Entries tagged “Hugh Jackman”
On-screen smoking, the new sex and violence.
By Vadim Rizov on 08/11/2009
Filed under: Controversy
Like many a moviegoer, the American Medical Association Alliance was unhappy with "Wolverine," but not for the usual reasons: "Millions of children have been exposed to the main star of the film, Hugh Jackman, with a cigar in his mouth in various scenes," president Sandi Frost told CNN at the start of this long blockbuster season. "I'm willing to bet that not one child would have enjoyed that movie or Mr. Jackman's performance any less if he hadn't been smoking." The question of how many enjoyed it at all was, presumably, moot. But ever since a 2006 study concluded that... MORE »
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The 2009 Oscars: Liveblogged
By Alison Willmore on 02/22/2009
Filed under: Awards
The most sincere Oscars ever? Or, really, just the thriftiest? Here's a record of my liveblogging of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Though I'm feeling as lacking in Oscar predictive mojo as I've ever in my life, let's go ahead and put these out there anyway: Best picture: "Slumdog Millionaire." Director: Danny Boyle. Lead actor: Mickey Rourke. Lead actress: Anne Hathaway. Supporting actor: Heath Ledger. Supporting actress: Penélope Cruz. Animated feature: "WALL-E," unless God is angry. Doc: "Man on Wire." Foreign language film: "The Class." Adapted screenplay: "Slumdog Millionaire." Original screenplay: "Milk."12:00: All in all, the ceremony was warm and... MORE »
Australia!
By Alison Willmore on 04/22/2008
Filed under: WatchyBaz Luhrmann is vodcasting about the making of "Australia," that Oz fuck explosion starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, thousands of cattle and World War II, as part of Apple's "Set to Screen" series on iTunes. The film, Luhrmann's first to follow the Red Curtain Trilogy, is in post-production now, and is due in theaters in November. There are only two behind-the-scenes installments up so far for download, an intro and a piece focusing on the on-set still photographer, but both offer glimpses of a film that looks devotedly and unabashedly epic, [Photo: "Australia," Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2008] + Baz... MORE »
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