America’s Got Talent

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The recently concluded Academy Awards were, to say the very least, quite interesting. Besides the fact that it had the lowest viewership for a televised Academy Awards since 1966, the four big acting awards shed some light on the state of the talent of the great actors in Hollywood.

Best actor in a leading role – Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Best actress in a leading role – Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose)
Best actor in a supporting role – Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Best actress in a supporting role – Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)

Hollywood’s best actor in a leading role is British.
Hollywood’s best actress in a leading role is French.
Hollywood’s best actor in a supporting role is Spanish.
Hollywood’s best actress in a supporting role is British.

 

America’s got talent.
Really…

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Jessica Alba

 Jessica Alba

Born on the 28th of April, 1981, in Pomona California to a family which was more or less linked with military service She was a sickly child and suffered a multitude of illnesses like pneumonia, collapsed lungs, a ruptured appendix and a cyst on her tonsils. She is known to suffer from “Obsessive Compulsive Disorder” during her childhood and she attended the Atlantic Theater Company. She took acting classes at age 12 with her first role in the film “Camp Nowhere” where played a prominent role. She was voted by Askmen.com in 2006 to be one of the most sexiest women in the world taking the top spot in 2007 in FHM Magazine. She had a stint with Playboy which she claimed used her photos as part of their front cover in March 2006. She despised the move citing her religious nature (she’s a Roman Catholic by the way) as she is also more inclined to charity work for many of America’s unfortunate. She is expecting to have her first child in early 2008.

Source : Young Hollywood Actresses

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Natalie Portman: academically-endowed.

Beyond the white make-up and outrageous Padme Amidala costume, is a brilliant girl named Natalie Portman (born Natalie Hershlag, Hebrew in descent). She is one of the most intelligent Hollywood actresses nowadays and this was proven by her academic background.

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She graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Psychology, and decided to pursue advanced studies in Jerusalem’s Hebrew University. If those facts aren’t enough to impress you, then how about me telling you that Ms. Portman here fluently speaks 5 languages? Aside from English, she speaks Hebrew, French, German, Japanese and Arabic.

Indeed, we got someone here with talent, beauty and brains.

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Top 25 Celebrities

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The Top 25 Celebrities According to People.com

At this time these are the most talked about stars, That’s why they’re on the Top 25 Celebrity List

  1. Heath Ledger
  2. Owen Wilson
  3. Angelina Jolie
  4. Miles Cyrus
  5. Lindsay Lohan
  6. Jessica Alba
  7. Lauren Conrad
  8. Demi Moore
  9. Rachel Bilson
  10. Nicole Richie
  11. Ashton Kutcher
  12. Rumer Willis
  13. Rebecca Romijn
  14. Vanessa Williams
  15. Eva Longoria
  16. John Mayer
  17. Kate Hudson
  18. Britney Spears
  19. Jennifer Anniston
  20. Joel Madden
  21. Paris Hilton
  22. Sarah Jessica Parker
  23. Katie Holmes
  24. Rihanna
  25. Amy Winehouse
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Hollywood Studios

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Producing  wholesome, relevant, and timely productions that will teach, minister and influence the viewer positively  has been the mission of Hollywood Studios.  And true to this mission,  Hollywood Studios has a library of hundreds of productions that cover a wide range of topics where messages  are depicted in all its  productions that  are timeless  and will always minister to a broad range of cultures, religions, classes and nationalities. Holywood studios is “Real Life on Reel”.

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Michael Cera

 Michael Cera with Ellen Page on the movie Juno

Michael Austin Cera, was born on the 7th of June 1988 in Ontario Canada. His father was a Scillian, and an employee of the Xerox company. He has two sisters. He first appeared in a Summer Camp commercial for Tim Horton. He played the young Chuck Barris in “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” in 2002 and also did the voice of Brother Bear in the animated series The Bernstein Bears. His interest in the internet drew him to produce short videos which he and a friend worked on together and posted on YouTube. This in turn got the attention of CBS Broadcasting who signed a contract with them to write, direct and produce a series of short films they intended to use as promotional videos in their new InnerTube.com site which they hope would become a challenger for Youtube. He has appeared in a total of 6 films since 2000, with 2 slated for 2008 and 2 again for 2009.

Source : Hollywood’s Young Actors

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Film Musicals and Such

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In an essay entitled “Entertainment and Utopia,” Richard Dyer discussed the musical as an exemplary instance of entertainment.

 

Well, it IS entertaining! Some songs will even bury itself in your head, making you sing even hours after seeing the film.


 

  • Broadway Melody (1929)
  • Love Me Tonight (1932)
  • 42nd Street (1933)
  • Top Hat (1935)
  • Showboat (1936)
  • The Gang’s All Here (1943)
  • Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
  • An American in Paris (1951)
  • Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
  • The Band Wagon (1953)
  • The Sound of Music (1965)
  • Cabaret (1972)
  • Saturday Night Fever)
  • Grease (1978)
  • All That Jazz (1979)
  • Pennies From Heaven (1981)
  • Dirty Dancing (1987)
  • Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
  • Moulin Rouge (2001)
  • Chicago (2002)
  • The Producers (2005)
  • Hairspray (2007)

Reference:

Belton, John. American Cinema / American Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., 2005.

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“Made in Hollywood, U.S.A.”

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During M-G-M’s heyday as a studio, the end title of every film read “Made in Hollywood, U.S.A.” though not every American film is or was made in Hollywood, the bulk of American cinema is the product of a specific mode of production which was perfected in Hollywood and which consists of a unique combination of various ingredients.

So what am I talking about again?

That Hollywood is where movies are made, and where dreams come true.

What about Hollywood life? Well, that just means that living the Hollywood life may be Out Of This World, or something else?

Reference:

Belton, John. American Cinema / American Culture. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., 2005.

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Drew Barrymore

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Drew Barrymore is one of the Hollywood’s well loved actresses.

Her career started at the age of 7 in the movie E.T. Although she went into a rebellious stage in her teen years she was able to bounce back to become a one of Hollywood’s most recognized child actresses and producer as well.

She mostly stars in romantic comedy films like: The wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, Never Been Kissed etc. She has her own production company, the Flower Films which produced some of her movies.

After failed marriages and relationships, she is still enjoying her single life as well as becoming the World’s Most Beautiful in 2007.

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Deadly Hollywood Actor Arrested

Dennis Farina“I apologize to anyone and everyone that I have caused any embarrassment or inconvenience to. It is my own stupidity to find myself in this embarrassing situation.”

Very Solemn movie script but not for Dennis Farina which has issued a public apology following his arrest for felony weapon possession charges.

The What Happens in Vegas star was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday morning after a .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol was found in his briefcase.

The former Chicago police officer was released the same day after posting $35,000 bail.

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