Maspion Groups: February 2011

Hottie Body Hump Club

The number of cheese celebs he got involved in this is ridiculous. It is somewhat funny. A lil long but funny!

RIP Jane Russell

She was awesome!

Jane Russell dead at 89 years old

Jane Russell, legendary Hollywood sex symbol of the 40s and 50s passes away peacefully in California

(CBS/AP) Jane Russell passed away at her home in California Monday, surrounded by her children, reports KCOY-TV. The legendary Hollywood sex symbol of the 40s and 50s - described by some as the sassy brunette counterpart to Marilyn Monroe's ditsy blonde bombshell - was 89 years old.
Russell leaves behind three children, six grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Veteran Associated Press Hollywood correspondent Bob Thomas reported in 2000 that Russell was married to her high school sweetheart, Bob Waterfield, for most of her film career. They adopted three children and divorced after 23 years of marriage. Her second marriage, in 1969 to actor Roger Barrett, ended after three months when he died suddenly. In 1972, she married real estate broker and builder John Peoples; he died in April 1999.
Thomas wrote that Russell's house is filled with her color-splashed paintings, but little evidence of her movie past. The exception is a hallway filled with photos of her with Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable, Bob Hope, Monroe and other co-stars.
Russell's fame was carefully nurtured early in her career by another Hollywood legend: Howard Hughes. Thomas wrote that her ample cleavage and good looks helped make her one of the most sought-after pinups of World War II.
In 1941, Hughes cast her as the temptress in his "sex Western," "The Outlaw," a movie that gained notoriety because censors kept the film from general release until 1950 in a dispute over Russell's cleavage. Thomas reports that Bob Hope once introduced her as "the two and only Jane Russell."
She appeared and starred in dozens of films and theatrical productions throughout her career. She also wrote an autobiography in 1985 called "My Path and Detours." Her biggest box-office hits were "Paleface" with Hope, and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Monroe.

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Fischerspooner - We Are Electric (Shok's Zeitmahl mix)

Remixed 2009."Initially I was set to remix a song from my friends, The Faint. They share a manager with Fischerspooner. I was then requested to remix a song from Fischerspooner's album, "The Best Revenge". I waited to post this for a long time, but the album was never released... so here you go!"

Fischerspooner - We Are Electric (Shok's Zeitmahl mix) by fdaallday

Mirrors - "Ways To An End'

I discovered Mirrors last summer and their music seems to be imbued by the teachings of Kraftwerk, Ultravox, Talk Talk, OMD, early Human League & Gary Numan.

If you like 80s, New Wave, old electro, dance, synthpop or you ware making a new soundtrack to Revenge Of The Nerds, you may have a new band to enjoy!

Available from Skint, Norman "Fat Boy Slim" Cook's, label.

Halloween

2007 **

Another Horrorthon 2010 review! I had a little sub-theme at the end: contemporary remakes of the classic slashers.

My reasons for disliking this aren't going to surprise anybody.

I try not to be a harsh critic of soulless trends in movies. I don't sweat sequels or ever-stranger adaptation choices, nor do I automatically poo-poo the current jambalaya of reboots, remakes, prequels, and do-overs. I believe every remake wants to be Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, except for remakes of foreign flicks that want to be The Ring. I believe that Star Trek and Casino Royale show us that reboots aren't necessarly copouts and can actually make things great. However, Rob Zombie's Halloween is guilty of crimes that make me rethink my whole position.

Much of my problem with the new Halloween stems from viewing Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses back when that came out. Someday I will watch that for the 'thon and bitch about it properly, but for now I will just reference what's relevant to Halloween, and that is that Rob Zombie has a hard-on for hillbillies.

While discussing the violence in Reservoir Dogs long ago (bear with me here), a friend of mine said "there is a vital quality to violence, and that's something that turns on intellectuals." Broadening that Tarantino-specific point, those of us who don't have Edge in their lives (i.e. most of us), look to movie characters for it. I do it too, but I draw the line at dirty, toothless, don't-give-a-fuck hillbillies.

But that's just me. Take a group of hipsters as defined by our poetry contest a few weeks ago, add a few similarly-aged conservative jock types, and chances are both groups will regard the cast of Corpses with the same swooning declarations. "His clown suit was totally disgusting! He had, like, half his teeth! SO COOL!" I'm not saying Zombie works this strange attraction as exploitation; on the contrary, I think he's got the bug worse than anybody. He's endlessly fascinated with the sordid underbelly of America; he fetishizes trailer trash.

John Carpenter wrote Michael Myers as a character on the razor's edge between guy next door and the dark sum of all your fears and nightmares. He's The Shape; there's nothing to know about him besides the fact that he kills and comes back and kills again. That's his whole point. Why did a six-year old kid turn murderous? No idea. It's a much better question when it's unanswered. It's such a potent quality that Dr. Loomis, a man whose life is dedicated to treating maladies of the mind, is forced to abandon all he's learned just by being in the same room with Michael Myers. He's just... evil.

Now, if there's one thing I do hate about the aforementioned cultural jambalaya, it's the notion that prequels exist to root out the answers that audiences are hungry for. Hell bent on that regrettable mission and armed with his favorite tools, Zombie exposes the past of Michael Myers with all the artistry of an after school special, (albeit with more swearing). His mom is a stripper, his sister is a slut, his father figure is an abusive, alcoholic dead beat. Whereas John Carpenter laces Michael's homicidal urges with unsettling but subtle sexual issues, before killing her Zombie has Michael stroke his sister's thigh.

I'm italicizing all these bits because it conveys the weight with which each element is unceremoniously dropped in your lap. This Halloween does what countless other reboots, remakes etc. haven't managed: turned me into an old crank, grousing about how things were better in my day.

Remember Halloween: Resurrection? No? Lucky you. In that cinematic tumor, a reality TV show cast wander around the old Myers house, discovering a collection of morbid "clues" into Michael's insanity. These are blunt, ridiculous props like a high chair with steel manacles on it, the room in the basement where the Myers imprisoned Michael, etc. These are revealed to be fake props, placed there by the reality show's producers to zip things up a bit. Silly, right? Well, Rob Zombie is doing the exact same thing, except he's not pretending. That's right, he stole an idea from Halloween: Resurrection that Halloween: Resurrection did not itself take seriously.

Equally offensive is Zombie's bludgeon-like attempts at writing dialogue for teenage girls, who seen through his "dark underbelly cam" apparently only talk about fucking. I don't mean boys, or making out, I mean fucking. Our first line from Laurie Strode is a foolish, caustic joke about an older neighbor being a child molester, a joke accentuated by her poking a pen through the middle of a bagel. Oh, and the joke is aimed at her mom.

The sad thing about all of this is that Zombie is actually a competent horror director. He knows how to get his point across, and although it's overdone I can't call it artless. The young Michael story is engaging, especially as the kid is creepily reminiscent of JPX and JSP's old next door neighbor Rob K. You see a bully get his, and that's always satisfying. Michael's obsession with wearing masks is genuinely creepy, as is his relentless aggression when he's finally on the loose. And Danielle Harris spends half the movie shirtless, so there's that.

But if I had my way this movie could exist pretty much like it is, but with no reference to the original Halloween or even the holiday Halloween. That way nobody has to hear about Rob Zombie's "vision" for the classic story, which is more characterized by Ken Foree the truck driver loudly exclaiming about the Mexican food he's about to poop out than it is by anything really scary. The cavalcade of b-level names gracing the cast (Mickey Dolenz!) makes it seem even more like a big, overblown party that should've never happened.

Gol dang Hollywood, ruining everything good to make a few bucks! Get off my lawn!

Peter Weller Sends a Message to Detroit

RoboCop Speaks to Detroit from Peter Weller

From slashfilm, Bless you, Funny or Die. We’ve heard from a great many people about the proposed statue of RoboCop in Detroit, especially since the plan to fund the statue raised fifty grand in mere days. But one important voice hasn’t been heard, until now.

CREEP - Days

Similar to Riya, IAMX with female vocals, and... you fill in the blanks.
New York based production/DJ duo CREEP release their debut single on Young Turks. Featuring vocals from Romy Madley Croft

The 5 Most Spectacularly Unsexy Workout Videos Ever

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Pet Penguin in Japan goes shopping

This Penguin was rescued by a family. When he was rehabilitated enough to return to his natural environment, he would not leave the family. He now helps with chores such as shopping ;)

Nicolas Cage's "Drive Angry 3D" is a Disaster at Box Office

From worstpreviews, There were two new wide releases this weekend, the Farrelly brothers' R-rated comedy "Hall Pass" and Nicolas Cage's "Drive Angry 3D." Both underperformed at the box office.

"Hall Pass" landed in second place with $13.4 million, just behind "Gnomeo and Juliet," which landed in first. "Hall Pass" cost $36 million to develop, and Warner Bros was hoping to open at least a few million higher. Either way, the comedy will likely be able to make its budget back.

"Drive Angry 3D," however, has no chance of making anything back. The film cost around $50 million and grossed only $5.1 million, which was only good enough to take ninth place at the box office.

"Basic Instinct" Tops Most Paused Poll

From darkhorizons [excerpt], Sharon Stone's infamous leg-crossing scene in "Basic Instinct" has been named the most-paused moment in movies in a poll from movie subscription service Lovefilm.

Nudity was a big draw on the list Jennifer Lopez's naked bottom in 2010's "The Back-Up" coming in at No. 2, Jamie Lee Curtis flashing her breasts in "Trading Places" at No. 4, a flash of a penis in "Fight Club" at No. 6, and Nicole Kidman naked in "Eyes Wide Shut" at No. 10.

Geek moments also ranked high including a Stormtrooper whacking his head on a door in "Star Wars" at No. 3, Captain America's shield appearing on Tony Stark's desk in "Iron Man 2" at No. 7, and a brief appearance by Pacman in the original "Tron" at No. 9.

Oscars

If you're like me and opted to watch Timecop instead of the Oscars (I'm on a Van Damme kick, want to fight about it?) here's a list of all the winners.

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light painting wifi

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EDIT: this video was truly beautiful -- but i read in the comments that someone complained because their house was in the background...? it sounds bizarre. if it's re-uploaded, i'll repair the embed.

Deaf Center - White Lake

Beautiful tune, slow beginning. Lovely visuals in the video. Enjoy! Good night! :) ♫ http://blip.fm/~12aj2y

Best Actor 1949: John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima

John Wayne received his first Oscar nomination for portraying Sgt. John M. Stryker in Sands of Iwo Jima.

Sands of Iwo Jima is a fairly standard old fashioned war movie, it is entirely cliched but I suppose it is sort of made finely for this type of film.

There are many types of different types of actors in terms of Oscar relation. There is the properly nominated actors in the sort of Laurence Olivier, or Marlon Brando, there is the over nominated like say Spencer Tracy or Warren Beatty, or there is the never nominated snubs of people like Edward G. Robinson or Peter Lorre, and there are also the under nominated of miss nominated meaning they are indeed Oscar nominees but they were nominated too few of times, or they were always nominated for the wrong performances. I must say John Wayne is an actor of this last type mentioned, he was indeed nominated for Oscars but only twice and for performances many detract from.

I actually think Wayne is fine as an actor in his standard performances, he sometimes over does it, and is limited in his way but I find he is fine in his standard roles that are right for him, and I do think he has a few performances that should have been his nominations, if he was only to be nominated twice he should have been nominated most certainly for The Quiet Man my favorite performance of his where he is surprisingly charming, comedic, and tender, or his most praised performance in The Searchers where he is coldly effective. Now he was not nominated for these his best roles, but rather this first for a very standard Wayne role of a Military man leading troops. Now The reason I went on this rather long opening description is I think Wayne is given at times an overly hard time as an actor, and I do think he could be great at the right time and for the right role, so I just wanted to make clear I do think he deserved an Oscar nomination or two just maybe not for this performance.

Wayne portrays Stryker in what is a very standard Wayne performance. He commands his troops in his own commanding way at which Wayne is just fine at. He is not amazing as the Sergeant, but sure I certainly did believe him well enough in the role. No he does not do anything great as he deals with his men of every different type with his appropriate man of military, but I did think it was fine for the film, and I believed his performance. Wayne does try his best to make the sometimes incredibly cliched dialogue with conviction, and I think he handles as well as any other actor really could have, which is not much but fine.

Wayne is fine most of the film, and I do think he is a little better in his performance in the war scenes. He has the right command of a fine although not perfect marine sergeant. He again does display the right emotions, and using silent reactions to what he sees and does is well handled enough, amazing, no, but well enough. In fact his reaction shots are always the best part of his performance in this film which convey a more feeling and emotion then whenever he is talking. I do think Wayne is good here, and in particular scenes, and he is just fine and functional in other scenes. A great performance no, the best performance of Wayne's career, no, the best performance of Wayne this year, no he was better in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, but I still thought he was fine.

Razzie results

Worst Picture: The Last Airbender

Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender

Worst Actor: Ashton Kutcher, Killers and Valentine’s Day

Worst Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon, Sex and the City 2

Worst Supporting Actor: Jackson Rathbone, The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Worst Supporting Actress: Jessica Alba, The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, and Valentine’s Day

Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3-D: The Last Airbender

Worst Screen Couple / Worst Screen Ensemble: The entire cast of Sex and the City 2

Worst Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan, The Last Airbender
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-off or Sequel: Sex and the City 2

Happy Oscar Day

Wow a full day of Oscar The Grouch! Hollywood is rolling out the Red Carpet for the man in green and his aluminum can!

While I believe award shows like the Academy Awards, The Grammy's etc. are ridiculous, I will be attending a potluck tonight for this. Maybe we will even hit the James Franco party post awards. I have lived in LA for over a decade and have never bothered.

I have been awake nearly 24 hours. It was a long & extremely musically productive day! I part now with an old E... ♫ http://blip.fm/~129kz9

a day made of glass

surely, not too far off -- but it certainly won't be as sleek or ad-free, will it..

Sepultura - Angel (Massive Attack)

I uncovered an unholy infestation of Metal covers. Yikes! Some are not horrid. Here is Sepultura covering Massive Attack. ♫ http://blip.fm/~129er7

Applescal - Forced Angel

This music is good for zoning during post Chinese Food demolitions such as I am experiencing now. How are you? ;) ♫ http://blip.fm/~1299r7

iPad 2 Review - Safe for Work and Family

Funny iPad 2 review / spoof!

Shock

(1946) ***1/2

I must admit, I've always kinda had a school girl crush on Vincent Price. The man was such an icon in my horror obsessed youth. He could radiate pure unadulterated evil in one film then slip into the role of tormented soul in another. This single man inducing fear one moment and sympathy the next. That said, I chose to conclude this years Horrorthon with a classic Vincent Price film. And no this isn't my last review, I still have 4 more I'm dragging my feet on.

Shock puts Vincent Price in the role of the ill-fated Dr. Richard Cross. Prodded by the influence of his voluptuous nurse/lover the lovestruck doctor unintentionally commits murder. The crime is witnessed by a young bride staying at the same hotel awaiting the arrival of her young husband. Seeing the violent act leaves her in a catatonic state of shock. The hotel manager calls Dr. Cross to help with the young woman. The sight of him drives her deeper into a self induced coma state. Under the doctor's advice she is committed to a sanitarium where he can give her constant care. Now the doctor, tormented by the unfortunate turn of events must decide if he will cure the woman and pay the consequences or succumb to the demands of his zealous lover and commit murder once again.

Although this is not one of my favorite Price films it is a fine example of him playing that tortured soul. The kind doctor truly finds himself trapped within a web of bad decisions and cruelty. He is forced to commit acts as far from his gentle nature as he ever could have imagined. Lynn Bari does a bang up job as the pushy Nurse Jordan forcing the doctor's hand through every bad choice. What a total bitch, she knew enough not to commit the acts herself so she just kept pushing his buttons to get him to do it. I wanted to punch her in the face. How I do love the acting in these old films. It was a nice film to finish with.

The The - Good Morning Beautiful

Good Morning Beautiful! ♫ http://blip.fm/~128i85

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwv9IAKajc4

Best Actor 1949: Broderick Crawford in All the King's Men

Broderick Crawford won an Oscar from his only nomination for portraying Willie Stark in All The King's Men.

All the King's Men is a somewhat effective but also lacking piece that takes a look at political corruption.

All the King's Men tells the story of a journalist (John Ireland) who follows the political career of Willie Stark. When we first see Stark he seems like a very soft spoken honest Joe who wants just to do what is right for the people. I frankly think Crawford actually honestly overdid the softness and naivety of Willie at the beginning of the film and frankly made him seem to nice, and modest. Crawford makes no indication at all that there is anything but good in Stark, who is passionate for the good of the people and nothing else.

Old Willie though changes a little too rapidly when told that he is being used by the higher ups. He changes basically as soon as he finds out and changes to an very confidant passionate speaker who learns how to fiery up the people to vote for him. I will say Crawford gives the right passionate bluster to his speech and into the new Willie, but I find him changing into this far more confidant Willie lacks a proper transition. The film does not really give it enough time, but Crawford really failed to use the little time he really had to make it convincing. He also failed to show of hidden aspects of Willie beforehand in the earliest moments, due to the simple nice guy portrayal he did.

Willie Stark as soon as he becomes a knowledgeable confidant politician he seems to become a completely evil and manipulative one. I think Crawford and the film again are to blame, the film does force this instant transition, but also Crawford almost immediately begins to portray Willie in this evil fashion. Again a failed transition but this does lead to Crawford portrayal as the power hungry Stark. This is by far the best part and aspect of Crawford's performance one that he pretty much fully succeeds with. Crawford has the perfect manipulative command to Willie in his power hungry form. As he smiles gleefully of his new found power clearly enjoying it well. I also thought his smooth control over his sessions where he deals with his enemies are quite effective and believable. Crawford also keeps the right intensity of Willie who dislikes whenever anything is not going his way, again he keeps it smooth and builds his anger but hides in public in the proper slimy politician fashion.

Now is Crawford perfect in as the evil Clark well when he is being actually evil, but I really did not entirely buy him as being seen as this great man by the public. Crawford's speeches consists of angered rhetoric, and he lacked a charm in the role necessary I think for his character to completely fool the public in this way. Crawford does indeed put on a false show in public well enough, but I think he needed more charm and charisma to be fully convincing. I also think his many liaisons with many women has the same problem. Yes he is a powerful guy and they easily could be attracted to that, but the utter devotion seems a little hard to believe, due to the lack of charisma he shows especially in the scenes with the women. Crawford mostly did character work and perhaps that is what suited him best. If he only had to do the evil Willie in a Supporting character role his performance would have been completely brilliant, but since he is required to show so much with the character's changes and transition his performance falls short overall. Overall his performance is lacking most of the time, but he still excels very well in specific moments.

Excellent (fan-made) Archie Movie Trailer

Concord Dawn - Take It As It Comes

New Zealand's Concord Dawn have always had a hybrid of sounds. This one is a drum n bass, Alice In Chains, Living Colour, Skunk Anansie amalgam.♫ http://blip.fm/~127snn

Pendulum - Comprachicos (Live at Wembley Arena, 03.12.2010)

Thanks to my pal Mark "TechItch" Caro and Ben Mount (Pendulum), I will be seeing this show after all this evening!!! YAY!!! I know a few folks that are going to the show at The Wiltern... are you?

IAMX - Ghosts of Utopia (Official music video)

Humpday Poetry Slam Corny Results

I am so pleased with the entries for humpday poetry. Honorable mention goes to Fitty, for reminding us how intriguing and ultimately unsatisfying candy corn is.

Catfreek and 50P get props for the memorable phrases "kernels in semen" and "big fat fatty mcfatties", respectively.

I loved the succinct quality of Abby's haiku:

Chowder, syrup, meal,

Sentiment or biofuel,

We are children of.

Talked with Gobaers about his poem. I thought the ending was a reference of having to go through winter and a year of seasons before enjoying fresh corn again. But apparently it is a veiled poop reference. Nice one, dude.

Octo is creative genius and completely crushed with his corn man story.

But for the winner, I pick Johnny Sweatpants, for his ~~haiku~~ poem that sounds the gong of total truth and rightness:

I’ve loved popcorn

Since the day I was born

It's addictive like crack

And hotter than porn

sidereal motion trailer

science through art:

jesus&mo: pale blue speck

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is there an afterlife? a debate

at the jewish tv network:

click image to view debate at source
on the panel: sam harris, christopher hitchens, david wolpe and bradley artson.

i've just started listening to this and the first argument from the first speaker, david wolpe, has started with a dull thud.

to the question, if he expects to go to heaven, he argues that part of the problem of the idea of an afterlife is that we take it more literally than it needs to be and that makes it ridiculous. he says that before we entered this world, we could not have imagined mountains and tunafish and teeth and ideas -- of course not. it is unimaginable. but we expect to be able to imagine the other world, reducing it to nonsense.

except that i didn't exist before being born, therefore i don't remember trying to imagine any of it. if i existed, i have no recollection of it at all, and it has no discernible effect on my present life... so it's completely irrelevant. and why, if there's so much talk about an afterlife, is there no curiosity about a prelife? this is nonsense.

i sincerely hope i hear something interesting from the theists by the time this finishes.

EDIT: harris started of well. relaying his fear that this debate would bore the audience, he quoted his wife as saying, 'nothing hitchens does is ever boring'.
EDIT again: hitchens can quote literature and scripture too -- specifically, star wars.
EDIT yet again: very enjoyable... great points from all around.

Depeche Mode «Corrupt» Studio Session

Depeche Mode with a lil more dark blues guitar grit is always welcomed! ♫ http://blip.fm/~126uol

This is a beautiful song! Mel Torme. ♫ http://blip.fm/~126tyb

It's Not Jackie Chan Game & Depeche Mode

The final buzzer is a great way to start an album... wait.. I think the most recent Depeche Mode album begins nearly this way.... see both below.

Birdemic

Wow!!! This looks so beautifully horrible, I may have to see it tomorrow night at the Silent Theatre. Birdemic: http://imdb.to/i8m3rC

Episode III, Revenge Of The Seniors: Old Man Lightsaber Duel In France

From geekology, "Luuuuuuuuke -- Uncle Owen is drunk and picking lightsaber fights again!"

This is a video of the lightsaber duel between two old Frenchies that ensues after one drunkenly drives his tractor over the other's prized tauntaun or something. Honestly, I have no idea WTF is going on, and I watched it like four times. What I do know is the screencap there takes place after Darth Foie Gras manages to knock Obi Won Tractordriver's lightsaber out of his hands and moves in for the finishing blow. It's actually a pretty epic battle. Definitely blows all the prequels out of the water, that's for f***ing sure! But, honestly, what doesn't? "Twilight". Touché -- my butt. Go on, give it a squeeze!

'Bad Teacher' Trailer: Cameron Diaz Sure Is That!

Anita Haxsaw - SPIDER

FREE DOWNLOAD: I found this old gem, late last night. I wrote the music and produced this in 1996-97. Those who had the album, I hope you still have it! :)

Anita Haxsaw - SPIDER by fdaallday

project reason's 2011 video contest

view the first three winners on project reason. the grand prize winner is the new tithe:

the fine tuning argument debunked

very nice...

via pz myers

Poppie peed on my couch!

What is this strange sign you ask? I was meeting with a patient (an obese African American man who is in his 50s) when all of a sudden he calmly inquired, “Is there a bathroom in this building?” After pointing him in the right direction he left my office to go take care of his sinful business. I happened to glance over at the chair he was sitting on and noticed with horror that there was a big pee stain! After he left housekeeping was contacted and this is the sign I was greeted with the next morning. I think that I’ll keep this sign; it’s unintentionally hilarious, isn’t it? It reminded me of that Seinfeld episode where “Poppie” pees on Jerry’s couch.

Best Actor 1949

And the Nominees Were:

John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima

Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High

Broderick Crawford in All The King's Men

Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart

Kirk Douglas in Champion

(Fake) E.T. 2 trailer is awesome

the true size of vatican city

at xefer:

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via flowing data

Supporting Ranking 100 Nominees

1972
1993
1954
1961
1968
1979
2010
1941
1984
1950
2000
1960
1997
1976
1948
1940
2003
1936
1985
1953

Al Pacino in The Godfather (1972)
Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields (1984)
Ralph Fiennes in Schindler' List (1993)
Jackie Gleason in the Hustler (1961)
Rod Steiger in On the Waterfront (1954)
George Sanders in All About Eve (1950)
Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Willem Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Jack Albertson in The Subject Was Roses (1968)
Montgomery Clift in Judgment At Nuremberg (1961)
Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now (1979)
Lee J. Cobb in On the Waterfront (1954)
George C. Scott in The Hustler (1961)
Karl Malden in On the Waterfront (1954)
Walter Brennan in The Westerner (1940)
Pete Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father (1993)
James Caan in The Godfather (1972)
Charles Coburn in The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man (1976)
Joel Grey in Cabaret (1972)
Gene Wilder in The Producers (1968)
Justin Henry in Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Seymour Cassel in Faces (1968)
Burgess Meredith in Rocky (1976)
John Hawkes in Winter's Bone (2010)
Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Peter Falk in Murder, Inc. (1960)
Benicio Del Toro in Traffic (2000)
Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010)
Tim Robbins in Mystic River (2003)
Walter Brennan in Come and Get It (1936)
Burt Reynolds in Boogie Nights (1997)
Klaus Maria Brandauer in Out of Africa (1985)
Leonardo DiCaprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
Donald Crisp in How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Sal Mineo in Exodus (1960)
Frederic Forrest in The Rose (1979)
Geoffrey Rush in The King's Speech (2010)
John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire (1993)
Peter Ustinov in Spartacus (1960)
Robert Forster in Jackie Brown (1997)
Eddie Albert in The Heartbreak Kid (1972)
Jeremy Renner in The Town (2010)
Adolph Caesar in A Soldier's Story (1984)
Greg Kinnear in As Good As It Gets (1997)
Robert Duvall in The Godfather (1972)
Cecil Kellaway in The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Jack Kruschen in The Apartment (1960)
Erich von Stroheim in Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Robert Strauss in Stalag 17 (1953)
Mickey Rooney in The Black Stallion (1979)
Charles Bickford in Johnny Belinda (1948)
Pat Morita in The Karate Kid (1984)
Jack Wild in Oliver! (1968)
Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich (2000)
Ken Watanabe in The Last Samurai (2003)
Anthony Hopkins in Amistad (1997)
John Malkovich in Places in the Heart (1984)
Walter Brennan in Sergeant York (1941)
Jason Robards in All the President's Men (1976)
Robert Loggia in Jagged Edge (1985)
Jack Palance in Shane (1953)
Peter Falk in Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Edmond O'Brien in The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Ned Beatty in Network (1976)
Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880
Albert Bassermann in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Basil Rathbone in Romeo and Juliet (1936)
James Stephenson in The Letter (1940)
Alec Baldwin in The Cooler (2003)
Melvyn Douglas in Being There (1979)
Jeff Bridges in The Contender (2000)
Jack Oakie in The Great Dictator (1940)
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids are All Right (2010)
Ralph Richardson in Greystoke (1984)
Djimon Honsou in In America (2003)
Benicio Del Toro in 21 Grams (2003)
Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive (1993)
Burt Young in Rocky (1976)
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting (1997)
William Gargan in They Knew What They Wanted (1940)
William Hickey in Prizzi's Honor (1985)
Jeff Chandler in Broken Arrow (1950)
Oskar Homolka in I Remember Mama (1948)
Akim Tamiroff in The General Died at Dawn (1936)
Brandon De Wilde in Shane (1953)
Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator (2000)
Daniel Massey in Star! (1968)
Eddie Albert in Roman Holiday (1953)
Chill Wills in The Alamo (1960)
James Gleason in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Stuart Erwin in Pigskin Parade (1936)
Tom Tully in The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Frank Sinatra in From Here to Eternity (1953)
George Chakiris in West Side Story (1961)
Jose Ferrer in Joan of Arc (1948)
Mischa Auer in My Man Godfrey (1936)
Don Ameche in Cocoon (1985)
Eric Roberts in Runaway Train (1985)

And my Winners Are:

Walter Brennan As Swan Bostrum

Walter Brennan as Judge Roy Bean

Sydney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman

Walter Huston as Howard

George Sanders as Addison De Witt

Robert Strauss as Stanislas 'Animal' Kasava

Rod Steiger as Charley Malloy

Peter Falk as Abe 'Kid Twist' Reles

Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats

Jack Albertson as John Cleary

Al Pacino as Micheal Corleone

Laurence Olivier as Dr. Christian Szell

Robert Duvall as Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore

Haing S. Ngor as Dith Pran

Klaus Maria Brandauer as Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke

Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth

Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner

Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck

Tim Robbins as Dave Boyle

John Hawkes as Teardrop

This category is not the strongest but there are certainly strong performances to be found within it. Sorry about the lack of a video but I could not find good enough footage of Jack Albertson and Peter Falk.

Most Wins: Walter Brennan with two
Most Reviewed: Walter Brennan with three
Winners in Both Lead and Supporting: Laurence Olivier, Rod Steiger, Robert Duvall, Walter Huston
Films with Winners in Both Lead and Supporting: On The Waterfront, Schindler's List
Noticeable Trend: A good amount of my winners are villains or antagonistic characters.
Academy Agreements: 7
Most Pleasant Surprise: Pete Postlethwaite in In the Name of the Father

Best Supporting Actor 1950: Results

5. Jeff Chandler in Broken Arrow- Chandler is already miscast around actual Native Americans, and his dull performance never makes up for this problem.

4. Edmund Gwenn in Mister 880- Gwenn is properly sweet and charming in his part, but the part of the most benevolent of criminals is not much of one.

3. Erich von Stroheim in Sunset Blvd.- Stroheim is perfectly cast adding another layer to his character simply through his one background. He also is always proper in his role, but his performance never becomes that amazing for me. Max Meyerling is certianly an interesting character but still certianly a limited one.

2. Sam Jaffe in The Asphalt Jungle- In many years I sort of look forward to rarely talked about nominated performance which are ample in this category. I usually find out why they are rarely spoken of like Gwenn, and Chandler, but I was very pleasantly surprised to find Jaffe's incredibly strong work. Jaffe's performance is subtle even simple work at times, that is amazingly effective and very memorable.

1. George Sanders in All About Eve-Sanders simply could not be better in the role of Addison De Witt. He channels the snarky smug, yet incredibly intelligent and suave ways of the character. Sanders always makes his presence known with every single comment he makes, and to top it off he has one unforgettable scene that is just a magnificent piece of acting.

Deserving Performances:
Louis Calhern in The Asphalt Jungle
Alastair Sim in Stage Fright
Orson Welles in The Third Man (Since it was counted in the major category of Director, I guess I will include him here instead of 1949.)

TECH: FL Studio - Mobile App

I was just speaking with both the creator and also one of the owner's of Image-Line, who are responsible for the music software, FL STUDIO.

In the works is a mobile version for the iphone, ipad/ipod market which is being developed by Xewton, who currently have a music app available.

The FL Studio mobile will have a step sequencer, piano roll and full song playlist just like the traditional software. You can save the files from the mobile app and load them into the desktop version when you arrive at home or are in front of a regular studio setup :)

Much to my sadness, there is no plan for an android version at this time.

Come back here, on MyLiveTube, for an exclusive interview with Jean-Marie Cannie of FL Studio when the product is officially released :)

Jane Russell dead at 89 years old

Jane Russell, legendary Hollywood sex symbol of the 40s and 50s passes away peacefully in California

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