If you are not a fan of "The Office"(Thursday NBC 7:30) by now, I may not be able to help you.
If you are a fan, you still may have missed Rainn Wilson's appearance on SNL last Saturday, and I can help you with that. His monologue was great, it had a hilarious office skit that you must see (Kristen Wiig and Jason Sudeikis start it off with perfect Pam and Jim impersonations).
Update 2/28: Here is the crazy Digital Short that Tim mentioned in the comments.
The Oscars were awfully scattered tonight, so to follow suit, my comments will also be scattered.
I can't believe Babel only got 1 award(original score) and Dreamgirls only got 2(Best Supporting Actress for Jennifer Hudson and Sound mixing) especially since they were nominated for 7 and 8 awards respectively.
I was disappointed that Eddie Murphy didn't win best supporting actor(especially after seeing his interview with Barbara Walters), but Alan Arkin was definitely deserving.
Al Gore was great, and I hope that the attention An Inconvenient Truth has been getting can actually change people's minds and force us into action.
Its about time Scorsese got his Oscar.
I haven't seen Germany's The Lives Of Others which won for best foreign language film, but I have seen Pan's Labyrinth and I thought it was fantastic and deserving of at least best foreign language film. Guillermo Del Toro created a rich and dark fantasy world that truly earned the Cinematography, Make-up and Art Direction awards.
"The Black Donnellys" premiere is tonight, and it is being heavily promoted by NBC(and by me, I highly recommend it), but commercials aren't the only thing they are counting on for a successful debut.
NBC is making it extremely easy for everyone to get in on the ground floor for this great new mob drama. The pilot episode will premiere tonight, Monday the 26th at 9, then reair on Thursday at 9(following new episodes of "Scrubs" and "30 Rock"), it has been available at Netflix for almost 2 months ago and you can watch it streaming on Yahoo TV. In addition to all that, the pilot will re air next Tuesday, March 6th, on USA at 11 PM and then the first 2 episodes will air back to back Sunday March 11th on Bravo at 3 PM.
Watch it.
4 comments:
Regarding SNL, the digitial short from the boardroom was hilarious. I haven't watched beyond that.
Regarding the Oscars, was The Departed *really* the best movie of the year?! Little Miss Sunshine was phenomenal, and Dream Girls was a hell of a picture too -- but it seemed pretty clear that the Academy felt obligated to get an Oscar into Martin Scorsese's hands. I'm OK with Best Director, but Best Picture?! It was good, but even friggin Borat qualifies as a better movie. Departed wouldn't even crack Scorsese's Top-5 (and maybe not even his Top-10 if we're including documentaries!).
That was the unfortunate thing; Departed was not even close to one of his best films -- kind of like when Denzel got his for not his best role.
I don't know its legitimacy, but unfortunately, a story is out about how Al Gore used 1.21 jigawatts per month in his TN home. It's unfortunate because it will distract idiots from the real issue, plus what a horrible failure by Gore to lead by example. Can anyone verify the info?
I totally disagree. I think The Departed was an incredible movie. Marky Mark's performance alone was worth the price of admission. Plus, how about Alec Baldwin tuning up that AV guy when he screwed up the placement of the cameras. (Matt, you know how important covert camera placement is.)
Borat was great fun, but doesn't compete with The Departed. Exceptional acting, great story line, and a killer soundtrack.
As far as Gore goes, he does far more for the environment than against. Just the effort and energy that went into the movie (and book) alone far exceeds anything I or anyone else I know has done. Should he use more renewable energy for his home? Probably. I'm willing to bet we don't know the full story. (As a side note, I'll never forgive Tipper for her involvement in the PMRC during those formitive heavy metal days.)
I'm not disagreeing with the incredibly positive impact An Inconvenient Truth has had on heightening people's awareness, or with the fact that Gore has been a champion of environmental protection. All I'm saying is that it is unfortunate that, if the reports of his energy use are accurate and without explanation, he has given fodder to his critics who still want to undermine the existence and severity of global warming. Don't overestimate the American public. A large number of people will dismiss the film's message simply because of that report. These are the same people who still think Obama's a radical Muslim because of some shoddy reporting by right-leaning media.
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