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Dear Hollywood, Let’s Nip That “Actors Playing Their Younger Selves” Thing in the Bud, OK?
Dear Hollywood,
I know that you guys are all proud of yourselves for creating the technology to slap an actor’s younger face on his/her body. I know that Tom Hanks and the creepy Polar Express movie are probably partly to blame.
The fact that what comes out is a cross between a Disney animatronic figure and a Madam Tussauds’ wax sculpture worked in Tron: Legacy‘s favor when turning Jeff Bridges into his 1980s-Tron self to create the distance between his older human self and his program Clu. And I’ll admit that it was a trip to see Thelma & Louise-era Brad Pitt near the end of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. More »
Benjamin Button Blu-Ray winner!
I was actually supposed to pick the winner for the blu-ray copy of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Friday but with all the post-Cannes excitement I completely forgot.
I picked the winner using Random.Org and got this comment number:
Comment #12 was Kim – congratulations Kim! I’ll be contacting you for your mailing info so Ana can send you the movie!… More »
PittWatch Giveaway: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Blu-Ray)
It’s a long weekend here in Canada, with Monday being Victoria Day. I thought that a great way to celebrate would be to kick it off with a giveaway for PittWatch readers!
Reader Ana is an incredibly generous soul – she accidentally ordered two copies of the Blu-Ray version of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Instead of sending one copy back to Amazon or giving it to someone she knows, she contacted me and offered it up… More »
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button blows the roof off DVD sales
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had an excellent run at the box office ($329,809,326 worldwide, as per here) and ended up with numerous award nominations, even winning several of the technical/artistry awards. It’s not slowing down at all now – since its release on DVD and Blu-Ray, it has topped the home sales charts.
First The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Two-Disc Special Edition) came in top slot for DVD sales, knocking all other contenders to the side.
On top… More »
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review (DVD release May 5th)
For those of you who are waiting to buy your own copy of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (or perhaps rent it to see it for the first time), don’t forget that it comes out on DVD and Blu-Ray May 5th.
A PR contact at Paramount was kind enough to contact me a few weeks ago to offer me an advance copy of the movie to watch and review. It came last week and I was finally able to… More »
Benjamin Button comes to DVD in May
Good news for those of you who wanted to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button but didn’t get a chance to see it during its run in theaters – Benjamin Button will be out on DVD May 5th! For those of you who prefer Blu-Ray, that will be available as well.
Not only is the movie itself just under three hours, the DVD will include approximately three hours of bonus features, which includes a documentary covering the making of… More »
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet in Tokyo!
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the red carpet in Tokyo, Japan for the Japanese premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button!
Brad Pitt is extremely smokin’ hot in a pinstripe suit – I love pinstripes! His hair looks great and even the mustache is growing on me in these pictures!
Angelina Jolie is wearing a long black wrap dress with a sash or belt of some sort around the middle. Not my favorite, but… More »
The Brad Pitt Maneuver in Paris
Oh. Oh, here we go. Everyone’s favorite, the “Brad Pitt Maneuver” right out front at the Paris premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
You’re welcome!
Image used with permission: Splash News Online… More »
Brad Pitt at Paris photocall for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Even though he has officially been nominated for an Oscar, Brad Pitt is still busy promoting The curious Case of Benjamin Button as it begins to open around Europe. Today Brad is in Paris at the Hotel Bristol for a photocall for the movie.
Brad looks great in these pictures, dressed casually in blue jeans, a great zip-up grey sweater, his trademark scarf, and he topped it off with his newsboy cap. I like the cap, actually. I… More »
The Oscar nominations are in!!
The Oscar nominations for this year have been formally announced after much speculation based on previous award shows.
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,351,526777,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()Brad Pitt is nominated for best actor for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as we had hoped and expected! He faces competition from Richard Jenkins, Frank Langella, Sean Penn, and Mickey Rourke.
To my intense relief, Angelina Jolie is nominated for best actress for her role in Changeling! She’s up against some familiar names – Anne Hathaway,… More »
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie fashion on the Berlin red carpet
Yesterday we weighed in on what we thought of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s style choices on the red carpet at the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in Berlin. The more I look at what Angelina wore, the more I like it, but I’m still wishing that the pants were a bit shorter. I realize that it’s a new style to have floor sweeping pants, but I just really like seeing her shoes! Plus,… More »
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the Benjamin Button red carpet in Berlin
Having filmed all of his scenes for Inglourious Basterds was well timed so that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie could walk the red carpet for the Curious Case of Benjamin Button premiere in Berlin, Germany today, completely relaxed. They certainly look happy, that’s for sure!
Brad wore a nice suit topped with his latest trademark fashion piece, his draped scarf. Also, he still has the mustache in these photos, but it looks like he might be trying to grow… More »
Brad Pitt gasps over Angelina Jolie in the mornings
By special request, here’s a video clip of Brad Pitt talking about Angelina Jolie with E! News at the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last month.
In the clip, Giuliana Rancic tells Brad that she gasped when she saw how beautiful Angelina looked that evening, and Brad joked that he sometimes gasps when he sees her in the mornings when he wakes up.
I liked his honesty at the end of the clip; Giuliana asked him if he… More »
The Internet keeps talking about Benjamin Button
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m fairly active over on Twitter which is known as a micro-blogging social networking tool. If you’re not familiar with it, it allows people to make posts that are no more than 140 characters in length. It has started to rival even mainstream news networks. When something happens anywhere in the world, locals start to twitter about it before the news crews even get there. It’s outstanding.
Anyway, there are various ways to… More »
Benjamin Button does great job at the box office
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is pulling a great showing on the box office results so far! On just Christmas day, it made over $11 million and they’re estimating that it could hit over $45 million by the end of the weekend. It came in second place on its opening day, just behind Marley & Me.
I spend a fair amount of time on Twitter (I’m here if you’d like to follow me – it’s mostly my own… More »
Angelina Jolie’s Cosmo cover and Brad Pitt’s still shots
Though Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are keeping quiet right now, probably thinking about the holiday season with their kids and family, we can still see them a little bit!
Angelina Jolie is on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine (German edition). I know I have quite a few German PittWatch readers so some of you can pick up a copy easily (and perhaps give us a summary of the article). For anyone else, you may be able to find… More »
Favorite Benjamin Button red carpet photo
There were a lot of really great photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet last week for the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in Los Angeles, but one in particular stood out for me.
Granted, it’s not the usual “Brad Pitt Maneuver” as we call it here on PittWatch (when Brad gets caught on camera, giving Angelina’s butt a little squeeze!), but a little kissing action is really just as good… More »
Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie both thrilled over Golden Globe nods (Discussion Thread)
According to Entertainment Tonight, Angelina Jolie is honored to be nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in Changeling. She is quoted as saying:
“I am honored to be nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press in a category with so many extraordinary women. What an amazing experience, having the opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood on a film I care so deeply about.”
Meanwhile, Brad Pitt is equally pleased with his nomination and those of his movie, The Curious Case… More »
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie nominated for Golden Globes!
Well we can all go ahead and expect to see Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie on the red carpet at the Golden Globes in 2009! Both of them have nominations this year, and I am so excited!
var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,330,341013,”http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css”)}catch(ex){}}()The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is up for Best Motion Picture – Drama (up against Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, and Slumdog Millionaire (which is hear is excellent too).
Angelina Jolie is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress… More »
Video footage of Brad Pitt on the Benjamin Button red carpet
I love looking at photos of Brad Pitt on the red carpet, but even more than that, I love to watch video footage as well. Since I can’t be on the red carpet with everyone, this is pretty much the next best thing.
I particularly loved when Tilda Swinton was talking about the reasons The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a great movie, and then she added, “and then you’ve got Brad Pitt, how could you go wrong?” … More »