Too Good To Eat: Life-Size Stormtrooper Cake
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Henry-K.
Feast on this: a 300 Lbs. life-size Stormtrooper cake. The 6′ 4″ galactic gateau, created by the Boston-based Amanda Oakleaf Cakes took two weeks to complete and arrived at the Arisia science fiction and fantasy convention. It fed more than 600 hungry sci-fi fanatics. Baking couple Amanda and Tiler Oakleaf used 208 eggs, 140lb of [...]
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We Love Anthony Mackie And Here’s Why
Posted on 19. Jan, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
He’s one of Hollywood’s best and brightest young actors, with a string of critically acclaimed roles under his belt, lots of celebrity buzz, as well as the mentorship of Hollywood’s top filmmakers. Anthony Mackie was a scene-stealer in the Oscar-winning “The Hurt Locker” and now he’s a “Man on a Ledge.” Technically, it is costar [...]
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Who and Who Want To Play Liz Taylor?
Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Check out this celebrity buzz: Lindsay Lohan is competing with Megan Fox to play Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie for “Lifetime” about the star’s life called “Liz and Dick,” reports Deadline. Because of Lindsay’s Sapphic ways, this could mark the first time that Lindsay was associated with “Dick.” This also marks the greatest case [...]
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Movie Awards: 2011 Year of the ‘Artist’
Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
Last night’s Golden Globes winners confirmed that frustrated movie lovers should not stop advocating for quality filmmaking and serious, entertaining stories for grown-ups. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association handed out chunks of hardware to “The Descendants,” a story of a distant father fighting to reconnect with his children and keep the family going after a [...]
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Dominic Cooper 101: Taking a bite out of Hollywood
Posted on 15. Jan, 2012 by Harrison Cheung.
British actor Dominic Cooper‘s breakthrough role was on the London and Broadway stage in a production of THE HISTORY BOYS, a popular play about 8 teenage boys coached to get into Cambridge. The popularity of the play resulted in an acclaimed 2006 film adaptation, for which Cooper was nominated Most Promising Newcomer by the British Independent [...]
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First-Time Director Uses a Smartphone to Crack Hollywood
Posted on 11. Jan, 2012 by Ben Scuglia.
Most people who suffer through a tumultuous period of personal turmoil decide to kick back, take it easy and just pull back from the rat race. Not writer-director Hooman Khalili, who dreamed up the idea for his feature film “Olive” only two years ago this month. The independently produced and financed project was shot for less [...]
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Will “Man on a Ledge’s” plot effect its box office ledger?
Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
Here’s a potential forehead slapper: The non-money-making film “The Ledge“ which co-starred Liv Tyler (no, it’s not about her Dad falling off of the ledge like he falls off of the wagon) was released in 2011 and even streamed live by Sundance. One year later, it’s being released with a different cast (but very similar plot) [...]
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Power Lunch: Spike Jonze auctions himself
Posted on 10. Jan, 2012 by Henry-K.
Not Ryan Gosling, but director Spike Jonze (“Where The Wild Things Are”) is putting himself up for an auction, treating the winner to a lunch date. Now before you say “who?” let us up the profile of your potential date by pointing out: he is a critically acclaimed, Oscar nominated filmmaker who is not just [...]
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That Dark Horse Named Elizabeth Olsen Is A Winner
Posted on 08. Jan, 2012 by Mark DiPonto.
FINALLY, It is a pleasure to report that a sister of a famous celebrity family (see “Olsens”) is making news for her drive and/or talent; not who she dates and/or marries (see “Kardashians”). Because Elizabeth Olsen received raves for her starring role in “Silent House” (let’s not forget her in “Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene” either), [...]
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