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Sunday, February 14, 2010

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Happy hearts, flowers, chocolate, and all that, Valentine’s Day

They’re playing on the radio almost nonstop this weekend —love songs—a tribute to Valentine’s Day. I’m cool with that. One of my favorites, “Silly Love Songs,” is by that oh-so skillful songwriter/former-Beatle, Paul McCartney, who has learned a thing or two about love. McCartney wrote “Silly Love Songs” more than three decades ago, yet it still resonates. It’s for […]

Saturday, February 13, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, February 13, 2010

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Alexander McQueen(1969-2010) — a favorite designer of the stars

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, February 11, 2010

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Final Oscar voting ballots and update on some producer credits

“The Hurt Locker” nominated for Best Picture Oscar Final voting ballots for the 82nd Academy Awards are in the mail. Ballots were carefully sorted, counted, and mailed out yesterday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an assist from the high-powered accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The ballots should be arriving soon at the mailboxes of the academy’s 5,777 members. The […]

Sunday, February 7, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, February 7, 2010

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Chick flick out scores “Avatar” at the Box Office

Sooner or later it was going to happen. “Avatar” getting dethroned, but who suspected a chick flick would kick the sci-fi epic out of the top spot at the domestic Box Office. Yet, that’s just what occurred on this Super Bowl weekend. The military love story, “Dear John” trounced “Avatar” with an estimated $32 million debut to become the number one film in […]

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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And the Academy Award nominees are…?

“The Blind Side” nominated for best picture Some surprises when the nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced in Beverly Hills today. It was pretty much a given that sci-fi epic “Avatar” and the gritty Iraq drama “The Hurt Locker” would be in the best picture category. However, eight other films made the cut as well including the provocative sci-fi […]

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Big moments at the 2010 Grammy Awards

King of Pop’s kids, Paris and Prince Michael Jackson, at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards — Photo by Michael Caulfield at WireImage.com from http://www.grammy.com The artistry of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, loomed large over the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, Sunday night, January 31. A nice star-studded musical tribute to the late superstar was followed by the appearance of his two oldest […]

Sunday, January 31, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, January 31, 2010

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“Avatar” rules the Box Office and claims another record

The sci-fi epic “Avatar” has rolled right over that other James Cameron mega-hit, “Titanic” to become the highest grossing movie of all time. “Titanic” held that record with $1.843 billion. No more. That record has been shattered by the alien adventure film. After 45 days, the worldwide gross for “Avatar” stands at an incredible $2.039 billion, according to Box Office Mojo. Amazingly, “Avatar” is still […]

Sunday, January 31, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Kathryn Bigelow wins the DGA’s best feature film director award!

Photo from http://www.dga.org Director James Cameron is king of the Box Office right now, but the Directors Guild of America picked filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow as the best feature film director of 2009. The winner was announced last night at the 62nd Annual DGA Awards dinner in Los Angeles. The 58-year-old Bigelow won for the highly acclaimed Iraq-war drama, “The Hurt Locker.” She is the […]

Friday, January 29, 2010

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, January 29, 2010

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Jay Leno tells his side of “The Tonight Show controversy”

Look who’s talking? Oprah interviewed Jay Leno yesterday about the much debated “Tonight Show” debacle. NBC executives jerked around both Leno and fellow talk show host Conan O’Brien. Last Friday, O’Brien gave up “The Tonight Show” rather than see it compromised. Oh, O’Brien walked away with a huge chunk of money and a ton of favorable publicity as well. On the […]