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Category Archives: Theater
My 2008 Academy Awards® Recap
I am nothing if not topical, so I hope that on this balmy August 2012 evening, you will enjoy this recap of the 2008 Oscars! It’s been 10 years since I truly enjoyed an Oscars® show, but it was worth … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Academy Awards, 2008 Oscars, A.R. Rahman, Alicia Keys, Amanda Seyfried, Art Direction, Ben Stiller, Best Animated Short Film La Maison en Petits Cubes, Best Original Screenplay Milk, Best Supporting Actor Heath Ledger, Best Visual Effects Benjamin Button, Beyonce, Bill Maher, Cinematography Slumdog Millionaire, comic book movies, Costume Design The Duchess, crystal curtain, dancing, Daniel Craig, Danny Boyle, Danny Boyle Best Director, Danny McBride, Departures Best Foreign Language Film, Eddie Murphy, Film Editing, Freida Pinto, George Burns, Hancock movie, Hollywood, Hugh Jackman, I chose love, Iron Giant, Jack Black, Jack Nicholson, Jai Ho Best Original Song, James Franco, janus Kaminsky, Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, Jennifer Aniston, Jerry Lewis, Jessica Biel, Joaquin Phoenix, Kate Winslet, Kevin Kline, legalize marijuana, Liam Neeson, Libertarian movies, Look at me, magic trick, Makeup Oscar Benjamin Button, Mamma Mia! movie, Man On Wire Best Documentary, Milk, Natalie Portman, Nicolas Cage bird on head your argument is invalid, period movie artistry, Pineapple Express, Queen Latifah I'll Be Seeing You, Reese Witherspoon, Richie Cunningham, Roberto Benigni 1998 Oscars, Romance montage 2008 Oscars, Ron Howard, Salma Hayek, Sci-Fi Technical Awards, Sean Penn, Sean Penn Best Actor Milk, Seth Rogen, Shirley Maclaine makes Anne Hathaway cry, silver hair, singing, Slumdog Millionaire Best Adapted Screenplay, Smile Pinki Best Documentary Short Film, Sophia Loren, Sound Editing The Dark Knight, Sound Mixing Slumdog Millionaire, Spielzeugland Live Action Short Film, Steven Spielberg, Sunshine movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, The New Boy, Tina Fey, Vanessa Hudgens, WALL-E Best Animated Feature, Will Smith, Wolverine, Zac Efron
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5 Reasons To Watch Funny Games (2007 Remake)
Spoiler alert! Though I think one could watch “Funny Games” and enjoy it after reading my blog, I do give potential spoilers for the movie! 1) The Soundtrack/Score I’ve always had a predilection towards metal and other scary sounds that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1987, Adventureland, Alanis Morrissette, awesome kid actors, Balls of steel, Bonehead, Brady Corbet, classical music, Devon Gearheart, Devon Gearheart is a prodigiously awesome actor, emoticons, every woman should read Gift of Fear and Tomato Nation, Funny Games, Funny Games 2007, Gavin De Becker, Gift of Fear, idyllic vacation spots, IMDB, Michael Haneke, Michael Pitt, Naked City, Naomi Watts, Naomi Watts 'cause she is a fucking rock star, Naomi Watts acting the hell out of all of it, score, Soundtrack, sympathetic character, T. S. Eliot, Tm Roth
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Extra, Extra! My First Big Break!(?)
When I was a junior in college, I dropped out of Hofstra University. I was tired of being on an assembly line, romantically ambivalent, the usz — another blog for another day. Bottom line, I took this time to Pursue … Continue reading
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Tagged Acting, Al Pacino, Caruso steam rollers, Charlize Theron, Craig T. Nelson, downtown manhattan, extra work, Hofstra University, Jeffrey Jones, Keanu Reeves, Monica Keena, rain, spoiler alert, The Devil's Advocate, The guy from The Jeffersons, Valentine's Day
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From ingenue to construction worker in one short year
Can I just tell you about the BULLSHIT that was my fifth grade play? Okay, you know how it goes in elementary school as far as teacher selection goes. In case you don’t, or in case something has changed in … Continue reading
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Tagged Father Hits the Jackpot, foreman, school plays, Statue of Liberty, terrible sadness
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Little Orphan Annie and My Grandmother
When I was seven years old, I was OBSESSED with “Annie.” My grandmother, Mary Byrnes Collins, introduced me to the Broadway record, and I was never the same. “Annie” was my love, my life. I hadn’t seen the play or … Continue reading
