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Alternate Best Supporting Actor 2005: Ed Harris in A History of Violence

Ed Harris did not receive an Oscar nomination for portraying Carl Fogarty in A History of Violence.Ed Harris portrays the Philadelphia gangster who comes looking for diner owner Tom Stall who recently killed two men trying to rob his diner..

Best Supporting Actor 2011: Nick Nolte in Warrior

Nick Nolte received his third Oscar nomination for portraying Paddy Conlon in Warrior.Warrior details a winner take all mixed martial art tournament whose two main combatants are estranged brothers (Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton) fighting for their own difficult reasons.

Alternate Best Actor 2011

And the Nominees Were Not:Ryan Gosling in DriveRobert Wieckiewicz in In DarknessMichael Fassbender in ShameMichael Shannon in Take ShelterBrendan Gleeson in The Guard..

Monday, September 5, 2011

Happy Labor Day

Seems like only yesterday the Labor Day holiday songs started flooding the radio. As I sit here on this low cyber-traffic weekend I’m reminded of how, as a kid, September was always a big month. So much to look forward to.

As hard as it is to believe, when the networks unveiled their fall shows it was a BIG DEAL. A real big deal. Remember “NBC WEEK”? When they rolled out

Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor: born on 21 September 1980),[1] often  
informally referred to as Bebo,[2] is an Indian actress
who appears in Bollywood films.
Born21 September 1980 (age 31)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationFilm actress
Years active2000–present
PartnerSaif Ali Khan (2007–present)
Signature"Kareena Kapoor"


Sunday, September 4, 2011

Philip Michael Thomas

Philip Michael Thomas is an actor best known for his role as Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the mid mid-late 1980s TV show, Miami Vice. Although Thomas was a well-known actor at the height of popularity for Miami Vice, his career essentially ended with the show's cancellation in 1990 and he has not had any notable roles in the last two decades.

Thomas was born on May 26, 1949 and broke into acting

MANNEQUIN 2: Exclusive Background Info!!!

In light of my discussion on living with writing boxoffice flops, a few of you have asked for more details on our MANNEQUIN 2 triumph.  Here's a repost from a few years on just that prickly subject.
It's become a cult classic! Rarely does a decade go by without someone asking me about MANNEQUIN 2. So for all you MAN2 fans (that's what it's known as in film schools -- many graduate programs

Saturday, September 3, 2011

How to write a love song

Compliments of the always brilliant, Axis of Awesome.



And I posted this early last year, but in case you missed it -- here's their greatest hit (which is every other hit in rock n' roll).

Friday, September 2, 2011

Inside TV questions

Hello from New York. Is there anything better than Labor Day weekend in Gotham? Here are this week’s Friday Questions and answers.

DyHrdMET gets us started:

I was watching a rerun of CHEERS on TV the other day and it was an episode with what I guess you'd call a "recurring character" - not a series regular, but someone with many appearances over the 11 year run of the show (it was Ma Clavin

Thursday, September 1, 2011

DANCING WITH THE PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR STARS Announces New Line-up!

ABC has announced it’s new set of celebrities for the 13th season of DANCING WITH THE STARS and to say it’s a joke is an understatement. These are stars??? Really???


Nancy Grace – cable news attention whore.


David Arquette – biggest claim to fame was being dumped by Courtney Cox.

Ron Artest – Unstable L.A. Laker who is changing his name to “Metta World Peace”.

Chaz Bono – Son and former

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