How will you handle it when your time comes, Ronnie?

I like him, too. And I don't give a shit that he's gay. But that rumor/non-denial has been around Hollywood for years, Tis.

And I think that Doogie Howser was a tweener where his coming out was concerned. He was pretty much caught in between the generations. He came out. Big time. But he waited until he was in his 30's to do so.

There was an adult soccer team that played in the CSL in the west village. They made it a point to mention that fact on the leagues web site. I guess they only wanted gays on that team. That was why they were never any good.

My club was the Brooklyn Italians. Most of the coaches were Italian. But the players were from every nationality and religion. Why, because we wanted to win and took anyone as long as they could play.

I like him three. Anywho, this was news to me, but then I'm not that much into these sorts of gossip around actors.

Adele will perform her "Skyfall" at the Oscars ceremony.

Has anyone seen Hyde Park on the Hudson with Bill Murray. He plays FDR. It's up for SAG award. In the trailer he looked pretty good. That's quite a switch of sorts for him, but he does have a good dramatic streak in him.

Well the SAG Awards, a good (if not always reliable) indicator who will win the acting Oscars happened tonight.

Actor - Daniel Day-Lewis
Actress - Jennifer Lawrence
Supporting Actor - Tommy Lee Jones
Supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway

ARGO won Best Acting Ensemble (the big SAG prize) and having also won the PGA award, some people really think its still the front-runner for the Best Picture Oscar, despite having no nomination for Best Director.

The last time we had a Best Picture winner without a Director nomination was DRIVING MISS DAISY.

Adele is going to be singing the theme tune to SKYFALL at the Oscars??? That is seriously the worst Bond song i have ever heard so all the stars better have their ear plugs in on the night.

Oh sorry i forgot, i am the only person in the world who doesn't particularly care for old Adele......

I have not seen Argo as yet. But the trailers for it look very good. You can't buy it till mid feb.

The best male supporting actor in a movie in my mind was an actor not even nominated.

In les Miserables Sasha cowan was great. They obviously made his part bigger because he was great and yet no nomination. He was funny and he could sing.

Best picture - Argo Best Director - Ben Affleck - Argo

Best Actor - Daniel Day Lewis - Lincoln

Best supporting Actor - Tommy Lee Jones - Lincoln

Best Actress - Don't know

Best supporting Actress - Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

Ironically, I actually buy Deadline's argument that Affleck's snub may've reignited the fire under the ass of ARGO's Oscar campaign.

Affleck won the DGA prize for Best Director last night and it does seem ARGO will win the Best Picture Oscar. (Capo, put the gun away from your temple.)

It'll be just the 7th time that the DGA and Best Director Oscar winner don't match. Which also begs another question: Who's winning the Best Director Oscar?!?

Why did you copy and paste my comment? lol

Well at the BAFTAS last night, ARGO won best film and Mr. Affleck won best Director. Day-Lewis and Hathaway won the best lead roles respectively!

John Williams this year was nominated for Best Original Score for LINCOLN, his 43rd Oscar nomination. The most nominations by any living person, 2nd most all-time (only Walt Disney has more.)

Since it's Oscar time, here's a list of Academy Award winning "original" songs. Can you name the movie they are from. I know. A couple are "give-aways."

The only song I did NOT know was from a movie is "Mona Lisa." AND, I can honestly say I have not heard of the movie.


Somewhere Over The Rainbow
When You Wish Upon A Star
White Christmas
Mona Lisa
Three Coins In A Fountain
Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
Moon River
Chim Chim Chiree
Windmills Of Your Mind
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
For All We Know
The Morning After
The Way We Were
You Light Up My Life
Up Where We Belong
FlashDance (What a Feeling)
I've Had The Time Of My Life
Beauty & The Beast
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
My Heart Will Go On


TIS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pat-gallagher/best-movie-songs_b_2712278.html

Believe it or not, if Adele wins Best Original Song for SKYFALL, that'll be the first time a 007 song won that Oscar.

There have been a few good Bond songs. Goldfinger was a very popular tune; Live & Let Die come to mind. And, wasn't it Nancy Sinatra who sang "You Only Live Twice?" (I'm not a big Bond fan and know I am missing other popular Bond themes).


TIS

I'm not a music guy whatsoever, I will say the music was times perfectly in Skyfall! Worked every scene to create the moment! Even the song when that creep came in on the helicopter was great!

i think i might be the only person i know who didnt think skyfall was a big deal, it was alright

maybe i should re-watch it...lol

Movie sucked, it never took off! It seemed like it would get exiting when he returned to England? I'm no RocketBoy. However I give it half a meatball!

I'm not sure if I'll be able to do my annual live coverage this year -- I got tickets to an early show before I realized it was Oscar night!

Besides, last year didn't I say that I'd prefer to do the Emmy's instead? TV is more interesting to me since I watch a hella lot of it compared to current theatrical films....

Well, not sure what time it's on. If it means missing "The Walking Dead", I won't watch all or most of it. Even tho it's here in CA they sometimes have it on time delay (don't know how). If it's on at 6:00 p.m. here I'll tune in.

I watch more tv lately than I go to see movies so I'm with you Geoff. Btw, how the heck are you?


TIS

A-OK here, TIS, how about you? Winter (thankfully) is flying by!

We don't go to the movies any more. It's just gotten too expensive. I'd rather wait for the DVD to be released to the Redbox and get it for $1.

I never really went a lot to begin with, but if something would look spectacular on a huge screen (Avatar 3D, Lord of the Rings, etc) I'm more inclined to see it than something like Lincoln. I have Netflix for that stuff.

Netflix streaming sucks for movies. However, it is good if you want to catch up on older seasons of TV shows (and they finally started streaming The West Wing!!!).

Given that we have a 55 inch flat screen, that's good enough for DVDs.

I have a Roku HD box for streaming, and it displays great if the original is offered in HD. Can barely tell! But sure, older programs from decades ago look like VHS. Love the fact I can rewatch TV shows from the 80s and be all nostalgic.

I hear what you're saying; my 46" LED LCD works just fine, too -- especially with Blu-ray, you get absorbed into it just fine. But there's something about a 40-foot screen for majestic content now and then. And necessary for 3D (I'm not THAT evolved at home yet, and not sure if the tech is yet, either).

Boy, have times changed. Pops says the they used to be lucky to have some 20 inch TVs in the house years ago, and then he said as kids they only had ONE TV in the whole house and that was black and white at first. 3 maybe 4 channels and public service stations.
Today the Average. TV in the house is 50 to 55 inch HD TVS where you can see a pimple on a TV anchors face and there are several of them throughout the house. The computer monitor right in front of me is 26 inches. and has more colors then ever before.
How about several hundred channels and several sources of programing to choose from on these new sets. And internet too!

Last time I/we all went shopping in the mall, we were looking at 70 plus size TV. Mom kept saying no! We have enough and they are big enough already!

Phones and TV...people want the newest, largest and fastest there is.
We are getting closer to the whole wall screens soon. And I don't mean projection types which to me isn't real TV.