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Why I'm shunned by Hollywood: Richard Gere, 67, says the movie studios refuse to hire him because his Tibetan activism will upset China
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4422418/Richard-Gere-m-shunned-Hollywood.html[/url]
Did Annie Hall Deserve To Beat Star Wars For Best Picture?
http://screenrant.com/annie-hall-star-wars-best-picture-oscars/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/6659u9/why_do_people_hate_on_return_of_the_jedi/dgfp917/
Some parts were longer than they needed to be, people got annoyed with the Ewoks, and many felt that the ending was too happy.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/6659u9/why_do_people_hate_on_return_of_the_jedi/dgfr7et/
People have a problem for multiple reasons: Yes you finally see Jabba, but his palace scene is basically trying to successfully play off the cantina scene in A New Hope. However it's a pale imitation that is shifts wildly in tone from fun (the Jedi rocks song from the newest edition) to dark (the rancor fight) to wtf (the rancor handler crying, seriously how am I supposed to feel about this man's pet getting killed?) Slave girl Leia is problematic because the entire plan to save Han is kinda dumb. C3po and R2D2 warn Jabba through Luke's message that he will come for Han, then a "bounty Hunter" shows up with Chewbacca, no one bats an eye. Then the bounty hunter revealed to be Leia and Jabba knew the whole time?!? Of course he did, its obvious. The slave girl Leia costume, while stimulating in a way that made an entire generation of boys hit puberty early, reduces Leia to a sex object for a whole act of the film. Also they kill Boba Fett in the most insulting way. Fett is set up to be this dangerous mofo(mind you he literally never does anything) then dies by an accident. The film also does a disservice to Han Solo, he loses his main characteristic as the rogue who is conflicted and turns straight to a capital G good guy. He loses what made him interesting. The conflict of it's not his fight, or the begrudging hero. Then your point about Anakin's redemption. If you took the original trilogy by itself, then yes, Darth Vadar's killing of the Emperor is a redemptive act. However with the addition of the prequel trilogy, Anakin is beyond redemption. There are things that can not be redeemed. Anakin's killing of the younglings is the final straw. Killing an dictator, that he put in power in the first place, is not even close to redeeming a man who murders a room full of children.
Also... Ewoks are dumb.
http://www.nickiswift.com/48950/real-reason-dont-hear-fairuza-balk-anymore/
She was typecast as a gloomy girl
What people might not know about Balk is that she was actually something of a child actress, earning a breakout role in the moody 1985 sequel to The Wizard of Oz, titled Return to Oz, at just 11 years old. She went on to star in the TV movie The Worst Witch as a witch academy weirdo, and that personality aesthetic would follow her career all the way through — mostly because she was so good at it, especially once she became lead wiccan outcast Nancy Downs in The Craft.
That off-kilter persona has since been hard to shake, even with her "she's the devil"-style appeal in The Waterboy. Goth chic was an total trend in the late '90s, of course, but that wild style has hardly held up in the modern realm of entertainment. Plus, she's kinda sick of it herself, telling Shockya, "People have tended to see me as an actress who has played edgier, darker roles. That's something that as much as I've enjoyed exploring, isn't necessarily the one thing I want to do."
She starred in a series of little-seen movies
Even when dark garbs and scary sensuality were still in vogue, Balk simply couldn't capitalize on her 15 minutes of film fame. Although her appearances in The Craft, American History X, and the popular musical drama Almost Famous earned her almost-household name status, her follow-up films would totally tank with critics and audiences alike. Chances are, you've never even heard of films like Deuces Wild, What Is It?, Dose of Reality, and Don't Come Knocking. Those Balk-starring pics were widely panned and box office blunders to boot.
Her oddball antics haven't helped change the narrative much, either
It might sound silly that some fans of The Craft have cooked up conspiracy theories about Balk joining the occult in real-life after doing so on-screen in the teen thriller, but they're not so unfounded as to be dismissed altogether. The Bio Channel did a feature on the actress in 2013 in support of their The Haunting of Fairuza Balk segment, cleansing her home of the ghosts she believed were haunting her home. The behind-the-scenes details were strikingly bizarre, even for a behind-the-scenes piece on ghost-hunting. The writer working with her for the project admitted to getting a sense of witchcraft before she even knew Balk starred in movies about the same supernatural sphere. Part of those vibes stemmed from the fact that she actually owned a pagan market, but the cloud of Manon, as promised, did not seem to leave her. For what it's worth, she came off as a "Good Witch," but still a witch nonetheless.
And co-star Robin Tunney added fuel to that speculation fire by telling The Guardian that she remembered Balk being into the real-life craft, just like her character. "My memory is that Fairuza Balk, who plays Nancy, was actually into witchcraft. She seemed to know a lot about it, and there's an authenticity to her performance," she explained.
She's turned to other artforms including music
Although she has been acting since grade school, Balk has also been quietly working on other forms of art, including music, performance, and drawn art pieces. Not only is she a talented jazz and rock singer, but she's also been releasing her drawings for sale on her website, and the works are symbol-ridden collectives of her meditation-related poems and prose.
She also designs and paints clothing parcels related to her "Fear No Art" and "Armed Love Militia" brands, the latter of which is the title of her music collaboration project. She revealed in 2016 that she intends to record and release an album "where each song is — I work with different artists … and each song is in its own style." Her first single, "Stormwinds," was recorded with her long-time beau Steven Gilmour.
She wants nothing to do with a Craft remake
When it comes to comebacks, remakes and overdue sequels are a mixed batch of successes, but even though Balk often revives her famed screen counterpart Nancy for inspiration for some of her designs, she doesn't want anything to do with a remake of The Craft, whether it's able to live up to the original or not.
After Sony decided to reboot the (oc)cult classic, Balk took to Twitter to express her disinterest in being part of it. "It doesn't surprise me much. Sony made a lot of money off the craft & obviously see it as a way to make more," she wrote, adding, "Personally I don't care for the idea of remakes. There are great scripts & ideas out there that have yet to be made!"
So, don't hold out hope that we'll get to find out whether Nancy "I'm Flying" Downs ever made it out of the looney bin to play another round of "Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board."
Even after doing some well-respected Indies, she's mostly disappeared from the screen
After the turn of the millennium, Balk's phone might not have been ringing off the hook with fresh opportunities, but she didn't start having any major gaps in he
https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/04/15/disneys-lion-king-remake-means-no-worries-for-kevthewriter/
Disney has been remaking all of their animated classics into live action, all of which have gotten mixed responses to say the least. It’s gotten to the point where many people on the internet have reacted to another announcement that Disney is going to remake another animated movie into live action with dread. If there is one remake that’s even less anticipated than others, though, it’s probably the new Lion King, mostly because of the fact that they’ve called it a live action remake. And that is stupid.
How Vin Diesel Became the Frog Prince of Movie Stars
http://variety.com/2017/film/columns/vin-diesel-frog-prince-of-movie-stars-1202031349/
It's in the link up above!
It's in the link up above!
http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/557343/brewsters-millions-challenge
Here are the rules;
1. You CAN NOT accumulate wealth or goods. At the ends of the 30 days you can't have anything that you didn't already own.
2. You can not buy stuff and then destroy it.
3. Also you can not give the money away, so no buying expensive or lavish gifts for other people.
4. You can hire people to work for you, but you have to get real valve for their services.
5. You can give away 5% to charity and lose 5% to gambling.
6. You can not tell anybody what you're doing.
If you're not sure here is the set up for the rules.Warning, language, NSFW
So if you can do all of this you would win 300 million. If you can't, you get nothing. There is a "wimp" clause, you can take 1 million dollars instead.
So what would you do?
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/63ktyi/which_actor_have_you_stopped_rooting_for_and_why/dfvhcft/[/url]
[quote]The whole "I'm not ready to be famous I'm a normal person" thing got old when she made fun of a non-English speaker after an Awards show. It wasn't so much that it was douchey, she was probably just fucking around and it was an honest mistake, but it made it abundantly clear (as it should have been already) that she wasn't as down-to-earth as she thought she was, and she's a powerful person who can bully people if she's not careful.
Her shtick (the girl next door whose a celebrity) just stopped working. She managed the impossible feat of being cute and relateable after three Oscar nominations; four was just pushing it.
She hasn't really made a good movie since Days of Future Past. The Hunger Games two-parter kind of sucked and brought to a close the chapter of her life that made her a star, Joy was an awards-seasoner that kind of sucked, Passengers was a major star vehicle that everyone hated. Oh, and X-Men Apocalypse, the finale to the series she took super seriously when she was starting out, but now doesn't give a flying shit about. It's a bit unprofessional, especially considering Fassbender, whose about as tired of these movies as she is, shows up in the movie and somehow still brings his fucking A-game.[/quote]
What if Neo took the blue pill
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=823157
[b]Why do so many people dislike One Day At A Time?[/b]
[quote][url]http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2290935&postcount=4[/url]
I watched this show in the early 80s and it was Ok. I have to admit that I didn't like seeing reruns of the earliest episodes when Ann was dating David Kane and they were just a bit too pushy about the women's lib/divorce issues in the scripts. I actually remember seeing the episodes where Ann dated the married guy when they first aired in prime time in 1977-78. But I can stand the show more from season 5 onward when they began giving the girls husbands. If I could watch any episodes now they would be the ones from the last 3 seasons, those are most interesting because of the marriages and there is a bit more growth to the characters in those shows: I recall the last season 2 parter where Barbara and her husband tried to adopt a little latino child.
I remember this show had a good long syndicated run in the 80s and early 90s and it was on cable up top about 1999, but I guess it's sometimes strident feminism makes it a bit dated now.
As for Bonnie Franklin she seemed miscast in the part at first, she was too young and didn't look like any Italian American I've ever met, but I grew to accept her in the part, which is another reason why I prefer the 80s shows. Seeing her with Joe Campanella who played her ex-husband in the first few seasons was too strange- he seemed more like her uncle than her ex-husband.
[url]http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2292006&postcount=5[/url]
Seasons three and four were very good seasons for the show and it began to hit its stride. The first season shows were weak and Bonnie Franklin looked too young to play a mom of teenagers plus they made her look too homely at first. In season three you began to see Bonnie looking more prettier especially when she cut her hair in season 4. Season five was tragic because it was when MacKenzie Phillips' drug and alcohol problems became apparent and obvious. Those episodes were sad to watch because you can see the downward spiral she was in and how horrible she looked and sound. When she was let go from the show the following season you can see the big hole that was left in the show. Ron Rifkin and Glenn Scarpelli did not do a good job filling the void. I thought Ann's romantic relationship with Nick was not very good and no chemistry between Rifkin and Franklin whatsoever. Season 7 got better when Julie began making appearances and the show pick up its stride again but it was beginning to age some. [i]Season 8 was full of transitions and changes and that should had been it final season. Here was all that happened that year:[/i]
Mark and Barbara got married.
Julie and Max gave birth to Annie.
Ann met Sam, Mark's father, and they began dating, got engaged and got married.
Alex began dealing with losing his father.
Grandma Romano facing her husband's death.
About most of the 8th season was dealing with many changes of the characters. The final season was a yawn and it showed that it wore its welcome out. It was good to see Ann Romano came out on top with a husband and the opportunity to run her own agency in London. She came a long way.
I did love the addition of Francine played by Shelley Fabares. I definitely had a crush on her but I could not stand the character of Francine. She reminds me of many of my co-workers.
Also another thing to look at. Her and her former husband, Ed, were many years apart in age. You can look at them and tell they were at least ten years apart in age. Joe Campanella and Bonnie Franklin did not seemed compatible. I thought her and David Kane were. The co-dependency those two had would had got tired and old quick.[/quote]
Young, Ripped Billy Crystal's First Action Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7Xpz8sb2ck
After James shows off a photo of Billy Crystal flexing his abs in the 1986 hit "Running Scared," Billy shares how his first time using a gun in an action scene wasn't exactly smooth.
[url]http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/385761-Has-Eminem-dated-anyone-since-Kim?p=9724122&viewfull=1#post9724122[/url]
^According to an ex-family friend who wrote a book about him he and Brittany dated while they were filming 8 Mile. Eminem used to have parties where strippers were always invited, mostly as scenery. Brittany would come to the parties but one time she came and didn't like the attention Eminem was showing the strippers so she faked a seizure. Her nutty mother showed up at the party blaming Brittany's "seizure" on Eminem saying he let her smoke weed while she was on medication. Em was really broken up about it, he was panicking and went to the hospital with her and everything. The next day he found out she faked it and he started avoiding her even as they were filming. According to the friend, way after filming had wrapped he performed at the MTV Movie Awards and when he heard she was going to be there he had his management find out where she was sitting so he wouldn't look in her direction when he was performing. Apparently he's very cold when he breaks up with girlfriends, friends and family.
There have been some occasions in which likely because the show was originally based on the UK, that it's quite apparent that they've used British actors for the reenactments despite the subject in question being an American celebrity. For example, I was quick to notice in the latest episode that they did on Richard Pryor, that the black actor who they got to play a doctor who spoke to Pryor when he had his first heart attack while in his hometown in Illinois, spoke with a clear British accent. And then the woman they they had play one of his wife, Jennifer, if you listen closely it's quite apparent that she speaks like Adele.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/reader-comments/p/comment/link/189961882
It's funny how Alec can mercilessly poke fun at Trump. Trump's family isn't a train wreck ... case in point I think Ivanka is a much more respectable and classy woman compared to trailer park Ireland.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/mar/15/official-film-websites-youve-got-mail-jurassic-park-space-jam
You’ve Got Mail has dated horribly in the 19 years since it was released. It isn’t just the haircuts that have aged, or the music, or even the fact that it’s about a battle between small bookstores (which don’t exist any more) and big bookstores (which don’t exist any more) over who gets to sell the most books (which nobody reads any more).
How Twitter killed the official movie website
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No, the thing that dates You’ve Got Mail more than anything else is its website. Never taken down, it really goes in hard on what the internet was like in the days before anyone really had the internet. There’s a “Buy the video” link, and a link to the You’ve Got Mail soundtrack CD. There’s downloadable desktop wallpaper that strobes violently like a Japanese cartoon, and instructions on how to download it to Windows 95. There are RealAudio files of New York street drummers. Most grievously of all, the website contains the text “Sure, computers aren’t really the end of Western Civilization as we know it, but they’re full of great ways to waste a little time”, which of course has since been proved wrong on two counts now that Twitter exists.
Obviously, You’ve Got Mail isn’t alone here. In the late 90s and early 00s, Hollywood became slightly too confident about what the internet could offer moviegoers. Jurassic Park sequel The Lost World created its very own InGen site, full of menus and submenus that lead to emails where two non-film characters describe last night’s dreams to each other in excruciating detail. Space Jam basically has a GeoCities page where if you click around enough, you’ll be presented with a list of radio stations that are “currently playing the first single from the Space Jam Soundtrack, Seal - Fly Like An Eagle”. Steampunk western Wild Wild West’s site has a page where, if you must, you can perv on impractically small photographs of the film’s “lovelies” (its female cast members) in various provocative poses.
https://lebeauleblog.com/2017/03/03/the-golden-raspberry-awards-2016/
The Golden Raspberries started off as an informal joke. Something for a publicist and his friends to do after the Oscars had ended. Over time, it has become and enduring and irreverent tradition. In theory, The Razzies poke fun at the worst movies of the year. But like any awards ceremony, the Razzies frequently make the wrong call. We’re going back and looking at the history of the Golden Raspberry Awards one year at a time.
The thirty-seventh annual Razzies nominated the movies of 2016. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Finding Dory were the top movies of the year. La La Land was announced as Best Picture at the Academy Awards in error. The prize actually went to Moonlight. Casey Affleck and Emma Stone took home the top acting honors. At the Razzies, voters were still recovering from an exhausting presidential election and a joyless super hero slugfest.