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Last night Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood hosted the 45th Annual Country Music Awards honoring the best in country music.
The show began with a fun performance of Footloose, performed by Blake Shelton and Kenny Loggins, getting the viewers’ attention before the winners were revealed. I personally would have liked to see Kenny Loggins be more a part of the song instead of just the end of it, cause you know, it’s his song. Nevertheless, the rest of the night was fun, upbeat and exciting.
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 Obviously, it’s no secret that there’s been a lot of news in the past few days about the Oscar ceremony, when normally we’re just talking about the Oscar race. Brett Ratner put his foot in his mouth (real shocking) and no longer is co-producing the show, replaced by Brian Grazer. This led to Eddie Murphy leaving as host, throwing the show into more flux. Of course, many people have called for Billy Crystal to return as host, and he’s definitely a good pick, but it got me thinking about alternative choices who would be just as good as Billy. Here are 10 other people who would get my vote for hosting duties if I had a say in the matter:
1. Tom Hanks: One of the most likable people in Hollywood, he would certainly have the audience feeling warm and fuzzy inside, but when it comes to some of the parts of hosting that favor a more stand-up approach, how will he fare? Just remember ‘Punchline’…but at the same token, he burst on the scene as a great comedic actor, so he’d be at the top of my list. Plus, he’s worked with Grazer on some of Ron Howard’s films, so the connection is already there.
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Thomas Horn being campaigned as a Lead Actor in "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
The Warner Bros. Awards Site has gone LIVE and they have their lineup of contenders including Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II, Happy Feet Two, J. Edgar, Contangion, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close.
Stephen Daldry’s film, on the cusp of being completed, has listed it’s child actor Thomas Horn as a Lead Actor candidate for this year’s consideration pool. While this significantly hurts the actor in making the lineup with an extremely crowded field already, it’s good to see the belief placed in the performance. Tom Hanks and Max Von Sydow are listed in the Supporting Actor category and Sandra Bullock and Zoe Caldwell are listed in Supporting Actress. With Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar seeming to fall by the wayside as of late, I bet Warner will be placing all bets on Daldry’s picture. Harry Potter is already making a strong push for itself but it’ll need some major precursor support to make it in the end.
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The problems start almost as soon as the lights dim in Clint Eastwood’s eagerly anticipated biopic, “J. Edgar”. J. Edgar Hoover, the iconic American lawman, director and overseer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is late in his life, elderly, puffy in appearance, gruff in tone, and passionately dictating to his lead biographer, Agent Smith (Ed Westwick), the events which led to his appointment as a top ranking official in the Justice Department. We catch him almost in mid-sentence it seems, as he jumps right into running through the details surrounding the storied Palmer Raids of 1919, a strategy used to snuff out perceived left-leaning anarchists after the conclusion of World War I and during the height of the Red Scare of Communism in America. From the opening moments, we are scrambling to catch up to the facts and details Hoover is sharing; details perceived to be basic and primary for most viewers, but presented in a hazy and unframed context.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, “J. Edgar” falls victim to many of these moments. Context is fleeting and the screenplay from Oscar-winning writer Dustin Lance Black (Milk) feels akin to flipping randomly through a biography of Hoover’s life – or worse, a textbook. Black and Eastwood have opted to tell Hoover’s story in a non-linear cross-cutting style which, either because of some surprisingly shoddy editing by Eastwood’s long-time collaborators Joel Cox and Gary Roach or Eastwood and Black not being on the same page, “J. Edgar” is undoubtedly well-intentioned, but amounts to nothing more than a turgid, meandering 137 minutes.
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Categories: Film Reviews Tags: 2011 oscar hopefuls, 2011 releases, armie hammer, biopics, Clint Eastwood, Drama, dustin lance black, J. Edgar, judi dench, Leonardo DiCaprio, naomi watts
Rachel Crow delivers the best performance of the competition thus far.
Tonight, The X Factor Top 11 took the stage for America’s votes. It was Movie Week with the contestants choosing any song featured in a film from history.
Stacy Francis – “Queen of the Night” by Whitney Houston from The Bodyguard (**)
-Stacy takes the stage in a terrible red dress and her hair blown out which shows her massive forehead. Wow. That’s harsh but it’s true. She’s trying very hard to be young and sexy but she needs to stay with ballads and soulful numbers. I think Stacy is in serious trouble tonight.
Marcus Canty – “I’m Going Down” by Mary J. Blige from Car Wash – (***)
-Marcus pulls out the big guns with a soulful and terrific rendition of the popular Mary J. Blige number. He can riff amazingly but sometimes I do wish he’d pull back the stage antics a bit. Boy can sing. By the way, that ugly jacket Marcus? Don’t do it again. Thanks.
Drew – “Fix You” by Coldplay from You, Me, and Dupree – (***)
-Drew tackled a very beautiful Coldplay song and puts her own nuances on it wonderfully. I’m still calling her the frontrunner in the competition. Her little multi-colored dress was cute as a button. Paula insulted it. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about. Neither does L.A. Reid.
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Categories: Editor, TV/Music Tags: astro, chris rene, drew, fox, fox network, josh krajcik, la reid, lakota rayne, leroy bell, marcus canty, melanie amaro, music, nicole scher, paula abdul, simon cowell, stacy francis, stereo hogzz, television, tv
 Beverly Hills, CA – Academy President Tom Sherak announced today that Academy Award®-winner Brian Grazer will join Don Mischer as a producer of the 84th Academy Awards. This will be the first time Grazer has produced the Oscar® telecast.
“Brian Grazer is a renowned filmmaker who over the past 25 years has produced a diverse and extraordinary body of work,” said Sherak. “He will certainly bring his tremendous talent, creativity and relationships to the Oscars®.”
“I am thrilled to welcome Brian Grazer as my partner and that we will be collaborating to produce an outstanding show,” echoed Mischer.
“It’s very gratifying to be part of a show that honors excellence in the medium to which I have devoted so much of my career,” said Grazer. “Don is a legend, and I am excited to work with him.”
“I too am delighted that Brian will join Don in producing the Academy Awards and I am looking forward to our producers delivering the movie event of the year,” commented Academy CEO Dawn Hudson.
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