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Name That Chest: This movie won an Oscar, and was nominated for a further six
And six is also the number of times this actress has herself been nominated for Academy Awards over the years. And when she finally bagged her Best Actress Oscar, her emotional outburst was not unlike the overflowing emotions displayed by … Continue reading
Couch Potato invites you to guess which Oscar-winning film has inspired these fancy-dress costumes…
Today, Sofa Spud and I are heading out to an Oscars-themed fancy dress party. Can you guess the movie? Here’s a clue – it’s showing tonight at 10pm on Universal Channel Still stumped? Hold your mouse over the pictures to … Continue reading
How to win an Oscar – some simple rules
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, Couch Potato
Tagged A Single Man, Academy Awards, aileen wuornos, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Boy's Don't Cry, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlize Theron, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Erin Brokovich, Extras, Forrest Gump, frankly my dear i don't give a damn, Geoffrey Rush, Gone With the Wind, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Harvey Milk, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, I Am Sam, i see dead people, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Maguire, Joan Fontaine, john wayne, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, june carter cash, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, life is beautiful, life is like a box of chocolates, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, monster, mrs brown, my left foot, my precious, Oscar, Peter Jackson, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, raging bull, Rain Man, ray, Ray Charles, Rebecca, Reese Witherspoon, Rosemary's Baby, ruth gordon, Scent of a Woman, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shine, show me the money, Sixth Sense, suspicion, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the lord of the rings: the return of the king, the lord of the rings: the two towers, the queen, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, true grit, Truman Capote, Walk the Line, who's afraid of virginia woolf, William Wallace, you talkin' to me
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News Muse – Heading towards a New Moon and feeling darn fangtastic!
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Devastation and despair! Haven’t you heard? Hugh Jackman has turned down hosting the 2010 Academy Awards. ‘Whyyy,’ you howl? ‘But, he was such a brilliant host,’ I wail. … Continue reading
Awards Season | Celebrating the worst at the Razzies
While the Academy Awards celebrate the good, each year since 1981 on the day before Oscar night (that’s tonight folks!), The Golden Raspberry Awards ceremoniously laud the bad and the downright ugly of the film industry. The awards are voted … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 Awards, News
Tagged 88 Minutes, Academy Awards, Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Ashton Kutcher, Cameron Diaz, Catwoman, Debra Messing, Disaster Movie, Eddie Murphy, Eva Mendes, Fool's Gold, Halle Berry, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, M Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Max Payne, Meet Dave, Meet the Spartans, Meg Ryan, Mike Myers, My Best Friend's Girl, Oscar, Paris Hilton, Paul Verhoeven, Righteous Kill, Showgirls, The Eye, The Golden Raspberry, The Happening, The Hottie and the Nottie, The Love Guru, The Women, Tom Green, Uwe Boll, What Happens in Vegas, Witless Protection
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News Muse – Attack of the Body Swappers: The Remake
News Muse has on a previous occasion moaned about the apalling lack of new ideas in the Hollywood film industry. And scouring the news stories this week only confirms this sad fact: Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are teaming … Continue reading
Posted in News Muse
Tagged 13 Going on 30, Academy Awards, along came polly, Ashton Kutcher, back to america, Baz Luhrmann, Ben Stiller, Beyoncé, Big, coming to america, Freaky Friday, gaylord, Harrison Ford, High School Musical, Hollywood, Hugh Jackman, it's a boy girl thing, john hamburg, Like Father Like Son, Martin Lawrence, meet the fockers, meet the parents, oscar night, Owen Wilson, popbitch, Robert De Niro, the fugitive, Tom Hanks, us marshals, Vice Versa, Warner Bros, wild hogs, Zac Efron
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Awards Season | If you could meet any Oscar-winner from history who would it be?
It’s the BAFTAs tonight. I’m very excited. I love the awards season, and this British awards events is guaranteed to get me geared up for the film event of the year in two weeks time, the Academy Awards. And speaking … Continue reading
Posted in 2009 Awards, Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Academy Awards, BAFTA, Oscar
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Couch Potato Pickings – La Vie en Rose
La Vie en Rose On Sky Movies Premiere this afternoon at 3.35 pm (and tomorrow afternoon at 5.35pm, and 5.05pm on Friday) When I first saw this film, on an overnight flight from New York to London, I gave up … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Academy Awards, BAFTAS, Edith Piaf, Golden Globe, La Vie en rose, Marion Cotillard
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Couch Potato Pickings – Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby Film4 tonight at 9pm How many Hilary Swank movies can you name? It’s not that easy is it, considering she’s a double Oscar winner. For most actors who’ve bagged even one Academy Award it’s easy to list … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Academy Awards, Boy's Don't Cry, Clint Eastwood, Film4, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman
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