5:53 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Entertainment| Events| Movies · Comments Off
26 Feb 2007
While Latino directors and actors may have been disappointed about not taking home their Oscar last night, other stars can be sad that they did take home an award: a Razzie. The Razzie Awards, held the day before the Oscars, now in their 27th edition, extends honors to only the very worst in filmmaking. This year three films pretty much dominated all of the categories:
Worst Picture: Basic Instinct II (aka Basically, It Stinks, Too)
Worst Actress: Sharon Stone (Basically, It Stinks, Too)
Worst Actor: Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans (for Little Man)
Worst Supporting Actress: Carmen Electra (for Date Movie and Scary Movie 4)
Worst Supporting Actor: M. Night Shyamalan (for Lady in the Water)
Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan (for Lady in the Water)
Worst Screen Couple: Shawn Wayans & either Kerry Washington or Marlon Wayans (for Little Man)
Worst Remake Or Rip-off: Little Man (Rip-off of the 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon “Baby Buggy Bunny”)
Worst Prequel or Sequel: Basically, It Stinks, Too
Worst Screenplay: Basically, It Stinks, Too
I’m not sure if any of these stars actually showed up to collect their “award”, but those that do “receive a gold-spray-painted, golf-ball-sized raspberry atop a mangled super 8 film reel, with an estimated street value of $4.97.”
Via / Razzies.com
3:01 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia| Events| Los Angeles · 2 Comments
26 Feb 2007
I have to agree with what most critics are saying about Ellen DeGeneres hosting last night’s 79th Academy Awards.She was boring and I could have done without her dancing but my ears perked up when she appeared to call Penelope Cruz “Mexican”, an error she even apologized for on air later during the broadcast.
In Ellen’s defense, I honestly think that she just lost her train of thought. While she was thinking about properly acknowledging the diversity that was represented by the nominees, it appears that she wanted to say something about the Volver star and then began another thought without finishing her first one.
Image Via / Boston.com
1:21 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Fashion| Los Angeles| Movies · Comments Off
26 Feb 2007
While Penelope Cruz didn’t win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Volver, she certainly deserved an Oscar for how beautiful she looked. In fact, fashion wise, the Hispanics and Latinos stole the show.
Penelope wore a light light pink (fashionistas are calling the color blush) Versace gown that was fitted on top and flowed into fluffy full skirt. I loved the color on Penelope and thought she looked very elegant with her hair pulled back but I’m still unsure about the bottom part. Speaking of the bottom part of the dress did you see when Ellen was “joke” vacuuming she snagged Penelope’s dress?
12:04 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities| Entertainment| Events| Latin America| Movies · Comments Off
26 Feb 2007
Latinos were in the house last night at the 79th annual Academy Awards (yes, we count Penelope Cruz), and while the nominations were full of Latino names, not everyone got to take home their gold. There were A LOT of Latino nominations, but unfortunately most didn’t pan out.
First, the winners:
Mexican Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth took home the Oscar for Best Cinematography for this Mexico-Spain co-production. Viva!
Argentino Gustavo Santaolalla took the Oscar for Best Score for Babel. He dedicated his Oscar, as he did last year, to Latinos in the U.S. Yay!
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