Has it really been a year since we saw Tori Spelling, spilling out a Fountanochee Gown ?? Well here we go - Baba Walters, Regis Philpin, and Jon Stewart. Hope everyone is ready for Sunday night and early Monday morning you may know the best flick of the year. Who knows - they might even let Brittany out for this one .... Here's the skinny...
Top 6…. things we don’t want to see at the Oscars …..
6 Any trailer from “ I know who killed me” with Lindsay Lohan
5 Any promotion of Jeely 2, the sequel
4 No mention of Jack Bauer’s DUI record
3 We don’t want to see any footage of David Hasselhoff eating anything
2 No pictures of Michael Moore mooning another photographer
And the Number One thing we don’t want to see at the Oscars on Sunday Night … any dance number by Britney Spears
“Sicko” director Michael Moore says he wants Fidel Castro to be his special guest at the Oscars SUNDAY, claiming it would be a great ‘ratings grabber’ (more bafflegab from the big guy) .
• “Academy Awards” (ABC/CTV) – SUNDAY Jon Stewart hosts the 80th annual Hollywood film awards from the Kodak Theatre in LA. A few highlights ...
– Regis Philbin (“Live With Regis & Kelly”) hosts the official Oscar red-carpet show (ABC).
– The Coen bros’ “No Country For Old Men” lead nominations with 8.
– Actress Cate Blanchett could make history as she’s nominated for both ‘Best Actress’ (“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”) & ‘Best Supporting Actress’ (“I'm Not There”). It's the 11th time a performer has received double nominations, but no one has ever won both.
– Sound mixer Kevin O'Connell has his 20th “Academy Awards” nomination (“Transformers”). So far, he’s lost out 19 consecutive times.
– Halifax NS-native Ellen Page is up for ‘Best Actress’ for “Juno”; that film’s Montréal-born director, Jason Reitman, is also nominated; Toronto director Sarah Polley (“Away From Her”) is nominated for ‘Best Adapted Screenplay’.
OSCAR NODDING: Here are the big nominees for the 80th Oscars:
Best Picture: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood….
Best Actor: George Clooney – Michael Clayton, Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood, Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd, Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah, Viggo Mortenden – Eastern Promises…
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Julie Christie – Away from Her, Marion Cotillard – La Vie en Rose, Laura Linney – The Savages, Ellen Page – Juno….
Best Director: Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jason Reitman – Juno, Tony Gilroy – Michael Clayton, Joel and Ethan Coen – No Country For Old Men, Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood….
Best Animated Film: Surf’s Up, Ratatouille and Persepolis…..this is also sometimes called the Parents with Young Children Award….cause we’ve seen all of these
and in other news .....
1980s TV show “Knight Rider” appears to be fast-tracked to once again become a regular NBC-TV series after its reincarnation as a 2-hour movie attracted close to 13 million viewers (who says there’s no quality TV?)
. PETA’s annual list of ‘Worst-Dressed Celebs’ (people who wear animal skins) is topped by Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, thanks to her Grammy Awards get-up, followed by fellow fur-bearers Eva Longoria & Lindsay Lohan (when has she ever appeared clothed?) .
Hasbro toy brands “Transformers” & “GI Joe” have already been sold as movie properties and now the company has a new 6-year partnership deal with Universal Studios to produce at least 4 films based on other products, which might include “Clue”, “Monopoly”, or “Ouija” (“Ouija: The Movie”?)
NEW INDIANA JONES MOVIE COMING TO TV -- IN 2011 _ It's not in theaters yet, but USA Network has bought TV rights to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Set your DVR now -- it'll be on your TV in 2011.
TOP FIVE RUNNERUP TITLES FOR THE NEW INDIANA JONES MOVIE
1. and the Number One runner up title for the Indiana Jones Movie …."Indiana Jones and the Eternal Left-Turn Blinker"
2. "Raiders of the last Early-Bird Buffet"
3. "Indiana Jones and the Metamucil of Doom"
4. "Indiana Jones and the...uh...what were we talking about again?"
5 "Indiana Jones and the kids playing on his front lawn"
-- Bill
