tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48846665935474707382024-03-14T05:27:38.762+02:00Rudi - The BlogBlog about Movies, Television and everything around themRudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-50842276962605199282013-02-25T22:59:00.002+02:002013-02-25T22:59:17.901+02:00¤ The 85th Annual Academy Awards / The Oscars ¤<div style="text-align: center;">
What a night! Full of great performances from <b>Adele </b>to<b> Barbra Streisand </b>to <b>Shirley Bassey</b>. Dedicated to movie musicals, this years Oscars were classy and glamorous (apart from <b>Seth </b><b>MacFarlane</b>'s boob-song)<br />
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The night was filled with expected wins and few very surprising ones. One of the biggest surprises was Best Director, which went to <b>Ang Lee </b>for <b>Life of Pi</b>. He totally deserved it though; <b>Life of Pi</b> was one of the most visually stunning films of 2012. He previously won Best Director for<b> Brokeback Mountain</b> in 2005. Life of Pi was also the award magnet of the evening, winning total of four awards; Director, Original Score, Cinematography and Visual Effects.<br />
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Second biggest surprise was the tie between <b>Skyfall </b>and <b>Zero Dark Thirty </b>for Best Sound Editing. It is only the sixth tie in the whole Oscar history. It also made the technical Oscars much more interesting, since no one expects that kind of surprise.<br />
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<b>Christoph Waltz </b>won his second supporting actor award, giving him a pretty good track record (2 nominations and 2 wins). I think it could be officially said that<b> Quentin Tarantino </b>really knows how to pull the best performance out of Waltz. Tarantino won Oscar for original screenplay, proving that he academy still likes him (he previously won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for <b>Pulp Fiction</b> in 1995).<br />
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<b>Daniel Day-Lewis</b>, to no one's surprise took home the Best Actor award making him the only person who has won that trophy three times. Usually Best Actor category is something everyone really looks forward to, but this year the winner was so clear that I'd rank it among one of the most boring categories of the evening. Though <b>Meryl Streep</b> made it a lot more interesting.<br />
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<b>Adele </b>seems unstoppable. She nailed the performance and took home the Oscar for Best Original Song. <b>Skyfall</b> is also the first Bond theme ever to win and third to be nominated.<br />
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I didn't have that big of expectations for<b> Seth MacFarlane</b> as host. Especially after the <b>Golden Globes </b>where <b>Tina Fey </b>and <b>Amy Poehler</b> established themselves as the go-to hosts of any award show. MacFarlane did ok, but not phenomenal. I think his opening monologue wasn't great but his small introductions were great and topical. And he balanced well between classy and rude.<br />
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As this year was dedicated to movie music, we saw a lot of great performances. Shirley Bassey performed her signature <b>Goldfinger </b>after an homage to<b> James Bond</b> music. She was the epitome of classic glamour. As was Adele who later in the show recieved the golden Oscar statue to go with her golden pipes.<br />
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We also got to relive few of our favourite musical moments from the big screen. <b>Catherine Zeta-Jones </b>performed <i>All That Jazz </i>from <b>Chicago </b>and<b> Jennifer Hudson </b>belted out<i> And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going </i>from <b>Dreamgirls</b>. The cast of <b>Les Miserables </b>also performed a small medley from the film.<br />
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No show is ever perfect. I think it was a very poor decision to cut people off using the theme from <b>Jaws</b>, especially during the Visual Effects Oscar when the winners were talking abut the poor financial situation of some VE studios. It also seemed that the teleprompter was bit hard to read, since many of the presenters had trouble reading the texts.<br />
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Also worth mentioning was the fall of <b>Jennifer Lawrence </b>when she went up to accept her totally deserved award ( <b><3 J-Law</b>). Good thing she has quick wits and she started the speech "You all gave me an standing ovation just because you felt bad that I fell down". Classic Oscar moment!<br />
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<b>Seth MacFarlane</b> closed the show with <b>Kristen Chenoweth</b> making fun of those nominees that didn't win this year. Chenoweth is just so adorable that it was great. Best line was "Pick up your jaw <b>Bradly Cooper</b>, you'll get to do Hangover 4"<br />
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Overall I really enjoyed this years show. Mainly because all the nominees were so superb. 2012 was truly one of the greatest years in cinema.<br />
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I seem to be doing this post a bit backwards, but who cares. You can see great pictures from the carpet at <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/02/oscars-2013-academy-awards-red-carpet-celebrities.html#slideshow=/slideshows/2013/02/24/oscars_2013_all_theredcarpetlooks.slideshow.json|currentSlide=00011" target="_blank">NYmag</a>. And if that wasnt enough, enjoy these pictures from the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/tommywes/photos-of-glammed-up-celebs-at-the-vanity-fair-oscar-par" target="_blank">Vanity Fair Oscar Party</a>.<br />
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Here are my favourites:<br />
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From top left: <b>Sally Field, Salma Hayek, Daniel Day-Lewis with his wife Rebecca Miller, Jane Fonda, Jessica Chastain</b><br />
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Hopefully you enjoyed reading this and watching last nights Oscars as much as I did. New weekly post coming later this week after I get my new laptop working.<br />
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Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-47192190551652334602013-02-24T19:45:00.000+02:002013-02-24T19:45:01.164+02:00¤ Pre-Oscars ¤ <div style="text-align: center;">
Hey guys! Hopefully you are all as excited about this evening as I am. It's time for the 85th Annual Academy Awards in just a bit over 6 hours. Actually I should stop calling them 85th Annual Academy Awards since producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan have decided to call them just The Oscars to appeal to a younger democraphic. Here is one of the official posters:</div>
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Here are my predictions:<br />
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Best Picture: <b>Argo</b><br />Best Director: <b>Steven Spielberg </b>(Lincoln)<br />
Best Actor:<b> Daniel Day-Lewis </b>(Lincoln)<br />
Best Actress: <b>Jennifer Lawrence </b>(Silver Linings Playbook)<br />
Best Supporting Actor: <b>Christoph Waltz</b> (Django Unchained)<br />
Best Supporting Actress: <b>Anne Hathaway</b> (Les Miserables)<br />
Best Original Screenplay: <b>Mark Boal </b>(Zero Dark Thirty)<br />
Best Adapted Screenplay:<b> Chris Terrio </b>(Argo)<br />
Best Animated Feature: <b>Wreck-It Ralph</b><br />
Best Foreign Language Film: <b>Amour</b><br />
Best Documentary - Feature: <b>Searching for Sugar Man</b><br />
Best Documentary - Short: <b>Mondays at Racine</b><br />
Best Live Action Short Film: <b>Curfew</b><br />
Best Animated Short Film: <b>Paperman</b><br />
Best Original Score: <b>Mychael Danna</b> (Life of Pi)<br />
Best Original Song: <b>Adele - Skyfall </b>(Skyfalla)<br />
Best Sound Editing: <b>Argo</b><br />
Best Sound Mixing: <b>Les Miserables</b><br />
Best Production Design: <b>Anna Karenina </b><br />
Best Cinematography:<b> Life of Pi</b><br />
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: <b>The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey</b><br />
Best Costume Design: <b>Anna Karenina</b><br />
Best Film Editing: <b>Argo</b><br />
Best Visual Effects: <b>Life of Pi</b><br />
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Those are how I think the awards will go, but not nessecarily how I want them to go.<br />
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Hopefully you'll have fun watching the Oscars tonight. I'll try to post about the awards tomorrow after school.<br />
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<b>Remember to Like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheAcademy" target="_blank">AMPAS/ The Oscars in Facebook </a>for quick updates (and a preview of the red carpet)</b></div>
Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-65968090572747237612013-01-28T22:09:00.003+02:002013-01-28T22:09:57.699+02:00¤ 5 ¤<div style="text-align: center;">
These past few weeks have mainly been all about <i>Sundance Film Festival</i> and TV broadcasters ordering new TV pilots for 2013-2014 season, I didn't see much point in writing about those, since most of them will never be seen in Europe or even in cinemas/TV. I have lot of videos and pictures this weeks, so let the page download before moving on.<br />
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This week's screencaps are all from <b>Adventure Time</b>, the hilarious and very bizarre animated TV show about Finn and Jake, the adventurous duo that are not afraid of looking stupid:</div>
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All from <b>Adventure Time</b><br />
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I was honestly very surprised to read that<i> </i><b>Ben and Kate</b> has been <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-officially-cancels-ben-kate-415546" target="_blank">cancelled</a>. The show hasn't pulled viewers as <i>Fox </i>had planned as a part of their Tuesday comedy-block. ABC has also pulled <b>Don't Trust the Bitch In Apartment 23</b><i> </i>from their schedule, though it's not officially cancelled. NBC's <b>Go On </b>and New Normal aren't doing very well either. So it should be said that Tuesday is NOT a good day for comedies. <b>Mindy Project, Raising Hope</b> and <b>New Girl </b>also air on Tuesdays. I think they have overloaded Tuesdays with comedies, and there is nothing worse, than a good show getting cancelled because the network puts the show in a bad timeslot.<br />
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<b>Happy Endings </b>(which also airs Tuesdays, shocker!) <a href="http://tvline.com/2013/01/20/happy-endings-season-3-spoilers-andy-richter-pennys-dad/" target="_blank">recently cast</a> <b>Andy Richter</b> to play Penny's (<b>Casey Wilson</b>) dad. Her mom, played by <b>Megan Mulally</b>, has appeared in few episodes, but she is not scheduled to appear this season. <b>Happy Endings </b>has also lost some of its viewers and has not yet been renewed for fourth season, but I hope they'll work it out since this is one of the best comedies (that doesn't have <b>Michael Lorne</b> involved).<br />
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The second season of <b>American Horror Story</b> recently aired its finale but <b>Ryan Murphy</b> has already big plans for the <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/jessica-lange-american-horror-story-season-three.html" target="_blank">third season</a>. <b>Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson </b>and <b>Evan Peters </b>have all signed to return and first season veteran <b>Taissa Farmiga</b> is also in talks to <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/23/american-horror-story-taissa-farmiga-season-3-exclusive/" target="_blank">return</a>. Murphy revealed that the season will set place in modern time in multiple cities. And the main killer will be a woman this time (instead of male murderers like Rubber Man and Bloody Face from previous seasons) <br />
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One of the funniest woman in TV, <b>Ellen DeGeneres </b>turned 55 this week, so here is a small tribute to her via <b>Buzzfeed</b>: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbellassai/the-35-greatest-moments-ever-on-the-ellen-show-6z51" target="_blank">The 35 Greatest Moments on <i>The Ellen Show</i>!</a> (including this one):<br />
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We all know that <b>30 Rock</b> is coming to an end next week, but I can't talk about that too much, it's too sad. But thanks to that, <b>Tina Fey</b> has been pretty much all over the place. Like these two <i>Ask Tina </i>videos about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmc5xMCLCcM" target="_blank">Twitter </a>and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhNDMNYWrbY" target="_blank">Deserted Island</a>. Or this video of <b>Tina Fey </b>giving <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/let-tina-fey-give-you-a-tour-of-liz-lemons-office" target="_blank">a tour of Liz Lemon's office</a>. I also came across this beautiful <i>Vanity Fair </i>cover with Tina Fey, <b>Amy Poehler </b>and <b>Sarah Silverman</b>. Long live Tina Fey!<br />
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Though <i>Jennifer Lawrence</i> has been in the news lately for her performance in <b>Silver Linings Playbook</b>, she is still<b> Katniss Everdeen </b>in <b>Hunger Games</b> franchise, and now new pictures from the second film, <b>Catching Fire</b>, have emerged. <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36165" target="_blank">More here!</a><br />
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Few months ago I wrote about a new adaptation of <b>Moby Dick </b>set in space. It seems like its becoming a trend to take classics above the Earth since <i>Warner Bros. </i>is <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/warner-bros-to-make-homers-odyssey-in-space/" target="_blank">planning an adaptation</a> of <b>Homer</b>'s <b>Odyssey</b>. If you want to know what Odyssey is about, first; slap yourself for being ignorant, and second; look it up on <i>Wikipedia</i>. There is no director attached yet so the visual look of the film is still unknown, but the setting sounds spectacular.</div>
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I know you are by know wondering how have I not mentioned<b> J.J Abrams</b> yet?! I'm coming there, don't worry. Last week the rumors started to fly around that Abrams would direct the new <b>Star Wars VII </b>though he initially declined. Then <b>Disney </b><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/disney-confirms-jj-abrams-direct-new-star-wars-74836" target="_blank">confirmed </a>that Abrams would indeed direct the new Star Wars. Some of you might wonder how he will be able to direct the new Star Wars, <b>Star Trek 3 </b>and <b>The Mission Impossible 5</b>, but don't worry, he is still planning to release Star Wars in 2015.</div>
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<b>Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart </b>and <b>Ian McKellen </b>are among old X-Men stars that will reprise their roles in the new<b> X-Men: Days Of Future Past </b>movie. Now <b>Anna Paquin, Ellen Page</b> and <b>Shawn Ashmore</b> have also <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/anna-paquin-ellen-page-and-shawn-ashmore-join-x-men-days-of-future-past/" target="_blank">joined the cast.</a> They played Rogue, Kitty Pride and Iceman respectively in the <b>X-Men: Last Stand</b> (aka -Men 3). Sounds like this movie is going to be quite a spectacle!</div>
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<b>Annie Leibowski </b>and <b>Disney </b>continue their work on another set of portraits of famous Disney characters. First of those has pictures has now been released with <b>Taylor Swift</b> as <b>Rapunzel</b>. She looks really great as usual!</div>
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First one is for <b>RED 2</b>, starring <b>Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren </b>and <b>John Malkovich</b>. The trailer is pretty simple, but still so very enjoyable and funny!</div>
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<b>Upside Down</b> is a love story of two people who live on different planets next to each others, it's pretty hard to describe so watch the trailer. The forbidden love theme is very <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>-y. The movie stars <b>Kirsten Dunst</b> and <b>Jim Sturgess.</b></div>
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The last one is for <b>The End of Love</b> starring <b>Mark Webber</b>, <strong>Shannyn Sossamon, Michael Cera, Aubrey Plaza, Amanda Seyfried. </strong>It tells the story of a man whose wife passes away and he struggles balancing his life with his two years old son.</div>
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That's all this week folks! Sorry for not writing sooner. I'll write about <i>SAG Awards</i> and <i>PGA </i>next week after I've moved to my new apartment next weekend!</div>
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Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-30354873132944259582013-01-14T23:25:00.001+02:002013-01-14T23:25:30.071+02:00¤ 70th Golden Globe Awards ¤<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>The 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards</i> were held yesterday at the <b>Beverly Hilton Hotel</b> in LA. The event wast hosted by <b>SNL</b>-veterans <b>Tina Fey</b> and <b>Amy Poehler</b>. I could talk just about their brilliant performances for hours. It was witty, sharp, hilarious and gracious at the same time. And apparently <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/awards/article/forget-ricky-gervais-tina-fey-and-amy-poehler-rule-golden-globes-hosts-poll-finds-exclusive-" target="_blank">I'm not the only one who thought that</a>. And on top of that all, they looked super hot while doing this all. Find their best one-liners and moments <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/the-best-tina-fey-and-amy-poehler-moments-from-the" target="_blank">here</a>. And here is their opening monologue (look at <b>Jessica </b><b>Chastain</b>'s face during the <b>Kathryn Bigelow</b> joke):</div>
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Some watchers actually look most forward to the red carpet so I have to say few words about that. I watched <i>NBC </i>coverage but I think they missed a lot of big stars, but they did focus more on the interviews than the arrivals. <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/01/2013-golden-globes-all-the-red-carpet-looks.html#slideshow=/slideshows/2013/01/13/all_the_red_carpetlooksfromthe2013goldenglobes.slideshow.json%7CcurrentSlide=00052" target="_blank">More red carpet at <i>NY Magazine</i></a>. Here are my favourites:<br />
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This years show was honestly one of the most entertaining award shows I've ever seen. The results though h were quite unsurprising. The film race has been wide open for weeks, so there were really no frontrunners. Except <b>Daniel Day-Lewis </b>for <i>Best Actor - Drama </i>and <b>Adele </b>for <i>Best Song</i>, which were so expected they weren't surprises either.<br />
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Thanks to the separation of drama and musical/comedy category, the Globes don't really offer any suggestions on how the Oscars will be distributed. <b>Jennifer Lawrence</b> (won comedy Golden Globe) and <b>Jessica Chastain</b> (won drama Golden Globe) are both viable options for the Oscar in February.<br />
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<b>Argo </b>won both <i>Best Drama</i> and <i>Best Director Awards</i>, but since director <b>Ben Affleck </b>isn't even nominated for <i>Best Director</i> at the Oscars, that's no help either. <b>Affleck</b> looked very surprised by his victory, but as he mentioned, all movies deserved to win. This year has been exceptionally good for film industry, both financially and artistically.<br />
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There were some mild surprises among the TV categories, especially when <b>Lena Dunham </b>won <i>Best Actress in Comedy</i> and <b>Girls </b>won the <i>Golden Globe for Best Comedy</i>. I was pretty sure <b>Modern Family </b>would continue its winning streak. <b>Girls </b>has been getting rave reviews during its first season (second premiered after <i>Golden Globes</i>), so it's not that surprising. And it is common knowledge that <i>Golden Globe</i> award <i>Emmys</i>, so we can expect <b>Dunham </b>taking the stage next year at the <i>Emmys</i>.<br />
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Miniseries and TV movies were popular again this year among supporting actor/actress categories. I've already expressed my dismay over this category, but it seems like <b>HFPA</b> isn't listening to me, I wonder why...<br />
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Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-15910712824084772572013-01-10T18:59:00.005+02:002013-01-10T18:59:49.256+02:00¤ 85th Academy Awards Nominations / Oscars ¤<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I will try include everything you need to know about the <i>85th Academy Awards</i> in this post so that you are all set before the show Feb 24th. I have tried to make this post as coherent as possible, so stick with me even though it is going to be a long one. (Use Ctrl+F if you want to find specific category or nominee). </div>
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The live stream was very poor quality and so are all the videos too, but you'll get the idea.<b> Seth MacFarlane</b> and<b> Emma Stone </b>announced the nominations this morning (or day if you live in Europe like me). <b>MacFarlane </b>will host the main event in February and if he is as funny as he was today, the show will be great!</div>
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<u><b>- The 85th Academy Awards -</b></u></div>
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I'll start with few words about the ceremony itself. It will be held Feb 24th at the <b>Dolby Theater </b>(previously <b>Kodak Theater</b>, but after filing for bankruptcy Dolby bought the sponsorship for the theater). Seth MacFarlane, the creator of <b>Family Guy</b>, <b>American Dad</b>, <b>The Cleveland Show </b>and <b>Ted</b>, will be hosting. <b>Neil Meron </b>and <b>Graig Zadan,</b> producers of <b>Smash</b>, <b>Hairspray </b>and <b>Chicago</b>, are producing. <b>Don Mischer</b>, who has directed and produced a whole lot of live events and award ceremonies (including last years Oscars), is directing. <b>Rob Ashford</b> is <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rob-ashford-choreograph-85th-oscars-387717" target="_blank">doing the choreography</a>. He is well known for his work in Broadway and East End and he also walked away with Emmy Award for choreographing the <i>81st Academy Awards</i> with the famous <b>Hugh Jackman</b> and <b>Beyonce </b>musical segment. <b>Derek McLane</b> was <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/derek-mclane-design-oscar-set-382587" target="_blank">chosen to do the set</a>. He has worked previously with Zadan and Meron on Broadway productions.</div>
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There is a lot happening before the main event itself, including the <i><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/academys-governors-awards-bring-out-stars-honor-guys-behind-scenes-67456" target="_blank">4th Annual Governors Awards</a></i>, which were created so that the presentation of <i>Honorary Awards</i> in the main event could be cut out, since that has proven to be the most boring part of the show because most of them are unfamiliar to the bigger audiences. This years winners were<b> D.A. Pennebaker</b> (one of the pioneers of cinema verite-documentaries), <b>Hal Needham</b> (stuntman, worked a lot with <b>Burt Reynolds</b>), <b>George Stevens Jr</b> (mostly recognized as the founder of <i>AFI, American Film Institute</i>) and <b>Jeffrey Katzenberg</b> (CEO of<i> Dreamworks Animation</i> who won the <i>Humanitarian Oscar</i> for his work on helping inner-city artists realise their dreams). I wouldn't have mentioned <i>the Governors Awards</i>, but they are pretty essential part for producers, managers, directors and actors to lobby for an Academy Award nominations. And of course its a good place to practice your <a href="http://socialitelife.com/kristen-stewart-ewan-mcgregor-amy-adams-more-hit-the-red-carpet-at-the-2012-governors-awards-photos-12-2012" target="_blank">red carpet</a> poses for the big event.</div>
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<b>Best Director: </b></div>
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<b>Ang Lee (Life of Pi), Michael Haneke (Amour), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook), Steven Spielberg (Lincoln), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild).</b></div>
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I was quite surprised of the love the Academy gave for Amour and <i>Beasts of the Southern Wild</i>. It is pretty unusual for a foreign film (<i>Amour</i>, Austria) to get so much nominations. <i>Benh Zeitling </i>was a surprise too getting nominated over <i>Tom Hooper (Les Miz) </i>and <i>Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty).</i></div>
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<b>Life of Pi, Les Miserables, Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty.</b></div>
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After the Academy revised the Best Film category to include anything from 5 to 10 films, this category has become much more unpredictable. In my opinion they included pretty much everyone I expected, except <i>Skyfall</i>, though it was not completely realistic that a James Bond movie would get nominated. <i>The Master </i>was maybe the most surprising omission, but the subject of the film is maybe bit too provocative for some academy members.</div>
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<b>Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook), Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of The Southern Wild), Naomi Watts (The Impossible)</b></div>
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None of these were actually surprising, since there were so many good actresses trying to get nominated, like <i>Marion Cotillard</i>. Fun facts: If Wallis wins, she'll be the youngest winner (9 years) and if Riva wins she'll be the oldest winner (86 at the day of the awards).</div>
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<b>Best Actor:</b></div>
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<b>Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook), Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln), Hugh Jackman (Les Miserables), Joaquin Phoenix (The Master), Denzel Washington (Flight).</b></div>
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I was a bit surprised that <i>Phoenix </i>got nominated after what <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/joaquin-phoenix-oscars-bullshit-the-master_n_1979740.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">he said about the Academy</a>. This one of the categories where the winner is pretty much locked already, <i>Daniel Day-Lewis</i>, but anything can still happen.</div>
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<b>Best Supporting Actress:</b></div>
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<b>Amy Adams (The Master), Sally Field (Lincoln), Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables), Helen Hunt (The Sessions), Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook)</b></div>
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This category has been wide open throughout the whole voting season with<i> Ann Dowd (Compliance) </i>and <i>Judy Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) </i>among the names suggested for this category. I was surprised to see Helen Hunt as supporting actress and not as leading, but at least she got nominated. </div>
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<b>Best Supporting Actor:</b></div>
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<b> Alan Arkin (Argo), Robert DeNiro (Silver Linings Playbook), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master), Tommy Lee Jones (Lincoln), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained)</b></div>
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Happy New Year! You will see me posting maybe a bit less often this year due to my studies, but I'll try to keep this up. Especially as the award season is upon us. <i>The Oscar </i>nominations are coming out tomorrow morning and <i>the Golden Globes</i> will be held this weekend. I'll write a BIG post about the nominations tomorrow, I didn't think I should bother with pre-nom post after all, since it would end up being just a list of all those who made their the shortlist of their respective categories. But more on that tomorrow. As for the <i>Golden Globes</i>, which are this Sunday, I'll write about them Monday, few words on that later too. But now for the usual screencaps (movie edition this time).</div>
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New year means new TV shows. One of them is <b>1600 Penn</b> premiering tomorrow. The new comedy focuses on the dysfunctional presidential family. The show includes actors such as <b>Jenna Elfman</b>, <b>Bill Pullman</b> and<b> Josh Gad </b>(also the co-creator of the show). It is pretty much the only new comedy this spring if you don't include the revamped <b>Up All Night</b> which is changing to multi-camera setup.</div>
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New TV season also means the return of great shows. <b>Cougar Town</b> started yesterday on their new home at <i>TBS </i>after they purchased the show rights. The premiere episode included a cameo by <b>Michelle Williams</b> who is BFF of one of the stars of <b>Cougar Town</b>, <b>Busy Phillips</b>. The two co-starred in<b> Dawson's Creek</b> back in the day. Watch the clip <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/michelle-williams-cougar-town-season-4-premiere_n_2439283.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment" target="_blank">here!</a> <b>Girls </b>also returns with its second season this Sunday on <i>HBO</i>.<br />
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But what I most look forward to, is the second season of <b>Smash</b>, which starts Feb 5th. To ease the wait, <i>EW </i>posted first photos of the shows 10th episode which features <b>Liza Minnelli</b> playing herself and singing a brand new song written for the show. Can't wait for the new season!<br />
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And it wouldn't be a new year without few words about <b>Saturday Night Live</b>. I mentioned on my last post that <b>Jennifer Lawrence</b> will host this month (Yay!) and now two more hosts have been announced. <b>Adam Levine</b> will <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/adam-levine-host-saturday-night-407845" target="_blank">host for the first time</a> (he has performed with <b>Maroon 5 </b>multiple times) while <b>Kendrick Lamar </b>is the musical guest in Jan 26st. Levine has recently had few smaller roles in movies and TV (i.e. <b>American Horror Story</b>) but I have no idea if he can be funny enough. And the <a href="http://tvline.com/2013/01/08/justin-bieber-to-host-saturday-night-live/" target="_blank">host </a>to follow him isn't much of an improvement: <b>Justin Bieber</b>, who will be on double-duty as host and musical guest. He has previously made some small cameos in<i> SNL</i> and performed once or twice. I just hope all his characters wont be some YOLO-yelling swagger douche bags.</div>
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<i>The Golden Globes</i> are approaching. This might be the funniest award show for years. With <b>Tina Fey </b>and <b>Amy Poehler </b>hosting, we have great expectations. The new GG promo poster promises elegance with a funny twist. According to their<i> </i><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/thr-cover-tina-fey-amy-409965" target="_blank"><i>THR</i> interview</a>, they both seem to be pretty calm before the event, <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/fey-and-poheler-wrote-a-globes-drinking-game.html" target="_blank">they even came up with a drinking game</a>. You can try it, but I won't guarantee you'll be able to go to work/school on the following Monday after all that drinking.<br />
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2013 is going to be a big year in Film thanks to these huge releases. <b>Huffington Post</b> has put them all together with trailes, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/28/2013-movies_n_2338863.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">so watch them here!</a> To mention few much expected films of this year:<b> Star Trek Into Darkness,</b> <b>Oz the Great and Powerful</b>, <b>Iron Man 3 </b>and <b>The Great Gatsby</b>. You'll find a bunch of smaller releases on the list too, so be patient and watch them all.<br />
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Speaking of <b>Great Gatsby</b>. <b>Jay-Z </b>is <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/jay-z-composing-original-score-great-gatsby-71006" target="_blank">working </a>on the original score for the delayed film based on the book of the same name. Director<b> Baz Luhrman</b> is now for the use of contemporary music on his films, like <b>Romeo+Juliet</b> and <b>Moulin Rouge!</b> Though he is <b>Jay-Z </b>don't assume it's going to be all rap. Maybe he'll get <b>Beyonce </b>to collaborate on the soundtrack too!<br />
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After conquering the TV, <b>Ryan Murphy</b> <i>(Glee, New Normal, Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story)</i> is ready to start working with films. He'll <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/04/the-normal-heart-hbo-julia-roberts_n_2412060.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment" target="_blank">adapt </a>the play <b>The Normal Heart</b> for <i>HBO</i>. The play/movie is set in 80's New York during the AIDS/HIV-crisis. The movie had previously attached <b>Mark Ruffalo</b> and <b>Julia Roberts </b>to star, but they recently added <b>Matt Bomer</b>. <b>Alec Baldwin</b> and <b>Jim Parsons</b> are also involved in the movie.<br />
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I wont write a full post about<i> BAFTA</i> nominations, <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36138" target="_blank">but here they are!</a> <b>Lincoln </b>leads the nominations, though <b>Steven Spielberg </b>didn't get nominated for <i>Best Director</i>. The BAFTAs can't usually be thought of as a prediction to the <i>Oscars</i>, since the Brits usually prefer their own kin, but it's still a fun show to watch. <i>British Film Academy</i> also announced their nominees for the <i>Rising Star 2013 Award</i>, <a href="http://www.totalfilm.com/news/bafta-rising-star-nominations-for-2013-announced" target="_blank">which you can find here!</a> The event will be held Feb 10th in London.</div>
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<b>Ginger & Rosa </b>is set during the nuclear-war fear of 60's and tells the story of friendship between two girls played by<b> Elle Fanning</b> and <b>Alice Englert</b>. It also stars <b>Anette Bening</b>, <b>Timothy Spall</b>, <b>Christina Hendricks </b>and <b>Alessandro Nivola</b>. This was once speculated to be a chance for Fanning to break in to the <i>Oscar </i>race for this year, but so far the <b>A24 Films</b> studio has made no effort to promote her, so I think it will stay as a daydream. Nonetheless, the trailer is pretty beautiful.<br />
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The last one isn't really a trailer, but just a clip from the new short movie <b>Blue Umbrella</b>, by <b>Pixar</b>. It's adorable and funny, everything you'd expect from <b>Pixar</b>. You will find it playing in front of <b>Monsters University</b> this summer and it's pretty safe to say we'll find it nominated for <i>Best Animated Short Film in 2014 Oscars</i>.<br />
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Hey guys! I'm back from my unannounced Christmas break. One last post before moving on to next year. I might have to change my method of blogging since I start new studies in January. Well, here we go!</div>
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Since I haven't wrote for a while, some of my news might be a bit older, but deal with it. As a committed <i>Disney </i>fan I'll start with this new concept art picture of the upcoming <i>Frozen </i>animated film, based on the classic <i>Snow Queen</i> fairytale. This doesn't really give us any new info, but just clears up the visual image of the film and it looks like they are going with a classic look and not too unusual.</div>
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<i>Disney </i>is also <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tron-sequel-back-grid-at-398592" target="_blank">moving forward</a> with the <i>Tron Legacy</i> sequel currently named <i>Tron 3</i>. I really loved Legacy visually so I got high hopes for this one too. <b>Garrett Hedlund </b>was reported to reprise his lead role, but the plot is still a mystery. Hopefully <b>Olivia Wilde</b> will be back too.</div>
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<b>Johnny Depp</b> is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/johnny-depp-disney-don-quixote-film.html" target="_blank">keeping busy</a> though <i>The Lone Range</i>r isn't even out yet (new trailer <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/preview-the-full-length-the-lone-ranger-trailer-and-the-origin-of-the-masked-hero/" target="_blank">here!</a>) and he's got next project already on the line. He is planning a modern take on <i>Don Quixote</i>, where I can only assume he'll attack skyscrapers instead of windmills of the original story. Since it's Depp we can't really expect anything, but I'll be sure to keep an eye out for more updates on this project!</div>
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Though <b>Barbra Streisand</b>'s comedy that is out now (I can't even remember the name, she co-stars with <b>Seth Rogen</b>) and it kinda flopped, she is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/barbra-streisand-lady-gaga-gypsy.html" target="_blank">keeping busy</a> with her <i>Gypsy </i>movie adaptation. Now she has hinted that she would be interested to see<b> Lady Gaga</b> star in it. That would honestly be pretty amazing! I would love to see a bit toned down version of Gaga.</div>
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I finally saw <i>Chronicle </i>and I can honestly say it was one of the best movies of 2012. So obviously I had too look up the director <b>Josh Trank</b> and that was pretty easy since he was in the headlines recently when his <i>Fantastic Four </i>reboot<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/josh-tranks-fantastic-four-reboot-set-for-2015/" target="_blank"> got a release date</a>. So it looks like 2015 is going to be the year of nerds, with <i>Fantastic Four</i> reboot, <i>Avengers 2</i>, <i>Justice League</i>, <i>Star Wars 7 </i>and maybe even <i>Avatar 2 </i>coming out the same year.</div>
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For TV news I've mostly got casting news since they all are currently on Christmas break too. I was going to post <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/watch-chris-pratt-chat-up-the-parks-and-recreation-crew.html" target="_blank">this behind-the-scenes</a> of <i>Parks and Rec</i>, with <b>Christ Pratt</b>, but you'll have to watch through 30 sec toilet paper commercial to get to the video, so have fun with that. And by the way, <b>Jenny Slate</b> (old <i>SNL </i>member) is coming in for a <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/12/20/parks-and-recreation-jenny-slate/" target="_blank">guest spot</a> as Jean Ralphio's (<b>Ben Schwartz</b>) sister and shares his bizarre personality.<br />
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Speaking of<i> SNL</i>, <b>Jennifer Lawrence</b> is <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/12/15/jennifer-lawrence-to-host-saturday-night-live/" target="_blank">hosting </a>the show Jan 19th. Though her previous roles (<i>Winters Bone</i> and <i>Hunger Games</i>) haven't really been comic ones, I laugh at every interview she's in because she is so funny! And also, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/22-jennifer-lawrence-reaction-gifs-in-honor-of-her" target="_blank">look at this</a>. She is currently promoting her dramedy <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i>.<br />
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It's funny how everything seems to be connected to <i>SNL </i>this week. <b>Abby Elliot</b> left the show past year, but we can still see her in TV. She appeared in an episode of <i>2 Broke Girls</i> few weeks ago and has now landed a <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/12/14/happy-endings-abby-elliott/" target="_blank">guest spot</a> on the <i>Happy Endings</i> where she plays a love interest to <b>Adam </b><b>Pally</b>'s gay character Max, who falls for her for all the wrong reasons (basketball game tickets). If you are a fan of the show, you should also check out <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/watch-happy-endings-happy-wordplay.html" target="_blank">this video!</a><br />
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<b>Sean Hayes</b> (<i>Will&Grace</i>) might be <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/12/sean-hayes-will-produce-star-in-nbc-comedy.html" target="_blank">coming back</a> to TV for a longer haul, if his comedy gets picked up for airing in <i>NBC</i>. The show is a bout a dad whose 14-yo daughter moves in with him. Hayes has recently appeared in <i>Up All Night </i>and <i>Parks and Rec</i>. He will also have an arc in the second season of <i>Smash</i>. And you can find a long list of <i>Smash </i><a href="http://tvline.com/2012/12/17/smash-season-2-premiere-preview-spoilers/" target="_blank">spoilers here!</a><br />
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<b>Tarrence Malik</b> is back after <i>Tree of Life</i> with another stunning film, <i>To The Wonder</i>. It stars some big names like <b>Ben Afleck</b>,<b> Olga Kurylenko</b>,<b> Rachel McAdams</b> and <b>Javier Bardem.</b> The footage has similar feeling to it as the<i> Tree of Life</i> had, but I think this one might be a bit more comprehensible.<br />
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Then some comedy. Here is the trailer for <i>The Incredible Burt Wonderstone</i> starring <b>Steve Carrel</b> and <b>Steve Buscemi</b>. With <b>Jim Carrey </b>too, this one is hilariously stupid and that's why I like it.<br />
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<br />And lastly, the first proper trailer for <i>Man Of Steel</i>, the Superman movie directed by <b>Zach Snyder</b> with <b>Henry Cavill </b>in the title role. Finally we get to see some action and flying.<br />
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The nominations for<b> 70th Golden Globe Awards</b> were announced yesterday, with the usual amount of snubs and surprises. The main event itself will be held Jan 13th with <b>Tina Fey </b>and <b>Amy Poehler </b>hosting (ah-mazing!). I mean, just look at their first promo!</div>
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Now let's talk a bit about them. I've always thought that the separation of drama and comedy has its pro's and con's. Pro: acting categories (more nominees and appropriate categories), con: directing category (with total of 10 best film nominees but only 5 best director, many great directors will get shut out, like <b>Tom Hooper </b>(<i>Les Miserables</i>) and<b> David O. Russel</b> (<i>Silver Linings Playbook</i>)).</div>
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Golden Globes are given out by<b> Hollywood Foreign Press Association</b> (<b>HFPA</b>) which is notorious for favouring stars with big names and being kinda easy to persuade, which is most likely to have happened with <i>Salmon Fishing in the Yemen</i>. It has been MIA in almost all other award ceremonies, and yet it pops up here with three nomination, for <b>Emily Blunt</b>, <b>Ewan McGregor</b> (who has been lobbying for nomination for <i>The Impossible</i>, but did not get nominated for that like his co-star <b>Naomi Watts</b>) and for Best Comedy. I was also surprised that <b>Maggie Smith </b>got nominated for <i>Quartet </i>instead of <i>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</i> (maybe it was too long to write on the ballots). </div>
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There have been so many great performances this year in film, so there are bound to be big snubs through-out the award season. You can write them in the comments if you feel like I should mention some one in particular.</div>
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Few words about the TV noms then. The two most glaring surprises was the nomination of <i>Newsroom </i>over <i>Mad Men</i> in drama category and <i>Smash </i>getting nominated for Best Comedy/Musical instead of one of the great comedies on air. Don't get me wrong, I love <i>Smash </i>and <i>Newsroom </i>is pretty awesome too, but still it was surprising that more people voted them.</div>
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I really don't get the idea with the current acting categories. Why on earth is there different categories for lead actors/actresses in Drama and Comedy, but then every single supporting category is smashed together (Comedy, Drama, Miniseries and TV movies). This makes it almost impossible to predict who will walk home with the Supporting Actor/Actress Globes.</div>
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The Best Song category was pretty star-studded too. <b>Adele</b>, <b>Jon Bon Jovi</b>, <b>Keith Urban</b>, <b>Taylor Swift </b>and <i>Les Miserables</i> (with new brand new song not in the stage musical, so that it will qualify for Best Song awards). Here is a small featurette of the making of that song:</div>
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Though this event might not be very good prediction when preparing for <i>Oscars</i>, it will surely be entertaining. Weekly post coming Sat/Sun. </div>
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Empire is one of my favourite film magazines and its time for their annual <i>Jameson Empire Awards</i>. You can affect the result by voting <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/awards2013/" target="_blank">here</a>. You can also win tickets to attend the awards themselves in London, would be pretty amazing to meet all the A-listers. So good luck! And in case you missed,<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/bret-easton-ellis-tweets-sexist-kathryn-bigelow-398708" target="_blank"> you should still hate<b> Bret Easton Ellis</b>.</a></div>
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From top left: <i>Kathy Griffin: My Life on The D-List</i>, <i>Friends</i>, <i>SNL</i>, <i>The Simpsons</i></div>
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As if portraying <b>Princess Diana</b> wasn't enough, <b>Naomi Watts </b>will also <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/biopic-bits-marilyn-monroe-biopic-blonde-to-shoot-in-2013-fox-developing-susan-boyle-film-lenny-kravitz-as-marvin-gaye/" target="_blank">play </a><b>Marilyn Monroe</b> in a biopic <i>Blonde</i>, which was frozen for a while, but is now back in action. <b>Andrew Dominik</b> is set to direct, making this only his third movie. Monroe has been a very popular subject for TV and film throughout the years. With Naomi Watt's talent, I'm sure she'll excel at the role. You can next see her in <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgw394ZKsis" target="_blank"><i>The Impossible</i></a>.</div>
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<b>Dane DeHaan</b> (<i>Chronicle</i>) will <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/dane-dehaan-harry-osborn_n_2233252.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">join </a><b>Andrew Garfield</b>, <b>Emma Stone</b>, <b>Shailene Woodley</b> and <b>Jamie Foxx</b> in the sequel for <i>Amazing Spider-Man</i>. He'll play Harry Osborn in the film. I haven't seen <i>Chronicle</i> yet (but it's on my list) so I can't say a lot about his acting skills but he sure looks the part. Harry Osborn was portrayed by <b>James Franco</b> in the previous trilogy.</div>
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As the award season is kicking in, you'll see a lot of mentions about them. I'll mostly just post links to the winners/nominees, and assume you'll read through them yourselves if you are interested. My focus will be on <i>The Oscars</i> and <i>Golden Globes</i>. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/annie-award-nominations-2012-disney-396703" target="_blank">Here </a>are the <i>Annie Award</i> nominees. Annies celebrate achievement in among animated films and television series. It came as no surprise that <i>Disney/Pixar </i>dominates the categories with <i>Brave </i>and <i>Wreck-It Ralph</i>, which both did well at the box office and with the critics. The winner of Best Film at Annies is usually the frontrunner for <i>The Oscar for Best Animated Feature</i>.</div>
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But we shall not forget live-action films either. <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/lincoln-les-miserables-lead-way-8-nominations-satellite-awards-67651" target="_blank">Here </a>are the <i>Satellite Awards</i> nominees. These awards are presented by the <i>International Press Academy</i>, so they are basically voted by journalists. Satellite Awards don't always go for future Oscar winners and I think they sometimes represent more the public view. AMPAS members voting for Oscars tend to be more traditional and not vote for the underdog. And I'm very proud to say that there is a Finnish actress nominated for the Best Actres Satellite Award,<b> Laura Birn </b>for her role in <i>Purge</i> (<i>Puhdistus</i>). Good luck to her, she's got a tough competition from <b>Jennifer Lawrence </b>and <b>Jessica Chastain</b> among others.</div>
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Since it's Christmas you can find a lot of advent calendars online, but this might be by favourite. <i>Les Misreables</i> just happens to come out 25th in US, so why not make a calendar celebrating Christmas as well as the premiere. We have <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/les-miserables-advent-calendar-vulture.html" target="_blank"><i>Vulture</i> to thank for this.</a> It features many fun videos like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL--3y7V7Ks" target="_blank">this</a> and this picture:</div>
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I don't usually get to talk about one of my favourite musicals, <i>Sound Of Music</i>, but I'm <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/carrie-underwood-cast-maria-nbcs-sound-music-67296" target="_blank">super excited</a> to tell you that <b>Carrie Underwood </b>will play Maria in a televised version of the stage musical, airing at <i>NBC</i>. It will be produced by <b>Neil Meron </b>and <b>Craig Zadan</b>, who are working on <i>Smash </i>and the next Oscars too. Can't wait! We all know of course that <b>Julie Andrews</b> played Maria in the classic film version, which won Oscar for Best Picture. Due to an throat-surgery gone wrong in 1994, we haven't heard her sing for a while, and unfortunately she has <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/05/julie-andrews-voice_n_2245259.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">said </a>that she'll probably never be able to sing properly ever again. I guess we'll just have to listen her beautiful singing voice on recordings then. She is currently trying to produce a musical version of a childrens book she wrote.</div>
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I feel like I've been writing about <i>The Hobbit </i>every week for past few months, but they just keep coming out with more cool stuff. (Like first looks of the <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/see-a-long-the-hobbit-featurette-and-first-official-image-of-legolas-and-bard-the-bowman/" target="_blank">second </a>and <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35967" target="_blank">third </a>movies in the trilogy). We also got a picture of the main villain of the first movie, <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35966" target="_blank">the Goblin King</a>. But what I found the most interesting was <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/6-new-hobbit-clips-bilbo-meets-dwarves-goblins-gollum-and-wargs-video-67876" target="_blank">these 6 small clips </a>directly from the movie itself. And I assure you, they are all worth watching.</div>
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<i>BBC </i>is working fast, since it has already announced that it would be <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jk-rowlings-casual-vacancy-tv-396696" target="_blank">turning </a><b>J.K.Rowling</b>'s new book, <i>The Casual Vacancy</i>, into a TV series. I haven't read the book yet, but it is supposed to be pretty good, though nothing like her <i>Harry Potter</i>-series. This one is basically about small town drama. But honestly, at this point she could pretty much sell a book with just blank pages and get to the bestseller list.</div>
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<i>Fox </i>has <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-murder-police-family-guy-jason-ruiz-396858" target="_blank">ordered </a>some new addition to its animated Sunday schedule. A new comedy <i>Murder Police</i> will join Fox's old Sunday stars <i>The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy</i> and <i>American Dad</i>. <i>Murder Police</i> was created by <i>Family Guy </i>Executive Producer <b>David Goodman </b>and newcomer <b>Jason Ruiz</b>. The show is about to homicide detectives with <b>Peter Griffin/Homer Simpson</b> qualities aka. no brains. </div>
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Though we still have to wait over three months for a new episode of <i>Game Of Thrones</i>, <i>HBO </i>has released a behind-the-scenes of their third season, featuring many of the stars speaking about their experiences. We don't get to see that much of material from the new season, but who cares, its <i>Game Of Thrones</i>, you'll enjoy everything about it!</div>
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Even the guys at <i>/Film</i> couldn't figure out what <b>Upstream Color</b> is really about, my guess is cancer? The official synopsis: <i>A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism.</i> So that doesn't really help at all. See if you can make more sense about this:</div>
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I generally hate <b>Tom Cruise</b>, <i>Oblivion </i>looks pretty good. He plays just a simple guy, repairing drones in post-apocalyptic Earth where there is not supposed to be any life left. But guess what? There is plenty of it. The cast is pretty impressive, Cruise,<b> Morgan Freeman</b>, <b>Melissa Leo</b>, <b>Olga Kurylenko</b>, <b>Nikolaj Coster-Waldau</b>. The film is coming out later in 2013.</div>
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In case you are wondering why I haven't mentioned the Oscars for a while, I'm planning to go all out for this year's award ceremony. I'll write one post about the nominations, one pre-show and one about the ceremony and maybe one where I write about why specific movies won certain trophies. So it's going to be an Oscar-extravaganza (or Oscarvaganza?)</div>
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Miss B aka <b>Beyonce </b>is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/beyonc-is-directing-her-own-hbo-documentary.html" target="_blank">making a move</a> towards the small screen, since she has now decided to release a behind-the-scenes documentary of her return to the show business after giving birth to <b>Blue Ivy</b>. The documentary will air Feb 16th on <i>HBO </i>and I'm really looking forward to it. In my eyes she can do no wrong and it'll be fun to see how she manages her life since she sure ain't slowing down.</div>
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One of the most talked about events of the past week was <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/angus-t-jones-stop-watching-filthy-two-and-half-men-video-66421" target="_blank">the bizarre rant</a> of <i>Two and a Half Men</i>-star <b>Angus T. Jones</b> where he declared the show to be filth and not worth watching. He then <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/angus-t-jones-apologizes-two-394857" target="_blank">apologized </a>for the clip and said he will <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/angus-t-jones-will-honor-394801" target="_blank">honor </a>his contract with the show. But it's not sure yet if the show even wants him back. He is <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/angus-t-jones-apologizes-two-394857" target="_blank">not scheduled</a> to appear in the next few episodes anyways, so that gives the studio time to think. Former star of the show <b>Charlie Sheen </b>(who was kicked out because of a mental breakdown) even went on to say that the show is <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/charlie-sheen-breaks-silence-angus-394740" target="_blank">cursed</a>. This whole thing has of course been a very easy bait for gossip, even so that some sources <a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-11-30/miley-cyrus-could-replace-angus-t-jones-on-two-and-a-half-men-says-production-insider-exclusive/" target="_blank">suggested </a>that <b>Miley Cyrus </b>would replace him after providing the show with great ratings boost during her two-episode arc. Honestly I think the show has gone downhill since Sheen left. Sure he was crazy, but he was easily the best character on the show. Without him the show is like a headless chicken and I really wouldn't mind if it got cut after this season, though it still provides pretty decent ratings.</div>
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Though <b>Seth MacFarlane</b> is probably one of the busiest men in Hollywood at this point (With three shows and Oscar-hosting duties waiting), he still has time for more. There have been plenty of speculations about the <i>Family Guy </i>movie, if it would be made or not. MacFarlane recently <a href="http://www.totalfilm.com/news/seth-macfarlane-talks-family-guy-movie" target="_blank">confirmed </a>that a movie is indeed in works, after he finally found a plotline that would be impossible to make as a TV episode. He has dabbled with animated movies already with the three <i>Star Wars/Family Guy</i> mash-up parodies and of course last year's comedy success <i>Ted</i>. MacFarlane will also <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/30/the-simpsons-seth-macfarlane/" target="_blank">guest star</a> in rival Fox animated series <i>The Simpsons</i>. He is going to play a suitor of Marge in the premiere episode of 25th season.</div>
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The cast of <i>Parks and Recreation</i> joined forces with <i>GQ </i>to release this hilarious video of the cast playing <i>Hollywood Squares</i>. The rules of the game don't really matter, since they could probably make any game-show invented funnier than the original.</div>
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Though I'm still very much looking forward to the <i>Maleficent </i>(<i>Sleeping Beauty</i> live-action remake), a new fairytale adaption has entered my radar. <i>Cinderella </i>is getting a live-action version too, and it seems like <b>Cate Blanchett</b> has <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cate-blanchett-negotiations-evil-stepmother-disneys-cinderella-film-exclusive-66731" target="_blank">landed </a>the role of the evil step-mother. The movie will be directed by <b>Mark Romanek</b> (<i>Never Let Me Go</i>) and written by <b>Chris Weitz</b> (<i>Golden Compass, Twilight: New Moon</i>). So it certainly has a good setup for a great success. But lets see, we can never be too sure about these big productions.</div>
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<i>X-Men First Class </i>sequel, <i>Days of Future </i>past has attached <b>Ian McKellen</b> and <b>Patrick Stewart </b>to <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/ian-mckellan-patrick-stewart-coming-back-for-x-men-days-of-future-past/" target="_blank">reprise</a> their roles as Magneto and Professor X from the original trilogy. In <i>First class</i> those same roles are played by <b>Michael Fassbender </b>and <b>James McAvoy</b>, who certainly look nothing like their older counterparts, so it'll be fun to see how they link those two stories together. <b>Hugh Jackman </b>will also <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/x-men-hugh-jackman-talks-395364" target="_blank">appear </a>in the new movie as <i>Wolverine</i>, a character he is maybe the most know for. He did a small cameo in <i>First Class</i>, but hopefully this will be a bit bigger part.<br />
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In other superhero related news. It was first <a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-11-27/will-joseph-gordon-levitt-play-batman-in-justice-league-and-man-of-steel/" target="_blank">rumored </a>that <b>Joseph Gordon-Levitt</b> might play Batman in the <i>Justice League </i>movie that is currently in pre-pre-production, and that he would cameo in the <i>Man of Steele</i> Superman movie. While this would have been pretty great, JGL's team has <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/27/joseph-gordon-levitt-batman-justice-league/" target="_blank">declined </a>all these rumors. I know this news might be a bit pointless, but that rules out one big name from the casting list. Or maybe they are just lying and covering up?<br />
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<i> The Independent Spirit Awards</i> nominations were <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/spirit-awards-2012-nominations-announced/" target="_blank">announced </a>this week. It was no surprise that <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i>, <i>Silver Linings Playbook </i>and <i>Beast of The Southern Wild</i> were among the top nominees. Though Spirit Awards rarely go to eventual Oscar winners, it is not unheard of. I think these awards will pave the way for <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i> most of all. But WTF is <b>Matthew McConaughey</b> doing getting nominated for <i>Magic Mike</i>? Is that a joke?<br />
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I'll end with some <i>Disney </i>news. Their newest, and most interesting, upcoming animated feature film, Frozen, has finally <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/jennifer-lee-direct-disneys-animated-frozen-67056" target="_blank">locked </a>both its directors. <b>Jennifer Lee </b>and <b>Chris Buck </b>(both have been working for Disney previously) will direct this adaptation of the old fairytale <i>Snow Queen</i>. I'm really looking forward for this, since I've been a fan of the original story since I was a kid and the talent attached to this production is pretty amazing (<b>Kristen Bell</b>, <b>Idina Menzel</b>). And I have the biggest respect for traditional animation, that's what made <i>Disney </i>worth its value.<br />
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This time all three featured films here were totally under my radar. I haven't heard anything about them, which actually pretty good thing, since I didn't have any expectations. First one is for a thriller where the they pray turns against the hunters as three women get into some serious trouble. The movie looks haunting and raw, but I'm not sure if the full film manages to keep up the level of suspense. Here is <i>Black Rock</i>:<br />
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I don't really know how to describe this next one. I think by saying that it stars <b>Charlie Sheen</b> as a man who goes a bit nuts after breaking up with his girlfriend, says pretty much. The film is called <i>A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III</i>. It looks just crazy enough to be totally hilarious.<br />
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The last one is for <i>Love is All You Need</i>, starring <b>Pierce Brosnan</b> and <b>Trine Dyrholm</b>. This Danish-British film is directed by Oscar-winner <b>Susanne Bier</b>. It looks like a decent romantic comedy, but I doubt it will be a smash hit outside Denmark.<br />
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This week's post is going to be pretty much all about TV. Mainly because film news seem to have stopped flowing during Thanksgiving, but thank god TV never quits. The film industry did manage to attract viewers though, since the record for biggest Thanksgiving week box office revenue in US was broken, mainly because of<i> Skyfall</i>, <i>Breaking Dawn part 2</i> and <i>Lincoln</i>.</div>
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From top left: <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>, <i>Go On</i>, <i>The Simpsons</i>, <i>Arrested Development</i></div>
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With the catch line: "Every revolution begins with the spark", <i>Hunger Games: Catching Fire</i> has released a new interactive logo, much like they did with the first film. This is to get everybody excited and wait for the first trailer for the sequel for the smash hit. It won't be out until next November, but no reason not to get super duper excited! You'll find the logo <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/the-hunger-games-catching-fire-animated-logo-has-been-revealed/" target="_blank">here </a>but beware of the sound effects that start as auto-play.</div>
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The movie <i>This is 40</i> might not be a very strong candidate at the Oscars, but with this new <b>Fiona Apple</b> song, they are one of the hopefuls who try to get the coveted spot in the newly revised <i>Best Original Song</i> nomination list. This year there will be five nominations guaranteed, unlike last year where only two songs got enough votes to even get nominated. And as this years Oscar producers <b>Neil Meron</b> and <b>Craig Zadan </b>having a very strong background in musicals, we might even see full performances of all the songs on stage. You can listen to the Fiona Apple's song <i>Dull Tool</i> at <i><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/18/dull-tool-fiona-apple-this-is-40-song_n_2154747.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a></i>. </div>
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Gotta love these idiots. The minions of <i>Despicable Me</i> are back with another teaser. Thanksgiving themed this time, it's short but worth watching! See it <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/have-a-despicable-thanksgiving-teaser/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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I was glued to the screen watching these total of 22 minutes of <i>The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey </i>-related video footage. First there is the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vqyzHwnEiY&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">9th Production video</a> which focuses on the post-production. I love these kind of featurettes where we get to see how the film actually gets its polished look. We get to see what happens at animation, editing, sound mixing etc. At the end of the video where we see <b>Howard Shore</b> recording the score, I got goosebumps when they started playing. The other video I'm talking about is a fan-made 8min video where he has edited most of the trailers together to create a mega-trailer. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3Hy6O682OGI" target="_blank">This is something you should not miss</a>!!</div>
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I'll categorize this one as films, since my TV bit is going to be full. But <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/novembers-best-entertainment-photography.html#" target="_blank">here</a> is the November patch of best entertainment photography from <i>Vulture</i>. Among them are such beauties as these. That's <b>Laura Carmichael </b>from <i>Downton Abbey</i> on the left and <b>Alan Arkin</b> with <b>John Goodman</b> on the right.</div>
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I would be ashamed not to start with this. I feel like I'm responsible of about half of the 90k views of this video. The new promo video of <i>Smash </i>Season 2. We see a lot of old characters as well as newcomers. And of course the music, ah the music. So many good brand new songs! Check it out:</div>
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<i>SNL</i> might be losing another great player as <b>Kenan Thompson</b> is <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/saturday-night-live-kenan-thompson-lorne-michaels-comedy-nbc-391670" target="_blank">developing </a>a new comedy (with <b>Lorne Michaels</b> producing). He plays a guy who moves back in with his parents at the suburbs. Of course this one is just in development, so <i>NBC </i>might not pick it up, though almost everything that has Lorne involved gets aired. But we'll see, I will surely miss Thompsons impressions of <b>Whoopie Goldberg </b>and <b>Reba</b>.</div>
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Though <i>The Mindy Project</i> is only on its first season, it is already going through some pretty <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/11/20/the-mindy-project-amanda-setton-leaving-anna-camp-recurring/" target="_blank">big changes</a>. <b>Amanda Setton </b>who plays Shauna is leaving the show due to creative differences. I think her character was funny for a while, but then they tried to make it too deep. <b>Anna Camp</b>, who plays Gwen has been bumped down to recurring character by her own demand so that she has more time to different projects. And not everyone are going, but <b>Ellie Kamper</b> is coming in for a <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/11/20/the-mindy-project-season-1-cast-photos-ellie-kemper/" target="_blank">guest appearance</a>. She and Mindy co-starred of course in <i>The Office</i> for many years. Speaking of <i>The Office</i>. They released this deleted Thanksgiving-themed scene, featuring a lot of funny moments, see it at <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/21/the-office-deleted-thanksgiving-scene/" target="_blank">EW</a>.</div>
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I'm a bit torn, I have a lot of great videos to share, but I can't decide which ones to put here. This is such a "first world problem". I'll start with the I can most connect. <b>Conan O'Brien</b> visiting the <b>Guinness Brewery</b> at Dublin. It's fun to see places I've been to, and having Conan make fun of them makes it even better.</div>
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I haven't watched a full episode of <i>The Dancing With The Stars US</i> in my life, but I found this <b>Paula Abdul</b> performance to be pretty entertaining. I certainly I didn't know she could still move like that. Her performance used similar technology <b>Beyonce </b>used before, blurring the line what is the real performer and what is just video. If you don't focus on her lip-syncing, its very good.</div>
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<b>Johnny Depp</b> is making his <i>Family Guy</i> voice-over debut as he plays his old character <b>Edward Scissorhands</b> in an upcoming episode. The part is very small, but it continues the trend of big stars appearing in animated series. You can see the clip at <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/21/family-guy-johnny-depp-edward-scissorhands-video/" target="_blank">EW</a>. Another animated show is getting some star power, but in a totally <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/judd-apatows-the-simpsons-episode-script-being-produced-twenty-years-later/" target="_blank">different way</a>. Some twenty years ago young <b>Judd Apatow </b>wrote a script for a very successful show called ... <i>The Simpsons</i>! The script is about Homer getting hypnotised and starts to think he is Bart's age. Sounds entertaining and hopefully it gets made during this season, because I don't know how long I can wait for this!</div>
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Though<i> Cougar Town</i> isn't back until January, they've released a brand new (wine-infused) promo. Featuring the whole gang throwing around some wine basically, but it sums up all the fun that makes<i> Cougar Town</i>. I tried to embed the video, but it didn't really work, so go to <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/cougar-town-spills-the-wine-video/" target="_blank">Deadline </a>to watch it.<br />
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I don't want to fill this blog to much with videos (since it makes it a lot slower, not because they aren't great), so I'll just post two trailers this time. First one is for a fantasy epic<i> Jack The Giant Slayer</i>, which has had a bit rough road to production, but it is finally coming out. It won't be a huge success, I can tell it already, but I assume it will get even with its budget with the revenues.<br />
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The second one is for a british comedy <i>I Give It a Year</i>. With a great cast (<b>Rose Byrne</b>, <b>Simon Baker</b>, <b>Anna Faris</b>, <b>Minnie Driver</b> among others) it certainly seems funny. Judge for yourselves:<br />
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This week just flew by! I'm so much behind on my Late Night Shows, I still haven't watched even my <i>Chelsea-</i><i>Lately</i>'s which I normally watch as soon as I can, since they are the bomb. This week my screencaps are a dedication to <b>Amy Poehler</b> and her huge throbbing funny bone that never ceases to make me laugh my ass off.</div>
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Top two: <i>Parks and Recreation</i>, bottom two: <i>SNL</i></div>
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<u><b><br /></b></u>Last week I got pretty excited again with <b>Sam </b><b>Raimi</b>'s <i>The Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>, since it released a brand new set of photos, and later a trailer to accompany them. It still hasn't been revealed which witch is the bad or "wicked" one. <b>Michelle Williams</b> is obviously the good one. I'm thinking<b> Rachel Weitz</b> is the baddie and<b> Mila Kunis </b>is something in between (though she says she is a good one). You can find the pictures <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/new-oz-the-great-and-powerful-images-show-massive-landscapes-beautiful-witches-and-more/" target="_blank">here</a>, and trailer below (I found too many good ones this week so I have to spread them around a bit). It still looks pretty spectacular.</div>
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I rarely mention music in this blog, but since this song is very likely to get nominated for <i>The Best Original Song Oscar</i>, I had to mention it. <b>Neil Finn</b> created <i>Song Of The Lonely Mountain</i> to be played over the end credits of<b> Peter Jackson</b>'s first part of <i>The Hobbit</i> trilogy. Jackson's previous <b>Tolkien </b>trilogy did pretty well in that category, with two nominations and one win. I tried to attach the song to my blog, but with little success, so you need to <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112" target="_blank">go here to hear it</a>.</div>
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If you've read my blog intensely, you might remember the upcoming <i>Lego </i>movie <i>The Piece of Resistance</i>. Well now they have <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35735" target="_blank">added </a>some big stars to the voice cast, like <b>Will Ferrel</b>, <b>Allison Brie</b>, <b>Liam Neeson </b>and <b>Nick Offerman</b>. With that and the old cast (<b>Will Arnett</b>, <b>Chris Pratt</b>), this might be one of the most epic sounding movie yet.</div>
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Bunch of casting news caught my eye again. <b>James McAvoy</b> is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/james-mcavoy-may-join-wikileaks-movie.html" target="_blank">joining </a>the <b>Julian Assange</b>/<i>Wikileaks</i> movie, directed by <b>Bill Condon</b>. He'll be playing the right-hand man of Assange (played by <b>Benedict Cumberbatch</b>. <b>Kit Harrington </b>(<i>Game of Thrones</i>) <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kit-harington-toplines-pompeii-390128" target="_blank">might be</a> one of the lead characters of <b>Paul W.S Anderson</b> (<i>Resident Evil</i>- movies) <i>Pompeii </i>movie. The film, obviously, focuses on the devastating day the eponymous volcano erupted. <b>Anne Hathaway</b> has <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35745" target="_blank">joined </a>the <b>Steven Spielberg</b> adaptation of <i>Robocalypse</i>. Now I don't have any idea what the book is about, but apparently it's a big deal. <b>Ben Whishaw </b>and <b>Chris Hemsworth </b>might be in it too.</div>
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It seems like game-to-film adaptations are becoming increasingly popular. One of them is <i>Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell</i>, which has now <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/11/tom-hardy-set-for-splinter-cell-movie-at-ubisoft/" target="_blank">attached </a><b>Tom Hardy</b> to play the lead character Sam Fisher. Fisher is a government agent sent out on some very sneaky missions. As the game series went along, he became betrayed by his own organisation and outlawed. Then I stopped playing them so I don't know the rest, maybe this gives me a reason to star them again.</div>
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And to finish off this section with a more artistic note: here are the portraits of <i>Les Miserables</i> characters <b>Annie Leibovitz</b> shot for <i>Vogue</i>. As you can expect from her, they are amazing. I'll post just few here, but you can find <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/see-annie-leibovitzs-les-miserables-character-portraits-gallery/" target="_blank">all of them at /Film</a>.</div>
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<u><b><br /></b></u>As a not-so-surprising turn, CBS has decided to <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-cancels-partners-canceled-michael-urie-376155" target="_blank">cancel </a><i>Partners</i>, the new comedy from the creators of <i>Will & Grace</i>, <b>Matt Mutchnick </b>and <b>David Kohan</b>. If you read my review of the show, you'll find out why I'm not surprised by this. Though I'm very disappointed at the two of them, since <i>Will & Grace</i> was pure comedic genius.</div>
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I honestly didn't think <i>Smash </i>could get any better, but look what happened! Now they have <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/liza-minnelli-to-sing-on-smash.html" target="_blank">added </a><b>Liza Minnelli</b> to the cast and though it's just a guest spot, she will be singing at least one totally new song written for the show. <i>Cougar Town</i> has also steadily been adding strong guest stars, like <b>Shirley Jones</b>, which was announced this past week. She hasn't appeared in many shows lately, but even so, she remains a very familiar face from her long career. <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/11/12/cougar-town-season-4-cast-shirley-jones/" target="_blank">More about her role in Cougar Town at TVline.</a> <i>Modern Family</i> also added some "star" power to their ranks. <b>Billy Dee Williams</b> who played Lando Calrissian in <i>Star Wars</i> (see my star-pun now?) <a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-11-14/modern-family-lands-guest-star-billy-dee-williams-honey-boo-boo-gets-comic-book-treatment/" target="_blank">will play</a> a fellow gambler Jay (<b>Ed O'Neill</b>) meets when their families spend New Year's Eve at Palm Springs.<br />
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By now you all should be watching the last season of <i>30 Rock</i>, since it is epic! And it's about to get a lot more epic-er (?)... Well super epic. Liz Lemon (played by talented <b>Tina Fey</b>) is getting married! I know that by looking at Lemon's past love life, it could have been assumed that she'd get few cats and become a spinster. But then along came Chris Chross (<b>James Marsden</b>), who was just as stupid as Liz, a match made in heaven. NBC released this hilarious wedding invitation to their nuptials. I think every one who is getting married over 30 should have a similar printed out.<br />
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Okay, so as I mentioned, I found a lot of good ones this week. If I'd post them all here, my blog would get soooo slow. So I'll just link you few and the post the rest.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/the-mortal-instruments-city-of-bones-trailer/" target="_blank">The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones</a></i>, which is trying to take over the spot that <i>Twilight </i>leaves. With half angels, <b>Lily Collens</b> and<b> Jamie Cambell Bower</b>, it might just do that. It is the first of six books.<br />
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Before we get to see <b>Lindsey Lohan</b> in <i>Liz and Dick</i> as <b>Elizabet Taylor</b>, we were treated to the new trailer of <i><a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-11-13/the-canyons-1950s-style-teaser-trailer-lindsay-lohan-is-torn-between-two-loves-video/" target="_blank">The Canyons</a>.</i> I don't know if it's exactly a treat, but it certainly is something. With very 50's vibe the trailer really doesn't reveal much about the plot, just that there is a lot of drama.</div>
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I knew that I wasn't totally wrong when I mixed up <b>Melissa </b><b>MacCarthy</b>'s co-stars few weeks ago. She is starring in a comedy with <b>Jason Bateman</b>, but also one with <b>Sandra Bullock</b>, and that one has gotten a trailer now. As you might expect, <i>The Heat </i>seems hilarious:<br />
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It's been 45 weeks now since my first post, and <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2svqjfP7M8mGqnyQd-m6-7SniyDl6arBJs7AZ5JWp841gi8XjsUunQe2yOXZtiQLqK5elOM5F6ctL-p1dh-KdoQFyVvtGtfYmsceGS_p6-PcV4js8inrJdaZ97xqhqfleElSmAaDUPGv2/s1600/gilly.jpg" target="_blank">THIS </a>is my most watched piece here. Don't know what that says about me and my blog, but carry on! Here are some more screencaps for your enjoyment. Well actually they are GIFs, so click to open them if you don't see them properly on the normal view.</div>
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Let's start with <i>Glee</i>. Last year the students of McKinley High School did West Side Story but this year they are doing Grease (or Glease some have dubbed it). You can listen to most of the songs <a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-11-05/glee-covers-grease-listen-to-the-music-from-glease-audio/" target="_blank">here</a>, or you can go to <i>Glee</i>'s official YouTube channel to find more (just found out it is not working, the notification says it has been deleted, but I assume FOX will have it up in some time, most of the videos from the previous link work though). One of the new students who joined the school this year, was Jake (<b>Jacob Artist</b>) who is the half-brother of Puck (<b>Mark Salling</b>). They share the some father, but different mother and it looks like Jake's mom is about to debut. She'll be <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/11/04/glee-season-4-cast-aisha-tyler-jakes-mom/" target="_blank">played by</a> <b>Aisha Tyler</b>, one of the hosts of <i>The Talk</i>. I can now see where he got the looks.</div>
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Few quick casting notes. <b>Gillian Vigman</b> (<i>Suburgatory</i>) will <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/11/05/cougar-town-season-4-cast-gillian-vigman/" target="_blank">join </a>the fourth season of <i>Cougar Town</i> as the new love interest for Bobby. Looks like it's going to be just a quickie since its just an one episode guest spot (for now). <i>Cougar Town</i> is back Jan 8th. <b>Jane Seymour </b>(you might know her best as Solitaire in the Bond movie <i>Live and Let Die</i>, or as the cougar in that one episode of <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>) joins one of my favourite new comedies, <b>Ben And Kate</b>, as the mother of BJ (<b>Lucy Punch</b>). So both characters are British and have a big appetite for men, this has got to be good! The third cougar coming to TV shows I follow, is <b>Carla Gugino</b>. She'll play Schmidt's flirty boss on <i>New Girl</i>. Gugino was last seen on TV as the reporter in a great show, <i>Political Animals</i>. And great news for all my Finnish readers, the show will start on AVA in few weeks after the first season of <i>Smash </i>ends, on Wednesdays 9 PM.</div>
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<b>Rebel Wilson</b> has found a co-star for her ABC comedy <i>Super Fun Night</i>. <b>Liza Lapira</b> (from ABC's <i>Don't Trust The Bitch in Apartment 23</i>) will play the intelligent roomie of Wilson's character. Wilson also made it to the <i>Hollywood Reporter</i>'s list of <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/next-gen-2012-hollywoods-fastest-387005/group/Actresses" target="_blank">Hollywood's Fastest-Rising Stars</a>. This is a list you should all check out, since we'll be hearing a lot from these guys.</div>
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<b>Joe Biden</b>, the vice president of USA, is <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/joe-biden-parks-and-recreation_n_2090762.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment" target="_blank">making a cameo</a> on <i>Parks and Recreation </i>in the coming weeks. We already saw <b>John McCain</b> on the season premiere, so with Ben living in Washington D.C., the show has gotten a lot more political. Biden apparently shot the scenes in early July, but this information was to be kept as a secret until the election (Horray for <b>Obama </b>btw!) so that it wouldn't affect it in anyways. I also found these <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/stacylambe/9-newsletters-from-parks-and-rec" target="_blank">funny Newsletters</a> that the characters of the show write monthly. You can subscribe for them <a href="http://www.pawneeindiana.com/parks-and-recreation/newsletter/" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Two new shows that are in development caught my eye. One is a lifestyle sitcom <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/martha-stewart-is-producing-a-lifestyle-sitcom.html" target="_blank">produced and inspired</a> by <b>Martha Stewart</b>. The idea is pretty funny, a twenty-something party girl wants to quit her bad habits, so she starts to follow the teachings Martha Stewart. I love Stewart, but I really don't think her sense of humour is anything I'll like, so I hope she'll just but out and leave the writers alone so she wont ruin the show. The second one is an <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/chelsea-lately-fortune-feimster-chelsea-handler-abc-comedy-387171" target="_blank">upcoming comedy</a> written, produced and starred by <b>Fortune Feimster</b>, a regular face from my favourite late night talk show, <i>Chelsea Lately</i>. And talking about the bitch herself, <b>Chelsea Handler</b> is producing. It will be a multi camera workplace comedy focused on Feimster's character and her sister, who struggle to maintain a successful furniture store. Remember though that both of these are just in pre-production and might never get a full season pickups, hopefully we'll get to see even pilots.</div>
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It's been so long since I last heard about this project, so I kinda forgot it even existed, but now we got the first pictures from the set of <i>Saving Mr. Banks</i>, the story of how <b>Walt Disney</b> convinced the creator of <i>Mary Poppins</i>, <b>P.L. Travers</b>, to sell him the rights for a movie, which turned out to be a huge success though Travers never really enjoyed it. Disney is played by <b>Tom Hanks </b>while Travers is portrayed by <b>Emma Thompson</b>. You can find more pictures <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/first-look-tom-hanks-as-walt-disney-in-saving-mr-banks/hanks-disney-portrait/" target="_blank">here!</a><br />
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Here are some quick casting notes. <b>Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson</b> has been <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35712" target="_blank">cast </a>as <i>Hercules </i>in an upcoming adventure film based on the popular mythical character. There seems to be some sort of plot, but it seems to be just a typical hack-n-slash pic. <b>Brett Ratner</b> (<i>X-Men: The Last Stand</i>) will direct.<b> David Yates,</b> fresh from directing four of the latest <i>Harry Potter </i>movies, will <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35709" target="_blank">direct </a>yet another adaption of <i>Tarzan</i>. If you read my post from few weeks ago, you know how I feel about Tarzan. This will be a life-action version, so its success will really come down to the fact who will play the main role. <b>Michael Bay </b>is already planning a new <i>Transformers </i>movie, fourth in series, and he has <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/paramount-confirms-mark-wahlberg-as-star-of-transformers-4/" target="_blank">locked </a><b>Mark Wahlberg </b>to star in it. It seems like he'll play the lead role, but even though he is a tough action star, this will age the movie series considerably since the previous lead character was played by <b>Shia LeBouf</b>. Then the last bit, <b>McG</b> (<i>Charlie's Angels</i>) will <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mcg-direct-magic-castle-movie-387744" target="_blank">direct </a>a movie revolving around the <i>Magic Castle</i>, the privete magic club in L.A. There is no official synopsis yet, but I imagine it would be about a newcomer magician who works his/hers way to the top.<br />
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This adorable movie filled with old geezers is bound to receive good reviews. It's <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/05/last-vegas-robert-de-niro-morgan-freeman/" target="_blank">called </a><i>Last Vegas</i> and it stars <b>Morgan Freeman, Robert DeNiro, Kevin Kline </b>and<b> Michael Douglas </b>as old friends who go to have a bachelor party at Las Vegas (sound familiar? Pretty close to the first <i>Hangover </i>movie). The movie is now in production and is expected to come out in December 2013.<br />
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<i>SNL </i>co-stars <b>Kristen Wiig</b> and <b>Bill Hader</b> will <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35714" target="_blank">star </a>with <b>Luke Wilson</b> in an upcoming indie comedy called <i>The Skeleton Twins</i>. Wiig and Hader play two ex-lovers who have a near-death experience at the same time and this makes them reunite and wonder what went wrong. I seems to love everything Kristen Wiig does and Hader is hilarious too, so I think I'm going to enjoy this one.<br />
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Since <i>Disney </i>announced its purchase of <i>Lucasfilm </i>last week, the Internet has been all a buzz trying to figure out what the next <i>Star Wars</i> film will be about. Well we might not know that yet, but we do know who will know. And that is<b> Michael Arndt</b>, who will <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/michael-arndt-confirmed-pen-star-warsepisode-vii-64501" target="_blank">write </a>the script for <i>Star Wars: Episode VII</i>. He won Oscar for writing <i>Little Miss Sunshine</i>, which makes me wonder how he will translate into Sci-Fi genre, especially as he co-wrote <i>Toy Story 3</i> too. Before Star Wars, he is co-writing <i>Hunger Games: Catching Fire</i>, so that will give him some practice before stepping into some very big wookie-furred shoes.<br />
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I just can't resist sharing the new international trailer for <i>Les Miserables.</i> It will come out in December and this will ease the wait for those of us who can barely sit down. This trailer is also the first where we see <b>Russel Crowe</b> singing. We also get some clips from the <b>Anne Hathaway</b> (Who hosted SNL this weekend) version of <i>I Dreamed A Dream</i>.<br />
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The second one is for a horror movie, a genre I don't usually endorse. But this one has Frodo aka. <b>Elijah Wood</b>. The film is called <i>Maniac</i>, and I don't recommend this one for the weak minded.<br />
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The last one is for a film we've been waiting for a long time.<i> World War Z</i> has be rescheduled, rescripted and reworked for multiple times, but it's now coming out next summer, we'll have to wait and see if that will happen. The movie is apocalyptic zombie movie starring <b>Brad Pitt</b>, and the trailer looks surprisingly good compared to what I braced myself for.<br />
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I finally got the time to sit down and write this long overdue post, but it's still the week 44, so it counts. A lot has happened during this week in the world of TV and film. I mentioned last time that I might write a review of the new James Bond flick <i>Skyfall</i>, but I wouldn't be able to write it without spoiling the whole thing for those who haven't seen it, since there are are a lot of changes that really affect the future of the whole the brand. But go see it, the film was amazing! It strutted proudly into my Top 5 Bond Movies.</div>
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From top left: <i>Will&Grace</i>, <i>Arrested Development</i>, <i>Modern Family</i>, <i>The Simpsons</i></div>
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How can I not start with one of the <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/new-star-wars-coming-2015-62821?page=0,0">biggest news of the week</a> (besides Sandy the Hurricane). <b>George Lucas</b> has sold <i>Lucasfilm </i>to <i>Disney </i>for $4 Billion. And the best part is that we can expect a new <i>Star Wars </i>movie in 2015 and a new movie every two to three years after that, up to <i>Episode IX</i>. I know some die hard fans hate this decision sine they think even the three prequel episodes were total blasphemy, but I really can't see the bad side in this. If the movie doesn't seem good, then don't go see it. Lucas won't be directing or producing himself, but he will serve as a creative consultant. This news of course inspired a lot of things in Internet, like <a href="http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2012/10/31/15-awesome-disney-star-wars-mashups/">these cool mashup Disney/Star Wars posters</a>. And this awesome video: </div>
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Compared to this, every other news seem so minor. But the fact that <b>Arnold Scwartzenegger </b><a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/arnold-schwarzenegger-will-be-king-in-the-legend-of-conan/">will step into the boots </a>of <i>Conan the Barbarian</i> once more, is pretty major too. The new film, <i>Legend Of Conan</i>, will be a sort of reboot, since it ignores the latest reboot from 2011 with <b>Jason Momoa</b> and it will also ignore the second of Arnold's two Conan films.In this the new film Conan will be obviously pretty old and starting to realise that his life won't last forever and decides to go out with a good battle. I'm pretty sure they won't kill the character in the movie, but anything could happen.</div>
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<b>George </b><b>Clooney</b>'s next directorial effort, <i>Monuments Men</i>, is starting to look pretty amazing. First of all, the story sounds interesting: A group of Allied historians and curators try to save priceless pieces of art from the hands of Hitler who deems some works degenerate. And secondly, look at the cast! <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/george-clooneys-monuments-men-will-star-bill-murray-and-cate-blanchett-gets-split-between-sony-and-fox/">First </a><b>Bill Murray</b> and <b>Cate Blanchett </b>were announced to have roles in the movie. <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/daniel-craig-jean-dujardin-john-goodman-and-more-also-join-george-clooneys-monuments-men/">Then </a><b>John Goodman</b>, <b>Daniel Craig </b>and <b>Jean Dujurdin </b>joined the cast. How can this not be good ? (And Oscar-worthy?) The filming will start next spring, so the movie might come out just at the end of 2013 to qualify for 2014 Oscars. Or that's what I hope, can't wait to see the film!</div>
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<b>John Logan</b> <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/skyfall-writer-to-pen-next-two-bond-movies.html">will write</a> the next two<i> James Bond </i>movies. At first they were reported to have an arc which would combine the two, but <b>Daniel Craig</b> denied that rumour. Logan has previously written such masterpieces as <i>Hugo</i>, <i>The Aviator</i> and <i>Gladiator</i>. These two would be most likely the last two films with Daniel Craig, since they played "the old scruffy agent"-card now on Skyfall. <b>Naomi Harris </b>suggested that <b>Idris Elba</b> should play the next Bond, making him the first African-American Bond, but that is just a rumour and everything can (and will) change once we reach Bond film number 26. (Skyfall is 23th)</div>
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Unlike the first <i>Captain American</i> movie, the sequel will be set in modern times. This will allow the film to be more tied up with <i>the Avengers</i> universe. Especially now that <b>Colbie Smoulders </b>and<b> Samuel L. Jackson </b>have <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/s-h-i-e-l-d-agents-returning-for-captain-america-the-winter-soldier/">signed on</a> to reprise their roles in<i> Captain America: The Winter Soldier</i> as the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents they played in the <i>Avengers</i>. Though this is good promotion also for the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series, it will make it hard for these two to appear in the show, since in the movie universe Agent Coulson died, but in TV he lives on. Would be hard for them to explain how the agents would react around each other when they've seen one of them die. Well, strange things can happen in the world of comics, so who knows.</div>
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And to the end of this segment, I present you with the first look of Wicked Witch in the new poster for <i>Oz: The Great and Powerful</i>. Under that layer of make-up hides either <b>Mila Kunis</b> or <b>Rachel Weisz</b>, it is not clear which one, since they both will play Wicked Witches, Theodora and Evanora. Either way, the picture looks good!</div>
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A lot has happened in TV too. Most <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/nbcs-up-all-night-to-switch-to-multi-cam-format-2nd-season-order-upped-to-16-eps/">shocking news</a> for me was the fact that <i>Up All Night </i>would be changed in to multi-camera format with live audience. This is very unusual for a TV show and honestly I can't yet see how it will work, or if it will destroy the show. Single-camera shows are a lot more popular format at the moment, but then again <i>Big Bang Theory</i> and <i>Two And A Half Men</i> are one of the most watched TV shows and they are both multi-camera comedies. These new episodes of <i>Up All Night </i>will start airing next spring after their winter hiatus, but we still get six more episodes of the good old single-camera format. One of the stars of the show, <i>Maya Rudpolh</i> is also expanding to another form of performing. Her <b>Prince </b>cover band, <b>Princess</b>, has book a gig head lining at the Largo, in L.A. They also performed at the <i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</i> few weeks ago and were pretty good! I couldn't find very good quality video of the show, but you can get the gist from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TppWUWNFz28">this</a>.</div>
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All news can't be good though. Unfortunately NBC has <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/rainn-wilson-nbc-passes-office-spinoff-farm-384214">decided to pass</a> on <i>The Office</i> spin-off <i>The Farm</i>. <b>Rainn Wilson</b> would have reprised his role as Dwight Schrute but now instead they will just air the already filmed pilot for the nixed show as an gift to commemorate the final season of <i>The Office</i>. Second bad news is that <i>Political Animals</i> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/political-animals-canceled-usa-network_n_2065621.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment&utm_hp_ref=entertainment">won't have any extra episodes</a>. Though the show was initially planned as a mini-series, there were a lot of rumours that it would come back for the second season, but now those dreams have been crushed. At least we got the first season.</div>
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<b>Kim Cattrall </b>will <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/kim-cattrall-to-star-in-and-produce-sensitive-skin-comedy-series-in-canada/">star in and produce</a> an U.S adaptation of the <i>Sensitive Skin </i>(U.K). She has some big shoes to step into, since <b>Joanna Lumley </b>played the original character. The show is about a woman struggling with mid-life crisis. To describe the original show as a comedy, is pretty misleading, since it's very dark comedy, with a lot of drama aspects. It reminds me of<i> Nurse Jackie</i>, since its funny, but not in a comedy kind of way. Though this adaptation was first set to air on <i>HBO</i>, they have passed on the deal and now Cattrall is working with Canadian partners, but it is expected to get aired on U.S networks too.</div>
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I didn't really know which segment to put these under, so I created a new one, though don't expect these every month. Firstly the October edition of <i>Vulutre</i>'s <i>Best Entertainment Photography</i> was pretty spectacular. Here are some of them (<b>Angela Lansbury</b> on the left, and <b>Jennifer Lawrence</b> next to her), but you can find the all at <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/octobers-best-entertainment-photography.html#">Vulture</a>.</div>
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I also found this amazing new poster for <i>Iron Man 3</i>. <b>Matt Ferguson</b>, creator of this beauty, also created artwork for the <i>Avengers </i>DVD-box. <a href="http://blurppy.com/2012/10/25/exclusive-check-out-matt-fergusons-incredible-new-iron-man-3-print/">Scroll down this page</a> to see some other examples for his work.</div>
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This first trailer isn't brand new, but I just wanted to remind you about it since the movie <i>Flight </i>just came out and it looks like a pretty strong platform for <b>Denzel Washington</b> to get Oscar nominated. He plays a pilot who manages to save most of his passengers when he performs a near-impossible emergency landing (while a bit drunk). The rest of the cast includes such stars as <b>John Goodman</b> (he's everywhere at the moment) and <b>Melissa Leo</b>.</div>
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The second is for the movie that I honestly never thought I'd see: <i>Die Hard 5</i>. The fact that they even made fourth Die Hard was just beyond me, it was really bad. And honestly it looks like this won't be any better. Though it is packed with awesome action segments, it can't save this parachuteless freefall that is Die Hard 5. The full name is <i>A Good Day To Die Hard </i>and it will star <b>Bruce Willis</b>. <b>Cole Hauser</b> and <b>Sebastian Koch</b>.</div>
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I love <i>Despicable Me</i>'s minions and thankfully that is all the new trailer is filled with. In <i>Despicable Me 2</i>, the minions get kidnapped and Gru has to find them. If you don't know about the minions, just go to YouTube and search "despicable me minions". You'd be surprised how much fun they are.</div>
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In case you missed, <a href="http://rudi-theblog.blogspot.fi/2012/10/new-wednesday-dramas.html">here is my review</a> of the new Wednesday dramas: <i>Arrow</i>, <i>Chicago Fire </i>and <i>Nashville</i>. Since the new James Bond movie <i>Skyfall </i>premieres this Friday, I think I might write a review about that for next week, can't wait for tomorrow to see it!</div>
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<b>Kristen Wiig</b> has became a household name in movie industry after <i>Bridesmaids </i>and after that I loved her in <i>Friends With Kids</i>. Her <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hateship-friendship-wiig-steinfeld-pearce-379743">next project</a> is <i>Hateship, Friendship</i>. Directed by <b>Liza Johnson,</b> this indie dramedy tells the story of a nanny (Wiig) who is hired by a man (<b>Guy Pearce</b>) whose wife has died. The troublesome child in question is played by <b>Hailee Steinfield </b>who tries to set up her nanny and father. <b>Nick Nolte</b> has a supporting role as the grandfather.</div>
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I loved<b> Diane Keaton </b>in <i>Somethings Gotta Give</i> and now she is starring in another romantic comedy, this time with <b>Michael Douglas</b>. Keaton is actually quite a brilliant actress since she manages to pull off both dramatic and comedic roles. Anyways,<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-2012-michael-douglas-diane-379995"> this movie</a> is called <i>And So It Goes </i>and in it she plays the lovable neighbour to Douglas' character who tries to help him out after his estranged son drops off a grand-daughter he never knew he had.</div>
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After showing us her golden pipes in <i>Pitch Perfect</i>, <b>Anna Kendrick</b> is now maybe <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/anna-kendrick-circling-the-last-five-years.html">signing on</a> for a second musical role as Cathy in the movie adaption of a musical <i>The Last Five Years</i>. She was also part of the table read of the film adaptation of the musical <i>Into The Woods</i>, which I raved about few weeks ago. She is really becoming an A-list actress and an Oscar-nomination few years ago didn't hurt.</div>
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<i>Justice League</i> movie has been in the works for many years now. Some suggested that they needed to make individual movies for each character to establish the connection, like Marvel did with the <i>Avengers </i>and its affiliates <i>Iron Man</i>, <i>Thor </i>and <i>Captain America</i>. But now Warner Bros has <a href="http://www.totalfilm.com/news/warner-lines-up-justice-league-to-go-head-to-head-with-avengers-2">decided to speed up</a> the plans and trying to release the film same time as the <i>Avengers 2</i>, which means the summer of 2015. There is no word on the cast yet. <b>Christian Bale </b>is unlikely to reprise the role of Batman, since I assume this film will have a totally different look than <b>Christopher Nolan</b>'s <i>Batman </i>trilogy. <b>Henry Cavill </b>is playing Superman on next year's<i> Man of Steel</i>, so he might be up for the role in the Justice League. <i>Green Lantern</i> is also part of the League and he was played by <b>Ryan Reynolds </b>in the feature film of the same name. I really want to see this happen, but they have a lot of holes to fill in their plan.</div>
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<i>Justice League </i>certainly faces tough competition from the Avengers-team. Especially now that the dark and edgy trailer for the <i>Iron Man 3</i> is all that superhero fans can talk about. I can't wait to the end of this post to share it, since it is good! There are so many details to focus on, and to get a better walkthrough of them, head to <a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/10/24/iron-man-3-trailer-tattoo/">EW.com</a>.</div>
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Though <b>Andy Samberg</b> left <i>SNL </i>(which will be <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/20/saturday-night-live-louis-c-k-to-host/">hosted </a>by <b>Louis C.K. </b>in Nov. 3rd) after last season, it looks like he is doing pretty good. He has been <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/18/andy-samberg-fox-comedy-pilot-schur/">cast </a>as the lead character in an untitled comedy about police investigators in NYC. It is co-created by<i> Parks and Rec </i>creator <b>Mike Schur</b> so it should be good. It is actually pretty weird that there is no, or very few, comedies about cops on TV. And I don't count shows like <i>Mike and Molly</i> where one character is a police officer. I have a good feeling about this new comedy.</div>
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I can't believe how much I'm expecting<i> Arrested Development</i>, I'm already laughing though it doesn't start until next spring. One of the stars of the show, <b>Will Arnett</b>, <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/arrested-development-season-4-now-conan-obrien-61996">revealed </a>last night on <i>Conan </i>that both <b>Andy Richter</b> and <b>Conan O'Brien</b> will appear on the new season. Richter has already played himself on the show previously. They didn't mention who Conan will play, most likely himself, since he has said that he doesn't like acting very much. Here is a little treat to ease the wait: </div>
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Halloween is just around the corner and you can definitely see that on the TV. Last nights <i>Modern Family</i> was already hilarious and I can't wait for other Halloween episodes. To get a sneak peek of the costumes, see<a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20302134_20641527,00.html"> this gallery</a> of pictures!<br />
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This week was also great for another reason, or should I say, ah-mah-zing! <i>Happy Endings</i> returned. Right from the start of the season 3 premiere I remembered why I fell in love with the show. <i>The Hollywood Reporter </i>got to visit their set and were given tour by the stars them self. For a video by <b>Max Pally</b> and <b>Casey Wilson</b> go <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-endings-stars-offer-a-381608">here</a>, and for<b> Elisha Cuthbert</b>, <b>Zach Knighton</b>, <b>Eliza Coupe </b>and <b>Damon Wayans Jr.</b> go <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/happy-endings-cast-shows-seedy-381777">here</a>!<br />
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I've watched this trailer for <i>Holy Motors </i>four times now, and I still don't have any idea what it's about. But it looks awesome and interesting. To top it all, it has <b>Kylie Minogue</b>. Try to make some sense of this trailer:<br />
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This second makes a bit more sense, but it still is pretty weird. This is supposed to be like the <i>Avatar</i> underwater, but it really doesn't compare visually or actor-wise. Sure it looks good, but not epic. I hope it will get even some success on the box office since this film has a whopping $130 Million budget. It's called <i>Empires of The Deep </i>and it stars Bond-girl <b>Olga Kurylenko</b>.<br />
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The last one is for a dramedy <i>Save the Date</i>, which stars <b>Alison Brie </b>and <b>Lizzy Caplan</b>, both of whom are establishing themselves a pretty solid indie-comedy background. I wont bother to tell you the plot since it's pretty obvious when you watch the trailer:<br />
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That's all folks! New post coming next week and maybe a <i>Skyfall </i>review.</div>
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As you have noticed, I really don't care for TV drama series, I'd rather watch drama movies. But I've made an exception this year. I know none of these are critical successes, but for every <i>Homeland</i>, <i>Good Wife</i> and <i>Mad Men</i>, we need <i>Chicago Fire</i>, <i>Nashville </i>and <i>Arrow</i>.</div>
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Let's start with <i>Chicago Fire</i>. The show follows the lives of firefighters and paramedics working in the Chicago Fire Department. There are two firefighters that get the most screen time, Matthew Casey (<b>Jesse Spencer </b>from <i>House</i>) and Kelly Severide (<b>Taylor Kinney</b> from <i>Trauma</i>). There are some other recognisable faces on the show too, like<b> David Eigenberg</b> fromy <i>Sex and The City</i>.</div>
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I'm having a bit mixed feelings about this show, since I really like the fact that they are firefighters and not police officers or crime scene investigators. I mean aren't we all sick of them already? I know this isn't the first firefighting drama, but the idea is still much more fresh than some police show. The thing I didn't like about in the show, is all the predictable drama with the characters. I mean, in the very first episode we see drug abuse, called of engagement, death, attraction to co-workers, etc. And that's just the first episode. The second episode was much more toned down, which I appreciated, but during it, I began to wonder will the show have enough charisma to last. I'll make my final judgement today with the third episode airing.</div>
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If I had to describe <i>Nashville </i>with few words, I'd say its <i>Glee </i>for grown-up country music fans. And it is filled with drama! The show focuses on two rival country singers: Rayna (<b>Connie Britton</b> from <i>American Horror Story</i>), an older country music legend struggling to find new audiences, and Juliette, an ambitious newcomer (<b>Hayden Panettiere</b> from <i>Heroes</i>). Both <i>Nashville </i>and <i>Chicago Fire</i> will be fighting for ratings and viewers with <i>American Horror Story</i>, which premiered its second season last week with record high ratings, so that is some serious threat to these newcomers.</div>
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I responded much more positively to this series than <i>Chicago Fire</i>. Maybe because I like Britton and musical-dramas. And I've really started to like some country songs, so this is an easy way to get in the mood. I like the chemistry between the characters, though we didn't get to see too much of that in the first episode which was pretty much about introducing all characters and establishing the connections between them. But believe me, the drama is present all the time. We are talking about back-stabbing, drug addicted mothers after daughter's money, evil fathers and old flames. There are multiple sub-plots, like Rayna's husband running for mayor and a cute young couple with some triangle drama and a lot of musical talent. The stars do all their own singing, so don't expect pitch perfect power ballads, but some of the songs are pretty cute. This one from the end of the second episode was sweet and emotional:</div>
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And the third is my favourite so far. <i>Arrow </i>is based on the comic book <i>Green Arrow</i> and it's perfectly timed since the superhero genre is super hot now after<i> The Avengers</i> and co. <i>Green Arrow</i> is <i>DC Comic </i>and part of the <i>Justice League</i>, which has been in the works of becoming a feature film, so it will be fun to see who they will cast as <i>Green Arrow</i> since he is played by <b>Stephen Amell</b> in this show. This is his biggest role so far, though he has guest starred in multiple of shows. I don't know most of the supporting cast either, so I won't spend any time on them, maybe once this show becomes a success they'll get famous too.</div>
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At first I thought that this show would be just some lame attempt to get more money from comic book nerds. But the show is actually good! Or maybe I'm just addicted to this weekly superhero-action splash. To this mi they've added a love interest with an overprotective cop father and a lot of mysterious enemies. I don't know how well the show follows the comic book (I assume not very well), but I like the format with one enemy in every episode and then a larger sub-plot. So far these first two episodes have been pretty much about how Oliver Queen (aka Arrow) survived 5 years stranded on an island and how he is adjusting to his current life. The show has been picked up for a full season so I can't be the only one who likes this show.</div>
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I'll start working on my weekly post next, so that will be out tomorrow! Hopefully I'll inspire you to check out these shows, you can't lose anything (except few hours of your life, but I'd risk it).</div>
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I know I don't usually talk much about drama series, but I've really grown fond of the Wednesday line-up which includes shows like <i>Nashville</i>, <i>Arrow </i>and <i>Chicago Fire</i>, so I plan to write about them next week. A lot has happened this week, so keep on reading!</div>
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Okay, so I think you know that when I talk about the biggest host-news from the past week, I'm certainly not talking about the fact that<b> Khloé Kardashian</b> and<b> Mario Lopez </b>are <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/khloe-kardashian-mario-lopez-officially-x-factor-hosts-60921">hosting<i> X-Factor</i></a>, but something truly amazing. <b>Tina Fey </b>and <b>Amy Poehler</b> are <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/tina-fey-amy-poehler-host-golden-globe-awards-60786">hosting the <i>Golden Globes</i></a>! This duo has certainly proven that they have a great chemistry in such projects as <i>Baby Mama </i>and <i>Saturday Night Live</i>. They both have hilarious shows on TV, Fey has <i>30 Rock</i> and Poehler has <i>Parks and Rec</i>. Both shows air on NBC where the <i>Golden Globes</i> will be shown too (on Jan 13th), so they chose to stay within the network. I think NBC chose wisely with these two, since they will most likely attract young viewers and they will certainly be more PG-rated than previous host R<b>icky Gervais</b>, who received some harsh criticism about his black humour. I know it's almost blasphemous to say this, but I think I'm going to enjoy this year's <i>Golden Globes</i> more than the <i>Oscars</i>.<br />
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Another thing I really don't follow on TV, is sports, but the <i>Superbowl </i>just rose to the top of my list when they decided to <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/16/beyonce-2013-super-bowl-halftime-show/">hire </a><b>Beyoncé </b>for their anticipated halftime show. Last year <b>Madonna </b>drew in the viewers, and I honestly think <b>Queen B </b>will do even better, since she is so overall-loved. I've never heard anyone say they didn't like Beyoncé. She has also decided to <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/clint-eastwoods-a-star-is-born-loses-beyonce-knowles-still-lacks-male-lead-and-start-date/">drop out</a> of the <i>Star Is Born</i> remake, directed by <b>Clint Eastwood</b>, since the project seems to be running still and there is no real date of when the movie would start production. The Superbowl will take place in February, so she will have a lot of time to prepare.<br />
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In my opinion, the fourth season of <i>Glee </i>keeps on getting better. The first few episodes were nothing special, even though <b>Kate Hudson </b>really stole the show, but now I think the show has re-gained its momentum. And the season just keeps on getting better. <b>Jessica Sanchez</b>, who finished second-place on last season of <i>American Idol</i>, is <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/15/glee-jessica-sanchez-2/#more-371955">guest starring</a> on the show. There is no word yet on how long her arc will be nor who she will play. I suspect a singer from another glee club, since it wouldn't make a lot of sense to introduce a new character to the New Directions. It might be similar role to that of <b>Charice</b>'s from last year. <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/10/16/glee-scoop-bette-midler/">The second star </a>who is going to join the impressive list of guest stars, is <b>Bette Midler</b>. As a New York resident, I assume she will appear as an character in either Kurt or Rachel's life. She joked that she would play Rachel's grandmother, and that might actually be pretty cool.<br />
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But <i>Glee </i>isn't the only show on TV which has signed some impressive guest stars. <b>Matt Bomer </b>(<i>White Collar</i>, <i>Magic Mike</i>) is <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/matt-bomer-to-guest-star-on-new-normal/">going to appear</a> in <i>New Normal</i> as the ex-boyfriend of one of the lead characters, Bryan (<b>Andrew Rannel</b>). <i>Parks and Recreation</i> <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/10/parks-and-recreation-christie-brinkley/">has landed </a>supermodel<b> Christie Brinkley </b>to play Jerry's never-before-seen wife Gayle. She will appear in the same episode which marks the return of <b>Megan </b><b>Mulally'</b>s character, Tammy 2. Though <i>Happy Endings</i> hasn't even premiered yet (we will have to wait five days for that), they have already <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/17/happy-endings-season-3-briga-heelan-jane-lesbian-girlfriend/">added a guest star</a>, who might not be so well known, but certainly has an interesting role.<b> Briga Heelan</b> (<i>Cougar Town</i>) will play the ex-girlfriend of Jane (<b>Eliza Coupe</b>), and this will most certainly come as news for her husband Brad (<b>Damon Wayans Jr.</b>).<br />
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Fox has decided to <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/fox-developing-us-version-of-british-comedy-gavin-stacey/">develop </a>an U.S. version of the British comedy <i>Gavin & Stacey</i>. The show aired few years ago and was actually pretty funny. It's a story about the long-distance relationship of the title characters who eventually decide to marry. <i>The Office has </i>proven that adaptations of British shows can succeed and hopefully this will too.<br />
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<b>Marvel </b>decided to launch its <i>Phase Two</i> this past week. It started with some brand new info about the second wave of Marvel movies. The packet includes such information as the release dates for <i>Iron Man 3 </i>and <i>Thor 2</i>. They also announced that their new venture <i>Guardians of The Galaxy </i>will be released August 1st 2013. At first they did not mention <i>Ant-Man</i>, but later that day <i>Disney </i><a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/ant-man-opening-2015-marvel-releasing-iron-man-3-3d-60686">announced </a>that the much-talked-about adaption of <i>Ant-Man</i> will be out in the late 2015. You can read more about the Phase Two <a href="http://www.totalfilm.com/marvel-phase-two">here</a>!<br />
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I honestly don't get how <i>Spider-Man</i> is part of <i>Marvel </i>universe, which was purchased by <i>Disney</i>, but then the character and the films based on it are distributed by <i>Paramount </i>which is owned by <i>Sony</i>. I got to thinking about this after not finding any mention of <b>Spider Man </b>on <i>Marvel</i>'s Phase Two. I guess that's how Hollywood works. But anyways, I brought it up, since <i>The Amazing Spider-Man</i> sequel <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shailene-woodley-talks-spider-man-377915">has cast</a> its Mary Jane Watson.<b> Shailene Woodley </b>who got her breakthrough role in <i>The Descendants</i> with <b>Geroge Clooney</b> is now moving to mainstream with this role, which I hope will boost her star status.<br />
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I honestly thought that we were done with<i> Fast&Furious</i>-type car-action movies, but it appears not. <i>Dreamworks </i>is <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/aaron-paul-star-need-speed-378958">working on a film adaption</a> of <i>Need For Speed </i>games, and <b>Aaron Paul </b>is going to star in it. Even though Paul has garnered great reviews for his role in <i>Breaking Bad </i>(including an Emmy few weeks ago) I doubt he can save this trainwreck. The games have sold pretty good, but I just don't see how they can make this a good adaptation and keep it's original fan-base while succeeding in the box office. Though NASCAR has audience too, so I assume they are the type of viewers that will go see this movie.<br />
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It always warms my heart when I hear there is a musical movie<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/broadway-memphis-film.html"> in the works</a>. This time its an adaptation of the Tony-winning musical <i>Memphis</i>, based on a Memphis disc jockey <b>Dewey Phillips</b> who was one of the first DJ's to play black music. Here is what we can expect from the film!</div>
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The first one is for the Oscar-bait <i>Hitchcock</i>, which stars such A-listers as <b>Anthony Hopkins</b>, <b>Helen Mirren</b> and <b>Scarlett Johansson</b>. It focuses on Hitchcock's life during the filming of <i>Psycho</i>. The trailer is beautiful and even funny and that kinda surprised me, in a good way! See for yourselves.<br />
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The last one is for a perfect example why some movies just shouldn't be made. First of all, I think that by this point, every single possible version of <i>Tarzan </i>has been explored. And this new animated version really just looks like a copy of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwU5ZqyhV5Q">Disney version</a> following its look almost perfectly. This is certainly not what I was expecting when I reported many months ago that <b>Kellan Lutz </b>would play Tarzan, but now its all clear to me that he plays the character via motion-cap and voice acting. I just don't see this going to succeed at the box office.<br />
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I've been listening to <b>Adele</b>'s new James Bond theme, <i>Skyfall</i>, pretty much on repeat ever since it came out. So before screencaps, here is the new theme:</div>
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From top left:<i> 2 Broke Girls</i>, <i>30 Rock</i>, <i>Big Bang Theory</i>, <i>Modern Family</i></div>
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Finally some Oscar news too! The admissions for <i>Best Foreign Language Film</i> have been <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2013-foreign-language-oscar-71-377116">submitted</a>. 71 countries (record high) are in the race to get the spot among five actual nominees and the main goal of course, the Oscar. At the moment, there are two frontrunners: the box office hit <i>Intouchables </i>(France) and the film festival sweetheart <i>Amour </i>(Austria). You can read more about the nominees <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/foreign-language-oscar-austria-france-377131">here</a>. Quick shout-out to my country, Finland submitted <i>Purge</i>, based on the book by <b>Sofia Oksanen</b>. I still have to go see it though I've read the book. But unless something significant happens, I really doubt it will even get nominated.</div>
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Classic literature has always been an inspiration to film and TV adaptations and now it looks like it's <i>Moby Dick</i>'s turn. I've spotted two different projects inspired by the classic tale of a man getting obsessed after the white whale destroys his boat. <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/m-night-shyamalanjohn-glenn-modern-day-moby-dick-drama-goes-to-nbc-as-put-pilot/">The first project</a> is a TV drama, <i>Lost Horizon</i>, created by <b>M. Night Shyamalan </b>and <b>John Glenn</b>. This modern day version has been kept under covers and not much is know yet about its plot. John Glenn has previously written <i>Eagle Eye</i> and Shaymalan is still (in my mind) recovering from the catastrophe that was <i>The Last Airbender</i>. <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/lynne-ramsay-gets-funding-to-launch-moby-dick-into-space-with-mobius/">The second project</a> is a sci-fi adaption, where the boat of the book is a space ship, and the whale is some sort of alien monster. The film is called <i>Mobius</i>, and it is written by <b>Lynne Ramsay</b> who previously wrote <i>We Need To Talk About Kevin</i>, one of the most haunting films of last year.</div>
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First pictures of the film I've talked about here several times, <i>Grace of Monaco</i>, have surfaced. <b>Nicole Kidman</b> plays Grace Kelly in the film which is set for 2014 release, so we'll have to keep waiting for some time. The first picture is a portrait shot of Kidman in her character and the second one is <a href="http://socialitelife.com/photos/nicole-kidman-on-set-of-grace-of-monaco/kidman-as-kelly-for-grace-of-monaco-5">from the set </a>of the movie where filming has recently started.</div>
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<b>Mindy Kaling </b>has already established herself as a successful TV writer, but now the movie she co-wrote has gotten some heat too. <em>The Low Self-Esteem of Lizzie Gillespie </em>is typical rom-com when it comes to the plot: a girl struggles with low self-esteem until the guy of her dreams appear. But that can't be all since the script made it to the <a href="http://blcklst.com/">Black List </a>and now <b>Anne Hathaway</b> has <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anne-hathaway-mindy-kaling-team-377278">signed </a>on to play the lead role. They are still missing a director, but it already sounds like a success.</div>
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<i>Entertainment Weekly </i>releases once a year the <i>Reunion Issue</i>, which features the cast of old classics reunited. Though most of the films/TV shows featured have not been successful outside U.S there were a lot of familiar faces. Check them out <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20433411_20635768,00.html">here</a>, and some extra covers <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/10/03/this-weeks-cover-the-reunions-issue-clueless/2/">here</a>. But by far the best was the picture of the <i>Arrested Development </i>cast with the characters re-imagined with rennaissance style.</div>
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<i>EW</i> also shared the new promo pictures for two great comedy series, <i>Happy Endings</i> and <i>Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt 23</i>.</div>
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As if <b>Neil Meron</b> and <b>Craig Zadan</b> aren't busy enough with the upcoming Oscars and the second season of <i>Smash</i>, now they have<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/smash-producers-another-nbc-musical.html"> a new show</a> coming up, and it's another musical. The show is about a songwriter who is very unlucky in her love life though her love songs are hugely successful. The show will feature songs of<b> Diane Warren</b> and they will be featured in a more subtle way, not the <i>Smash</i>-kinda stage performances. Hopefully it will be as good as <i>Smash</i>.</div>
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<b>Mindy Kaling</b> isn't the only woman from <i>The Office</i> who is moving on to another comedy. <b>Angela Kinsey</b> (who plays Angela on <i>The Office</i>) is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/angela-kinsey-dirty-blondes-rachael-harris.html">going </a>to co-star with <b>Rachel Harris</b> (<i>New Girl</i>, <i>Hangover</i>) in a comedy they created together about two women coping with their respective divorces together. The sit-com is called <b>Dirty Blondes</b>.</div>
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The first one is for maybe the most surprising movie. <i>Movie 43 </i>is filled with A-list stars like <b>Hugh Jackman</b>, <b>Kate Winslet</b>,<b> Halle Berry</b>, <b>Emma Stone</b>, <b>Anna Faris</b> and <b>Chloe Mortiz</b>, and yet it might be the grossest comedy ever. But it is super fun to see big stars let loose and just have fun:</div>
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The second one might not be for the greatest movie ever, but I love <b>Barbra Streisand </b>and its fun to see her in a starring role after a long break. I like the chemistry between <b>Seth Rogen </b>and Streisand and it had some good jokes, but I doubt the critics will see that side.</div>
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Last but not least, trailer for the new thriller <i>Broken City</i>, starring <b>Mark Wahlberg</b>, <b>Russell Crowe</b> and <b>Catherine Zeta-Jones</b>. Crowe plays a New York mayor who wants proof that her wife (Zeta-Jones) is cheating on him, so he hires Wahlberg to investigate. After finding the man she cheats the mayor with, things get nasty.</div>
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For starters I have to say that I'm watching <i>Casablanca </i>and <i>Dumb & Dumber </i>(speaking of <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/dumb-and-dumber-sequel-gets-a-title-farrelly-brothers-offer-update/">which</a>) while writing this and <a href="http://rudi-theblog.blogspot.fi/2012/10/partners.html">my review</a> about <i>Partners</i>, so my mood and writing style might change a bit when I change movies. From classic cinema to fart jokes and laxative, gotta love diversity with films.</div>
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I have to start with the biggest news from the past week (or should I say blog week, since I don't really follow normal weekdays with my "week"). <b>Seth MacFarlane</b> is going to <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/seth-macfarlane-to-host-the-oscars/">host </a>the <i>85th Annual Academy Awards</i> in Feb 24th. This came as quite a surprise to me, since MacFarlane is not really know for performing, especially as this is quite a big gig. Producers <b>Craig Zadan</b> and <b>Neil Meron</b> announced the news few days ago and told that they wanted to go back to the 1930's and 40's when the Oscars weren't hosted by actors or other performers. MacFarlane recently hosted SNL (read<a href="http://rudi-theblog.blogspot.fi/2012/09/snl-seth-macfarlane.html"> my review here</a>) and that is said to have finalised the decision. Because MacFarlane likes to sing, and because both producers are heavily involved in musicals, I assume there will be quite a lot of singing. Though he is known for a certain type of humour, I think he will adapt pretty well with the classy Oscar-style. Guess we'll just have to wait and see, I have high hopes for this.</div>
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Since <i>30 Rock</i> is starting its final season this Thursday, <i>EW </i>decided to delight us with having <b>Tina Fey</b> grace the cover of their newest magazine. She channels <b>Audrey Hepburn</b> on the cover and<b> Brigette Bardot</b> in the story. They also got these funny new clips from the season 7 premiere, which you can watch <a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/09/28/30-rock-first-look/">here </a>and <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/28/30-rock-season-7-premiere-video-kenneth-tracy/">here</a>.</div>
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Then some casting news. <i>Go On</i> (which just got <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/02/revolution-full-season-nbc-new-normal-go-on/">ordered </a>for a full season) is getting <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/27/go-on-lauren-graham/">visited </a>by <b>Lauren Graham </b>(<i>Gilmore Girls</i>, <i>Parenthood</i>) who will play Ryan's (<i>Matthew Perry</i>) ex and an old friend of her dead wife. <i>New Girl </i>is also off for a great start, the first two episodes have been hilarious and star studded and <b>Olivia Munn </b>(<i>Newsroom</i>) was <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/27/new-girl-olivia-munn-season-2-american-horror-story-asylum-video/">announced </a>to guest star in a multi-episode arc playing Nick's ex-girlfriend.</div>
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<i>Saturday Night Live</i> will be hosted by<b> Daniel Craig</b> this week, and now they have <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/01/saturday-night-live-christina-applegate-bruno-mars/">revealed </a>two new hosts.<b> Christina Applegate</b> and<b> Bruno Mars</b>. At first I thought Bruno Mars would be the musical guest when Applegate hosts, but apparently Mars will take on double-duty and both host and play music. I think I'll love the episode with Applegate and hate the one with Mars, but we'll see. She is currently the star of <i>Up All Night</i> which just started its second season. <b>Sean Hayes</b> has already guest starred on the show and now it looks like a mini-<i>Arrested Development</i>-reunion will <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/10/02/shameless-bradley-whitford-season-3-tony-hale-up-all-night/">occur </a>as <b>Tony Hale</b> will visit the show. He of course starred as Toby in <i>AD </i>while <i>Up All Night</i> star <b>Will Arrnet</b> played Gob on the cult comedy.</div>
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It has been a while since I've seen any <i>Hunger Games</i> news, but now I've found two. <i>Catching Fire</i> has filled the<a href="http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/09/27/catching-fire-cast-hunger-games-sequel/"> remaining spots of its cast</a>. All roles are for tributes from another districts and I've never heard of any of these actors, but if their part are as big as those of the minor tributes in the previous movie, I doubt we'll get a deeper look at these characters. The second news is that <b>Danny Strong</b> will <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/game-change-writer-danny-strong-to-script-the-hunger-games-mockingjay/">write </a>the script from the last book, <i>Mockinjay</i>. The book will be split in two, so this is a challenge for the writer as he has to decide the point where he separates part one and two. Danny Strong just won two Emmys for writing and producing <i>Game Change</i>.</div>
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In other sequel related news. Both director <b>Marc Webb</b> and lead actor <b>Andrew Garfield </b>have <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amazing-spider-man-sequel-returns-375025">signed</a> on for the <i>Amazing Spider-Man</i> sequel which will start shooting next year. <b>Emma Stone </b>is also in talks to reprise her role as Gwen Stacy and I don't see any reason why she wouldn't sign the deal, unless she has some major trouble with her schedule. Though it had maybe the worst title ever, <i>The Rise of The Planet of The Apes</i> did manage to become a box-office success so a sequel was almost guaranteed. It is called <i>Dawn of the Planet of the Apes</i> and it just got <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/matt-reeves-confirmed-to-helm-dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes/">a new director</a>, <b>Matt Reeves</b>. He has previously directed such movies as <i>Cloverfield</i> and <i>Let Me In</i>. If they are any indication, this film will be a bit darker as its predecessor. Especially as this movie will be about how the apes rise from small rebellion to the ruling species of the Earth.</div>
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<b>Darren Aronofsky</b>, director of <i>Black Swan</i>, planned a movie about Jackie Kennedy just after the assassination on JFK, but Aronofsky has since dropped out of that project. Now there have been <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/natalie-portman-courted-to-play-jackie-kennedy-in-fox-searchlight-drama/">rumours</a> that <b>Natalie Portman </b>would be courted for the role, if Aronofsky would return as the director. I really pray for the Hollywood gods to make it happen, since I think this would be the perfect role for Portman.</div>
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Another one of my favourite stars, <b>Meryl Streep</b>, has been in the headlines this week. She <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/streep-swank-find-home-tommy-lee-jones-exclusive-58196">landed </a>the part in <b>Tommy Lee Jones</b>' new movie, <i>The Homesman</i>. The movie is a period piece about a couple who escort three insane woman across the country. It is not yet clear which role Streep would play, I hope one of the crazy ladies. At least that would be entertaining. Another project she is a really exciting one too. <b>Rob Marshall </b>(<i>Chicago</i>, <i>Nine</i>) has been working on a <i>Into The Woods </i>adaption for quite some time and now there is a <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/into-the-woods-movie-luring-meryl-streep.html">word </a>out that Streep would play the part of the Witch. Marshall held a script reading with <b>Anna Kendrick</b> as Cinderella, <b>Patrick Wilson</b> as her Prince, <b>James Corden</b> as the Baker, <b>Nina Arianda </b>as the Baker's Wife and <b>Donna Murphy</b> as the Witch as Streep was anavailable at the time. <i>Into the Woods</i> is a great <b>Sondheim</b>-musical and Marshall is the best choice for the director. Hopefully they'll start filming soon.</div>
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First one is for the <b>Melissa McCarthy</b> comedy <i>Identity Theft</i>. Last week I wrote that she would star in it with <b>Sandra Bullock</b>, but I don't know what kind of brain fart that was since its <b>Jason Bateman</b> who is the second star of the film. Anyways the plot is pretty much explained in the trailer:</div>
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The second one is for thriller called the <i>Stoker</i> with <b>Nicole Kidman</b> and <b>Mia Wasikowska</b>. I think there is only one word to describe this trailer: intense.</div>
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The last one is for <i>Silver Linings Playbook</i> with <b>Bradley Cooper</b> and <b>Jennifer Lawerence</b>. Cooper plays a man who goes a bit crazy after he founds his wife with another man. Lawerence plays a young widow. They both struggle with their losses and find comfort in each other.</div>
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When I first read that<b> Max Mutchnick</b> and <b>David Cohan</b>, the creators of <i>Will & Grace</i>, were working on a new comedy, I got super excited since it is one of my favourite shows. But I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed.</div>
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The premise of the show is some-what drawn from the lives of the creators and some say it is very much like another comedy with the same name which aired during 1990's on <i>CBS </i>starring <b>Jon Cryer</b> and <b>Tate Donovan</b>, but Mutchnick and Cohan only say that they were fans of that show, not that they copied it. Well anyways, this new <i>Partners </i>is about two friends, Joe and Louis, who have their own architect business. Louis lives with his boyfriend Wyatt and Joe gets engaged to her girlfriend Ali right in the first episode. The name of the show refers to both the partnership between the two friends and to the relationship between them and their partners.</div>
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Though all of the main cast is pretty well know, they aren't that big of stars. Louis is played by <b>Michael Urie</b>, who gained fame playing Marc in <i>Ugly Betty</i>. I definitely see a resemblance between Louis and Jack from <i>Will & Grace</i>, which could be a good and a bad thing, since Jack was one of my favourite characters but I don't think they should copy his personality. Joe is played by<b> David Krumholtz</b> who I recognize best from his appearances in <i>Harold and Kumar</i> film series, but he became better know to the mass audiences after playing lead character in <i>Numb3rs </i>for 6 seasons. His character I didn't particularly like either, he seems so nervous all the time, I feel like I wanna slap him and yell him to relax! The show focuses mainly on these two characters but their partners get a fair share of screen time too.</div>
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Louis' boyfriend is played by none other than Superman himself, <b>Brandon Routh</b>. His was the name I first recognized from the production and I thought he was a bit odd choice for a comedy, but he almost pulls it off. His character is a bit monotone and slow so he doesn't have to be an excellent actor anyways, but he plays the sort of naive and child-like aspect of the character very well. Joe's fiancee Ali is played by <b>Sophia Bush</b> who was part of the regular cast in <i>One Tree Hill</i>. I haven't watched that show at all, so to me she is a totally new face. She has some rom-com credits to her name too, but nothing major. Her character on this show is kinda sassy, but not in a way that it would grab your attention, so she ends up a bit bland.</div>
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The first two episodes that have now aired both follow the same basic plot: Joe tells Louis something about his relationship with Ali, Louis tells Ali, Ali gets mad, Joe gets mad at Louis, Louis redeems himself, everything is good, Wyatt goes to gym. And there you have it; <i>Partners</i>.</div>
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Days go too fast! Staph! But <a href="http://rudi-theblog.blogspot.fi/2012/09/ben-and-kate-mindy-project.html">here </a>is my review of Fox's new shows <i>Ben and Kate</i> and <i>The Mindy Project</i>, so check that out. For next week I'm planning a review of <i>Partners </i>and a quick recap of few older shows that have premiered so far, like <i>Mike&Molly</i>, <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> and <i>Parks&Recreation</i>.</div>
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Though new shows premiere all through-out the season, some great shows are wrapping up their run. One of them is <i>The Office</i> which is now on its ninth and final season. It is one of my favourites and truly a pioneer for other U.S documentary-style comedies like recent Emmy-winner <i>Modern Family </i>and <i>Parks & Recreation</i>. And it looks like the final season will be among the best. First of all <b>James Spader</b> (barf!) is gone and second <b>Catherine Tate</b> has more screentime. The third good thing is that <b>Stephen Colbert</b> is <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/stephen-colbert-the-office.html">joining </a>the Halloween episode as a guest star, playing one of Andy's (<b>Ed Helms</b>) old a Capella group member. In case you haven't followed the show through the years, here is a great video to celebrate the past eight seasons:</div>
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<i>The Simpsons </i>is also gearing up for their season premiere this Sunday. The first episode features all Bart's old girlfriends, so there is going to be a lot of starpower (<b>Anne Hathaway</b>, <b>Zooey Deschanel</b> and <b>Natalie Portman</b> among others). <i>The Simpsons</i> also decided to share their opinion on this years presidential election, much like they did four years ago, and surprise surprise, Homer gets in trouble:<br />
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I used to like <i>Two and a Half Men</i>, but after<b> Charlie Sheen </b>left, it's just not the same. And now it seems like they are trying to bring back the audiences with their new guest star: <b>Miley Cyrus</b>. She will play Jake's (<b>Angus T. Jones</b>) new crush, but Walden (<b>Aston Kutcher</b>) falls for her too. Is the age difference a joke on Aston's old wife<b> Demi Moore</b>? Don't know, but this does not seem like a good idea. For some pictures from the set with Miley, go <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/whitneyjefferson/miley-cyrus-on-two-and-a-half-men">here</a>!<br />
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Film star <b>Diane Kruger</b> is also transitioning to small screen. She will <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/diane-kruger-fx-the-bridge-pilot.html">star </a>on FX's new show <i>The Bridge</i>, adapted from Danish series <i>Broen</i>. Her character is Sonya North, who is trying to hunt down a serial killer at El Paso. This is her first regular role on TV. If you've forgotten what she looks like, you can see her in the trailer of her newest film <i>Special Forces</i> <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/new-special-forces-trailer-diane-kruger-kidnapped-rescued-video-57341">here</a>!<br />
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Though<b> Melissa McCarthy</b> didn't win either of the Emmys she was nominated for this weekend, she is doing pretty okay. <i>Mike & Molly</i> just started their third season, her new movie<i> Identity Theft</i> with <b>Sandra Bullock </b>just got <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/25/identity-thief-poster-melissa-mccarthy_n_1913638.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000047">a new poster </a>and on top of all that, she was just cast in the upcoming <i>Hangover 3 </i>movie. The role would be small according to <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059499.html?cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews">Variety</a>, since she is so busy. But hopefully she'll make the time to appear on the film.<br />
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Though the Oscars are still months away, some distributors are trying to get their films nominated. The rules state that the film has to run for atleast a week in LA before the end of the year. For example <i>Hitchcock </i>has been <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/hitchcock-teaser-poster-shows-another-side-of-anthony-hopkins-as-the-master-of-suspense-film-hits-november-2013/">moved </a>up to November to qualify. This is the second Hitchcock themed movie, the other being <i>The Girl</i> (though its a TV movie). <b>Anthony Hopkins </b>plays Hitchcock and I think he is a strong candidate for an Oscar, since the Academy tends to like biographies a lot. Another movie that is trying to get into the Oscar race, is <i>Ginger & Rosa</i>. <b>Elle Fanning</b> has garnered a lot of great reviews during her young career and this <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/seeking-oscar-elle-fanning-a24-acquires-ginger-rosa-57976">films distributor</a> thinks her role as teenager struggling with personal trauma is her chance for an Oscar nomination. Maybe, we'll have to wait and see, since neither of the mentioned movies has a trailer out yet.<br />
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Few casting news: <b>Tom Hardy</b> will <a href="http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/tom-hardy-climbing-aboard-doug-liman-directed-everest-playing-george-mallory/">star </a>as <b>George Mallory</b>, who tried to climb Mount Everest three times in the 20's only to die on his list try at the mountain. The movie is called <i>Everest </i>and it is going to start filming after<b> Doug Liman</b> is done with his previous project with <b>Tom Cruise</b> called <i>All You Need Is Kill</i>. The second casting news is about <b>Parker Posey</b> <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35262">joining </a>the <i>Grace of Monaco </i>movie. She plays a kinda bitchy character who sells stories about Grace Kelly to the press, sounds like a perfect role for her.<br />
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There are two films coming out this December I'm really looking forward to seeing, and I mean like reaaaallly looking forward. First one is <i>The Hobbit</i>, which just got a new trailer which features a lot of new scenes that are not featured even in the books. You can see the trailer <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/new-the-hobbit-trailer-and-away-they-go.html">here </a>and a full analysis of the trailer at <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/09/19/the-hobbit-trailer/">EW</a>. The second film I'm talking about is <i>Les Miserables</i> of course. They released an extended look behind the scenes and more info about their "live singing", meaning that the actors will sing the songs live on set, and the orchestra will be composed around their versions. The film also got <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35283">a new poster</a>, which is sort of a live-action version of the original poster for the musical.<br />
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The first trailer is for <i>The Details</i>. It premiered on the <i>Sundance Film Festival</i> in 2011, but is only now getting wide release. It stars <b>Toby Maguire</b>, <b>Elizabeth Banks </b>and <b>Laura Linney</b>. Basically the movie is about a man who seems to have it all good, but then things start to fall to pieces. I love anything Elizabeth Banks is in, so I assume I'll like this one too though it has bug-eyes-Maguire too.<br />
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The second is <b>Gus Van </b><b>Sant</b>'s (<i>Milk</i>) newest film,<i> Promised Land</i>. Starring <b>Matt Damon</b>, <b>John Krasinski</b>, <b>Rosemarie DeWitt</b> and <b>Frances McDorman</b>. This is one of those movies again, that was moved up top qualify for Oscars. And I wouldn't be surprised to see it nominated, the film is produced and written by Damon and Krasinski. The movie tells the story about how locals stand up to a big corporation who tries to buy their land.<br />
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Since the two previous ones were a bit darker, this one is over the top light. I still want to think that this movie is a joke, or maybe they count on the fact that it's so camp that it will attract viewers. <i>Vamps </i>is the latest form of vampire fandom, a comedy. It stars <b>Alicia Silverstone</b> and <b>Kristen Ritter</b> as vampires who fall in love while being chased my vampire killers. See for yourselves!<br />
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Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-47509103719762748162012-09-26T11:45:00.002+03:002012-09-26T11:45:30.016+03:00Ben and Kate & The Mindy Project<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>The Mindy Project</i> is so far this seasons best comedy. It is created, written, starred and named after <b>Mindy Kaling</b> who is know for her work on <i>The Office</i>.</div>
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The series follows Mindy (why bother change her name), a single physician who struggles with her personal and professional life. The pilot starts with a typical set-up, she sees her ex-boyfriend getting married and kinda loses it. After that she decides to put her life together and not date the wrong kind of guys.</div>
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It's no wonder that its called <i>The Mindy Project</i>, since the supporting characters are kind of forgettable. Gwen (played by <b>Anna Camp</b> from <i>Help</i>) plays Mindy's best friend who is the total opposite to the main character. Other cast includes<b> Chris Messina</b> (<i>Damages</i>, <i>Newsroom</i>), <b>Stephen Tobolowsky</b> (<i>Glee</i>) and <b>Zoe Jarman</b> (I mostly remember her as the girl who almost gives her baby up for adoption for Mitch and Cam on <i>Modern Family</i>).</div>
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I think this show could be the <i>New Girl</i> of this year's season. With a strong lead actress and good writing, this show is almost guaranteed to get picked up for a second season, especially if the supporting characters step up the game. It has also gotten some great reviews from the critics.</div>
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This is the second new comedy on <b>Fox</b>. And that is why it is just ridiculous that the last name of the siblings the show follows, is Fox. Ben (<i>Nat Faxon</i>) and Kate (<i>Dakota Johnson</i>) are total opposites. Kate is a rational single mother while Ben is a day-dreaming goofy guy. Ben hasn't been around that much, since he comes and goes as he wishes, but after he sees that her sister needs him, he decides to stick around.</div>
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This setup gives a lot of room for development and I was truly surprised by how much I liked this show. Sure it's not like a non-stop laugh marathon (mostly because of Kate's rational thinking), but Ben is hilarious. He is like the second child of Kate. And BJ (<i>Lucy Punch</i>) is might be the greatest part of the show. She gives "good" advices, like "always put stuff in your mouth", makes me wonder where she got her name...</div>
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The shows creator<b> Dana Fox</b> is a close friend of <b>Elizabeth Meriwether</b>, who created<i> New Girl</i>, and I think these two shows have kinda similar rhythm and cinematography. But I think it gives the show a light look and makes it harder to judge. Few words about the lead actors. Nat Faxon is an Academy Award winner, he co-wrote<i> the Descendants</i> script. He must be one of the greatest actors, since he plays stupid so well and no one could guess he is an Oscar winner. This is his biggest role on TV so far. Dakota Johnson is also relatively new actress with only minor roles (<i>Social Network</i>, <i>Five-Year-Engagement</i>). Not to mention that she is the daughter of <b>Don Johnson</b> and <b>Melanie Griffith</b>.</div>
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Overall I think Fox has got a pretty strong line-up of comedies with these two, <i>New Girl</i> and <i>Raising Hope</i>. Not to mention all their animated shows, like <i>Family Guy</i> and <i>Simpsons</i>. But we'll have to see with these newcomers, since many shows change a lot after the pilot, but looking good Fox!</div>
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Rudihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05212907075085765514noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4884666593547470738.post-10824809799143850752012-09-24T13:54:00.001+03:002012-09-24T13:54:34.008+03:00-Emmy Awards-<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <i>64th Primetime Emmy Awards</i> were held yesterday in Los Angeles honoring achievement in television. This was <b>Jimmy </b><b>Kimmel</b>'s first time hosting, and that was really visible. I watched the ABC coverage of the whole show, red carpet and all. I was disappointed by their red carpet show, I really think that they should have hired a real fashion expert instead of <b>Chris Hansen</b> asking "Who are you wearing?" when he clearly had no interest in knowing the answer. And though I'm no expert either, there were a lot of beautiful people on the carpet. Here are my favourites, pictures are from <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/see-all-the-red-carpet-looks-at-the-2012-emmys.html#">Vulture</a>:</div>
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<b>Nicole Kidman</b>, <b>Heidi Klum</b>, <b>Shannon Woodward</b>, <b>Kat Dennings</b> and <b>Nick Zano</b></div>
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Here is the full list of <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/emmys-list-of-winners-2012.html">WINNERS</a></div>
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I really don't know why Jimmy Kimmel has gotten so much criticism for hosting, I think he did a pretty good job though he did wander on to risky ground with his political jokes. Good thing a compilation of this year's comedy shows lightened the mood after his opening monologue.</div>
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<i>Modern Family</i> started their comedy domination right from the start with <b>Eric Stonestreet </b>taking home the award for Best Supporting Actor in Comedy for his work as Cameron. This wasn't really a surprise, after all this category was just a competition between <i>Modern Family</i> actors. I noticed that after Stonestreet moved to backstage, first photographers were right there and the whole Nokia Theater was on the background. It looked great and was a nice idea instead of just white background.</div>
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Though <b>Louie C.K</b> didn't win the leading actor Emmy, he did win two for writing. <b>Jon Cryer </b>took home the Lead Actor Emmy for Comedy in which was maybe the biggest surprise of the night, beating other stars like <b>Don Cheadle</b> and <b>Alec Baldwin</b>. This was the first year Jon Cryer was nominated as lead actor for his work in <i>Two and a Half Men</i>, as opposed to supporting actor like back in the days when <b>Charlie Sheen</b> was around. But at least <b>Melissa McCarthys</b> comments about the nominees were hilarious.</div>
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<i>Modern Family</i> took home its second award after <b>Julie Bowen</b> won the Emmy for Supporting Actress for her role as Claire. Her acceptance speech (about nipple covers) was maybe the second funniest after <b>Julia Louis-Dreyfus</b>. Julia pretended that her speech got mixed with <b>Amy Poehler </b>and started thanking the people behind Parks and Recreation. Julia of course won for her role as Selena Meyers, the vice president in <i>Veep</i>. Though she was amazing, every single woman in this category should have won in my opinion.</div>
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After <b>Steven Levitan</b> won the award for Directing in Comedy Series, it was really not a surprise that <i>Modern Family</i> would win the coveted award of Best Comedy Series. Levitan's speech was funny too thanking himself for hiring him when no one else would. </div>
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After comedy categories came the reality shows, which I don't really care about, so I'll slide past them pretty quickly. <i>Amazing Race </i>took home the award for Reality Show once again. I really don't get how they keep winning each year, the show just keeps repeating itself. The same thing goes for Best Variety show, where the <i>Daily Show with Jon Stewart </i>took home its tenth consecutive award, which is just sad. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for their crew, but wouldn't it be someone elses turn by now, really? Both Jimmies, Kimmel and <b>Fallon</b>, were nominated in this category and totally deserved to win.</div>
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Drama is not really my area of expertise either, but most of these categories had clear frontrunners, but some minor surprises occurred in these <i>Homeland </i>dominated categories. <b>Aaron Paul</b> won his second Supporting Emmy for his role in<i> Breaking Bad</i>, while his co-star <b>Bryan </b><b>Cranston</b>'s winning streak was broken by <b>Damian Lewis</b> who won for <i>Homeland</i>. </div>
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<i>Homeland </i>also won the awards for writing, best drama and leading actress for <b>Claire Danes</b>, but interestingly enough lost the directing award for <i>Broadwalk Empire</i>. Maybe I should start watching Homeland now.</div>
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Though <i>Anna Gunn </i>was the frontrunner for Supporting Actress Emmy, <b>Maggie Smith </b>swooped in for the win after <i>Downton Abbey</i> had to change from miniseries category to drama since this was their second season. To me, it was no surprise that Smith won, since she's got the starpower to pull in the voters.</div>
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The miniseries and movie categories were dominated by political drama movie <b>Game Change</b> about the <b>John McCain/ Sarah Palin </b>presidential campaign. The movie won Emmys for best miniseries or movie, directing, writing and actress (<b>Julianne Moore</b> as Palin). After last night Moore has now both Primetime and Daytime Emmy. </div>
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And it came as no surprise that<b> Jessica Lange </b>won Best Supporting Actress for her role in <i>American Horror Story</i>. Though the show was one of the most nominated, this remained as the only major award for the show. Some critics say that this is due to their decision to run as miniseries, and not as drama, since they are shooting a new season now. But the Academy decided that this would be acceptable since the new season will start from level table, with new characters and story.</div>
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Overall, the night was pretty surprise free, yet very entertaining. I'm really not the kind of writer to critique every single bit of the show, I really don't think that's the point of Emmys. It's the celebration of achievement in TV so why not celebrate the event itself too.</div>
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To the end, I'd like to post few videos. The first one is from the genius actors of <i>Modern Family</i> which we saw during the broadcast. The second one is for something I found few days ago. <b>Parker Posey</b> made a funny video about accepting an Emmy, check these out.</div>
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I just finished my review of the SNL premiere hosted by <b>Seth MacFarlane</b>, <a href="http://rudi-theblog.blogspot.fi/2012/09/snl-seth-macfarlane.html">so check that out too</a>! Next week I'll review two new Fox shows <i>Ben And Kate</i> and<i> The Mindy Project</i>.</div>
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From the top left:<i> Golden Girls</i>, <i>Spongebob Squarepants</i>, <i>South Park</i>, <i>Absolutely Fabulous</i> (I sometimes forget to mention this, <a href="http://www.pleated-jeans.com/category/funnyscreencaps/">Pleated Jeans</a> is my resource for these screencaps if I don't mention otherwise)</div>
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I'll have to wait till January for another one of my favourite shows, <i>Smash</i>. But I don't mind, since it just keeps getting better all the time. Now two new actors have joined the cast: <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/smash-casts-jesse-l-martin.html"><b>Jesse L. Martin</b></a> (<i>Rent</i>) and <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/smash-season-2-hairspray-nikki-blonsky-370756"><b>Nikki Blonsky </b></a>(<i>Hairspray</i>). So both of them have a firm base on musical theater and I believe they will fit the world of <i>Smash </i>perfectly. </div>
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I have talked alot about<i> Arrested Development </i>too, and how they have been recruiting all their old actors. But they have <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/14/isla-fisher-terry-crews-arrested-development/">added </a>some new characters too. There is no word yet on who they will play, but<b> Isla Fisher </b>(<i>Bachelorette </i>(my favourite comedy movie at the time) and <b>Terry Crews</b> (<i>Everybody Hates Chris</i>) have joined the cast. As previously mentioned <b>John Slattery</b> will also be playing a new character.</div>
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Quick casting news:<i> New Girl</i>'s Jess is getting some pretty <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/14/new-girl-rob-reiner-jess-father/">impressive parents</a> as they are played by <b>Jamie Lee Curtis</b> and <b>Rob Reiner</b>. They will appear in a Thanksgiving episode as Jess (<b>Zooey Deschanel</b>) will try to reunite her divorced parents. <i>Big Bang Theory</i> <a href="http://tvline.com/2012/09/15/big-bang-theory-season-6-margo-harshman/">cast </a>a new character too, named Alex who is Sheldon's new assistant but gets a crush on Leonard. She will be played by <b>Margo Harshman</b> who was one of the stars of the short lived (unfortunately) NBC comedy <i>Bent</i>.</div>
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If you love <i>Episodes </i>as much as I do, then you'll be super happy that it has been renewed for a third season! Though there is no mention on the dates of the new season, but I assume it will take a while. I just hope its worth a wait, and maybe this season we'll see at least one of the old Friends join <b>Matt LeBlanc</b>, that would be a dream come true.</div>
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Then some <i>Cougar Town </i>news: The cul-de-sac crew decided to celebrate their new premier date on TBS with a cool video. This is exactly why I love the show, they aren't afraid of getting embarrassed and they really love their fans. Though the creator <b>Bill Lawrence</b> has now dropped out as the show-runner (he still writes and produces) and is planning<a href="http://www.vulture.com/2012/09/bill-lawrence-project-NBC.html"> a new comedy</a>, the show will probably be greater than ever! (I tried to embed the video here, but didn't work because of the legal rights,<a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/cougar-town-announces-tbs-premiere-date-musical-extravaganza-video-56111"> so watch it here!</a>)</div>
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This deserved a section of its own. There were two big happenings on the world of awards this week. I'll start with Oscars. <b>Don Mischer</b> is <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/don-mischer-direct-academy-awards-show-56366">returning </a>to direct after directing the last two shows. This is a pretty good decision, to combine two new producers with a veteran director. Now we just have to wait to find out who will host the show. </div>
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The Academy also <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/academy-sets-key-dates-85th-371230">announced </a>all their dates. The biggest change was moving the nomination announcement to Jan 10th, way earlier than usually. This way the voters have more time and it gives a chance to more viewers see Oscar-nominated films too. The change also means that the nomination announcement comes few days before <i>Golden Globe</i> awards are held, drawing the spotlight from them a bit. But I really don't care, I love both shows so I'm happy they even exist.</div>
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The second award show that has been on the news alot is <i>Emmy</i>s. Though the main event is this Sunday 23rd, the <i>Creative Arts Emmys </i>were last weekend. Though <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/jimmy-fallon-kathy-bates-among-creative-arts-emmy-winners-56606?page=0,1">most of the awards </a>were technical (like for directing, camera work, casting and stuff) , there were few acting categories too. All four guest star Emmys were given. <b>Martha Plimpton</b> (<i>Raising Hope</i>) won Guest Actress in Drama for <i>Good Wife </i>and <b>Jeremy Davies</b> won Guest Actor in Drama for <i>Justified</i>. Awards for Guest stars in Comedy were give to <b>Jimmy Fallon</b> (for hosting <i>SNL</i>) and <b>Kathy Bates</b> (for <i>Two and a Half Men</i>). You can read more about the highlights of the show in <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/creative-arts-emmys-breaking-bad-mad-men-370623">here</a>. And for some red carpet action, got <a href="http://www.celebuzz.com/2012-09-15/creative-arts-emmy-awards-2012-best-dressed-christina-hendricks-neil-patrick-harris-and-malin-akerman-photos/">here</a>!</div>
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This week there weren't so many interesting news about movies, but these two made the cut. <i>August: Osage County</i> has <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/ewan-mcgregor-joins-julia-roberts-meryl-streep-august-osage-county-56086">added </a><b>Ewan McGregor </b>to play the husband of <b>Julia Roberts</b>' character. This movie is going to be so good! McGregor, Roberts and <b>Meryl Streep</b> acting, <b>George Clooney</b> producing, based on a Pulizer-winning story, and it's a drama. </div>
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Now on to the trailers. First one is for <i>Disney</i>'s newest animated movie, <i>Wreck It Ralph</i>. I was sold the minute the trailer started with <i>Funkytown </i>playing on the background. Seems like another success for Disney!</div>
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I know I was supposed to write a review about a new show, but <i>Guys With Kids</i> was just not worth writing about, so I decided to go with the 38th season premiere of <i>Saturday Night Live</i>, hosted by <b>Seth MacFarlane</b>. Musical guest was <b>Frank Ocean</b>, and <b>John Mayer</b> played guitar on both songs Ocean sang. Once again, I have to remind that NBC really isn't fond of sharing their videos outside U.S, so try to find this episode some other way, if ya know what I mean...</div>
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Seth MacFarlane is best know for his work on <i>Family Guy</i>. He created the show and voices many of the main characters. He is also responsible for <i>American Dad </i>and <i>The Cleveland Show</i>. He also directed <i>Ted</i> this summer. I was a bit surprised when I learned that he would be hosting, since he really isn't know for his acting. But his monologue really reminded me of how good he is at impersonating others (like <b>George Takei</b> and <b>Kermit the Frog</b>). <br />
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One of the most welcomed changes this season is <b>Jay Pharoah</b> <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/snl-jay-pharoah-replacing-fred-armisen-obama-video-56171">replacing </a><b>Fred Armisen</b> as <b>Barrack Obama</b> in all SNL sketches. Pharoah really nailed the cold opening, though they over-did his makeup a bit, but he still managed to pull it off, and its pretty critical. Especially as we will be seeing a lot of him since its election year. And that might be one of the reasons <b>Jason Sudekis</b> decided to stay for at least half a season, since he does a killer <b>Mitt Romney</b> impersonation. EP and creator <b>Lorne Michaels</b> doesn't <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/tv/column-post/snl-jason-sudeikis-staying-least-until-january-lorne-michaels-says-56041">rule </a>out the possibility that Sudekis might be staying for the whole season. How great would that be! (And <b>Taran Killam </b>does <b>Ryan Paul,</b> it seems)<br />
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After the monologue came maybe the weakest sketch of the show. Fred Armisen played Roger Brush as the replacement host of <i>Sex After 50 </i>talk show and gave some very inappropriate tips for his viewers. Like advising a man with erectile dysfunction on attaching a Popsicle with rubber bands to his ding-dong.<br />
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After this came maybe the best digital short of the evening. With <b>Bill Hader</b> doing his <b>Clint Eastwood </b>impersonation and making fun of Eastwood's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood_at_the_2012_Republican_National_Convention">appearance </a>at the Republican National Convention where he talked to an empty chair and interviewed Barrack Obama. The skit also included singing and juggling. With <b>Andy Samberg</b> gone, I really think Hader is the strongest actor of the crew. Some enthusiastic fans even loved the part where "it was just the chair for 45-minutes while Clint ate chicken backstage". The male fan is played btw by <b>Tim Robinson</b>, one of the new featured actors.<br />
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SNL was the latest to get in to the <i>Gangnam Style</i> boom, with <b>Bobby Moynahan</b> impersonating <b>Psy </b>on a sketch where a salesperson tried to cheer up co-worker. Though the sketch was pretty decent as it is, it got even better when the real Psy made an appearance at the end. Notice the horses at the background, they really made my day.<br />
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My favourite sketch of the evening was the "introduction to puppeteering" sketch, where Hader shone once again when he played a former army men who had some "issues" from the past, which he decided to share via his puppet. This included acting out some murder scenarios and making out with another puppet. This is the kind of sketches that Hader really shines in, since he can really dead-pan though impressions are his strongest part.<br />
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Though I love the sketches, <i>Weekend Update with <b>Seth Meyers </b></i>is still maybe my favourite part of the show. It's constantly witty and features the best guests (real or impersonations) on the show. It was no surprise that the presidential election was the subject of most jokes. But other current talking points got their share too, like <i>Honey Boo Boo Child</i>, who appeared with her mother (played by Moynahan, while the kid was played by <b>Vanessa Bayer</b>). Moynahan does already a killer<b> Snooki</b> impersonation so now he can add this this to his repertoire. Meyers also joked about<i> Innocence of Muslims</i>, the video that sparked a lot of conflicts in Islamic countries, saying that "You guys know that YouTube has a comment section too, right?". MacFarlane was also part of the Update as he impersonated swimmer <b>Ryan Lochte</b>, and though they look nothing alike, he really did well (his best line "It feels so weird to be dry"). The Update also featured <b>Cecily Strong</b>, in her first real part at SNL as a new featured player. She played Mimi Morales, who gave viewpoints on the Latino community and how they will vote. <br />
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MacFarlane's best sketch of the evening followed after Weekend Update, where he played a stuttering army general, trying to order around privates and asking for honest opinions for his stammer. He also shone on the next sketch, which was Steve Harvey- talk show, where MacFarlane's character got a makeover from Harvey (<b>Keenan Thompson</b>). After makeover he said he feels like an Iranian DJ. The result was pretty amazing, especially when they practiced smiling: <br />
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<b>Nasim Pedrad </b>is my favourite actress of SNL crew, and it was really sad that she was rally part of only one sketch. Now that <b>Kristen Wiig </b>is gone, she and Bayer are the only two repertory actresses and it is really kinda sad, since SNL used to be really filled with great comediennes, like <b>Tina Fey</b>, <b>Amy Phoeler</b>, <b>Rachel Dratch</b> and Wiig, all at the same time. Lets hope that <b>Kate McKinnon</b> who joined last season, and the new girls will work hard this season.<br />
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The last skit was two Amish brothers (MacFarlane and Robinson) trying to advertise their wooden spoon business. Though they spelled their website www.woodenspoonwarehouse.com like this: "double valley, double valley, double valley, time freckle, time valley, owl's eyes, stringless harp, broken ladder, hurt snake, fine snake, fat snake, owl's eyes, hurt snake, double valley, lean two, fat snake with a sex penis, broken ladder, horse bridge, child's toy, bull's scrotum, the river that took my son, the three fingered man, dot com. That's one way to spell that website.<br />
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The episode was overall really good and I can't wait to see the next episode hosted by <b>Joseph Gorden-Levitt</b>.<br />
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Next week I'll write review about new shows:<i> Ben and Kate</i>, and <i>The Mindy Project</i>. Now I'll start working on my weekly post.</div>
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