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2010 Teen Awards

Female Scene Stealer, Ashley GreeneThe Teen Choice Awards winners were awarded with authentic small surfboards designed with a fresh summertime theme.

Twilight stood out, winning the surfboard awards of Choice actor, actress, fantasy movie, villain… even Chemistry. Pattinson alone received 4 of awards!

The ceremony was hosted by Katy Perry, and was held on Sunday, August 8 in Los Angeles, California Source

The 2010 Teen Awards for movies category winners:

Drama: The Blind Side

Actress, Drama: Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Actor, Drama: Robert Pattinson, Remember Me

Comedy: Date Night

Actress, Comedy: Tina Fey, Date Night

Actor, Comedy: Ashton Kutcher, Killers

Romantic Comedy: Valentine's Day

Actress, Romantic Comedy: Sandra Bullock, The Proposal

Actor, Romantic Comedy: Ashton Kutcher, Valentine's Day

Horror/Thriller: Paranormal Activity

Katy Perry hosting the ceremonyActress, Horror/Thriller: Megan Fox, Jennifer's Body

Actor, Horror/Thriller: Leonardo DiCaprio, Shutter Island

Action Adventure Movie: Sherlock Holmes

Actress, Action Adventure: Rachel McAdams, Sherlock Holmes

Actor, Action Adventure: Channing Tatum, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Sci-Fi Movie: Avatar

Actress, Sci-Fi: Zoe Saldana, Avatar

Actor, Sci-Fi: Sam Worthington, Avatar

Fantasy Movie: The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Actress,  Fantasy: Kristen Stewart, New Moon

Actor, Fantasy: Taylor Lautner, New Moon

Animated Movie: Toy Story 3

Villain: Rachelle Lefevre, New Moon

Liplock: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga

Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart kissing
Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart kissing

Fight: Mia Wasikowska vs. The Jabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland

Dance: Sandra Bullock and Betty White, The Proposal

Hissy Fit: Miley Cyrus, The Last Song

Chemistry: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, New Moon

Male Breakout: Liam Hemsworth, The Last Song

Female Breakout: Taylor Swift, Valentine's Day

Male Scene Stealer: Kellan Lutz, New Moon

Female Scene Stealer: Ashley Greene, New Moon

Death at a Funeral: A Failed American Remake

Death at a Funeral (directed by Neil LaBute, 2010) is perhaps the most frustrating kind of remake Hollywood can produce. Not only is the original film (directed by Frank Oz, 2007), which is about a funeral that spirals out of control, a riot entirely on its own, but it’s already in English! This isn’t a case of producers doubting an audience’s desire to read subtitles, this is a case of producers saying, “Hey, that script was funny. Give it to us.”

Death at a Funeral, by Neil LaBute, 2010
Starring Chris Rock, James Marsden, Martin Lawrence, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Loretta Devine & Keith David

The only thing that separates Oz’s film from LaBute’s is that the latter’s is stocked almost entirely with black actors. Now there’s nothing inherently wrong with trying to make a movie a more urban crowd can enjoy; however, the casting of each individual role is just wrong. If they had kept the same actors and just shuffled the roles it would have made a drastic difference, particularly if Chris Rock, who does not do subtle, emotion-driven material well at all, had been instead played by Columbus Short. But as it stands, the whole thing is painfully artificial and loses all of the spontaneity and heart the original had.  Source

Star Trek Review

by Layth Barzangi

Director: J.J. Abrams
Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin and Leonard Nimoy

Whichever way you slice it, Star Trek is a thoroughly enjoyable summer blockbuster. As an old time Trekkie and a fan of The Original Series, I was obviously going to be extremely cynical, but J.J. Abrams clearly understands the Trek mythology, and pays homage to the sort of camp camaraderie that defined the professional and personal relationship between the senior Enterprise crew.

I have to also commend the casting. Many people have been hailing Zachary Quinto's casting as the young Spock. I do agree with them, but I think the real revelation here is Chris Pine. Apart from the amusing allusions to Shatner's "ladies man" persona, Pine somehow finds all the subtle (and not so subtle) quirks (kirks?) of Shatner's original portrayal, and channels them through his own characterization of a brash yet brilliant younger version of the legendary captain. If you pay close attention, you can easily detect the same inflections and intonations in his verbal delivery — the stuff that is in no small way part of the over-the-top, theatrical performance that made Shatner's Kirk such an iconic sci-fi figure. Thankfully, Pine tones it down to just the right level, and for that his Kirk works just as effectively.

Chris Pine shirtless
Chris Pine

The same applies to the rest of the cast, specifically Chekov (a hilarious Anton Yelchin) and Scotty (an even more hilarious Simon Pegg). All in all, as much as I consider the original cast as irreplaceable legends, I am well and truly sold on this new young cast, and actually look forward to more adventures based on this highly successful reboot.

Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura
Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura

The story itself is pretty straightforward and will not score any points in terms of originality. Even worse, if you want to get technical, the "science" explaining the events taking place is blasphemous heresy of astronomical proportions (pardon the pun). But then again, that is really a non-issue in the grand scheme of things, and is even more forgivable because it allows us to meet a future older Spock, portrayed by none other than the man himself. I must have attended last night's show with quite a number of Trekkies, because when the older Spock turned to speak to the younger version of his long-time friend, and we saw Nimoy's face for the first time, the audience started to loudly cheer and applaud. In many ways, that was probably the peak moment of the night.

Now that Kirk has been named Captain, and all crew are securely in place, I am eagerly looking forward to more. J.J. Abrams did an excellent job here, but if this reboot is going to succeed and survive on the long term, then it is time to get down to some serious writing. One of the greatest triumphs of The Original Series was not only that it was a novel concept for a TV series at its time, but most importantly, because it featured some of the best and most creative sci-fi writing, with ideas and concepts that easily hold their own 40 years later. Whoever is going to write any upcoming Star Trek screenplays, I implore you to proceed at half impulse power and not rush things through. We have the cast and we have the technology. With the right kind of ideas, this franchise may actually enjoy the revival that it surely needs and deserves

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