Hey, I have sort of a free day from school today so I decided to create the design for the upcoming Showdown website. If you want to, you can check it out here. The website is far from done, and I will let you all know as soon as it is completed!

Hey, just thought I’d write a little something today (before the upcoming nice news I will be posting in just a few days)… I’m currently looking at making a few video blogs during the production of Showdown, with small focuses and teasers of the script, posters, images and much more… Keep your eyes peeled here in the next couple of days for more info.

Including the first official video blog for Showdown. There. I said it.

(Plus, TopGear started yesterday on BBC2 again! Yay! Richard Hammond is back )

And another thing, I will finish the New York diaries someday, I just keep forgetting it

Hey everyone, here comes my takes on who I think should win the Oscars in the various categories (note that not all categories are here, I just post the ones I feel has the most public interest).

All nominations are below, the ones in bold writing are my takes on who I think should win.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
Leonardo DiCaprio – BLOOD DIAMOND
Ryan Gosling – HALF NELSON
Peter O’Toole – VENUS
Will Smith – THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
Forest Whitaker – THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Alan Arkin – LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jackie Earle Haley – LITTLE CHILDREN
Djimon Hounsou – BLOOD DIAMOND
Eddie Murphy – DREAMGIRLS
Mark Wahlberg – THE DEPARTED

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Penélope Cruz – VOLVER
Judi Dench – NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Helen Mirren – THE QUEEN
Meryl Streep – THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Kate Winslet – LITTLE CHILDREN

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Adriana Barraza – BABEL
Cate Blanchett – NOTES ON A SCANDAL
Abigail Breslin – LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Jennifer Hudson – DREAMGIRLS
Rinko Kikuchi – BABEL

Best animated feature film of the year
CARS
HAPPY FEET
MONSTER HOUSE

Achievement in cinematography
THE BLACK DAHLIA
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE ILLUSIONIST
PAN’S LABYRINTH
THE PRESTIGE

Achievement in directing
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93

Achievement in film editing
BABEL
BLOOD DIAMOND
CHILDREN OF MEN
THE DEPARTED
UNITED 93

Best motion picture of the year
BABEL
THE DEPARTED
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
THE QUEEN
(I have no idea on which movie I think is better out of these 5, but Departed and LMS is definently the two best ones).

Hey everyone, just thought I’d post that the Oscar Nominations for 2007 has been announced as of today. Check them out by clicking here.

I’ll post my thoughts and guesses on those movies tomorrow, like who should win, and who probably will win.

Hey everyone! Since I’m having a day off from school today I thought it would be a great idea to try and start writing on Showdown. So that was exactly what I did. I’ve now written two full scenes, and it’s looking pretty good so far. I will be handing those two scenes over to some friends shortly, to get their input on it.

I might also start working on the Showdown website later today, which could be fun, if it turns out ok. I’m still trying to figure out how to move my complete database to my new webhost, which is something I must do in the next two weeks, to keep the website. If anyone knows anything about importing SQL protocols into a MySQL server, please e-mail or write something in the comments.

I’ve seen a few good movies lately, starting with the latest I finished seeing this very morning, which was “12 Monkeys”. It was really good, and some amazing acting in it, as well as a really interesting story, which can be hard to come by in sci-fi movies. I also watched “Slither” last Sunday with Alexander. We both thought it was pretty fun and overall a good movie, even if some parts of it was really gross. Not really a “dinner-in-front-of-the-tv-movie”.

Well, take care everyone, I’ll keep you updated on the process with the Showdown website!