TAYLOR SWIFT CHANNELS MERYL STREEP AND LORDE WITH 'WILDEST DREAMS'

Taylor Swift is unstoppable with her excellent 1989 album and Wildest Dreams, the album's fifth single, is sure to continue its chart domination. I always thought this song sounded like a Lorde song, which makes sense because Lorde and Taylor are besties, so influence is bound to happen. The video finds TayTay serving Meryl Streep realness from La Streep's movie Out of Africa and even has a little tribute to Cecil the lion. Sweet! Wildest Dreams appeared briefly before its official release on the Hot 100 when 1989 first came out, hitting #76. Expect a MUCH higher position next week. Watch below. By the way, as it states at the end of the video, "All of Taylor's proceeds form this video will be donated to wild animal conservation efforts through the African Parks Foundation of America."

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ABBA GOLD - FULL ALBUM

ABBA are one of the biggest selling groups of all time. Did you know that? Worldwide they have sold somewhere (depending on reports) 100 and 200 million albums. DAYUM!!! There is zero denying that their songs are some of the catchiest, ear-wormiest (that's not a word) tunes in the history of pop music. ABBA Gold puts together a collection of songs that you will be singing along to for the rest of your life, whether you like it or not. But HOW CAN YOU NOT LIKE IT!!!!???? I mean.....With sales in excess of 29 million copies, ABBA Gold is one of the best selling albums ever and it continues to sell every year, y'all!! From the #1 worldwide hit Dancing Queen to the melancholy of The Name of the Game, the disco of Voulez Vous and the camp of Mamma Mia, every song tells a story, sets a mood and draws you into the world of these four kids from Sweden who took the world by storm. So hit play below and feel the world of ABBA today. If it's good enough for Meryl, it's good enough for you. Enjoy!!!

HAPPY MONDAY SONG: PHARRELL WILLIAMS SINGS "HAPPY" AT THE OSCARS

AWWWWW!!! Just when I thought Pharrell Williams couldn't get any cuter, he did. Last night He-Who-Wear-The-Big-Hat took the stage at the 86th Annual Academy Awards and made all of our lives a little happier. Singing his Oscar nominated song Happy from Despicable Me 2, Pharrell was joined by joyous dancers and hit the audience to shake it with Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, Meryl Streep and Amy Adams! Though Happy didn't take home the statue (it went to Let It Go from Frozen), it IS sitting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, so take that Idina Menzel (or Adele Dazim, as John Travolta pronounces it). So watch below, enjoy and try NOT to be happy listening to Happy! Happy Monday, y'all!! Pharrell's album G I R L is available now in iTunes. Review coming soon.

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

AND here are the nominees for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards:

Best Picture, Drama:
Argo
Django Unchained
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Zero Dark Thirty

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy:
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Moonrise Kindgom
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Silver Linings Playbook

Best Director:
Ben Affleck, Argo
Kathryn Bigelow, Zero Dark Thirty
Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Steven Spielberg, Lincoln
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Best Actor, Musical or Comedy:
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Ewan MCGregor, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Bill Murray, Hyde Park on Hudson

Best Actress, Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Judi Dench, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Maggie Smith, Quartet
Meryl Streep, Hope Springs

Best Actress, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Marian Cotillard, Rust and Bone
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Best Supporting Actress: 
Amy Adams, The Master
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy

Best Supporting Actor:
Alan Arkin, Argo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Screenplay:
Mark Boal, Zero Dark Thirty
Tony Kushner, Lincoln
David O’Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Chris Terrio, Argo

Foreign Language Film:
Amour
A Royal Affair
The Intouchables
Kon-Tiki
Rust and Bone

Best Television Drama: 
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
Homeland
The Newsroom

Best Television Comedy or Musical:
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
Girls
Modern Family
Smash

Best Actress, Television Drama:
Connie Briton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Juliana Margulies, The Good Wife

Best Actor, Television Drama:
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Damien Lewis, Homeland

Best Actress, Television Comedy or Musical:
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation

Best Actor, Television Comedy or Musical:
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory

Best Supporting Actress, Television:
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Asylum
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Best Supporting Actor, Television:
Max Greenfield, New Girl
Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Best Miniseries or Television Movie:
Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals

Best Actor, Miniseries or Television Movie:
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys

Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock

Woody Harrelson, Game Change

Toby Jones, The Girl

Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Best Actress, Miniseries or Television Movie:
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn

Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum

Sienna Miller, The Girl

Julianne Moore, Game Change

Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals

WHO WON AN OSCAR?

The Academy Awards happened last night and there were some minor surprises, but mostly it was a night of Hugo and The Artists, two of the most overrated films of the last....ever. Honestly, I get the charm in both films, but Best Picture for The Artist? No. At least Hugo only won for technical awards. That I can get on board with. The only small surprise of the night came when 17 time nominee Meryl Streep actually won an Oscar she was nominated for! I love Meryl and she was FANTASTIC in The Iron Lady, but I assumed Viola Davis was going to win for The Help. Meryl never gets to win. While I think Viola Davis is just as good an actress as Meryl Streep, I still felt there was no clear LEAD actress in The Help. The story may have been anchored by Viola's character, but I thought all the roles were supporting. That's just my opinion, y'all. I am glad Meryl finally won again. It's been 30 year, people. Give that woman some props! Oh, and I wanted George Clooney to win Best Actor. I also thought Billy Crystal was pretty damn good. It was like watching the old-school Oscars when it was okay to be a little hoakey and cheesy. Good times. Oh, well. Okay. Here is a list of the big winners last night and you can go HERE for the complete list.


Best Animated Feature - Rango
Best Supporting Actress - Octovia Spencer, The Help
Best Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Director - Michele Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best Actor - Jean Dujardin, The Arist
Best Actress - Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Picture - The Artist

SAG AWARD WINNERS & THE CAST OF BRIDESMAIDS' NEW DRINKING GAME!!

The SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) were held last night and it was a bit of a snooze, but there were some enjoyable parts. Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy and Maya Rudolph, for instance, presented together and shared their drinking game for the night: Drink everytime someone says the word "Scorsese". Ha. Watch that video below. There were a couple of nailbiters also: Viola Davis took home lead actress which Meryl Streep won at the Golden Globes. They've been splitting awards all season!! Both are amazing and they should also just hand Meryl an Oscar every single time she shows up at the Academy Awards, so it'll be interesting to see who goes home with that one. Oh, and did Mary Tyler Moore almost die on stage or was it just me? Read the list of winners below, people. I don't do this for my health.

MOVIES:Actor: Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Actress: Viola Davis, "The Help"
Supporting actor: Christopher Plummer, "Beginners."
Supporting actress: Octavia Spencer, "The Help."
Cast: "The Help"
Stunt ensemble: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

TELEVISION:Actor in a movie or miniseries: Paul Giamatti, "Too Big to Fail."
Actress in a movie or miniseries: Kate Winslet, "Mildred Pierce."
Actor in a drama series: Steve Buscemi, "Boardwalk Empire"
Actress in a drama series: Jessica Lange, "American Horror Story"
Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock."
Actress in a comedy series: Betty White, "Hot in Cleveland."
Drama series cast: "Boardwalk Empire"
Comedy series cast: "Modern Family."
Stunt ensemble: "Game of Thrones."

OSCAR NOMINEES ANNOUNCED!!

And there are some happy (kind of) surprises, including Bridesmaids nom for Best Screenplay!!! YAY!!!! I wonder if Elton John and his hubby are gonna dis the Muppets for their Best Original Song nomination??!! Ha! Congrats to all the nominees!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Foreign Language Film
Bullhead
Footnote
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation
In Darkness

Best Animated Feature
Rango
A Cat in Paris
Puss in Boots
Kung Fu Panda 2
Chico and Rita

Documentary (Feature)
“Hell and Back Again” Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front” Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
“Pina” Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
“Undefeated” TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay and Richard Middlemas

Documentary (Short Subject)
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement” Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
“God Is the Bigger Elvis” Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
“Incident in New Baghdad”James Spione
“Saving Face” Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

Art Direction
“The Artist” Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
“Hugo” Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
“Midnight in Paris” Production Design: Anne Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
“War Horse” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

Cinematography
“The Artist” Guillaume Schiffman
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Jeff Cronenweth
“Hugo” Robert Richardson
“The Tree of Life” Emmanuel Lubezki
“War Horse” Janusz Kaminski

Costume Design
“Anonymous” Lisy Christl
“The Artist” Mark Bridges
“Hugo” Sandy Powell
“Jane Eyre” Michael O’Connor
“W.E.” Arianne Phillips

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” Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio” from “Rio” Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Short Film (Animated)
“Dimanche/Sunday” Patrick Doyon
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore” William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
“La Luna” Enrico Casarosa
“A Morning Stroll” Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
“Wild Life” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

Short Film (Live Action)
“Pentecost” Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
“Raju” Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
“The Shore” Terry George and Oorlagh George
“Time Freak” Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
“Tuba Atlantic” Hallvar Witzø

Sound Editing
“Drive” Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Ren Klyce
“Hugo” Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
“War Horse” Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

Sound Mixing
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
“Hugo” Tom Fleischman and John Midgley
“Moneyball” Deb Adair, Ron Bochar, Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
“War Horse” Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″ Tim Burke, David Vickery, Greg Butler and John Richardson
“Hugo” Rob Legato, Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and Alex Henning
“Real Steel” Erik Nash, John Rosengrant, Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon” Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Matthew Butler and John

LIST OF GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS

Not that you need an entire list..MADONNA, MICHELLE WILLIAMS AND MERYL WON!!! Ha. But seriously guys, the big night went down pretty well! Ricky Gervais was funny, most of the speeches were not too long and almost everyone looked pretty damn good! Kate Beckinsale might be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen by the way. Okay. Despite what Elton John and his a**hole husband, what's his name, say, this win makes perfect sense. I'm not going to reiterate the horrible statements that were made against my beloved Madonna, so you can click on that link and read it for yourself. Sour grapes! I was so glad to see Meryl win, but my prediction is that Viola Davis will take the Oscar. I haven't see Iron Lady, but Davis was wonderful in The Help. She's amazing. Michelle Williams gave a wonderfully graceful acceptance speech as well and looked lovely.  I'm totally rambling now, so I'll go. I'm going to leave you with the most important part of the night, duh.... Here is Madonna's acceptance speech.



Best Supporting Actor in a Movie
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
Best Actress in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Laura Dern, Enlightened
Best Miniseries or TV Movie
Downton Abbey
Best Actress in a Minieeries or TV movie
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pearce
Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama
Kelsey Grammer, Boss
Best TV Series, Drama
Homeland
Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource, The Artist
Best Original Song
"Masterpiece," W.E.
Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
Idris Elba, Luther
Best Actress in a Movie, Musical or Comedy
Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn
Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
Best Animated Feature Film
The Adventures of Tintin
Best Screenplay
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Best Supporting Actress in a TV Series, Miniseries, or TV Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Best Foreign Movie
A Separation
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland
Best Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Best Supporting Actress in a Movie, Musical or Comedy
Octavia Spencer, The Help
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best TV Series, Comedy or Musical
Modern Family
Best Actor in a Movie, Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Actress in a Movie, Drama
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Best Movie, Comedy or Musical
The Artist
Best Actor in a Movie, Drama
George Clooney, The Descendants
Best Movie, Drama
The Descendants

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS HANDED OUT

Could this be Meryl's year to win another Oscar. FINALLY!! Things are looking good. The New York Film Critics Circle handed out their awards for the best in film and the winners are not complete surprises. I really hope that all these film critics awards turn out to be a sign that Meryl is going to win again. It will (for sure) be her 17th Oscar nod and she hadn't won since 1982!!! ESCANDALO!!! Okay, here are the winners.

BEST PICTURE: The Artist
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jessica Chastain (The Help)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Albert Brooks (Drive)
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
BEST ACTOR: Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)
BEST SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)
BEST NON-FICTION FILM (DOCUMENTARY): Cave of Forgotten Dreams
BEST FOREIGN FILM: A Separation
BEST FIRST FILM: J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
SPECIAL AWARD: Raoul Ruiz

WATCH THE FULL UK TRAILER FOR THE IRON LADY WITH MERYL STREEP

Hmmmmm. I wonder if she'll be nominated? Ha. Meryl Streep is bringing her fabooshness to The Iron Lady, a film about long-time British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As always, Streep has it all down; the look, the accent, the mannerisms. Thatcher was a polarizing, controversial political figure, so the movie should be pretty interesting. Watch the trailer below. Meryl rules. The film comes out December 30th in the US and January 6th in the UK.

HEIDI MONTAG READY TO BECOME A MOVIE STAR

Did you just throw up when you read that title? Then we have something in common, m'friend. Heidi Montag, the reason god invented cataracts, has a plan now that The Hills has been cancelled. She is going to start ruining movies! Yea!!! Wait. Boo!!! “I’m so excited The Hills is finally over and I can now become a full time motion picture actress,” Montag tells PEOPLE. She adds, “there is no better training [for an actor] than being in front of the cameras 24-7.” Um, except maybe ACTUAL acting training. I do think Meryl Streep started out on a show similar to The Hills, but it was called YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA!!! Someone please tell me again what is appealing about this girl? [source]

THE 82ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS

The Oscars were given out last night and I would have to say there were not a lot of big surprises. Not everything went the way I wanted it to, but it wasn't shocking since I tend to vote with my heart, not my brain (I would have given my left one to see Meryl Streep win an Oscar this year). The red carpet was full of glamour with standouts like Meryl Streep, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Jennifer Lopez. The men brought it too!! Looking hot were Tom Ford (duh), Ryan Reynolds, Taylor Lautner and Zac Efron (yum). By the way, Sarah Jessica Parker looked great and I don't care what anyone says!!!! She can do NO WRONG!!! Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin were absolutely freakin' hilarious as the hosts (with a little help from awards show stealer Neil Patrick Harris), but even these vets couldn't keep the show from running past midnight. So, the awards!!!!! Of course the big story here is the fact that, after 81 years of Oscars, the first woman to ever win a Best Director award is Kathryn Bigelow. Congrats to her!! They even pulled Barbra Streisand out of hiding with her new neck to present the Oscar to her. Here are some of the highlights:

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds)

Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique (Precious)

Best Song: The Weary Kind (Crazy Heart)

Original Screenplay: The Hurt Locker

Cinematography: Avatar

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side)

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker)

Best Picture: The Hurt Locker

You can read the full list here. [image]

OSCAR SPECIAL: THE AMAZING MERYL STREEP

Funny Meryl moments from awards shows and interviews:


The many voices of Meryl Streep:


She knows how to accept an awards....SO GIVE HER ONE!!

SANDRA BULLOCK AND MERYL STREEP'S KISS

Watch Sandra's hilarious reaction and interaction with Meryl Streep upon recieving their shared best actess nod at the Critics' Choice Awards.

"THE HURT LOCKER" TAKES TOP PRIZE AT CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS

The Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker and it's director Kathryn Bigelow took the top prizes of best film and best director at the recent Critics' Choice Awars held in Las Angeles. Bigelow was gave credit to the inspiratoin for the film stating, "It's wonderful to have this honour,but the recognition should also go to the men and women who are in the field to this day." Some of the credit also has to go to the mostly hot-pieces-of-ass cast that was assembled for the film. It got me through the first 20 boring minutes of the movie until it really kicked in and turned into a great film Jeff Bridges is getting his due finally for his long career in Hollywood. He gathered up the prize for best actor for his film Crazy Heart. The song "The Weary Kind" from the film also won for best original song. Inglourious Basterds came home with best ensemble cast, best supporting actor for Christoph Waltz, and Quinton Tarantino on for his original screenplay. Avatar won for best action movie and won for cinematography, editing, sound, visiual effects and art direction. There was a rare tie in the best actress category with Meryl Streep winning for Julie & Julia and Sandra Bullock sharing the award for The Blind Side. On playing Julie Childs, Streep told the crowd, "I'm really, really thrilled because I really love what I do," she said. "I love to work, and I love food and I love sex. And so did Julia Child. So it wasn't that much of a stretch." Oh, Meryl. You always know what to say. Mo'Nique was named best supporting actress for her role as the crazy abusive mother in Precious. Saoirse Ronan, that little girl from Atonement, won for best young actress for her part in The Lovely Bones. Best comedy went to The Hangover, which was hilarious and deserved it balls out. Winners for the Critics' Choice awards are chosen by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. [source]

MERYL STREEP GETS DOUBLE TEAMED AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES

Okay. Not like that. Meryl is nominated not once, but twice IN ONE CATEGORY!!! Meryl is up for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her roles in It's Complicated AND Julie & Julia. It's all coming together for Meryl, long the best actress in Hollywood and recently a summer box office sure fire. It's great to see a woman hitting her stride in Hollywood at Meryl's age..... hell, at any age. She does have some stiff competition though. Also nominated are Julia Roberts (Duplicity), Marion Cotillard (Nine), Sandra Bullock (The Proposal). It'll be interesting to see if they screw Meryl over again. Double team her, Globes!!!!

REVIEW: IT'S COMPLICATED

Watching It's Complicated it's hard not to compare it to another movie form the same writer/director, Nancy Meyers: Something's Gotta Give. Both are romantic comedies about women of a certain age falling for men that perhaps they shouldn't. Both involve said women's children in some degree. Both have fun, sassy friends to share the ride. What SGG has was a tight script. It's Complicated is 10 minutes shorter than Something's Gotta Give and it seems an hour longer. THANK GAWD FOR MERYL STREEP!!! While the film has it's funny moments and touching moments and every other moment that is required for romantic comedy, what REALLY makes it work is Meryl Streep. She is glowing in this film. Her portrayal of a divorcee having an affair with her married ex-husband (Baldwin) is sexy, funny, heartbreaking, thoughtful and all around wonderful. Alec Baldwin as the ex-hubby is funny, if not one dimensional. Not really his fault as much as the writing. He is unhappy in his current marriage with a MUCH younger woman who has a five year old by another man. Steve Martin is the architect building onto Meryl's Jane's house. They begin dating and their relationship is the real joy to watch in this movie. Martin is as charming and funny as ever and shows that being a "good guy" pays off sometimes. Also, John Krasinski is adorable beyond belief as Jane's son-in=law who finds out about her affair with her married ex-husband and is trying to cope with keeping it a secret. The part I wanted to see more of were Jane's friends played by Rita Wilson, Alexandra Wentworth and Mary Kay Place. They are used in only two scenes and then they are gone. The movie could have been 30 minutes shorter without losing any of the story at all. But then again, every second Streep is on screen she is doing something amazy, so who knows what we might have lost. As far as romantic comedies go, It's Complicated is enjoyable and worth seeing. Don't see it, like I did, in a theatre without air conditioning though (Maybe that's why it seemed to go on forever) and don't try to compare it to Something's Gotta Give. It's Complicated will lose. Meryl for president!!!!!!!

AVATAR STILL RULES THE BOX OFFICE XMAS WEEKEND

Avatar is showing no signs of stopping. With competition rolling in from Sherlock Holmes, Alvin and the Chipmunks (gag) and It's Complicated, Avatar still managed to stay atop the box office this weekend with a whopping 75 million. DAMN!!! The weekend also saw the biggest domestic box office weekend IN HISTORY!! Combined ticket sales equaled an estimated $285 million. After Avatar's 75 million was Sherlock Holmes with $65.4 million, Alvin et al with 50.2 and It's Complicated with 22.1 million. That's a lot of freakin' tickets sold right there. I haven't seen Sherlock (want to) or Alvin (would rather take out my own intestines with a spork), but It's Complicated is a lovely film (review coming soon) that you should go see. James Cameron is getting a lot of flack for calling some autograph seeker an a-hole recently, but it doesn't seem to be hurting his film. Maybe it's helping! Douche it up, Cameron. [source]

SAG NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The Screen Actors' Guild has announced it's annual awards nominations and will give us a little more incite into who might be in the running for an Oscar this year. A lot of the names that are popping up in all the accolades given so far are here: films like An Education, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Nine and Precious are nominated for best ensemble cast. Nominees for best actor include Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Colin Firth, Morgan Freeman and Jeremy Renner. The actress noms include Sandra Bullock, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Gabourey Sidibe and, of course, Meryl Streep (who is nominated against HERSELF for a Golden Globe in the category of best actress in a comedy). The SAG award for best ensemble cast has matched the winner of Best Picture at the Oscars for 7 of the last 14 years. You can see a more extensive list here. [source][image]

MERYL STREEP CUSSES LIKE A SAILOR AND PRESENTS AN AWARD!

I love Meryl Streep. She is a goddess and the greatest actress of all time. Check out how funny and personable she is in this clip.