Dissecting The Career Of Jackie Earle Haley - The New Freddy Krueger

Jackie Earle Haley starred in the #1 movie at the box office last weekend (A Nightmare On Elm Street).... Let's take a look at his career.... You'll happily remember him in his breakout role....

2010 - Jackie Earle Haley replaces Robert Englund as the star of the 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' (Freddy Krueger) franchise.


2009 - Jackie Earle Haley stars as Rorschach in the comic book superhero movie 'Watchmen'.


2008 - Jackie Earle Haley wins 'a giant check that says $10,000' by making a free throw from the other side of the court in Semi Pro.


2006 - Jackie Earle Haley earns an Academy Award Nomination for his portrayal of sex offender Ronnie in 'Little Children'....


1983 - Jackie Earle Haley stars with Tom Cruise as a wild and crazy young man in 'Losin' It'.


And finally, Jackie Earle Haley's breakout role.....

1977 - Jackie Earle Haley stars as Kelly Leak, the cigarette smoking, motorcycle riding and baseball star bad boy, in 'The Bad News Bears'!

Albert Einstein

This is Albert Brooks. He's an amazingly talented comedian and actor. You've seen him everywhere. He's the voice of Marlin, Nemo's father, in "Finding Nemo". He was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor" Academy Award in 1987 for his role in the movie "Broadcast News"....

Did you know that his real name is Albert Einstein? He changed it before he started his career, so he wouldn't be mixed up with the famous physicist.

Also, did you know he is the older brother of Bob Einstein? Better known as MR. SUPER DAVE OSBORNE!!!!

Presto!

This was nominated (didn't win) for the "Best Animated Short Film" at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. It's a witty little film about a power struggle between a magician and his rabbit.

It's wonderfully funny and worth spending a little time to watch!

Hugh Jackman Was Really Funny

If you didn't see the Academy Awards last night, you missed a really good performance by Hugh Jackman. He performed a very funny monologue, then did an amazing musical medley about the Best Picture nominees. His interpretation of "The Reader" was especially funny. It's 8 minutes long, but worth it!

Academy Awards

Tonight, ABC will broadcast the 81st Annual Academy Awards. There's a new company running things over there, and they're trying to mix things up a little bit.

First of all, they've chosen someone who is not a professional comedian to host the show. That hasn't happened for a very long time. From the interviews that Hugh Jackman has done before his performance, he seems to be pretty funny. I hope he hosts the show "drunk and nude" like he said he would.

The largest, well, the most interesting changes, include not revealing the identity of the celebrities presenting the awards and asking some celebrities to avoid the red carpet so people will tune in to the show to see what, or who they are wearing. I have to admit, I'm interested in seeing what happens.

Here's a couple did you knows.....

Heath Ledger is a lock to win a Best Supporting Actor Award for his performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight. Only two people, Sidney Howard for the Best Screenplay Award for Gone With The Wind and Peter Finch for the Best Actor Award for The Network, have won an award posthumously.

Bob Hope holds the record for hosting the Academy Awards 18 times. Billy Crystal comes in second, having hosted 8 times.

Three actors, Jane Wyman in Johnny Belinda in 1948, John Mills in Ryan's Daughter in 1970 and Holly Hunter in The Piano in 1993, have won an Academy Award for playing characters that do not utter a single word throughout their respective films.

Oscar is just a nickname given to the award received by the actors. The Academy Award of Merit is the official name of the statue given to the winners.

Oscar Hammerstien II won Best Song Academy Award for his song "The Last Time I Saw Paris" in the movie Lady Be Good in 1941. P.S. Hugh Jackman has a son named Oscar.

The only X-Rated movie to receive an Academy Award was Midnight Cowboy in 1969 for Best Picture.

Robert Opal streaked (naked) across the stage while David Niven was presenting the Best Picture Award during the ceremony in 1974.

Until 1989, every award was presented with the phrase "And the winner is.....". The phrase was changed in 1989 to "And the Oscar goes to.....".

Scorsese

Colleen suggested that I change the format of my blog. She thinks that I should post the trivia question, then answer it in my next blog. What do you guys think?

Ok, so here's the trivia question for today. The question is threefold.

1. Martin Scorsese - Director of such films as 'The Aviator', 'Gangs of New York', 'Cape Fear', 'The Color of Money', 'Raging Bull' and 'GoodFellas'. Writer of 'GoodFellas' and 'The Age of Innocence'! How many Academy Awards has Martin Scorsese won?

2. What infamous music video did Martin Scorsese direct?

3. What African-American actor, at the very beginning of his career, had a role in that music video at the young age of 25?

The NBA is going to use a new ball during games this year. Here's a picture of it. I'm done with that story.

Has anyone here seen the Greg Berhendt Show? I saw one minute of his show while sitting at the Sacramento Airport. It is the worst show ever....and I was able to come to that conclusion after watching only one minute of the show! He was talking about pets ruining relationships...and he tried to pull a "Top 5" or "Top 10" list like David Letterman. Well, you want to know the number two reason you might know that your pet is ruining your relationship? He text messages you when he's hungry to let you know he's ready to eat! What the hell! Greg Berhendt needs to be killed.... I went to the show's website to find a recap of the show....the recap includes this comment.....:

"Have you ever seen a dog and its owner dance together? We were all amazed to see it today."

You were amazed! Die!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah, and get a last name that maybe one person in the world can spell!

Finally, I was reading the sports news, and I came across this headline...

"Business Exec Signs Agreement to Buy Pens"

He's actually buying the Pittsburgh Penguins from Mario Lemiux.

Ok, here's the answer to the trivia question....

1. The infamous Mr. Scorsese has been nominated SEVEN times, but has NEVER won!

2. Martin Scorsese directed the music video for Michael Jackson's 'Bad'.

3. Wesley Snipes played Mini Max in the video.