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Weekend Flicks & Walk Of Fame Picks

pcavote — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:37:30 +0000

It’s Friday – the Movie Day that couldn’t come soon enough. And quite frankly, what with all the stress of the championship basketball and World Cup soccer that I’m not watching, I genuinely feel the need to kick back and relax at one of the big movies opening over the next few weeks: A) Toy Story 3 or B) Grown Ups. Now I’ll probably skip “A”, because I’m now a “B” – but both will likely draw big crowds. In fact I’m pretty sure “A” will be a whopping box office triumph (that is until a certain rainy-day idyll set in the tiny town of Forks obliterates everything in its midst come June 30th). This weekend, my money’s on the reunion comedy Grown Ups, and I’m pretty sure this movie will be what I call a “Forgotten Two” (you absolutely and blissfully forget where you are for two hours during the movie, although two hours after the movie you have zero recollection of its content). This is not to be confused with a “Lost Two”(a movie where you leave the theatre in a blue rage, demanding to know how you’re ever going to recover the two hours lost from your rapidly dwindling life). Usually you can tell by the trailer into which category a movie might fall, and if you’re like me, a comedy – even if it’s really bad – can still fall into the Forgotten Two group if it’s a cute concept or it stars Michael Cera and/ or Jason Bateman. I have walked out of only two movies in my life; one of them was called The Cars That Ate Paris which was gory and I didn’t understand, and the other was Being John Malkovich which was ghastly and I didn’t understand. When you put Cameron Diaz in a cage is when you stop making movies through which I’ll sit. Nor do I have any kind of special affinity for Cameron Diaz – I just thought it was ridiculous and it was robbing me of precious laundry-doing/ lightbulb-changing/thank-you note writing/ ashtray coin-sorting time. To be fair, I’m certain Being John Malkovich also wafted artily over my head and that the people who enjoyed it (and I’ve yet to meet someone who didn’t) just know & can appreciate something I don’t. So moving on. With good news. America Ferrera is engaged and Calista Flockhart & Harrison Ford are actually married. Bravo, appealing actors. And in the Even More Recognition Department, they’ve finally settled on those Tinseltown luminaries who will receive Stars for 2011 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. They are Oprah, Tina Fey, Neil Patrick Harris, Danny DeVito, and Ed O’Neill in the TV category, with film Stars going to Reese Witherspoon, Penelope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Donald Sutherland & the Muppets, just to name a few. In music, PCA’s own Rascal Flatts will be honored as well. Do we suppose Donald Sutherland is at all curious about how many films he made before Reese Witherspoon learned to eat solid food? Or do we assume that he, a Canadian, is just polite and gracious about it? Not sure. But congrats to that gang. In fact, let’s take your Walk of Fame Star temperature. Voice your choice in today’s featured poll and let us know which of these 4 new Hollywood Star recipients is your favorite:

1) Oprah

2) Neil Patrick Harris

3) Tina Fey

4) The Muppets

Tagged: America Ferrera, danny devito, Donald Sutherland, Ed O'Neill, Grown Ups, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jason Batemen, Michael Cera, Neil Patrick Harris, Penelope Cruz, Reese Witherspoon, Tina Fey, Toy Story 3

Ben Stiller’s Big Day

pcavote — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:26:00 +0000

Happy Monday! Hope you had a great holiday weekend …perhaps you ate, relaxed, hung out with family, ate again, watched other people play sports, ate some more, caught a movie, and then finally ate again…as I did. If you’re one of the people who saw New Moon, you made its producers very, very happy. It triumphed at the box office to the surprise of no one, and now has $230 million in the bank. What is surprising is just how phenomenally well The Blind Side did this weekend; the inspiring (and evidently true) football film’s now got over $100 million to its name. Looks like star Sandra Bullock’s going to enjoy her holidays. Plus, all of you had lots to say about the cable shows — not premium cable, just medium cable — that you liked best on our blog last week …and Burn Notice sure has some passionate fans. Later on this week I’m going to ask you abut a few more cable shows, just to see where you weigh in. Now for the record, this is not a gossip blog so we will not discuss the alleged Reese Witherspoon/Jake Gyllenhaal split — but we will certainly mention it and wonder if it is simply gossip in the first place. In other Hollywood news, Tom Arnold got married for the fourth time in Hawaii. And finally, we have a big birthday to announce in Tinseltown: Ben Stiller is 44 years old today. With this in mind, I thought it might be fun to see which of his movies you like best. After all, the guy has had a very successful career and has proven that he can cut across generational and gender boundaries. Everyone seems to like him. Is it because he can laugh at himself? Is it because nobody can do an indignant, misunderstood geek like Ben? Not quite sure…so here goes with a few films for your opinions. Now voice your choice in today’s featured poll and let us know which of these Ben Stiller movies is your favorite:

1) Meet The Parents

2) There’s Something About Mary

3) Tropic Thunder

4) Night At The Museum

Tagged: Ben Stiller, Jake Gylllenhaal, New Moon, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side, Tom Arnold

Reese. SMART, too.

pcavote — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:44:10 +0000

Want to know why this year’s Fave Female Movie Star Reese Witherspoon triumphed in so many ways? Well, i addition to being a great actress who makes smart choices, she did something very cool just now…she acknowledged what a tough year this has been for so many people. Now that’s a classy lady. Plus, she’s no bigger than a minute.

Tagged: Reese Witherspoon

Reese. Plain and simple. She takes it.

pcavote — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:40:02 +0000

Tagged: Reese Witherspoon

Fave Female Star is coming up…

pcavote — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:36:08 +0000

Will it be Angelina J, Keira K or Reese W ? Who do you think will take home the prize? Which also makes you ask yourself if movie stars — and let’s assume they’re using their real names — well, if their lives were I any way affected by where they are in the alphabet. Was Reese comfy with being at the end of the line? Did Keira live comfortably in the middle when it came to pick the players in dodgeball? Did Angelina even care?

Tagged: Angelina Jolie, Keira Knightley, Reese Witherspoon

The Red Carpet Arrivals Begin…

milkmanpca — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:18:51 +0000

So there’s about a million limousines lined up, no doubt chock full of what they call “Talent” — that’s what they call the stars. And according to the documents Ive just taken a gander at, we’re waiting for some of the following (this is just a quick glance…) wait for it…Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Omar Epps, Ellen DeGeneres, Dakota Fanning, Kthryn Heigl, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing (werent they on a show together?) Kate Hudson, Gary Oldman, Jordin Sparks, Adam Sandler, Carrie Underwood, Robin Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Seal…how’s that for an early preview? And you guys can all comment and let me know who YOU’RE excited about seeing. Who’s got you tuning in? Who’s going to win? Who are you dying to catch a glimpse of? Oh Wait …here’s our FIRST GUEST…wanna guess?

Tagged: Adam Sandler, Carrie Underwood, Christina Applegate, Dakota Fanning, Debra Messing, Ellen DeGeneres, Eric McCormack, Gary Oldman, Jordin Sparks, Kate Hudson, Katherine Heigl, Omar Epps, Reese Witherspoon, Robin Williams, Seal, Selma Blair