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The add for Star Trek: Into Darkness gained the greatest natural buzz of any advertisement from any Super Bowl in history. The commercial was aired right after the Superdome Power Outage Problem surfaced 13:22 into the 3rd Quarter of that epic contest. So here’s a commercial saying “into darkness” as the Superdome itself is into … Read more
Chris Brown, the rapper best known for hitting Rihanna and really damaging her face in 2009, and more recently for his fight with Frank Ocean, was in court today on claims that he may have violated the terms of his probation given in the wake of the domestic violence case that involved her. To make … Read more
“Dear TMZ” goes the top Twitter Trend for today (one of them) because TMZ has said there are photos that have Justin Bieber and Lil Za, and Lil Twist with codine and Sizzup. But they don’t show the photos asserting that claim. Big error. Oh and if you recall, I met Lil Twist at CES, … Read more
AMPAS, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences, has sent this announcement on the return of Babra Streisand to The Oscars: Two-time Academy Award® winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar® telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang the love theme from “A … Read more
Oscar Grant’s spirit lives on in the movie Fruitvale. Fruitvale won top prize at The Sundance Film Festival and for the depiction of Oscar Grant’s last days of his life before he died at the gun of Johannes Mesherle in 2009 at the Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland. Grant’s murder sparked riots and protest in … Read more
Paris Hilton. We can tell she’s growing up, because the tabloids aren’t paying any attention to her. Remember, the only time Paris seemed to get any rabid attention was when she was doing something wrong: getting a DUI, or frolicking around having near sex in public, or showing nothing under her skirt while hanging with … Read more
The 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards is history. Daniel Day-Lewis took home the Screen Actors Guild ‘Best Actor’ award for his amazing work as President Lincoln in Lincoln, meaning that the great thespian is a lock to land the Academy Award for the same category, next month. The same goes for Jennifer Lawrence, who earned … Read more
The Screen Actors Guild is just moments from getting underway at 5 PM PT, and already the hashtag #SAGAwards is a Twitter Top – and that’s natural, without anyone having purchased the top position (#GOPro is that, for the new camcorder). And just what’s going on to cause that to happen? The best way to … Read more
Once again, Zennie62Media’s confirmed to cover the legendary Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party in Beverly Hills. This annual event is one of the three largest Oscar viewing parties held in Beverly Hills and Hollywood, and always draws the best-known names in show business. Here’s videos from past Zennie62 coverage: Then there was the legendary … Read more
Adele’s scoring again! The amazing British singer has been invited to perform the hit, Oscar nominated song “Skyfall” from the James Bond movie of the same name at the 85th Academy Awards! Here’s the full press release, and congratulations to Adele, and to Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, the producers of the 23rd Bond, … Read more
This is a great, tongue-in-cheek presentation note sent by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take a look at the press release for the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards: BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Actors Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical … Read more
The 2013 Golden Globe Awards is history, and aside from Jodie Foster’s heartfelt speech (this blogger’s commentary here), the show contained a few surprises. Foremost among them was Argo taking both Best Director for Ben Affleck, and Best Picture, beating Steven Speilberg and his epic movie Lincoln in the process. Also, Quentin Tarentino won for … Read more
Jodie Foster Speech At Golden Globes Awards 2013 – I Get It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxEH1ufnSC0 I get Jodie Foster’s Golden Globes Awards speech, because it’s about turning 50, and not being old, losing people you love, and losing touch with what really matters most – all to be reminded of that when you hit 50. Jodie Foster, … Read more
The 70th Annual Golden Globes is underway on NBC, and as Christophe Waltz won the Best Supporting Actor Award for Django Unchained, a problem occurred with the GGA website: it crashed. Try to access a page, any page, and the result is a spinning, working blue circle on Firefox, and that means it’s working and … Read more
The Oscar Nominations for the 85th Annual Academy Awards were announced at 5:38 PM PST this Thursday January 10th morning, by Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone. But which movies got the most award nominations? Here’s the full list tallied by this blogger: Lincoln: 12 Life Of Pi: 11 Silver Linings Playbook: 8 Les Miserables: 8 … Read more
First, here’ the official list of nominees for the 85th Academy Awards. Second, congratulations to Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone for making the normally dull event really entertaining. Seth’s crack about some of the Best Actress nominees sleeping with Harvey Weinstein was hilarious. If you didn’t see the live stream, here it is, followed by … Read more
Seth MacFarlane, Emma Stone, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for the 85th Academy Awards at 5:30 PM PST. Again, this marks the first time the Oscar Nominations have been named by the host of the Academy Awards. The last time that was done was in 1972, and … Read more
Justin Bieber’s agent, Nick Styne of CAA, says that TMZ’s photos that allegedly show Mr. Bieber with a joint in his hand have been doctored. “The images were altered and my client, singer Justin Bieber, was not involved with them at all,” Nick Styne writes. But his words are falling largely on deaf ears because … Read more
George Lucas And Mellody Hobson, the seven-year-long relationship between the legendary filmmaker, creator of Star Wars, and Irish Coffee-lover (I had one with him at the old Aqua Restaurant in San Francisco six years ago), and the businesswoman who is president of Chicago investment firm Ariel Investments has turned into an engagement. First, congratulations! That … Read more
James Bond will get an Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, sort of. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and Oscars producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have announced that the presentation ceremony will have a celebration of the 50th Birthday of James Bond. “We are very happy to include a special sequence … Read more
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has what could only be called a “Votergate” problem. First, the main news is that the Oscar Nominations Voting Period has been extended to January 4th (press release below). Second, according to Deadline.com, a number of Academy members were having problems adjusting to a new online voting … Read more
2012 will be remembered as the year of Mad Men, PSY, and Online TV. Consider that, for the first time in history, the number of people watching television in TV dropped over the previous year. While Cary Carr at TargetCast TCM says this new development is “not cause for alarm” this blogger disagrees. This shift … Read more
Chris Brown and Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty) were at the LA Lakers v. NY Knicks NBA Christmas Day Game and were sitting close and getting along in a lovey-dovey way. That would be fine except that Mr. Brown beat Rihanna’s face to an awful condition in 2009. Rihanna’s a public figure sending the wrong message … Read more
Olivia Culpo is the 2012 Miss Universe winner, and became the first American to do so since 1997 when she was crowned at Planet Hollywood last Wednesday in Las Vegas. Olivia Culpo, a Boston University sophomore, calls herself a “cellist nerd” but she just may be the first “round the way girl” to win Miss … Read more
Even though he was born in Philadelphia and passed away in Los Angeles, Jack Klugman’s someone I always associate with New York City. The reasons are simple: his role as Oscar Madison, the sloppy, smart but everyman sports writer friend and roommate to Felix Unger, expertly played by the late Tony Randall. Klugman’s ties to … Read more
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reports that there are 75 original songs up for “Best Orignal Song” at the 85th Academy Awards. Among them is Adele’s amazing, haunting song “Skyfall” from James Bond’s Skyfall is up for consideration. Here’s that song: Nominations will be announced January 10th; here’s the giant list of … Read more
There are 282 movies eligible to be nominated for Best Picture at the 85th Academy Awards. According to The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, to be eligible for 85th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a … Read more
Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards opened Monday, and that included the first time use of electronic voting for the 5,856 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Members will have until 5 p.m. PT, Thursday, January 3, 2013, to vote electronically or mail in a paper ballot. Any paper … Read more
What’s the economic impact of The Lord Of The Rings movie series? That’s a question explored in the newest video by Online MBA. The video explains that New Zealand, the place where the movies were made, experienced a 40 percent jump in tourism due to the series between 2000 and 2006. Book sales have totaled … Read more
The Legendary Billy Crystal, arriving in all of his Hollywood / New York presence to grace the stage at the #121212Concert, was being totally blasted on Twitter, even as he spoke. I have to report that even my own mother, who I’m visiting here in Georgia, remarked that BC looked different – older. “It still … Read more
The Man Of Steel Trailer was released just a few hours ago by Warner Bros, and it’s already a Twitter trend. While the video posted on the studio’s YouTube channel should hit over a million views by tomorrow, the message the 1:32’s of image gives will frame how this movie will be received: as sad, … Read more
The giant legion of fans of Justin Bieber, including 31 million Twitter Followers, is pissed off that The Grammy Awards have failed to nominate either artist for any one of the awards at the upcoming ceremony. But, as explained in the video, the reason is simple: both Justin Bieber and One Direction play to a … Read more
Star Trek: Into Darkness is creeping up on us Trekkers in a J.J. Abrams sort of way. The poster for the next installment in the series of J.J. Abrams movies, posted by various publications starting just about midnight PST, has already caused “Star Trek Into Darkness” to appear as a Twitter Top Trend. What this … Read more
Cameron Diaz is a beautiful woman. This blogger stood just 10 feet away from her as she was seated at The Beverly Hills Polo Lounge in 2011. The thing I wanted to do was buy her a cocktail and complement her on how she maintains her toned body (she loves to show her arms). This … Read more
CNN just had a segment devoted to “Black Nerds” that was just completely annoying. The reason is, Carolyn Costello, the CNN Anchor over the telecast, was trying to push being black and being a nerd as something new, and the guest, some brother with the Tampa Bay Tribune, who’s name I didn’t catch, just went … Read more