Ever since we elected Bush it has been nothing but issues for the middle and lower class.  It is like Bush can only see the upper class he has raised gas, taxes and many more.  He pulled us into war with the Afgahistan then turned into the whole middle east.  This is our 6 year over their rebuilding we need to leave imediatly.

We are making history either way we go with McCain the first female vice president.  WithObama the first Black male.  Make sure your vote is heard and vote.  If you’re one of those people who complain about Bush and didn’t vote you are in the wrong cause you helped him get into office.  So everybody get out and vote.

If you want change from the so many years of republican society vote Obama.  We need someone who can make changes they help everyone not just by what you got in your pocket.  We need someone who can make us feel safe again.  We need our armed forces rebuild again and gas lowered. We need a change.

You can go out there and vote for who ever.  McCain is just and old man with some Bush policies.  If you want more of the same go head and vote for McCain.

Concluding to this November go and vote for a change or the some from McCain.  Vote for more raised gas prices, more starving in American but we are worried about everyone else.  There are families who need these issues to be delt with go vote. U.S.A. need a change make your decision.

Embrace the unibrow!  Director Julie Taymor’s biopic “Frida” presents a highly stylized telling of Kahlo’s life and work.  The film is very much about the pain, both physical and mental, that Frida carries through her entire life. Co-starring Alfred Molina has her husband Diego Rivera; “Frida” also features loads of interesting cameos:  Ashley Judd, Edward Norton, and Antonio Banderas.

LOL Nottin

LOL

Ur so DUMB!

U-G-L-Y

UR ugly u aint got no no no good Eye sight 
haaaaaaaaaa

So what I still look sexy in them!

WOW!! I think Eric and that gurl Like each other
All i know is that she likes this boy but, I forget his name…he’s in my art class cause I said dat cause ever time he do some thing she get up or Look Him up and down

LOL!! WOW Hehe

Why does Eric have a lock

hes D. U. M. b

I know like who carries a lock in their pocket????

HE DOES HES A BIG UGLY IDIOT

Yeah I know!!! LOL

UR A crack head

Wat does UR crush Look Like 
no homoo

how come in 6th grade u never told me who u liked

I don’t Know

so u Like Indiyo

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so yoo

For me, watching a Billy Wilder movie awakens a desire to travel back in time.  The 1950s and 1960s seem like the place to be for the pretentiousness I so often idolize.  But then again, I love my MacBook.

C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is attempting to move up in his company by letting “the bosses” use his apartment to stage their affairs.  Things get a little dicey when his crush (Shirley MacLaine, before she believed in aliens) ends up in his apartment on a fling.  Funny, but transcends the mold we place romantic comedies into today by grappling with serious themes: divorce, adultery, suicide.  Certainly one of Billy Wilder’s essentials.  Also starring Fred MacMurray.

Dear Dan,
I’am sorry I succumbed. I am weak willed.
This lesson is totally meaningless to me.
I can’t wait till we graduate.
I want to be a DJ when I grow up.

Doug,
I hate this class
And this school
An the fact I have to pee.
I understand your weakness, the V is hard to turn down,
I want to…find a senior project so I can grow up and be a…I don’t know when I grow up

I am rdy to grow up or at least that stage before adulthood like–pupa?

I can’t suppress my approving laugh. These last two years have produced feces a little thicker and mud thrown a little harder than during any election in history. I take time to imagine John Adams or William Howard Taft running for president given today’s conditions.

Compared to today, campaigns of the past were fairly low-key activities. Although, citizens seemed to care just a little bit more when we had to work to simply see what the candidates looked like. In reality, there was no need, their résumé was more than enough. Small groups gathered around front porches and migrated to see the passing whistle stop train tour. Then our focus was more on their ideas, than their appearance or how they teased each other on the playground during recess that week. And then, television! The glowing box that in 1960 elected a handsome, clean Kennedy and saddened a sweaty, sweaty Nixon. Now the tube supplies non-stop, unforgiving, make your brain spin inside your skull “news.” (Feel free to pull a Howard Beale-”Network” moment and scream out your window.)

With more coverage, comes more misguided, parroted opinions. And who are we fooling with these opinions? Who are we pretending for? We say that race and sex don’t make a difference, but they do. ‘But.’ We use that word to knowingly contradict ourselves, the illusion of bringing completion to our pithy comments. “He’s a nice guy, but he throws babies at old ladies.” “John McCain has good ideas, but he’s old.” “Hilary Clinton is smart, but she’ll have PMS.” “Barack Obama is a good speaker, but he’s Muslim.” The A.B. (after-but) cancels out the B.B. (before-but). It’s comparable to a cat gingerly tossing about a ball of string and then swatting it hard across the room (most likely hitting and breaking that antique vase your grandmother willed to you). We’re all guilty of this device so think about your ‘buts’ and say what you mean.

My point is we can never escape the idiocy that surrounds modern three-ring circus elections. Everyone (even and especially idiots) has an opinion which is freely jammed down the throats of each open mouth. We voters have no choice but to ride the campaign bus until it arrives at the “city on a hill” known has the first Tuesday in November. As for finding boots that fit my feet, well, that’s another story.

Thank you

Sarah Beth

When Meryl isn’t off winning numerous awards, she loves to knit. She made me a full body suit that I can wear under just about anything. She said she wants to keep me warm even when we’re not together. How sweet! I bite my tongue when her knitting guild meets weekly to ransack our home. Although I believe it’s not in their charter, their meetings usually involve stealing my juice boxes and pinching my poor, swollen cheeks. The endless supply of very loud sweaters lessens this blow. Her next projects are mittens and individual protective sleeves for our DVD collection. I think the sleeves are a touch impractical, but there’s no stopping a woman on a mission.

At last night’s Academy Awards Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won Best Original Song for “Falling Slowly” from Once. Watch their performance from the show here.

And here are their acceptance speeches. I loved how Jon Stewart brought Marketa Irglova back on stage after she got cut off. Bravo!

It’s Oscar time! Luckily the WGA-strike has ended and we get a real Academy Awards ceremony. After the pitiful and painful Golden Globe Awards “press briefing” I find myself looking forward to a longer show. This has been such a strong year for film and I feel that the awards will certainly be well deserved ones.

Now, my annual predictions and preferences. (Note: I still have have yet to see The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, I’m Not There, and The Savages)

BEST PICTURE
Nominees:
Atonement
Juno
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood

Will Win: No Country for Old Men

Should Win: Um…I honestly don’t know. This is the first year I can actually say that I love (that’s right, love) all of these films. They are all on different plains, with broad themes, humor, drama, and strong characters. If pushed I’d say There Will Be Blood, but that should in no way diminish the high quality and craftsmanship of the other nominees.

BEST DIRECTOR
Nominees:
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton
Jason Reitman, Juno
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Will Win: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men

Should Win: Joel and Ethan Coen AND Paul Thomas Anderson. Any chance of a tie this year? These three men certainly all deserve Oscars for their latest films. I would say that both No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood are two of the strongest movies released by Hollywood in the 2000s thus far and although the chance of a tie for an Oscar is very small, I’ll say a pray.

BEST ACTOR
Nominees:
George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones, In the Valley of Elah
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Will Win and Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood; Do I even need to write anything? If you’ve seen this movie you know why. And if you haven’t, get to before I drink your milkshake.

BEST ACTRESS
Nominees:
Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Will Win: Julie Christie, Away From Her

Should Win: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose; Christie is the frontrunner and certain winner. Her performance in Away From Her was brilliant, but I felt a much stronger connection to Cotillard’s performance of Edith Piaf. Overall, Away From Her is definitely the “better made” film, but Cotillard showed more range in her interpretation and transformation.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Nominees:
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Charlie Wilson’s War
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Will Win and Should Win: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men; His role as evil incarnate was one of the best this year. Creepy, a character who was actually horrifying. You can see from his eyes the Bardem completely transformed his entire self into Anton Chigurh. Terrifyingly impressive.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nominees:
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Will Win: ???; Honestly, I have no idea. Neither Ruby Dee or Amy Ryan deserve to win, but I’m certain one of them will. Flip a coin, your guess is as good as mine.

Should Win: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton; Swinton’s role as a cooperate lawyer was one of my favorites of the year. She brought such depth and subtlety to a character who may have been flat in anyone else’s hands. The scene in Michael Clayton where she rehearses her “lines” for a settlement meeting is one that I can’t wait to watch over and over again on DVD. That being said, I wish that Allison Janney had been nominated for her role as the mother in Juno. She was and is wonderful.

The 80th Annual Academy Awards can be seen Sunday evening at 8pm on ABC. Tune in for Jon Stewart’s second time as host and to see how my predictions play out.

What is unique about this revival of “Company” is that there is no pit orchestra. Instead, each actor has their own instrument to play on stage. So in addition to singing, the actors also contribute to each song by providing accompaniment on their varying instruments. Sounds neat, doesn’t it? Director John Doyle also staged a version of “Sweeney Todd” done in this manner. You can catch a professionally recorded version of this production of “Company” next Wednesday (February 20th) at 9 PM as part of the PBS: Great Performances series.

I hesitate to make this blog a love letter to Bobby Darin, but surely you understand the reasons for my fascination. Even if you wouldn’t use the word ‘love,’ I hope you would at least acknowledge his enormous contribution to music and film. He easily transition from teen idol/singer/romantic comedy actor to serious actor. In my favorite of his dramatic films, “Pressure Point,” he plays opposite the always brilliant Sidney Poitier. Poitier plays a prison psychiatrist who must counsel a very disturbed, bigoted, American-Nazi (Darin). It’s a serious and gutsy performance for Darin and especially for a film made in 1962. Darin defends the importance of his role and this movie in an article he wrote for Ebony magazine entitled, “Why I Played a Film Bigot.” Directed by Hubert Cornfield and co-starring Peter Falk.