Thursday, January 22, 2009

Boris returns on February 2nd

I'll be taking a few days off to visit my Brother. I try to visit him once a year. The fact that he lives less than a mile away from Disney World in Orlando makes January the perfect time for a family reunion. You can probably figure out that I'm not a "Disney" type of person. But, I have to tell you - if you're an adult with no kids, staying in Disney World is AWESOME. There's amazing food, cold beer, pools, spas... and you can enjoy it all while participating in my favorite past time, people watching:
See you when I get back!

Oscar nominations just came in...



I don't go to the movies as much as I should. My attention span is too short to sit in the theater for 2 hours. For those of you who do enjoy going to a good movie... here are this year's nominees that were just announced a few minutes ago. Who do you think should win? Comment below.




PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Kate Winslet - The Reader

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Junior - Tropic Thunder
Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant - Milk

BEST ANIMATED FILM OF THE YEAR
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

BEST SCREENPLAY BASED ON MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY PRODUCED OR PUBLISHED
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frozen River
Happy Go Lucky
In Bruges
Milk
Wall-E

Lost is back - and AWESOME!

Hurley throws a hot pocket at Ben, Frogurt gets a flaming arrow to the chest and Faraday seems to be the key to everyone's survival! I'm still processing everything that happened last night. What I do know is that Lost started out with a bang this season. The first 10 minutes jumped right back into the action and didn't stop... I could sit here and contemplate the first two hours all morning, but I have a show to prepare for, so here are my top 3 observations. Let me know what you think:

1 - Since the Losties are now hurling through time, this really changes everything that has happened on the island. When Desmond and Jack first met, did Desmond recognize Jack from their meeting at the track or was it from another "time" on the island? Or, since Desmond is somehow "special" did he already know Jack and was he at the track for a specific reason? Also, what about those skeletons they found in the cave with the white and black stones? (Forgot about them, didn't you!) We will most certainly find out who they are (or were) now. And in season 1 Jack went missing in the jungle right after their first encounter with the smoke monster. He looks shaken, but it's never explained where he was. Did he see someone that tried to warn him about something?

2 - Ms. Hawking is a big part of this. She's the grey haired lady with all of the pendilums and apple IIe computers that seems to know when returning to the island is possible. Remember, she appeared to Desmond while he was travelling through time. She warned him that you can't change the direction of the future because it will always course-correct. The question is, could she also be Faraday's mother? The woman Desmond is supposed to meet at Oxford?

3 - Locke's quest just got more interesting. Has he known what was going on all along? Did he blow up the hatch on purpose? Is the reason he's been trying to stop everyone from getting off of the island for the past 4 seasons really because of his legs - or is it because he already knows what happens when they leave? Has history course-corrected each time Locke sabotaged escape, and is he destined to die? Is he really dead? It's too early for this... I have to re-watch after the show today.

Does farting turn you on?

People have some strange fetishes. Over the years we've reported on everything from balloon porn to guys who get off on dressing up in animal costumes. I thought I've heard about everything. That is... until someone sent me this:

(Possibly NSFW)

Did that turn you on? Well, I won't judge you (freak!) but there's a ton of other videos just like that one right here.