Thursday, June 09, 2011

2011 CMT Awards

The CMT Music Awards went down last night in Nashville and it was one for the ages. The country music show was filled with big winners, a big fall, a wardrobe malfunction, and more. Check out the most buzz worthy moments from the show:

1. Justin Bieber wins his first country award! The Bieb is clearly a pop star, but everything he touches turns to gold, even in the country world. He collaborated with Rascal Flatts for his song "That Should Be Me" and took home the prize for Collaborative Video of the Year last night. "First of all, I just want to say how honored I am to be here ... with Rascal Flatts," Bieber said on stage. "How amazing are Rascal Flatts, everybody? I want to thank my mom. I want to thank my family. And I want to thank Rascal Flatts for even jumping on the song with me."

2. Sheryl Crow has a wardrobe malfunction. This singer learned a hard lesson about
sitting on a stool in a short skirt last night when she accidentally flashed her underwear to the cameras while singing a duet with Kid Rock. She addressed the matter when she got back onstage to present and pointed out that things could have been worse: "I was wearing underwear," she said. "Cause I am good, clean family entertainment."

3. Shania Twain takes a spill. Shania Twain also learned a hard truth last night: Slick floors and high heels don't mix well. The songstress approached the stage to give Blake Shelton his Male Video of the Year prize when she fell. Hard. But, she quickly got up and brushed herself off and carried on with the show. "I just made a complete fool of myself and experienced one of life's most embarrassing moments," she said about the incident. "I don't need a stunt double." She added that she's getting rid of those shoes ASAP. "I never want to see those shoes again!" Shania said.

4. Ludacris goes country. We definitely didn't see this pair-up coming! The rap guru took the stage with country star Jason Aldean last night to sing Aldean's "Dirt Road Anthem." And, the collaboration was totally awesome. "History has been made, baby," Luda said at the end of the performance.

5. Nicole Kidman wears a weird dress, Keith Urban rocks out. Nicole usually shows up to support her hubby on the red carpet at these types of events -- and she typically looks totally gorgeous. The actress has had some big fashion hits this year, but last night was a loss. She wore a Proenza Schouler number, with blue and green stripes, a sheer, asymmetrical hemline, and funky lilac sandals. The critics were harsh about this number, but the two looked totally in love and cute, so you can't really be too mean. Keith hit the stage for his hit "Long Hot Summer" and his awesome voice and beautiful hair made us forget his wife's funky fashion.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Ang Lee's Son Mason in Hangover II

Oscar-winning director Ang Lee played an important role in "The Hangover Part II" — at least off-screen. He is the father of one of the actors. The filmmaker's younger son, Mason Lee, plays Teddy, the teenager the lead characters try to rescue as they struggle to piece together what happened during a crazy night in Bangkok.

Ang Lee was clearly a proud dad speaking to reporters after catching a showing with his younger brother and mother earlier this week in Taiwan, his home country. "My son's performance was quite good," Lee told reporters outside a Taipei theater in footage posted on the website of the Taiwanese newspaper Apple Daily. "He is quite a serious actor but this is just a comedy."

Asked by an overeager reporter whether Mason was a future Oscar winner, the elder Lee responded with a smile, "He only has a small role in the movie." Lee demurred when asked if he would cast Mason in one of his movies. "I don't know. Kids should do whatever they want to do," he said.

Lee's older son, Haan, played the toddler son of the family featured in Lee's 1992 directorial debut, "Pushing Hands." The Associated Press didn't touch on Mason Lee's performance in its largely critical review of "The Hangover Part II." It gave the sequel one-and-a-half stars out of four, saying it was too much of a rehash of the first installment.

However, the movie has been a big international hit. It was the No. 2 film outside North America behind "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" last weekend, raking in $63.8 million on its second weekend.

Its total take as of last weekend was just over $347 million.

Lee, who won a Best Director Oscar for the gay romance "Brokeback Mountain," was in the Taiwanese capital shooting his adaptation of the award-winning Yann Martel novel "Life of Pi."

Thursday, June 02, 2011

50/50

Based on an incredible real-life experience, 50/50 is a funny, touching and original story of friendship, love, and survival starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston.

In theaters September 30, 2011