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Did you hear about the brouhaha over a Hurt Locker producer dissing Avatar? Oh, it’s quite a fracas, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is taking it very seriously. Seems Nicolas Chartier sent an e-mail to friends and colleagues in the Academy on Feb. 19, basically pleading with them to vote for Hurt Locker for Best Picture. But he also made a reference to Avatar, violating Academy rules against “casting a negative or derogatory light on a competing film.” Consequently, Chartier has been banned from attending the Oscars on Sunday. If Hurt Locker wins, the other three producers will take the stage to accept the award, while Chartier will have to pick up his trophy later, in shame.
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When it comes to honesty in Hollywood, I always think about the marketing machine and the stars who slap on that sparkling, smiling face to give their movie good PR. Every director seems to be the most original, kindest, or visionary; every co-star is the best to work with; every film is just a sheer pleasure … no matter how crappy it is. Once in a while, we get an unadulterated opinion, like Matthew Goode’s negative opinion of Leap Year as a breathe of honest fresh air. But in light of some new Hollywood drama, I wonder how Tinseltown would function if the pomp and circumstance was stripped away and honest truth remained.
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I have not been doing updates here on austin k dot of my Flickr photo uploads for a while and before I start uploading new stuff on Flickr, here are the photo sets from the past few months! This one, 2008 Montreal Jazz Festival, would be the fourth update! Hope you enjoy!
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I have not been doing updates here on austin k dot of my Flickr photo uploads for a while and before I start uploading new stuff, here are the photo sets from the past few months! This one, 2008 Montreal Carifiesta, would be the second update!
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This Friday, audiences will decide whether or not they’re into a Mel Gibson comeback, but Hollywood seems to have tentatively decided they’re cool with the idea. According to Variety, Gibson is in talks to star in Universal’s Cold Warrior, a thriller that would reunite him with Shane Black, who is set to direct the film from Chuck Mondry’s script.
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Actress Zelda Rubinstein, best known for her role as a psychic “house cleaner” in Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist and its sequels, passed away Wednesday at the age of 76. Rubenstein also had a memorable role on TV’s “Picket Fences” and appeared in films like Sixteen Candles, Teen Witch, Southland Tales, and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
2008 Base Montreal Open Volleyball Tournament
I have not been doing updates here on austin k dot of my Flickr photo uploads for a while and before I start uploading new stuff, here are the photo sets from the past few months! This one, 2008 Base Montreal Open Volleyball Tournament, would be the second update!
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F1 Formula One Grand Prix Canada 2008
F1 Formula One Grand Prix Canada 2008
I have not been doing updates here on austin k dot of my Flickr photo uploads for a while and before I start uploading new stuff, here are the photo sets from the past few months starting with this one, F1 Formula One Grand Prix Canada 2008!
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Future prophet?
In 2010’s “The Book of Eli,” Denzel Washington’s latest film, he plays a solitary man walking across the wasteland that was once America — and protecting a vital book that could save the world. The actor has had a varied and rewarding career over his 25-plus years in show business.
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62-year-old ‘American Idol’ auditioner becomes Internet sensation
"American Idol" judge Randy Jackson joined "Pants on the Ground" singer Larry Platt.
LOS ANGELES – Pants. On. The. Ground.
With those four words, “General” Larry Platt has gone from “American Idol” reject to Internet sensation.
The 63-year-old civil rights veteran performed his original hit at an audition for the show’s ninth season, winning over judges Randy Jackson and Kara DioGuardi — and earning a nervous endorsement from incurable skeptic Simon Cowell.
‘American Idol’ runner-up has had to struggle to find her identity
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NEW YORK – In the relatively short time Katharine McPhee has been on the scene she’s had a variety of different personas.
Singer was paralyzed in 1982, underwent colon cancer surgery last year
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PHILADELPHIA – R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who was one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years ago left him in a wheelchair, has died of colon cancer. He was 59.
Pendergrass died Wednesday in suburban Philadelphia, where he had been hospitalized for months.
Beach Bods: Britney Spears
Britney Spears enjoyed some vacation time after her grueling Circus tour, wearing a little black bikini in the southern resort town of Zihuatenejo, Mexico, Oct. 18, 2009. (Benassi / Splash News)
beach bods - Taylor Swift (Youtube/ABC)
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Having just moved up the release date of Thor two weeks to open the summer movie season of 2011, Paramount Pictures has just lost their Fandral. The Associated Press is reporting that Stuart Townsend has left the production of Kenneth Branagh’s Marvel adaptation, a day before shooting, over – wait for it – “creative differences.” The ally of the Norse god (being played by Chris Hemsworth) will now be portrayed by Joshua Dallas, who will also be seen in the upcoming The Descent 2 and George Lucas’ Tuskegee Airmen film, Red Tails, alongside Terrence Howard who dropped out of Iron Man 2. Oh, the circle of Hollywood life.
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Summit Entertainment has announced that Roman Polanski’s latest film, The Ghost Writer, will open in limited release in the U.S. on February 19, expanding to more cities throughout March. Where will Polanski be when his film opens in this country? He’s currently in Switzerland, waiting for the justice ministry to decide whether to extradite him to the U.S., where he would be sentenced on charges of unlawful sex with a minor, to which he pled guilty in the late 1970s (he’s since asked to be sentenced in absentia).
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There’s something rather fun about watching the studios scramble for summer release dates. It’s such a relatively new game, as we all seemed to realize when we did our summer retrospective series. But now, every weekend is a hot commodity and the 2011 card game has already started. With Spider-Man 4 delayed, and likely unable to make its May 6, 2011 release date, Variety reports that Thor has moved up and taken it. The hammer-wielding god was originally set to make his debut on May 20, 2011.
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Shortly before the holidays, IESB reported that production on Spider-Man 4 had grounded to a halt due to problems with the story. Essentially, Sam Raimi wants Vulture to be the main baddie in the sequel, but Sony wants any villain but Vulture. Not long after that news broke — along with word that the title being used in-house was Spider-M4N — MTV spoke with Sony who blasted the rumor and claimed production offices were closed because of the holidays.
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It all started with Robert Downey Jr.’s quips to David Letterman. EW had the transcript, which I’ll post in full so we have the proper context:
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Video retailer Redbox is issuing an emergency recall of the poster for Brittany Murphy’s latest film Deadline. The image features the actress apparently dead in a bathtub, an eerie reminder of Murphy’s own death, also in a bath, on Sunday, December 20.
Bumpshack reports that the recall of the image from over 19,000 kiosks nationwide will take 7 to 10 days to complete, and that the film’s distributor is working on an alternate DVD cover image.
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According to sources over at TMZ.com and the New York Daily News, actress Brittany Murphy has died at the age of 32. Reports are that a 911 call was made early this morning from her husband, Simon Monjack. Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and pronounced dead on arrival after going into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived.
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LONDON, England (CNN) — Picture this: you’re sat down for the Football World Cup final, or a long-awaited sequel to the “Sex and the City” movie and you’re watching all the action unfold in 3-D on your coffee table.
Some beauties moved up, some down, some off, and a few new faces joined our 2008 list.
In the words of supermodel and Project Runway host Heidi Klum: In fashion, one day you’re in and the next you’re out. One could say the same about Forbes.com’s 2008 list of the World’s Top-Earning Models. Some beauties moved up, some down, some off, a few on.
Gisele Bundchen (© AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)
1. Gisele Bundchen
As hordes of actors attempt to stave off aging, we watch on, amused. It’s hard not to laugh or snicker when a person who has clearly had plastic surgery claims that their face is natural. They might as well claim to be a relative of Stretch Armstrong, trying to feed us bull that their skin doesn’t fall and change no matter how old they get, that their chin was always that shape, their lips always that puffy, their eyebrows always that arched.
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