Dear Hollywood: Dude, Rumi’s Not White
You know how else you could challenge the stereotypical portrayal of Muslim characters in western cinema? By not casting him with a white actor.
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Anagrammed Emmy Winners
Were you able to unscramble these relatively recent Emmy winners?
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Anagrammed Emmy Winners
Can you unscramble these relatively recent Emmy winners?
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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Hollywood—From a Russian Perspective
Lights! Camera! Action! Put together your film crews and take your best shot at making this year’s blockbuster. Or maybe you’ll try to win the Best Picture award, which will make you some more money down the road. Will you put your versatile actor in a comedy or a thriller? Or is it time to dust off that worthless script from the archives and just slap together something on the cheap? Welcome to Hollywood.
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Having a Muppetational Time at the Muppets Most Wanted World Premiere
The life of a blogger occasionally provides opportunities I never would have guessed I’d have, and last week’s Disney junket to Los Angeles was a prime example. That’s how I found myself, along with a group of fellow bloggers, walking down the red carpet into the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood for the world premiere of Muppets Most Wanted.
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It’s Time to Play the Music, It’s Time to Light the Lights
Got a question for Kermit, Miss Piggy, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, or anyone else involved with Muppets Most Wanted, Captain America: The Winter Soldier or pretty much any ABC TV show you can think of? I might be able to ask it for you when I go to L.A. next week!
Continue ReadingRick Baker Gets a Star on Hollywood Boulevard and Enters the Guinness Book
Master special effects makeup wizard Rick Baker was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. The unveiling of Baker’s star, which is located in front of the Guinness Museum just east of Highland Boulevard, took …
Continue ReadingThe Avengers – Hollywood Press Conference Videos, Plus a Giveaway! (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Two weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingThe Avengers – Hollywood Press Conference Videos, Plus a Giveaway!
Two weeks ago, I had the great privilege of seeing The Avengers at its world premiere in Hollywood, and of attending the film’s press conferences the following day. As I’m forbidden from publishing my review of the movie until Monday …
Continue ReadingMovie Trivia Is a Blast with Name That Movie
Movie buffs often get a raw deal when it comes to trivia games. Many games either focus on a single studio or offer questions that are far too simple. Fortunately, there’s a new option that is neither overly easy, nor …
Continue ReadingViggo Mortensen Speaks: Part 1 of 3
Gilsdorf: There was a story that you had a run-in with the police who saw you wielding your sword in public and, uh, had a problem with that. Mortensen: It is true that I once was asked by local law …
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