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Oscars Nomination Snubs 2011

January 25, 2011 By Cara Harrington Leave a Comment

The 2011 Academy Award nominees were announced early this morning. 10 films are up for Best Picture, including my pick for the win ‘Inception,’ however Christopher Nolan was notably snub from the Best Director nominees list. He also failed to make the directing list last year after the phenomenal success of ‘The Dark Knight.’

‘The Fighter’ is up for Best Picture. Christian Bale and Amy Adams each received nominations in for the film, but Mark Wahlberg was snubbed for his performance.

Golden Globe contenders ‘The Tourist’ and ‘Burlesque’ were also totally absent from every category. Both films failed to land a single nomination. Looks like Ricky Gervais was right.

Despite his heavy campaign efforts, Justin Timberlake was snubbed along with his co-star, Andrew Garfield. Ryan Gosling was generating huge Oscar buzz for his performance in ‘Blue Valentine,’ but didn’t make the list. Mila Kunis was another actress that we all assumed would make the cut. Unfortunately she too was snubbed. Barbara Hershey was another actress that should be on the list for her supporting performance in “The Black Swan.”

The full 2011 Oscar Nominees List can be found by clicking HERE…

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Mark Wahlberg: “The Happening” Was BAD

November 23, 2010 By Cara Harrington Leave a Comment

You have to love Mark Wahlberg. From his pant dropping days with the Funky Bunch to his career packed with street thug slayer/cop/football player. The fact that he is deliciously built is just gravy on his Beef Manhattan.

What is really fantastic about Marky Mark is that he says whatever is on his mind. For instance, during a press conference for “The Fighter” he spoke of finally getting to work with Amy Adams. They were due to co-star in a previous film, but he voiced his jealousy in the fact she didn’t take part in the bomb.

“I was such a huge fan of [Amy Adams]. We’d actually had the luxury of having lunch before to talk about another movie, and it was a bad movie that I did. She dodged the bullet. I don’t want to tell you what movie… All right, The Happening with M. Night Shyamalan. It is was it is. F*cking trees, man, the plants. F*ck it. You can’t blame me for wanting to try to play a science teacher. You know? I wasn’t playing a cop or a crook.”

Honesty is the best policy. So is shirtlessness.

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Mark Wahlberg Fears Christian Bale has an Eating Disorder

August 22, 2009 By Cara Harrington 1 Comment

Christian Bale is notorious for his method acting and even used it as an excuse for his infamous rant. (Fun fact- Daniel Day Lewis is also a huge proponent of method acting.) So questions of just how far he taking his dedication to his latest role as a crack addict are rumbling. According to the National Enquirer (via Celebitchy) his costar and new friend, Mark Wahlberg, is extremely concerned with Bale’s health.

“You gotta eat man. You’re messing with your health!” Mark Wahlberg made that desperate plea to co-star Christian Bale when Bale continued to starve himself after dropping more than 40 pounds for their film “The Fighter” sources say.

“The Dark Knight” star is said to have resorted to living off of fruit and water to drop the pounds to appear as a gaunt coke addict for his role. To further the worry he has been working out on top of the starvation.

“Wahlberg – a health fanatic who worked himself into great shape to play a champion boxer in “The Fighter” – has begged Bale to stop dieting, said the source. Mark feels Christian is taking the whole ‘in character’ thing too far. He’s afraid Christian is getting Karen Carpenter-thin, and he’s worried about his heart,” the source divulged. He wants Christian to realize that acting is a job, and it’s not worth risking your health.”

Remind yourself that this story comes from the National Enquirer. In all honesty I know very little about dietary needs beyond my own of cookies, booze and some Kashi Go Lean Crunch. (It’s a delicious cereal.) However, if one were living on an orange and a couple of bananas a day and then pumping iron at a gym I doubt he or she would be able to walk let alone spend 12 hour days on a set working.

If you look at some of the photos below Bale is indeed gaunt, but notice there is still muscle and definition in his arms. The baggy clothes further the effect of his frail appearance. This also isn’t the first time he has dropped weight for a role. Anyone seen “The Machinist” before? He followed that with a Batman film and was able to bulk back up.

My point? Mark Wahlberg is insanely hot.

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