CAUSES CONTROVERSY 'SOFIA', THE NEW DISNEY PRINCESS

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(Quien.com)The Walt Disney defendedhis new character, the PrincessSophia, who in his presentationwas billed as a "HispanicPrincess", but whose featureshave caused controversy among U.S. Hispanic associations.After criticism of the character, Disney recantedand explained that he had never intended Sofia Hispanictraits. "What is important to know is that Sophie isa girl from a fairy tale living in a fairytale world.All characters come from places of fantasy that mayreflect elements of different cultures and ethnicities, but are not intended specificallyto represent real-world cultures, "said Nancy Kanter Tuesday, general manager of Disney Junior worldwide."The writers have wisely chosen to writestories that will be familiar to childrenfrom different backgrounds," he added. The new character, which will be releasedon Disney Channel on November 18,has red hair, blueeyes and white skin, features notdefined mostly Latinos."We need more heroes right now that areidentifiable," criticized Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a nonprofit organizationthat promotes equality of Latinos in the entertainment industry."We are at a time when Latinos are takingthe blame for everything that is wrong with America. If youare going to promote to the public, and Latinos in particular, let usthe favor and become (the character) in areal America, "he said. Kanterinsisted the fairy world of Sofia is not ours, butone designed to stimulate theimagination of children. "Seriesdebut in Sofia SofiaThe First: Once upon a princess, created forchildren between 2 and 7 years.

DID ISABELL QUEEN II `CONFESSED 'THAT BABY GIRL IS REAL?

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(Quien.com) By a royal decree, Queen Elizabeth II said onDecember 31, 2012, that all the sons of Prince William, shall have and enjoythe style, title and attribute of Royal Highness, so it is to be called"prince or princess" that putting your name as the site publishedPeople, who retook the information of the London Gazette. Could it be that theking is sending signals that probably Kate and William become parents of agirl? And according to the laws of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, thesuccessor to the English throne has to be necessarily a male, so with thisdecree, Queen Elizabeth II is intended to change the law and eliminate"discrimination" of sex in line of succession. As well as beingcalled "Princess" should be a girl, since before the first child ofthe heir to the English throne, had the title of "Lady".

OSCARS 2013: FULL LIST OF WINNERS

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(peoplenesapñol.com) Argo was chosen as Best Picture. Anne Hathaway took the statuette for Best Supporting Actress. Jennifer Lawrence fell on the stairs of the stage when she went up to receive her award for Best Actress.
Here is thecomplete list of all the winners:
best Picture
Argo

Best Director
Ang Lee's Life of Piby
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook by) »
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained
Best Original Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino for Django Unchained
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Terrio by Argo

Best Animated
Brave
Best ForeignFilm
Amour of Austria
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda for Life of Pi
Best Soundtrack
Mychael Danna for Life of Pi
Best Song
"Skyfall" by Skyfall, writtenby Paul Epworth and Adele, and interpetrada by Adele

Best Editing
William Goldenberg by Argo
Best Production Design
Rick Carter and Jim Erickson of Lincoln
Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran for Anna Karenina

Best Visual Effects
Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume ROCHERON, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott by Life of Pi
Best Makeup and Hairstyles
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell by Les Misérables
Best Sound
Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes for Les Miserables
Best Sound Editing
Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers by Skyfall
Paul N.J. By Zero Dark Thirty Ottosson
Best Documentary
Searching for Sugar Man
Best Short
Curfew
Best Animated Short Film
Paperman
Documentary Short
innocent

BEST DRESSED THE OSCARS

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(Gossipingbymabel)I have to recognize them from the Golden Globes that therewas much improvement in theselection of suits by participants, as compared to other Oscars Red Carpet'veseen most contested, however there weresome options that were not badbut lacked "something"to be on this list.

                                                             1.- Charlize Theron

                                                             2.- Amy Adams

                                                              3.- Kristin Chenoweth

                                                              4.- Georgina Chapman

2013 Oscar Winners

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Well, it was relatively predictable and ran way too long, but wasn't boring, I guess. Here are this year's winners. More and my thoughts after the cut.

Best Picture: ArgoBest Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Best Director: Ang Lee, Life of Pi
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, Argo
Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Adele courtesy of
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Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
Best Production Design: Lincoln
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi 
Best Sound Mixing: Les Miserables
Best Sound Editing (tie): Skyfall, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Original Score: Life of Pi
Best Original Song: Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, "Skyfall" from Skyfall
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary (short subject): Inocente
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Makeup and Hair: Les Miserables
Best Animated Short Film: Paperman
Best Live Action Short Film: Curfew
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi

My Thoughts

• I hit 50%. Pathetic. 12/24.
• The ceremony itself wasn't bad. Macfarlane did okay. Best joke of the night was his non-introduction of Meryl Streep.
• A tie? Does this mean I get full credit or half credit? I'm giving myself full to get up to 50%.
• Biggest Disappointments: Brave for Animated Feature & Life of Pi for Cinematography - not because it didn't deserve it, but because it means Roger Deakins lost again, this time for Skyfall.
• Biggest Surprises: Both Django wins. I didn't expect Waltz to beat all the other nominees in his category, since he was the most recent winner of the bunch. Plus, Tarantino taking screenplay was a surprise. I just didn't think the Academy liked the movie that much.
• Life of Pi went home the biggest winner volume-wise, taking home four awards.
• Lincoln was nominated for twelve Oscars. It won two. Two.

That's it. See you next year.

2013 Oscar Nominations

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Here they are! I'm going to separate my thoughts into their own post coming soon. The picks below in blue were nominees I predicted to be there. I only hit 5/5 in two categories (but they were acting ones!). So, by my count, I went 86/122, which is roughly 71%.

Best motion picture of the year

• “Amour” Nominees to be determined
• “Argo” Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Dan Janvey, Josh Penn and Michael Gottwald, Producers
• “Django Unchained” Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone, Producers
• “Les Misérables” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward and Cameron Mackintosh, Producers
• “Life of Pi” Gil Netter, Ang Lee and David Womark, Producers
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Donna Gigliotti, Bruce Cohen and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Mark Boal, Kathryn Bigelow and Megan Ellison, Producers

Achievement in directing

• “Amour” Michael Haneke
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” Ang Lee
• “Lincoln” Steven Spielberg
• “Silver Linings Playbook” David O. Russell

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Bradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”
• Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”
• Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”
• Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Jessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”
• Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”
• Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
• Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Alan Arkin in “Argo”
• Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”
• Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”
• Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”
• Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Amy Adams in “The Master”
• Sally Field in “Lincoln”
• Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”
• Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”
• Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

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Best animated feature film of the year

• “Brave” Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman
• “Frankenweenie” Tim Burton
• “ParaNorman” Sam Fell and Chris Butler
• “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” Peter Lord
• “Wreck-It Ralph” Rich Moore

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Amour” Austria
• “Kon-Tiki” Norway
• “No” Chile
• “A Royal Affair” Denmark
• “War Witch” Canada

Adapted screenplay

• “Argo” Screenplay by Chris Terrio
• “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Screenplay by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
• “Life of Pi” Screenplay by David Magee
• “Lincoln” Screenplay by Tony Kushner
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Screenplay by David O. Russell

Original screenplay

• “Amour” Written by Michael Haneke
• “Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “Flight” Written by John Gatins
• “Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

Achievement in cinematography

• “Anna Karenina” Seamus McGarvey
• “Django Unchained” Robert Richardson
• “Life of Pi” Claudio Miranda
• “Lincoln” Janusz Kaminski
• “Skyfall” Roger Deakins

Achievement in film editing

• “Argo” William Goldenberg
• “Life of Pi” Tim Squyres
• “Lincoln” Michael Kahn
• “Silver Linings Playbook” Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg

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Achievement in costume design

• “Anna Karenina” Jacqueline Durran
• “Les Misérables” Paco Delgado
• “Lincoln” Joanna Johnston
• “Mirror Mirror” Eiko Ishioka
• “Snow White and the Huntsman” Colleen Atwood

Best documentary feature

• “5 Broken Cameras”, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi
• “The Gatekeepers”, Nominees to be determined
• “How to Survive a Plague”, Nominees to be determined
• “The Invisible War”, Nominees to be determined
• “Searching for Sugar Man”, Nominees to be determined

Best documentary short subject

• “Inocente” Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine
• “Kings Point” Sari Gilman and Jedd Wider
• “Mondays at Racine” Cynthia Wade and Robin Honan
• “Open Heart” Kief Davidson and Cori Shepherd Stern
• “Redemption” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “Hitchcock” Howard Berger, Peter Montagna and Martin Samuel
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater and Tami Lane
• “Les Misérables” Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “Anna Karenina” Dario Marianelli
• “Argo” Alexandre Desplat
• “Life of Pi” Mychael Danna
• “Lincoln” John Williams
• “Skyfall” Thomas Newman

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice” Music and Lyric by J. Ralph
• “Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted” Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane
• “Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi” Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri
• “Skyfall” from “Skyfall” Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth
• “Suddenly” from “Les Misérables” Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Achievement in production design

• “Anna Karenina” Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Production Design: Dan Hennah; Set Decoration: Ra Vincent and Simon Bright
• “Les Misérables” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Anna Lynch-Robinson
• “Life of Pi” Production Design: David Gropman; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Lincoln” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Best animated short film

• “Adam and Dog” Minkyu Lee
• “Fresh Guacamole” PES
• “Head over Heels” Timothy Reckart and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
• “Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”" David Silverman
• “Paperman” John Kahrs

Best live action short film

• “Asad” Bryan Buckley and Mino Jarjoura
• “Buzkashi Boys” Sam French and Ariel Nasr
• “Curfew” Shawn Christensen
• “Death of a Shadow (Dood van een Schaduw)” Tom Van Avermaet and Ellen De Waele
• “Henry” Yan England

Achievement in sound editing

• “Argo” Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn
• “Django Unchained” Wylie Stateman
• “Life of Pi” Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
• “Skyfall” Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
• “Zero Dark Thirty” Paul N.J. Ottosson

Achievement in sound mixing

• “Argo” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Jose Antonio Garcia
• “Les Misérables” Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes
• “Life of Pi” Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill and Drew Kunin
• “Lincoln” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Ronald Judkins
• “Skyfall” Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects

• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and R. Christopher White
• “Life of Pi” Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott
• “Marvel’s The Avengers” Janek Sirrs, Jeff White, Guy Williams and Dan Sudick
• “Prometheus” Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley and Martin Hill
• “Snow White and the Huntsman” Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, Philip Brennan, Neil Corbould and Michael Dawson

My 2013 Oscar Reactions

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Well, the Oscar nominations have been announced. There were a few surprises, but, for the most part, nominations went as expected. See the full list here.

Interesting stats

• Lincoln leads the nominations with 12. Life of Pi coming right behind with 11.
• Life of Pi was nominated in all 7 technical categories (cinematography, editing, score, sound editing, sound mixing, visual effects, production design). Only three films have done that before: Titanic, Master and Commander, and Hugo.
• Quvenzhané Wallis is the youngest best actress nominee ever at nine years old. Emmanuelle Riva is the oldest best actress ever nominated, at 85 years young.
• Alan Arkin has the longest span of time ever between his first and last nominations, his first coming in 1966 for The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
• Three Australians are up for acting nominations: Jackman, Watts, and Weaver.
• All five nominees in Supporting Actor have won an Oscar before. First time in history.
• George Clooney, as a producer of Argo, has now been nominated in six different Oscar categories (Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Director, Original Screenplay, and Adapted Screenplay).
• First time nominees: Bradley Cooper, Michael Haneke, Hugh Jackman, Quvenzhané Wallis, and Benh Zeitlin.
• Amy Adams is only the 8th person that has received a nomination for Supporting Actress at least four times. All hers have come within the past seven years (The Fighter, Doubt, Junebug).

Immediate Reactions

• Lincoln is really the frontrunner by far.
• Kathryn Bigelow getting snubbed for Best Director seems big, but Ben Affleck's snub is bigger. Zero Dark Thirty has lots of detractors - Argo has almost none.
• Interesting to see The Intouchables miss out on a Foreign Film nomination.
• Very happy to see Bully miss out on a Best Documemtary nomination.
• I'm very proud of myself for having faith that the Academy would be won over by Amour.
• I apparently forgot to list Affleck as a Director nominee and listed Russell instead. That worked out pretty well, I'd say.
• I will say now the only films that have a chance to beat Lincoln are Life of Pi and Silver Linings Playbook. And that chance is very tiny.

Top 10 Music videos from the 80's

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You may have gathered that the Islander is a budding sports journalist and comic book connoisseur. Apart from that, I have a fetish for old school music. So I thought I would share my top 10 1980s music videos with you kind folks. Enjoy!!!10. "Safety Dance" - Men without hats (1983)9. "Need you tonight" - INXS (1987)8."What a feeling" - Irene Cara (1983)7. "Take on me" A-Ha (1985)6. "I wanna dance with somebody" - Whitney Houston (1987)5. "Relax, Don't do it" - Frankie goes to Hollywood (1983)4. "Wild boys" - Duran Duran (1984)3. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1983)2. "Never gonna give you up" - Rick Astley (1987)1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1983)

CAUSES CONTROVERSY 'SOFIA', THE NEW DISNEY PRINCESS

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(Quien.com)The Walt Disney defendedhis new character, the PrincessSophia, who in his presentationwas billed as a "HispanicPrincess", but whose featureshave caused controversy among U.S. Hispanic associations.After criticism of the character, Disney recantedand explained that he had never intended Sofia Hispanictraits. "What is important to know is that Sophie isa girl from a fairy tale living in a fairytale world.All characters come from places of fantasy that mayreflect elements of different cultures and ethnicities, but are not intended specificallyto represent real-world cultures, "said Nancy Kanter Tuesday, general manager of Disney Junior worldwide."The writers have wisely chosen to writestories that will be familiar to childrenfrom different backgrounds," he added. The new character, which will be releasedon Disney Channel on November 18,has red hair, blueeyes and white skin, features notdefined mostly Latinos."We need more heroes right now that areidentifiable," criticized Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, a nonprofit organizationthat promotes equality of Latinos in the entertainment industry."We are at a time when Latinos are takingthe blame for everything that is wrong with America. If youare going to promote to the public, and Latinos in particular, let usthe favor and become (the character) in areal America, "he said. Kanterinsisted the fairy world of Sofia is not ours, butone designed to stimulate theimagination of children. "Seriesdebut in Sofia SofiaThe First: Once upon a princess, created forchildren between 2 and 7 years.

DID ISABELL QUEEN II `CONFESSED 'THAT BABY GIRL IS REAL?

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(Quien.com) By a royal decree, Queen Elizabeth II said onDecember 31, 2012, that all the sons of Prince William, shall have and enjoythe style, title and attribute of Royal Highness, so it is to be called"prince or princess" that putting your name as the site publishedPeople, who retook the information of the London Gazette. Could it be that theking is sending signals that probably Kate and William become parents of agirl? And according to the laws of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, thesuccessor to the English throne has to be necessarily a male, so with thisdecree, Queen Elizabeth II is intended to change the law and eliminate"discrimination" of sex in line of succession. As well as beingcalled "Princess" should be a girl, since before the first child ofthe heir to the English throne, had the title of "Lady".

Anne Hathaway Mormon ?

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Just in case you wonder: "Is Anne Hathaway mormon?", the truth is that Hathaway is not mormon. 


The reason why people were confused about Hathaway's religious beliefs was that she collaborated closely with Latter-day Saint circles because of her role in "The Other Side of Heaven", based on the true story about Elder John H. Groberg, who served a mission in Tonga for three years while his beloved Jean (Hathaway) awaited his return. The Grobergs went on to become leaders in "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints". 


Hathaway, 30, along with costar Christopher Gorham, worked with the Grobergs in bringing their story to the screen. In the next few years Hathaway made an impact to mormon cycles and gained huge popularity among Mormons by starring in several family-friendly hits, including "Ella Enchanted" and "The Princess Diaries" films.

In fact, American actress Anne Hathaway (full name: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway) was raised Catholic with what she considered "really strong values", and has claimed she wanted to be a nun during her childhood!






However, Hathaway changed her mind when she learned at the age of 15 that her brother, Michael, was gay. Anne was quoted as saying: "I realized my older brother was gay, and I couldn't support a religion that didn't support my brother. Now I call myself a nondenominational Christian, because I haven't found the religion for me." In 2009, Hathaway revealed that her religious beliefs are "a work in progress".

Conclusion: Anne Hathaway is not mormon because she is not a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church).


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Anne Hathaway Weight

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Just in case you are curious about Anne Hathaway's weight, Anne is considered to weigh about 130lbs (59kg). As for her height, Anne Hathaway is 5'8'' (or 173 cm). Anne's measurements are: 34-24-34.-->


It has to be noted though that when Hathaway, 30, starred in the film: "Les Miserables", dropped 25 pounds from her (already) thin frame.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Hathaway admitted that her drastic weight loss, which involved nearly starving herself, was an obsession of her own making, not her director's. Anne revealed that she lost 10lb in three weeks before filming and 15lb during production. "I just had to stop eating for a total of 13 days shooting," Hathaway was quoted as saying.

On the other hand, when Hathaway gave an interview to Glamour magazine, she confessed that she has trouble projecting the image of a confident star!





"I still feel the stress over: "Am I thin enough? Am I too thin? Is my body the right shape?"' Hathaway admitted of her insecurities.

"There's an obsessive quality to it that I thought I would've grown out of by now. It's an ongoing source of shame for me," Hathaway added.


 So, if we suppose that Hathaway normally weighs 59 kg (before "Les Miserables"), now does she weigh only 34kg?  



What do you think of Anne Hathaway's weight?


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Anne Hathaway Jewish ?

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Just in case you wonder: "Is Anne Hathaway Jewish?", the truth is that Hathaway is not Jewish. 
To take things from the beginning, Hathaway's father, Gerald Thomas Hathaway, is a lawyer, and her mother, Kathleen Ann "Kate", is an actress who inspired Hathaway to follow in her footsteps. Hathaway is of mostly Irish and French ancestry, with distant Native American and German roots. 

In fact, American actress Anne Hathaway (full name: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway) was raised Catholic with what she considered "really strong values", and has claimed she wanted to be a nun during her childhood!




However, Hathaway changed her mind when she learned at the age of 15 that her brother, Michael, was gay. Anne was quoted as saying: "I realized my older brother was gay, and I couldn't support a religion that didn't support my brother. Now I call myself a nondenominational Christian, because I haven't found the religion for me." In 2009, Hathaway revealed that her religious beliefs are "a work in progress".


Conclusion: Anne Hathaway is not Jewish.


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Anne Hathaway Dating

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Anne Hathaway (full name: Anne Jacqueline Hathaway) is an American actress. Wanna know who dated Anne? Let us examine Anne Hathaway's dating history below... 



1999 - 2001
Anne Hathaway dated Topher Grace. They still remain friends though and even played a romantic pair in 2010's "Valentine's Day".


2001 - 2002
Anne Hathaway was rumored to be dating James Holzier.

2002
Anne Hathaway briefly dated restaurant owner Scott Sartiano. 



2003 - 2005
Anne Hathaway dated Hugh Dancy for two years. They were in love and made the red carpet rounds. But he was 8 years older than her and Anne wasn't allegedly ready to settle down. 


2004 - June 2008
Anne Hathaway dated Raffaello Follieri. Their affair became a media focal point in 2008 when the IRS opened an investigating on Follieri's Manhattan-based charity (on whose board Anne sat). She dumped him fearing the bad press would affect her career. Later that year Follieri was convicted of fleecing investors on a real estate scam in which he claimed to be the point man for Vatican property purchases. He was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

2007
Anne Hathaway was rumored to be dating retired Italian footballer Francesco Coco. They hooked up when Anne was in Italy. Someone allegedly spotted them together and that was that. Nothing was confirmed.

2008
Anne Hathaway dated Josh Lucas. The two were spotted dining together at Earl's restaurant in Denver, Colorado during the Democratic National Convention. An eye witness revealed to a tabloid: "They were really into each other, giggling and smiling and even holding hands at one point. You could almost taste their chemistry!"

October 2008 - Present
Anne Hathaway is married to actor Adam Shulman. In November of 2008, Hathaway was quoted as saying: "This guy I know in L.A. is kind of doing it for me right now. When I think of sexy, I think of him. You know when sometimes you don't know someone very well, you'll probably never see them again, but you just meet them and you're like: "WOW, you really have it going on'?" They got engaged in November 2011 and tied the knot on September 29, 2012, in Big Sur, California in an interfaith Jewish and Roman Catholic service.


What do you think of Anne Hathaway's dating history?


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Top 10 Music videos from the 80's

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You may have gathered that the Islander is a budding sports journalist and comic book connoisseur. Apart from that, I have a fetish for old school music. So I thought I would share my top 10 1980s music videos with you kind folks. Enjoy!!!10. "Safety Dance" - Men without hats (1983)9. "Need you tonight" - INXS (1987)8."What a feeling" - Irene Cara (1983)7. "Take on me" A-Ha (1985)6. "I wanna dance with somebody" - Whitney Houston (1987)5. "Relax, Don't do it" - Frankie goes to Hollywood (1983)4. "Wild boys" - Duran Duran (1984)3. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson (1983)2. "Never gonna give you up" - Rick Astley (1987)1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson (1983)

2013 Critics Choice Movie Awards

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Best Picture – Argo
Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Best Actress – Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Supporting Actor – Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master)
Best Supporting Actress – Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables)
Best Young Actor/Actress – Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Best Acting Ensemble – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Director – Ben Affleck (Argo)
Best Adapted Screenplay – Tony Kushner (Lincoln)
Best Original Screenplay – Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained)
Best Cinematography – Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi)
Best Art Direction – Sarah Greenwood/Katie Spencer (Anna Karenina)
Best Editing – William Goldenberg/Dylan Tichenor (Zero Dark Thirty)
Best Costume Design – Jacqueline Durran (Anna Karenina)
Best Makeup – Cloud Atlas
Best Visual Effects – Life of Pi
Best Animated Feature – Wreck-It Ralph
Best Action Movie – Skyfall
Best Actor in an Action Movie – Daniel Craig (Skyfall)
Best Actress in an Action Movie – Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games)
Best Comedy – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor in a Comedy – Bradley Cooper (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Actress in a Comedy – Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
Best Sci-Fi/Horror Movie – Looper
Best Foreign Language Film – Amour
Best Documentary Feature – Searching for Sugarman
Best Song – Skyfall
Best Score – John Williams (Lincoln)

My Thoughts

• The ballots for these awards closed before the Oscar ballots did, so they had no idea that both Bigelow and Affleck would miss out on Oscar nominations.
• I understand that it's on the fence, but Silver Linings Playbook is barely a comedy.
• At this point, the critic awards are white noise. Any guild awards that are handed out will point more toward who will win the Oscar. That being said, I wouldn't be surprised to see Argo take the Best Picture, Drama Golden Globe this weekend.
• Lincoln is still well ahead of the pack for the Oscar.

2013 Golden Globe Winners (Movies)

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My thoughts after the list.

Best Picture, Drama: Argo
Best Picture, Comedy or musical: Les Misérables
Best Director: Ben Affleck, Argo
Best Actor, comedy or musical: Hugh Jackman, Les Misérables 
Best Actress, comedy or musical: Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor, drama: Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Best Actress, drama: Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting actress: Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Best Original score: Mychael Danna, Life of Pi
Best Original Song: Adele, Skyfall (Skyfall)
Best Animated feature film: Brave
Best Foreign film: Amour

My Thoughts

• Again, these ballots were submitted before the Oscar ones were, so any momentum that may be building should be tempered a bit.That being said, big win for Argo and Affleck.
• Silver Linings Playbook had picked up steam, thanks to the Critics Choice Awards. That has since died thanks to the loss to Les Misérables here and Bradley Cooper's loss to Hugh Jackman.
• Since there is no division between original and adapted here, the screenplay going to Tarantino is interesting. Tarantino's biggest competition is Mark Boal, and given the controversy around Zero Dark Thirty, this may be Quentin's year.
• I am fascinated at how the Best Actress race is going to turn out. Lawrence and Chastain are neck and neck.
• Quick notes on the show: Poehler and Fey killed it; Clinton introducing Lincoln was unexpectedly wonderful; Jodie Foster speech was the highlight, however heartfelt AND (to borrow a line from "Community") crazytown banana pants it was.

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

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"Passion is a positive obsession. Obsession is a negative passion." - Paul Carvel
I'm always curious what Sir Edmund Hillary did immediately after he finished climbing Mount Everest. This is the tallest mountain in the world and he just conquered it. Where does he go from there? Every other mountain he climbs must seem like a joke. Everything he does from that point on lacks flavor because it will never give him the sense of accomplishment the way climbing Mount Everest did. As great as he felt when he reached summit, how terrible must it be when he got home afterwards, sat in a chair, and realized that the rest of his life may never reach that peak (pun intended) again.


Zero Dark Thirty begins in darkness, as we hear the phone calls from victims of the tragedy on September 11th, 2001. From there, we open at a detainee camp in the Middle East, where a prisoner is being interrogated by CIA/military agents,while being humiliated and tortured. Standing aside is new CIA operative Maya (Jessica Chastain), as she watches in discomfort, refusing to actively take a part, but understanding that important information needs to be obtained. Maya's introduction to the tactics is surreal, but it sets her trajectory in motion. From here on out, by whatever means necessary, she will find Osama Bin Laden. And she will kill him.

Maya works closely with fellow operative Dan (Jason Clarke) in Pakistan, interrogating this man until he gives them a name: Abu Ahmed. This name becomes the center of a search the likes of which has never been accomplished, almost all of which is spearheaded by Maya, even when her supervisors and the U.S. Government isn't on board with her. We follow Maya through everything - her survival of a hotel bombing, Dan's departure to Washington, D.C., the death of fellow agents by a surprise car bombing, and the eventual changing of the guard in Washington, as Obama takes over and condemns those who participated in torturing detainees. All the while, Maya pushes, researches, and scans the microcosm of the Middle East, hoping to find this Abu Ahmed, which, she believes, is the key to finding Bin Laden. Spoiler Alert: we eventually kill Bin Laden. I hope that didn't ruin anything for you.

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Director Kathryn Bigelow has come under fire for this film, specifically due to its stance on torture. Or, should I say, lack of stance. Zero Dark Thirty does not condone torture. It doesn't vilify it. In the same way that Lincoln gave the audiences insight into some of the somewhat amoral things our president had to do to get the 18th amendment passed for the greater good, Zero Dark Thirty is simply a snapshot of stories gathered by Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal. This is what people close to the story say happened, so they put it on screen. They're telling a story based on truth. Why do Bigelow and Boal have to infuse their moral beliefs into the film? Excuse me - infuse beliefs that many critics of the film feel should be there, whether the filmmakers agree or not. It's not their job to tell their audiences how to think. It's their job to take us into a world to help us escape our own, however brutal that trip may be.

What Bigelow and Boal create with Maya is a wholly original character defined solely by her obsession. Maya has rare moments of social discourse and smiles once in a while, but she is, above all, a CIA operative bent on finding the man who orchestrated 9/11. Even the attempts other agents make at loosening Maya up fall by the wayside, as she has done nothing since high school but try to find Bin Laden. Her obsession becomes her way of life, so, in a twisted way, Zero Dark Thirty is about torture: the inescapable torture of a goal that everyone else feels is a lost cause and the realization that, if you never achieve it (or if you do), there's nothing left. There's no meadow beyond it for Maya to go home to. There's just Maya - a lonely soul who may very well have saved millions of future lives.

Other than the above points, common criticisms of the film have also come in the form of missing character development from the loads of people we meet in the film, all of which are CIA agents, soldiers, or detainees. But, this isn't a story about them. While Maya's lack of real "friends" may play to the sentimental side of an audience, she is in one of the few roles in the world where she truly doesn't have time for them. The only person Maya even becomes remotely close to is fellow agent Jessica (Jennifer Ehle) and, by the end of the film, all that's left of that relationship is a photo of them as Maya's computer's desktop background. Bigelow's direction isn't focused on how all these other people feel - it's about one woman and her professional co-dependence on dozens of nameless faces who carry out her sometimes blind plans to execution.

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Zero Dark Thirty eventually follows Seal Team Six's raid of Bin Laden's compound while other CIA operatives watch remotely (I actually found this section of the film more difficult to stomach than the torture). Bigelow makes an interesting decision to cut completely away from Maya during most of the raid - we don't watch her reactions, her stress, her worry. While Maya may be the brains behind the operation, she still needs competent, dedicated people to carry out her plans. She's not Wonder Woman, but her confidence and strategy makes these people believe that she's worth fighting for.

Either way, when the mission is accomplished, outside of some immediate celebratory disbelief by Seal Team Six, this is not a party. Bigelow makes the decision to close with Maya, who doesn't smile once since learning of the mission's success, on a plane, ready to return home. What Jessica Chastain gives us in those closing shots is why she is a frontrunner for Best Actress. She's been walking a tightrope for almost ten years and the net may have just been pulled out from under her. Her moments of silent solitude are extraordinary.

Zero Dark Thirty is political. It's plodding and methodical. It's, at its heart, simply a military procedural. But Bigelow, Boal, and Chastain have created something beyond that. They've created a narrative of one of the most important events of our country's history, but they've done it without making a "proud to be an American" film. While there is less fear brought about by post-Bin Laden al-Qaeda, Zero Dark Thirty isn't about how "we won." It's not anti-war; it's not really anti-anything.

Zero Dark Thirty is a picture of a larger-than-life woman who, while she may be viewed by some as a superhero in the flesh, is just a person so focused on one goal that she has nothing else. Her sacrifice - of a life, of a normal existence, of any relationship beyond the extremely platonic - was for America's gain. She may be proud of what she's done, but that doesn't mean she's happy about how she did it. She doesn't ride off into the sunset. She sits on a transfer plane, waiting to fly back to whatever empty life she has back in America. Alone.

SHOULD YOU SEE IT: Essential