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Now that the writer's strike has finally come to close, Disney has announced its feature releases through 2009 and early 2010. According to Variety, Disney has announced opening dates for a cluster of films, including the comedy Old Dogs, Walt Becker's follow-up to sleeper box office hit Wild Hogs. Old Dogs stars John Travolta, Robin Williams and Seth Green, and opens in theaters April 10, 2009.

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I wanted to see Wild Hogs right when I saw the preview. Pretty much just because John Travolta was in it. What? He's awesome.

Anyway, I finally got around to watching it, (thank God for free Videos On Demand) and it was great. John Travolta was great in it, even sort of making fun of his older bad-ass characters, as he tries to be a bad-ass and it doesn't really work out. I'm not a huge fan of Tim Allen but he was actually really great, same with William Macy but he was great too, and Martin Lawrence plays the same character in pretty much everything so he was fine too. And Ray Liotta was the bad guy. He's pretty much the best bad guy in Hollywood. (The voice! They picked him to do Tommy Vercetti, I mean, come on. The voice is perfect for the bad-ass bad guy.) And Marisa Tomei was a love interest, and somehow she is still hot.

Anyway, the storyline was actually really good and fun. It felt like you were there having fun with these guys, and not just watching them have fun. It was a stand up to the bad guys story without the six year old Disney demographic retardedness getting in the way.

Also, there were some great people in small parts. The Sklar Brothers (I just can't get enough of them) were two deputies and they were funny as always. John McGinley (Dr. Cox) was in it. And even Kyle Gass of Tenacious D was in it.

So maybe it wasn't the best movie ever, but it was really good I thought.

What can be said against this movie?  It has a good story line, amazing actors, and awesome, amazing, and energy filling songs.  It is the best movie of the year.  Tracy was played by Nikki Blonsky.  This was her first movie ever.  The movie also has Amanda Bynes as Tracy's best friend Penny.  Christopher Walken playes Tracy's dad.  And John Travolta plays Tracy's mom (yes I said mom).  Its a funny, inspiring, and just really well made musical.

Who doesn't love Edna Turnblad? She's awesome!!

I was searching for photos of Paul Vogt of Hairspray on Google Images and I found a picture from an article about John Waters, the director of the original film, and his opinions of all the Ednas through Paul Vogt.

I will be referring to parts of the article throughout this post.

I made a little list of all the Edna's so you know who I'm talking about:

Divine (1988 Film Version)

Harvey Fierstein [OBC Edna (July 2002 - May 2004)]

Michael McKean (May 2004-October 2004)

Bruce Vilanch (October 2004-September 2005)

John Pinette (September 2005-May 2006)

Blake Hammond (May 2006-January 2007)

Paul Vogt (January 2007-October 2007)

John Travolta (2007 Film)

George Wendt (October 2007-Present)

So I'm going to talk a little bit about Fierstein, Vogt, and Travolta's interpretations of the role.

Harvey:

"Harvey Fierstein made the role his own. God only knows, his voice is his own. And he sings! You have to sing it out. Everything has to be bigger onstage. Harvey, though, always played it as a real woman."

-John Waters

I just don't like his voice. It's very... different. But he's a good actor. No offense to Harvey but I can't listen to any of his songs on the OBCR because I hate his voice so much.

Paul:

He's awesome. The best Edna ever!! Who else has his awesomeness? I heard once he had a really funny ad-lib. During You Can't Stop the Beat, his dress got stuck to the Hairspray can so he sang:

You can't stop my happiness

Cause I like the way I am

And you just can't stop my knife and fork

When I see a Christmas ham

So If You Don't Like the way I look

Well it seems I'm stuck to the can!

I bet it got lots of laughter.  You have to love his Edna!

John Travolta:

"John Travolta plays Edna as someone who had been young and very hot, but now is stay-at-home and embarrassed to go out of the house. He had been the Russ Meyer girl when he was young. And Russ Meyer girls do get larger in life. It's like muscle men who don't work out. They turn into bears."

-John Waters

Okay John (Travolta) is great in Grease, but bad in Hairspray. I hate his Edna voice and I just don't know why but I don't like him in the part.

Okay so that is my post about 3 of the many Edna Turnblads. If you'd like to read about John Waters' opinions on all of the actors (except for Paul Vogt and George Wendt), read this article: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969969.html?categoryid=15&cs=1

Oh and if you haven't seen Hairspray, go see it! Its a great show.

I'll list the other many talented actors along with the roles they have played that have been leads in this great show:

Tracy:

Marissa Jaret Winoker

Kathy Brier

Carly Jibson

Shannon Durig

Marissa Perry (Starting April 15, 2008)

Corny Collins:

Clarke Thorell

Jonathan Dokuchitz

Michael Cunio

Lance Bass

Clark Thorell has returned to the show as Corny.

Amber von Tussle:

Laura Bell Bundy

Tracy Jai Edwards

Jordan Ballard

Becky Gulsvig

Hayley Duff

Tara Macri

Brynn O'Malley

Ashley Spencer

Link Larkin:

Matthew Morrison

Richard H. Blake

Andrew Rannels

Aaron Tveit

Ashley Parker Angel

Female Authority Figure:

Jackie Hoffman

Liz Larsen

Julie Halston

Joanna Glushak

Lisa Jolley

Susan Mosher

Male Authority Figure:

Joel Vig

Blake Hammond

Jim J. Bullock

Kevin Meaney

Wilbur Turnblad:

Dick Latessa

Peter Scolari

Todd Susman

Stephen DeRosa

Jere  Burns

Jerry Mathers

Jim J. Bullock

Tom Rooney

Seaweed Stubbs:

Corey Reynolds

Chester Gregory II

Terron Brooks

Tevin Campbell

Penny Pingleton:

Kerry Butler

Jenn Gambatese

Brooke Tansley

Tracy Miller

Diana DeGarmo

Caissie Levy

Alexa Vega

Niki Scalera

Velma von Tussle:

Linda Hart

Liz Larsen

Barbara Walsh

Joanna Glushak

Leah Hawking

Isabel Keating

Michele Pawk

Mary Birdsong

Motormouth Maybelle:

Mary Bond Davis

Darlene Love

Jenifer Lewis (Starting in Spring 2008)

Little Inez:

Danelle Eugenia Wilson

Aja Maria

Sabrina Reitman

Nia Imani Soyemi

Chloe Smith

Naturi Naughton

I hope you didn't get bored! I just wanted you to see who has been in the show!

Thanks for reading!

Wild Hogs

Starring: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Marisa Tomei
Director: Walt Becker
Writer(s): Brad Copeland
Studio: Touchstone Pictures
Runtime: 100 minutes
Rated: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and some violence
Official UWF Score: 3 ½ Stars

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_{Foto: Ensayo del Oscar 2007, de la Galería de tomcruisefan.com}

He estado coleccionando (y traduciendo) para ustedes diversos tipos de declaraciones de apoyo a Tom Cruise, en relación a los ataques dirigidos contra su persona, su familia y su Iglesia, que es también la nuestra.

Todas ellas aparecieron en la prensa en inglés entre el 23 y el 30 de Enero pasado. Con excepción de la declaración de John Travolta, todas las expresiones de apoyo de actores, productores y directores de Hollywood fueron recogidos por la Revista People, tanto en su edición online, como en la impresa.

La declaración oficial de la Iglesia de Scientology del pasado 14 de Enero sobre las mentiras de la llamada Biografía de Tom Cruise fue reseñada en una entrada anterior.

• No hay excusa para la ridiculización a la que los medios están sometiendo a Tom Cruise, debido a sus creencias. El Sr. Cruise merece y tiene derecho a la misma tolerancia religiosa de que goza cada religión en la tierra. Bruce Willis, Actor
• ¿Cuál es la dificultad de permitir que alguien sea feliz? Después de conocer a Katie, él [Tom Cruise] demostraba sus sentimientos en forma abierta. Él es apasionado; es aventurero. Déjenlo en paz. Demi Moore, Actriz
• Nunca he sabido que Tom haga algo diferente a apoyar, a ser positivo y honorable. Aunque su entusiasmo por Scientology es inquietante para algunos, lo que a mí me preocupa no es el contenido de este video [de Scientology], sino nuestro apetito por poner en ridículo a aquellos más alegría nos han aportado. Jim Carrey, Actor
• Imagínense tener un bebé y que una gente hable de él de la manera en que lo hicieron [de Suri]. La gente pierde de vista el hecho de que Tom Cruise es realmente una persona. Yo lo compadezco. Es muy duro por lo que él está pasando. Ben Stiller, Actor
• El Tom Cruise de los medios no es el Tom que sus amigos conocen. Él es el mismo tipo dinámico y estupendo que siempre ha sido. Harvey Weinstein, Productor
• Tom Cruise es un gran tipo. Su intensidad está presente en todo que lo he visto hacer, sea el trabajo, el juego, el ejercicio, la familia, la religión. Tom es un defensor de la vida. JJ Abrams, Productor/Director
• Tom tiene –todos tenemos– el derecho a poner en práctica lo que sentimos. John Travolta, Actor
• Tom utilizaba palabras dirigidas a una audiencia de scientologists. En la web, el video está fuera de contexto. Es como un rabino que se dirige a una iglesia cristiana, hablando en hebreo. Nadie lo entendería. Kirstie Alley, Actriz
• Ver la vida privada de cualquier persona invadida y ridiculizada como en este caso es repugnante. Y es s especialmente soez cuando le sucede a un individuo como Cruise, quien es un gran padre, un gran esposo, y un gran amigo. Adam Sandler, Actor/Director/Músico
• Tom Cruise es estadounidense y tiene derecho a la libertad de expresión y a la libertad de religión. Dustin Hoffman, Actor
• Tom es un ganador. Eso es un hecho. Es un fantástico actor, un padre fabuloso y una estupenda persona. Estoy orgulloso de ser su amigo. Dan Snyder, propietario del equipo de fútbol Washington Redskins e inversionista de la Productora Cruise/Wagner

En la colección también había una serie de citas de dos artículos fechas similares, uno de Miranda Devine, publicado por el Sydney Morning Herald el 31 de enero: Asalto impreso de intolerantes fanáticos con máscaras de personas serias y una interesante crítica de billezcassin, uno de los críticos "Top 1000" de Amazon.com del libro de Morton: Escrito con un hacha empapada en veneno.

Desafortunadamente, por esas cosas que hacen las computadoras de vez en cuando, irremisiblemente perdí ambas traducciones, además de 2 de las anteriores. Y no dispongo de más horas para este artículo, así que sólo podrán ser apreciados por los amigos bilingües, a menos que uno de ellos gentilmente nos ayude en este trance (y por qué no, en los por venir). :-)

_{Entradas relacionadas:
Más sobre los ataques a Tom Cruise
Desmienten la llamada Biografía No Autorizada de Tom Cruise
En CNN: “Biografía” no-autorizada no es más que un Sandwich de Aire
Tom Cruise y Alemania
Tom Cruise: Uno de nuestros mayores orgullos
Sobre la Verdad y la Mentira}

Sadly, there is a general pattern in the movie stars that I fancy... they all seem to have the whole John thing going on. Isn't John a funny name? Sorry, its only because I've been writing that word more than I am used to that it gets me to thinking how odd a word it is.

Anyway, we have the top three of my celerbity unhealthy crushes and rather predictable Johnny Depp is one of them. Not just Jack Sparrow... oh no, I was on the Johnny Depp bandwagon loooong before even Edward Scissorhands (for the Emos out there). I'm talking Jump Street, kids. The 80s. Oh yerss. Its the eyes... those brown, smouldering eyes. And the lips... pouting and petal-like. And the edge of mystery, a hint of sadness and a teaspoon of insanity. Maybe its just pure animal attraction but WOOF WOOF! Vanessa Paradis is a very lucky lady.

Oh yes, he is a sex god. A Thinking Woman's sex god.

Now onto delicious, tasty man number 2. Jonathan Rhys Myers. As in Henry VIII of the Tudors. It may just be his very topless and cross portrayal of a powerful monarch of the olden days but all those steamy scenes get the mind racing and the heart pumping. Those lovely strong arms and that brooding snarl like a restless tiger. Jonathan's personal life is quite hazardous but hazard is attractive, isn't it?

Yummy, especially when he demonstrates his deftness with the unravelling of a corset.

And finally, my retro addition to my favourite movie-stars. It has to be John Travolta. The man has sex appeal and none of my friends understand but he's gorgeous! He can dance, he can tell a joke and he can charm your pants off. He's a pilot! Good God and we all know that pilots are sexy! Scientology aside, he is a brilliant catch. Bad-boy made good and more cuddly now than in his youth but no less appealing. I wouldn't kick him out of bed if he materialised next to me in the middle of the night.

I've got chills! They're multiplying!

So ends my rather sad blog on celebs that I fancy. I feel quite dirty now...

Actors: John Travolta Sean Archer/Castor Troy Nicolas Cage Castor Troy/Sean Archer Joan Allen Dr. Eve Archer Alessandro Nivola Pollux Troy Gina Gershon Sasha Hassler Dominique Swain Jamie Archer Nick Cassavetes Dietrich Hassler Harve Presnell Victor Lazarro Colm Feore Dr. Malcolm Walsh John Carroll Lynch Walton, Prison Guard CCH Pounder Dr. Holllis Miller Robert Wisdom Tito Biondi Margaret Cho Wanda James Denton Buzz Matt Ross Loomis

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Face/Off is the story of FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) who has spent the last 6 years hunting down a terrorist / hitman named Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). Troy had attempted to assassinate Archer, but ended up killing his son instead. Acting on a tip, Archer and a team of FBI agents move in on a jet that contains Troy and his brother and partner-in-crime, Pollux. The jet runs into a hangar and the brothers try and escape. Castor kills a number of agents in a huge gun battle, but he is eventually put in a coma by Archer and Pollux is captured. However, it is revealed that Castor and Pollux were hired to blow up some part of L.A. using a biological weapon. After Archer interrogates some of Castor's friends, it becomes apparent that Pollux is the only one who knows where the bomb is and he will only talk about it with his brother. A government official tells Archer about a new surgical technique where one person's face can be transferred to another (see face transplant). Archer realizes that this is the only way that he can "become" Castor Troy and get the information he needs out of Pollux. He agrees, but due to the secrecy of the operation, he cannot tell his wife and daughter or anyone else in the agency. The operation is a success, and Archer is transferred to the security prision that houses Pollux.At the prison, Archer manages to get the location of the bomb and that its in the L.A. convention center. However, the real Castor Troy wakes up from coma and he captures the doctor who did the surgery and has Archer's face put onto his. He and his men then burn all the people who knew about this operation and set fire to the building, thus destroying all the evidence and documentation that connects the two of them. Castor then visits Archer in prison and boasts about switching faces and then has his brother Pollux set free. He then has Pollux "confess" to the location of the bomb and defuses it, thus becoming a hero. He then uses his power to conduct raids on rival criminals throughout the city. He then goes home and interacts with Archer's family. In the prison, Archer manages to escape with the help of another prisoner and gets back to L.A. Archer then visits an old friend of Castor's, Dietrich Hassler, and wants him to help kill "Sean Archer". However, Castor learns about Archer's arrival there and has an FBI task force raid the house. A huge battle starts and Archer gets Castor's ex-Girlfriend, Sasha and her son out of the house. Archer and Troy end up fighting each other and in the process, Pollux Troy gets killed and Archer escapes.

The FBI Director Victor Lazarro shows up in Castor's office furious at the bloodbath that happened at the house. Victor tells Castor (still impersonating Archer) that he is terminating his so-called war on terrorism and wants his raids to stop. Castor kills Victor and tells everyone that Victor had a heart attack. As Castor is promoted to FBI Director, Archer goes back to his house and tells his wife what happened and pleads with her to believe him. She finally believes him when she sees that their blood types don't match just as Castor starts getting suspicous of her. Castor and Archer's wife go to Victor's funeral, unexpectedly meeting Archer and Sasha. A fight breaks out, leading to Castor trying to get away on a boat. After a chase scene, a furious Archer kills Castor Troy. Archer gets his face back and goes back to his family.

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