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ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Now come on littledragon enough is enough ...just saw an funny movie about martial arts..it was called "Kung Pow..Enter The Fist" it was very funny..has anyone else seen or heard of it just be prepared to wet your pants..(with laughter)..
 

Littledragon

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ORANGATUANG said:
Now come on littledragon enough is enough ...just saw an funny movie about martial arts..it was called "Kung Pow..Enter The Fist" it was very funny..has anyone else seen or heard of it just be prepared to wet your pants..(with laughter)..


LOL Orang...... :p
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Ok Heather is stumped?...ok all you movie buffs iam doing an x-word puzzle and i cant get the chicks name to those who remember an movie called "Monster" what was the name of the actress who played the lead role?...i need to know by wednesday at the latest thanks...
 

Serena

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ORANGATUANG said:
Ok Heather is stumped?...ok all you movie buffs iam doing an x-word puzzle and i cant get the chicks name to those who remember an movie called "Monster" what was the name of the actress who played the lead role?...i need to know by wednesday at the latest thanks...
Heather, was "Monster" the exact name of the movie? There was a movie by that name from last year that starred Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci.

Or there was "Monster's Ball" in 2001 with Halle Berry.

Hope this helps! :) Good luck!
 

Littledragon

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Ashlee: Acid reflux caused 'SNL' gaffe.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AP) -- This time Ashlee Simpson sang it for real.

We think.

The 19-year-old pop artist was among a slew of stars who played Monday during the 2004 Radio Music Awards at the Aladdin hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

Despite numerous performances by big-name acts such as Destiny's Child and Alanis Morissette, Simpson was at the center of the show thanks to a glitch on "Saturday Night Live" last weekend that revealed she had been lip-synching one of her songs.

Monday night she told awards show host Carson Daly in an off-stage interview that acid reflux disease had made her lose her voice four hours before her "SNL" appearances.

She didn't seem concerned about her slip up.

"You move on," Simpson said. "Things happen."

During the awards show, she had fun with the slip up. Before she sang "Autobiography" off her hit album, Daly reassured Monday's audience they were getting a live performance.

"Live, yes live," he said.

When Simpson's band started playing, the younger sister of pop starlet Jessica Simpson screamed, "It's the wrong song." Seconds later, she told a stunned theater filled with hundreds of people that she was "only kidding."

Politics also didn't spoil the night at the Aladdin, where rocker Linda Ronstadt was told to leave in July after praising "Fahrenheit 9/11," Michael Moore's unflattering documentary about President Bush.

Neither Moore nor Ronstadt appeared at the awards show but former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan made himself seen by wearing a T-shirt "Vote or Die!"

The two-hour show broadcast live on NBC. The nominees in each category were based on radio's top-playing songs. Radio program and music directors nationwide voted on the winners.
 

Littledragon

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Tom Brokaw wraps it up.

NEW YORK (AP) -- As a 16-year-old high school student, Tom Brokaw spent his first working Election Night in a radio station newsroom in Yankton, South Dakota. He reported results from rural polling places, and ate chicken catered from Kip's Blue Moon restaurant.

His last Election Night will be considerably grander.

NBC News is building a huge temple of democracy at New York's Rockefeller Center. A giant jigsaw-puzzle map of the United States will cover the famed ice skating surface and the General Electric building will be the backdrop for an electronic bar graph tracking the Bush-Kerry fight.

And when either candidate reaches the magic mark of 270 electoral votes, fireworks will explode over the New York City skyline.

OK, that last part's a fib.

But you get the idea.

NBC is expecting a big night for TV viewers, and Brokaw will be at the center of it all.

Election Night will also mark the end of an era in broadcast journalism. For more than two decades, the three biggest networks have turned to the same men to anchor coverage of important news stories -- Brokaw, Peter Jennings and Dan Rather.

This should be Brokaw's last hurrah, since he steps down as NBC's chief anchorman December 1. By Election Day 2008, certainly one and maybe all three network faces will be different. Rather turns 73 on Halloween and is fighting for his future after CBS's botched story on President Bush's National Guard service. Jennings is 66.

"It's a natural transition and it's a new generation taking over," said Brokaw, 64. "I had my opportunity when I replaced John (Chancellor). Dan replaced Walter (Cronkite)."

'They rely on us'
What Brokaw has found most touching are the moments in airports -- most recently Phoenix after the final presidential debate and Los Angeles -- where folks approached him to say they'll miss seeing him on television.

"That probably means more to me than anything we could do around here because I've always felt that the essence of television news (is) it's a mass medium," he said. "We are connected from these large, glittering, bells-and-whistles sets in New York to ordinary households in the Southwest, the Midwest, to barrooms and schools and other places.

"They rely on us," he said. "You feel at the end of having done it all these years that if people still have faith in what you've done and feel a personal connection, and feel it so strongly that they're willing to come up to you and express that, that's very gratifying."


Brian Williams has been tapped as Brokaw's successor.
His biggest disappointment after two decades anchoring "Nightly News" is that the broadcast is still 30 minutes long and not an hour.

On Election Night, his sidekick in an anchor booth overlooking the rink will be Tim Russert. Brokaw's eventual replacement, Brian Williams, will report that night from a nearby booth adjacent to the rink.

NBC will almost certainly be the most-watched network that night, and not for nostalgic reasons. Brokaw has been lengthening NBC's lead in the evening news ratings race in recent months, and it has been the network of choice for most big political events this year.

Citing an NBC News poll that found 74 percent of Americans who said the election was very important to them, Brokaw said the last time he saw such a tuned-in electorate was during the 1968 Vietnam-era campaign between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey.

"Here you have two men of privilege, both from Yale University, both from the same fraternity, members of Skull & Bones, with distinctly different points of view about how the world should take shape in the next four years and what the place of the United States should be in it," he said.

"That's a story of almost Shakespearean proportion, when you think about it," he said. "And that's the story that we need to tell."

A different life
Brokaw waves off the idea of a "Churchillian farewell" at the end of next month, but you can certainly expect the occasion to be marked on several NBC News broadcasts. He's not retiring; Brokaw plans to continue to write books and work on documentaries for NBC News.

To see him immediately after December 1, you'll have to travel.

Brokaw is already planning a fishing trip to New Zealand, and mountain-climbing expeditions to Argentina and Chile. A recent trip to Los Angeles to visit his daughter and her family reminded him of other obligations.

He arrived in time for dinner and took his grandchildren to school the next day. Then he took the next flight out.

"I'm kind of a fly-by grandparent, and I don't like that very much," he said.

A fellow adventurer has already called to assign Brokaw a 12-step program for easing into his new life.

The first step?

"Walk out the door," he said.
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Has any one who likes horror movies seen this one called "Grudge"..Sarah Michelle Gellar is in it?...just i was thinking about going to see it when it comes out in an couple of weeks...
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Iam watching the world premiere of "Blackjack-sweet science" its an aussie movie its got Colin Freils (from water rats)...it is really good for an aussie movie if any one gets the chance take an look at it ....
 

ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
Just heard on the radio that the actor Howard Keel has died in his early 80's not much more was said and also Eddie Charlton has passed away to he was 75 ...when iand if i get any more info i will post it thats if no one gets in before me..if they do they do..no biggie.
 

Jace

Incarnation complete
A top CEO at paramount has stepped down dunno her name but responsible for much of their glory days with forrest gump etc.She seems very cosy with Jude Law though shes x2 his age can anyone elaborate
 

Serena

Administrator
Jace said:
A top CEO at paramount has stepped down dunno her name but responsible for much of their glory days with forrest gump etc.She seems very cosy with Jude Law though shes x2 his age can anyone elaborate
Thanks, Jace--I hadn't heard about this, but found the following article.


Studio Boss Sherry Lansing to Retire
E! Online News
by Sarah Hall
Nov 2, 2004

Paramount Pictures chairwoman Sherry Lansing is ready to relinquish her status as the most powerful woman in Hollywood.

Lansing announced Tuesday that she plans to step down from her position at the end of next year, when her contract expires.

Lansing, 60, has held the Paramount post since 1992 and has spent more than three decades in the entertainment industry since she broke into the movie business as an actor and model in the late 1960s.

She said she would not seek another entertainment-related job. Sources close to Lansing told the Los Angeles Times that she had grown weary of elaborate red-carpet rituals and battling over film budgets.

"I'll have been in this job for 12 years and have had the opportunity and the privilege to work with the very best the entertainment industry has to offer," Lansing said in a statement.

"With the greatest team of filmmakers imaginable and the most supportive colleagues at Viacom, I have been able to accomplish more than I could have hoped for in the motion picture business. I move on with great memories, many friendships and few regrets. But now it is time for new challenges. I am extremely excited about the months ahead and planning the next chapter in my life."

A former model and actress of minor note, Lansing landed her first executive position in the mid-1970s, when she was made a story editor at MGM. In 1980, she became the first woman to head production at a major studio at 20th Century Fox.

At Paramount, Lansing has been involved with several of the best-received films of her generation, including Forrest Gump and The Accused. She also produced huge hits for the studio like Fatal Attraction and Indecent Proposal.

She earned the appreciation of younger audiences with recent hits Mean Girls and last year's School of Rock.

However, she's also been criticized for her apparent penchant for remakes, including the big budget The Stepford Wives and the upcoming Alfie, starring Jude Law, which is widely expected to tank at the box office. Her detractors have claimed that such choices have made the studio seem old-fashioned.

Still, Lansing's supporters say Paramount is about to see an end to its box-office blues with the upcoming releases of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and Lemony Snicket's a Series of Unfortunate Events.

Lansing will continue in her current role until her contract expires, helping to find a successor to her position.

Her colleagues expressed sadness at her departure and respect for her skills on the job over the years.

Tom Freston, copresident and co-COO of Viacom, who has served as Lansing's boss since his promotion in June, spoke highly of her work. A source close to her decision told the Los Angeles Times that Freston asked Lansing to reconsider, but could not sway her from her choice.

"Few have had as long and as successful a career in running a movie studio as Sherry Lansing," Freston said in a statement. "She has led Paramount on a remarkable ride with an impressive string of successes. She has been a trailblazer and a great leader and I understand and respect her decision."

Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone is said to want an experienced film executive to fill the void Lansing's departure will create.

"I have the deepest professional admiration and personal affection for Sherry, who I have known for more than a decade," Redstone said in a statement.

"Sherry has been the heart and soul of Paramount Pictures for 12 years and a major contributor to the motion-picture industry for more than three decades. She leaves behind a legacy of great filmmaking, including three Oscar-winning films and some of the most popular and profitable movies in history."

As far as what comes next for Lansing, some have speculated that she will start a nonprofit company or devote herself to politics.

Currently, she sits on a number of boards, including the American Red Cross, and is an active fundraiser for Friends of Cancer Research and for the Carter Center, former President Carter's human-rights organization.

"She cares about things other than the movie business--she sees a bigger world," Columbia Pictures chief Amy Pascal recently told the Los Angeles Times about Lansing.
 

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ORANGATUANG

Wildfire
I just saw an good movie another one of Disney's called "Mulan" i dont watch cartoon movies much but this one was great abit of history, abit of comedy but of course with the voice of Eddie Murphy in it,and it proves that us girls can kick the baddest asse's in town just as well as you guys so there..at least i didnt go to sleep in this one not like last night when i fell asleep during "fire down below"..eek..some how i shouldnt worry about him reading this so he wont know i fell asleep..phewww.
 

Serena

Administrator
ORANGATUANG said:
I just saw an good movie another one of Disney's called "Mulan" i dont watch cartoon movies much but this one was great abit of history, abit of comedy but of course with the voice of Eddie Murphy in it,and it proves that us girls can kick the baddest asse's in town just as well as you guys so there..at least i didnt go to sleep in this one not like last night when i fell asleep during "fire down below"..eek..some how i shouldnt worry about him reading this so he wont know i fell asleep..phewww.
I thought that was a very good movie also, Heather! :) I never thought it got the credit it deserved. And I think Eddie Murphy is perfect in some of those cartoon voices he's done, including in Shrek! :D
 

Littledragon

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Billboard: Grammy Compilation Surveys Major Nominees.

Grammy Compilation Surveys Major Nominees

With tracks from Usher, Joss Stone, Green Day and Gretchen Wilson, the 11th compilation of Grammy nominees offers a snapshot of some of the most notable music and artists of the past year. Due Feb. 1 from Capitol, the 2005 disc boasts 21 tracks from artists vying for awards in several of the major categories.

Usher, who is up for eight awards, including album of the year for his Arista set "Confessions," is represented by the track "Burn," which netted the artist a nod in the best R&B male vocal performance category. Green Day contributes "American Idiot," the title track of its album of the year-contending Reprise release, which is also up for record of the year, best rock performance and best rock song awards.

Best new artist nominee Stone's best female pop vocal performance-nominated track "You Had Me" on the disc, while fellow new artist contender Wilson's best female country vocal performance-nominated track "Redneck Woman" is also present.

Norah Jones shows up twice on the disc, once with her own "Sunrise" (nominated for best female pop vocal performance) and once with the late Ray Charles for "Here We Go Again" (record of the year). The former is from Jones' sophomore Blue Note set, the best pop vocal album nominated "Feels Like Home," while the latter is from Charles' final studio set, "Genius Loves Company" (Concord), which is up for album of the year.

Other artists with tracks featured on the disc are the Black Eyed Peas, Los Lonely Boys, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Maroon5, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, John Mayer, Prince, Seal, Evanescence, Brian Wilson, Elvis Costello, U2 and the Beastie Boys.

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the compilation will benefit music-related charities including the Recording Academy's MusiCares Foundation and the Grammy Foundation.

Here is the "2005 Grammy Nominees CD" track list:

"Let's Get It Started," the Black Eyed Peas
"Here We Go Again," Ray Charles with Norah Jones
"American Idiot," Green Day
"Heaven," Los Lonely Boys
"If I Ain't Got You," Alicia Keys
"Burn," Usher
"Through the Wire," Kanye West
"She Will Be Loved," Maroon5
"You Had Me," Joss Stone
"Redneck Woman," Gretchen Wilson
"The First Cut Is the Deepest," Sheryl Crow
"Sunrise," Norah Jones
"You Raise Me Up," Josh Groban
"Daughters," John Mayer
"Cinnamon Girl," Prince
"Love's Divine," Seal
"My Immortal," Evanescence
"Good Vibrations," Brian Wilson
"Monkey to Man," Elvis Costello & the Imposters
"Vertigo," U2
"Ch-Check It Out," Beastie Boys
 
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