tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post3132900189478572275..comments2024-01-31T03:27:57.254-06:00Comments on homo escapeons: Romeo Morningwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-75215159820482789592009-02-24T14:11:00.000-06:002009-02-24T14:11:00.000-06:00I'm with Ponita - scrap the whole thing. Grammys ...I'm with Ponita - scrap the whole thing. Grammys and Emmys and all the other awards shows too.Laura Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097043270243212897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-31533571440233712432009-02-24T12:48:00.000-06:002009-02-24T12:48:00.000-06:00picklepuss<I>picklepuss</I>Word Verification Codehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165225678299708947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-10043782250843393162009-02-24T07:20:00.000-06:002009-02-24T07:20:00.000-06:00Dogs! Making millions out of slums..Dogs! Making millions out of slums..gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-2957657707923482152009-02-24T05:26:00.000-06:002009-02-24T05:26:00.000-06:00I have such a loathing for modern cinema. Even wit...I have such a loathing for modern cinema. Even with a film I wouldn't mind seeing I'm not going to spend £20 on a couple of tickets. Just as I wouldn't spend £90 on a football match.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-38871926407127648792009-02-24T04:17:00.000-06:002009-02-24T04:17:00.000-06:00Yayy nurses are third..we rock :)Yayy nurses are third..we rock :)Cazzie!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13856029137337148466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-39864871894101095112009-02-24T03:49:00.000-06:002009-02-24T03:49:00.000-06:00I hear what you're saying regarding pay / importan...I hear what you're saying regarding pay / important career ratios, but if Kate Winslet and that starlet from Slumdog were to star together in a lesbian porn shoot, then that's something I'd pay top dollar to see.<BR/><BR/>Shallow? Moi?Istvanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300986800641512516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-90062386923450996282009-02-24T03:41:00.000-06:002009-02-24T03:41:00.000-06:00oh shucks! im still angry they snubbed batman. :(i...oh shucks! im still angry they snubbed batman. :(<BR/><BR/>ill go back to sleep and dream about Anne Hathaway...<BR/><BR/>Hugs brotha!gPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439371766182405053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-72215475204844830652009-02-23T20:10:00.000-06:002009-02-23T20:10:00.000-06:00honey, the *do* work on commission. it's vile...po...honey, the *do* work on commission. it's vile...<BR/><BR/>poor Maslow had it right.Xmichrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640935280209026338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-83924449667296727672009-02-23T16:48:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:48:00.000-06:00(they've just interviewed his mum on the News At T...(they've just interviewed his mum on the News At Ten and she says he still has to tidy his bedroom)(that boy from the film)(the one that got the Oscars and whatnot)(he lives in a posh house in the London suburbs!)(and his former headmistress is very proud of him!)(he's going to get a shock when he gets back from hobnobbing with Will Smith, and finds he has to tidy his bedroom)<BR/><BR/>I digress<BR/><BR/>given that Maslow used a totally <B>un</B>representative sample of the human race on which to base his triangle, I'm not entirely certain of its value. . . however, going with your analogy, if there's a place for me (is there? hope so!) I'd like to be the tinker with a long flowing coat with lots of pockets full of ribbons and jewels and interesting things I'd gathered along my merry way. . . to sell, or trade or barter - for food and drink and shelter. . .<BR/><BR/>or am I missing the point? or losing the plot?<BR/><BR/>but then you know I don't <I>do</I> celebrity or politics, so I probably shouldn't have commented<BR/><BR/>(-:I, Like The Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423569600315825506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-86837544283929612272009-02-23T16:45:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:45:00.000-06:00i read books. i do. and when they adapt them for s...i read books. i do. and when they adapt them for screen they bugger them all up and use not good words and stuff. keep reading, it makes your brain grow.sEahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315600356554667359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-28180838185933231772009-02-23T16:43:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:43:00.000-06:00amen, brother. i have a couple of kids in the busi...amen, brother. i have a couple of kids in the business, behind the camera, not in front, so i know the the reality of the <I>movies</I>.<BR/>xoxox<BR/>(but i still enjoyed the show last night.)savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-48303747192982868622009-02-23T16:35:00.000-06:002009-02-23T16:35:00.000-06:00Oh, Maslow. It's a business and the products must ...Oh, Maslow. It's a business and the products must fit in different markets to please the maximum possible numbers of people who bring their cash to the cinema. And all over the world the cinemas are showing all the same boring movies. <BR/>What a giant machine!<BR/><BR/>Oh yes, some idiots still make films. Like some idiots are still taking pictures, id est photograph, paint by light, for the love and beauty of a fine handcraft.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-73438924202911917882009-02-23T15:50:00.000-06:002009-02-23T15:50:00.000-06:00LENILet's consider some of the fancy schmancy Holl...<B>LENI</B><BR/>Let's consider some of the fancy schmancy Hollywood accounting...they can make a movie that raked in $400 M look like it lost money.<BR/><BR/>There is something weird going on..production costs run about $100M+ to make a run-of-the-mill action summer movie, $25M of that going to the star, then<BR/>they spend $60M on promotion so theoretically it has to make $160M just to break even right?<BR/><BR/>Isn't that crazy? Anyway the golden era for the Studio System is waning because of the piracy leakage and competition from smaller independents who now have affordable hi tech wizardry at their disposal. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps a correction is at hand?Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-1267968399499336202009-02-23T15:10:00.000-06:002009-02-23T15:10:00.000-06:00Just because the show business is soooo profitable...Just because the show business is soooo profitable, almost as much as the sports business, the world is not upside down.<BR/><BR/>Congrats to Penelope Cruz, the very favourite round here!Leni Qinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787813168299836381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-48931195560013252072009-02-23T14:55:00.000-06:002009-02-23T14:55:00.000-06:00MJHAR HARPretty much hand to mouth..unless of cour...<B>MJ</B><BR/>HAR HAR<BR/>Pretty much hand to mouth..unless of course they are Hyena'd and have an extending <I>you-know-what</I>!<BR/><BR/><B>GILLETTE</B><BR/>Tru dat! The vast majority are still starving. The Movie Stars are an anomomly in the Arts community... even though they are who we are so severely over-exposed to and it seems like there are thousands of them.<BR/><BR/>Still, any one of us would be set if we made $1M for one movie..and guys like Pitt and Cruise make $30M+ per movie.<BR/><BR/>I hope that the good karma returns to all those involved in Slumdog..for opening our eyes and reminding us how lucky we are.<BR/><BR/><B>PONITAE</B><BR/>I started watching them with my Mom when I was a kid...she started bringing me to Movies when I was a baby..and no I didn't talk or cry during the show.<BR/><BR/>So I have always loved Movies..and since I'm too impatient to be a <I>novel reader</I> it really is my main source of art..if you can attach that label to a small portion of the hundreds that they churn out. <BR/><BR/>I just wish that the remuneration system wasn't so fercockt!Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-52580150625503392722009-02-23T14:08:00.000-06:002009-02-23T14:08:00.000-06:00They could just publish the winners in the newspap...They could just publish the winners in the newspapers and not have the show at all.<BR/><BR/>I haven't watched the Oscars in years.... too boring.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps I have an attention problem? Or are they all too bloody long-winded?Ponita in Real Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06886875733169389887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-73082294021841730172009-02-23T13:11:00.000-06:002009-02-23T13:11:00.000-06:00Hm. Really good question. Starving artists got s...Hm. Really good question. Starving artists got smart and wanted some of the big money that others were making off them? <BR/><BR/>But, aren't most of them still hand to mouth, though?<BR/><BR/>I read that the kid who played Jamal still lives in the slums. What's up with that?Moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937241708513207283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22457519.post-19018428050307241722009-02-23T12:21:00.000-06:002009-02-23T12:21:00.000-06:00Hand-to-mouth lesbians?I say old chap!*goes back f...Hand-to-mouth lesbians?<BR/><BR/>I <I>say</I> old chap!<BR/><BR/>*goes back for re-read*The Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07109289531733623207noreply@blogger.com