Eurovision Contest now has a Winner!

This is the 55 year of the Eurovision Song contest, and all European region participate by sending one singer.  Past participants included Celine Dion and the Abba.  Now the 2010 winner is: from Germany, 19 year old's Lena Meyer-Landrut song, Satellite with 246 points.  Satellite was written by:  American songwriter Julie Frost and Danish songwriter John Gordon.

RIP Dennis Hopper

photo via wikipedia
Dennis Hopper passed away yesterday, Saturday May 29 in the morning after a long battle with cancer.  Known for his cult classics as Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet, he made remarkable career as a film actor and a director.  Born May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper was a life-long fixture in Hollywood. His long career included roles in some of the best or most well-known films from each decade of the last half-century. In the '50s he appeared in two of James Dean's three films; as one of the goons, troubling Dean's Jim Stark in 1955's Rebel Without a Cause, then as Jordan Benedict III in Giant.
More current works were: TV's 24, Land of the Dead and SNL.
via BBC News and IMdb News

US: Movies could be available as a VOD rental before DVD, Blu-ray

Quite frankly, I like this news, but the pricing, nah not as much!  Would you pay up to $30 for VOD rental for newly released movie such as: Sex and the City 2 or Iron Man 2?  Therefore after 30 days of the movie release, you can see the movies via VOD?  Don't expect to see this be implemented until late 2011 according to WSJ.  Interested parties that would go for VOD are:  Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros., Walt Disney Co.'s Disney Studios, General Electric Co.'s Universal Pictures, Sony Corp.'s Sony Pictures, Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures and News Corp.'s Twentieth Century Fox.
Is cable TV using VOD to lure customers back?  Internet does have its pitfalls when it comes to watching live TV or hit TV shows if you're not in US.
via engadget hd

Foreign Films are the winners @ Cannes

The quality of foreign films came up and meanwhile, independent films in English also came up, but due to the money and lack of interest in ways, there are plenty that would not be mentioned, foreign films dominated the Cannes festival!  Here are the details of the prizes:

FEATURE FILMS

Palme d'Or
LUNG BOONMEE RALUEK CHAT (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) directed by Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL
Grand Prix
DES HOMMES ET DES DIEUX (OF GODS AND MEN) directed by Xavier BEAUVOIS
Award for Best Director
Mathieu AMALRIC for TOURNÉE (ON TOUR)
Award for Best Screenplay
LEE Chang-dong for POETRY
Award for Best Actress
Juliette BINOCHE in COPIE CONFORME (CERTIFIED COPY) directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
Award for Best Actor Ex-aequo
Javier BARDEM in BIUTIFUL directed by Alejandro GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
Elio GERMANO in LA NOSTRA VITA (OUR LIFE) directed by Daniele LUCHETTI
Jury Prize
UN HOMME QUI CRIE (A screaming man) directed by Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
Some trailers of the winning films:

Mark Twain's Autobiography publish soon

Mark Twain died over a century ago and his autobiography will soon be published.
You can read a little expert from Boing Boing
His well known books were: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  and these are only some of the books.

Summary: Festival de Cannes

Ingmar Bergman: Set up on the director's initiative in 2002, which made possible the direction of the documentary …but Film is My Mistress, presented in the Cannes Classics’ program.
Rock’n roll… Of Corse, a doc, and with interviews and reflections goes through the history of rock n roll.  There are characters such as Sting, The Who, The Clash, The Police and more. 

New Sex and the City 2: a long....advert?

Since I haven't watch this yet, according to the Consumerist, they did not care for the fact that the Sex and the City 2 are full of advertisements throughout the movie!  The movie will be at the theatres: May 27

Regis & Kelly Live: Here is to PEI

Hi to Regis & Kelly from Canada and especially from people of PEI will broadcast live from Confederation Landing Park in Charlottetown from July 12-15.  Some already said ah, Canadian tax money are better use for health care and infrastructure.  Hmmm, that's well, part of tourism!  Hope Regis and Kelly would enjoy some seafood!  :-)  plus more...
via CBCNews 

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street was premiered at Cannes a few days ago and it will be in the theatres later in the summer. Its directed by: Oliver Stone. An article about the shooting of Wall Street.

Futurama: Bender's Storyline

I really like this strips and why not check this out here: via Countdown to Futurama

Now to get Betty White to host thy Oscars?!?

Photo via Wikipedia
Can the power of social media get the Oscars committee to allow Betty White to host the next year's 2011 Oscars?  Knowing its way too early, but not too early to organize, you can check out the Facebook Fan Page of Betty White to host the Oscars!

Cannes Film Festival: Trailers

for more: Festival de Cannes: Films

Futurama to Premiere in late June

Premiere in late June 2010, Futurama will be at the Comedy Central Network @ 10pm and this is among one of my favorite shows. Check out the blog and daily pictures of official Futurama, its fun to see some of the artwork!

DVD to Blu 4 a deal? Would you?

Would You Pay $5 To Upgrade an Old DVD to Blu-ray?

via gizmodo.com

 

Don't forget the delivery charge! 

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Why not all TV shows are posted online?

Boingboing wrote an article about why online TV are not all readily available.  They provided long answers and there are some of them.

First: TV networks don't own the show.  Perhaps only a few far and between like Fox Network.  They license them.  Cable and satellite networks are not the ones that owns the shows.  Not all territories would get the show.  TV rights comes as priority before online rights in terms of price.  

Wow, sounds backwards, as people now watches more TV online.  Why not have the cost of online more than TV? 

Read the rest on: Boingboing

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English actress, Lynn Redgrave passed

Lynn Redgrave passed away peacefully Sunday night at her home in Connecticut. Children Ben, Pema and Annabel were with her, as were close friends.

"Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven year journey with breast cancer," Redgrave's children said in a statement Monday. "She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before. The endless memories she created as a mother, grandmother, writer, actor and friend will sustain us for the rest of our lives. Our entire family asks for privacy through this difficult time." via Toronto Sun
Some of her film credits include: Tom Jones, Georgy Girl, Shine, and Gods and Monsters.
She was the aunt of: actor Carlo Gabriel Nero and actresses Joely Richardson, Jemma Redgrave and late Natasha Richardson.
She was born in London England in March 8, 1943. Her sister was Vanessa Redgrave.