Way To Go, Kate!

It is a well-known secret among my friends and family (and yes, my loving wife) that I have a long-standing crush on Kate Winslet. Yes, I think she's hot. But I also think she's an actor without peer. So seeing her win the Best Actress Oscar for "The Reader" is kinda like being able to honestly claim that I read Playboy both for the pictures AND the articles! (I don't by the way, but the analogy stands!)

Way to go, Kate!

(Kate Winslet's) Golden Globes!

Awards season is upon us, and normally I don't really care all that much because I rarely get out to the movies, but as previously mentioned, I am now getting advance copies of most of the awards contenders, and I've noticed these awards show are actually much more interesting when I know what's going on!

Just a couple of things to mention here from last night's Golden Globes...

A big hurray for Kate Winslet winning both Best Actress for "Revolutionary Road" and Best Supporting Actress for "The Reader". Winslet is this generation's Meryl Streep - simply the best actress working today, bar none. Plus, I've had a giant crush on/obsession with her since "Titanic". "The Reader" was an excellent film, and I highly recommend it... I still have not seen "Revolutionary Road", but with Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, how can it go wrong?


It's clear that "Slumdog Millionaire" is the can't-go-wrong choice for 2009... It swept all four categories it was nominated for, including Best Drama. I did enjoy "Slumdog", but I have to tell you - it reminded me a lot of "Sideways", which was the hot film during its own awards cycle a few years back. "Sideways" was a nice light comedy - a good rental, but otherwise a formulaic movie that really did nothing to advance the art of filmmaking. In other words, it was way overrated. So is "Slumdog Millionaire", in my opinion. This rags-to-riches tale of an Indian street rat winning the grand prize on the Mumbai version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" was fun, but completely predictable.

"30 Rock", "Mad Men" and "John Adams" won the big TV awards - No surprise there - all three are fabulous in their own right.

Did I mention Kate Winslet and her twin globes?

You're So STUPID, Rose! (But You're HOT!)

Well, today is tax day... April 15th - which, for me, is always a reminder that it is also the anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southhampton, England to New York on this date in 1912. I became interested in the Titanic saga after James Cameron's blockbuster film was released in 1996, and have read several books about the tragedy. I also became interested in Kate Winslet after the film was released, and with all due respect to the Missus, I am still interested in Kate Winslet to this day. You jump, I jump... right, Kate? Woof!