom. Rachelle plays the nomad vampire Victoria in the Twilight movie, and she's done an outstanding job promoting the film for Summit Entertainment. She's smart, funny, beautiful, energetic, and sincere. These are the same qualities her co-star Robert Pattinson possesses - and where he is undoubtedly Hollywood's Breakout Male Star of 2008, Rachelle might find herself cast as his female counterpart.

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Declare Yourself - Don't Vote

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Usher, Jonah Hill, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Jamie Foxx, Natalie Portman, Sarah Silverman, Dustin Hoffman, Forrest Whitaker, Ellen DeGeneres, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jennifer Aniston, Eva Longoria Parker, Halle Berry, Laura Linney, Courtney Cox Arquette, Benicio Del Toro, and more top celebs share this message with you. They encourage you to forward this video to 5 of your friends. Please spread the word, and visit DeclareYourself.com for more.

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

Matt recently appeared on Tyra's show featuring You Tube stars. Let's all do a happy dance!