My Tonys Coverage

There are so many excellent analytical websites out there regarding movie awards, but the same cannot be said about the theatre award community. And as a theatre fanatic, it seems my luck has changed. A starter site, Tony Awards Haven, was launched recently. Though it is still the simpler stages, the administrators promise in depth coverage as the award season come into high gear (Drama Desk! Outer Critics Circle! Drama League!). It's enough to keep me salivating until the nominations. 

One thing is for sure, I don't know how people are counting out 'Young Frankenstein' so early. It's not like there are 70 original musicals out there and I doubt the Tonys Committee can ignore such a big show despite its many, many flaws. 

My Number One Bracket

So I got two of the four finalists right for this year's NCAA Basketball Tournament. Even though I got Kansas in there, I was hoping that Davidson would pull off the upset this afternoon. History was also made in the process by having all four #1 seeds entering the Final Four weekend in San Antonio. Hmm... if I have take a stab it, I'm going with North Carolina winning it all. I think it's because I like me some Psycho-T. (ESPN)

My Higginbotham Pilot

Though it's advertised as a Jason Bateman-directed pilot, I'm more excited about creator Abraham Higginbotham's new series called 'The Inn' starring Reno 911's Niecy Nash. Most of my favorite 'Arrested Development' episodes were by Higginbotham. I wonder what he can do with an 'Upstairs/Downstairs' type of scenario. (EW)

My T-Takes

In midst of the webisode popularity, New York Times recently began a series of short films under their 'T-Takes'. The theme seems to 'stick a single character in a snowy motel and see how ordinary this brief moment in his life is'. While some are intriguing (Jason Ritter), some are downright boring (Lukas Haas). The particular one I personally likes involves Josh Lucas. Even though Lucas doesn't speak a word in this 3-minute short, the amount of emotion he puts into the piece speaks volume. Check Lucas and the rest of the T-Takes here. 

My New Coke Flavor

Coca-Cola has come out with a new healthier flavor currently being test ran in Japan. I'm kind of hoping it sticks around just so I can taste carbonated cucumber the next time I go to the Coke Museum in Atlanta. So who's going to make this beef flavor ice-cream I've been going on about for years? (MSNBC)

My Plea To MTV

Please don't let it happen. (Joblo)

My Obese Jailmate

Don't know why it has got so grim in the past few days here, but this one is bit hilarious (on the grim side, if possible). An obese woman is convicted of beating a 2 year-old to death, after the mother of the child was warned not to leave the child with the obese woman. But here's the kicker, they can't put the woman in jail because she weighs 500 pounds and the police would need to "punch a hole in the wall, get a forklift with cushions" to bring her to the jail cell. This is just sad on many counts. (CNN)

My Top Five List: Supporting Performances?

I love lists. I love movies. So of the course the first list on this blog is going to be about movies and more specifically, awards. Many performances in the past were considered as supporting roles but really should've been placed in the lead. Some of those demoted their rank translated into award recognition, some have not. Since there are way too many of these performances to choose from, I'm going to break it down to those that stood out from this century (2001-current).

5. Casey Affleck (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), is it because of Brad Pitt's star status that bumped the equally dominant character to supporting ranks?

4. Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), this one was a no-brainer. It was an instant Oscar as soon as she categorized herself in the supporting actress since she had stiffer competition in 2001 with Sissy Spacek, Nicole Kidman and the eventually winner, Halle Berry.

3. Scarlett Johansson (Lost In Translation), this one was iffy. The film itself was billed more as a Bill Murray vehicle, but Johansson's Charlotte had an equally nuance self-discovery in Japan. 

2. James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland). Not that it would have resulted in anything, but the entire film was Nicholas's story from the get-go.

1. Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls). Unlike Catherine Zeta-Jones in 'Chicago', where her performance dominated to the point where some people were convinced CZJ was the lead, I blame Hudson's misplacement on the script and editing. It should've been the eventual Oscar winner in the lead and Beyonce in supporting, not that it would've helped Beyonce at all with awards. 

So did I miss any? The only other one I considered from this century was Ethan Hawke in 'Training Day'.