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Buzz's 20 Favorite Movies of the Decade

BuzzSugar — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:44:26 -0800

As we come to the close of another year, I've been counting down the best in entertainment from over the past 12 months. But let's not forget that we're also celebrating the end of the decade, so you know what that means - a recap of the top music, movies, and TV from 2000-2009! There have been so many creative, smart, and fun choices to keep me busy that it's hard to decide which ones deserve top honors. So beginning with films, here are my favorites, in no particular order. (If you don't agree - or if you'd like to submit your own top five, 10, or 20 - you can do so in the Buzz Best of the Decade Group)!

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Dark Knight, Battlestar Galactica Win at the 2009 Saturn Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:51 -0700

It's that time of year again! The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films handed out the Saturn Awards last night to honor the best actors, movies, and TV shows in these genres. It's a lot for one awards show to cover, but these awards honored some great entertainment that doesn't always get mainstream attention.

Of course, some blockbusters got recognized, too: The Dark Knight took home lots of awards, including another honor for the late Heath Ledger. Iron Man also did very well, with Robert Downey Jr. nabbing the award for best actor and Jon Favreau for director. I love that even the little vampire movie Let the Right One In scored an award. Battlestar Galactica made a splash in the television categories, winning three awards.

To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST SCI-FI FILM
Iron Man

BEST FANTASY FILM
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BEST HORROR FILM
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
The Dark Knight

BEST ACTOR
Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man)

BEST ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUNG ACTOR
Jaden Christopher Smith (The Day the Earth Stood Still)

BEST DIRECTOR
Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

BEST WRITER
Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight)

BEST MUSIC
Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard (The Dark Knight)

BEST COSTUME
Mary Zophres (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)

BEST MAKE-UP
Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Timothy Webber, Paul J. Franklin (The Dark Knight)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Let the Right One In

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Wall-E

BEST TELEVISION SERIES
Lost

SYNDICATED / CABLE TELEVISION SERIES
Battlestar Galactica

BEST PRESENTATION ON TELEVISION
The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice

BEST ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR ON TELEVISION
Adrian Pasdar (Heroes)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ON TELEVISION
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter)

GUESS ROLE ON TELEVISION
Jimmy Smits (Dexter)

BEST DVD RELEASE
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

BEST DVD SPECIAL ADDITION
Stephen King's The Mist (two-disc special edition)

BEST DVD CLASSIC RELEASE
Psycho (Universal Legacy Series)

BEST DVD COLLECTION
The Godfather -The Coppola Restoration

LIFE CAREER AWARD
Lance Henriksen

LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT
Leonard Nimoy

THE VISIONARY AWARD
Jeffrey Katzenberg

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John Connor vs. Bruce Wayne: Which Blockbustin' Bale Is Better?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:30:28 -0700

Now that Christian Bale has lit up the big screen for another Summer blockbuster in Terminator Salvation, tell me: How do you like your Bale? As the gravel-voiced Bruce Wayne of the Batman movies? Or as the intense leader, John Connor, in a futuristic Terminator world?

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros.

Should The Dark Knight Have Gotten a Best Picture Nomination?

BuzzSugar — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:33:32 -0800

The nominees for this year's Best Picture Oscar are the following:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Frost/Nixon

Milk

The Reader

Slumdog Millionaire

In the months leading up to today's announcement, there was talk that The Dark Knight might actually nab a Best Picture nomination. Do you agree with the five movies selected for this category? Do you think The Dark Knight is deserving of a nod from the Academy? If so, which of the above movies would you bump in order to include it?

Photos courtesy of Warner Bros.

Announcing The Winners: The 2009 Critics' Choice Awards

BuzzSugar — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:59 -0800

Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner Thursday at the Critics' Choice Awards, taking home the trophy for Best Picture as well as several other awards. The film won five awards in all, including trophies for its director, star, and composer.

Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep tied in the Best Actress category, with Hathaway winning for Rachel Getting Married and Streep for Doubt. On the men's side, Sean Penn won Best Actor for Milk.

The Dark Knight, The Reader, and Wall-E were among the other films that won awards. To check out the full list of winners, just read more.

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS
Tie: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep, Doubt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Milk

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST WRITER
Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
WALL-E

BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS (Under 21)
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Tropic Thunder

BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
John Adams

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Waltz With Bashir

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man On Wire

BEST SONG
"The Wrestler" (performed by Bruce Springsteen, written by Bruce Springsteen), The Wrestler

BEST COMPOSER
A.R. Rahman, Slumdog Millionaire

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Announcing the Winners: The People's Choice Awards

BuzzSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:01:24 -0800

The Dark Knight's crazy box office success translated into a whole bundle of People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night. The film took home the trophies for Favorite Movie, Favorite Action Movie, and Favorite Cast, and Christian Bale also won Favorite Superhero and part of the Favorite On-Screen Matchup award (shared with the late Heath Ledger).

Carrie Underwood was another big winner of the night, taking home three awards - including the Favorite Star Under 35 trophy. She also won the awards for Favorite Female Singer and Favorite Country Song.

On the television side, Hugh Laurie and House took home a couple of awards, along with Christina Applegate and Ellen DeGeneres. To see the full list of winners, just read more.

MOVIES

FAVORITE MOVIE
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE
WALL-E

FAVORITE ACTION MOVIE
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE MOVIE COMEDY
27 Dresses

FAVORITE MOVIE DRAMA
The Secret Life of Bees

FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
The Secret Life of Bees

FAVORITE CAST
The Dark Knight

FAVORITE MALE MOVIE STAR
Will Smith

FAVORITE LEADING MAN
Brad Pitt

FAVORITE MALE ACTION STAR
Will Smith

FAVORITE FEMALE MOVIE STAR
Reese Witherspoon

FAVORITE LEADING LADY
Kate Hudson

FAVORITE FEMALE ACTION STAR
Angelina Jolie

FAVORITE ON-SCREEN MATCH-UP
Christian Bale & Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

FAVORITE SUPERHERO
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman

TELEVISION

FAVORITE TV DRAMA
House

FAVORITE TV COMEDY
Two and a Half Men

FAVORITE ANIMATED COMEDY
The Simpsons

FAVORITE SCI-FI / FANTASY SHOW
Heroes

FAVORITE COMPETITION / REALITY SHOW
Dancing with the Stars

FAVORITE GAME SHOW
Deal Or No Deal

FAVORITE MALE TV STAR
Hugh Laurie

FAVORITE FEMALE TV STAR
Christina Applegate

FAVORITE TALK SHOW HOST
Ellen DeGeneres

FAVORITE SCENE-STEALING GUEST STAR
Robin Williams on Law and Order: SVU

FAVORITE TV DRAMA DIVA
Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on The Closer

FAVORITE NEW TV DRAMA
The Mentalist

FAVORITE NEW TV COMEDY
Gary Unmarried

MUSIC

FAVORITE MALE SINGER
Chris Brown

FAVORITE FEMALE SINGER
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE GROUP
Rascal Flatts

FAVORITE R&B SONG
"No One" by Alicia Keys

FAVORITE POP SONG
"I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry

FAVORITE ROCK SONG
"All Summer Long" by Kid Rock

FAVORITE COUNTRY SONG
"Last Name" by Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE HIP-HOP SONG
"Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

FAVORITE COMBINED FORCES
"No Air" by Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown

FAVORITE SONG FROM A SOUNDTRACK
"Mamma Mia" by Meryl Streep from Mamma Mia!

FAVORITE FUNNY MALE STAR
Adam Sandler

FAVORITE FUNNY FEMALE STAR
Tina Fey

FAVORITE STAR 35 AND UNDER
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE USER GENERATED VIDEO
Barack Roll

FAVORITE ONLINE SENSATION
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

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Biggest Headlines of '08: The Dark Knight's Insane Success

BuzzSugar — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:33:58 -0800

This month, as part of my Best of 2008 coverage, I'm going to look back at some of the entertainment world's big headlines. The first one on my list was the writers' strike. Today I'm going back to the year's biggest hit movie: The Dark Knight.

The release of The Dark Knight was pretty much all people could talk about for months in the film world. It seemed like every week there was another image or clip or new trailer for this thing. I wondered at the time if the movie could live up to all the excitement - and all the positive early buzz. To my surprise, it exceeded all expectations.

The Dark Knight is one of the greatest rarities in Hollywood: Critically adored and fully embraced by audiences. So fully embraced, in fact, it broke all sorts of records at the box office. It's the full package - earning not only an outrageous amount of money, but plenty of award buzz for everyone from composer Hans Zimmer (whose musical creations still make my pulse race whenever I hear them), to director Christopher Nolan, to the actors, particularly Heath Ledger for his disturbing depiction of the Joker. And of course, adding an even deeper level of drama to the whole production was Ledger's untimely death months before the release of the film. His final major performance was of the dark, sinister Joker, which is all the eerier when thinking of the tragic ending of Ledger's young life. His death lends a poignancy to both the role itself and the fact that Ledger received overwhelming praise for this performance - accolades he'll never hear.

The movie as a whole is magnificently entertaining, proved insanely lucrative for the studio, and had real-life drama attached to it - all of which makes The Dark Knight one of the most powerful pieces of pop culture this year.

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday

BuzzSugar — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:30:09 -0800

All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my picks below, you can also bring home the complete series of The Wire (one of my must haves for the month) as well as Deadwood in its entirety.

The Dark Knight
Oh my gosh, I kind of can't believe this movie is finally out on DVD and available to watch whenever I feel like it. Having loved it on the big screen (especially for Heath Ledger's mesmerizing - and bittersweet - performance), I definitely want to own The Dark Knight for myself.

As you'd expect, the special features are, as the kids say, off the hook. Among other things, they include a look at how director Christopher Nolan and his team developed the new Bat-Suit and the Bat-pod, and a chat with composer Hans Zimmer on musically characterizing the Joker's reign of chaos.

Two more up next, so read more.

Horton Hears a Who
I almost forgot about what a box office success the adorable animated family flick Horton Hears a Who was at the start of the year. I really loved this movie, and I actually think it's a worthy adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss story. Part of what makes it so cute are the actors voicing the characters, including Jim Carrey as Horton the elephant, Steve Carell as the Mayor of Whoville, and Seth Rogen as Horton's dopey sidekick, Morton.

Special features include commentary by directors Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, an all-new Ice Age Short: Surviving Sid, deleted footage, and animation screen tests.

Lost: Season Four
OK you lollygaggers, the fifth season of Lost doesn't start until next year (a.k.a. January, I still love that joke) so you've got time to catch up on the series if you fell behind in '08. The fourth season of the hit series was, in my humble opinion, an improvement over the third.

Special features include one of the funniest featurette titles I've read in awhile, "The Right to Bear Arms - Check out the guns of Lost, and find out what it's like working with so much firepower." Additionally, there is one called "The Oceanic Six: A Conspiracy of Lies," which is described as a "controversial underground documentary questioning the survivors of Oceanic 815."

Buzz News Roundup, 12/5

BuzzSugar — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:30:32 -0800

Florence Henderson will play Christina Applegate's grandma on Samantha Who? - Entertainment Weekly
Jay Baruchel is negotiating to play the title role in The Sorcerer's Apprentice. - ComingSoon
Russell Brand is developing - and may star in - a remake of the 1981 comedy Arthur, while Fox is planning a remake of the 1984 adventure story, Romancing the Stone. - The Hollywood Reporter
Guitarist Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay for plagiarism. - Billboard
Amy Adams will star in a film adaptation of the book The 10 Best Days of My Life, about a woman who must list her 10 best days in heaven. - Variety
Joseph Fiennes and John Cho are in negotiations for ABC's Flash Forward, which will possibly be paired with Lost. - The Hollywood Reporter
The Dark Knight will be re-released in theaters and IMAX on Jan. 23. - ComingSoon
Some details on the post-Super Bowl episode of The Office. - TV Week

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Buzz Gift Guide: The Best of 2008 For Guys

BuzzSugar — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:36 -0800

Welcome back to my Buzz Gift Guide series for all the entertainment lovers in your life. Yesterday I entertained myself, actually, by sorting through all the great pop culture-related t-shirts I'd love to get for the men in my life, and today I'm tackling a bigger project for the guys: the best in music, books, TV, and movies of 2008.

Now, this is by no means a definitive list of the best entertainment stuff that came this year. These are simply gift ideas that I think the lads will like. For example, I think the best piece of writing to come from a TV show this year has to be the tome by How I Met Your Mother's Barney Stinson: The Bro Code. The product description cracks me up:

Historically a spoken tradition passed from one generation to the next, the official code of conduct for Bros appears here in its published form for the first time ever. By upholding the tenets of this sacred and legendary document, any dude can learn to achieve Bro-dom.

It was also a great year for movies, and I'd be hard-pressed to think of a guy in my life who wouldn't be thankful to receive The Dark Knight and Hellboy 2 on DVD. As for TV in '08, I honestly don't know many guys who haven't given the FX comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a chance yet, and my friends who are uber-fans will be gifted the show's DVDs this year. Finally, in regard to music, I know a lot of dudes who are really into the Bon Iver album released this year (me too!) as well as new music from The Hold Steady.

I've included several other ideas below so scroll through to check them out!

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