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Oscars 2010: the night that came undone

2010-03-08T12:07:00.000-08:00

The Hosts

"It's Complicated" actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin were pretty funny and, though some of their jokes could've seem quite insisting, they became a very entretaining factor for the evening.

The first Oscar went to...

...the austriac actor Christoph Waltz who had already won the Golden Globe last January, which made this a pretty obvious decision but totally well deserved for his role in Inglorious Basterds. Penelope Cruz was in charge of handing the award to him.

The best animated film...

...was obviously the moving "Up", which won the Oscar for best animated feature film of the year, recieved by both directors and writers Pete Docter and Bob Peterson (photo on the right), as well as the Oscar for best Original Score, for Michael Giacchino.

The most hilarious moment...

...was when Ben Stiller presented the nominations for best make-up and showed up all dressed up like a Navi from the Pandora planet and started "speaking" their language and, apparently, he said something about James Cameron. The award finally went to Star Trek, but in the mean time we all had a great laugh with Stiller's weird appearence.

Don't you forget about me...

I guess we could say the most moving moment was not only the general memorial to great personalities that passed away last year (such as David Carradine, Patrick Swayze, Natasha Richardson, Michael Jackson and most surprising, the death of young Brittany Murphy) but also the special memorial to last year's diseased John Hughes. Molly Ringwald and Matthew Broderick started talking about the talented teen movie director, producer and writer of the 80's and 90's decades. Soon after that, the showed us a video with mixed clips of different movies of him, such as "Some kind of wonderful" and "The breakfast club". Before we noticed, many more actors appeared on stage, such as Jon Cryer, Macaulay Culkin (yes!, you heard me) and Ally Sheedy, who's careers had also started thanks to this amazing man. Very well deserved!!

The BEST supporting actress

The winner of this award was the precious comedian Mo' Nique who pulled off an amazing dramatic performance, and who gave the most powerful speach of all, teaching us that you have to always walk your own path, ignoring those ones who tell you that you can't. The big award was handed to her by Oscar winner Robin Williams. Two thumbs up:)

Speach Interrupted

Roger Ross Williams (right), director of the last night Oscar winner documentary "Music by Prudence" got interrupted at the beggining of his speach by film partner Elinor Burkett in a very disrespectful way. But he was not the only one who got interrupted while speach time; the academy had no better idea than giving limited time for the winners to speak, so many of the awards that were received last night, and were also shared between two or three people more, couldn't have enough time to be thanked for. Oh, right. But when sir Jeff Bridges raised his statue (down on the left) we all had to listen to an 8 minute boring speach. What was that all about? By the way, congratulations, Jeff. You won after five nominations.

The big lead actors who won!

After a lot of speculation and lots of tension for Sandra Bullock, she finally knew the answer: she was the big Oscar winner (Razzie awards my ass!). Also winning on the male cathegory we've got the previously mentioned Jeff Bridges.

The biggest honor for Argentina, my hometown!

Just when we all thought it was hopeless (cause, seriously, we had tough competion this year: La teta asustada from Peru, Un Prophete from France, Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte from Germany and Ajami from Israel) Pedro Almodovar announced El Secreto de sus Ojos with Quentin Tarantino (O.M.G!!!!!!!) as the winner for Best Foreign Language Film of the Year. Me and my sisters yelled like crazy, and Juan Jose Campanella (the man, hehe) received the award and also got "speach interrupted" like many other winners. He still had the chance to shout out loud in spanish "This is for the brothers of Chile" in behaf of the citizens of Chile who were afected by a recent earthquake in there.

The Hurt Locker = the Big Winner of the night!!

"The Hurt Locker", just as I anticipated, took home six Oscars including best picture and best directing for Kathryn Bigelow (first woman in history to win this award and, just as Barbra Straisand said, it was about time). Yep, that's right, they kicked Avatar's ass! haha, we all know it was a pretty tight competition but, in my opinion and many others, they deserved to win...

They won:

*Best Achievement in Directing: Kathryn Bigelow

*Best Achievement in Editing: Bob Murawski; Chris Innis
*Best Achievement in Sound: Paul N.J. Ottosson; Ray Beckett

*Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Paul N.J. Ottosson
*Best Motion Picture of the Year: Kathryn Bigelow; Mark Boal; Nicolas Chartier; Greg Shapiro

*Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Mark Boal

The best motion picture award was given by Tom Hanks, one of the other big rushes of the night, given that Hanks didn't even announced the nominated. He's house was probably setting on fire or something...who knows, right?

Courtney Cox, one of the most powerful actress in the history of television

2010-03-08T11:09:00.000-08:00

I gotta say this show really surprised me...I'm not saying i didn't thought it'll be good, i just didn't expect it to be this good! This is a funny, sweet and kinda smart TV show about Jules, a woman who hits a wall when she turns 40, cause she realizes she's never done anything "crazy" during her youth, and it shows how much she regrets that. Of course, she's willing to do something about it, and with the help of her friend Laurie (played by an always endearing, Busy Phillips) and her old-time friend, Ellie (Christa Miller plays this funny woman character)she will start partying, drinking, among other things, to rediscover herself. Some other characters appear in the show (and make it so good too) such as Bobby (Jules's goofy ex husband, played by Brian Van Holt), Travis (Jules's son, played by young comedian Dan Byrd), Andy (Ellie's husband, played by clowny Ian Gomez), the exotic Barb (Carolyn Hennesy, a character that appears when less expected) and Grayson (Jules's "in front of" neighbor, very nice played by Josh Hopkins). But of course, all cast aside, i want to do a review that goes particularly dedicated to Courtney Cox Arquette: the actress that (in my opinion) gives us some of the most powerful performances of television. First, she gave us the obsessive organized Monica Geller, who was quite underestimated by the people in charge of the Emmys and the Golden Globes. But that was probably cause there were six very strong characters on that sitcom. Then, she gave us the polemical and unbreakable Lucy Spiller, who was also kinda underestimated, this time by the audience, given that the show got canceled. Let's not forget about her Scrubs's Taylor Maddox, and now she comes up with a very funny (and endearingly silly, if you will) Jules Cobbs, in Cougar Town. Well, what's left to say? Courtney Cox = TV queen!!

Barbara Pombo.

Wanna see this review from it's original site? Check it out!!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441109/usercomments-27

Nice cute film, with some pretty surprising endings

2010-02-16T15:15:00.000-08:00

This is one of those films where a big bunch of actors and actresses get together and make this pretty wonderful film about a lot of stories (in this case, love stories) that, somehow, get laced showing us a one story plot (such as Love Actually and He's Just Not That Into You). In the case of this film, this dynamic becomes more complex given that all of these stories must get laced during just one day: Valentine's day. The actors (or, at least, most of them) give lovely (yet not amazing) performances, especially Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Eric Dane and Anne Hathaway who played characters they are not so used to play... On what comes to the younger cast, i gotta say Bryce Robinson is the most memorable one, but the teen cast? Emma Roberts and Carter Jenkins were fine, and i'd probably have to say the same about the Taylors (no need to "last name" them)but the lines were really cheesy and dumb, and i would love to believe that's only due to their characters and not due to self stupidity, cause i'm 17 years old and i bet you i've never talked like that, folks. Now putting that aside (and the fact that some things are quite predictable on everyone of this films)I feel myself almost obligated to point out that some of the endings of this laced stories were quite moving because of being so unexpected and unimaginable, and that, i believe, had given a total new meaning to this movie. Very good job, Gary Marshall. Man, i don't know how you managed such a big cast in such a short story time.

If you wanna see this review from it's real site, check it out!!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817230/usercomments-16

Oh and, by the way, Happy Valentine's day:)

Fantastic story, flawless film

2010-02-16T15:08:00.000-08:00

We don't always have the chance to appreciate great films, at least not from actual times. But this should be considered at least a jewel of the latest motion picture history.

This is a near-perfect kind of film that shows the difference between some men who are used to work as a team and other man who rather play hero on such a dangerous situation as war itself. It also says a lot about war becoming an addiction for someone, and how that can turn into the most important thing in someone's life.

I don't think these are words enough to describe how great this film is. Kathryn Bigelow, in my opinion, deserves the Oscar due to a wonderful development of her job as film director and, i probably think this should also be the best film winner too(i have no problem with Avatar or James Cameron, i do think they deserve the best special effects academy award, among others...).

Jeremy Renner is another pretty amazing discovery, i can't make up my mind between him or Colin Firth(A single man) on who should win the best actor academy award.

If you wanna watch this review from original site, check it out!!: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/usercomments-314

My personal information

2009-12-24T10:07:00.000-08:00

*A gift: Jewel
*A love song: With or Without you, by U2
*Your biggest virtue: Friendly
*Your biggest flaw: Intolerant
*Your favorite clothes: Slim dresses
*The one you wear the most: Tights
*Last thing you bought: A candy
*Your full name: Barbara Pombo
*Physical description: Tall, brunette, really white skinned, big smile (not the prettiest) and brown eyes.
*Favorite hair style: free style; no buckles or scrunchy what so ever
*A pretty woman: Kate Beckinsale
*A pretty man: James Dean
*A man's name: Heathcliff
*A woman's name: Sabrina
*A pet: cat
*Your pet: passed away this year(L)
*A meal: chinese food or rice with chicken:)
*A drink: just natural water
*A phrase: anything's possible
*A friend: Leah
*The right man: Joshua Jackson
*A language: English:)
*A country you'd like to meet: U.S.A.
*A film: "Gone with the wind"
*An actress: Audrey Hepburn and Kate Winslet
*A nail color: french style
*A clothes color: Black
*A chocolate: Hershey's and Wonka's
*A dream: to succeed as an actress in Hollywood
*A subject: Acting
*A day of the week: Friday
*A day of the year: December 24th/25th
*A shopping mall: Galerias Pacifico
*An ice cream flavor: Peach and chocolate
*A fruit: cherry
*A TV channel: TCM: Classic Hollywood
*A hobbie: singing and dancing
*I love to: act, sing and dance!!(L) :)

All i want for Christmas...

2009-12-20T19:41:00.000-08:00

I've been waiting more for this Chrismas than any other little kid in the world!! I had a really crappy year with a terrible group of people at school. The biggest blessing i had this year was my Musical Academy and all the people i met over there, but we only shared like twice a week together, and so i kinda missed them from time to time.

I was trully looking forward for this year to end, and now, finally, it had come to an end (a very deserved one) and i can't believe it! Finally!

I ended up really exhausted after some things (situations, better saying) that i dealed with during this year, and i can not believe that i'll be leaving to the beach in less than a week now. I sware i couldn't be any more excited!!:)
Hope to have a million better things for next year, a million more adventures and a million more things to be thankful for. Here there's some of them, and, also, people to remember and my new year's resolution for 2010!

*Things I'm thankful for this year:

The Jonas Brothers concert (and the amazing day i lived while they were here! can't believe how close i was to them!!)
The Julio Bocca institute (and all the amazing people i met there!!)
All the great times i went to the theater (on and off stage: Caravan: The jazz musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Spring, and more at Maipo theater!!)
The fact that i didn't have any summer school this year, and i did so great at my school subjects!
All the artistic knowledge i got this year (all the experience i achieved and stuff)
The day i met Julio Bocca in person:)
My healthy slimdown, the fact that i'm eating less and that i look better than the last summer;)
I'm also thankful that i could fall in love again, even though it was just for a bit, and that it didn't turn out quite the way i wanted...
And probably, i'm thankful for more thigs i cannot even remember right now!

*People i wish can rest in peace...

Jett Travolta (April 12th 1992 - January 2nd 2009)
Natasha Richardson (May 11th 1963 - March 18th 2009)
David Carradine (December 8th 1936 - June 3rd 2009)
Farrah Fawcett (February 2nd 1947 - June 25th 2009)
Michael Jackson (August 29th 1958 - June 25th 2009)
Karl Malden (March 22nd 1912 - July 1st 2009)
John Hughes (February 18th 1950 - August 6th 2009)
Patrick Swayze (August 18th 1952 - September 14th 2009)
Mercedes Sosa (July 9th 1935 - October 4th 2009)
Soupy Sales (January 28th 1926 - October 22nd 2009)
Brittany Murphy (November 10th 1977 - December 20th 2009)
And many others (celebs, family members, family friends, etc.) who also left us as time went by this year...

*New year's resolutions 2010:

To do even better at Julio Bocca's. I really wanna be at the head of the class this year, and i wanna keep perfectioning my dance technique and others.
To hold on during this last year at this f*cking school (and to hang with new people, not the lame creeps i had to be with this year)
To keep doing great at school (academically speaking, off course) no summer school again!
To enjoy everyday the most i can!
To get my prom sweater done with my school, and my prom trip and party with my previous school (have the best time at those ones!!)
To keep excercising your body everyday (and to loose all your extra pounds for the prom trip, that's your challenge this year!!)
To find out more about colleges: IUNA and CIC :) choose one, please...
To put on retainers for once and for all on your teeth (and i beg u to insist dad about this!!)
To enjoy this year better than the last one cause, you know what? It's your last year before college!! (fck!!)
To try to meet new people (i know how sad this sounds but, meet some guys, please. Don't wanna end up alone again)
To try to get some new acting jobs (You didn't work at all this year, only studied)
And more, always go back for more!!(L)

XOXO; 2009's Barbara Pombo:)

Who are the real Freaks here?

2009-12-16T15:55:00.000-08:00

This film is obviously one of the many you should see before you die,but certainly one of the most important ones. It's short, simple, andamazing!! I gotta say it just blew my mind in a way not many otherfilms have, and it touched my heart in a way no other film have. Imean, it didn't only make me cry a few times while watching it, but italso did something bigger in me: it totally changed my vision over theworld, something that didn't happen to me since i've seen "AmericanBeauty" for the very first time. I also gotta give my "two thumbs up"grade to both great actors (who were also brother and sister,apparently) Harry and Daisy Earles, two endearing characters of thefilm. Also my biggest congrats to all of the rest of the cast,specially the lovely "freaks" that, while watching this film, i couldonly think of how much i would have loved to give them my support and love like nobody else had...

Barbara Pombo.

Link to read it from original web page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/usercomments-226

Hollywood vs. Broadway

2009-12-07T09:44:00.000-08:00

Oh, yes, my two loves. My true loves, too.

So different, so similar. the comedy, the tragedy. They both have 'em.

They're Oscar and Tony. They' re the hills and the boards. Screens and Stages.

I could keep writing about it, but it doesn't make any sense. No matter what I write about, Hollywood wins:)

2009-12-07T08:54:00.000-08:00

Oh, this picture...my two beloved and biggest celebrity crushes. Or what i love to call...Hollywood Treats!! Well, they're my most important ones. Robert Pattinson and Joshua Jackson at the latest Cannes Film Festival. I don't mean to sound unprofessional but, yum!

Here's a video of Joshua Jackson hosting Saturday Night Live in the year 2000. Musical guest: N'Sync. It's a really short video but,...I love him!!(L)

How to make a mistake

2009-11-08T10:30:00.000-08:00

Things aren't always what they seem to be,
or what they ought to be in the first place.
Sometimes you just gotta relax, and breathe,
take a deep breath, and take one single step at the time.
Plan the future, but accept the inexpected if it happens.
Love the ones you never thought you'd love,
understand what everyone missunderstood,
enjoy the worst moments of your life
because of what they represent, not for what they are.
Cry if you have to and, also, if you don't.
Have fun with a lot of people and, also, on your own.
Make mistakes, even if it's on purpose, even if people tell you not to do it,
cause if you're gonna do something wrong, you better do it right.
After you make those mistakes, apologize, but trully mean it,
not because i tell you to, but because you know you were stupid enough
as to do what i told you to do in the first place.

XOXO

B.

"El sueño"

2009-07-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

¿Alguna vez les pasó que están durmiendo y soñando pero…ya saben que es un sueño? O cuando, por ejemplo, sueñan algo que vivieron o sueñan estar despiertos…a mí todas esas cosas me pasaron muchas veces.
Mi mamá es psicóloga, y siempre que le pido que me analice mis sueños, se queja diciendo: “Ahora no, estoy descansando. Además si soy tu mamá, no puedo” y, en situaciones como esas, no queda más que resignarse, supongo.
A veces sueño con las cosas que tengo que hacer, pero no las hago. Mis papás se enojan por eso, creen que es un síntoma de pereza o de la tan conocida “adolescencia” pero, cierto es, también, que no me recuesto a mirar televisión o hablar por teléfono. A veces solo me siento en mi habitación para desconectarme del mundo; no pienso en nada, la mayoría de las veces. Últimamente, me siento poco inspirada. Me despierto y me vuelvo a dormir sin hacer nada que en realidad me guste y, al no hacer mis debéres o mis asignaciones escolares, en un fallido intento de hacer algo que me gusta, me siento culpable, arrepentida y, por más triste que sea, fracasada.
Pero el único momento, tramo o receso en mi vida cotidiana que hace que todo cobre sentido, es el sueño. “¿Por qué es tan triste madrugar?” se pregunto alguna vez Borges; bueno, aunque no muy sabia, yo lo sé: porque es la única manera en la vida de una persona en la que puede pasar de fantasía a realidad en menos de lo que canta un gallo.
“¿Ven lo que les digo?” murmuro ahora a las siete menos diez de la mañana mientras apago mi despertador. Olvidé mencionar que, también, sueño mis pensamientos.

Bárbara Pombo.

Manifiesto Cinematográfico

2009-04-13T09:43:00.000-07:00

Si Chaplin no se hubiera comido un zapato. Si Buster Keaton no se hubiera trepado en una locomotora. Si Tod Browning no hubiera hecho Drácula con Lugosi. Si Boris Karloff no hubiera sido el monstruo de Frankenstein. Si Greta Garbo no hubiera dicho "quiero estar sola". Si William Powell y Mirna Loy no hubieran sido Nick y y Nora Charles. Si Asta no hubiera sido Asta. Si Clark Gable no hubiera tomado entre sus brazos a Vivien Leigh y no la hubiera subido por esa gran escalera. Si Judy Garland no hubiera cantado una canción sobre el arcoiris. Si el amor entre Heathcliff y Kathy no hubiera sido eterno. Si Katherine Hepburn no hubiera roto el palo de golf de Cary Grant. Si Ingrid Bergman no le hubiera dicho a Humphrey Bogart "el mundo se derrumba y nosotros nos enamoramos". Si Bogart no le hubiera dicho a Claude Rains "este es el comienzo de una hermosa amistad". Si Lauren Bacall no hubiera pedido un fosforo. Si Errol Flynn no se hubiera muerto con las botas puestas en el Little Big Horne. Si Orson Welles no hubiera dicho Rosebud. Si Glenn Ford no le hubiera dado esa cachetada a Rita Hayworth. Si Richard Windmark no hubiera tirado a la paralítica por la escalera. Si Alida Valli no se hubiera enamorado de Farley Graner. Si Vittorio De Sica no hubiera imaginado una historia con bicicletas. Si Robert Ryan no hubiera ganado una pelea que tenía que perder. Si Sterling Hayden no se hubiera muerto sobre el césped de la chacra de sus padres, olfateado por los caballos. Si Jean Hagen no hubiera tenido una voz desopilante. Si Gene Kelly no hubiese bailado bajo la lluvia. Y Fred Astaire con un perchero. Si Cyd Charisse no hubiera tenido esas piernas. Si Marlon Brando no hubiera sido un salvaje en una motocicleta. Si James Stewart no hubiese mirado por la ventana indiscreta. Si John Wayne no hubiera tomado a Natalie Wood entre sus brazos para decirle "Vamos a casa, Debbie". Si James Withmore no hubiera derrotado a las hormigas gigantes. Si a Marilyn Monroe no se le hubiera volado su vestido blanco en plena calle. Si James Dean no hubiera acercado su silla al lecho de su padre enfermo. O si no hubiera sido un rebelde sin causa. Si Audrey Hepburn no hubiera ido a aprender cocina a París. Si a Mónica no le hubieran gustado los veranos. Si la doncella no hubiera tenido una fuente. Si Rocco no hubiera tenido hermanos. Si Bogart no le hubiera dado veinticinco mil dólares a Toro Moreno. Si Peter O'Toole no hubiera cruzado el Nefud. Si Audrey Hepburn no hubiese desayunado en Tiffany's. Si los Beatles no hubieran viajado en el submarino amarillo. Si Gene Hackman no hubiera escuchado conversaciones que no debía escuchar. Si Brando no se hubiera muerto jugando con su nieto en un jardín. Si Robert Duvall no hubiera dicho "amo el olor del napalm por la mañana". Si Dustin Hoffman no se hubiera graduado. Si Facón Grande y el alemán Schultz no hubieran sido tan valientes y nobles. Si Federico Luppi no se hubiera cortado la lengua. Si Aristarain no hubiera filmado mi primera novela. Si Michelle Pfeiffer no hubiera sido Gatubela. Si Thelma y Louise no hubieran salido a la ruta. Si Julia Roberts no tuviese esa sonrisa. Si Meg Ryan y Tom Hanks no se hubieran enamorado por los medios mas insólitos. Si actores de la talla de Johnny Depp o Cate Blanchett no fuesen tan versátiles. Si Tarantino no hubiera leído novelas baratas. Si Nicole Kidman no hubiese muerto trágicamente tras el telón en brazos de Ewan McGregor. Si Renée Zellweger no se hubiera puesto el bombachón de Bridget Jones. O si no hubiera bailado al año siguiente con Catherine Zeta Jones en Chicago. Si Reese Witherspoon no hubiera usado el color rosa. Si Daniel-Day Lewis no hubiera sido tan carnicero en todo sentido. Si Scarlett Johannson no hubiera sido la musa de Woody Allen. Si Leo DiCaprio no hubiese sido un aviador. Si Marion Cotillard no hubiera sido Edith Piaf. Si Brad Pitt no hubiese padecido cambios tan bizarros en su edad. Si Heath Ledger no hubiera interpretado al Guasón. Si Kate Winslet no hubiera esperado tanto para ganar un Oscar. Si Meryl Streep no hubiera sido la más nominada al mismo en toda la historia. Si nada de esto hubiera sido así, yo no amaría tanto al cine como lo amo. Pero, lo juro, así fue. Y ustedes lo saben tan bien como yo.

José Pablo Feinmann (y, claro, con muchas de mis modificaciones).

2009-04-11T14:53:00.000-07:00

Wishing on a shooting star,
but dreams alone won't get you far.
Cant deny your feelings anymore,
the world is waiting right outside your door...what are you waiting for?

Come on, here's your chance,
dont let it slip right through your hands.
Are you ready for the ride of your life?
Your dreams arrive on the wind,
just reach out and pull them in.
Get ready for the ride of your life, the ride of your life.

In your heart you know what you must do.
You only got yourself to answer to.
Don't let the fear of falling hold you down.
Your spirt's flying high above the clouds,
you go right there.

Come on, here's your chance,
dont let it slip right through your hands.
Are you ready for the ride of your life?
Your dreams arive on the wind,
just reach out and pull them in.
Get ready for the ride of your life.

You're on your way no looking back,
and theres no future living in the past.
You're free at last...
...you're free at last.

Come on, here's your chance,
dont let it slip right through your hands.
Are you ready for the ride of your life?
Your dreams arive on the wind,
just reach out and pull them in.
Get ready for the ride of your life,
the ride of your life...