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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

@RavenSu DVD Picks for the week of March 16, 2010

Precious

The Hurt Locker

The Blind Side
Up
Up in the Air
Invictus
MichaelJackson: This Is It

Food, Inc
The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and The Frog (Three Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo with Digital Copy)

Inglourious Basterds
Capitalism: A Love Story

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Oscar Nominees: Academy Awards 2010

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host the Academy Awards tonight.

Academy Award 2010 Nominations "Oscars":

Best Picture

Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
UP in the Air

Best Director

James Cameron, 'Avatar'
Kathryn Bigelow, 'The Hurt Locker'
Quentin Tarantino, 'Inglourious Basterds'
Lee Daniels, 'Precious'

Jason Reitman, 'Up in the Air'

Best Actor

Jeff Bridges, 'Crazy Heart'
George Clooney, 'Up in the Air'
Colin Firth, 'A Single Man'
Morgan Freeman, 'Invictus'
Jeremy Renner, 'The Hurt Locker'

Best Actress

Sandra Bullock, 'Blind Side'

Helen Mirren, 'The Last Station'
Carey Mulligan, 'An Education'
Gabourey Sidibe, 'Precious'

Meryl Streep, Julie and Julia

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Damon, 'Invictus'
Woody Harrelson, 'The Messenger'
Christopher Plummer, 'The Last Station'
Stanley Tucci, 'The Lovely Bones'
Christoph Waltz, 'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz, 'Nine'
Vera Farmiga, 'Up in the Air'
Maggie Gyllenhaal, 'Crazy Heart'
Anna Kendrick, 'Up'
Mo'nique, 'Precious'

Best Animated Feature Film

'Coraline'
'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
'The Princess and the Frog'
The Secret of Kells'
'Up'

Best Original Screenplay

'The Hurt Locker'
'Inglourious Basterds'
'The Messenger'
'A Serious Man'
'Up'

Best Adapted Screenplay

'District 9'
''An Education'
'In the Loop'
'Precious'
'Up in the Air'

"Precious" Under the Spotlight in African-American Communities - video

"Precious" is under the spotlight in the African-American community. There is an ongoing debate about the stereotypes depicted negatively for poor Black communities.
Professor Marc Hill from New York Columbia University describes the movie as "dangerous" because it plays into easy stereotypes about African-Americans.

"Oscar" Contender Mo'Nique Must be Feeling Good to Be "Bad"

Mo'nique has won the Best Supporting Actress Award for "Precious" at the following:

NAACP Image Award
New York Film Critics Circle
Southeastern Film Critics Association
National Society of Film Critics
Broadcast Film Critics Association
Independent Spirit Award
Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG Award)
London Film Critics’ Circle
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
Golden Globe Awards
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA)

Saturday, March 6, 2010

"Precious" Big Winner at the Independent Spirit Awards

"Precious" won five awards Friday at the Spirit Awards honoring independent film, including best picture and trophies for stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique and director Lee Daniels.

The Spirit Awards honors movies that cost less than $20 million to make, with most of their budget originating outside the Hollywood studio system. Criteria for nominations include originality and provocative subject matter.

Precious swept every category for which it was nominated, including best screenplay by a first-time writer for Geoffrey Fletcher.

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS:

Film: Precious

Director: Lee Daniels, Precious

Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Supporting actress: Mo'Nique, Precious

Supporting actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger

Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Foreign film: An Education

Debut film: Scott Cooper, Crazy Heart

First screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious

John Cassavetes Award: Lynn Shelton, Humpday

Screenplay: Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer

Robert Altman Award: A Serious Man

Cinematography: Roger Deakins, A Serious Man

Screenplay: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.

Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil, directed by Sacha Gervasi.

John Cassavetes Award for a film made for less than $500,000: Humpday, directed by Lynn Shelton.

Tariq Henson attended

Lenny Kravitz and daughter Zoe were in attendance

Gabourey Sidibe

@RavenSu TV to TIVO - Best Television Today, March 6, 2010

@RavenSu TV to TIVO - Best Television Today

A Streetcar Named Desire - TCM

Saturday Night Fever - TCM

Blackboard Jungle - TCM

Batman - MeTooTV

Rifleman - MeToo TV

Garrard McClendon Live - CLTV

Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special - ABC (replay)

Saturday Night Live - NBC

The Godfather -AMC

Wanda Sykes Show - FOX

The Soup Awards - E!

Grease - VH1

Hall & Oats: Live/Troubador - PBS

College Basketball: Tennesee at Mississippi State - ESPN

College Basketball: North Carolina at Duke - ESPN

NBA: New Jersey at New York - NBATV

OnDemand:

Oscar Nominees: ($2.99-$4.99)
The Hurt Locker

Up
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Julie & Julia
Star Trek

Free Movies:
The Big Chill

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Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Legendary Paul Mooney will Guest on "The Monique Show" Tonight

The Legendary Paul Mooney will Guest on "The Monique Show" Tonight...which should prove to be quite interesting since he has taken his aim at the Academy Award nominated movie, “Precious". In an interview for his new book, “Black Is The New White,” Mooney said that "Precious" was scripted by demons.

Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special 2010

Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special 2010 Oprah brought high profile celebrities on her show to interview one another.

Bomb Expert Claims "Hurt Locker" Based on Him - videos

Bomb Expert Claims 'Hurt Locker' Based on Him
An Army bomb disposal expert who served in the Iraq war is suing the makers of "The Hurt Locker," claiming the film's lead character is based on him and that he deserves compensation. (March 3)