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Screen Actors Guild Award Winners

So the SAG Awards were last night. Nothing that interesting to report here. The awards went to the predictables in every film category though there were some exceptions over in the television category.

The King's Speech were the big winners of last night, sweeping the top ensemble and male lead prize while The Fighter and Black Swan raked in 2 and 1 awards respectively. Boardwalk Empire continues to stump Mad Men with Steve Buscemi and the ensemble beating out the AMC's drama while Modern Family upsets Glee in the comedy ensemble category.

The full list of winners are as follows:

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

•The King’s Speech

•The Social Network
•Black Swan
•The Fighter
•The Kids Are All Right

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING CATEGORY
•Colin Firth- The King’s Speech
•James Franco- 127 Hours
•Jeff Bridges- True Grit
•Robert Duvall- Get Low
•Jesse Eisenberg- The Social Network

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
•Natalie Portman- Black Swan
•Hilary Swank- Conviction
•Annette Bening- The Kids Are All Right
•Nicole Kidman- Rabbit Hole
•Jennifer Lawrence- Winter’s Bone

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
•Christian Bale- The Fighter
•John Hawkes- Winter’s Bone
•Jeremy Renner- The Town
•Mark Ruffalo- The Kids Are All Right
•Geoffrey Rush- The King’s Speech

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

•Melissa Leo- The Fighter

•Hailee Steinfeld- True Grit
•Amy Adams- The Fighter
•Helena Bonham Carter- The King’s Speech
•Mila Kunis- Black Swan

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
•Inception
•Green Zone
•Robin Hood

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES
•Boardwalk Empire
•The Closer
•Dexter
•The Good Wife
•Mad Men

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
•Steve Buscemi- Boardwalk Empire
•Bryan Cranston- Breaking Bad
•Michael C. Hall- Dexter
•Jon Hamm- Mad Men
•Hugh Laurie- House

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
•Julianna Margulies- The Good Wife
•Glenn Close- Damages
•Mariska Hargitay- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
•Elisabeth Moss- Mad Men
•Kyra Sedgwick- The Closer

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES SERIES
•Modern Family
•30 Rock
•Glee
•Hot In Cleeveland
•The Office

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
•Alec Baldwin- 30 Rock
•Ty Burrell- Modern Family
•Steve Carell- The Office
•Chris Colfer- Glee
•ED O'Neill- Modern Family

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES
•Betty White- Hot in Cleveland
•Edie Falco- Nurse Jackie
•Tina Fey- 30 Rock
•Jane Lynch- Glee
•Sofia Vergara- Modern Family

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SERIES
•Al Pacino- You Don't Know Jack
•John Goodman- You Don't Know Jack
•Dennis Quaid- The Special Relationship
•Édgar Ramirez- Carlos
•Patrick Stewart- Macbeth

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR SERIES
•Claire Danes- Temple Grandin
•Catherine O'Hara- Temple Grandin
•Julia Ormond- Temple Grandin
•Winona Ryder- When Love is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story
•Susan Sarandon - You Don't Know Jack

Casino Jack | Review

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So what we have here is kind of an on and off again entertaining movie. For those who don't know the true story this movie it's based on, this is the story of Jack Abramoff played by Kevin Spacey who was once a super lobbyist in Washington D.C until he was involved in this huge corruption scandal involving swindling tens of millions of dollars from Native American casinos amongst other wonderful wrongdoings like political bribery and murder.

For the most part, Casino Jack is an enjoyable satirical comedy. The problem is that I followed this story quite closely two years back and I know what really went down so I couldn't get the thought out of my mind on how inaccurate this movie was. One being that this is a really emphatic movie about Abramoff. Kevin Spacey here is playing this total douchebag in real life as a sweet, movie loving, wise cracking guy who just did some fucked up shit.

I did find myself loving the character Spacey was portraying but that's not how Abramoff is in real life. I mean he's the scummest of scumbags people. But with a bit of belief suspension, you'll find yourself drawn to Kevin Spacey's character because reality aside.. he is one funny guy to watch. When you have a movie where the bad guy is the lead, the director and Spacey did a good job to make Abramoff lovable. Charming really. He reminded me of Jake Gyllenhall's character from Love And Other Drugs where he's this asshole that gets what he wants by manipulating other people, but at the same time, he has such a flair and style to doing it that you can't help but love the guy. Spacey's version is more goofy than flair and it was jackass awesome.

Great to see Jon Lovitz back to doing good comedy. He was an unmitigated disaster in this. But that's not really a bad thing if you're Jon Lovitz. I thought he was actually what Casino Jack needed at times just to point the film back on the goofy path when things got too serious. Sure, it's a brain dead performance and even more brain dead story development but hey, I was brain dead watching it and I was loving the sillyness.

On the other hand, there are some disastrously misguided casting choices, beginning with Kelly Preston as Jack's wife and even though she exhibits some swagger towards the beginning to the film, she is unable to keep up with Spacey, Lovitz and Barry Pepper who developed a great camaraderie of goody sillyness while she's stuck playing the one-dimensional wife.

The story was all over the place at times. Again, this is coming from a guy who knew the case and I can tell you that these guy's really took an artistic license when writing the story. They probably went, "Hmm.. how do I make this funny? Oh I know.. I'll put in some shit that never really happened and have Jon Lovitz turn to the camera and go, ACTING!"

I think I would have liked Casino Jack more if it was a simple television movie. Many of it's gaping flaws would have been forgiven because it's production value terribly fits that of a cinema format.

Ultimately, this is a movie for people who aren't that into politics to watch, have fun and learn a small fraction of something. It's a joy watching Spacey and Lovitz interact here but Casino Jack is gravely mediocre at best. Average, amateurish filmmaking.

RATING: 4/10

Charlie Sheen to undergo rehab in his own house

"Two and a Half Men" actor Charlie Sheen will now undergo rehab due to his addiction issue. Charlie Sheen was hospitalized about 4 days ago due to hiatal hernia will now go in-house rehab without leaving his house.

Charlie Sheen's rep told US magazine, "He's getting treatment done at home," and at TMZ "He's doing rehab there."

Further, the actor's rep added in a statement,

"In compliance with the national health privacy laws (HIPPA), no further information relating to Charlie Sheen's health or his rehab experience will be released without his written permission,"

"I can say that all of us who know Charlie care about him very much. We will support him in any we can in this journey, beginning by respecting his privacy."