Expect everything to be rosy for the Slumdog Millionaire cast starting with star Freida Pinto. Freida Pinto has been getting lots of publicity not only because of her great performance in the movie but because of her great fashion sense so expect to see more of her in Hollywood movies. This early, Freida Pinto has already picked her dream leading man and that is Titanic superstar and favorite Kate Winslet (who won the Oscar’s Best Actress) leading man Leonardo DiCaprio. Freida Pinto admits she had a big crush on Leonardo DiCaprio wayback in high school and she even has a scrapbook with his pictures on it. And given the chance she would gladly work with Leonardo DiCaprio whom she met during the Palm Springs Film Festival this year.
But if things do not work out right and her dream of getting Leonardo Di Caprio as her leading man does not come true then she would gladly settle for Jack Nicholson. Whew! Freida Pinto said she is dying to meet Jack Nicholson but has not seen him in any of the events she has been going into lately. However, Freida PInto’s dream of working with these guys will have to wait as she has just signed up for a project with Woody Allen where she will be seen with Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin and Naomi Watts.
The actress from “Titanic” who has scored the Academy Award for best actress due to her performance in “The Reader” had quite the interesting acceptance speech to give: “This would have been the shampoo bottle. Well, it’s not a shampoo bottle now! I feel fortunate to have made it from there to here!”, and she told the story of how she wrote her first Oscar acceptance speech when she was 8 years old. Hopefully Kate Winslet will be happy with her new shampoo bottle trophy, amongst the many hear brushes, tooth brushes and other acting recognition awards she may have accumulated over the years.
Winning the Oscars would have completed Mickey Rourke’s second lease on Hollywood life. But come to think of it, after a hiatus in his career, being nominated for Best Actor category to the Oscars Award along with notable actors like Sean Penn and Brad Pitt would have been enough to celebrate his second life in Hollywood. Mickey Rourke’s career was more than over when he made a major comeback thanks to a starring role in “The Wrestler”. Even the role he was playing had a real-life similarity since the lead character in The Wrestler is a former fighter whose best days are long gone.
Mickey Rourke, who has won as best male lead in the Spirit Awards, may have lost to “Milk” star Sean Penn who played the gay Harvey Milk but this nomination has made him the talk of the town. Hollywood big bosses are reportedly already looking for the next material which would be a good match to Mickey Rourke’s acting abilities. There might even be something for him in IronMan 2 if sources are to be believed. Mickey Rourke has a martial arts background and is presently training with a master in Los Angeles so action roles are a good match.
Now it can be said, the Dark Knight is not only a critically-acclaimed movie with one of its lead stars deceased Heather Ledger being nominated (and won in some of them) Best Supporting Actor for various awards including the prestigious Academy Awards this Sunday. The Dark Knight is in fact also a certified blockbuster having surpassed the $1 billion worldwide boxoffice mark. This despite lead star Christian Bale’s misfortune in the court of public opinion no thanks to his mouthy attitude. Warner Bros must be proud—of the boxoffice record, not Christian Bale.
The Dark Knight may not win all eleven Academy Awards but it has a great chance of winning at least eight awards come Oscars night. That would be a bonus considering it has made history as the fourth all-time box office grosser next to the $1.84 billion earnings of Titanic, the $1.12 billion earnings of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the $1.07 billion earnings of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Of the total earnings for The Dark Knight, $533.1 million was grossed in United States theaters while $468 was grossed overseas. Warner Bros also announced that the $64.9 million worldwide gross of the The Dark Knight also made it the top-grossing 2-D IMAX release of all time
There will come a time when the paths of Jennifer Aniston, former husband Brad Pitt and partner Angeline Jolie will cross and this year’s Oscars Award might be that time. Jennifer Aniston, a certified hottie this year for the success of her movie “Marley & Me”, is a confirmed Oscars presenter this Sunday along with Jack Black of the boxoffice and critically-acclaimed “The Furious Five”. No one however knows if she would be walking the red carpet with boyfriend John Mayer who is also a certified hottie thanks to his Grammy Awards victory. John Mayer was however heard saying this is his first Oscars and his first being an Oscar boyfriend so he would be attending.
Another thing that’s certain is the attendance of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie since both are nominees. Brad Pitt is vying for the Best Actor category for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” while Angelina Jolie is vying for the Best Actress category for “Changeling”. This Sunday’s Oscars will definitely be a big night especially for the three stars who may still be bitter about each other. So who will outshine who?
