Over the next few weeks, expect nothing but talk of nominations, red carpets and acceptance speeches across all of the celebrity news columns. That’s right, awards season is upon us and things kicked off this week with some big wins at the Golden Globes and the announcement of this year’s BAFTA contenders.

The Golden Globes took place on Sunday and saw David Fincher’s The Social Network go home with a slew of trophy’s including Best Picture (Drama), Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. Other gongs on the night went to Natalie Portman as Best Actress for Black Swan, with the Best Actor accolade going to Brit star Colin Firth for his performance in The King’s Speech.

However, while most of the news has related to ‘who won what’ as well as the usual ‘who wore who’, perhaps the most talked about person in all of the usual celebrity gossip forums was our very own Ricky Gervais, who was hosting the ceremony for a second year. While some were talking about how much weight the comic, writer, director and creator of The Office had lost, most were talking about his rather controversial material. Gervais’ brand of near-the-knuckle humour may not have not been to everyone’s cup of tea, it seems, as he took aim at stars including Johnny Depp, Charlie Sheen, Bruce Willis and Angelina Jolie – to name just a few.

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The comedian denies this is the case and has said that all of his jokes were taken in good fun, but one actor who seems to be unamused is Robert Downey Jr. When taking to the stage to make one of the night’s announcements, the Iron Man star responded to Gervais barbed introduction by saying: “Aside from the fact it’s been mean-spirited, with mildly sinister undertones; the vibe of the show is pretty good.” He added: “It’s great to be funny but it’s better if you do it without hurting people.”

Elsewhere, there were celebrations this week as BAFTA announced its nominations for its 2011 awards. In the Best Actor category, Colin Firth will battle it out with Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg and James Franco, while the Best Actress gong will go to Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Noomi Rapace or Hailee Steinfeld. The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2011, which is more commonly known as The BAFTAs will take place on Sunday February 13th at the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden.

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If you’ve been watching TV lately, you’re aware of two things: 

2012 presidential campaigns have begun.
Natalie Portman is in every new movie. 

For now, I’m going to focus on number 1 since it is cause for more concern, unless Natalie Portman develops political ambitions thanks to all her recent exposure, making us mere months away from a Portman/Thor presidential ticket.  

Not that she would make a bad president, but I’m a little worried about Thor’s temper, which could limit his ability to handle tough questions at a press conference without pounding the reporters into press patties on the White House floor. 

VP Thor:   So, in summation, President Portman feels the best thing for the economy is for everyone to buy No Strings Attached on DVD.  Now I’ll take some questions.  Yes, you.

Reporter:   Sam Snotwinkle, Biloxi Bugle-Star-Herald.  What’s with the hammer?

VP Thor (mildly annoyed):     Let’s stick to policy questions.  OK… you.

Reporter:   Janet Chalupadoodle, Paducah Evening Excretion.  Do you carry a big hammer to compensate for some kind of personal shortcoming?

VP Thor (visibly agitated):      THAT’S NONE OF YOUR… ahem, sorry.  Again, please stay on topic.  Next question.  Umm… you.

Reporter:   Barry Bumfluff, The Political Polyp.  So that’s a yes on the shortcoming?

[WHOMP! WHOMP! WHOMP!]

Anyway, I am NOT excited about the start of campaign season because I live in California and just barely survived the 2010 Brown vs. Whitman gubernatorial death match, which was made only slightly more bearable by hearing then-Governor Schwarzenegger have to occasionally pronounce the word gubernatorial.

For those living in one of the 49 states NOT being driven full steam ahead into the ground, I should explain that both candidates spent more money on TV attack ads than a week-long Inflammatory Bowel Convention spends on two-ply, so roughly 90% of last year’s TV commercials were campaign ads with more mudslinging than a season of Divorce Court.

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At first, I actually was relieved, since the ads displaced clothing commercials for stores like The Gap, Target, and Old Navy, which are required by law to hire advertising models from the Who’s Who of Blissfully Hyperactive Sapheads.  After several months, however, I was weary of the daily Category 5 Poop Storm, and thankful that it would end after the approaching election, saving Californians from the increasingly petty ads that otherwise were sure to come:

Pro Whitman Ad: Jerry Brown borrowed a quarter from his son in 1972 and never repaid it.  Meg Whitman has a spotless credit history with her children.  Who would you trust with YOUR money?

Pro Brown Ad: Meg Whitman clips her toenails in bed with no concern for where the clippings land.  Apparently, she’s OK with letting other people clean up her mess.  Jerry Brown clips his toenails in the bathroom, and all clippings have, to the best of his recollection, landed in the trash.  If Meg can’t clean up her bedroom, how can she clean up California?

Pro Whitman Ad: Jerry Brown microwaved a bag of popcorn for 3 minutes, despite being aware of its suggested popping time of 2 minutes, 50 seconds.  If he just does whatever he wants when making popcorn, do you think he’ll do what YOU want when making decisions as governor?

Pro Brown Ad: Meg Whitman bought Park Place during a 1987 game of Monopoly.  Only a total nimrod would buy Park Place.  Jerry Brown has never bought Park Place, and always buys the Railroads.  If you want to pass go, vote Jerry Brown.

So it’s understandable that I’m as excited for another campaign season as I’d be about listening to books on tape by Gilbert Gottfried, since no one comes out ahead but the Political Ad Voiceover Guy.  And TV News Political Analysts, or insufferable clods for short.

I realize this may be an unfairly harsh generalization of TV News Political Analysts, but it’s important to note that I don’t care.  I’ve never heard any insightful commentary from these buffoons that I couldn’t get from a bar of soap, supposing the bar of soap followed politics and could talk.  I will concede, however, that they must be fairly creative to make a living in this profession, considering they are all required, by contract, to:

Never, under any circumstances, say something useful.
Get paid by the word.

Naturally this provides for some entertaining interviews, so long as you, the viewer, are on at least your third beer.

News Anchor:             For those of you just now joining us, we’re discussing the recent statement by presidential hopeful Walt Sleezman in which he claims to prefer Jif peanut butter.

Insufferable Clod:       That’s right, Bill.  This could be a calculated move to secure the votes of the coveted Choosy Moms demographic.

News Anchor:             So how will voters react?

Insufferable Clod:       Well, there’s a chance they’ll react unfavorably, but there’s also a possibility they’ll support him.  Recent polling indicates that 9 out of 10 people strongly believe they have moms, so this will likely be an important issue, assuming it’s not a trivial issue.

News Anchor:             But will this help him or hurt him?

Insufferable Clod:       It will probably help him, as long as it doesn’t hurt him.  We’ll know for sure after the election.

So we have about 18 months of this to look forward to, and I don’t think I can afford the beer.  Then there are the potential attack ads to consider, but I at least have a plan to prevent these.

TO ALL 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: Fight fair and clean.  If you don’t, I’ll tell Thor you made fun of his hammer.

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Natalie Portman is engaged to her choreographer from Black Swan and is pregnant. While at the same time, the official poster for her movie The Other Woman surfaced on the Internet. I am sure we will see a trailer, shortly.

The original title of the movie was Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, which is the same title of the book director Don Roos adapted for the movie that played at Toronto in 2009. This is the first production for Portman at her company Handsomecharlie Films. Portman plays Emilia Greenleaf, a lawyer who wins her married boss away from his wife (Lisa Kudrow), but must deal with the consequences including her newly acquired stepson and unexpected tragedy.

IFC Films is finally releasing the movie starting February 4, 2011 after a VOD debut at the beginning of January.Jill Plumley (Josie Bissett) is a confident woman. She is married to Derek (Ted Whittall), a successful attorney and is forging a relationship with his teenage daughter Lauren (MacKenzie Porter). Jill, a former journalist who had traveled the world digging up stories, gave up her successful career when she married Derek, who was married to another woman at the time they began their affair. Jill now teaches journalism at the local university.
A Cunning Femme Fatale

Enter Nicole Clark (Lisa Marie Caruk), Dereks new, young assistant. When Jill and Nicole first meet Nicole informs her that she is going to marry Derek. What a strange thing to say to the wife of her boss. But Nicole has her sights on Derek and Jill senses trouble ahead.

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When she tells her husband about the conversation, Derek brushes it aside as a casual crush. He likens itThe Other Woman had the original title of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits as a novel, which is certainly a more engaging and interesting title for the film. The film, which stars and was produced by Natalie Portman, is kind of a Lifetime movie on steroids.

Originally marketed in part as a film about a stepmother and her relationship with her stepson son, that isnt exactly what The Other Woman is really all about. Moreover, this is certainly a drama and not a comedy. If you expect a drama with comedic undertones, you will be sadly mistaken. However, if you are looking for a sad movie that tugs at your heart and will likely make you cry, then this might be exactly what you are looking for in a film or video rental.

If you dont like tearjerker type films then this is one that you will most certainly want to avoid. Above all else, heed this warning: The Other Woman is NOT a date movie! The Other Woman deals mostly with Emilia Greenleafs (Portman) pain and trauma related to the death of her newborn child. There is just no way around it this is one seriously sad film.

Much of the plot revolves around Emilias relationship with her stepson William, her husband lawyer Jack Wolf and Jacks very angry ex-wife Carolyn played nicely by Lisa Kudrow. This isnt a bad film and it excels in many regards, but its just not an overall pleasant ride. Instead of feeling uplifted, one leaves the theater feeling exhausted and more than a little spent. Is this one to watch on video or streaming? The answer is probably a yes, wait for video.

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Whether they admit to it or not in later life, most people have a favorite song (or two or three) when they are young. The song may be linked to some romantic event in a person’s life – the well-known phenomenon of the “song they were playing during our first dance”. Or it may be keyed to something entirely personal and not specifically romantic at all – the first song you heard when you woke up on your sixteenth birthday, or the day you found out you’d won a college scholarship or the day you saw your first eagle flying overhead. For many people, a favorite song becomes that favorite because it is connected for them to an external and important event. But it is unlikely that any song will become personally meaningful unless the listener can connect something in the lyrics to her or his own life.

This is the case with one of my own personal favorite songs, Natalie Merchant’s “Carnival”.

Her lyrics for this song are relevant to the experiences of a lot of young people because she captures the sense that many of us have that the majority of people are cheating themselves out of the life that they could have. My own connection to the song didn’t come about in a single moment: The first time that I heard it I didn’t say to myself, “This is it, this is my song.” But from the first time that I heard it I began to think about the ideas that she raised in it. And her lyrics, combined with the way that the song prompted me to think about myself and the people that I know, helped me realize that many people do in fact spend a lot of their time being effectively blinded by the constraints of their lives. This is, of course, not something that Merchant is the first person to discover or to write about.

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It is really not fair for the media to continually subject us night after night for months on end to the on-going Natalie Story. Especially when there is no real news to it anymore. Is the media so worried just about news that they have to operated this hard to remain a story alive when it can come up with them slightly even greater ratings than true news?

Yet one would say as Jerry Springer has that properties are simply giving humans how they want. Indeed, apparently the mass are so ignorant and obsessed through the BS of hype and mass media driven hysteria of sound and fury they no longer have minds to tell them that this is not news? I am sorry to break it to all of you, but this coup is not news; actually as bad as the story is, it never was. And even though it is a public interest type story, it is not worth further mention past the earliest few days.

Since that story broke endure year, at least 60,000 people undergo been kidnapped and murdered in this hemisphere and of those at least 10,000 were women under the age of 30.

Do not get me wrong it is a negative tragedy, but it is no longer news. In fact the media is playing us for all it is worth and making a mockery of our ignorance as we watch them carry on about nothing new. Consider presently in 2006 and requirement real news.

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Leading the movie pack with seven nominations is the period drama The King’s Speech, which began to garner serious awards buzz back when it toured the festival circuit this past fall. David Fincher’s The Social Network has already snagged a handful of critic’s choice awards and secured six Gold Globe nods, matching that of this month’s true-life boxing drama, The Fighter. Indie breakout hits Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right both managed to collect four nominations, including acting nods for leads Natalie Portman, Annettte Bening, and Julianne Moore.

Chris Nolan’s Inception landed a Best Picture-Drama nod as well, while the comic book flick Red made the cut for the Best Picture-Comedy or Musical category. While it was surprising to see the Coen Brothers’ True Grit fail to receive a single nomination and Ben Affleck’s The Town snag just one, the big shocker was that Johnny Depp received nominations for his work in both Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist – unexpected, to say the least.

On the TV side, Glee was on top with five nominations, while critically-acclaimed shows like Mad Men and Boardwalk Empire managed to land three nods each. Showtime was a big winner in the Best Television Series for both comedy and drama as Dexter, The Big C, and Nurse Jackie all landed nods, while AMC’s The Walking Dead became the first cable television series about the zombpocalypse to be nominated for Best Drama. Okay, it’s the ONLY show to fit that description, but that doesn’t take away from The Walking Dead‘s immense critical/ratings success.

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This is our brand new Skull and crossbones t-shirt. We really like skulls and skeletons on our t-shirts and that is why we chose this design. We tried and gave it some modern look though so it wont be boring.

This kind of t-shirt never get old! In fact skull and crossbones design has been around for many many years. It started as a flag. The flag was flown to frighten pirates’ victims into surrendering without a fight, since it conveyed the message that the attackers were outlaws who would not consider themselves bound by the usual rules of engagement and might, therefore, slaughter those they defeated. I bet they did … !!!

Today, the skull and crossbones is still the only standard symbol for poison. Apart from its negative marketing effect on environmentally conscious consumers, it may actually attract children due to its association with pirates, a popular toy and play theme.

The symbol and numerous variations of it, has also been associated with rock/metal music. Bands around the world use the symbol as a logo on their promotional material like the Guns & Roses Skull and crossed guns logo and even on their album covers, like the Cypress Hill’s Skull & Bone album released on 2000.

The symbol is a trend in fashion as well and it has been getting bigger, with stars such as Nicole Richie, Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman sporting it. Ever since the “Pirates of the Caribbean” films became a big hit, the skull and crossbones look is now used not only on clothes, but on accessories for women and men, and is popular on baby clothes, dog clothes and even housewares.

That was some info and history found on the net.

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These are 5 celebrity weight loss secret that actually works.  This is not only

about food and exercise.  This includes a lot more.  We also bear in mind that our body composition and metabolism varies relatively. 

     Here are 5 celebrity weight loss secrets that Nicole Scherzinger, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Britney Spears and other celebrities employ.

Set a goal

       Set it as a goal.  Whatever ordeal or task we do, we need to have a goal.  This helps us to focus and gives us direction.  In this manner, celebrities efforts are more concentrated.  With this, they

give time and separate time for it.  One celebrity said “I understand that part of our package is our appearance.  We need to put efforts in maintaining it, as it is now a part of our job.”

     To understand how our body plays a part in our everyday life is important.  Setting it as a goal is a must.

Be determined

       Couple it with passion.  This includes eating things that you don’t like and not eating the things that you like.  Maple Syrup Diet which Beyonce and Nicole Scherzinger employs.  They both love eating but what triggers them to employ such a diet.  “It is only mind over matter.”  Don’t let the cravings overrule you.  You need to be determined and passionate about losing weight.

Healthy lifestyle

      Diet and exercise without ample sleep will do you more harm than good.  Have a balanced lifestyle.  Skipping regular meals and having six small meals in a day won’t help.  Eat right, sleep right and live right.  Eat lean meat, green vegetables and teas.  Alcohols won’t help and other liquid calories.  Avoid sugar foods and white foods that would often time man flour contents.

       Lifestyle check plays a big part in achieving and ruining your weight loss program.  Carrie Underwood and Natalie Portman sticks to a vegetarian and vegan lifestyle.  Alicia Silverstone and Demi Moore follow a lifestyle that eats raw food.  These are examples of a lifestyle change that leads to a weight loss success.

Diet plans

       We have different body metabolism and different needs.  This means different diets, different results.  Try a diet that works for you.  Here are some of the diets celebrity follows:

Maple Syrup Diet (maple syrup, lemon juice, water and cayenne pepper) – Nicole Scherzinger and Beyonce

Caveman Diet (organic meats, eggs, fruits and vegetables eaten raw) – Elizabeth Hurley

South Beach Diet (lean meat, whole grains, fruits, vegetables and no fat cheese) – Jessica Alba

Zone Diet (40% carbohydrates, 30% lean protein and 10% fat) – Jennifer Aniston

The Lunch Box Diet (normal lunch and dinner but for lunch is 60% veggies, 30% lean protein and 10% fat) – Keira Knightley
Exercise Program

       Most of the stars do cardio five times a week.  Some of them do jogging and marathon likes Nicole Scherzinger and Giuliana Rancic and others.  Some like the Pussy Cat Dolls and other dance groups, dancing is a part of their cardio.  If you will notice, most dancers have slender bodies.  Dancing is almost a complete workout.

       Swimming and aquatic works is one of Julia Robert’s exercise programs. It is also good to have a buddy in the exercise program so that you can check each other. 

    These are the five (5) celebrity secrets that really work.  The first three (3) is the most important to employ.  The last two follows automatically.  This will ensure a successful weight loss program.

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1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Narnia is back in 3D adventure,  which Lucy and Edmund Pevensie return to Narnia and journeyed with their cousin Eustice and meet up with Prince Caspian and travel across the sea in the royal ship, The Dawn Treader. Directed by Michael Apted with its vivid imaginary and  spectacular or extraordinary magical expectations. Before reaching to their destination, they have to encounter mermen, dragons and even the White Witch Tilda Swinton. This action and adventure fantasy would surely entice your taste with Ben Barnes as Prince Caspian, Lucy and Georgie Henley as Edmund.

2. Tron:  Legacy

A Sci-fi high tech 3D movie starred by Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde and Jeff Bridges. Fans have been waiting since 1982 for this sequel. Sam Flynn ( Garett Hedlund) , a 27-year-old is a technology genius who tried to solve the puzzle of his father disappearance Kevin Flynn ( Jeff Bridges), who is the king of video game developer. Sam’s father has been living in the digital world for 25 years and reunite with him in th cyber universe. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.

3. Black Swan

A psychological thriller of ballerinas set to compete with each other. The story is about the girl named Nina, who’s life has been evolve through dancing in a New York City ballet company. The rivalry begun when the artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina for the opening productionof their new season Swan Lake. Compitition for roles in Swan Lakes become dangerous as their rivalry expands and turn the swans into vultures. With Natalie Portman and Mila Cunis.

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