Attention, all guys! After your girlfriends have forced you to go see The Lucky One or The Vow, it is time to payback the favor and take your girl to The Avengers. But here is the hook: they will love it too! Whether you have seen the other Marvel films like Iron Man, Thor, Captain America or not, this film puts the best of all those films in one great superhero package!

The best thing about The Avengers is not that it’s fun, funny and action packed — but it’s all of that combined and mixed with originality, in a sea of movies that are often cookie cutter and the same boring blockbuster. Stars like Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo seem to be genuinely having a blast playing Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Joss Wheedon‘s script and direction of Hollywood’s heavyweights is amazing, as we never get a shortage of the stars we came to see.

And we never get tired of caring about how they all deal with saving the world from the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Speaking of Tom Hiddleston, he may have the best and most important part in the film, since he is the sole bad guy. He irks all The Avengers in his own certain way, which also allows every one to have a different reason to kill him or keep him alive. The main reason: he is Thor’s brother, who obviously wants to reason with what his brother is trying to do in killing Earth as we know it.

Now I know I haven’t really addressed any spoilers, and I will not because everyone should go into the theater expecting an amazingly good time. Most likely what you will get when you leave the theater is a ticket to the next showing. This film is for everyone and everyone should go see it.

So HollywoodLifers, If you don’t have tickets to The Avengers this weekend you are simply doing the wrong thing. I can’t stress enough how awesome this movie was to watch. I can’t wait to see it again multiple more times. Trust me, you will not be disappointed!

Russ Weakland

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A brand-new trailer for next summer’s super-hero epic The Avengers has hit the web — and we’re more excited for this Marvel mash-up than ever! Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and the rest of the team dodge explosions and bust some heads in this never-before-seen footage. So what are you waiting for? Watch it, already!

Brad Pitt is back to work after a brief break, this time in the film Cogan’s Trade alongside heavyweights including James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem. The flick tells the story of Jackie Cogan (Brad), a law enforcer investigating a heist that goes down during a mob poker game. Quite a departure for the talented actor!

It is unsure where the family is, though Angelina Jolie was spotted in Afghanistan working with the UN last week.

Take a look at the gallery above and let us know what you think of Brad’s new movie set look!

Poor women have to go to extreme lengths to get all dolled up for an event between the hair, the makeup, and the perfect dress. But men… they just have to put on a suit, get a close shave, wash their hair and are ready to go — or at least that’s all it takes for the regular Joe! So we did our research and found out what it takes for Hollywood’s leading men to get ready for the biggest night of the year and– sorry, ladies– it’s still that easy!

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It is that time once again — Oscar nominations are out! This award season has seen much love for The Social Network, Natalie Portman in Black Swan and Colin Firth‘s performance in The King’s Speech, but a few other actors and films managed to sneak in at the Oscars! Leading the pack however was The King’s Speech with a whooping 12 nominations!

Check out the nominees below!

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours
• Javier Bardem, Bituful

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
• Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
• John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Picture

• Black Swan
• 127 Hours
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kid’s Are All Right
• The King’s Speech
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• The Social Network
• Winter’s Bone

Best Director

• David O. Russell, The Fighter
• Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
• David Fincher, The Social Network
• Joel And Ethan Coen, True Grit
• Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

Best Original Screenplay

• Another Year
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• The Kids Are All Right

Best Adapted Screenplay

• 127 Hours
• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• Winter’s Bone

Best Foreign Film

• Biutiful (Mexico)
• Dogtooth (Greece)
• Hors la Loi (Outside the Law) (Algeria)
• Incendies (Canada)
• In a Better World (Denmark)

Best Animated Film

• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Illusionist
• Toy Story 3

Best Cinematography

• Black Swan
• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• The Social Network
• True Grit

Sound Editing

• Inception
• Toy Story 3
• Tron: Legacy
• True Grit
• Unstoppable

Art Direction

• Alice in Wonderland
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Inception
• The King’s Speech
• True Grit

Documentary (Feature)

• Exit through the Gift Shop
• Gasland
• Inside Job
• Restrepo
• Waste Land

Documentary (Short Subject)

• Killing in the Name
• Poster Girl
• Strangers No More
• Sun Come Up
• The Warriors of Qiugang

Costume Design

• Alice in Wonderland
• I Am Love
• The King’s Speech
• The Tempest
• True Grit

Film Editing

• Black Swan, Andrew Weisblum
• The Fighter, Pamela Martin
• The King’s Speech, Tariq Anwar
• 127 Hours, Jon Harris
• The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Makeup

• Barney’s Version, Adrien Morot
• The Way Back, Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey

Music (Original Score)

• How to Train Your Dragon, John Powell
• Inception, Hans Zimmer
• The King’s Speech, Alexandre Desplat
• 127 Hours, A.R. Rahman
• The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Music (Original Song)

• “Coming Home” from Country Strong, Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey
• “I See the Light” from Tangled, Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater
• “If I Rise” from 127 Hours, Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong
• “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3, Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Short Film (Animated)

• Day & Night, Teddy Newton
• The Gruffalo, Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
• Let’s Pollute, Geefwee Boedoe
• The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
• Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary), Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

• The Confession, Tanel Toom
• The Crush, Michael Creagh
• God of Love, Luke Matheny
• Na Wewe, Ivan Goldschmidt
• Wish 143, Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

What do you think HollywoodLifers?

-Chris Spargo

It is that time once again — Oscar nominations are almost out! This award season has seen much love for The Social Network, Natalie Portman in Black Swan and Colin Firth‘s performance in The King’s Speech, but there are a few more actors and films that may sneak in at the Oscars!

The Academy Award ballot is ranked, meaning though some performances or films don’t get as many votes they can still win based on more 1 or 2 rankings. This should almost surely bode well for Blue Valentine performers Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, and, in what would be the biggest surprise of the morning, the film as well we think.

Also benefiting from this we think will be John Hawkes, snagging Mark Ruffalo‘s spot in supporting actor, and Jacki Weaver, who will do the same to Mila Kunis based on her amazing performance in Animal Kingdom.

Check out are predictions in the big five categories below!

Best Actor

• Jeff Bridges, True Grit
• Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network
• Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
• James Franco, 127 Hours
• Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Best Actress

• Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
• Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
• Natalie Portman, Black Swan
• Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

• Christian Bale, The Fighter
• Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
• John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
• Jeremy Renner, The Town
• Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams, The Fighter
• Helena Bonham Carter, The King’s Speech
• Melissa Leo, The Fighter
• Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
• Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Best Picture

• Black Swan
• Blue Valentine
• The Fighter
• Inception
• The Kid’s Are All Right
• The King’s Speech
• Toy Story 3
• True Grit
• The Social Network
• Winter’s Bone

What do you think HollywoodLifers?

-Chris Spargo