Round 2

This is great news!

Ellen DeGeneres ‏@TheEllenShow: It's official: I'm hosting the #Oscars! I'd like to thank @TheAcademy, my wife Portia and, oh dear, there goes the orchestra.

"oh dear, there goes the orchestra"...hilarious!

She did a great job the first time she hosted and I'm sure she'll be a hoot and a hollar next year too.

Can't wait!

True

Ultimate Action Movie

This guy combined some of the best action sequences from a wide variety of films into one big ass-kicking-action hero-blowing-stuff-up movie trailer.

Ladies and gentlemen...I bring you ETERNA.

The budget for this film would likely be about a Kajillion dollars.

Eileen Brennan

Some very sad news today...

Veteran actress Eileen Brennan, best known for her roles in Private Benjamin, The Sting and The Last Picture Show, has died. Brennan passed away Sunday of bladder cancer according to reports. 

She was 80. 



Brennan received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for her role as the tough Captain Doreen Lewis in Private Benjamin opposite Goldie Hawn. She also reprised the role for the CBS TV adaptation, winning an Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance. Brennan made her feature film debut in 1967′s Divorce American Style. 



Her most memorable film roles include brothel madam Billie in George Roy Hill’s Oscar-winning 1973 film The Sting and Mrs. Peacock in 1985′s Clue.

She has always been one of the funniest women around. Private Benjamin, Clue, and Murder By Death (which also has Maggie Smith in it) are my favorite comedic roles of hers and they make me howl every time I see them.

If you haven't seen all three of these movies...you must!

Here is one of my all-time favorite clips of hers from Clue....



She will definitely be missed, but very fondly remembered.

My milkshake...

I....



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Fort Lautner-dale with friends for the weekend!!

Please water the plants and check the mail while I'm away....

Detached

A new trailer for the upcoming Sandra Bullock/George Clooney movie, Gravity, was posted today and it looks freakishly intense...



NASA definitely shouldn't use this trailer to help recruit new astronauts.

Uhhh...no, thanks.

Diggity

Evidently today is National Hot Dog Day.

I don't know what official agency sanctions these food-focused holidays...

But, I'm all for them.

Still waiting for National Cap'n Crunch Day...I pray it gets here soon.

Constant Cravings

The full trailer for the upcoming  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire was released recently and it looks like it's gonna be another action-packed round of folks-killing-folks.



I was surprised that I enjoyed the first movie (not a big fan of movies all about killing), but they did a surprisingly good job of not making the violence gratuitous, which I appreciated.

Let's hope they do the same for this one.

The Way We Were

FStoppers recently featured this really interesting series of photographs by Tom Hussey called "Reflections" that shows a variety of elderly subjects looking into a mirror and seeing their younger selves looking back.















They are really beautifully shot and make me feel simultaneously happy and sad...

Hmmm....

The Wizard of Ahhhs

This really cool/fun video is making the rounds on the Internets today...

Todrick Hall, the mastermind behind viral videos such as Mean Gurlz and Beauty and the Beat, is back again. And this time he's created an a cappella pop medley video inspired by the famous 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. 

The a cappella group Pentatonix collaborated on the video. Their inimitable style — five-part harmonies layered over group member Kevin Olusola's beatboxing — helped the group win first place in the third season of NBC's 

The Sing-Off. But "The Wizard of Ahhhs" doesn't simply cover the movie's iconic tunes like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Instead, Hall features songs from Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" to Miley Cyrus's "Can't Be Tamed." Even viral hit "Shoes" (Lyrics: "Shoes. Let's get some shoes.") makes an appearance. 

And keep an eye out for Hall, who makes a cameo as Oz himself.



Any video that references the video "Shoes" is okay in my book.

For those of you who haven't seen it before...enjoy.

Inside Elysium

A new trailer was released today...so enjoy this, won't you?



August 9th will be here soon....let the countdown begin.

By THAT much...

This collection of near-miss dash cam videos from Russia should make you feel very good about your decision not to ever drive (or get near any road) in Russia.



I don't think the Russian Department of Tourism should feature this montage on their Web site.

Just sayin'....