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I haven't missed one in my life and I will be there once again this year. Erin Go Bragh!

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 20, 2007 -> 06:06 PM) It's only appropriate that I don't recognize any of these names. That's funny! You should search their names on IMDb. I'm almost positive that you have at least seen Gary Oldman, Maggie Smith, and Helena Bonham Carter in a film. Probably Alan Rickman aswell, unless you don't really see too many films.

Has anybody ever actually noticed the amount of famous and well- respected actors (Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes) that are in the Harry Potter films? I swear I never did until I started writing down all their names when I started the thread. You don't really seem to notice when you see them all on screen and in character.

There are quite a few movies I'm looking forward to this summer. Here's a list of what are considered the big releases of the summer: May 4th: Spider-Man 3 - Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, and Topher Grace May 18th: Shrek The Third - Starring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, and Justin Timberlake May 25th: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, and Yun-Fat Chow June 1st: Knocked Up - Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann June 8th: Ocean's Thirteen - Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, Don Cheadle, and Andy Garcia June 15th: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Starring Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, and Doug Jones June 22nd: Evan Almighty - Starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, John Goodman, and Wanda Sykes June 29th: Live Free or Die Hard - Starring Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q., Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead June 29th: Ratatouille - Starring Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Dennehy, and Ian Holm July 4th: Transformers - Starring Shia LeBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Jon Voight, John Turturro, and Tyrese Gibson July 13th: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Brendan Gleeson, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Imelda Staunton, and Jason Isaacs July 27th: The Simpsons Movie - Starring Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardly Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Minne Driver, Kelsey Grammar, Albert Brooks, and Joe Montegna August 3rd: The Bourne Ultimatum - Starring Matt Damon, Paddy Considine, Edgar Ramirez, David Strathairn, Joan Allen, and Julia Stiles So what do you all think? Anything in particular you are looking forward to?

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 09:26 PM) It's a male boxer, and my wife's original thought was Bailey. Now she wants Guinness. I'm Irish, but I don't know that I want to go that way with the name. It shouldn't be this hard to name a dog. I love the name Guinness. I have another thought, though. Your Irish, the dog is a boxer, so why not call him Dempsey? After the great Irish boxer Jack Dempsey, of course. I know you said you're not sure about going that way, but I couldn't resist!

QUOTE(BobDylan @ Jan 20, 2007 -> 10:08 AM) You're dreaming on that one. It was funny, sure, but it just another attempt at Wes Anderson humor. And Anderson's movies are superior in EVERY way (screenplay, comedy and especially aesthetics), yet, he's never been nominated for ANYTHING. Letter's From Iwo Jima probably will be in there, but I've yet to see Pan's Labyrinth and I'm excited to do so. From what I have read/heard, its almost a certainty it will get the nomination. I'm not defending it here either, but I didn't think it was in anyway close to Wes Anderson humor. It was more of a drama than anything and I think Wes Anderson has a very distinct style of humor, and Little Miss Sunshine didn't remind me of it.

The Oscar nominations are to be announced this coming tuesday, January 23rd. So I decided to post my predictions for the major catergories. Add yours aswell. I'll add a winners prediction thread after the nominees are announced. Best Picture The Departed Dreamgirls The Queen Little Miss Sunshine Babel Dark Horses: Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, Letters From Iwo Jima Best Director Martin Scorsese- The Departed Stephen Frears- The Queen Bill Condon- Dreamgirls Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu- Babel Clint Eastwood- Letter From Iwo Jima Dark Horses: Guillermo Del Toro- Pan's Labyrinth, Alfonso Cuaron- Children of Men, Paul Greengrass- United 93 Best Actor Forest Whitaker- The Last King of Scotland Leonardo DiCaprio- The Departed Will Smith- The Pursuit of Happyness Peter O"Toole- Venus Sacha Baron Cohen- Borat Dark Horses: Ryan Gosling- Half Nelson, Will Ferrell- Stranger Than Fiction, Aaron Eckhart- Thank You For Smoking Best Actress Helen Mirren- The Queen Meryl Streep- The Devil Wears Prada Judi Dench- Notes on a Scandal Penelope Cruz- Volver Kate Winslet- Little Children Dark Horses: Maggie Gyllenhaal- Sherrybaby, Toni Collette- Little Miss Sunshine Best Supporting Actor Eddie Murphy- Dreamgirls Jack Nicholson- The Departed Alan Arkin- Little Miss Sunshine Brad Pitt- Babel Mark Wahlberg- The Departed Dark Horses: Dijimon Hounsou- Blood Diamond, Michael Sheen- The Queen, Jackie E. Haley- Little Children Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Hudson- Dreamgirls Cate Blanchett- Notes on a Scandal Abigail Breslin- Little Miss Sunshine Rinko Kikuchi- Babel Catherine O'Hara- For Your Consideration Dark Horses: Emma Thompson- Stranger Than Fiction, Adrianna Barraza- Babel Best Original Screenplay Michael Arndt- Little Miss Sunshine Guillermo Arriaga- Babel Guillermo Del Toro- Pan's Labyrinth Peter Morgan- The Queen Zach Helm- Stranger Than Fiction Dark Horses: Paul Greengrass- United 93, Pedro Almodovar- Volver Best Adapted Screenplay William Monahan- The Departed Jason Reitman- Thank You For Smoking Alfonso Cuaron & Timothy J. Sexton- Children of Men Bill Condon- Dreamgirls Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines- Borat Dark Horses: Todd Field & Tom Perrotta- Little Children, Aline Brosh McKenna- The Devil Wears Prada

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Jan 13, 2007 -> 04:32 PM) Without a doubt, Arrested Development. I've getting hooked on some funny series' over the past couple months -- The Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm mainly -- I think AD is funnier than both of those. The characters are hilarious, the script/lines are brilliant, and each character has their little 'niche' that makes 'em even funnier. I checked on wiki, apparently they are planning on doing an AD movie, but no new seasons. I'd rather have the opposite, but... I would put AD in a tie with The Office. If you want to get really specific, AD beats the American Office, but the British Office beats AD (but its close). If you like AD as much as I think you do, check out the British Office. You can rent or buy the DVD's and theres always the internet. I highly recommend it to you. That and AD are the only shows that consistently got laughs out of me when they were on. Something that has continued to this day. If you can, definitley check it out. Looking forward to the AD movie!

For me, it was simple I suppose. My dad was a northsider who moved to the southside when he got married. He always pushed the Cubs on me (whenever possible) when I was little. I couldn't stand watching them at all. My brothers, on the other hand, were all die hard sox fans so I started watching games with them to get away from the Cubs and they taught me more about baseball (as they are much older than me), so, quickly I became a sox fan. Since then, I don't think I've missed many games. lol. Yeah, boring, but I'm glad it happened! So what's your story?

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OK, with the recent cancellation of The O.C., (I'm not a fan by any means but it was big news) I started to think alot about shows that were very good, but didn't get the ratings, ultimately ending in the shows demise. To me, the best show that I've ever seen that got cancelled was Arrested Development. Bad marketing by Fox, accompanied by oft subtle and unusual humor within the show, pretty much killed it from the beginning. It pretty much never got its chance, like other shows that started slow (see: Sienfeld). Who knows what could have happened if it did get its chance. I'm just glad shows like The Office (both UK and US versions) have eased my pain a little bit. So anyway, what are your favorite shows that got cancelled?

Overall, I think the Film Industry has seen better years than 2006, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a disappointment either. There were still some high-quality films, whether driven by dialogue or just flat-out entertaining. My favorites of the year are: Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You For Smoking, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, and Casino Royale. My biggest surprise of the year was Lucky Number Slevin. A film that was much better than I expected, driven by biting dialouge (and a bit of stylized action), but still I found the aformentioned films to be better overall. Another film that I was greatly impressed by was Casino Royale, which did make my favorites. I thought they did a brilliant job of completely revamping the Bond series, much like what was done with the Batman series. Daniel Craig was fantastic and I can't wait to see what he and the filmmakers do with the upcoming films. This may be the best Bond film I've ever seen. Still haven't seen The Departed or Stranger Than Fiction. Just haven't found the time. If any of you guys have, please fill me in. Thanks alot. So, after all of that, what are your favorites?

QUOTE(Pauly8509CWS @ Dec 2, 2006 -> 11:48 AM) You sir, have a great sense of humor. It was a "heat of the moment" kind of thing. Five minutes later I wasn't upset.

QUOTE(BurlyMan56 @ Nov 26, 2006 -> 12:42 PM) It feels good to have my 7A state champion shirt on right now...Rita just dominated Doesn't it feel good? I've got my shirt too. Were you at the rally at 1:30 am? I got mine right when they finished making them.

QUOTE(MSHAWKS @ Nov 25, 2006 -> 01:07 PM) I just hate Catholic people in general. Wow, that's not prejudice. And did you know alot of Non-Catholics go to Catholic High Schools? I guess not. Rita won State by the way, and I'll walk around with my head held high while you throw another classless and ignorant post on here.