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Archives => Archive 1 => Topic started by: bk on November 23, 2003, 12:27:13 AM
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Well, now that we're all done reading the notes, let's have loads of lovely topics so we can have loads of lovely posts before we have loads of lovely CHAT.
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I will post and then I will go to sleep, then I will post more tomorrow. I probably won't make it to the chat...rehearsals prevent it...
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No pressure to write fascinating information in the first post. Thank you Ann. Yet another documentary programme on Egyptian civilization and the search for treasures is on TV as I type. They all blend in to one yet such information was not at our disposal when I was a kid at High School. Information overload yet still I would love to travel to Egypt to look at these wonders. Maybe in my next lifetime.
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Too sleepy to come up with something interesting to say right now, but I will try to post this picture that I've been trying to post for the last 48 hours...
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Lulu: That's priceless. And it's precisely his look(s) and all he has done to attain them that make him a perfect figure for mockery and droll commentary and absolute ridicule.
This, of course, is how he originally looked:
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Which, I suppose, proves that you can also turn a silk purse into a sow's ear!
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OK, I've had my coffee (actually, am having it), so I can now make a stab at posting something insightful or, at the very least, something that makes at least a teensy bit of sense.
My, what an opinionated column today, and all about DVDs. Not that I mind; on the contrary, I love it. I am in total agreement about scholarly commentary - I once tried to listen to the scholarly track on Criterion's Rebecca (a truly incredible two-disc set that any fan of Hitchcock's first American film should buy; and soon, as Criterion is letting it go out of print this year) and it was good for nothing but a soporific. We're talking Snoozeville, daddio. The guy appeared to be reading his master's thesis. A good professor can speak interestingly about film, given the chance. But not when he's allowed to read his treatise on the subject. Avoid that like the plague. Strangely enough, a professor of mine did the commentary for the LD of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Though his class was always engaging and interesting, I'd be willing to bet that his commentary was just as tedious as the other scholarly ones.
Plaza Suite. That brings back fond memories. I did the beginning of the third act (the Lee Grant one in the movie) as a one-woman thingy for an acting class I was in around three years ago. I just did the part up to where the husband shows up (my last line was something like, "There's your father at the door.") We had to do our scenes over and over in front of the class, and the weird thing was that around the third time I ran through it, some weird magical thing happened when I was pleading with Mimsy to come out of the bathroom and I got BIG laughs. On the third run-through! Either I experienced that transcendental moment where performers rhapsodize, "I became the character" or my audience had just noticed I had spinach caught between my teeth. I'm hoping the former.
Naturally, on the fourth run-through I tried to replicate all the nuances of my third performance, but it was for naught - can't catch lightning in a bottle. Ah, well...it was grand for that one moment in time. :)
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Mr Barkalot: most of the movies will not hit OZ until easter. From what movies are the "Brother Bear" and "Mona Lisa Smile" or are they in fact he titles?
All of the 15 contendors, in each of the categories, I listed in yesterday's notes were the title of the film followed by the individual/s resposible for the score/song.
Brother Bear is an animated movie from Disney coming out on December 26 in Oz with voices including Joaquin Phoenix, Rick Moranis and Michael Clarke Duncan. Though it's received mediocre reviews dubbing the film pleasant, if unremarkable, it's one of four films this season vying for the three slots in the Animated Feature category.
Mona Lisa Smile is a 1950s period dramedy starring Julia Roberts wth Kirsten Dunst, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julia Stiles and Marcia Gay Harden directed by Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco, Four Weddings and a Funeral). It'll be released on February 19 in Oz and December 19 here in the States.
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I've changed my .sig in honor of today's column.
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May I just mention that MJ was VERY good looking before he...umm...what DID he do, exactly? Before he "changed". I wonder if he was still as weird back then, or if that came after the surgery. You couldn't PAY me to go to his ranch unsupervised. Looking at that face gives me chills...normal people don't look like they're about to pounce at you!
I'm working from 9-2, and then I have a room to clean and homework to do, so don't expect too many posts until those things have been finished.
The Swishy Shorts, blue teeshirt, and socks with moons on them.
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Below is a photo from an alternate ending for Finding Nemo that they did not use on the DVD
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Too sleepy to come up with something interesting to say right now, but I will try to post this picture that I've been trying to post for the last 48 hours...
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Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want...
Sorry, my dear!
And where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here.
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late in my career.
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns...
Well, maybe next year.
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I have to head out to a meeting at work now, but, before I left I wanted to thank Mark for his posting to HHW2 of the Oscar rundown. It's been a couple of weeks since I visited Mr. Mark's own Oscar site, so his input here was great to see.
Now, like Tom from Oz, I shall try to track each track down and make myself a compilation disc of those nominees.
Has the Annie Lennox song been released yet?
Well, off to the meeting to see what changes lie in store for the restaurant as of January 1.
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For Mr. Mark Bakalor
I have some questions about your Academy Award picks.
Have you or will you factor in the situation that there will be no screeners this year and that will effect the indies getting their films seen?
When an actor has two or more films (sean Penn for example) in contention for best actor honors will the major studio release get chosen over the indie or will the "duke it out" with the possiblility that he won't get the nomination?
Also when you have three strong lead performances as in Mystic River will the studio desiginate Lead and Supporting like they did with the ladies in Chicago?
Johnny Depp's performance in Pirates was wonderful in my opinion but because it is a comedic performance is this why he is further down in the list?
In the documentary category what about Lost In La Mancha or was it released last year?
How does Looney Tunes: Back In Action qualify for the animate category when it is mixed with live action?
I thought that I read somewhere that Warner Brothers was only going to promote one of the Matrix sequels for Oscar contention.
Do you also factor in when a film was release in the year as part of your equations?
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Updating my question regarding Looney Tunes. Went to the Academy Award official site and yes it is eligable, but Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas, Lil Pimp and Cowboy Bebop are not in contention. Jester Till and Tokyo Godfather are. I am sure this will change your listings
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Now why in the world wouldn't SINBAD's studio place it in contention. True, the movie was a notorious bomb, but from everything I've read, it was not the quality of the animation or performances that made it die at the box-office. I would think an Oscar nomination would be some solace from the drubbing of low box-office numbers.
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Hey good morning all.
BK, I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but I love that you have a cute smiley in each first post! Yeah for smilies.
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Btw, I also love the term demi-god. Does that make me a demi-goddess? :)
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SOme scholarly commentary can be fantastic, however, when done with grace and without pretension. The two best laserdisc commentaries I've ever heard were John Fricke's on THE WIZARD OF OZ and Ron Haver's on SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. These are scholars who don't talk down to the audience, and their enthusiasm for the film in question is catching. Miles Kreuger's track on Criterion's SHOWBOAT is also very good, but I still like Fricke's and Haver's the best.
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For DR Andrea: Ah the Queen Elizabeth. I was just there last weekend. Nice place.
Btw, before I go can someone please tell me what RonP and Mark were talking about in yesterday's notes. Something about not being able to see a "tree" when looking at the previous day's notes????
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SOme scholarly commentary can be fantastic, however, when done with grace and without pretension. The two best laserdisc commentaries I've ever heard were John Fricke's on THE WIZARD OF OZ and Ron Haver's on SINGIN' IN THE RAIN. These are scholars who don't talk down to the audience, and their enthusiasm for the film in question is catching. Miles Kreuger's track on Criterion's SHOWBOAT is also very good, but I still like Fricke's and Haver's the best.
I would love Criterion to release Show Boat on DVD. I would actually pay the price for one of their cds if that was released.
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For DR Andrea: Ah the Queen Elizabeth. I was just there last weekend. Nice place.
So was Prince Phillip/
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Good morning all! I hope everyone slept well. I know I did. Had a really weird dream composed of things I saw, listened to and did yesterday. How many people have Antonio Banderas and Michael Ball try to put together an end table for you? Operative word there is try. It looked like a transporter accident. (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/lachen/laughing-smiley-014.gif)
I sitting here sipping on a new brand of tea that I got yesterday at Sam’s Club. It’s called Mystic Chai Spiced tea. It’s very good.
One thing I love about going to Sam’s is the free sample section in the food department. You get to try so many yummy things–that’s how I learned about the tea.
I LOVE the Michael Jackson mug shot! It is sooo on target. LOL! (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/spezial/Fool/appl.gif)
Have a good day all! If theres a chat, I'll try to be back!
BTW--Many thanks for the Karma!
D
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On the recommendation of BK I went out and bought the Groucho Marx DVD set. The outtakes and "stag reels" are so funny. I thought I pass on one classic exchange from a radio show.
An Interview with Mr. and Mrs Story of Bakersfield, CA. They had 20 kids!!
Groucho:Why do you have so many children? That a big responsibilty and a burden.
Mrs. Story: Well, because I love my children and I think that is our purpose here on earth and I love my husband.
Groucho: I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.
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That's a classic Groucho line. God, how I miss him!
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Speaking of the Marx Bros, Universal let its Paramount Marx Bros. films go out of print. I am certainly hoping they remaster them and put them out for the public to buy again. No person interested in comedy should go through his life without having experienced THE COCOANUTS, ANIMAL CRACKERS, MONKEY BUSINESS, HORSE FEATHERS, or DUCK SOUP.
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I agree with Matt and even later Marx Brothers was better than no Marx Brothers.
I would also love to see Laurel and Hardy shorts release on DVD. I remember on Sunday afternoons that the CBC would air Laurel and Hardy films. Those were the good old days.
BTW the I have the Chaplin film collections on DVD Highly recommended. But I do have a question. There are a couple of box sets of Chaplin shorts from his mutual days.
Is one set better than the other. I am looking for quality and remastering over content as both have basically the same selection of movies
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Watching How to Suceed in Business Without Really Trying on TCM this morning. One of my favorite movies. ;D
I haven't even begun to think about The Academy Awards yet....hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
It is a beautiful day here ... the last before cold weather and snow tomorrow.
The Indiana PBS stations did NOT show Oklahoma! last night and are saving it for their beg-a-thons no doubt.
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I noticed that the Charlotte PBS station is showing OKLAHOMA! this coming Friday in a four hour block. The NC network PBS stations did it last night along with many other PBS stations.
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I never got to see the original HOW TO SUCCEED on stage, so the movie was really exciting for me to see original people and Broadway replacements doing a good job with the material. I wish the DVD had been anamorphic, but it's better than nothing.
I think the most recent Chaplin Mutual releases have the best quality, but I got the first three disc releases of the Chaplin Mutuals, and they looked great to my eyes. Either way, you can't go wrong, DR Michael.
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Good morning!
<sniffle, sniffle>
Ah, the joys of sinus infections!
UGH! :-[
I'll be all right. I think part of this sinus crap is my exhaustion level after this opening week. Who knew orchestra part editing could be so grueling at times? -Well, I knew it would be, I just didn't think it would take so much out of me this time around.
Well... as for DVDs... Maybe I'll be able to comment on some DVDs after tomorrow... Maybe I'll actually unwrap(!) and put a DVD or two into my DVD player.... Which I don't think I've used in months at this point!
I'll be in the middle of Camelot tonight during chat, so, please accept my regrets. I'm heading back home to Richmond after the show, and I'll check back in then... There may still be some lively and sparkling chat going on!
Until then... -WOW! Another BEAUTIFUL day here in the DC area!!! Of course, I'll be inside... but at least I get some nice knights to look at. ;D
-Boy, did this ramble... Gotta run....
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I doubt I'll be in chat tonight. The adventures of Sydney Bristow start back up tonight, and it must be seen in high definition.
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Talk about a lull!!!
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I GOT A JOB!! I'm going to do the West Virginia Public Theatre gig, and the pay is actually pretty decent! I leave next Sunday morning and I'll be back on the 15th of December. Yay! And I didn't even audition for this one... :-P
Off to see TABOO and then a movie tonight, so I won't be in chat. Ciao!
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Congratulations, DR Jason! I know we're all delighted for you and look forward to hearing about it. We will also want to know your opinions of TABOO when you return.
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Good morning all!
I spent a delightful evening last night watching almost all of OKLAHOMA. It appears I had forgotten about the show until about a half hour into it so came in during the "Kansas City" number.
It was terribly enjoyable especially since I had never seen a production of the show (but I of course knew some of the music). The dream ballet sequence kicked some serious bootie.
Mark - do you become some sort of bookie around Oscar time? You obviously have put much thought into the coming awards...
General Comment - am I the only person who adores the score to FINDING NEMO? I think it is perfect for the movie, not overly sappy yet soaring in a way that makes sense given the "epic" nature of the story.
I will be in chat tonight and will be severely disappointed with all Hainesies and Kimlets who will not. :)
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The DR Jason Gets a Job Dance:
*dance dance dance applaud dance dance spin pat-on-back dance dance yippee*
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[General Comment - am I the only person who adores the score to FINDING NEMO? I think it is perfect for the movie, not overly sappy yet soaring in a way that makes sense given the "epic" nature of the story.
You are not alone, DR Emily (who cannot buy a computer at Walmart); I fell in love with Thomas Newman's score upon first hearing. Later, I dl-ed the score only to replace it with a store-bought cd.
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Talk about a lull!!!
Change the final letter of that and you've instructed us to discuss a DR.
Unbearably beautiful weather this weekend. We brunched with friends at a delightfully retro place on the other side of the campus. All the other restaurants had outdoor tables filled. This in late November.
I couldn't devote a whole four hours to Oklahoma! but taped it to catch parts I missed. The two men vying for Laurie's attention were very well acted. The peddler had no sense of comic timing, and Laurie lacked something similar, which we might call dramatic timing.
But, the show is so wonderfully well-written, R & H making SO many bold choices, that it's just great to hear the script and score again. I actually cried at a comedy song, All Or Nothing, seeing as how "no half-and-half romance will do" for me and DW Joy.
Chat seems possible if not probable.
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Congratulations to Jason!
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Everybody's saying, "I gotta run". What is this run? Here is the place to be on a lazy Sunday. If everyone is running how can they stop and smell the posts? And what is this, "I won't be in chat"? Chat is the place to be on a lazy Sunday. And what is this, "I got a JOB, bye"? Bye is for Birdies not for Jasons. Oh, good morning. If there was a little dove outside, I'd say Good Morning, Miss Dove.
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What is this lull? We are close to crossing 8000 posts and I was actually hoping that we'd have done it already. Of course, we're very far ahead of the game, well over an average of two hundred posts a day, so I'm not complaining, oh, no, I'm not complaining.
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Attention everyone, BK is NOT complaining ;)
Is anyone else having trouble listening to the Broadway Radio Show? I started listening to the latest one on Friday and got as far as "Footloose" the OBC version when my 'puter crashed. Now every time I go back to listen I get through the opening "Pick Myself Up" and then my system crashes. This has happened every time.
Mark help! Is it the show itself with problems or my diaboloically disastrous dell having yet more issues?
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Hi all --
Can't stay but a bit. Gotta run (sorry BK). Have a memorial service to go to.
Re: Oklahoma on TV. Had serious misgivings about it. It seemed FLAT. The sparse, surreal sets/lighting and costume color choices bothered me for some reason. The performances overall were (I'm sorry but no other word will do) FLAT! Susan Stroman's choreography was good but, I don't know, FLAT. Maybe it has to do with the British temperment -- or mine!
Oy.
I prefer the movie.
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Hey everyone! I for one will definitely be at the chat tonight, and we simply must have a big, full room full of partying H/Ks!
Ahhh...lazy afternoons. Of course, I have homework later, but I may just relax and watch TV or read.
Jason--Congrats on the new job!!! That's terrific!! *refrains from making obligatory West Virginia joke* :P
Lulu--that pic was hilarious! He really is looking more and more like a noseless Joan Crawford.
Swishy--I agree with you about Michael Jackson once being handsome. He's quite good-looking in the Thriller video, and also in that other one with all the ghosts in the mansion with him dressed as some kind of Anne Rice character...I forget the name of that one. Though at that time, he still was identifiably black...the skin was just starting to get whiter though.
GRRRR!! I wanted so much to see Oklahoma last night (or at least to tape it...I was at the cast party) but neither local public broadcasting station aired it! I have no idea when it will be on in the Metropolitan area. I SO don't want to have to buy the DVD when taping it (except for the annoying fundraising intervals) is so much cheaper!
I did see the revival 2 years ago, with Patrick Wilson and not Hugh Jackman as Curly. It was decent but rather lackluster, IMHO.
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Good afternoon all! What a lovely day! Not to hot nor to cold. It's just right.
The dogs and I took a nice loooong walk. Everyone is now officially pooped out so I'll be close the computer for the rest of the day. I'm thinking about cracking the seal on my Photoshop program.
I hope I can post a photo or two using it. I got some very cute shots of Bear on the couch this morning with the digital camera.
I have a favor to ask but we'll see if I can post a picture first so I can show you what I'm talking about first.
I want to watch Oklahoma! since everyone is talking about it. It starts at 4 today so it will be over in plenty of time for chat--if there's still going to be one.
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Sorry Dear BK, but I too must say "gotta run" for the day. A full day of rehearsals awaits me, then a friend's recital this evening. Hopefully I'll make it back from that in time for some chattin' action. If everyone stays in the room past eight...
Emily - I also adore the FINDING NEMO score. It's one I hope to pick up at some point, along with the Spirited Away soundtrack. Such beautiful music ... maybe someday when I get money.
Jason - Congratulations! Does this mean you get to quit the job from hell? I do hope so!
Have a good day everyone
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Ooh Maya, how long have you had the new pic and I've failed to notice?? You look beautiful! Is it a senior picture one?
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Thank you so much, Ann! It's not a senior pic....just one my mom took a year or two ago out in the woods behind the house. I kind of wanted to get a pic up that didn't show me looking like Morticia Addams!
I really like your pic too! When was it taken?
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Maya - Thanks! It's actually a pretty old pic, taken last June, by my mother, outside our house. I keep meaning to get a more recent one up, but I have to find someone willing to take it. It's just impossible to take a good picture of yourself! :)
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yes, DR Maya has a lovely new photograph! ;D
For those who might be interested, my review of the GYPSY CD is now up at Epinions.com. ;)
http://www.epinions.com/content_119564504708 (http://www.epinions.com/content_119564504708)
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Thank you, Jrand! I quite like yours as well :o
As I admitted to the other day, I haven't seen the Roz Russell film version of Gypsy, but I enjoyed your review! Very well-written (and great trivia)!
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Maya, I loved your Morticia pic, but the new one is beautiful. :)
Just dropped by to say I gotta run.
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Is there a marathon scheduled today?
Thanks, Maya....you MUST see GYPSY!
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Below is a photo from an alternate ending for Finding Nemo that they did not use on the DVD
OH! MY! GOSH! ROTFLMAO!
This was totally unexpected and a great laugh!
Thanks, Michael!
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For Mr. Mark Bakalor
I have some questions about your Academy Award picks.
Have you or will you factor in the situation that there will be no screeners this year and that will effect the indies getting their films seen?
When an actor has two or more films (sean Penn for example) in contention for best actor honors will the major studio release get chosen over the indie or will the "duke it out" with the possiblility that he won't get the nomination?
Especially regarding Sean Penn, I'm wondering if you have included the "O'Reilly Factor" into your equations. Just five months ago, O'Reilly was defaming Penn daily, and vociferously, and declaring Penn's career dead in the water and that no one in Hollywood would work with him.
Of course, O'Reilly may "occasionally" be given to hyperbole.....or he may be guilty of what Al Franken has said....of being a "pathological liar".
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Once again many thanks to Mr Barkalot from one who tries to collect every nominated for Oscar song. I play last year's winner so often!
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Once again many thanks to Mr Barkalot from one who tries to collect every nominated for Oscar song. I play last year's winner so often!
. . . whenever you do, do you lose yourself?
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Well I'm back from work. Ugh. Hungry people in the morning are NOT nice. Well, some hungry people. I didn't sit down once from 9 am until 3 pm. It's "Miss, can I have more soda? Miss, I'd like a different soda, plus a cappucino please. I need napkins. Lot's of napkins. Can you clean up that spill under the table for me? I've been sitting here for TEN MINUTES and my 6-plate order STILL hasn't arrived. What's wrong with the service here?!? I forgot to tell you that I need a pizza to go. That can be ready in the next 5 minutes, right? WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S GOING TO TAKE TEN MINUTES?!?"
I am such a nice person. I don't raise my voice, get annoyed, or spit in their drinks. My respect level for food service employees has gone up 6 million percent.
What is this, a LULL? We can't have lulls going on here, no sir. We have spoiled BK with such large numbers that we can't ever go back. No, we must post until the cows come home. What is with those cows? Why are they NEVER home? You'd think they MIGHT come home, but no, they don't. But yes, we must post until the cows come home, or at least the chickens. (That was supposed to be a BK impression, but I have failed miserably. Oh well, I'm leaving it, it makes me laugh.)
Oops, I forgot. I gotta run, chores to do! Sorry BK :).
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Oklahoma was broadcast yesterday on Seattle's PBS but I have the Region 2 DVD so I don't care. :) Broadway's Lost Treasures is being shown tonight. I'm pretty sure that I taped it the first time that it was on, but I can't find the tape (if I did tape it) so I'm taping it tonight just to make sure.
This afternoon, I'm going to my parents' house for dinner so I won't be at chat. A friend of my mom's will be there and when we all get together, we play board games till real late. Also I want to make a cheesecake for the dessert, so I have to get vanilla. A plain cheesecake (the only kind that most of my family likes) needs vanilla, which I don't have, so I must shower then go shopping. Have a good chat!
And Congratulations to Jason!
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DR td: I can't even remember the title!
I tried to watch "Jacques Brel is Alive and ..." last night. I shall bury that one along with Kurt Weill. I just don't get it.
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DR Maya: I like the new pic, but I also loved the old one (it's Mona Lisa not Morticia, btw) :)
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Wow, we are a slow bunch today! Just came back from shopping. I need to go and watch the end of yesterday's Trading Spaces. The british shows are interesting, but not as good, IMO. But at least Laurie is back!
Tonight I will be at my brother-in-law's birthday dinner. It's at a Greek restaurant. And since I love greek food, it should be good. I'm just trying to remember if they serve tzatziki at their salad bar. For some reason I don't think they do (although lots of feta and the pink dip).
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Was it a gruelling day at the orphanage yesterday TCB?
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I am also excited that Alias is on again. But I will have to tape it and watch it later.
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Why am I the only one posting? :(
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No Alias spoilers because some of us haven't even seen season two yet.
We're on our way to a new low. Let's not let that happen. The good news is we'll definitely pass 8,000 within a few short hours.
Just got back from the local farmer's market. I never go there, but it's fun to walk up and down looking at the various fruits and vegetables, and I don't mean the people.
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Sarah brings up an excellent point. What IS it with those fershlugenah cows? Why are they never home? Are they unhappy at home? Do their spouses (or would that be cow-ses) not understand them? Do they possess a very poor sense of direction? Are they party animals (bovine) who stay out drinking and carousing (ca-cow-sing) until all hours of the day and night? Just what is their collective problem???
Just wanted to mention that I simply must dash.
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I understand, TFO: If you don't like one, you're unlikely to like the other.
Brel, to me, always sounds like watered-down European Weill. Now, I think Weill is quite excellent. You have to have an appreciation for the heightened drama of it all, but it's powerful stuff, often. And Brel, who always seems to be aspiring to the same thing, is pretty good every now and then, too.
I shall now try to post a picture...
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Very nice picture of the two of you DR Noel.
Well, I spent my afternoon watching PHONE BOOTH. Very intense and well done little thriller, and it ran the right length too, less than 90 minutes. My subwoofer was really bumping along with some of that boombox bass pumping through the movie.
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DR td: I can't even remember the title!
I tried to watch "Jacques Brel is Alive and ..." last night. I shall bury that one along with Kurt Weill. I just don't get it.
Um, DR Tom, the title was LOSE YOURSELF. . . ;D
BREL, the film, predates MTV by several years. . .
It also uses a Beckettian atmosphere to good advantage. . .
Plotless, but, certainly not pointless.
DR Noel, I have yet to notice anything Weillian about Brel, honest. I always thought that Brel's songs were on a somewhat higher plane than the music of Rod McKuen - - who incidentally horribly translated some Brel lyrics:
"We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun. . ."
"If you go away, on this summer day, then you might as well take the sun away. . ."
PUH-LEEEZE!
Curiousity is getting the better of me; so I ask, could you give me examples of the Weill that you hear in Brel. . .
love the new pictures, people!
Obviously, Noel had joy, he had fun, he had seasons in the sun. . .
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Lovely photograph of DRs Joy and Noel!
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JACQUES BREL was a ridiculous choice for the American Film Theater all those years ago (LOST IN THE STARS was more like it if they were going to do a musical, but it too was a dismal failure). It's one thing to try to be arty, but aside from their subscribers, I wonder who on earth Eli Landau thought the market for that movie would be. No wonder the AFT died after its second season.
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We're on our way to a new low because of all the running and dashing. On the plus side, we just went over 8,000 posts. On the minus side, we're on our way to a new low unless we can get some akshun goin' on. I think we'd better, because I will be most unpleasant in chat if we continue having such lullifying lulls.
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JRand, can you make changes to your review at epinions? Lisa Kirk was the original Lois in KISS ME KATE, not the original Kate. That was Patricia Morison.
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Has the Annie Lennox song been released yet?
Well, off to the meeting to see what changes lie in store for the restaurant as of January 1.
Check out this site (http://larsen-family.us/%7E1066/Annie_Lennox.html) for the track.
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You know a musical of the period that I wish the AFT had filmed instead of JACQUES BREL? COMPANY! It would have been closed by that time, and it would have been arty enough to have fit in well with plays like THE HOMECOMING and THE MAIDS in this series.
[sigh] An opportunity lost.
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I haven't got anything to saaaaaay, BK. My room is SO messy, it's awful. I have until my parents get home to get it done, or I'll get in trouble, and they're not in the best of moods, so I'm not sure if I want to risk it. I also have some Biology worksheets to finish, and a History timeline to make. I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open. Eh.
*Cue tragic violin music*
I'm in such a whiny mood today. I can't stand whiny people. There, you see, I'm whining about being whiny! No more of this. From now on I shall NOT whine.
If I'm not asleep by 9, I'll be at chat. No promises.
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Have you or will you factor in the situation that there will be no screeners this year and that will effect the indies getting their films seen?
It is NOT true that there will be no screeners this year. In other words, there are ALREADY official and legal screeners being sent out for this season. Screeners are still allowed, only this year only for Academy members.
When an actor has two or more films (sean Penn for example) in contention for best actor honors will the major studio release get chosen over the indie or will the "duke it out" with the possiblility that he won't get the nomination?
They'll likely duke it out. It's a fairly common practice (see Leonardo with Catch Me If You Can and Gangs of New York, last year). Mystic River is clear Oscar bait and Penn's best shot.
Also when you have three strong lead performances as in Mystic River will the studio desiginate Lead and Supporting like they did with the ladies in Chicago?
It is my understanding that Sean Penn will be the only Lead Actor subkission for Mystic River. Look for Tim Robbings in the Supporting with Kevin Bacon as a darkhorse.
Johnny Depp's performance in Pirates was wonderful in my opinion but because it is a comedic performance is this why he is further down in the list?
It's an over the top comedic performance in the antithesis of an Oscar-bait (outside of technical nods) title. The fact that he got such great response, and is Johny Depp, shoots him as high as he is in the charts though I don't see him gaining much more. His time will be next year (was this year until it was moved to 2004) with J.M. Barrie's Neverland.
In the documentary category what about Lost In La Mancha or was it released last year?
It was eligible this year but didn't make the most recent cut down to 11 titles. I was very much looking forward to seeing the film, after seeing it I was very much dissapointed in what I saw.
How does Looney Tunes: Back In Action qualify for the animate category when it is mixed with live action?
To qualify, submitted films must be at least 70 minutes long, contain a minimum of 75 percent animation and employ one of three styles: traditional cel drawing, stop-motion or computer-generated images.
I thought that I read somewhere that Warner Brothers was only going to promote one of the Matrix sequels for Oscar contention.
It is assumed that they will only submit Revolutions though until this is confirmed both remain on many of my charts.
Do you also factor in when a film was release in the year as part of your equations?
Sure. Watch Seabiscuit fall. :)
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Updating my question regarding Looney Tunes. Went to the Academy Award official site and yes it is eligable, but Sinbad: The Legend of the Seven Seas, Lil Pimp and Cowboy Bebop are not in contention. Jester Till and Tokyo Godfather are. I am sure this will change your listings
My charts are most often up to date. The updates on the site, however, lag behind.
The current Animated race looks like:
1 Finding Nemo
2 Brother Bear
3 The Triplets of Belleville
4 Milenium Actress
5 Rugrats Go Wild
6 Looney Tunes: Back In Action
7 Piglet's Big Movie
8 The Jungle Book 2
9 Tokyo Godfathers
10 Jester Till
11 Pokemon Heroes
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Now why in the world wouldn't SINBAD's studio place it in contention. True, the movie was a notorious bomb, but from everything I've read, it was not the quality of the animation or performances that made it die at the box-office. I would think an Oscar nomination would be some solace from the drubbing of low box-office numbers.
Ann Daly, head of feature animation at DreamWorks, told Animation Magazine Online, "In light of the fact that Sinbad was clearly a commercial disappointment, although we stand behind the extraordinary artistic achievement of the creative team behind the movie, we decided that it was the best decision not to enter it in the Oscar race".
It would have been embarrasing to have submitted the major studio film with the good chance that it wouldn't be nominated. Had there been five slots instead of three this year they likely would have at least submitted.
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Especially regarding Sean Penn, I'm wondering if you have included the "O'Reilly Factor" into your equations. Just five months ago, O'Reilly was defaming Penn daily, and vociferously, and declaring Penn's career dead in the water and that no one in Hollywood would work with him.
Of course, O'Reilly may "occasionally" be given to hyperbole.....or he may be guilty of what Al Franken has said....of being a "pathological liar".
The world is a slightly better place in that Bill's opinion has little impact on the Oscar machine. He WILL be nominated this year. He will likely be nominated next year for his portrayal of Byck in The Assassination of Richard Nixon. O'Reilly will love that one.
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Noel and Joy: Love the picture! And the title of it. ;)
I have returned from hither but must presently hie myself thither.
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Hey everyone! Spent a good hour cleaning up my room...my mom would simply not leave me alone about it. It's my natural inclination to be something of a slob, but I suppose I have to be neat sometimes!
Thank you everyone for the new pic compliments! Noel and Joy, that portrait is loverly!
I actually love both Weill and Brel, and never really thought that Brel sounds like watered down Weill, although I guess there are similarities. I love the poppy, layered drama of a good Brel song (Les Ports d'Amsterdam is my fave), and the sharpness of a Weill one. I REALLY need to buy JBIAAWALIP (is that the longest show acronym ever???)
I think it will be a shame if Johnny Depp doesn't get nominated for his Captain Jack Sparrow, but I can understand the Academy's thinking if he doesn't. Maybe I'm biased cause he's hot (okay, I AM biased) but he's one of the greatest actors around.
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Unlike many of my HHW brethren, I have been doing my weekend duty of laziness. And being a big football fan, that has involved watching 3 football games (a HS game in person, along with a college game and pro game on TV). Unfortunately, all 3 of my teams lost, but such is the life of a sports fan.
Ann - If you wanted a new pic, you should have mentioned it last weekend! I could have gotten a new one of you when we got a new one of me!
Maya - I found nothing wrong with your other pic (except a bit of blurriness, of course... but that just helped the mysterious woman quality ;) ), but this one is quite lovely as well.
Love the Noel & Joy pic, too!
Chat - I shall try to pop in at the beginning, but will only be able to stick around for 10-15 minutes before I'll have to be off to rehearsal.
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Ah, Jed, I see how it is...I am no longer mysterious. Alas! Ah, well, what can a girl do?? :P
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Ah well, mystery isn't everything. You still have the dark hair, so that works for me. (No offense to any of our resident blondes, I've just always had a thing for dark hair) :)
(...reddish hair works for me, too... Andrea...)
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I'm not having much trouble finding the songs that you have listed, Mr. Mark. :) As a matter of fact, I didn't even have to look very hard for Howard Shore's score for THE RETURN OF THE KING. . .which is officially available this coming Tuesday.
At least with all this pre-Oscar talk, our lulls aren't exactly lifeless.
DR Jed - - my hair is reddish blonde. . . . ::)
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*...Hums "Can You Feel The Love Tonight"...*
Jed, you had better be careful. Mark might go into a jealous rage, and who knows what he can do with his mad computer skillz.
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it's chat night and we are therefore all feeling flirty it appears... :-*
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it's chat night and we are therefore all feeling flirty it appears... :-*
I've been taking lessons from Maya. I would have signed up for your class for tarts, but didn't feel up to that level of corruption quite yet. ;D
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Swishy--LOL...I have ONE teen sister who teases me at home! I always wanted more and now I have one! ;)
LOL, TD!!!
I'm no more flirty than Emily is, really!!!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
Emily's School for Tarts...it's like a Moliere play!!!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
Emily's School for Tarts...it's like a Moliere play!!!
Sounds like Sheridan to me. . . :P
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TD...you cute little smartbutt. ;)
I think both wrote plays with similar titles....I was thinking of the one who wrote School for Wives. Maybe a collaborative effort, hehe?
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Oh, for Swishy Sarah: You commented earlier that you would not have any desire to visit or stay at Michael Jackson's Neverland.
: )
I think you'd be pretty safe, since Michael's interest in girls isn't an issue.
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Hello, everybody...(my name is Gypsy Rose Lee...what's YOURS?)...sorry, I had to.
TABOO was, um...interesting. Not at all as bad as I had expected, but IMHO, unnecessary. There are actually a couple of very good numbers and several very good performances--Raul Esparza (who is great in everything he does), a very pregnant Liz McCartney, and the VERY talented and handsome Mr. Euan Morton as Boy George. The REAL Boy George, however, was not at all impressive, and I got more excited to hear him sing "Karma Chameleon" along with the ensemble during the curtain calls than I did the rest of the show. The costumes are bizarre but beautifully crafted and quite expensive, I'm sure, but the biggest white elephant in the room was the book. It just didn't work very well at all. I could see where the show would have worked in a different venue, with a different book, but it seems very out of place in the Plymouth and the book is WAY too "and then George did this...and then George did that..." I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it, but I'm also glad I got to see it.
I'm going to say this, and I swear to you I'm not lying--Only the center section of the balcony had people in it--and that section wasn't even full. The side sections were completely empty and they held the show for 10 minutes--presumably because they were hoping late-comers would show up and fill a few more seats. Rosie's nuts if she really thinks the show will last through January.
Thanks for the congrats about the job. I got the recording today at Colony (for a whopping $27!! That's CRAZY!) and I must say, I'm not too excited about the score at all. It's very flat. Perhaps I need a third and fourth listen to really appreciate it. I do get to sing a song as Fezziwig, so that's kinda cool, I guess.
I think I may be seeing THE CAT IN THE HAT tonight. I'll let you know what I think.
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It's been a very strange day. Slept in after a fitful night that was interrupted by a stomach virus that wouldn't be ignored. Had a nice chat with my mom via telephone, made reservations to fly home at Christmas and made reservations to board Miss Vickie during my travel time.
It's cold in Oakland CA. And I want something special, but cannot for the life of me figure out what will please me. I think I want lots and lots of hot soup. But I can't settle on what kind I would enjoy.
Thank goodness it's a short week ahead...!!!
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Where IS everyone today...anyway???
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Jason: The word on "Cat in the Hat" is d-i-s-a-s-t-e-r!
Which is really too bad. Dakota Fanning was on Letterman just ahead of the number from "Wicked" last Tuesday. She's quite an impressive little girl with a tremendous personality! She played Ali in "Taken" on SciFi (which is airing every Sunday).
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I, too, did some cleaning, vacuuming. Now I'm eating a shrimp cocktail.
What Brel and Weill share is a flair for the dramatic. Listen to the former's Amsterdam and you hear the sort of biting histrionics that were done to a t in the latter's "Oil!" In fact, if you speed it up enough, it sounds like Pirate Jenny.
Another thing they both do is take a very simple melody, often involving the 6th of the tonic chord, and play it over and over again. (Useless Song and Mack the Knife are echoed by I Loved and Madeline).
Of course, the big difference is sophistication. You'll find none of those wild Weill harmonies in Brel. But, textually, both songwriters reveled in holding up a cracked fun-house mirror up to life, and confronting us with nightmarish images.
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Ron, that was hilarious!!
Dakota was very impressive in I am Sam, a movie I did not care for too much.
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Ah well, mystery isn't everything. You still have the dark hair, so that works for me. (No offense to any of our resident blondes, I've just always had a thing for dark hair) :)
(...reddish hair works for me, too... Andrea...)
Nice save....
Lovely picture Noel and Joy.
Maya.... now don't you go stealing jed away from me... :D
DR Jason: congrads on the job!
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Everyone is out running and doing. Apparently, running and doing is more fun than posting and posting. Hopefully, they will all be back for chat and then we can have chatting and posting. Chat in a mere two hours, but until then it would be nice to not hit a new low. We actually only have to have forty posts or so to avoid that.
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I like the Brel cast recording - all that red velvet! I have only seen a portion of the movie.... :D
DR MATTH thanks so much for correcting my egregious error....it has been corrected at Epinions! You can imagine my embarrassment! :-[
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Noel--brilliant analysis! There was no way I could have compared Brel and Weill as well as you just did, but everything you wrote makes perfect sense.
Andrea--LOL! I think you are very pretty and I'm sure Jed does too. You don't have to worry about me stealing him away!
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Ron: You have calmed my fears. :)
Why are parents so intimidating? WHY? And why can't they agree on what is and is not "clean"?
For instance, I have a LOT of sweatshirts, scarves, and hats for winter. While I'm not using them, I have devoted a little nook between my dresser and the wall for their storage space. They're neatly piled and organized (by color and everything!), and they aren't taking up space in my closet. My mother loves this. My dad is a nervous wreck over it. They are to be hung up immediately.
On the contrary, I am the biggest packrat in the world when it comes to drawings, doodles, cards, magazines, lists, booklets, photos, folders, etc. I have a LOT of these things, and, until I can get some boxes to put them in, have them piled on my shelves above my desk. They are neat and orderly as well. My dad adores that I'm saving them; I caught my mom trying to throw some of it out the other day. I understand that maybe I don't *need* a birthday card from 7th grade, but it brings back good memories, so I want it.
Ah well, you can't please everyone.
And the amount of money I've found so far has totaled up to almost $200. I am so bad at keeping track of my money. If it hits the amount I found last time, I'm not sure I could tell my parents: they'll kill me and then start looking for more.
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(No offense to any of our resident blondes
And who might these be?
...reddish hair works for me, too...
Me, too.
And that's as close as I can come to flirting.
So glad so many of you liked that picture. (Posting pix flummoxes me. I briefly sent us into cinemascope.)
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Anyone know who wrote the lyrics to the song Annie Lennox recorded for LOTR:TROTK?
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Anyone know who wrote the lyrics to the song Annie Lennox recorded for LOTR:TROTK?
The song is called "Into the West" and I'm fairly certain that composer Howard Shore composed it.
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Anyone know who wrote the lyrics to the song Annie Lennox recorded for LOTR:TROTK?
She did.
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Chat in a mere forty-five minutes, that is if everyone has completed their running and doing.
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I like all of the new pictures, including the newlyweds.
Hate to say it but I'm starting to get very, very sleepy. I was up WAY to late last night and up to early this morning. I'm going to try to make chat for at least a few minutes but then I must (http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/schlafen/sleeping-smiley-009.gif).
I might have a photo or two to share, thanks to Mr Mark Bakalor and my fiddling around with the settings but now that it is figured out, I'm to tired to hunt them up and post them.
I don't have the art collection BK has by a long shot but I think I have at least one portrait that some of you MIGHT find interesting.
D
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Chat in a mere fifteen minutes.
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Chat be open.
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Is anyone having problems with the radio show? The last few shows there seems to be a minute or so between the clips is anyone else experiencing this?
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She did.
re: Who wrote the lyrics to "Into the West"...the CD credits Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox.
Walsh and Shore also penned "Gollum's Song".
Walsh is one of the producers and worked very closely with Shore.
Info is in liner notes to CD. Got this from Matthew Barry who analyzed tracks at soundtrack.net which got exclusive rights to first listen of portions of each track from the score.
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I was out this afternoon, Dear Readers, watching a concept album masquerading as a staged musical drama. The name of this, er, piece, is Chess.
Though I would love to join all of you out there in the dark on chat, I simply cannot. I have a very, very, very (that is three verys) important job interview early tomorrow morning for which I must prepare.
My apologies for being so E&T this weekend. Though I may have posted only sparingly, I have read all of your posts and they have been cherce.
(Confidential to Noel and Joy: What did the photographer say to precipitate the very lovely moment that he/she captured on film?)
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The statement by Dreamworks is one of the saddest things I've read in some time since it predicates a film's worthiness not in terms of its artistic merit but its box-office performance. True, it's hard for commercial disasters to get Oscar attention, but it has happened. I think that's a slap in the face to all the people who worked long and hard on SINBAD.
Could it be that Mr. Jeffrey Kattzenberg couldn't stand the possibility of losing the Oscar to his former Disney mates (though Pixar, of course, is the real brains and talent behind NEMO's achievement.)
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I spent a busy day winnowing down the stack of media that's been accumulating. I finally got around to the GYPSY movie soundtrack, and I couldn't have been more pleased. I guess I have a subpar audio set-up, but the soundtrack sounded like it has always sounded to me (without the hiss and pops of an analog recording.) I guess the bass could have been a little stronger, but it didn't bother me a bit, and piping it through all my speakers was a real treat. The Roz Russell tracks were tear-inducing. I felt so bad for her because she's obviously trying SO hard to be good, and she just is NOT a legitimate singer. Through the years, I have made allowances for Roz's claim that it's only she on the soundtrack of GYPSY thinking that she recorded all the vocals so she must have thought those were the ones used. Maybe she never saw the finished product and just assumed Warners used her vocals. However, that just can't be true. Roz had to have had SOME of the Lisa Kirk vocals to lip sync to during filming because those Roz vocal tracks do not match the wording, spacing, and speed of the Kirk vocal tracks we hear on the soundtrack. One clear example: in "Some People" Roz sings, "Hey, LA we're comin' your way," but Lisa sings "Hey, New York, we're comin' your way." In the film, Roz lip sync's to "New York" and not "LA."
I never thought I'd have a CD copy of the movie soundtrack. I couldn't be happier. I need to get George Feltenstein's e-mail address and write him.
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Is anyone having problems with the radio show? The last few shows there seems to be a minute or so between the clips is anyone else experiencing this?
Everyone is having this problem now that we've switched servers away from hijinks. Hijinks has a Real Media server which allows the real media format (ie., the Broadway Radio Show) to be streamed differently than on a server without. Because this new host doesn't have a Real Media server we're stuck with the download delay between tracks.
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Where is everyone! Sarah and I are all alone in chat!
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Well, I wouldn't dream of spoiling ALIAS for those of your who are waiting for the DVDs, but my jaw hit the floor again tonight during the show. How this show can do this week after week is simply amazing. Over-the-top? You bet, but just try to look away!
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One thing I'm going to be thankful for this week is TCM for running the four Margaret Rutherford/Miss Marple movies back to back on Tuesday morning. I'll be able to get these on DVDs and not have to watch old, worn taped copies any longer. I doubt Warners is ever going to release them on commercial DVDs. Why do I have to like old movies with limited appeal that will probably never see the light of DVD day (except on my own recordings)?
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Matt, I could have sworn that I heard those Rutherford Miss Marple films were coming out on DVD! Maybe I am mistaken. I must find out. I have only seen two those films, but I loved them!
Edna Mae Oliver's MURDER ON A HONEYMOON and MURDER ON THE BLACKBOARD will air on TCM this week to. Those are two fine movies!!!
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Hey, MBarnum! They are such fun mysteries, and Dame Maggie chews up the scenery as no one else can. Here's a shot from MURDER AHOY, the least entertaining of the four movies.
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Those Edna Mae Oliver mysteries as Hildegarde Withers are fun mysteries, too. She has such a wry way with a line. I've seen those two films but long ago, so I must be sure to watch or record them, too.
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Enjoyed chat tonight as usual!
I suppose I should do my homework some time tonight....
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Obligatory second post!!
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I guess I'll turn things off and wind my way downstairs while bidding one and all here good night. Will look forward to conversing with you good folks tomorrow.
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Well, chat seems to be closed for the day. So much flirting going on in chat these days...
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Well, I got home and found an empty chat room... Oh well, I guess I can't really expect people to be in there 3 hours later. :)
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The Rutherford/Marple series will make DVD one fine day, just as they did laserdisc. They are delightful. Now, let's have just a few more posts so we don't hit a new low. Just one of those days, I guess, when everyone has better things to do than hang around these parts.
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I guess people are out and about. I am not out or about...but I don't have much worthwhile to post.
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C'mon people...post!
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The Washington crowd must rally together
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This is actually shocking to me. Shocking, do you hear. People, don't you care that if it weren't for Ann, Jed and myself, we would have hit a new low? I am shocked. Shocked is what I am.
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Just doesn't seem to be happening, Ann. Never thought I'd see the day, but the HHW crowd has actually run out of things to say for the day! :)
Tomorrow will surely see us bounce back to our usual form. See (or rather read) all y'all then.
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OZ rally here. (Sort of Washington). I knew that Weill and Brel were depressing and oh so hard on the ear(OK to read) but I didn't think it would drive everyone away. Maybe you have to be an actor or singer to appreciate the DRAMA but musically it is so "samey" to the untrained ear. A little goes a long way IMHO and yes there are songs and performaces of such songs that I do enjoy be W & B.
"I'm Still Here" and not everyone likes Sondheim.
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I think the mail takes about a week Jed. Unless the snow plays a part in non-delivery. This of course means I am prepared to write about anything at the moment.
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Only 72 posts needed to make it to a reasonable figure. Anyone would think people had work to go to tomorrow.
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Don't know if I have to go to work tomorrow or not. Just more of the fun of being a substitute teacher... the 6am phone call.
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I think the mail takes about a week Jed. Unless the snow plays a part in non-delivery. This of course means I am prepared to write about anything at the moment.
Fantastico! Many, many thanks again, Tom!
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Emigrate Jed. We are so short of teachers here in Melbourne that I could walk in to a job and I am geriatric. Money can't tempt me away from retirement. Teaching would be OK but I could not go back to all the administrative out of classroom pressures. Now I think I am on a chat site and I have never been through that door!
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Ah the pressure. The birds want to be fed, the dogs want to be fed and I want to be fed. Retirement has so many pressures. My alarm still wakes me about 5.30 am Jed. Two Dogs!
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Door chimes. In comes Company. Over to you guys. Seven posts will give some sort of respectability to the Board. Woofs to Jose from Fosca & Magnus.