• Months have passed since the last gallery update… And lots of things have happened! It’s time to catch up with some pictures. There’s about 200 of them, divided in 5 albums revolving around the holidays and/or a celebratory time: a set of random shots taken during the Fall, a Secret Santa Party, 3 days of French-Swiss New Year celebration, Charlotte’s Sweet 23rd, and just a few photos from Jeanne’s housewarming party weekend in Paris. Now, please, let’s get to Spring weather… : )

• Bien des mois ont passé depuis la dernière mise à jour des galeries… Et beaucoup de choses de sont passées! Il est temps de rattraper tout ça en photos. Il y en a environ 200 (j’ai fait un effort pour ne pas surplomber!), réparties dans 5 albums qui traitent presque tous d’événements liés aux fêtes de fin d’année ou d’autres célébrations: un ensemble de photos diverses prises en automne, une fête de Noël style ‘Secret Santa‘, 3 jours de Saint-Sylvestre franco-suisse, le Sweet 23rd de Charlotte, et quelques photos du weekend de crémaillère de Jeanne. Bon, et maintenant, c’est quand le printemps? : )

Reminder: in order to get the best quality and size for a photo, don’t ‘drag & drop’, hit the ‘download’ button…

N’oubliez pas: pour une photo de taille et qualité optimales, ne faites pas de ‘glisser-deposer’, cliquez plutôt sur le bouton ‘télécharger la photo’!

UPDATE: well, the surprises were exactly where there were expected to be! To sum up what will be talked about: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close eventually making the cut for BP, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo not getting the expected last minute love, audience darlings Shame and Drive shut out (huge snub for Fassbender), a few out of the blue nominations (Max von Sydow? Margin Call? Really?), no Spielberg (War Horse was on the downfall anyways + no love for Tintin!), only 2 Best Song nominees, and Rooney Mara and Gary Oldman benefitting from their Dark Horse status. Here is the complete and official nominee list. See you in a month!

It’s that time of the year again… On Tuesday morning, 5.30 a.m. P.T., the Road to the Oscars will continue for a few as the nominations will represent a victory in itself, instantly conferring a different status. In one of the most interesting races ever, there’s still a lot of uncertainty at this point, even concerning the nominations. It’ll be very revealing to see who makes the cut in the Best Picture category (5 to 10 movies). The Best Director field, for example, is the hardest to predict and will be surprising in any case. And anyway, it’s the Academy Awards! There WILL be big shocks come nominations morning, twists & turns that had never happened in the race before, and that can be very interestingly analyzed. At least two names in each category are not locked at all… Only time will tell! And the tendencies will finally be clearer.

So… behold my annual Academy Awards Nominations Predictions List ! Listed are the « main » categories and their predicted nominees, as well as names that can be considered as dark horses and/or deserve to be considered for a nomination too, in my opinion. Bold indicates locks, MDH is for « Main Dark Horse ».

En ces premiers jours de l’an, j’ai décidé de relancer une série qui n’a plus trouvé sa place ici depuis des mois… Les ARCHIVES DU LUNDI ! Sauf que cette vidéo n’est pas une ‘archive’ au sens propre du terme… c’est juste qu’elle est drôle, et inédite! Une boîte a meuh, une main experte, et le tour est joué. Voilà! : )

I couldn’t resist to share some excitement with you, as a HAPPY NEW YEAR (!!!) gift. Without anyone apparently knowing it was coming, the Scissor Sisters have just released a new song, the first single off their upcoming fourth album (February/March 2012?) … and it’s pure SHAKE UP BLISS! The crazy thing is that it doesn’t sound like anything they’ve ever done before, there’s hip-hop vibes to it, it features/is co-written by Harlem rapper Azealia Banks (aka Krystal Pepsy), and frontman Jake Shears is even rapping! And yet, it’s totally Scissor Sisters.
They’re on a non-stop run… After the brilliant disco kitsch Ta-Dah in 2006, the perfect electro vintage dance Night Work in 2010, and a never-ending worldwide tour, the band managed to make of their new material one of the most anticipated albums of the year! It’s called Shady Love, but there’s nothing shady to it.

I am so PUMPED right now, in the very heart of this cinematic season! The road to the Oscars is absolutely fascinating this year, with the ups and downs of every buzz – roller coaster style. Almost nauseating. Pleasantly nauseating.
This week only,  it got extremely busy, as nominations and/or winners were announced for a long list of « precursors »: the Annie Awards, the Producers Guild of America (Television), the Houston Film Critics, the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Online, the American Film Institute, the European Film Awards, the British Independent Film Awards, the National Board of Review, and the Washington Film Critics Association.

There’s so many movies and big things coming up. And so many things to discuss. The super overrated (and frontrunner) The Artist, the disgustingly well-received The Help (unpleasantly nauseating), my the love and excitement for the one and only Meryl Streep + the great competition in the Best Actress category, Brad Pitt‘s and George Clooney‘s chances, DiCaprio & Eastwood‘s surprisingly-not-so-well-received J. Edgar, Jessica Chastain‘s & Michael Fassenbender‘s amazing year, Scorsese‘s family movie Hugo currently blooming, The Descendants and War Horse still having to prove strong, … and SO much more. Stay tuned.

And no, MeNab.com is not dead. But NathanaelBez.com is alive, so that explains it.

I know I haven’t posted in a while, and there will be a « proper » post soon… but this just made me pee in my pants. Behold the brand new, full UK trailer for the long-awaited The Iron Lady, with soon-to-be-Oscar-nominated-for-the-17th-time Meryl Streep, aka The Queen Of Them All… :

Have a look at this great mashup video by Leandro Copperfield, mixing Quentin Tarantino‘s and the Coen Brothers‘ work into something that (surprisingly?) fits together… Two three of the greatest directors on this planet! Add some conservative Clint Eastwood, and you’ve got my directing triumvirate. Oh yeah!

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