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March 8, 2010

A Brief…

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — naera @ 12:00 am

So I now know who Hollywood is afraid of; James Cameron. George Clooney feels his Godliness. Mo’Nique is mad serious. Meryl Streep looked her best ever. Sarah Jessica Parker didn’t offend. Tyler Perry has a 24/7 smile. Sandy Powell is a bitchy designer. I miss John Hughes dearly. Molly Ringwald… what happened? Kate Winslet finally got a botox. I want Maggie as my fashion partner. If Jennifer Lopez had Penelope Cruz’s accent… Gabby and Carrie are the cutest. Sandra had the best acceptance speech. And that’s why they gave it to her. Did not expect Barbara Streisand. Chrstoph was certifiably eloquent. James Cameron really wanted to be The King again. But his ex-wife’s revenge was the best picture in the house!

Lastly, why Miley and JLo?

March 6, 2010

Who Deserves the Oscar Instead…

Filed under: Uncategorized — naera @ 9:47 am

And here are a list of nominees who really deserve the Oscar. My opinion only, and I don’t consider my judgement to be too bad.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges

Best Actress: Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actor: CHRISTOPH WALTZ!!!!!!

Best Supporting Actress: Vera Farmiga of “Up in the Air”

Best Animated: “Up”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow (I read a great interview of her, am sold).

Best Art Direction: James Cameron

Cinematography: Robert Richardson of “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino

Best Film: “The Hurt Locker” & “Precious” (Yes, the only two movies I haven’t seen but read enough about.)

March 5, 2010

And the Academy Award Goes To…

Having reviewed most of the Academy contending movies on DVD last month, except for Hurt Locker (which I heard is great) and Precious (I cannot watch this movie for the life of me… Even my girlfriend wouldn’t watch it with.) I’m pretty certain of the winners this Sunday. The picks are based on my prediction of who the Academy will favor, not who I think ’should’ win – a clear distinction.

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker”. Because the last time James Cameron won Best Pic for Titanic, he impulsively blurted out, “I’m the King of the World”, then Celine Dion drowned the audience with her tearjerking sound track… Oye vie, the Ego and the Drama combined were too overwhelming for me. This year, they will give it to Kathyrn Bigelow as a first-time winner, the opposite of her ex-husband James, and as a female filmmaker. Good enough reasons, I say.

Best Director: Manufactured by James Cameron will win because he won’t win best picture.

Best Original Screenplay: If I were a great writer, I would want to do screenplay all the way… Quentin Tarantino is a Gift to the movie world. He accomplishes this in Inglourious Basterds in the way he articulates and drapes his vision in writing with so much weight, character and details. Not to mention the pacing, color, plot, and how he subjects his characters through different dimensions like no other. I dream that Quentin and Christoph will work together again.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, a man’s man. This is his time, and this time only.

Best Actress: Even though Helen Mirren should walk away with the Oscars for “The Last Station”, this year, as crazy as it sounds, feels like Sandra Bullock…. Undeservingly, yes, but at the same time she is very likable and her acting was surprisingly ‘good enough’ in The Blind Side. My daughter adores her, therefore I love Sandra now. In plain english, the voters want to anchor Sandra from Comedy to Drama. Simple.

Best Supporting Actor: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHRISTOPH WALTZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hands down. This is the third time I’m writing about him. May there be more Christoph in the future of movies, please.

Best Supporting Actress: Heard Mo’Nique has quite the attitude and expects payday for just about everything. The funny thing is when asked on interviews, she saids it like it is and roars out her view in great lengths, no apology necessary. I kinda like. Heard Mo’Nique was great in the movie. Precious deserves to be recognized in a category, and this is the proper category for that winning.

Best Animated Feature: “Up”. Imagine an animation film that jerked the grown-up audience to shed more tears than they did with the Titanic, and your child is wondering what-the-heck is wrong with mom and dad…

March 2, 2010

Celebrity: Jack of All Trades That Quack

Filed under: Uncategorized — naera @ 9:28 pm

One thing for sure, celebrities have been plaguing the platform of commoners’ trades… The profession which traditionally require 2-4 years of college training, sometimes a master degree, instilled with code of hard work ethics from the time of apprenticeship for $8 an hour, to years of polishing their craft until aged and refined.

For someone like Lauren Conrad, who made a household name as a reality tv girl, to pen a lackluster book based on her synthetic fame and chimes to a NYTimes Bestseller, thanks to the countless number of dumb citizens who buy white washed literature. This is a down-hill manifestation enough to temp the certifiably prestigious, but struggling, writers to slit their wrist. Certifiably.

They loot just about every industry that pays: fashion design, politics, prostitution (you heard me), modeling, children’s book and more books. When finding out The Asymmetrical Tory Spelling has a new children’s book at a store near you, I feared the planet must have spun in an opposite direction.. I’ve been working on a picture book title for over a year, crafting the character, reediting, soliciting second third opinions, drafting, sketches… This is what I paid my 4 years of college for, to publish my creativity. Only to be bypassed by a has-been TV gal who hijacked the commoner’s dream, my dream. Ugh.

Jerry Seinfeld has recruited his amped up celebrity friends to counsel the everyday dysfunctional couples on his new show. Heck, why not. These celebs check in and out of rehab like it’s a drive through. Therefore, their experience and credibility must be sound and plausible enough to be a therapist every Thursday night… I adore Jerry and somewhere deep in his subconscious mind he is aware that these same celebs are drowning in their personal demons so toxic and unrepairable. Their dysfunctions make our problems look like Pre-K.

They come, loot, regurgitate, repackage and the quality is contradicting and manufactured. Their new found trade is always short lived.

February 26, 2010

Jeff Bridges, The Man

Filed under: Uncategorized — naera @ 7:22 am

Been giving much attention to men of film and sports on the blog lately, so this will be my last entry about the opposite sex for a week. Promise.

This is what Jeff Bridges has to say about acting, family and his wife in GQ;

Think about it — all movies, everything is about love. And having a family. Then you have a purpose for making the money and doing the things you do. It gives you a grounding, to go off and do your stuff. The kite has a string. Sue should get a credit on all my movies, wouldn’t be able to do this [without her].

FYI, Jeff Bridges has been married to his wife for 33 years.. Which is a fairy tale in Hollywood.
We love Jeff Bridges for being Jeff Bridges.
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February 25, 2010

Two American Men on Ice: Johnny Weir

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — naera @ 12:09 pm

Then comes Johnny Weir with a big personality. He ought to be Lady Gaga’s BFF and Perez Hilton’s BF. Just adorably handsome and skates beautifully at the same time. All the ladies Love him, I adore his particular gay persona.

Imagine the lovely Johnny Weir walking on thin ice with the Korean humanoid short-track skaters… The worst possible senario; they would whip out the heterosexuality from him with no trace of gay left but a pink tassel on ice.

As for Johnny’s future; he should have a long visible career after he retires from skating. Watch his much talked about reality show Be Good Johnny Weir on the Sundance Channel. Am almost positive he will not disappoint.

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Two American Men on Ice: Evan Lysacek

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , — naera @ 10:12 am

We’ve come a long way in 4 years. Because in this Vancouver Winter Olympics, men’s figure skating was hot pink and dramatically entertaining. Let’s not forget, there were a lot of falling and slipping, and a little bit of bitchy whining by the blond silver medalist. But who cares of about the medals when stimulating personas dominated the ice.

Evan Lysacek is a combination of a symphonic black stallion and a stoic, with slightly cheese, fairy tale prince who commands respect from his villagers in the Mediterranean Sea. Because whatever Evan whispers: they listen. Whatever Evan dictates: they follow. Whatever Evan spits at: they clean up. We really did’t care about his quadruple loops, as long as he swirled on ice wearing his big shoulder padded Vera Wang draped with crystal serpents. Evan owned the ice with his strong demeanor and masculinity. But then…

He decided take his skates off and wore his hair down like a toupee on Larry King show. By covering his forehead with swept bangs, which offset the elongated his face and Greek nose, making him look like an 18 year old alter boy. Sigh. What a buzz kill.

He then said I would love to try out for Dancing With the Stars.

No more comment. …

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February 24, 2010

Korean Short-Track Skating

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , — naera @ 12:26 am

As of today, South Korea has collected 10 medals total in short-track skating, 5 of them being gold. Bliss….

If there are two sports arenas I could attend it would be tennis (obviously) and short-track skating. Thanks to Apolo and the Korean speed skaters. In this year’s Vancouver’s Olympics, the acutely frightening Koreans are in the house to WIN. Why shouldn’t I cheer for my fellow relatives as they converted short-track skating into the new transformation of gold medal fiery. Someone told me the other day that, like Nadia Comaneci in 1976 Olympics, SK skaters are indistructable humanoids.

I say, these guys not only win but terminate other skaters in thin air. Imagine your heart compounding with painful palpitation while witnessing the speed skating finals where Lee Jung Su haunts Apolo from behind like a laser beam. (I almost fainted three times while watching the race). Then Lee vanished ahead to the finish line like the Matrix. You can’t help but appreciate Lee Jung Su’s serpent-like mastery.

It’s uncanny how all Korean skaters either start from last or middle of the competition before they zero in on their prey and attack to the finishing line. Even though the Korean skaters appear to be aggressive, that is far from the truth.. These guys have figured out the formula, and they are mathematically strategic in their pacing and navigation. And their SPEED & AGILITY…. Holy kimchi.

No, we Koreans can’t run like the Kenyans, or jump like the Lakers, but we can ice.

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February 15, 2010

A Rare Joe Wong

Filed under: Uncategorized — naera @ 6:32 am

Here is his video and more  .

Am favor of stand-up comedy 25% of the time when it’s funny. And 5 out of 25% is really funny, as in funny to the bone, a mental combustion funny. And Joe Wong is that kind of a funny. Joe Wong’s jokes are not your usual sloppy slapsticks or vulgar ghettoness. His jokes are uniquely twisted, considerate, esoterically intelligent, well-paced and timed.

Thank God for Joe Wong, he thinks he will end up in heaven, illegally…. Bahaaaaa.

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February 12, 2010

Christoph Waltz is a Viennese Master

yessica biel with a flashlight was on David Letterman Wednesday night… zzzz…. next…

Then came Christoph Waltz of Basterds, watch here, THANK YOU Dave.

Mr. Waltz is a straight as an arrow intellect who will soon take precedence in motion pictures. To put it more eloquently, he is the type who weaves the adeptness of literature and philosophy into his medium the way a Viennese master would in his oil paintings.

Waltz is an artist who happens to be a performer… So you can understand why he bolted out of LA during his visit there faster than he could speak it… He said Disneyland scared him, hee hee. Can you imagine his impression of John Travolta or Nick Cage?

While yessica biel was fame whoring and pointing a flashlight onto her big veneered teeth, Christoph credited Quentin Tarantino “for bringing my belief as an actor which is much more than a career and made me remember why I wanted to become an actor in the first place 30 years ago“. Why can’t Hollywood create more actors like he?

Although, it’s a good thing that there is only ONE Waltz, with a few more Oscars to follow…

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