Seriously...

If I ever was an Oscar’s Statuette, I wish I was Jean Dujardin's…

(Picture from: http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/Jean+Dujardin-229521.html)

2012 Oscars

So, I told you. No surprise that Meryl Streep got an Oscar for best actress in a leading role. See “The Iron Lady” and you know why.

And I guess we all have to go and see “The Artist” as well. No problem for me since Jean Dujardin is so extremely handsome J

A Relaxing Sunday,

Chilling in the sofa with a bag of popcorn watching the Oscars Gala. This is one of the treats of being in the same time zone as Los Angeles. So far best dressed are Michelle Williams and Jennifer Lopez.

I  want to go to a fancy part too!

Will be a long evening in front of the TV waiting for the awards…

The Iron Lady

Ok, so one of the reasons I decided to go and spend some time in Canada was to experience a beautiful winter wonderland, going skiing in the Rockies and spend enormous amount of time with my camera capturing the beauty of the cold. I could so far not be more wrong. When I landed about a week ago it was war 9 plus Celsius and since then we have barely been below zero. I am terribly jealous of the magnificent winter that has hit Europe (although I do understand it has it disadvantages). But please do me a favor and enjoy it. It is so much better than sitting in a grey Alberta landscape.

Since experience the Canadian winter has proven to be a disappointing activity I have now turned to more indoor activities – Like going to the movies. Today I went to see “The Iron Lady” with Maryl Streep. I am sorry to reveal the news but if this lady does not get the Oscar for best actress in leading role, this world is truly going down. Excellent performance portraying one of the most powerful woman in the UK history. In short: SEE IT!

Lets end the evening with a classic from Sting; Fields of Gold

Photographs: Highway 1, Monterey to Morro Bay, California

The Vow

Managed somehow to go to after work and the movies today although I was not working (and I was going with people I do not work with). Anyway, I must say that the Vow with Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum was an amazing movie. The fact that it is just out before Valentine’s Day does not make it special – the special part is that it’s based on a true story. So for all men that need to learn how to seduce a woman, take a close look at Channing Tatum as Leo. We need more men like him.

50/50

I will surprise you with one more post and recommend the amazing movie 50/50 about a 27-year old man discovering he has cancer. Excellent performance by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Famous actors...

If someone wonders who the two handsome guys from Toronto International Film Festival were, I can reveal that the younger version is Chace Crawford, probably most well-known from Gossip Girl, and the older gentleman is KyleMacLachlan which I know from Desperate Housewives (you know the guy in the wheel chair)…

Black Butterflies

Of pure coincidence I stumbled across the great movie ”Black Butterflies” about the South African poet Ingrid Jonker.

This is one of my favorite poems by her:

Little Grain of Sand

Grain little grain of sand
pebble rolled in my hand
pebble thrust in my pocket
a keepsake for a locket

Little sun big in the blue
a granule I make out of you
shine in my pebble little grain
for the moment that’s all I can gain

Baby that screams from the womb
nothing is big in this tomb
quietly laugh now and speak
silence in dead-end street

Little world round and earth-blue
make a mere eye out of you
house with a door and two slits
a garden where everything fits

Small arrow feathered into space
love fades away from its place
Carpenter seals a coffin that’s bought
I ready myself for the nought

Small grain of sand is my word, my breath
small grain of nought is my death

Toronto International Film Festival

Picking up our own tickets to the premier of “the Awakening” at the Toronto International Film festival today we took the opportunity to do some star sightseeing as well. I managed to catch two hot guys with my camera (although there is a substantial age difference between them). They are both starring in the new movie “Peace, Love and Misunderstanding”.

Do you know who they are?