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loudthinkersoftspeaker:

He is my idol

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“There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness” - Dalai Lama

Simple and powerful.

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Reasons I am Vegetarian…My Kitties Pandora and Ponyo

Know what you are putting into your body.

In working through my must-see-for-the-Oscars list, I finally saw Hugo. This film was a fun adventure about self discovery and the emergence of film. My favorite character by far was Isabelle played by Chloe Grace Moretz. What a smart, inquisitive, doesn’t take no for an answer female. It saddens me that her entire plot revolves around Hugo. She too is an orphan and must have an incredible story. But really the film caught me when Hugo explains to Isabelle his theory about the city and our place in the world:

I’d imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn’t be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. 

Saw W.E. today. I very much agree with the Academy around the costuming of this film. I would add on that the cinematography was excellent. To watch it was to go on a beautiful and revealing visual journey. There were some holes in the plot and direction here and there, but excellent work from Madonna on a first film. 

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84th Annual Academy Awards Nominations

Best Picture
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Midnight In Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius - “The Artist”
Alexander Payne - “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese - “Hugo”
Woody Allen - “Midnight In Paris”
Terrence Malick - “The Tree Of Life”

Best Actor
Demian Bichir - “A Better Life”
Jean Dujardin - “The Artist”
George Clooney - “The Descendants”
Brad Pitt - “Moneyball”
Gary Oldman - “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Best Actress
Glenn Close - “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis - “The Help”
Rooney Mara - “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep - “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams - “My Week With Marilyn”

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh - “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill - “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte - “Warrior”
Christopher Plummer - “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow - “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo - “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain - “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy - “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer - “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer - “The Help”

Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius - “The Artist”
Kristin Wiig & Annie Mumulo - “Bridesmaids”
J.C. Chandor - “Margin Call”
Woody Allen - “Midnight in Paris”
Asghar Farhadi - “A Separation”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne - “The Descendants”
John Logan - “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon - “The Ides Of March”
Steve Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin - “Moneyball”
Peter Straughan & Bridget O’Connor - “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Best Foreign Language Film
“A Separation”
“Bullhead”
“Footnote”
“In Darkness”
“Monsieur Lazhar”

Best Animation
“A Cat In Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss In Boots”
“Rango”

Best Documentary
“Hell And Back Again”
“If A Tree Falls; A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”

Best Cinematography
Guillaume Shiffman - “The Artist”
Jeff Cronenweth”The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Robert Richardson - “Hugo”
Emmanuel Lubezki - “The Tree of Life”
Janusz Kaminski - “War Horse”

Best Editing
Anne-Sophie Bion & Michel Hazavanicius - “The Artist”
Kevin Tent - “The Descendants”
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall - “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Thelma Schoonmaker - “Hugo”
Christopher Tellefsen - “Moneyball”

Best Art Direction
Laurence Bennett - “The Artist”
Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan - “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2”
Dante Ferretti, Dorothee Baussan, Francesca Lo Schiavo - “Hugo”
“Midnight In Paris”
Rick Carter - “War Horse”

Best Costume Design
Lisy Christl - “Anonymous”
Mark Bridges - “The Artist”
Sandy Powell - “Hugo”
Michael O’Connor - “Jane Eyre”
Arianne Philips - “W.E.”

Best Makeup
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2”
“The Iron Lady”

Best Score
Ludovic Bource - “The Artist”
Alberto Iglesias - “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Howard Shore - “Hugo”
John Williams - “The Adventures Of Tintin”
John williams - “War Horse”

Best Original Song
“Man Or Muppet” - “The Muppets”
“Real In Rio” - “Rio”

Best Sound Editing
“Drive”
“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”“
“Hugo”
“Transformers: The Dark Of The Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Sound Mixing
“The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: The Dark of The Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Pt. 2”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: The Dark of the Moon”

Best Live-Action Short
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

Best Animated Short
“Dimanche”
“The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
“La Luna”
“A Morning Stroll”
“Wild Life”

Best Documentary Short
“The Barber Of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
“God Is The Bigger Elvis”
“Incident In New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami & The Cherry Blossom”

Immediately, we see anything having to do with Shame was overlooked. No nomination for Fassbender nor McQueen. With the exception of Sound Design, Drive had nothing, not even for Albert Brooks.

Thank God Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close got a BEST PICTURE NOD!

And heaven forbid Fincher not get a nomination for TGWTDT.

Reactions kids, lets hear ‘em!