Happy Mother's Day

I didn't take any new pictures for this week's Saturday Snapshot meme hosted by At Home with Books. Instead I found a few of my favorite pictures to help me tell all my fellow blogging moms to have a fabulous mother's day! The first one of my pictures is a very old one of me (center with glasses) at about 4 years old , my mother, baby sister and big bro, on our first plane ride.Second is my mother and my son, Russell, about a dozen years ago....

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Kyle Chandler joins THE WOLF of WALL STREET

There is something people just love about Kyle Chandler. The announcement that he was going to join The Wolf of Wall Street as FBI agent  Coleman, the man who tracks down Leo's Jordan Belfort, was accompanied by a ton of, "Oh he's such a nice guy" comments. Most people know and love the guy from Friday Night Lights; plus he was the sheriff dad in last year's Super 8 ( LOVED it) and is in a new Ben Afflect-directed film ARGO. He will also shoot...

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Emma: Read It, Rent It. Straight from the oldies vault!

I was taking a break from packing tonight and my action loving hubby being out with his bros, I decided to see what Netflix had available on instant streaming. I enjoyed Three Coins in the Fountain so much last week; I was up for another classic chick flick. Emma fit the bill beautifully.Based on Jane Austen's Emma, I'd forgotten how adorable and funny the movie is. I don't think it was wildly successful at the time but I liked it. Shot way...

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Ryan Gosling is NOT a Recreant: Wondrous Words Wednesday

Ryan Gosling: Not a recreantIt's time for Wondrous Words Wednesday the meme hosted by Kathy at Bermuda Onions' weblog. Typically it's the day when we share new to us words from our reading. This week I've barely read a thing because I am in the midst of packing madly for our move into Los Angeles plus I foolishly signed up for a writing workshop. Talk about terrible timing! While packing I discovered my old thesaurus, it's a fairly ancient hardback...

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Cameron Diaz about to join Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbinder in Cormac McCarthy movie

UPDATED May 9, 2012: If you are Cormac MCarthy and you're the writer behind The Road and No Country for Old Men and Ridley Scott wants to direct your first original script, I suppose it is no surprise that your work will attract a stunning A list cast of characters. According to Deadline, Cameron Diaz is just about to sign on the dotted line "to join the spectacular cast of The Counselor, the Ridley Scott-directed drama based on the original...

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Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth on the set of The Railway Man

File this under: So Many Books, So Little Time!   Updated 5/7/2012: They've started filming this one and I'm pretty happy about the fact that Nicole Kidman has joined the production as Lomax wife. She replaces Rachel Weisz who had some sort of time confliction. Lomax is played by Colin Firth who looks amazing in this shot, doesn't he?  According to The Playlist, in addition to Jeremy Irvine who plays the young Eric Lomax, the wonderful...

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Sunday Snippets: No surprise: Catching Fire Gets New Writer

A few weeks ago Gary Ross, the director of the wildly successful Hunger Games, bowed out of directing numero 2 in the series claiming lack of prep time. The studio wants to start shooting this August. Now screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy who wrote the first draft of the first book is out too. Lionsgate is looking for a new writer and word is, Michael Arndt, the writer behind Toy Story III and Little Miss Sunshine is in. If I was Suzanne Collins I...

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A River Runs Through It movie based on the book: Read It...Rent It

Medea Creek, Oak Park, CAThis is a picture of the creek that runs through my very suburban neighborhood. It's beautiful in the springtime - I took this picture about a month ago but as the spring rains stop and summer advances and the temperature rises the water slowly starts to disappear. I walk our beagle Charlie around this creek every day; I love to see the families of ducks. He's so used to them now he doesn't even bark. We are...

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Jonah Hill Joins Scorsese and DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street, Francis Lawrence Catches Fire

UPDATE: 5/4/2012The Hollywood Reporter just announced that Jonah Hill is in talks to join Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. I guess Moneyball has really added an entire dimension to his acting credibility; along with the weight loss he seems to have lost the label of 'just another fat goofy guy making semi crude comedies'. According to HR he'll play "Danny Porush, who is convinced by his future best friend and business...

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