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2012 MTV Movie Awards


MTV movie awards are one of the most ridiculous of the many award shows out there, but they are always good for a few laughs. This year was hosted by Russell Brand again because no one else will dothis show.

This pre-show is a hot mess. Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries) is a hot mess. Seriously Bonnie? What is with this terrible weave and your outfit is not any better. Ugh.  Love the shoes though. Here is a transcription of her interview with Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. Kat to Emma Stone – “I am here with the lovely Emma Stone and I think there is somebody hiding behind you.” Andrew – “I’m not hiding.” Kat – “You’re not hiding.” Andrew – “No.” Kat – “Oh, he’s just being Spidermanny and stuff.” Awkward laughter from everyone. WTH??

Yes FUN. I love their single “We Are Young.” Such a good song. It makes me think of some Queen songs. YESSSSSSSS they brought Janelle Monae out to do her part of the song. Continue reading 2012 MTV Movie Awards

Academy Awards 2012


I was going to write some big post on all the best and worst moments from last night’s Oscars but I was clearly bored since I fell asleep sitting up almost 2 hours into the show. So thought I would just post all my Twitter comments as I watched.

Bernice ‏ @Bfonge Getting the awards no one cares about out of the way first I guess.#Oscars

7:45 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web · (In reference to all the cinematography awards handed out at the beginning)

Issa Rae ‏ @issarae I’ve only seen “Dragon Tattoo” and “Tree of Life” — Why the fuck am I watching the Oscars? Because I don’t want “The Help” to win.
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @issarae Viola is so wonderful though regardless of the movie.
 7:47 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Finesse Mitchell ‏ @Finessemitchell I saw “Glory” last night. Denzel should have won for that, and Malcolm X, The Hurricane and Remember The Titans. #TheOscars be TRIPPIN
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @Finessemitchell I thought Denzel did win a supporting award for Glory
7:58 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Very Smart Brothas ‏ @VerySmartBros Has Morgan Freeman ever not been old?
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @VerySmartBros I was gonna say he wasn’t old in Glory but he was old in that too
8:03 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Amber Dowling ‏ @amber_dowling #TheHelp was such a good book, but this #Oscars buzz for the just-OK movie seems a little over the top.
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @amber_dowling I really think it’s more because of the actors in the movie than for the movie itself.
8:15 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Riffykins ‏ @rizzle_sticks I love genuine freak-outs during acceptance speeches. #oscars #gooctavioa
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @rizzle_sticks I KNOW!!!! I love them so much. Kate Winslet 2 years ago was a good one
8:16 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Movieline ‏ @Movieline Okay, folks. Tell us what you think of the Oscars show so far:bit.ly/yyOHiZ
 Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @Movieline boring except for Octavia winning and the focus group bit.
8:24 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
BackstageOL ‏ @BackstageOL Time to catch up with the Oscars— (had to drive from the radio station)…makeup goes to The Iron Lady..
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @BackstageOL You aren’t missing much
8:25 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web ·
Riffykins ‏ @rizzle_sticks @MarcoofRoke NOOOOOOOO my first reaction was to scream “Shave it off!!!” at the TV!!! #agreetodisagree  (In reference to Bradley Cooper’s mustache)
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @rizzle_sticks @MarcoofRoke Hahaha me too. I wonder if his girl Zoe Saldana likes it.
8:26 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web ·
Kristenise Belloyd ‏ @PurelyKris Am I the only one watching the All-Star Game?
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @PurelyKris No but everyone is bored with that and the Oscars so they are watching Walking Dead or Celebrity Apprentice lol
8:31 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Marco Antonio ‏ @MarcoofRoke  F**k maybe I should have seen #Hugo ?
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @MarcoofRoke No its boring as hell
8:32 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Grady Smith ‏ @EWGradySmith The public doesn’t love Hugo as much as the #Oscars – it’s earned $69.4M in 96 days. For reference ‘Journey 2’ has earned $76.5M in 17 days.
 Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @EWGradySmith I have to admit I was bored out of my mind seeing Hugo and I love Scorsese.
8:35 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web

@Bfonge ME TOO.

Riffykins ‏ @rizzle_sticks Harry Potter franchise has one shot left at winning an Academy Award: Visual Effects #oscars #acciooscar
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @rizzle_sticks Sadly it’s not going to happen. That franchise has been truly robbed of some awards.
8:36 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Riffykins ‏ @rizzle_sticks Ooooooh Gwenyth, without the cape we are IN BUSINESS #oscars
8:43 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Riffykins ‏ @rizzle_sticks GO RANGO GO!@rizzle_sticks That was the only movie worth winning. Kung Fu Panda 2 come on

8:48 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge God I love Emma Stone

8:54 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
Enchantee ‏ @Enchantee Harry Potter 7 pt.2 BETTER win something!!!
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @Enchantee Nope that’s the last award it was nominated for I believe. So sad
8:57 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
vanhall ‏ @vanhall Everytime I see Owen Wilson I think about how he tried to kill himself! And how could a funny person be so sad
Bernice ‏ @Bfonge @vanhall I think they say most funny people are pretty depressed
9:14 PM – 26 Feb 12 via web
And that was my last tweet before I fell asleep. So I did pretty well. I made it 2hrs and 14 mins into the show. I think being on Twitter during award shows makes it so much better.

Best And Worst Fashion of The Academy Awards


There were some great looks on the carpet and some just meh looks. Not many outright bad dresses this year. It made it a little difficult to come up with a worst or best dressed.

Best

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)

Glenn Close looked great yesterday. I think this is the best she has looked in a while. It’s just very age appropriate and fits her body very well. Her makeup and jewelry are great as well.

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

She looks great. This dress looks kind of  like her Globes dress but in a different color. She looks fabulous though. She knows what works for her and her body and she sticks to it. Fantastic. Continue reading Best And Worst Fashion of The Academy Awards


84th Annual Academy Awards air this Sunday @8:30/7:30c on ABC. I’m a little lazy so read this great post on themovieblog8 about the nominees and their predictions on who will win. 

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Today, I finally break down and break down the Oscars. (That wasn’t that clever, but neither was the idea of inventing February. (Black History Month, you deserve better.) And neither was this racist headline ESPN wrote that I’ve been wanting to talk about for so long (but won’t get the chance to). Sorry if I’m not being coherent.) In this post, I’ll tell you not only who will win gold on Sunday night, but who should win, in my humble ole opinion. There will be a post-Oscar post (I’m full of the good stuff today) just like this one, but with winners instead of predictions. Ready? Okay, let’s do it. Oh, wait. One more thing: asterisks denote films I haven’t actually seen. 

Best Adapted Screenplay

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Best Moments From The 2012 Grammy Awards


The 2012 Grammy Awards were a spectacle of some the best (Adele) and worst (Nicki Minaj) of the music industry. The show clocked in at 3 hrs and 20 minutes and was one long drawn out mess with some bright spots in between. Here are the moments that stood out in the telecast. Continue reading Best Moments From The 2012 Grammy Awards

Best and Worst Looks of The Grammy Awards


Definitely slim pickings when it came to fashion at the Grammy Awards tonight. Here are the best and worst looks of the night.

Best Looks

Jessie J

Love her. I like the dress but the hair is awful. Like I said slim pickings.

Adele

This woman and do no wrong to me. Love her, love her. She looks great. Simple. Elegance

Kelly Rowland

Kelly looks wonderful. Great dress and makeup. The back of her dress which can’t be seen in this pic makes her but look amazing. The dress just fit her really well.

Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee, Country Strong)

I usually hate what she wears but she looked great here. Loved the cut outs on the side and yes she only put her hair up but its something different than her usual straight hair that is down.

Rihanna

She was my best dressed of the night. Some might not agree but she just owned that carpet when she walked on. Its a simple black Armani dress that she helped design with him. Love the shoes. Her makeup looks good too. The only thing I’m not a huge fan of is the hair. She looks a little like Tina Turner/Angela Basset from What’s Love Got To Do With It?

Worst Dressed

Skylar Grey
Esperanza Spaulding
Taylor Swift

Ughh

Robyn

I just can’t with this outfit. Really? I love Robyn but man she needs to hire a stylist.

Fergie

This dress would have been fine if she had something underneath. I don’t even understand what she was thinking with this. It makes no sense.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki tried to show up Lady Gaga from last year’s show. She showed up with some guy dressed as a pope. I guess this wasn’t Nicki it was “Roman,” one of her other personalities.

Grammy Awards 2012


Don’t forget to check out the Grammy Awards tonight on CBS @ 8/7c. LL Cool J is hosting the show. The Red Carpet show on E! is on now. Looking forward to the Whitney Houston tribute.

Best and Worst Looks From The Screen Actors Guild Awards


The dresses at the SAGs weren’t as amazing or as  the ones at the Globes but there were still a few standouts and even more disasters.

Best Dressed

Regina King (Southland)

Makeup, color of dress, hair is all perfection. She looks so flawless. Love it.

Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau, The Devil Wears Prada)

This dress isn’t anything super amazing but I love the color on her and she was one of the better dressed at the show.

Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Love this look on her. The hair and makeup are great and she just looks beautiful. She has gotten it right all awards season and I can’t wait to see her looks at the next awards show.

Ashley Simpson

Never thought I would say these words but she looks so great. This is the best I’ve ever seen her look. I love her hair and makeup. The beading on the dress is also really great. It’s simple yet fabulous.

Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Simple red elegance.

Viola Davis (The Help, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)

This woman has been killing me softly this entire awards season. Simply perfection here. I didn’t think she could get any better than 2 weeks ago at the Globes but here she does it again. Best dressed of the night for me.

Worst Dressed

Nothing needs to be said about these looks. Just look at the picture.

Shailene Woodley (The Descendants, The Secret Life of An American Teenager)
Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee)
Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Takers)

Ok so I’m gonna say something about this one. This looks so cheap and I bet it cost an arm and a leg. I mean what the hell was she thinking. Ughh and is that a wife beater?? WTH?

Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory)
Lea Michele (Glee)

I just can’t with Lea Michele anymore. She just tries entirely too hard. Her look at the Globes was a mess and too sexy for a girl who can’t pull it off and this one is just the same. I just I can’t anymore with her.

Busy Philipps (Cougar Town)

This makes me sad because I love her but man is this dress ugly. Just really really ugly. Worst dressed of the night.

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards


Don’t forget to tune in tonight to the Screen Actors Guild Awards at 8/7c. It is being simulcast on TBS and TNT. Also catch  the red carpet show on E! hosted by Giuliana Rancic and Ross Matthews. Those begin at 6/5c.

 

And The Nominees Are…


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards this morning.  This year’s most nominated film was Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, with 11 nominations, followed by Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, with 10. There were the usual suspects, some surprise and a lot of snubs (Hello Gosling, Fassbender?) The Oscars will be air on ABC on Sunday, Feb. 26 and will be hosted by soon to be 9 time host, Billy Crystal. Check out all the nominees below.

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo 
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse 

*Where did Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close come from? I just think that if they were gonna put another movie in that slot that maybe Bridesmaids or The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo should have been there.

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris 
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life 

Best Actor
Demián Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor 
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Max Von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

*Jonah Hill was great in Moneyball but I just think it’s kind of funny that the actor that brought us great films like Grandma’s Boy and Accepted is now nominated for an Oscar.

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help 

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon, The Descendants
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon, The Ides of March
Aaron Sorkin & Steven Zaillian, Moneyball
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Best Animated Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango 

Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead (Belgium)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
A Separation (Iran)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)

Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
War Horse

Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Documentary Short
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Film Editing
The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
The Descendants, Kevin Tent
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Hugo, Thelma Schoonmaker 
Moneyball, Christopher Tellefsen

Makeup
Albert Nobbs, Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng 
The Iron Lady, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

Music (Original Score)
The Adventures of Tintin, John Williams
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
Hugo, Howard Shore
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alberto Iglesias
War Horse, John Williams

Music (Original Song)
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Monyeball
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Watch The Hunger Games‘ Jennifer Lawrence announce the nominees with Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak.