Review - Julie and Julia

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

4 out of 5 shovels
Ever wanted to leave your life? Julie did. She felt her life was empty. She had no direction. Her life's dream to become a writer was gone.

With help from her husband and feline, Julie began cooking her way through Julia Child's cookbook. For one year, Julie blogged about her experiences cooking, shopping, and living. She lived through writing and cooking.

Through the ups and downs, Julie and Julia fulfilled their inner desires for love, accomplishment, and completion.

With a wonderful supporting cast this film embarks on telling two stories and succeeds. Julie and Julia's lives were not so different even though each took place decades apart. Two women searching for themselves . . .

Golden Globes Awards, 2010

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

Again, this year the Hollywood Foreign Press did not stray too far from the norm. The association even nominated the horrible True Blood. Still there were many well deserving winners:

Best Motion Picture - Drama
"Avatar"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
"The Hangover"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Robert Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Best Animated Feature Film
"Up"

Best Foreign Language Film
"The White Ribbon"

Best Director - Motion Picture
James Cameron, "Avatar"

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, "Up in the Air"

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Michael Giacchino, "Up"

Best Original Song -- Motion Picture
"The Weary Kind," "Crazy Heart"

Best Television Series - Drama
"Mad Men"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
Julianna Margulies, "The Good Wife"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
Michael C. Hall, "Dexter"

Best Television Series - Comedy
"Glee"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical
Toni Collette, "United States of Tara"

Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
"Grey Gardens"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Drew Barrymore, "Grey Gardens"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Bacon, "Taking Chance"

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Chloe Sevigny, "Big Love"

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
John Lithgow, "Dexter"

Source: Golden Globes and NJ.com

Golden Globe Noms 2010

Staff Writer: Samuntha Mackenzie

Award season has begun. The first nominations to grace the media are from the Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture, Drama

'Avatar'

'The Hurt Locker'

'Inglourious Basterds'

'Precious'

'Up in the Air'

Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical

'500 Days of Summer'

'The Hangover'

'It's Complicated'

'Julie & Julia'

'Nine'

Best Director in a Motion Picture

Kathryn Bigelow

'The Hurt Locker'

James Cameron

'Avatar'

Clint Eastwood

'Invictus'

Jason Reitman

'Up in the Air'

Quentin Tarantino

'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Jeff Bridges

'Crazy Heart'

George Clooney

'Up in the Air'

Colin Firth

'A Single Man'

Morgan Freeman

'Invictus'

Tobey Maguire

'Brothers'

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Emily Blunt

'The Young Victoria'

Sandra Bullock

'The Blind Side'

Helen Mirren

'The Last Station'

Carey Mulligan

'An Education'

Gabourey Sidibe

'Precious'

Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture

Matt Damon

'Invictus'

Woody Harrelson

'The Messenger'

Christopher Plummer

'The Last Station'

Stanley Tucci

'The Lovely Bones'

Christoph Waltz

'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture

Penelope Cruz

'Nine'

Vera Farmiga

'Up in the Air'

Anna Kendrick

'Up in the Air'

Mo'Nique

'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire'

Julianne Moore

'A Single Man'

Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Matt Damon

'The Informant!'

Daniel Day-Lewis

'Nine'

Robert Downey, Jr.

'Sherlock Holmes'

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

'(500) Days of Summer

Michael Stuhlbarg

'A Serious Man'

Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy

Sandra Bullock

'The Proposal'

Marion Cotillard

'Nine'

Julia Roberts

'Duplicity'

Meryl Streep

'It's Complicated'

Meryl Streep

'Julie and Julia'

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

'The Hurt Locker'

Mark Boal

'District 9'

Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell

'Inglourious Basterds'

Quentin Tarantino

'It's Complicated'

Nancy Meyers

'Up in the Air'

Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner

Best Animated Feature Film

'Coraline'

'Fantastic Mr. Fox'

'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'

'The Princess and the Frog'

'Up'

Best Foreign Language Film

'A Prophet'

'The White Ribbon'

'The Maid'

'Baaria'

Best Television Series, Drama

'Big Love'

'Dexter'

'House'

'Mad Men'

'True Blood'

Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical

'30 Rock'

'Entourage'

'Glee'

'Modern Family'

'The Office'

Best Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Simon Baker

'The Mentalist'

Michael C. Hall

'Dexter'

Jon Hamm

'Mad Men'

Hugh Laurie

'House'

Bill Paxtion

'Big Love'

Best Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Julianna Margulies

'The Good Wife'

Glenn Close

'Damages'

January Jones

'Mad Men'

Anna Paquin

'True Blood'

Kyra Sedgwick

'The Closer'

Best Actor in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Alec Baldwin

'30 Rock'

Steve Carell

'The Office'

Thomas Jane

'Hung'

David Duchovny

'Californication'

Matthew Morrison

'Glee'

Best Actress in a Television Series, Comedy or Musical

Toni Collette

'United States of Tara'

Courteney Cox

'Cougar Town'

Tina Fey

'30 Rock'

Edie Falco

'Nurse Jackie'

Lea Michele

'Glee'

Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

'Grey Gardens'

'Into the Storm'

'Little Dorrit'

'Taking Chance'

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Kevin Bacon

'Taking Chance'

Kenneth Branagh

'Wallander: One Step Behind'

Chiwetel Ejiofor

'Endgame'

Brendan Gleeson

'Into the Storm'

Jeremy Irons

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Joan Allen

'Georgia O'Keeffe'

Drew Barrymore

'Grey Gardens'

Jessica Lange

'Grey Gardens'

Anna Paquin

'The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler'

Sigourney Weaver

'Prayers for Bobby'

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Neil Patrick Harris

'How I Met Your Mother'

Michael Emerson

'Lost'

Jeremy Piven

'Entourage'

William Hurt

'Damages'

John Lithgow

'Dexter'

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Jane Adams

'Hung'

Rose Byrne

'Damages'

Jane Lynch

'Glee'

Janet McTeer

'Into the Storm'

Chloe Sevigny

'Big Love'

Source: MovieFone

Golden Fangs Invisible Ghosts

Staff Writer: Grave Digger

Award season is finished until the Emmy's so we get a moment to reflect, rejoice, and say what? At the Golden Globes, the vampire series: True Blood, garnered a best actress award as well as the show was nominated for best actor and television series. Anna Paquin is a well deserving actress for an award. True Blood is not.

This op-ed piece is about reality. True Blood is bad. Supernatural is good. Actually the series is very good. But being on the CW and not HBO, having no nudity versus explicit, nonsensical sexual scenes, the awards are given to . . . ?

Perhaps fans of the show, Supernatural, need to let the Golden Globes and Emmy's know just how much better PG can be against R, I mean XXX.

Golden Globes and the Emmy's websites.

Source: Grave Digger who watches Supernatural and dumped True Blood.