Oscar Nominations Livestream Live blog. After months of movie watching, opinion sharing, and speculation tracking the day that the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards is here. Oscar Nomination Ballots were due January 23rd at 5 PM; they've been collected by Price WaterHouse for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Special screenings to determine the nominees have been done and the Academy members have spoken. Now, the event featuring Anne Hathaway and AMPAS President Tom Sherak, is coming in the morning and you can see it live here:
Best Actors, Actress, Director, Supporting Actor, and Actress true to form with Golden Globes.
Wow. Star Trek not on Best Picture list?
Congrats to Emeryville's Pixar for Best Picture nom for UP.
District 9 gets Best Picture nom.
Best Picture: Avatar, The Blind Side, An Education,The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire, A Serious Man, Up, Up in the Air.
After months of movie watching, opinion sharing, and speculation tracking the day that the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards is here. Oscar Nomination Ballots were due January 23rd at 5 PM; they've been collected by Price WaterHouse for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Special screenings to determine the nominees have been done and the Academy members have spoken. Now, the event featuring Anne Hathaway and AMPAS President Tom Sherak, is coming in the morning and you can see it live here:
It starts at 5 AM PST / 8 AM PST. This blogger has never tried to predict which movie was going to be nominated, and will not take up the practice in 2010. Stay tuned.
Widgetbox.com has created a new version of the Zennie62 Widget. This one's unlike any you've seen before. It has tabs representing this blogger's Zennie62.com blog, as well as the Oakland Focus, New York Focus, and San Francisco Focus blogs.
And as the Super Bowl is coming, there's a tab for two more Zennie Abraham blogs: the Super Bowl Blog, and the NFL Business Blog. The Zennie62 Widget also has tabs for the CNN iReport, YouTube, and Blip.tv video channels and the Zennie62 Twitter account.
That's 10 feeds all in one widget. But that's not the only feature: the widget rotates feeds every five seconds, so you can see one feed at a time and its latest contents.
The new widget is the creation of San Francisco-based Widgetbox.com and under my specifications. Now, I have all of my online broadcasts in one place. Most widgets have one feed; this one goes far beyond that.
The widget can be placed on a blog or website, Facebook, MySpace, or Twitter pages.
Thanks to Steve Kloft of Widgetbox for creating the new widget. Below and to the right are version of the Zennie62 Widget. Get one!:
After months of movie watching, opinion sharing, and speculation tracking the day that the nominations for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards is here. Oscar Nomination Ballots were due January 23rd at 5 PM; they've been collected by Price WaterHouse for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Special screenings to determine the nominees have been done and the Academy members have spoken. Now, the event featuring Anne Hathaway and AMPAS President Tom Sherak, is coming in the morning and you can see it live here:
It starts at 5 AM PST / 8 AM PST. This blogger has never tried to predict which movie was going to be nominated, and will not take up the practice in 2010. Stay tuned.
With the 2010 Grammy Awards now officially over, speculation as to how they can draw the same ratings have begun. There was a huge 35% increase in numbers from 2009. The fashion was extravagant as usual, (Ciara wore over $250,000 in Cartier jewelry). Pink awed the crowds, she was incredible and soulful. And Beyonce proved herself as the Queen of the 2010 Grammy Awards by taking home six, a record breaking feat. I was pleasantly surprised that they allowed performers such long set times although this meant that Beyonce (unfortunately) had enough time to do her best impression of Alanis Morisette. Yes, I am confused about that one too... But all in all the show proved to be a success. Most importantly, by celebrating Michael Jackson with a stunning tribute sung by Usher, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood, and a glowing Jennifer Hudson.
Now onto some other exciting news! If you are regular readers of this blog then you might have noticed videos and posts by yours truly recently. I thought a little bit of an introduction might be beneficial. I have been blogging for a long time and keep it appealing and fresh over at SomeRedCat.tumblr.com. And I am now extremely happy to be contributing something new to Zennie62.com.
I love everything pop culture. But what does that really mean you ask...? Well, it means that I am equally excited about who’s a hot mess on the red carpet as I am in what the next exhibit at SF MOMA is… I want to know what the international gross of Avatar is thus far as well as where the hell Brandy went (where are you girl?)… You know, I’m talking REALLY important stuff here.
But honestly, Life is meant to be fun! And this is Hollwood gossip, not brain surgery. I'm sticking with what I know, and I plan on delivering it to you with a smile and some sass.
A little more about me.. Likes- dance parties (even if they’re solo), Bette Midler, traveling, exploring San Francisco with my camera, Martin Short, Kant & Boas, spending Saturday with Jack Daniels and my friends, then Sunday with the New York Times, Dislikes- Ignorant people who don't like to have fun, when they tuck the sheet under the mattress at hotels, bananas, kiwis, indoor voices.
Have any questions or misplaced internet aggression?? Email me at SomeRedCat at gmail dot com & stalk me at SomeRedCat.tumblr.com
In 1982, when the San Francisco 49ers traveled to Detroit to play the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI, Head Coach Bill Walsh dressed as a hotel bellman helping his team with their bags. The idea was to loosen up the Niners as it was their first Super Bowl.
Today, in 2010, we have the New Orleans Saints in their first Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIVL. And its apparent that Saints Head Coach Sean Payton saw the NFL Films movies of the late, great Coach Walsh. According to the NFL Network today, Coach Payton dressed as a hotel doorman along with several members of the Saints organization as the team was coming off their bus.
All to keep the Saints relaxed.
It worked for Bill Walsh and the San Francisco 49ers in 1982; the Niners won Super Bowl XVI 26 to 21. But 2010's a generation away and Coach Walsh wasn't up against the Colts Offense in Super Bowl XLIVL.
Carl Nolte's take on Herb Caen is a worthy read, but for San Franciscans who've never heard of him - and the numnber's growing year-by-year - it's going to reach a small audience and then be quickly forgotten. That's sad, because Herb Caen is very much alive.
Herb Caen is alive in those of us who wanted to be like him, and still do. Who wanted to share how they saw San Francisco with the World. In the past, media wasn't fragmented; today it is. But because of that, he's everywhere.
Had he lived, Herb Caen would have still been a columnist, but a grouchy one, because his minders would not have had any idea how to get him plugged into New Media, and he most certainly would have resisted for a time. But his young fans would save him.
Herb Caen is alive. He lives in the people who use camcorders and cell phones to capture moments in San Francisco. Remember the Muni Driver who was getting a massage? The person who recorded him had Herb's sprit. Even the Oscar Grant Murder had Herb Caen's involvement in the form of the people who held up cell phones and camcorders to capture it as it was happening. And Herb Caen is very much in me. I had him in mind when I created this Golden Globe Awards video:
And this video on New Media, which was a tour of San Francisco, featuring talks with San Franciscans, including Mayor Newsom:
But if you're thinking I'm trying to say I'm Herb Caen - no, not exactly. We're all Herb Caen. I'm trying to show that we are him, today. We just need the proper vessel to show it and Herb Caen's sprit.
Herb Caen is alive. The problem is the San Francisco Chronicle hasn't figured out how to reassemble him today. Here's how.
Using YouTube's "direct" feature and a special web page, SFGate can have a new section called "I am Herb Caen: Herb Caen's San Francisco." The idea is to go to places that Herb would have either gone to or may have if they're new and make videos about them and what the person sees and upload them to the page. The result over time will be a powerful platform of San Francisco from his point of view as San Franciscans and visitors see it, expressed in videos.
In fact, here's an idea: each video should start with the title "I am Herb Caen."
