Ingenue Perspective: February 2009

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Chick Flicks

I'm having a chick flicks week next week. I've decided to watch 1 or 2 every night. These are the ones I picked out (not because I thought they were totally the best, just because I haven't seen them in a long time):

When Harry Met Sally

Sleepless in Seattle

Meet Joe Black

You've Got Mail

Love Actually

The Holiday

A Walk to Remember

10 Things I Hate About You

Kate & Leopold

Chocolat

She's All That

The Prince and Me

Friday, February 27, 2009

Theater Releases 2/27/2009

Most excited about:

Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

Also being released:
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
Crossing Over (limited)
Echelon Conspiracy (limited)

What is a Movie Producer?

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Has anyone else ever wondered what the role is of a movie or tv producer? It seems to be a big deal, but we never seem to see a lot about them. Slate posted an explanation of what a producer is and after the Oscars, I thought it was really interesting!

Trailer: Funny People

It's Judd Apatow's new movie! I'm all about it! I love when Adam Sandler mixes humor with honesty and this seems like that. I also love Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Jason Schwartzman & Jonah Hill. I think it'll be awesome!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Top 10 Greenest US Presidents

According to MSN, these are the Top 10 Greenest US Presidents. They have reasons.

I am hoping we can count on Obama to be added based on the claims he made during campaigning. I guess we will wait and see! Here is the list for your info. Click here to see the full list at MSN and to see TreeHugger's post on it click here.

1. Thomas Jefferson
botanist & agrarian

2. Andrew Jackson
Hot Spring Reservation

3. Abraham Lincoln
Yosemite valley

4. Ulysses S. Grant
Yellowstone National Park

5. Theodore Roosevelt
Forest Reserve Act

6. Woodrow Wilson
National Park Service

7. Lyndon Johnson
Highway Beautification Act of 1965

8. Richard Nixon
Environmental Protection Agency

9. Jimmy Carter
Department of Energy

10. George W. Bush
Lifestyle (Have you heard about his house?)

Victoria's Secret has Organic Beauty Products!

This is exciting!! Victoria's Secret has launched a new line of organic and 100% vegan beauty products! The collection will have lotions, body washes, lip butter and body scrubs in 3 scents plus a line of essentials: Energizing, Nourishing, Soothing.

I haven't bought Victoria's Secret beauty products in years because I got tired of the strong stinging scents, so I'll definitely pick up a few of these! I really like natural, organic scents - like Aveda and Arbonne.

So go pick up some Victoria's Secret organic beauty products!!!

Quote for the Day

"A ‘No’ uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."
-Mahatma Gandhi

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

New Moon: Official Title & Artwork

The movie for New Moon has now officially been given a title and some artwork to tide us over as we wait for more!

The title is: The Twilight Saga's New Moon

and the artwork is above.

I'm excited and nervous! This one doesn't have much Edward in it. It's mainly her & Jacob and that stinks for me. But I do love the part at the end with the Volturi!! It'll be awesome!!!

Ash Wednesday!

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I hope everyone had an awesome Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday!!

Today is the first day of Lent! Every year I like to give something up just to remember the season and what was done for me.

This year, I'm giving up chocolate again! Is anyone else giving anything up?

Quote for the Day

"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent."
-Bob Dylan

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

25 Greatest Active Film Directors

I totally agree with this list, although I did make a list of my own favorite directors before. Who are your favorite directors?? Entertainment Weekly chose the following:

1. Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)
2. Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings)
3. Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
4. Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
5. Steven Soderbergh (Traffic)
6. Ridley Scott (Gladiator)
7. Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill)
8. Michael Mann (Collateral)
9. James Cameron (Titanic)
10. Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men)
11. Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)
12. David Fincher (Seven)
13. Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd)
14. Judd Apatow (Knocked Up)
15. Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 2)
16. Zack Snyder (300)
17. Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler)
18. Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
19. Clint Eastwood (Changeling)
20. Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind)
21. Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain)
22. Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
23. Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy)
24. Pedro Almodóvar (Volver)
25. Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

Quote for the Day

“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken — and I’d rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.”
-Margaret Mitchell

Monday, February 23, 2009

Ellen Degeneres this week (2/23 - 2/27)

Monday

Meredith Vieira
Olivia Wilde

Tuesday
Serena Williams
Raphael Saadiq

Wednesday
Denise Richards
Chyler Leigh

Thursday
Mario Lopez

Friday
David Arquette
Fall Out Boy

Quote for the Day

"Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things."
-Leo F. Buscaglia

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Oscars 2009

Can I just say...best Oscars ever. I loved the way they did everything! It was awesome!!

Best Picture

Slumdog Millionaire

Actor in a Leading Role

Sean Penn

Milk

kind-of an upset for the category, but I wanted him to win!

Actress in a Leading role

Kate Winslet

The Reader

Best Directing

Danny Boyle

Slumdog Millionaire

Amy Adams dress

My mom sent me a picture of Amy Adams' dress.

Foreign Language Film

Departures

Original Song

"Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire

Original Score

Slumdog Millionaire

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award

Jerry Lewis

Film Editing

Slumdog Millionaire

Sound Editing / Sound Mixing

Sound Editing: The Dark Knight

Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire

Visual Effects

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Documentary Short Feature

Smile Pinki

Documentary Feature

Man on Wire

Actor in a Supporting Role

Heath Ledger

The Dark Knight

We're all crying.

Musicals

I'm totally obsessed with the musical number that just happened.

Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens were up there together and then Amanda Seyfried & Dominic Cooper were together! Both of those are actual real-life couples! And Baz Luhrmann created that whole thing!

Woo hoo! I love musicals!!