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.