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Óscares 2006: os nomeados

Best Motion Picture of the Year
Babel (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

The Queen (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond (2006)
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson (2006)
Peter O'Toole - Venus (2006)
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Penélope Cruz - Volver (2006)
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Helen Mirren - The Queen (2006)
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Kate Winslet - Little Children (2006)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children (2006)
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond (2006)
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls (2006)
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed (2006)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Adriana Barraza - Babel (2006)
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls (2006)
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel (2006)

Best Achievement in Directing
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Stephen Frears - The Queen (2006)
Paul Greengrass - United 93 (2006)
Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel (2006)
Martin Scorsese - The Departed (2006)

Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Babel (2006)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006)
The Queen (2006)

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Children of Men (2006)
The Departed (2006)
Little Children (2006)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Babel (2006)
The Good German (2006)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Laberinto del Fauno (2006)
The Queen (2006)

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Cars (2006)
Happy Feet (2006)
Monster House (2006)

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Efter brylluppet (2006) - Denmark
Indigènes (2006) - Algeria
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006) - Mexico
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006) - Germany
Water (2005) - Canadá

Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
An Inconvenient Truth (2006): "I Need To Wake Up"
Dreamgirls (2006): "Listen"
Dreamgirls (2006): "Love You I Do"
Cars (2006): "Our Town"
Dreamgirls (2006): "Patience"

Lista completa de nomeados aqui.

Different

Ultimamente tenho andado numa de Avril Lavigne. Reconheço que a voz da senhora nem é nada de extraordinário e as actuações ao vivo idem... as letras documentam as aventuras e desventuras amorosas que podiam ser experienciadas por uma qualquer adolescente... ainda assim, gosto desta miuda.

'How does It Feel' é uma das melhores [se não a melhor] musicas de "Under My Skin", o segundo disco da canadiana. Ainda hoje não compreendo porque não foi single... É a re-invenção perfeita do slogan "Todos Diferentes Todos Iguais"...

I'm not afraid of anything
I just need to know that I can breathe
I don't need much of anything
But suddenly, suddenly

I am small and the world is big
All around me is fast moving
Surrounded by so many things
But suddenly, suddenly

How does it feel, to be different from me?
Are we the same?
How does it feel, to be different from me?
Are we the same?
How does it feel?

I'm young, and I am free
But I get tired, and I get weak
I get lost, and I can't sleep
But suddenly, suddenly...
[Avril Lavigne - How Does It Feel]

A propósito, está quase aí o novo disco de Avril Lavigne. Chama-se "Best Damn Thing" e é antecedido pelo single 'Girlfriend'. Nas rádios nacionais roda 'Keep Holding On', o tema que a artista escreveu para a banda sonora do filme "Eragon" [bem gira esta música!!].

Everything

...Wanna know who you are,
Wanna know where to start,
I wanna know what this means.

Wanna know how you feel,
Wanna know what is real.
I wanna know everything... Everything...

[Avril Lavigne - Fall To Pieces]

letra completa aqui

All that you can't leave behind

Os U2 não são uma das minhas bandas de eleição. Perdoem-me os [muitos] seguidores da banda irlandesa, mas não tenho sequer um disco deles [ok, devia comprar pelo menos um best of]. Ainda assim, há imensos temas do grupo de Bono e The Edge que muito me dizem, de 'Where The Streets Have No Name' a 'With Or Without You', passando por 'Who's Gonna Run Your Wild Horses', 'I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' e o incontornável 'One'. A cereja no topo do bolo, o creme de la creme é, para mim 'Walk On', uma das minhas músicas de sempre. O motivo está à vista na letra!

And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring...
And love is not the easy thing...
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind...


Letra completa aqui.

Britt Awards: os nomeados

British Male Solo Artist
James Morrison
Jarvis Cocker
Lemar
Paolo Nutini
Thom Yorke

British Female Solo Artist
Amy Winehouse
Corinne Bailey Rae
Jamelia
Lily Allen
Nerina Pallot

British Group
Arctic Monkeys
Kasabian
Muse
Razorlight
Snow Patrol

Mastercard British Album
Amy Winehouse "Back To Black"
Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
Lily Allen "Alright, Still"
Muse "Black Holes And Revelations"
Snow Patrol "Eyes Open"

British Single
Corinne Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On"
The Feeling "Fill My Little World"
James Morrison "You Give Me Something"
The Kooks "She Moves In Her Own Way"
Leona Lewis "A Moment Like This"
Lily Allen "Smile"
Razorlight "America"
Sandi Thom "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker"
Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars"
Take That "Patience"
Will Young "All Time Love"

British Breakthrough Act
Corinne Bailey Rae
The Fratellis
James Morrison
The Kooks
Lily Allen

British Live Act
George Michael
Guillemots
Kasabian
Muse
Robbie Williams

International Male Solo Artist
Beck
Bob Dylan
Damien Rice
Jack Johnson
Justin Timberlake

International Female Solo Artist
Beyonce
Cat Power
Christina Aguilera
Nelly Furtado
Pink

International Group
The Flaming Lips
Gnarls Barkley
The Killers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Scissor Sisters

International Album
Bob Dylan "Modern Times"
Gnarls Barkley "St Elsewhere"
Justin Timberlake "FutureSex/LoveSounds"
The Killers "Sam's Town"
Scissor Sisters "Ta-Dah"

International Breakthrough Act
Gnarls Barkley
Orson
The Raconteurs
Ray Lamontagne
Wolfmother

Outstanding Contribution To Music
Oasis

P.S.: a laranja os meus "eleitos". E os vossos, quais são? Aceitam-se apostas!

Globos de Ouro... and the winner is:

Brad Pitt e Cate Blanchett em "Babel"

CINEMA
Melhor realizador: Martin Scorsese ("The Departed").
Melhor filme dramático: "Babel".
Melhor actriz dramática: Helen Mirren ("The Queen").
Melhor actor dramático: Forest Whitaker ("The Last King of Scotland").
Melhor filme musical ou comédia: "Dreamgirls".
Melhor actriz em musical ou comédia: Meryl Streep ("The Devil Wears Prada").
Melhor actor em musical ou comédia: Sacha Baron Cohen ("Borat").
Melhor actriz secundária: Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls").
Melhor actor secundário: Eddie Murphy ("Dreamgirls").
Melhor argumento: Peter Morgan ("The Queen").
Melhor filme em língua estrangeira: "Letters from Iwo Jima".
Melhor filme de animação: "Cars".
Melhor banda sonora original: Alexandre Desplat ("The Painted Veil").
Melhor canção original: "The Song of the Heart" ("Happy Feet").
Prémio carreira Cecil B. DeMille: Warren Beatty.

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TELEVISÃO
Melhor série dramática: "Grey's Anatomy (Anatomia de Grey) (ABC).
Melhor actriz dramática: Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer").
Melhor actor dramático: Hugh Laurie ("Dr. House").
Melhor série musical ou comédia: "Ugly Betty" (ABC).
Melhor actriz em musical ou comédia: America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty").
Melhor actor em musical ou comédia: Alec Baldwin ("30 Rock").
Minisérie ou telefilme: "Elizabeth I" (HBO).
Melhor actriz numa minisérie ou telefilme: Helen Mirren ("Elizabeth I").
Melhor actor numa minisérie ou telefilme: Bill Nighy ("Gideon's Daughter").
Melhor actriz secundária em série, minisérie ou telefilme: Emily Blunt ("Gideon's Daughter").
Melhor actor secundário em série, minisérie ou telefilme: Jeremy Irons ("Elizabeth I").

Desabafo!

Apetece-me escrever um longo texto a contar o que me vai na alma, mas falta-me a inspiração! Sorry! Brb!

Not Swalowed In The Sea [dedicated to...]

...You put me on a shelf
And kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself
You can only blame me

And I could write a song
A hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong
And you belong with me

And I could write it down
And spread it all around
Get lost and then get found
or swallowed in the sea

...And I could write a book
The one they'll say that shook
The world and then it took
It took it back from me

...The streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me

Oh, what good is it to live
With nothing left to give
Forget, but not forgive
Not loving all you see

All the streets you're walking on
A thousand houses long
Well, that's where I belong
And you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea...

[Coldplay Swallowed In The Sea]

Guilty Pleasures

THE GRUDGE 2!

Actualizações

New video 1: The Killers - Bones

New video 2: Bloc Party - The Prayer

New video 3: Chris Cornell - You Know My Name

New video 4: Norah Jones - Thinking About You

Music Box: Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker

Chillout Zone: Sarah McLachlan - Fallen

Feel The Vibe: Gnarls Barkley - Who Cares

Yo!: The Pirates - You Should Really Know

Premiere: Fast Food Nation

Em cartaz: Babel

Always

...Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear,

How to pull it close and make it stay

Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away

And I'm left to carry on and wonder why

Even through it all, I'm always on your side...

[Sheryl Crow - Always On Your Side]

Por vezes, as músicas (aparentemente) mais simples desmontam verdades universais básicas...

P.S.: E viva o primeiro post de 2007!