British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while "Das Weisse Band" ("The White Ribbon") picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy's annual awards... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:43 am
British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while "Das Weisse Band" ("The White Ribbon") picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy's... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Dec 2009 | 2:43 am
AFP - British actress Kate Winslet has won the Best European Actress award while "Das Weisse Band" ("The White Ribbon") picked up the prize for best European film at the European Film Academy's annual awards.
AP - Kaiane Aldorino from Gibraltar was named the new Miss World at a glittering two-hour pageant that put South Africa in the spotlight and featured traditional dancers and drummers.
AP - French rock legend Johnny Hallyday had a botched operation in France and is now in a medically induced coma in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from surgery to fix the damage, his producer said.
AP - French rock legend Johnny Hallyday had a botched operation in France and is now in a medically induced coma in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from surgery to fix the damage, his producer said.
Reuters - Austrian director Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon," a chilling exploration of the roots of Nazi terror, dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday, winning three prizes including best film.
A word of warning. If you hate operatic cliches, give Verdi's "Simon Boccanegra" a pass. No amount of wonderful music hides the fact that this work is riddled with the stuff that opera... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Dec 2009 | 4:01 pm
Fresh on the heels of Tiger's announcement that he's taking a hiatus from golf to focus on his family, Woods' pal and fellow golfer John Daly reportedly told a UK paper today that Tiger should go on television to heal America:
"It's tough and it's going to be tough on him, but if I was him and Elin, I would go to Oprah, get on a show, get this thing aired out, tell the truth," former major winner Daly said."
Yes, Tiger, go to Oprah. Go to her and get it all out. [CNN]
The ever sensational New York Post reports today that Raymond "Ready" Martinez, the CD peddler who was killed Thursday by police after firing on them with a machine gun, could have caused much more damage had he held his gun properly, and not, as the Post claims, like a "character out of a rap video":
"A Times Square bloodbath was narrowly avoided because the machine-pistol-toting thug who fired at a cop flipped the gun on its side like a character out of a rap video, causing the weapon to jam after two shots, law-enforcement sources said yesterday.
When scam artist Raymond "Ready" Martinez held the MAC-10-style gun parallel to the ground, it caused the ejecting shells to "stovepipe," or get caught vertically in the chamber, the sources said. The gun is designed to be fired only in a vertical position."
Sgt. Christopher Newsom killed Martinez with four shots, and the police are looking to speak with the woman who bought the machine gun in Richmond, VA, later reporting it stolen.
Times Sq. Gunman Held Weapon Like a Rapper [New York Post]
You can't always trust what you read, but Michelle Braun insists that the proof is right there in black and white.
The 1099 tax form she has with Jamie Jungers' name on it...
Last year was the year every advertising firm made a video holiday card using the animation and music from the opening credits of Mad Men (substituting their execs for the actor's names.) This year, at least one agency, the Denver-based Cultivator Advertising & Design is going with an old-school paper card approach. Ad Rants notes that the costumes might be temporary, but the house in which this was photographed, owned by Cultivator Creative Director Monte Mead, is decorated Mad Men style permanently. That's so cool. Check out the AdRants link for the full card.
Jake Gyllenhaal, star of the upcoming Prince of Persia, joins the rest of the celebrities in appearing on the 40th season of the beloved kid's show Sesame Street, and this clip of Jake teaching kids the meaning of the word "separate" with the help of an octopus friend just hit the internet. Very cute.
Here's Maggie Gyllenhaal's Sesame Street appearance from last month:
The latest in the continuing seeming non-scandal that is Baucusgate, the Senator's spokesman has revealed that Melodee Hanes, former aide to the Senator and currently his girlfriend, met with his divorce lawyer in 2007, months before Baucus and his wife separated. Baucus' spokesman contends that the meeting was in Hanes' professional capacity, to discuss how a potential separation could affect Baucus' schedule and other considerations. We know it has deeper implications because it involves government, but compared to the Tiger scandal this one is just plain dull.
Avatar reviews are technically embargoed in the US until December 18, so GQ writer Jason Gay had a little fun with his "review." This movie sounds amazing!:
"The main plotline of Avatar concerns the development and construction of the New Jersey Turnpike in the 1950s. James Cameron has always talked about this Herculean civic project, but it has taken more than 50 years for the technology to arrive for him to commit its majesty to film."
And it gets even better. (We can't wait to meet James Cameron when we see Avatar!)
Apparently it wasn't enough for MTV to promise to air a PSA about how hitting is bad: now the cable network has pulled the footage of Snooki getting punched in the face, allegedly by NYC gym teacher Brad Ferro, which was set to air next week. The episode will still follow the aftermath of the punching scene, which has virally spread to the four corners of the internet already anyway. In other Jersey Shore news, does Alyssa Milano hate it? Why yes, she does.
Last season's Vulture-declared #2 guest host Jon Hamm, whose most recent work is famously distracting voice acting in A Serious Man, will return to host the show in January. This fact was let slip by Hamm's Mad Men co-star, Rich Sommer, in a podcast interview with TV Squad. Needless to say, we're looking forward to more from the genius who brought us sketches like "Jon Hamm's John Ham."
You can't really blame Tiger Woods for not wanting to hit the links anytime soon.
The superstar athlete has announced that he is taking "an indefinite break" from golf so...
Last night, William Shatner was on Conan, doing a dramatic reading of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue. Seconds after he finished, though, Palin came out and did her own reading of one of Shatner's autobiographies, Up Til Now, as the audience screamed. Cute gimmick, but when it comes to dramatic readings, nobody comes close to Shatner.
Jersey Shore is nowhere near as big as Twilight, but it does have a love triangle that just may rival the one between Bella, Edward and Jacob.
First, a quick recap: In last week's...
The annual Santacon, a pub crawl for people in Santa costumes, happens today. The NYC version had Santas meeting at two Brooklyn bars at 10 am, non-perishable food bank donations in hand. They will fan out throughout the day before converging tonight. So if you see a bunch of drunk Santas, that's why. It's for charity! [Cobble Hill Blog]
Ready for a sequel to Good Will Hunting?
Yeah, neither are we.
But Matt Damon is revisiting a tiny moment from his Oscar-winning film in The People Speak, a documentary...
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• The guido brain trust awash on the Jersey Shore have discovered a new medical oddity: a "fat girl's ass" causes pinkeye!
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Longtime fans of the soap opera "As the World Turns" are mourning the loss of their daily date with the folks in the fictional town of Oakdale, Illinois, after CBS announced the cancellation of the long-running daytime drama this week.
You can't always trust what you read, but Michelle Braun insists that the proof is right there in black and white.
The 1099 tax form she has with Jamie Jungers' name on it...
You can't really blame Tiger Woods for not wanting to hit the links anytime soon.
The superstar athlete has announced that he is taking "an indefinite break" from golf so...
Jersey Shore is nowhere near as big as Twilight, but it does have a love triangle that just may rival the one between Bella, Edward and Jacob.
First, a quick recap: In last week's...
Ready for a sequel to Good Will Hunting?
Yeah, neither are we.
But Matt Damon is revisiting a tiny moment from his Oscar-winning film in The People Speak, a documentary...
There's nothing funny about this fashion tragedy. Loud, frumpy layers worn with denim cutoffs and leggings? We doubt Matt Damon will want to [BLEEP!] the comedienne once he...
• The guido brain trust awash on the Jersey Shore have discovered a new medical oddity: a "fat girl's ass" causes pinkeye!
• If you want to work for Diddy,...