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‘Dear John’ Ends ‘Avatar’ Box Office Streak
‘Dear John’ has managed to do what no other movie has been able to do in the last 7 weeks, knock ‘Avatar’ out of the top spot in the Box Office!!
‘Dear John’ (based of the Nicolas Sparks novel) pulled in $32.4 million over Super Bowl weekend, which was enough to beat out ‘Avatar’ whose weekend total was down to $23.8 million.
This weekend’s other new release ‘From Paris With Love’ came in at #3 with $8.1 million.
Weekend Top 10:
1 Dear John – $32,400,000
2 Avatar – $23,600,000
3 From Paris with Love – $8,120,000
4 Edge of Darkness – $7,005,000
5 Tooth Fairy – $6,500,000
6 When in Rome – $5,504,000
7 The Book of Eli – $4,835,000
8 Crazy Heart – $3,650,000
9 Legion – SGem $3,400,000
10 Sherlock Holmes – $2,630,000
Next weekend we’ll see if the new Hollywood Heavy ‘Valentines Day’ can keep ‘Avatar’ out of the top spot.
GlamourCow: My Open Letter to New York Retailers
From GlamourCow.com
Dear New York Mass Retailers,
When I tell people that I live in Manhattan, I say it’s the greatest place on earth.
What’s not to love?
The theaters, galleries, men, restaurants, all make this city, what Barnum & Bailey coin: “the greatest show place on earth“.
After giving this answer, it’s at this point, when my hometown Denver folk, usually say: “UM… AND THE SHOPPING!?”
Me: “NO.”
New York is one of the major fashion capitals of the world, so any twenty-something woman must love it, right?
NO, not me.
Here’s my gripe: The Big Apple has thousand of stores, catering to all fancies, but if you’re like me, and over a size 16 (or 12 for that matter), you are shit out of luck.
I’m a plus sized woman (size 20/22) and not ashamed of it. I am; however, working on dropping some of the weight (for health reasons) but reality is I will always be a plus-sized woman.
That means in New York City, I have two, yes, two stores that I can afford to shop at Lane Bryant and Ashley Stewart. Oh, and how can I forget wash n’ wear brand: Forever21. Forever came out with Faith21; but, first off, who can find Faith in any of the Manhattan locations? And secondly, Faith21?
What the hell?
Yes, I’m sure some of the “4 B’s” (Bendels, Bergdorfs, Barneys & Bloomies) sell plus size, but then again not all of us (ahem) can afford a $1500 ensemble.
So, here I am forced to shop either online or at a store that is still quite pricey, while my friends get to go to sample sales and what not.
At times I feel like Anna Wintour is laughing her ass off at girls like us (because rumor has it, they record what you eat inside Conde’s cafeteria).
The fashion industry as a whole looks down on girls who are bigger. (Well, kudos to V for coming out with their plus-sized issue. But the featured girls are more voluptuous beauties rather than zaftig real-women.)
NY Fashion Week starts in 7 days, and even though this will fall on deaf ears, I think the Fashion world needs to be more open to designing for the “everyday” woman. I have some shows to attend, and I’m so sick of wearing lack-luster Lane Bryant twin sets.
If you’re a plus-sized woman, please take a stand.
I’m getting exhausted from being pushed to back (just like in gym class).
You ignore us and force us to don generic “boot-cut jeans” & “ribbed cardigans” and other foul garments that induce nausea.
I’m asking for this: just a few, affordable, cool stores that sell plus-sized clothing for me & the like; or of course, expanding the inventory at places already-existing retailers.
Proud Plus Size NYC Fashionista.
PS: I’m not saying being “plus-size or overweight” is healthy, I’m just being fed up & being real.
P.P.S – Yes that is me, Misti Schindele
True Blood: Meet Debbie Pelt
‘True Blood’ Season 3 casting is officially closed!! Meet Brit Morgan aka ‘Debbie Pelt’.
Who is Debbie Pelt, for those who haven’t read the books (which you should do), Debbie the ex-girlfriend of a certain werewolve Alcide and to put it mildly she is the “I Don’t Like Sookie” club.
According to EW.com, Alan Ball has beefed up the role of Debbie Pelt for Season 3, which is a YAY. I kinda like her in the books.
Season 3 of ‘True Blood’ is filming now, and a premiere date sometime around June on HBO!!!
Taylor & Taylor in New ‘Valentines Day’ Clip
A new clip from ‘Valentines Day’ featuring Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift.
2010 Oscars – Full Nomation List
Ah the Oscars, the end all/be all of Award Shows.
This morning the nominees were announced and it looks like ‘Avatar’ is leading the pack with 7 nods including Best Picture & Best Director. Following Closely is ‘Up in Air’ with 6 nominations.
Full List:
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
James Cameron, Avatar
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Original Screenplay
Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman, The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson & Tom McCarthy, Up
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche, In the Loop
Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell, District 9
Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious
Nick Hornby, An Education
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Best Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Best Foreign Language Film
El Secreto do Sus Ojos (Argentina)
Un Prophete (France)
The White Ribbon (Germany)
Ajami (Israel)
The Milk of Sorrow (Peru)
Best Art Direction
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Best Cinematography
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Best Costume Design
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria
Best Documentary
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Best Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Best Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria
Best Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up
Best Song
“Almost There,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Down in New Orleans,” The Princess and the Frog, Randy Newman
“Loin de Paname,” Paris 36, Reinhardt Wagner & Frank Thomas
“Take It All,” Nine, Maury Yeston
“The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart, T-Bone Burnett & Ryan Bingham
Best Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Best Visual Effects
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek
Best Documentary Short
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit à la Berlin
Best Animated Short
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Best Live-Action Short
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be live on March 7th with hosts Steve Martin and Alec Bladwin.
