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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
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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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Does Colin Firth have a point about the plight of gay actors?
Earlier this week A Single Man star and Oscar nominee Colin Firth voiced some long overdue statements about the problem that exists for gay actors in Hollywood. Click here for the full news story. “If you’re known as a straight … Continue reading
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Tagged A Single Man, alan cumming, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Colin Firth, Cynthia Nixon, Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven, Four Weddings and a Funeral, gay actors, gay roles, Guy Pearce, Heath Ledger, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Imagine Me and You, Infamous, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Wilby, John Leguizamo, jude law, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Lena Headey, Mamma Mia, Maurice, Meryl Streep, midnight in the garden of good and evil, Milk, My Best Friend's Wedding, nathan lane, Patrick Swayze, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Piper Perabo, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Robin Williams, Rupert Everett, Sean Penn, simon callow, Stephen Fry, Terence Stamp, the birdcage, to wong foo thanks for everything julie newmar, Toby Jones, Tom Hanks, wesley snipes, wilde
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The Best view | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – Robin Wright Penn finds herself in multi-faceted role
Robin Wright Penn’s incredible beauty and her headline-provoking marriage to Sean Penn have tended to distract attention from what a great actress she is. If your image of her is still stuck at her roles as fairy-tale heroine Buttercup in … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Arkin, Arthur Miller, Blake Lively, Buttercup, Daniel Day Lewis, Forrest Gump, gossip girl, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, lesbian, Monica Bellucci, Princess Bride, Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller, Robin Wright Penn, S&M, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Age concern… Brad Pitt plays a man who is born a pensioner and steadily grows younger. He’s Just Not That Into You Heart of the matter… This star-studded comedy follows the romantic misadventures of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella Swann, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Defiance, He’s Just Not That Into You, Kate Winslet, Milk, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, Tom Cruise, Twilight, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Valkyrie
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Couch Potato Pickings | Milk, and today’s 40th anniversary
It was 40 years ago today that the legendary Judy Garland died. Now that’s a moving anniversary indeed, but I’m sure you’re wondering what that’s got to do with a film about America’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk? … Continue reading
Small Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Age concern… Brad Pitt plays a man who is born a pensioner and steadily grows younger. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading
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Tagged Bella Swann, Brad Pitt, Daniel Craig, Defiance, edward cullen, Kate Winslet, Milk, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Reader, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Twilight, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Valkyrie
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Out on DVD | The Wrestler
Bloody but unbowed, Mickey Rourke may have been defeated on points by Sean Penn at the Oscars this year, but his gutsy performance in The Wrestler saw him carry off a string of other top acting awards, including a Golden … Continue reading
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Tagged BAFTAS, Darren Aronofsky, Golden Globes, Mickey Rourke, Oscars, Sean Penn, Wrestler
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The Matthew Shepard Story
Couch Potato Pickings I know what you’re thinking – Matthew Shepard, who’s he? Most Brits won’t have heard of Matthew Shepard, and I expect most Americans won’t know the name either, especially those who don’t even know what state KFC … Continue reading
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Tagged Basingstoke, California, fred phelps, gay, gay marriage, god hates fags, Harvey Milk, homophobia, homosexuals, Jacqui Smith, KFC, Laramie, Louis Theroux, Matthew Shepard, Milk, most hated family in america, Oscar, Prayers for Bobby, proposition 8, Sean Penn, Sigourney Weaver, Stockard Channing, The Laramie Project, The Matthew Shepard Story, Westboro Baptist Church, Wyoming
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