Brittany Murphy (November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. She starred in films such as Clueless, Girl, Interrupted, 8 Mile, Sin City and Riding in Cars with Boys, and performed vocals on a range of films.
She starred in two Edward Burns films: Sidewalks of New York (2001) and The Groomsmen (2006). In 2009, she was cast in the Lifetime TV movie, Tribute, as the main character, Cilla. She was set to appear in the Sylvester Stallone film, The Expendables, which will be released in 2010.
On June 6, 2006, Murphy and Paul Oakenfold released the single “Faster Kill Pussycat”, from the album A Lively Mind. The song became a club hit, and hit number one on Billboard’s Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also hit number seven in the UK singles chart in June 2006.
She dabbled in music again with the release of the film Happy Feet, in which she covered Queen’s “Somebody to Love” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland”.
In late 2002, Murphy began dating Ashton Kutcher, her co-star in Just Married.
At 8:00 a.m. on December 20, 2009, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to “a medical request” at the Los Angeles home Murphy and her husband, Simon Monjack, shared. She had apparently collapsed in a bathroom. Firefighters attempted to resuscitate Murphy on the scene and she was subsequently transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead on arrival at 10:04 a.m. after going into cardiac arrest.
Another movie in NYC, familiar places and wishes to be there.
Besides that…
The movie is about Emma Lloyd, who has made a career out of her sensible, mature and responsible approach to relationships. She has a hit radio talk show, an impending book deal, and a loving relationship with her fiancé, Richard, a conventional sort-which is precisely what Emma is drawn to.
Then Emma finds out that she is already married to a man she’s never met before, a result of a misguided prank that leaves her bewildered and very confused. Worse than that, her plans for the future are now threatened. With her wedding just around the corner, Emma must find the mystery man and obtain an annulment. Emma tracks down her “accidental husband” – Patrick, a charming neighborhood fireman, with a big secret…that he was behind the “accidental” marriage. Unable to fess up, Patrick goes along with the ruse pretending to be just as baffled as Emma. While at first their opposite approaches to life create much tension and chaos, Emma soon starts to admire his carefree passion for life and doubt her own conservative, button-down views on life and love. As Emma’s wedding draws near, she is faced with the choice between her safe life with Richard or the chance to live in the passionate and spontaneous world that Patrick inhabits.
Tonight I will definitely watch Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Because of NYC of course and the Plaza Hotel and the Central Park, and also because of Macaulay, his adventures and funny faces.
Kevin and his family are heading down to Florida for Christmas, but when Kevin gets mixed up at the airport and gets on the wrong flight, he ends up in New York. Instead of complaining or panicking, he just plain enjoys it. He goes on the ultimate tour with his father’s bag of money and credit cards and cons himself into the Plaza Hotel claiming he’s there with his dad. But the Wet Bandits who have now re-named themselves as the Sticky Bandits are in New York as well and are planning on stealing all the money from a toy store that is going to be given to the children’s hospital. But Kevin is going to make sure that they don’t mess around with the kids and has set his uncle’s abandoned apartment up for a fun house of traps.
Yesterday, on the eve of Saint Nicholas, I’ve watched the first Home Alone movie. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen this movie. My favorite of the series is Home Alone 2. I guess it is for NYC and the Plaza Hotel. Home Alone is both one of the best holiday films of all time and one of the most popular movies from the 90’s. It’s one of those “feel good” movies, the kind that make you want to cuddle up on the couch with family and relax and enjoy it.
I can hardly imagine Christmas without it. I’ve always enjoyed seeing Macaulay Culkin at that age. He was an extremely talented kid and this movie made him a superstar.
I like the day 2 although I guess I shouldn’t. I add another month with each 2 that passes by and today I am exactly 378 months.
On a day like today it is all about Alice. So it is the best time to talk about the upcoming limited series Alice.
It is an update of the classic Lewis Carroll tales showing what Wonderland might look like today if an adult Alice went through the looking glass.
It is a techno-twist remake. In the book, Alice plays croquet while riding a flamingo. In the show, a Flamingo is Wonderland’s chosen brand of jet-propelled vehicle.
I translated that into a flying-machine flamingo that she has to sit on and manipulate its pink neck to make it fly,” the film’s director, Nick Willing, said in a conference call last week. “It sort of looks like a Vespa, a cross between a jet ski or Vespa, but that flies. That was very delicious.
In the landscape of the new Wonderland, there are towering skyscrapers and buildings actually built out of cards.
The first thing that tickled my fancy was the idea of imagining Wonderland as it is today, 150 years on from the original. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written 150 years ago, and I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be delicious to imagine that world, in the way that we have evolved, also changed? How would it be today? Perhaps we’d have similar characters, but wouldn’t they be different? And wouldn’t they have similar quests?
On March 5′th 2010 a new version of the genuine story will also be released.
A Hollywood producer, Ben (Robert De Niro), witnesses a poor test screening for his new film, Fiercely, mostly caused by the fact that its ending features its main character (played by Sean Penn, who plays himself in the film) being graphically shot dead, along with his pet dog.
Adding to Ben’s problems, he is having trouble making a clean break from Kelly, his second wife, and Bruce Willis is refusing to shave the large, thick beard that he has grown, which will result in the studio pulling the plug on their new project, and in turn put a certain end to Ben’s career. Any attempt to reason with Willis inevitably meets a violent, foul-mouthed response.
Willis does eventually shave his beard off, and the film goes ahead.
This film has an impressive cast including Robin Wright Penn as Ben’s second wife, Kelly; John Turturro as Dick, the stereotypical shifty agent; Stanley Tucci as Scott, the blocked screenplay writer; Michael Wincott as Jeremy, the temperamental director; Catherine Keener, as Lou, the hardcore studio exec; Bruce Willis as the demanding movie star; and Sean Penn as himself.
De Niro is doing a great job although this movie does not appeal to everyone. He has some wonderful moments and moments when he is just plain, but you can recognize him in every scene. And there are so many aspects of him. His gestures are simply brilliant.
We may only have exactly 3 years and 1 month left… And what if it’s true? What if 21.12.2012 is the end of the world, the day we will “step into the darkness”?
The Long Count Calendar of the Ancient Mayans ends on Dec 21 2012. There isn’t much information regarding what the Mayans thought would occur in 2012, but the consensus of opinion is that there will be great change. To some people this means a positive, spiritual change. Others consider that a catastrophic event may have been predicted.
Astronomers and other natural scientists have rejected the apocalyptic forecasts, on the grounds that the anticipated events are precluded by astronomical observations, or are unsubstantiated by the predictions that have been generated from these findings. NASA likens fears about 2012 to those about the Y2K bug in 2000, suggesting that an adequate analysis should stem fears of disaster.
The movie 2012 is another disaster movie. We’ve seen a lot of those so far: Independence Day, Armaggedon, The Day After Tomorrow, War of the Worlds…
The special effects are fine but it is highly unlikely to see something like that live.
The disaster as depicted in the movie doesn’t scare me at all but the cause of such a disaster is believable. In fact the earthquake is what I fear the most.
I won’t mention the things that don’t fit into place. There are many and I don’t want this post to be a spoiler. But I don’t even know if I want to recommend this film…
It’s been more than a month since I’ve seen a recent movie, 2009 release. I wanted to see Spread before going to NY but it wasn’t available on the Internet. When I came back I was not in the mood for movies and today I decided to look for it. I found it and other movies for that matter…
Set in modern day Los Angeles, Spread is a hard biting story about Nikki (Ashton Kutcher), who has slept his way into a life of privilege. He shares his secrets with us as he hosts parties and beds scores of women, all while living it up at the Hollywood Hills home of a middle-aged female attorney, Samantha (Anne Heche). Everything is going swimmingly until Nikki meets a gorgeous waitress named Heather (Margarita Levieva), who is playing the same game that he is. As the truth of their life unravels, they find themselves sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship that has them dining at fine restaurants and crashing posh parties, until the truth of their lives forces them to choose between love and money.
The real story begins here – the one that is worth to see, and that is NOT a romantic comedy. The story of the closed doors. The story of selling the expensive staff for nothing. The story of the beginning and the end of love.
Nikki is the man without a plan, without friends, he survives because of the attractive appearance, that will not remain over time. That’s why “Spread” is the real drama of dreamer’s collision with the reality that he tried to ignore so far.
The ending is not about happiness or tragedy – it’s about bitterness, shame and folded 5-dollar note in the hand… And Nikki will return to the house where he used to enjoy the life, but in the different role now, proving that the history is always repeating itself.
This movie post kind of interrupts the ones about NY spots, but Nikki actually goes from LA to NY to ask Heather to marry him. He climbs the stairs of the well known Times Square subway station, so it makes a great link to that hot, crazy spot.
When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI’s Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he’s told that because it’s the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he instructs them to get local PD’S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they’re still being pursued. And it’s just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues.
I am going to see this movie… 5 minutes from now at HBO.
When I first saw the poster of this movie I thought it was about Joaquin Phoenix and Gwyneth Paltrow. I never watched the trailer or read a plot summary. I just watch the movie, knowing nothing except the names of these great actors.
I was wrong about the title. It’s about two women. But I haven’t got the feeling that Phoenix is torn between the two.
I never thought this possible, for me at least. I could never love two men at the same time.
I would have felt comfortable with both endings, but I think the character made the right choice. He chose life over death and gave himself a chance. Maybe a better one.
I think you could fell in love with the way someone is loving you and feel pretty good about it. That is not enough though, there has to be more. And I think that’s the case with our character.
Alice