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Some pictures from the 2009 Oscars . . . on the red carpet.
Starting with my favorite man at the moment, Mickey Rourke. I thought he looked great as he kept his own style and went for something totally different. I want to know what was going on with Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s hat, I mean its the Oscars, come on no beanie type hats.
Ok, So I have wrote a big long report as I was watching the Oscars.
Overall it was a very good show, and much better than last year. The only thing it really missed was Jack Nicholson sitting grinning in the front row. I mean how can you have an Oscars without Jack?!?! I think some of the surprises for the presenters for the acting awards were the best parts, although a few of them did walk the red carpet, but others did not. I also hope they bring back Hugh Jackman as host next year.
Some pictures from the arrivals to the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards.
This has just made the whole Independent spirit awards so much better. First Mickey wins and now “The Wrestler” has picked up best feature and rightly so. It was a fantastically drawn together film, which deserves so much recognition. Yes I really do love this film, who knows maybe it is more joint spot for my favorite EVER film with “Million Dollar Baby”.
Another awards show and yes another best actor award for Mickey Rourke. I am so happy :-). He totally deserves all the awards he already has and definatly deserves the Oscar tomorrow night. So *fingers crossed* it all goes to plan and he has the Oscar in his hands.
The music video for “The Wrestler” both movie and song of the same name. Appeared on youtube the other day, a friend sent me the link to it and it only had a couple of hundred views. But today when I have just clicked on the link it has over 28,000 views at the moment. This was over the past couple of days. For those who haven’t seen the fantastic music video with Bruce Springsteen in the ring:
I wouldn’t be too sad if most of those were true. Especially for Mickey and “In Bruges”. I still hold a little bit of hope that “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” will cause a major upset to “Slumdog Millionaire” but don’t really see that happening too much.
Oscar organisers have dismissed a list claiming to reveal all those poised for Academy Awards as a “complete fraud”.
The document, circulating on the internet, names Kate Winslet as best actress for her role in The Reader.
The list, which features an authentic-looking letterhead, also claims British film Slumdog Millionaire will bag the best picture and best director prizes.
Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger said it was a forgery and the event’s auditors were still counting votes.
“The document is a complete fraud,” she said.
“There are only two people there who will know the complete list of winners in advance of the envelopes being opened during the ceremony.”
Reports say the document appears to carry the signature of Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars.
Ms Unger added: “The Academy’s president is not advised of the winners in advance and no such list is created.”
Globes blunder
The document also names Mickey Rourke as best actor for his role in The Wrestler and the late Heath Ledger as best supporting actor for The Dark Knight.
Best supporting actress is named as Amy Adams for Doubt and the list also claims In Bruges will get the best original screenplay award.
It is not the first time this awards season that there have been rumours regarding supposed winners.
Golden Globe organisers were forced to apologise last month for a blunder on the awards website which suggested Anne Hathaway had won a best actress gong for Rachel Getting Married.
An asterisk had appeared by mistake on the site next to Hathaway’s name in a list of nominees, sparking a flurry of reports that she would receive the award.
Winslet, who went on to win ahead of Hathaway, has been nominated for an Oscar on five previous occasions, but has yet to take home an Academy statuette.
However, she remains the favourite for the award following her double win at the Golden Globes and success at the Critics’ Choice Awards.
As she attended a flurry of pre-Oscar parties, the actress told the BBC News website she was “permanently anxious” but “very excited” about the ceremony on Sunday.
I really hope he is back in for “Iron Man 2”
Earlier this week, Splash Page reported on the latest in what’s become a string of make-your-head-spin “Iron Man 2’” casting rumors, as Mickey Rourke declared that he was dropping out of the “Iron Man” sequel, simply stating that, “Right now, we’re not doing ‘Iron Man 2.’”
However — if a report on Entertainment Weekly can be trusted — there still may be a glimmer of hope for fans who were looking forward to seeing the Oscar-nominated actor take a turn as one of ol’ Shellhead’s rogues. According to unnamed sources, the offer by Marvel Entertainment made to Rourke still stands, adding “nothing’s yet being negotiated.”
As mentioned, Rourke has become just the latest in a series of “are they in or are they out?” casting rumors regarding the sequel to 2008’s “Iron Man,” and speculation has been running rampant that it might have to do with money-saving initiatives that include asking A-list actors and actresses to take on roles for as little as $250,000. (On a side note, we know some people who would play Marvel’s superheroes in a feature film for half that price, by the way. Heck, they’d do it for free.)
These rumored initiatives might have already cost them fan-favorite actor Samuel L. Jackson, who said he might not return to the role of Nick Fury in future Marvel films (although the actor never stated his exact reasons, he did hint at an “economic crisis” at Marvel).
In any event, be sure to keep it locked to Splash Page for the latest “Iron Man 2’ developments.
I hope he doesn’t really believe that. It should all be based on his incredible performance in “The Wrestler”.
Mickey Rourke fears he will miss out on the Best Actor prize at the upcoming Academy Awards – as payback for his troubled past relationships with Hollywood movie executives.
The actor has made a triumphant return to the big-screen having spent years out of the limelight after a string of run-ins with film bosses, well documented troubles with the law and a failed foray into professional boxing.
He has already secured prestigious Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for his comeback performance in The Wrestler and is widely tipped to take home a coveted Oscar prize.
But Rourke is convinced he will be shunned by the Academy at Sunday’s ceremony – as punishment for his past hot-headed behaviour.
He says, “It’s voted for by people from the movie business and in the past I’ve hacked them all off. I was good at that. It came easy to me. I stupidly said acting wasn’t a job for a real man. I threatened producers, raged at directors, forgot my agent’s name. I really burned my bridges. And a lot of people have long memories.”
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