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Waffle House Hero & Florida HS Shooting Survivor Honored At Brady Center Bear Awards Gala

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 01: (L-R) Avery Gardiner, Bryan Cranston, Aalayah Eastmond, Kris Brown and James Shaw, Jr. attend Brady Center’s 2018 Bear Awards honoring real life heroes helping to prevent gun violence at Gotham Hall on October 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence) “Breaking Bad” Actor Bryan Cranston Helps Honor The “Real Heroes Of The Gun Violence Prevention Movement” At Annual Brady Center Bear Awards Waffle House hero James Shaw Jr. and mass shooting survivor and activist Aalayah Eastmond were among the honorees at the anti-gun gun violence advocacy nonprofit The Brady Center’s Bear Awards. Several hundred people attended the glittering event inside Gotham Hall in Manhattan Oct. 1 for the annual awards gala that recognizes the “real heroes of the gun violence prevention movement,” Brady Center co-president Avery Gardiner told guests. In front of an audience that included “Breaking Bad” actor Bryan Cranston, the humble Shaw joked whether the Brady Center was honoring the right guy. “Are you sure this is for the right person?” Shaw said after receiving a standing ovation. Shaw said that he would continue to honor the legacy of the four young people who were killed before he could disarm the gunman. In her remarks, Eastmond recalled being in her Holocaust studies class when Nikolas Cruz opened fire his her classroom, and she was forced to hide under the body of her slain schoolmate in order to survive. NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 01: 2018 Bear Award Recipient Aalayah Eastmond speaks onstage during the Brady Center’s 2018 Bear Awards honoring real life heroes helping to prevent gun violence at Gotham Hall on October 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence) Eastmond now works with The Brady Center on gun safety initiatives, most recently testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s stance on gun rights. “My goal is to continue amplifying voices from communities of color, whose everyday experience of gun violence is always undermined and mischaracterized by the media and society,” Eastmond said. Also honored at the gala were Eastmond’s teacher, Ivy Schemis lawyer, musicians and activists Jason Robert Brown and Georgia Stitt, gun violence prevention activist Amanda Wilcox and the Gun Safety Alliance. Hosted by “The Daily Show’s” Roy Wood Jr. Monday evening’s gala was held on the one year anniversary of the Las Vegas mass shooting at a country music concert that left almost 60 people dead. NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 01: A view of atmosphere during the Brady Center’s 2018 Bear Awards honoring real life heroes helping to prevent gun violence at Gotham Hall on October 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence) The evening raised money for The Brady Center’s efforts around gun safety education, litigation and legislation and also unveiled a new ad campaign for “End Family Fire” campaign warning the public of the dangers of keeping firearms in the home. Hit the flip for more pics from The Brady Center Bear Awards:

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Shamone!…Not Stirred: Michael Jackson Was Supposedly PRESSED To Play James Bond

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage Some Folks Weren’t Here For It Before any Idris Elba talk, the first Black James Bond could have been Michael Jackson . According to  Metro , the famous celebrity agent Michael Ovitz spilled all the details in his tell-all memoir  Who Is Michael Ovitz.  Back in the 1980s Michael pleaded with Hollywood bosses to be the next 007. It all started with a meeting at Ovitz’s home where Michael told him and Ovitz’ business partner Ron Meyer that he wanted to be “the star of an action movie.” Ovitz and Meyer couldn’t keep a straight face. Ovitz says the situation was made even more comical when Michael’s hat fell into a dish of guacamole. Michael tried to continue and sell the idea of him playing bond, but Ovitz and Meyer where still all laughs as the blob of guacamole was sliding down Michael’s hat. “Then the blob fell off, and Ron totally lost it. I cracked up, too, and Michael stalked out. I found him and explained for 15 minutes that we hadn’t been laughing at him,” Ovitz writes in his book.  “Finally, Michael’s face cleared. ‘OK, Ovitz. OK,’ he said. ‘But I want to play James Bond.’ I am proud to report I didn’t laugh, this time.” Ovitz then had to explain to The King of Pop that he wasn’t the best fit for the role of Bond, which has been played by actors like Sean Connery , Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan . Ovitz argued that Michael was “thinly built, you’re too sensitive, you won’t be credible as a brutal block of stone.” Obviously, by the end of it all, Michael did not get the role of 007. Idris Elba was rumored to be our first melanated British agent, but it seems he’s shut all that down. Back in August he tweeted out “don’t believe the hype” after he jokingly tweeted , “my name’s Elba, Idris Elba.” It seems Brother Bond will have to hold off a little while longer.

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For Your Ears Only − Ranking The 22 Bond Theme Songs From Worst − Sorry Jack and Alicia! − To Best

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Despite the silliness, sexism, and let’s face it, more than a handful of bad movies,  James Bond has endured as a franchise for 50 years because deep down inside, all of us, at one time, wanted to be spies, and as anyone living vicariously through the movies knows, a good spy needs a great theme song. For better or for worse, presented below are all 22 James Bond title songs and sequences, ranked in order from worst to best. Get your martinis and Walthers ready, ladies and gentlemen… 22. Quantum of Solace I’ve got nothing against Jack White or Alicia Keys , but yikes. This sort of mash-up is just not what James Bond is about. The grating production and completely asynchronous arrangement would be irritating as a standalone song: in a Bond film it’s borderline insulting. The visuals aren’t too great either, and look like some sort of digitally upgraded B-roll from The Mummy Returns . 21. Die Another Day Fans said goodbye to Pierce Brosnan in 2002, and it’s hard to determine exactly how many films he overstayed his welcome by. Rest assured, however, that Die Another Day will go down in history as one of the worst Bond films of the modern era, and the cookie-cutter, auto-tuned, glitchy mess of a title track by Madonna (speaking of stars who overstayed their welcome…) isn’t going to be fondly remembered any time soon, either. 20. The World Is Not Enough It’s hard to tell when performers began hoping a James Bond film would get them exposure rather than the other way around, but it’s safe to bet that it was well before Garbage performed the title track to 1999’s The World is Not Enough , since I imagine the bulk of kids in the theater went “who?” when the phrase “title song performed by Garbage” flashed across the screen. Still, the song is serviceable, and the sequence impressively slick. 19. Moonraker Ugh. Poor Shirley Bassey deserved better than this. After having her name attached to one certifiably classic and one so-so Bond film, Moonraker had to go and mess with the program. Clearly the producers insisted that Bassey drop the completely unmusical phrase “Moonraker” somewhere into the track, and it’s laughably bad. I would have just turned in a new cut of Goldfinger with the titles swapped out, but that’s why I’m not in charge of such things. 18. For Your Eyes Only This song and sequence are notable only because they ushered James Bond into the 1980s with plenty of appropriate glam and glitter, and because Sheena Easton appeared in the opening sequence. Otherwise there’s not much else to say. 17. The Living Daylights Remember A-Ha, better known as “that Norwegian band who did Take on Me”? Well, they had another hit song two years after their award-winner: the theme to Timothy Dalton’s on-screen debut as James Bond. It’s a nice synthed-out dance number, perfect for 1980s 007, but the visuals look like the director just turned on the camera, told the naked girls to writhe around, and then went to lunch. A little effort, people! (Bonus factoid: Joe Don Baker appears in this film, many years before his turn as a CIA operative in Goldeneye ).

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James Bond Goes Gun Barrel Chic in First Teaser Poster for Skyfall

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

While the first trailer for James Bond pic Skyfall won’t hit until next week (!), official site 007.com has a treat in the form of a teaser poster for the November release. And while there’s precious little to glean from the black and white composition, there’s something surprisingly compelling in the simplicity of Daniel Craig , front and center, striding towards us from inside the Bond gun barrel . The juxtaposition of what looks like a drainage tunnel with Craig’s dapper, Tom Ford-tailored coolness gives us the sense that he’s unafraid to walk into the world’s dirtiest, grimiest underbelly in his fancy lad haberdashery. What’s more: He’s not shooting at us in the classic Bond gun barrel scenario, which traditionally envisioned the suave spy aiming and firing at the camera; look at his placement and you see he is the bullet. By my count this is the first of the Craig Bond flicks to use the iconic gun barrel motif in its poster designs; some form of it was employed here and there in the Bond films of Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan, though not so much in the artwork of the golden era of Bond (i.e. the Connery-Moore years). That said, this 1980 German re-release poster from the O.G. Bond pic Dr. No utilized what you might consider a variant of the gun barrel motif. (Side note: Is there another gun in Connery’s pocket or is he happy to see us?) Skyfall hits theaters November 9. [via 007.com ]

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Rosie O’Donnell Worries Lindsay Lohan Will Die Like Whitney Houston

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Rosie O’Donnell is not holding back in her strange crusade against Lindsay Lohan , saying if she doesn’t change her life, she could die like Whitney Houston. Rosie went back on Today show this morning to expand on why she believes LiLo should not have been cast as Liz Taylor in an upcoming Lifetime movie. Or any acting role, for that matter. O’Donnell suggested Lindsay is heading down a similar path as the late, great Whitney Houston , and can only be saved if she takes time off from showbiz. The ruthless Hollywood machine is slowly killing Lohan, Rosie feels, and she says feels obligated to speak out about the 25-year-old actress because: “Watching Whitney Houston’s funeral I recall thinking, ‘Why didn’t more people say what they knew?’ We all knew. We watched Being Bobby Brown – it was like watching Sid and Nancy … they were people in the throes of addiction.” “All anyone cared about was that the show was getting ratings. To look at Lindsay Lohan, you can’t help but feel for her … and I do not think she’s untalented, I think she’s quite talented. But this is a dangerous situation.” What do you think? Is Rosie totally off base or should she zip it? Lindsay has brushed off her attacks , but might she be better off heeding the warnings? VOTE: Whose side are you on?

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Happy 70th Birthday, Barbra Streisand!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Barbra Streisand turned 70 this week. Seventy! The star marked the milestone with a party to remember in Malibu, Calif., on Tuesday, celebrating with close friends and enjoying a performance by Johnny Mathis. The legendary singer-actress was joined at Taverna Tony by 80 guests, including John Travolta, Warren Beatty, Pierce Brosnan and Keely Smith, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, her stepson Josh Brolin and Diane Lane, Kenny G and Donna Karan. “It was an intimate magical event with only very close friends, people I’ve known and loved more than 20 years,” Streisand personally told People . “The highlight of the night was my son’s film that he made for me. People kept asking, ‘Who’s that singing?’ And when I said it was Jason, everyone was blown away by the soulfulness of his voice. Quincy Jones wanted to sign him on the spot.” “All my friends made it an evening full of surprises for me, flying in the remarkable Israeli mentalist Lior Suchard and gifting me with the performance of my favorite singer, Johnny Mathis, and many, many more highlights.” Happy birthday to one of the greats! In her career, Barbra has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, one of a select few entertainers who have ever won all four. Not a bad resume. [Photo: WENN.com]

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Barbra Streisand turned 70 this week. Seventy! The star marked the milestone with a party to remember in Malibu, Calif., on Tuesday, celebrating with close friends and enjoying a performance by Johnny Mathis. The legendary singer-actress was joined at Taverna Tony by 80 guests, including John Travolta, Warren Beatty, Pierce Brosnan and Keely Smith, Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw, her stepson Josh Brolin and Diane Lane, Kenny G and Donna Karan. “It was an intimate magical event with only very close friends, people I’ve known and loved more than 20 years,” Streisand personally told People . “The highlight of the night was my son’s film that he made for me. People kept asking, ‘Who’s that singing?’ And when I said it was Jason, everyone was blown away by the soulfulness of his voice. Quincy Jones wanted to sign him on the spot.” “All my friends made it an evening full of surprises for me, flying in the remarkable Israeli mentalist Lior Suchard and gifting me with the performance of my favorite singer, Johnny Mathis, and many, many more highlights.” Happy birthday to one of the greats! In her career, Barbra has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards and a Tony Award, one of a select few entertainers who have ever won all four. Not a bad resume. [Photo: WENN.com]

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Pass (on) the Salt: 12-21 DVD Roundup

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Pass (on) the Salt: 12-21 DVD Roundup

With Christmas right around the corner, time is running out to find some stocking stuffers for the skinema fan on your list. Luckily, Mr. Skin has made it easy for you by rounding up the best of this week’s crop of DVDs and Blu-rays for holiday T&A, including Angelina Jolie in Salt and a fully frontal Tilda Swinton in the Blu-ray release of the arthouse flick Orlando . Salt T&A-lister and recent Golden Globe nominee Angelina Jolie doesn’t show us her salt shakers in the spy thriller Salt , but in the opening scene we see Angelina in her bra and panties as she’s being interrogated in a jail cell. If that doesn’t do it for you, you might want to check out Angelina’s naked appearances in Original Sin , Taking Lives , and the skinstant classic Gia , where she goes lesbo with Elizabeth Mitchell . Have a holly Jolie Christmas! Wall Street / Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Out in a DVD two-pack, it’s this year’s high-stakes financial drama Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps paired with the 1987 original Wall Street . Costars Carey Mulligan and Susan Sarandon are the actresses who never strip in Money Never Sleeps , so check the first film to see Suzen Murakoshi bare boobs, butt, and bush at the 13-minute mark. Now that’s a good skinvestment! Orlando Nude on Blu-ray, Tilda Swinton stars in the Virginia Woolf adaptation Orlando , the story of an Elizabethen nobleman who is ordered by the Queen to stay forever young who turns into hot babe a few centuries later. The transformation is complete at the 56-minute mark when Tilda goes fully frontal looking into a mirror. Nice skinton, Ms. Swinton! The Matador Also nude on Blu-ray, Pierce Brosnan stars as a drunken, anxiety-ridden hit man who has to enlist the help of mild-mannered Greg Kinnear to pull off his last job in the 2005 arthouse hit The Matador . Mamtastic Mexican mamasita Azucena Medina puts the T&A in The Ma-TA-dor when she bares her butt one minute in and then goes topless on a strip club stage at the 17-minute mark. Ole !

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On DVD: Getting to the Bottom of Roman Polanski’s Ghost Writer

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Even as Roman Polanski seemed destined to stand trial , finally, for having champagne-&-Quaalude-leavened sex with a 13-year-old 30 years ago, he was polishing up his 18th feature, The Ghost Writer , about a famous man who cannot leave his house for fear of being extradited. Polanski’s sense of isolation and bitterness seeps throughout the new film, for better or for worse, and you cannot be blamed for wondering if a Polanski biopic is inevitable (starring Simon McBurney!), preferably directed by the man himself. The intrigue!

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Brosnan Harpoons Obama for Voting "Present" on Whaling

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Actor and environmental activisit Pierce Brosnan has taken the cause of whales to heart. He does not want humans to kill them, period. www.SaveTheWhalesNow.org has just released a PSA featuring Brosnan, taking President Obama to task for apparently reneging on a campaign promise to support an International whaling moratorium… (Video after jump)

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