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COSMO: What I Learned In May 2011

MissBleecker — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:58:00 +0000

It must be that time of the month again! My May issue of Cosmopolitan, staring Paramore's Hayley Williams, came in the mail! And as per our agreement, I've thumbed through the countless ads for self-tanner and diet pills to find the very best, this month's issue has to offer! And as per our agreement, you shall read what I have to say. Now go! READ IT! Hayley Williams: Corn Dog of Revenge pg. 46-49 The Rubber-Band Effect pg. 144-147 I Have Orgasms All Day Long pg. 214-215 Sex Moves His Ex Didn't Do pg. 141-143 How Guys Really Feel About Your BO pg. 82 Decode His Texts pg. 256 May Look Book Check out full scans of Hayley's boring interview.

OSCARS 2011: Red Carpet Fashion

MissBleecker — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 04:35:17 +0000

We cannot display this gallery Welcome to The 83rd Academy Awards Red Carpet Fashion Roundup! Get ready for some awesome and watermarked images... because I don't have the money to pay for the rights for any of this shit! Go Getty Watermarks! Click the links below to be fashioned! Best Dressed Worst Dressed Oscar Couples Red Carpet Man Candy

OSCAR WATCH 2011: MissBleecker’s Ironclad Winners Predictions

MissBleecker — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:01:35 +0000

Okay, so here we are. A few weeks away from The 83rd Annual Academy Awards, set to air on Sunday, February 27th at 8/9c. And here I am, over 10 movies deep and overwhelmingly happy with the turnaround from last year's shit-tastic movie turnout. I would just like to take a moment to thank the producers, directors and writers of the world for stepping it up. We all took a hit having to deal with fuckingAvatar (it's one word) last year and I'm just glad that we won't have to go through that again... until the sequel comes out that is... but if all goes according to plan, James Cameron should be walking into my net trap in 3..2..1 Anyway... here are my Oscar Predictions! I thought long and hard about them, so I hope you appreciate all the work I put into this... even though I know you won't! Follow hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco into the land of the unknown! The 83rd Annual Academy Awards Predictions MissBleecker Style!!! The Big Five Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in “Biutiful” Jeff Bridges in “True Grit” Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network” Colin Firth in “The King's Speech” James Franco in “127 Hours” My Prediction: While I did l<3ve Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of Satan I'm going to have to go with the favorite (and only man whose name does not begin with a "J") in this category, Colin Firth. It's about time Colin got some recognition and there's no better way to win an award than stuttering, cursing like a sailor and filling your mouth with balls! Colin will and should win, but that was a give in... Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right” Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole” Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone” Natalie Portman in “Black Swan” Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine” My Choice: I should say that Annette Bening is my role model for life, but I don't think she should win. I'm sure Nicole Kidman does a great job of trying to make her face emote, but she shouldn't win. However, Jenny Lawrence was awesome at getting her face kicked in and Michelle Williams did an excellent job at faking it, and I would be happy if either of these bitches won... but they won't. My Prediction: Natalie Portman will win (even though she shouldn't.) But she's having a baby and she's taking time off acting so I guess she should get a prize. Also, she's engaged to the ballerino from "Black Swan," not married, not sure if this means the Oscars Curse doesn't apply to her or not. Either way, I don't see their relationship lasting very long. I mean, he's French for crying out loud! Writing (Adapted Screenplay) “127 Hours” “The Social Network” “Toy Story 3” “True Grit” “Winter's Bone” My Prediction: Aaron Sorkin for "The Social Network," that's it, wrap it up, it was beautiful. I would literally trade my first born child to be able to write as well as this man. Rumpelstiltskin, where you at? Writing (Original Screenplay) “Another Year” “The Fighter” “Inception” “The Kids Are All Right” “The King's Speech” My Choice: As a would-be screenwriter I knows that there's a lot more that goes into great writing than dialogue and I'm sorry but "Inception" was just yummy. The concept, the storylines, the detail that went into that script was impeccable, and while the characters were a wee bit underdeveloped, they weren't based on real people and who really cares about character arc when you're 5 layers down? Am I right? My Prediction: "The King's Speech." Whatever. Directing “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky “The Fighter” David O. Russell “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper “The Social Network” David Fincher “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen My Choice: I'm still really upset that Chrissy Nolan wasn't nominated. My Prediction: David Fincher for "The Social Network." No one else really has a chance. Best Picture “Black Swan” “The Fighter” “Inception” “The Kids Are All Right” “The King's Speech” “127 Hours” “The Social Network” “Toy Story 3” “True Grit” “Winter's Bone" My Prediction: Okay here's where things get interesting. A lot of these awards are very predictable and if the Crash fiasco of 2006 taught us anything, it's that the Oscars do not like to be considered predictable. So I'm gonna break it down for you right now! "Black Swan," too dark and leaves you with a bad taste of "huh?" in your mouth. "The Fighter" while good, is just another boxing movie that isn't "Raging Bull." "Inception," too conceptual and apparently the Academy hates Christopher Nolan. "The Kids Are All Right," too funny and lesbian-y. "127 Hours," HA! "Toy Story 3," it's animated. "True Grit," it's a western and a re-make. "Winter's Bone," let's face it, the Academy was just throwing the indie film a bone (pun intended). Now that leaves me with two, The Globes sided with "The Social Network" while SAG picked "The King's Speech." What the Academy usually does is award best picture to the best screenplay and best director winner, but as my predictions say, screenplay is split since the films are in different writing categories. David Fincher would win over Tom Hooper any day because he's just a better director, so it leaves me a little split. I do believe the safe choice would be "The King's Speech," however, I'm not one to play it safe and I'm willing to take a gamble and predict "The Social Network" as the winner. The Oscars are trying to reach to a younger audience this year, with hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco and I think they're going to side with the younger, more popular choice in "The Social Network." Jump for other notable categories predictions!!! Other Notable Categories Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in “The Fighter” John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone” Jeremy Renner in “The Town” Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right” Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech” My Prediction: Christian Bale obviously. Give that crazy Welshman a fucking Oscar! Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams in “The Fighter” Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech” Melissa Leo in “The Fighter” Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit” Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom” My Prediction: Can I just say that I'd like Jacki Weaver's eyebrows to win this award for best portrayal suspended disbelief. But obviously, this one's going to Melissa Leo. Animated Feature Film “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich My Prediction: "Toy Story 3," duh! Documentary (Feature) “Exit through the Gift Shop” “Gasland” “Inside Job” “Restrepo” “Waste Land” My Prediction: Haven't seen any of these, haven't even seen the trailers, but I'm going with "Gasland" because I'm guessing it's about oil consumption and we always need at least one political speech at the awards. Foreign Language Film “Biutiful” Mexico “Dogtooth” Greece “In a Better World” Denmark “Incendies” Canada “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria My Prediction: I feel bad because I haven't seen any of these, but the Globes vote for "In A Better World" so I'll go with that. Cinematography “Black Swan” “Inception” “The King's Speech” “The Social Network” “True Grit” My Prediction: Uhh... "The Social Network" or "True Grit"... "The Social Network" or "True Grit"... "The Social Network." Art Direction “Alice in Wonderland” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” “Inception” “The King's Speech” “True Grit” My Prediction: I'm having trouble deciding between "Inception" and "The King's Speech" but I'm going to go with "The King's Speech" because it was more actual art and less CGI. Costume Design “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan “The Tempest” Sandy Powell “True Grit” Mary Zophres My Prediction: Colleen Atwood for the triple crown in costume design! Film Editing “Black Swan” “The Fighter” “The King's Speech” “127 Hours” “The Social Network” My Prediction: If fucking "127 Hours" wins for that bullshit they call "editing" I will splice a bitch. It could go to "Black Swan" but honestly the editing helped shape the story of "The Social Network" so I'm going with Facebook. Visual Effects “Alice in Wonderland” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” “Hereafter” “Inception” “Iron Man 2” My Prediction: "Inception," I really feel like the rest of these nominations are a joke. Like, "Hey guys, let's make it impossible for 'Inception' to not win one award, oh wait, we don't like Chris Nolan, let's give it to 'Iron Man 2.'" Music (Original Score) “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell “Inception” Hans Zimmer “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross My Prediction: Toss up between "Inception" and "The Social Network." Can you believe Hans Zimmer has only won one Oscar?! Music (Original Song) “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” “I See the Light” from “Tangled” “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" My Prediction: OMG I want "Country Strong" to win so bad! Sound Editing “Inception” “Toy Story 3” “Tron: Legacy” “True Grit” “Unstoppable” My Prediction: Okay, so all the laser *pyew* *pyew* noises in "Tron: Legacy" were really awesome and I'd like it to win but I have a feeling this is going to "Inception." Possibly "True Grit," but just because I don't think it's going to win anything else. Sound Mixing “Inception” “The King's Speech” “Salt” “The Social Network” “True Grit” My Prediction: Pretty much the same for this, toss up between "Inception" and "True Grit."

OSCAR WATCH 2011: 83rd Academy Awards Official Nominations

MissBleecker — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:01:17 +0000

Let's talk Oscar Nominations! The front-runner in the race this year is, no surprise here, The King's Speech with 12 nominations (that's 1 shy of a baker's dozen!) The Coen Brother's hog the awards, yet again, with 10 nominations for their western True Grit. And two of my favorite films this year, The Social Network and *am I dreaming?* Inception come in third with 8 nominations each. I have to say, I'm super happy with this year's selection. Not only was it a great year for film but Avatar was not nominated! So even if my least favorite film wins Best Picture (I'm looking at you 127 Hours) I still won't want to gauge my eyes out and puncture my ear drums for fear of hearing James Cameron make, yet another, douchey acceptance speech! You're not the king of anything asshole! Anyway... here's how my predictions did! (Bolded films are nominated) Best Picture Inception Toy Story 3 The King's Speech True Grit Black Swan The Social Network The Fighter The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone 127 Hours 10/10 - Yeah right, Like The Town was ever in the running! Best Director Christopher Nolan - Inception Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David Fincher - The Social Network Tom Hooper – The King's Speech David O. Russell - The Fighter 4/5 Missed True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Poor Chrissy Nolan can't catch a break. With The Dark Knight being snubbed for the major awards in 2009, he doesn't get a director's nod in 2011 either. *Sad face emoticon* Not that the other directors don't deserve to be in the running but I think with the Coen Brothers already sharing 4 Oscars, they could show poor Chrissy some sympathy. Best Original Screenplay Christopher Nolan - Inception David Seidler - The King's Speech Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin - Black Swan Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy - The Fighter 4/5 Missed Another Year - Mike Leigh It wouldn't be the Academy if they didn't shake things up and throw a bone to a little international indie film. It won't win, but it's a polite nomination. Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle - 127 Hours Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - True Grit Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole Dark Horse: Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3 4/5 - My dark horse selection actually made it into this category. Good for you Toy Story 3! It's very rare that an animated feature gets nominated for anything other than animated feature! Best Actor Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network Colin Firth - The King's Speech James Franco - 127 Hours Jeff Bridges - True Grit Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine 4/5 Missed Javier Bardem in - Biutiful 2008's best actor winner and baby daddy of Academy Award Winner Penelope Cruz's fetus sneaks into the ranks with his foreign language film. Best Actress Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Natalie Portman – Black Swan Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right 5/5 Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale - The Fighter Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech Jeremy Renner – The Town Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right John Hawkes - Winter's Bone 5/5 Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit Melissa Leo - The Fighter Mila Kunis - Black Swan Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech 4/5 Missed Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom To be honest I hadn't heard of Animal Kingdom, accept that it got Jacki Weaver a SAG nod. I don't want to say I'm surprised that Mila wasn't nominated; while her *cough* (oral) *cough* performance was good, it certainly wasn't Oscar worthy. However, the biggest indication that Mila would have been nominated for the Oscar were her nominations in the same category for both Golden Globes and SAG, they're usually not that off. I did fairly well if I don't say so myself, 40/45 correct predictions! Give me the weekend to catch up on the films and I'll have my full winners prediction list by Monday! You'll be swimming in your office Oscar pool! Check out the full list of nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards!

OSCAR WATCH 2011: Nomination Predicitons

MissBleecker — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:01:18 +0000

It's almost time for Mo'Nique to announce the 2011 Oscar Nominations! And while all the agents, publicists and managwhores will eagerly await the announcement tomorrow, Jan 25th at 5:30AM Hollywoodland Time, I will still be sleeping, knowing that I already knew who was going to get a nod. Here are my predictions for The Big Five, aka the only awards that really matter to anyone. Best Picture Inception Toy Story 3 The King's Speech True Grit Black Swan The Social Network The Fighter The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone 127 Hours Dark Horse: Rabbit Hole Best Director Christopher Nolan - Inception Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan David Fincher - The Social Network Tom Hooper – The King's Speech David O. Russell - The Fighter Dark Horse: Danny Boyle - 127 Hours Best Original Screenplay Christopher Nolan - Inception David Seidler - The King's Speech Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin - Black Swan Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right Paul Attanasio, Lewis Colich, Eric Johnson, Scott Silverand Paul Tamasy - The Fighter Dark Horse: Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis and Cami Delavigne - Blue Valentine Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin - The Social Network Simon Beaufoy and Danny Boyle - 127 Hours Joel Coen & Ethan Coen - True Grit Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole Dark Horse: Michael Arndt, story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich - Toy Story 3 Best Actor Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network Colin Firth - The King's Speech James Franco - 127 Hours Jeff Bridges - True Grit Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine Dark Horse: Tie between Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter or Paul Giamatti – Barney's Version Best Actress Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Natalie Portman – Black Swan Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right Dark Horse: Hilary Swank - Conviction And here's a couple for the road that kind of matter too. (I'm less attached to these predictions.) Best Supporting Actor Christian Bale - The Fighter Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech Jeremy Renner – The Town Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right John Hawkes - Winter's Bone Dark Horse: Armie Hammer - The Social Network Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - The Fighter Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit Melissa Leo - The Fighter Mila Kunis - Black Swan Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech Dark Horse: Julianne Moore – The Kids Are All Right