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Oscar Nominee: Australia For Best Costume Design
As we gear up for the Oscars, I'll be featuring the nominees for Best Costume Design. It's a big year for this category as the films nominated represent several vastly different historical periods. Be it eighteenth century England or San Francisco in the '70s, these films include some gorgeous threads.
Baz Luhrmann to Take on the Great Gatsby
Director Baz Luhrmann (Australia, Moulin Rouge, Romeo and Juliet) recently sat down for an interview with the Hollywood Reporter and opened up on all sorts of stuff — including the fact that he has acquired the rights to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and feels that now is the perfect time for this "parable for economic disaster." Here's more:
Luhrmann sees the pre-Depression story as a wake-up call as the economy comes crashing down and another Gilded Age, as he sees it, comes to an end.
Box Office: Four Christmases Wins the Holiday Weekend
I was surprised at how much I ended up enjoying Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, and maybe some of the early buzz from others who also liked it helped the holiday comedy win the Thanksgiving weekend box office this year with an estimated $46.7 million since opening Wednesday.
Meanwhile the highly anticipated Baz Luhrmann epic Australia opened at No. 5 after Quantum of Solace in fourth place, Twilight (which passed the $100 million mark this weekend) in third, and Bolt in second place.
Australia: A Magical, Epic Tale For the Ages
Every once in a while, a movie comes around that reminds us what going to the movies is all about. It's a spectacle and an adventure and a love story. It’s full of magic, passion, music and breathtaking aerial shots.
Another Movie Date Change! Quantum of Solace: Nov. 14
Following all these changes to the Fall movie releases is like a chess game because it has thrown the entire calender into a bit of a tizzy. First Twilight shifted its date based on the Harry Potter news, and now Quantum of Solace, the next installment of the James Bond franchise starring Daniel Craig, will follow suit.
Originally, Quantum of Solace was going to open Nov.
Buzz In: Has a Movie Ever Inspired You to Travel?
The other day I found myself saying, "You know where I really want to visit? Greece." Why?
Movie Preview: Baz Luhrmann's Australia
Baz Luhrmann, the Australian director of Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge has been working on his next film Australia for a while, and now we've got our first look at the project. Although the trailer doesn't give away much of the plot (I think Nicole Kidman makes an attempt, kinda, in the form of a simplified children's story but it doesn't really help much), it appears we're looking at an Australia under attack during the Pacific War with a romance thrown in there for good measure.
Visually, the film looks stunning.
Link Time! 4/17
- Maura Tierney apparently wants her character to be killed off ER, so TV Squad wonders: How should Abby die?
- FilmExperience has the lowdown on Baz Luhrmann's challenge for young filmmakers.
- According to Cinematical, there's now an R-rated trailer up for one of this year's most well-received Sundance movies, Hamlet 2.
- Vulture has video of Jason Segel's five best moments on the short-lived series Undeclared.
- Got a question for Neil Patrick Harris? Popwatch needs more ideas for what to ask him in an upcoming interview.
- Stereogum has some thoughts on Lily Allen's new tunes "I Don't Know" and "I Could Say."
- Awesome! A Pop Candy reader writes about her experience as an extra on the set of Lost.
Link Time! 5/1
- FitSugar's getting into the swing of things with these socks that look like they could give Spider-Man a run for his money.
- The TV Addict offers his take on more than 50 of this season's TV finales.
- Tom Waits tops Rolling Stone Rock & Roll Daily's list of the 25 most underappreciated artists.
- TV Filter pays its respects to recently deceased character actor Dabbs Greer.
- Harry Potter's Emma Watson apparently said that playing an American high schooler would be her "worst nightmare," Cinematical tells us.
- Stereogum gum gives us a brand spanking new Interpol song.
- If laughing at "The Bachelor" from afar isn't enough for you, TV with MeeVee has the scoop on how to apply for a spot on the show.
- Film Experience picks apart a candid on-set photo from Australia, the upcoming Baz Luhrmann/Nicole Kidman project.
- Pop Candy makes me happy with a podcast about Sassy magazine.
- TV Squad laments the sad, cancellation-happy state of Fox.
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