Introducing...The Hotshot

Alright, this post isn't about film. I found this little diddy while scopin the internet at 7am.

A company in Switzerland decided to start making condoms to suit 12-14year old boys. The condoms are called "Hotshots" (hah nice) and were marketed after the Swiss government thought that tween boys weren't being safe when they had intercourse. The Hotshot has been designed to fit a 12-14 year old boys penis, so it is smaller than your average condom. They're priced around $7/6pk. If I ever saw a 12 year old buy condoms, I'd vomit on them and their parents.

"They have more of a tendency not to protect themselves,"  claims a study, adding that because of their young age, they also do not know much about sexuality (oh REALLY?!). "They do not understand the consequences of what they are doing. The results of this study suggest that early prevention makes sense." So what makes them want to have sex in the first place? Use your hand champs, it costs a lot less.

I'm pretty boggled by this, but making or not making these condoms isn't going to stop them from having sex. But who are they having sex with? 12-14 year old girls? Does anyone even know what sex is yet?! Pretty soon having sex at 10 is going to be the new Tiger Beat Magazine.

I'm not against this product, because they're making them for an apparent reason, I'm against sex at such a young age.

Toy Story 3

New poster out for Toy Story 3!

I remember first hearing about TS3...and now we're only a couple months away from it actually being out! June 18th! Midnight showing anyone???

Corey Haim

Well, our awesome Corey duo (Corey Feldmen and Corey Haim) of the 80's might have died two decades ago, but half of the pair actually died this morning. Corey Haim, 38, died this morning at 3am of an apparent drug overdose. Haim continued working on many projects even after his fame of The Lost Boys and Licensed to Drive...although none them were worth watching to be honest. It's known that he was working on several projects right now as well.

I hate when they call these deaths "Accidental drug overdose". The word 'accidental' should not take place because then it makes it sound like a complete mistake that they were doing drugs in the first place. They knew what they were doing, they knew the consequences, and that's that.

Men In Black III?

Rumor has it that Columbia Pictures is officially having conversations regarding their third entry into Men In Black. Apparently they've shown strong interest in both Sacha Baron Cohen and Jemaine Clement. What an awkward pair. Clement is rumored to play a character named "Yaz" (a new agent who possibly controls birth??)...neither are locked yet. Etan Cohen, writer for Tropic Thunder and Idiocracy, allegedly wrote the screenplay. Shooting was originally scheduled to begin this spring. 

Men In Black in 1997 grossed close to $600mil worldwide and it's squeal in 2002 took in $440mil.... which was so unmemorable to me. All I can remember from the second one is that my sister Shelly, cousin Alex, and I were in Atlanta, Michigan, sun-burnt, and we ate Reese's Pieces while repeatedly saying "El-i-ot. El-i-ot." like E.T. I believe the movie was lame.

Sometimes when a movie waits too long for a sequel, or a threequel in this case, it's just so incredibly uninteresting.

We'll see if any of this is actually true soon.

The Academy Award Winners

I don't know about you but I'm pretty satisfied with the outcome of last's nights Academy Awards. Not only was the hand out of Oscars relatively acceptable, but the whole show in general was entertaining. I approve of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin as hosts; hilarious. Thank you NPH for popping your head in and opening the show with your always appreciated song and dance! I'm going to touch base on a few main categories last night so please visit IMDB.com for the full listing of Oscar winners.


Lead Actress: Sandra Bullock
I've never not liked this women. People always gave her crap for the movies she was in but ever since Love Potion No. 9, I always dug her. She never stuck out in anyone's mind as an impeccable actress but she definitely will now after her stellar performance in The Blindside (she absolutely made that movie worth watching btw). 


Lead Actor: Jeff Bridges
I look forward to seeing Crazy heart (never got around to seeing it). From the few clips I saw last night of it, it looks great. I'm pleased to see Jeff Bridges win this category. If Clooney would have won..."rigged" would have been my first thought.


Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique 
All I can say is that she won it over Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick...two women who didn't blow me away at all to be honest. It's not that I don't like them, because I do, I just didn't think their performances were all that special in Up In the Air. I wish I had an opinion over Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance but if she was nominated, she must have done something right I guess. As far as Penelope Cruz goes... zzzzzzz.... Mo'Nique for Precious was the best bet.

Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz
Outstanding performance from him in Inglorious Bastards. I would have not be opposed to seeing Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones win. The character he played in that movie was not anything he's ever done before. It was sincerely impressive. 


Director: Kathryn Bigelow 
Winning for The Hurt Locker. First woman to win this award. Congrats!


Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
My money was riding on either: The Blindside, Avatar, The Hurt Locker, or Precious. It would have been so awesome to see District 9 win but I knew it wasn't going to unfortunately.


Those are the main categories that I was looking forward to. I think all the winners were pretty much well deserved.


 Did anyone else notice that Farrah Fawcett wasn't mentioned in the montage of fallen stars??? But ok, let's mention Micheal Jackson onnneee moreee timmme. Rude. Rude. Rude. 

The John Hughes tribute was great. I got chills from it actually. That man was brilliant in my eyes. Tear-jerking moment when his Brat Pack and other stars came out of the woodwork to say a little something about their time working with him. Loved it!

...oh and Macaulay Culkin is still 9 years old. 

The Razzies and Alice

The Golden Raspberry Awards (aka The Razzies) were held yesterday, March 6th, in LA. The Razzies are an annual award ceremony held one day before the Oscars which was formed 29 years ago.

The "Winners" of the worst of the worst are...

Worst Picture-- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ... will not argue that!

Worst Director-- Michael Bay for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen .... ditto

Worst Actor-- The Jonas Brothers for Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience

Worst Actress-- Sandra Bullock for All About Steve ... watch this video ---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYced7GB8k (thanks to Will for the link)

Worst Supporting Actor-- Billy Ray Cyrus for Hanna Montana: The Movie

Worst Supporting Actress-- Sienna Miller for G.I. Joe

Worst Screen Couple-- Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper for All About Steve

Worst Remake Rip-Off Sequal-- Land of the Lost

Worst Pictures of the Dacade-- Battlefield Earth

Worst Actor of the Decade-- Eddie Murphy ... mad laughs!

Worst Acress of tve Decade-- Paris Hilton ... this goes without saying for now and forever.

I absolutely love these awards. What I love most is that some people can be totally cool with it and say "Yes, that movie was an abortion" and accept their "award" Thank you J.B. Wilson for your creation of The Razzies. 


In other entertainment news:
Alice In Wonderland grossed $116 million this weekend ($210mil worldwide). That's the biggest first quarter income since 300 in 2006 (taking in $70mil). I want to be extremely impressed but it's hard to since ticket prices are what they are. Not to mention seeing it in 3D/I-MAX...that's an extra $3/person depending on where you go. I am not an Alice fan since I never saw the Disney version (nope, never) but I'm always excited for a new Tim Burton/Johnny Depp collaboration.

Spirit Award Winners

First want to start out with saying that Alice In Wonderland is dominating the box office right now with a $45mil intake on Friday alone and an estimated $115-$120 gross over the weekend. Insane. Thanks 3D and ticket sales starting at $100.

back to the main topic...

 
http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2010/isa

^^ Go to that site, you'll get the list for all the winners. 

The Spirit Awards are awards for independent filmmakers.

So excited to see that (500) Days Of Summer took home an award for Best Screenplay. (500) Days was unique and fun. I loved how they bounced around the days so we could see the emotional roller coaster that Tom (Joseph Gorden-Levitt) went through during these 500 days. 

An Education took home Best Foreign. It was amazing and with the amount of foreign films out there, it beat a tough battle and it was wellllll deserved (although out of the foreign films in this category I only saw An Education...I'm sure the others were great to be nominated). 

Precious took 5 awards. All the ones they were nominated for. I'm not surprised but, geez. I thought there were better films. Better made (and I don't mean the chips) in general. But that's just myyyy opinion. Good work to everyone who worked on it and congratulations!

A Serious Man won Best Cinematography. Won't argue with that. Although I wasn't blown away with the plot, it was beautifully shot. The lighting and camera angles were spot on, as most Cohen Bro's movies are. Props to them for that.

For more on the awards won, go to the site posted at the top. 

Oscars start at 8pm on ABC March 7th.