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Kathryn Bigelow wins DGA award!! On to the Oscars!

I am doing my happy dance this morning!  I woke to the news that Kathryn Bigelow had won the Directors Guild award, the first woman in history to do so, for The Hurt Locker.  The winner of the DGA almost always goes on to win Best Director at the Oscars, so we have our front runner after The Hurt Locker also won the PGA award.  Bigelow won over the expected winner, her ex-husband James Cameron, director of Avatar.

Bigelow said she was honored to be "in the same conversation with all of you," referring to the four men she beat out.

 Finishing her brief acceptance speech, she said:

"This is the most incredible moment of my life," Bigelow said.

"This is amazing. I'm so deeply stunned, honored and awed."

 Kathryn Bigelow filmed the low budget Hurt Locker in the summer in Jordan.  It earned only $12 million at the box office (while Avatar breaks every box office record in history), but is one of the top DVD rentals and sales.  That is sure to increase when the Oscar nominations are announced on Tuesday morning.

I am thrilled beyond words.  She won in spite of being a woman, and it is an acknowledgment of a long career of excellence.

I talked to my husband this morning about how he dragged me to see The Hurt Locker.  I didn't want to see a movie about Iraq, but he had heard about how great this little movie was.  I spent the entire film clenching my seat rests, riveted.  It is an amazing film, and an fantastic achievement.  You go girl!!

Read Awards Daily's comments on what this means for the Oscar race here.  I couldn't agree more!

Watch the first 10 minutes of the film.

Pee-Wee gets an iPad

Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman

Conan OBrien and Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich

Robert Reich posted this on TPM today. I had never seen it, and I was on the floor laughing!!

New Moon Sweethearts Candy

So, I was at my local grocery store yesterday, and I spotted these New Moon candies.  Yep, there's one that says, "Bite Me"

Twilight Sweethearts follow in the rich tradition of the Sweethearts Conversation Hearts you know and love from past Valentine’s Days – with a few new twists! Rather than traditional phrases like “True Love” or “Be Mine,” Twilight Sweethearts are emblazoned with 20 movie-themed expressions like “Bite Me,” “Live 4 Ever,” “Forks” and “I ? EC.”Additionally, every box contains special dazzled hearts that shimmer in the sun, just like Edward Cullen himself. Each delicious Forbidden Fruits flavor is inspired by Twilight – there’s Passion Fruit, Tempting Apple, Orange Obsession and Secret Strawberry.

Funny or Die on HBO!

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Oh, man. I just heard about this. This is awesome!

Sean Faris by Tyler Shields

Gasaaaaaaaaah.....

Sean Faris is currently in Vampire Diaries, airing tonight.

And there's a couple more shots not to be missed on Tyler Shields' site.  Yowza.

Happy Birthday Elijah Wood!

Happy 29th birthday to Elijah Wood!  I was curious what he's been up to, as we haven't seen him in a movie since Everything is Illuminated.  He had a voice part in the animated film 9, and is signed on to do Happy Feet 2.  His latest project to be released actually premiered last night at Sundance.  The Romantics is about several friends from Yale who gather at a wedding 10 years later.  Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin and Josh Duhamel also star.  I found this clip of Katie Holmes and Elijah talking about the film:

I hope Elijah finds some more interesting projects.  It feels like too long since we've seen him in a leading role, and dancing penguins don't count.

Wall Street 2 Trailer

Is greed still good? Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps has Gordon Gecko coming out of jail, and I had to laugh out loud when the guard hands him the brick size mobile phone. Carey Mulligan (of An Education) plays Gecko's daughter, and Shia LeBeouf is her fiance. Josh Brolin also stars, and Charlie Sheen has a cameo. Looks interesting!

RIP Zelda Rubenstein

RIP Zelda Rubenstein, who died yesterday at age 76.  She was most famous for playing the psychic in Poltergeist, but she also had character roles in many movies, like the organist in Sixteen Candles, and on TV in series like Picket Fences.

She was one little dynamo, and always unforgettable.