Roles Actors Assumed Before They Became Oscar Nominees

Everyone,

Just a reminder we're counting down to Oscar 2011 and it's officially 53 hours away (do the math not so sure). Check one of my previous posts for details about Oscar nominees. Also, try to watch all the nominated movies before hence so you at least have an idea who deserve and deserve not to win. I'm really excited for this!

Anyways, I came across a video on Yahoo! today about roles that actors and actresses assumed before they became Hollywood stars. Check them out. You might be surprised.

Hailee Steinfield: Before she was nominated as a supporting actress for her role Mattie Ross in "True Grit" she did a commercial for Kmart as a schoolgirl.

Natalie Portman: Before she was Queen Amidala in Star Wars I: Phantom of Menace she was cast in a young assassin in The Professional at the age of 12 and she also appeared in Ted Demme's "Beautiful Girls" (1996) as Marty.

Jesse Eisenberg: Surprisingly enough, Jesse's character in "Roger Dodger" (2002) is very similar to his character in "The Social Network" (2010)

Christian Bale: This guy is one of my favorite actors. At the age of 13, he appeared in world-renowned director Steven Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" as a young boy named Jim 'Jamie' Graham.

Jeff Bridges: Before he starred in "The Big Lebowski" and most recently "True Grit" (2010) he was acting in a TV series known as "Sea Hunt."

James Franco: James starred in 1999 "Never Been Kissed" before he was nominated Best Actor for his role in "127 Hours."

Out of this list, I think Natalie Portman and Christian Bale are two naturally gifted actors. They have been trained and experiencing different roles to nurture their career. They are now major stars in Hollywood. That is, however, the rest is just as talented. I am just being slightly biased because their movies really impressed me.

Lastly, the 2011 Oscar will be aired LIVE on abc Sunday February 27th at 8pm Eastern Time (5pm Pacific Time)

Grammy 2011 Winners

Whats upp this post is a recap of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards which took place on the 13th February 2011.

Heads up everyone. Following are my personal comments on the night:

Eminem is hands down the best performer in the rap music category. Lady Antebellum is overrated and did not deserve to win that many awards. F*ck off Justin Bieber, you can't sing, go grow out of puberty first you turd. Drake should've won Best New Artist instead of Esperanza Spalding. Rihanna does not look too sexy as a red head. With that being said, however, I would. Katy Perry, goddamn, should have performed her song "Firework," it would've made a better crowd than her first song. The song otherwise known as "Forget You"...are you serious now? PLease.

Now I'm gonna list top ten awards of the night. Yeah I know there are some awards that nobody really cares about and artists that no one ever heard of. Well they just had to include them because thats part of the business.

1. Record of the Year

"Need You Know"- Lady Antebellum

2. Album of the Year

"The Suburbs"-Arcade Fire

3. Song of the Year

"Need You Know"- Lady Antebellum

4. Rock album:

"The Resistance" - Muse

5. Rap album:
"Recovery" - Eminem

6. Female pop vocal performance:

"Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga

7. Male pop vocal performance:
"Just The Way You Are" – Bruno Mars

8. Male R&B vocal performance:
"There Goes My Baby" – Usher

9. Rap solo performance:
"Not Afraid" – Eminem

10. Rap performance by a duo or group:
"On To The Next One" – Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz

11. Rap/sung collaboration:
"Empire State Of Mind" – Jay-Z & Alicia Keys

Yeah there are 11 of them on a list of 10. Well they all deserve to be on my biased list. Peace.

The Psychology Behind American Psycho: a controversial ending

Everyone,
This post is probably going to be one of my favorite posts of all time. American Psycho (2000) is the adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Bret Easton Ellis. The movie was authentically as well as appropriately directed by two women directors Ms. Turner and Ms. Harron.

Let's skip the facts about the movie and focus on the utmost controversial part of the movie itself: the ending.

So, let me see. Patrick Bateman, a Harvard graduate who appears to be a successful businessman who could not define himself and always sees himself struggling to fit in with the world of which he chooses to be apart, ends up realizing that killing people is probably the only thing that makes him different from the people he works with. Through out the movie we observe that Bateman murders more than 20 people, some of them are prostitutes and mostly are people who have no emotional relationship with him. We also see that Bateman takes pleasure in killing these people since his lifestyle is ironically tasteless. However, the ending of the movie leaves the audience questioning if Patrick Bateman actually commits all the murders or it's just a psychological process inside Patrick's mind.

The following clip is, in my opinion, the best scene in the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwicLgOGJOI

The ending opens up two distinctive interpretations. The first one is Patrick Bateman plans all of the murders in his head, but is too much of a coward to actually commit them. The second one is he carries out all the killings, but when he confesses, his lawyer refuses to believe him and that leaves his confession meaningless.

So, which one do you find more plausible?

Drama Queens

Hello everyone,

Currently there are so many drama queens stirring up the winter atmosphere with their pathetic dramatic lives on the Hills. The bottom line is I don't care I just get annoyed when I encounter headlines such as Charlie Sheen checking into rehab or something about Lindsey Lohan's theft case at some jewelry store and such. It actually bores me out. I'd like to discuss or hear discussions about something more sophisticated and professional in Hollywood, not these scandalous lives. These people have determined how their images are to be perceived by the public so another discussion about what they do wrong is just abundant. And not to mention these headlines draw more attention to these morally-corrupted celebs. And please don't give me that bullshit about how there's nothing sophisticated and professional in the Hollywood World. If you firmly believe that there's nothing worth attention or discussing other than these rumor mills you have not fully comprehended the entire Hollywood spectrum. There's more to it so hang in there.

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