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There are many things I don’t understand about China; communism, animal penises being used in medicine, and now Nicolas Cage being given the Best Global Actor award. China’s Huading Awards selected several surprising recipients. Nicole Kidman won the Best Global Actress award. Best Global Singer went to Avril Lavigne. Booboo Stewart of Twilight fame was awarded Best Emerging Global Talent. Michelle Dockery and Matthew Perry received Best Global TV Actress and Best Global TV Actor. Best Global Director went to Quentin Tarantino. Well known Korean pop group Girls Generation won Best Global Idol Group, and Sharon Savoy won Best Global Female Dancer. Jeremy Irons received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Each of the stars praised Chinese films and thanked the people for being given the honors of these awards. The Huading Awards is a lesser known presentation ceremony. It was established in 2007 by Global Talents Media Group. The awards are held several times throughout the year to honor achievements in the entertainment and sports fields. The Huading Awards are odd in that some of the awards are voted for by judges and others are voted for by fans.

While each of the winners have their own talents I must say there are many other actors, actresses, singers, and dancers I think would have been more deserving. Still when it’s all said and done this shows how different the entertainment industry is over there. In America Nicolas Cage is often laughed at for his crazy antics on screen we view him more as a B-list actor then anything else. In China however he won Best Global Actor. I believe it shows that there are different things valued in the Huading Awards. I would honestly like to see how they come to pick who wins the awards not because I think the winners are undeserving, but due to the fact I want to see what makes them the best in the eye of the awards committee and the fans.

To me the least surprising winner is Girls Generation. The group is huge over in Asia and has even garnered quiet a following in the states as well. The most surprising winners to me wasn’t Nicolas Cage but instead Avril Lavigne and Booboo Stewart. Avril Lavigne has lost popularity greatly since her first album so to hear she is big enough in China to have won Best Global Singer was jaw dropping. With Booboo Stewart it was more the fact that he hasn’t been in that much and what he has been in he hasn’t really been given much to do or say. Still I feel the need to keep an eye on him now since I’m wondering if the Chinese have seen something in him that I haven’t.

What are your thoughts on the winners? Do you think they deserved to win? Why or why not? If you don’t think they deserved to win who would you give the awards to instead?

Source: JustJaredJr, HuffingtonPost

Remember a little while back when Shia LeBouf was getting all hot and bothered about the possibility of filming real sex scenes in Nymphomaniac? Well, regardless of rather or not that actually happens in the film at least now you can take a gander at what LeBouf’s o-face looks like in just 1 of 14 different character posters for the film.

Of the slew of “orgasmic” posters you will also see that ultimate peak of joy from actors/actresses like Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Stellan Skarsgard, Christian Slater, Uma Thurman, Jaimie Bell and plenty more. The title kind of speaks for itself and accompanied with these posters I’d say it’s pretty obvious what you might be able to expect from Lars Von Trier’s film when it comes out. Let’s just hope we don’t have to enter the theater in a creepy brown trench-coat, pitch black sunglasses and a wig so as not to risk anyone making direct eye contact and getting recognized.

Some of the posters I suppose you could describe as sexy, others range from comedic to just plain odd. The only odd man out is LeBouf who I suppose is making a face, but really all he’s doing is smoking a cigarette- post coital no doubt, but how come he doesn’t have to look as exposed as the rest. Oh well, the posters to serve their purpose as a tease for any audience willing to sit through a Lars Von Trier movie, so mission accomplished I guess.

What do you think of these fleshy posters? Which one is your favorite? Are you excited for Nymphomaniac? Comment Below!

Via: /Film

“Skyler, Who are you talking to right now? Who is it you think you see? Do you know how many people run in fear of me? Even if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it. My audience is so big, the world can’t even conceive it! If I leave now, this empire disappears. Then surely my fans will shed many tears! No, you clearly don’t know who you’re talking to, so let me clue you in. I am not in danger, Skyler. It is danger that you are in! You think of me, a man who gets on stage just to hear others sing? No Skyler. I am the one who Sings!”

The lovely folks at The Wrap have reported that Percy Bysshe Shelley’s original poem and Breaking Bad‘s episode that share the title ‘Ozymandias’ will be adapted in to an opera via One World Symphony. If you don’t know who they are or what they do, according to their main web page, they are a symphony based in New York, and they have a very specific goal:

Deliver dynamic programming and a vibrant performances, which actively engage its audiences through innovative musical demonstrations

Sun Jin Hong, who is both the composer-conductor and artistic director, seems to have found Breaking Bad to be quite compelling (because yeah who didn’t). He mentioned in a blog post saying:

“Cancer became an allegory for evil for the protagonist in ‘Breaking Bad.’When Walt White was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, we the audience emotionally supported him and forgave some of his actions, as they may have appeared to be justified. When the cancer went into remission, an intangible cancer was growing — his hubris and lust for power.”

Hmmm… This one is indeed a head scratcher. It’s not that this is a bad thing necessarily, it’s just why do an opera based on an episode that aired near the end of the fifth season of a show? Yeah, we saw the episode, but what happens in that episode is something that was built up over the previous seasons. The reason why ‘Ozymandias’ was so intense, was because we have been so emotionally invested with these characters. We have seen them from the beginning grow and fall, and the events that unfolded in that episode was because of the weight of everything starts crashing down. Yeah sure, you can do a fun little opera and paraphrase everything that happened, but it still won’t have the same effect. However, Hong also wants to work in the original poem, which if you haven’t read it, essentially describes the mentality and character of our favorite chemistry teacher. Still, this seems like quite the task that he has on his hands. But hey, who knows, maybe this will be good and I will gladly eat my words!

So fellow OOUies, here’s a question for ya. If you were to name this Opera, what would it be? I would title it, “Singing in the Blue Rain” because that sounds bad ass. What do you think about the idea of a Breaking Bad Opera? Whatever it is, comment below and let One of Us know!

Via The Wrap

Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street seems to be going through a bit of turmoil. The film was originally slated for a November 15th release, but troubles on the editing front have lead to news that it could be pushed back into 2014. Apparently now the time for panic is not quite upon us as a beam of hope still remains that will push the film out into theaters by December 25th.

The Leonardo DiCaprio headliner which also features Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey was originally cut at three hours, but Scorsese is now looking to trim it down to a leaner two hours by Thanksgiving. The legendary filmmaker has been having some trouble getting it all together, but hopes to get it done in time for Oscar considerations for this year.

The Wolf of Wall Street is one of my most anticipated films still for this year, assuming of course it still comes out this year. The trailer really delivered what looked to be a very high energy film with some great performances from DiCaprio and McConaughey. I’m intrigued again to see how Jonah Hill does in his role in yet another film with Oscar hopes as I still am not sure he deserved to be nominated in Moneyball. We shall see if Scorsese’s film makes it out before the end of the year, time will tell.

Are you looking forward to The Wolf of Wall Street? What are the odds we will see it in theaters this Christmas? Let us know what you think below!

Via: /Film

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m thrilled to announce that Marc Guggenheim, an executive producer for the CW’s Arrow, has announced that the show’s creative team is thinking about bringing the Birds of Prey into the series. In a recent interview with TV Guide, Guggenheim had this to say…

“We have an idea for how to do our version of Birds of Prey. When you think about it, we have a lot of pieces. It’s a lot like the Suicide Squad. As we continue to populate our world with new characters and some returning people from last year, you start to go, “We’re really close to that!” We saw this awesome bit of production art for a new set that we realized plays into Birds of Prey completely. Our Art Department wasn’t even intending that! There’s certainly a momentum towards that, but everything has to happen in due time. With respect to Birds of Prey specifically, there’s an actress that we particularly need to make that piece work and we need to check on her availability.”

This isn’t too surprising considering Huntress, played by Jessica De Gouw, was featured in three episodes in season one. Additionally, Black Canary, played by Caity Lotz will be making her debut in season two. So they are only one lovely superheroine away from having the most famous line up of the Birds of Prey.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Birds of Prey, it is one of the more famous groups in DC comic history and for good reason. The group has had male members from time to time, but for the most part Birds of Prey has had an all-female roster. The group first appeared in June 1, 1996 in the one shot Black Canary/Oracle: Birds of Prey written by Chuck Dixon. The most iconic lineup didn’t happen until 2003 when Gail Simone took over and added Huntress, and the series reached new heights of popularity. Since then the Birds of Prey have had a variety of members including Lady Blackhawk, Misfit, Black Alice, Power Girl, Hawk Girl, Vixen, and even Poison Ivy. So it’s safe to say there is a lot of potential for great stories, should the Birds of Prey be added to Arrow. This wouldn’t be the first time Birds of Prey was getting a live action adaption though. The group had a short lived series with the iconic lineup back in 2002.

As for the actress Guggenheim was speaking of, my bets are on it being Jessic De Gouw since she is currently one of the stars of NBC’s Dracula. If not her, then I’d say they have a specific person in mind to play Oracle. Though who that particular actress would be is anyone’s guess.

I will be honest in the fact that as much as I’m excited for the possibility of Birds of Prey being featured on Arrow, I’m also absolutely terrified. My main reason for this is because with Arrow there is basically only one rule; no superpowers. With Huntress this wasn’t as big of a deal, but I’m still wondering if they’ll be able to pull off Black Canary in such a world. Especially since this is only the beginning of Black Canary, and that makes me very worried because the way that’s been said makes me think they’ll be switching actresses for Black Canary later on. I honestly believe that the way they handle Black Canary could make or break the possibility of Birds of Prey getting time on Arrow. Only time will tell though, and it’s safe to say we probably won’t hear anymore info on this until season 3 is confirmed and gets close to filming.

Despite my worries, I’m still very excited for this. So Green Arrow, step aside because while all the boys can always save the day, no one does it better than the Birds of Prey.

What are your thoughts on the Birds of Prey joining the fray? Who would you cast as Oracle? Let us know down below!

Source: Comingsoon

Words can not even describe how I felt after seeing the trailer for the (in my opinion) hack duo of Friedberg and Seltzer’s latest atrocity The Starving Games. Usually, I would open up with a lame anecdote or a failed attempt at some kind of clever humor, but I am honestly at a loss for words. So instead, the rest of this paragraph is going to consist of me of violently bashing my skull into the keyboard. My face is currently hovering over the keyboard. All right, here I go!

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And through the time-traveling power of paragraphs, it’s like my neighbors never had to drive me to the hospital, and the doctors didn’t say I experienced severe brain trauma affecting my short term memory and various other brain functions. qerd3wrtfh3w4terfhgwregth…

Sorry, I had to wipe the blood and skull fragments off the keyboard. If you’re feeling particularly masochistic, you can view the trailer yourself here.

Come November 8th of this year, we are going to get yet another one of these movies, and judging by the trailer… It’s going to be a comedic masterpiece! In the beginning, they have this serious gritty tone to it and they set up a world that is bleak and dire, so it seems like they most DEFINITELY got the tone of the Hunger Games right. However, when the picture-perfect Jennifer Lawrence lookalike tells her little sister to “SUCK IT,” only to volunteer herself anyway for the Starving Games because her sister gave her the puppy dog eyes, I knew this was going to be pure comedy gold. There was a set up and a punchline and everything! There are many top-quality jokes throughout the trailer, but my favorite one was when we see the cameraman and the boom mic operator chasing the Katniss character and tripping over a log. This is obviously a satire on the heavy usage of the Cinéma vérité style that the original film was notorious for.

Aside from all the cleverly written humor, we also get references and cameos of characters from various franchises and pop-culture. Oh yes. Everything from the Na’vi from Avatar to Gangnam Style, there will be a PLETHORA of references that are completely relevant to make fun of today. When I saw Gandalf grab Katniss’ ass followed by the Avengers blowing up trying to recruit her, I said to myself, “Wow, what a clever way to bring these franchises together in a cohesive manner!”

There is one thing in this trailer however, that has my complete attention. They do something that no film has ever done before, and it is indeed the ballsiest thing we will ever see in cinema history. Never before in a film have I seen anyone bring old iPhone games to life. Yes, this film has the NUTS to bring Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja to the silver screen, and I am 100% behind that. I’ve always complained about meaningless references to random films, Jersey Shore, social networking sites, and various other pop culture stuff because they aren’t really jokes. They are just things that say, “Oh look! It’s a thing in the movie that everyone likes in real life!” Random referencing without a proper context is not comedy at all. HOWEVER! It seems like Friedberg and Seltzer heard my prayers! They are evolving pop culture referencing to the next level.

This film is indeed going to be a “tour de farce!” I would like to praise it some more, but for some reason my nose is bleeding and my left arm is numb. Wait… When did I get bandages on my head? This is strange… I seem to have a tattoo on my chest that says:

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer murdered my brain.

Okay fellow OOUies, what do you think it will take for Friedberg and Seltzer to stop making movies? What would YOU do to stop them from making movies? On a more positive note, what are some actual good spoof movies? Whatever it is, comment below and let one of us know!

Trailer Via Youtube

In a move that only an evil mastermind like Walter White would approve of, Dreamworks Animation CEO Jeffery Katzenberg let slip at the Mipcom TV Festival in Cannes that he had made a failed pitch to pay 75 million dollars for three new episodes of AMC’s Breaking Bad which he would then air online in six minute chunks.

This idea alone was enough for me to hear my inner supervillain start to giggle, but that giggle grew into a full-on Joker level maniacal laughter when I learned that Katzenberg had went on to reveal to UK newspaper, The Guardian that viewers would have had to pay for each little tidbit.

“My idea was literally that you’d pay 50 cents a day for 30 days, so it would be $15, and I actually think there are 10 million people around the world that would have done that.”

Sadly for Katzenberg, every Breaking Bad fan knows that this would have worked. We would have forked over the $15 up without a second thought. He could have went and littered the snippets with ads, piping even more money into the coffers, and we still wouldn’t have complained. He could’ve made enough cash to make Scrooge McDuck weep.

The real scary part is that while this deal may never happened, something very much like it might be in our future. As long as media companies play relatively fair with their consumers, this could grow into a viable way for viewers to get content, choosing to only pay for whatever they decide to watch. This could however, also quickly turn into a way to gouge prices, withhold content, and just plain outright abuse the consumer. People who get their content online often binge watch and it isn’t too hard to imagine someone clicking their way into the poor house because they got hooked into a show and just had to see what happen next. Much like Mr. White had all the junkies begging for their next quick fix with his trademark blue meth, the media conglomerates may soon decide to do the same thing to us.

So what do you fine folks have to say on the matter? Let us know in the comments below!

Via BBC News

It comes as no surprise that Peter Dinklage is rather small in stature, but what he lacks in height he more than makes up for in his acting ability. The Game of Thrones star remains a pretty hot commodity in Hollywood and Paramount has taken notice by picking up an R-rated comedy to which Dinklage is attached to star.

The untitled pitched comedy will be written by Andrew Dodge who recently worked on Jason Bateman’s directorial debut Bad Words. The story centers around Dinklage’s character who tells people that he in fact a leprechaun. The tone of the film is said to be similar to Bad Santa, meaning that it will be suitably dirty but end on a more heartwarming note.

I’m pretty intrigued by this project as I love Dinklage in Game of Thrones and have been waiting somewhat patiently for the long delayed/shelved Knights of Badassdom. I only recently became aware of Bateman’s film Bad Words so I look forward to checking that out to get a glimpse into Dodge’s work as a writer. Granted a lot could change before a script is actually completed, but as it stands this all adds up to something I believe could be pretty hysterical. Look forward to seeing it all come together.

Do you think Dinklage could pull off an R-rated comedy? Seriously, where is Knights of Badassdom? Have you seen Bateman’s film Bad Words? Sound off in the comments below!

Via: The Hollywood Reporter

Any number of things has gotten in the way of your ordinary bi-weekly schedule for The Original Gentlemen, not the least of which was Fantastic Fest, but we’re back now and raring to go.

And you know what that means…

We want your questions, all of ’em, thick and juicy, pulsating with your inner demons and insecurities, dripping with the blood of dashed hopes and Halloween terrors…or something like that. Ask ’em quick, as we’ll be recording this bad boy tonight!

Finally, some new developments on the Fantastic Four reboot, and none of them seem to be rotten so far!

After a lengthy pre-production stage comprised of script polishes, the most recent stemming from X-Men: First Class scribe Simon Kinberg, it appears that the screen tests for the titular protagonists of 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four reboot are underway. According to ComingSoon.net, three actors each are in contention for the roles of Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm/Invisible Woman: Jack O’Connell, Kit Harrington and Miles Teller for the former, and Kate Mara, Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan for the latter. As for the status of the other two members of the superhero team, Terry Crews has recently voiced his interest in playing Ben Grimm/The Thing, and there’s still the previously reported possibility of director Josh Trank’s previous collaborator Michael B. Jordan playing the role of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. The film is currently scheduled to be released on March 6, 2015.

As much as I’ve been advocating the potential of this much-needed reboot, I’m sorry to say that I can’t form a fairly judged opinion of these choices for Richards and Storm due to a lack of exposure to their work to… but I can try. Being the nitpicky geek that I am, I’ll have to resort to narrowing down the choices I think best represent the incarnations of the characters that I’m looking for by appearance. Going by the pictures that ComingSoon.net has provided, all six actors have the features of their respective characters, no doubt. But if I were to do a mix-and-match sort of thing based on a certain criteria of consistency (again, nitpicking here), here’s how I would do it: I would pick either Teller or O’Connell to pair up with Ronan to portray a younger version of the world-saving couple a la Marvel Comics’s Ultimate universe, or I would go with the relatively older Harrington and Mara if the studio is looking for people that are young but not too young. And no offense to Margot Robbie, but sorry, her beauty brings back too much of the Jessica Alba appeal factor from the previous Fantastic Four films. *Shudder*.

Now we’re left with Crews and Jordan. What’s tricky about these two possibly being cast, and a point that has been pointed out by many a comic book purist, is that the race of these actors contradict the characters’ from the original source material. Don’t get me wrong, I think people should be more open to having the ethnicities of established characters be changed, but it’s more difficult to ponder when you consider that Johnny and Sue Storm are brother and sister, and the fact that the actresses currently in the running to play Sue are all white. Again, no problem with the mythos being slightly altered, but as of now the studio is walking into murky territory when it comes to pleasing fans. As for Crews, I wouldn’t mind if he was cast as The Thing, as the human form of the character is completely open to being changed around a bit. If one were to look at Crews’s list of comedic and action-oriented roles, including his overlooked performance in White Chicks (yeah, I said that), he could pull off the joking and threatening nature of Ben Grimm with ease. And seeing that technology is now capable of capturing a real-looing CGI Thing instead of falling back on a mound of orange rubber with a face, I don’t see why Crews couldn’t do some motion-capture work on top of that.

It may still be in its early stages, but gathering everything up to this point, I believe this reboot is going down the right path. At the very least, it can’t get any worse than the abhorrent duo of Fantastic Four movies made before. Then again, I suppose there shouldn’t have been much hope for them once they hired the guy who did freaking Barbershop.

What do you guys think? Do you agree with any of these choices? Is there anybody else you think would fit these roles well? Post your thoughts in the comments below!

Via ComingSoon.net

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Any number of things has gotten in the way of your ordinary bi-weekly schedule for The Original Gentlemen, not the least of which was Fantastic Fest, but we’re back now and raring to go.

And you know what that means…

We want your questions, all of ’em, thick and juicy, pulsating with your inner demons and insecurities, dripping with the blood of dashed hopes and Halloween terrors…or something like that. Ask ’em quick, as we’ll be recording this bad boy tonight!

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