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I would go back to school if I could get Tony Danza as my teacher

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:14:51 +0000

Ok so we all remember Tony Danza from Who’s the Boss? and my favorite, the awesome 70s tv series: Taxi. I haven’t been a fan of many of the things he’s tried later in his career, The Tony Danza Show, etc. But now he’s got a new gig, as you may have heard. He spends an entire school year as a 10th grade English teacher in a Philadephia school while cameras filmed him for the new A&E reality series, “Teach: Tony Danza.” I’ve heard a few people making fun of this show’s concept in a big way (understandable). BUT I’m going out on a limb here…I will watch at least one episode…. I think it’s just the way he says this at the end of the clip:

I want to be Mr. D, you know? They remember ya!

Ok Tony, we got your back on this one. But try to remember not to take yourself too seriously, ok? It’s still reality tv.

Would you want Tony Danza as your teacher?online survey

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Find out when you can watch the show Teach: Tony Danza here.

If you liked this post, you might also like this LA Times article about Teach: Tony Danza.

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I’m Still Here-has Joaquin Phoenix lost his marbles or is it all for publicity?

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:08:28 +0000

Confession: Joaquin is my number one celebrity crush of all time. You know when you have those conversations with friends that ask, “If you could marry one celebrity, who would it be?” Yeah, you get the idea. Oh wait, you don’t have those conversations? Ok, moving on. My point is I’m fascinated by all things Joaquin. Even when he plays the bad guy, like in Gladiator you can’t tear me away!

So naturally, with the release of this new preview for his film, “I’m Still Here,” I’m so curious!

Let’s weigh in:

Another Heath Ledger final project debuts on myspace – his fight against whaling practices

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:53:32 +0000

Heath Ledger

“When Heath Ledger passed away in January 2008, he had no shortage of things he was working on.
(image: scrapetv.com) Just about everyone in the world, it seems, saw The Dark Knight, but he had smaller projects too. One of those was directing a music video for the band Modest Mouse, for their song “King Rat.”

The video, which is animated, is meant be a statement against modern whaling practices in Ledger’s home country of Australia. Sadly, Ledger died before he could complete the video, so The Masses, a film and music company Ledger was a partner in, stepped in along with co-director Daniel Auber to finish it.”

- Excerpt from article on TechCrunch.

King Rat

When it’s on iTunes, proceeds from the video will go towards the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a non-profit focusing on marine wildlife conservation.

More proof Heath Ledger was taken from us too soon. It’s hard not to imagine how much good he could have done for the world had he remained in it just a little longer.

Blink and you’ll miss Evangeline Lilly in The Hurt Locker but it’s still a must-see

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:06:29 +0000

Evangeline Lilly in Elle Magazine

Most of us know Evangeline Lilly from her role as Kate on the tv show Lost but she also has a small role in the film, “The Hurt Locker” that’s playing in theaters now.

I recently went to see this, expecting to see…’just another war movie.’ Well, I came away from seeing The Hurt Locker, thinking it was so good, I HAD to find a way to write a blog post about it (even though my blog has nothing to do with war movies!) So there you go. See it! And kudos to Evangeline Lilly for taking the small part of the wife of the main soldier, played by Jeremy Renner. She does a wonderful job and the story is so good, I’m glad she took the role. I wonder if any other ‘name’ actresses turned this part down because of how small it is but I have to say, it’s their loss. This film is a must-see:

More about the film (from: TrailerAddict.com)
The Hurt Locker, winner of the 2008 Venice Film Festival SIGNIS Grand Prize, is a riveting and suspenseful portrait of the elite members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad, soldiers who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous jobs. Three EOD members battle insurgents and each other as they seek out and disarm deadly bombs in a thrilling race against time. A heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat look at the effects of combat and danger on the human psyche, The Hurt Locker, meaning a place of ultimate pain, is based on the first-hand observations of journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. It is a gripping portrayal of real-life sacrifice and heroism and a layered, probing study of the soul-numbing rigors and potent allure of the modern battlefield.

I loved the rest of the cast as well, including stars Jeremy Renner:

Jeremy Renner

And, Anthony Mackie

Anthony Mackie

We can’t wait to see what these rising stars are up to next!

Modern stars show off their vintage style in Vanity Fair’s 1930s tribute: Ain’t We Got Style

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:48:09 +0000

Mila Kunis as Joan Crawford (Vanity Fair)

The August 2009 Vanity Fair has an out-on-a-limb, fascinating, 1930′s style tribute featuring tons of movie stars sporting vintage looks. It also includes the vintage photos the looks were based on, for comparison. Some of them are quite striking, like Mila Kunis portraying Joan Crawford in the photo above. Who knew? And I also liked James Marsden and Rose Byrne portraying Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in 1934′s It Happened One Night. (photo below). But I thought their take on They Shoot Horses, Don’t They was a bit over-the-top.

here’s more:

Ain’t We Got Style?

The 1930s had style as well as breadlines. So let’s see My Man Godfrey wearing Armani, deck the Joads out in Burberry and Bottega Veneta, and pretend that It Happened One Night in Ralph Lauren. With an homage to Hollywood, Hard Times Edition, Michael Roberts, Norman Jean Roy, Mark Seliger, and Art Streiber photograph a bevy of this summer’s stars—costumed by Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, Givenchy, Galliano, and others—in cinematic moments from seven Depression classics. We’ve added stills from the original movies for fun. Plus: Outtakes and behind-the-scenes photos from the shoots. See the whole tribute in Vanity Fair here.

James Marsden and Rose Byrne (Vanity Fair)

Heath Ledger star style retrospective: a career in pictures

admin — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:36:59 +0000

Heath Ledger: a career in pictures

The UK Telegraph did a stunning photographic retrospective of Heath Ledger recently. Click on the picture to see it.