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Posts Tagged ‘2010 Oscars’
Still One of my Favorite Moments from Oscars ’10
Posted in Film, Rants, tagged 2010 Oscars, awards, documentary, just for fun, photos, The Cove on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oscars 2010 and the Spanish Snub
Posted in Film, International, Open Salon, Rants, tagged 2010 Oscars, awards, Broken Embraces, Hollywood, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Spanish film on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Originally posted on my Open Salon blog. When I think of the best foreign films of 2009, the very first film to come to mind is Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos). Starring his muse Penelope Cruz and actor Lluis Homar, this Spanish film told the story of love and the love of film [...]
Kathryn Bigelow: An End to the ‘Chick Flick’ Stereotype?
Posted in Film, tagged 2010 Oscars, awards, feminism, Hollywood, Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker, women on February 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »
EDITOR’S NOTE: An updated post borrowing a little from my article at the end of last year, “The December Issue: Women in Film.” Last night, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the top honor at the Directors Guild of America Awards. She won Best Director of a Feature Film for her movie, The [...]
Sandra Bullock over Gabourey Sidibe: What is Hollywood Thinking?
Posted in Film, Television/Media, tagged 2010 Oscars, awards, Gabourey Sidibe, Golden Globes, Hollywood, Sandra Bullock on January 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Golden Globes last Sunday announced many awards, but the one most problematic for me was the “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama” category. Thrilled over Mo’Nique’s win for her supporting role in Precious (and not to mention her wonderful speech), I was almost certain that Gabourey Sidibe would win [...]
Oscar the Greedy
Posted in Film, Television/Media, tagged 2010 Oscars, Alec Baldwin, awards, Hollywood, Steve Martin on November 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Oscars keep changin’ up their program. In 2010, The 82nd annual Academy Awards will have not one, but two hosts for the first time since 1987. Luckily, these two are none other than Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. But this isn’t the first big change the Academy has made to its next ceremony. Quite [...]
“Live” Blog: Oscars 2010 Commentary!
Posted in Film, Rants, Television/Media, tagged 2010 Oscars, awards, commentary, Hollywood, live blogging on March 7, 2010 | 16 Comments »
5:24: So, this is a “live” blog with quotation marks around it because I don’t really have somewhere important to be tonight for the Oscars. It’s not like I’m on the red carpet, or at the Vanity Fair party later. But, tune in if you are interested in hearing my running commentary (ranging anywhere, I’m [...]
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