2012 Academy Award Nominations: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Here’s what I think about all the Oscar nominations. And now that I’ve finally seen The Artist, the film is most definitely going to win!
Wonderful old-timey feel at the Capitol Cinema.
The perfect venue to see The Artist.
Here they are, the 2012 Academy Award noms – with a whopping 12 noms for Hugo and 11 nominations for The Artist, the two films that are love letters to cinema lead the awards race. For a full list of nominees, click here.
Some awesome photos from Out in the Square 2012 by Seputra Photography. Wish I could’ve been there! It looked absolutely fabulous.
Don’t care that she ‘betrayed’ fans by reinventing her image, totally bombed on SNL or is said to be overhyped and overrated. I love her.
Dinner Party
Having an awesome time wining and dining at friend’s birthday. Miranda quotes flying around the table. “I could wolf a gateaux right now.”
Lana Del Ray: The Strange Story of the Star Who Rewrote Her Past
A fascinating article of how artist Lizzi Grant changed her name to Lana Del Ray and reinvented her image when her first album flopped. While adopting a stage persona is not unusual in the music industry, Del Ray has is hated.
When her original social profiles were scrubbed from the internet and others accused of having collagen injected into her lips, a huge backlash came from her original fans, who felt duped by the transformation, earning her the label of “the most controversial artist in years.”
My friends Patrick and Zakk performed live at Out In The Square 2012, Wellington today. It looked so awesome. Wish I could’ve been there! /via @HamishCR
Dance Central 2
About to do an Xbox game review of Dance Central 2. Had the most incredible workout playing for two hours! I’m sweating like a farm animal.
Big Day Out was cancelled this year. This pic explains why. Look at the remarkably low attendance of 2012 compared to 2007. /via juststeezen
Megaupload, one of the world’s largest file-sharing sites was shut down this morning, its founder arrested in Auckland, and several company executives charged with violating piracy laws, TV3 reported.
In a profile on the founder, Kim Schmitz, TV3 journalist James Murray said “Schmitz is a colourful character to say the least” with stories of his extravagant lifestyle and checkered past. This dude is so seedy.
Lunch with the Reactive crew. I had the spaghetti bolognese. It was filling.
Today is a good day for internet freedom. US lawmakers have backed off support of SOPA, the wildly unpopular Stop Online Piracy bill amid “blackout” protests on high profile sites. In an effort to show its users what the internet would look like if SOPA was passed, Wikipedia went offline for 24 hours.
Much love and best wishes to my friends as they start their lives together married today.
