Sharon Stone Kisses Kathy Griffin at 2012 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
By Beck/Smith
TrendPK.com: This week’s 2012 AARP Movies for Grownups Awards brought out many of Hollywood’s brightest luminaries — including Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Martin Scorsese, Kenneth Branagh, Janet McTeer, Alexander Payne and still hot Sharon Stone — adding to the elegant event’s distinction as an Awards Season Must. As the New York Times put it, it seems that “the Movies for Grownups had finally, well, grown up.”
We applaud AARP’s persistent efforts toward breaking through the wall of ageism. Making those efforts in the ageism capital of the world — Hollywood — is particularly noteworthy. Here, ageism is not only accepted, it’s not only embraced, it is clung to with a ferocity that speaks of barely-hidden terror. (Think Demi Moore.) However, with the graying of the Baby Boom generation and other factors making moviegoers of age 50 and up increasingly important to box office revenue, more filmmakers and stars will be reaching out to the mature crowd. Next, we’d like to see Movies for Grownups on television.
Speaking of the TV side, the standard ratings classifications are archaic statistically — like using a mortar and pestle when you have a Cuisinart, with today’s technology offering far more sophisticated and meaningful data crunching capabilities. (David Poltrack, Chief Research Officer of CBS Corp. has long been trying to educate people about this.) And yet, we continue to see the phrase “the coveted 18-49 demographic” over and over and over again. (Lazy TV writers really should come up with at least one or two different adjectives besides “coveted.”) Networks and media continue to quote only the ratings for viewers under age 50. Yet the 55-plus audience reportedly reached 33 per cent of the adult population last year. In 2015, it’s expected to reach 36 per cent. That’s a heck of a lot of ignoring.
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First trailer for silent comedy “The Artist” – AWARDS ALLEY
TrendPK.com: A source of mine with strong ties to the film industry who has no real interest in the annual awards race was humoring me with a discussion of potential Best Picture nominees as we looked over the Toronto International Film Festival schedule. In his expert opinion, the race boils down to Phyllida Lloyd’s “The Iron Lady” (with Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher) and Michel Hazanavicius’ silent comedy “The Artist.” Granted, he has yet to see either, but as we discussed in an earlier column, anyone can make predictions. They just don’t carry much weight.
Still, after seeing the first trailer for Hazanavicius’ film, which stars Jean Dujardin as a silent film star fearing the arrival of talking pictures, it’s easy to see how it could make it into the Best Picture race … and even leave TIFF with a frontrunner’s status.
“The Artist” charmed audiences in Cannes, where Dujardin won a Best Actor prize and the film was nominated for the Palme d’Or. Dujardin has been earning raves ever since, as are co-stars John Goodman and Berenice Bejo.
The Weinstein Company, who has a pretty good track record of pushing films through the awards season, brings “The Artist” to Toronto next month, where we’ll have a full report. In the meantime, the trailer’s up on iTunes, and posted below.
For complete awards coverage, visit our Awards Alley for in-depth interviews, reviews and commentary on all of the contenders in the 2011 awards race.
Meryl Streep to play Margaret Thatcher
July 1, 2010 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES: Meryl Streep is in talks to reteam with her Mamma Mia! director for Thatcher, a biopic of the former British prime minister.
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ken jeong
June 7, 2010 by Trend PK
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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA – While Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson and Sandra Bulluck were memorable for quite different reasons, they are the talk of the 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
Jeong, who won “Best WTF Moment” for his jumping out of the trunk naked scene in The Hangover, started off being funny, but he soon became emotional during his acceptance speech as he talked about his wife, who has been cancer free for two years.
Overall, “The Hangover” snatched up two awards, Zach Galifianakis winning “Best Comedic Performance” for his role in the movie.
On the lighter – and definitely more sexual – side, Bullock and Johansson locked lips, much like Bullock and Meryl Streep did at an earlier Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. We are not sure if this is going to be a trend for Bullock, but it was definitely another suprising acceptance speech. The Hangover’s Ed Helms and Ken Jeong do a tribute to cinema. Ken Jeong’s outfit, or lack of, have me covering my eyes. I do enjoy Helm’s “Doug Song.” One of my favorite scenes from the Hangover. Less Grossman is back! Tom Cruise is quietly stealing the show with his ridiculous performance. Yesterday if you told me Tom Cruise and J-Lo performing a J-Lo and Ludacris mash up would be funny; I would have slapped your face.
Every commercial I see for Inception gets me more and more excited to see it
The award for Best Scared as Ish Performance should go to Copley for District 9 – instead it goes to Amanda Seyfried for Jennifer’s Body. WOW she’s skinny.
Harry Potter is back. People go nuts over this stuff. I’ve somehow only managed to half of one of those movies. One day I’ll purposely watch them all, but not sure when that’s going to happen.
I usually hate the award for Best Kiss but this year they added nice touch with the Kiss Cam. Reminds me of a Laker game. This award reminded me how much I hate the Celtics and The Proposal. Another Twilight victory in the books. The Twilight series has dominated the past few years and we have two more movies left.
Best Actress Winner 2010
March 8, 2010 by Trend PK
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Best Actress Winner 2010 – : The Academy awards oscar, has finally ended, Get to see the full Oscar Winners 2010 List, as we check back on last year’s Best Supporting Actor 2009. i dont.
Sandra Bullock Meryl Streep Kiss
March 8, 2010 by Trend PK
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Sandra Bullock Meryl Streep Kiss, First there was Madonna and Britney Spears, then there was Kate Moss and Jemima Khan – now Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock are the latest female celebrities to lock lips in public.
The pair, feted as two of Hollywood’s best known comic stars, were both named Best Actress at last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards – Streep for her role as Julia Child in Julie and Julia, and Bullock for The Blind Side, to be released in the UK in March.
Each was given the chance to make an acceptance speech, but it was the moment in-between that had everyone talking, after they staged a mock rivalry.
Sci-fi flick ‘Avatar’ rules 67th Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards latest updates :- The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles where ‘Avatar’ got the best movie title with James Cameron as Best Director.
Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock win the best actor and actress awards respectively. ‘The Hangover’ won the title of best musical and hilarious flick. The award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical/ Comedy has been won by the veteran Meryl Streep, while Robert Jones took the same in male category.
Christopher Waltz and Mo’Nique took best supporting actors’ awards to home. ‘The White Ribbon’ won the best foreign movie award.
Sci-fi flick ‘Avatar’ rules 67th Golden Globe Awards was first posted on January 18, 2010 at 8:55 pm.
Dave Brubeck,Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen
December 30, 2009 by Trend PK
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TrendPK.com Dave Brubeck,Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen:Tonight CBS aired the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony which took place on December 6th of this year. The show Dave Brubeck,Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen.
Meryl Streep introduced De Niro, and after a short clip reel, Actors Harvey Keitel, Edward Norton, Sharon Stone and Ben Stiller [...]
Cruz Can not Stop kissing Meryl Streep
December 5, 2009 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES: Cruz Can not Stop kissing Meryl Streep, Penelope Cruz has admitted that she can’t stop kissing Meryl Streep.
“We only know each other from seeing each other at awards ceremonies or those kinds of events, but whenever I see her, I always go up to her and start kissing her,” Penelope said in the latest issue of Interview Magazine.
She added: “I don’t even say anything – I just kiss her. She must think I’m some crazy person.”
The Spanish stunner believes that Meryl is the best actress there is.
“There is nobody better,” she said. “I watch her movies over and over again. I saw Silkwood again a couple of weeks ago, and it made me just want to kiss her feet.”
Cruz Can not Stop kissing Meryl Streep was first posted on December 5, 2009 at 1:29 pm.
Julie and Julia movie update
Julie and Julia movie update, A frustrated temp secretary (Amy Adams) embarks on a year-long culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. The film also covers the years Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) spent in Paris during the 1940s and 1950s, when he was a foreign diplomat who was eventually investigated by Sen. Joseph McCarthy for alleged communist ties.
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond
Director: Nora Ephron and Genres: Comedy
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