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Archive for September, 2009
Mom Was the Life of the Party
September 30th, 2009 | No Comments
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While she was growing up, Sandra Bullock’s house was a party spot – thanks to the actress’s late mother, Helga, who loved to play hostess. “People came to my parents’ parties because they were going to have fun and, if lucky, our mother would belly dance,” Bullock tells PEOPLE. “What they didn’t know was that the hostess made sure every morsel placed in front of them was pure and without anything artificial no matter what the cost.” Now Bullock, 45, and her sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, 39, carry on their mother’s tradition for healthful cooking and entertaining – well, minus the belly dancing. In fact, despite her busy film schedule, Bullock just opened a new venture, Walton’s Fancy & Staple, a bakery, deli and florist shop in Austin, Texas. And her sister helped develop some of the eatery’s tasty recipes. Gesine, who is in the process of renovating a former tavern in Vermont with a kitchen for her mail-order baking business, also recently published a cookbook and memoir, Confections of a Closet Master Baker, which features many of her favorite family treats. The book was written as a love letter to mother Helga. “She put on great parties,” Gesine says. “She was a master of the menu.” To celebrate its release, Bullock threw her sister a soiree at Walton’s. “Everything we seem to do at Walton’s and Bess Bistro [Bullock's other Austin eatery] stems from family recipes,” the actress says. One recipe the sisters served at the party was Helga’s Cake, one of their mom’s signature desserts. “Whenever that would come out at a party, everyone would just go crazy,” Gesine says. “My mom loved making it, but the reaction was the best part.” Another dish the sisters served at the Sept. 14 book bash was Walton’s Maine Root Beer Braised Short Ribs with Really Bleu Potatoes and Crispy Shallots. Posted by Joanna
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Never Count Out Basterds—or Sandra Bullock
September 9th, 2009 | 3 Comments
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Sandra Bullock and Brad Pitt enjoyed what most movie stars don’t: a happy Labor Day. During Hollywood’s weakest long weekend of the year, Bullock managed a respectable $14 million Friday-Monday debut for the critically trashed All About Steve, while Pitt’s Inglourious Basterds marched toward $100 million with a $15 million four-day take. The Final Destination, last weekend’s 3-D-boosted champ, was this weekend’s champ, too, with $15.4 million, Exhibitor Relations reported. More results, plus how Tron outplayed Gamer: • All About Steve will finish third, not second as projected Sunday, per Exhibitor Relations. The romantic comedy flip-flopped with Inglourious Basterds, which moved up a spot. • Third place or second place, All About Steve didn’t bomb, despite a Tomatometer reading on Rotten Tomatoes of 5 percent. Yes, 5 percent. Just so you know, if you turn on a camera and film a wall and/or make The Dukes of Hazzard, you can rate a Tomatometer reading higher than 5 percent. • Arguably even stranger but true, All About Steve made more money at each of its theaters than any movie in the Top 10. • Maybe goodwill did it? All About Steve not only starred Bullock, hot off The Proposal, but Bradley Cooper, hot off The Hangover. • To be sure, All About Steve isn’t exactly a career highlight for Bullock. It’s her lowest-grossing debut for a wide-release movie since 2002′s Murder By Numbers. • Only one Quentin Tarantino movie has ever blown past $100 million. At $95.2 million after three weekends, Inglourious Basterds looks to soon join Pulp Fiction. • From Friday-Sunday, Gerard Butler‘s Gamer scored $9 million, Box Office Mojo said, which, given an average ticket price of $7.18, works out to about 1.2 million tickets sold. In 1982, Tron scored a $4.7 million Friday-Sunday debut, which, given a then average ticket price of $2.94, works out to about 1.6 million tickets sold. Game over. • Even if you add in Monday’s grosses, which are expected to bring Gamer up to $11.2 million, Tron still outsold its videogame descendant. • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will make $1 million through today, Paramount Pictures estimated, and will join Hollywood’s exclusive $400 million or more club. Once Revenge of the Fallen‘s membership is confirmed, there will be only nine members. • District 9, the little sci-fi movie that could, broke $100 million with a $9 million Friday-Monday. • Of the weekend’s new movies, Mike Judge‘s Extract was, as Exhibitor Relations’ Jeff Bock put it, “the best-reviewed film that did the worst.” It’s expected to gross $5.5 million Friday-Monday. • On the upside of being down, Extract is now projected to finish ninth, not 10th. • The long and the short of it: G-Force fell out of the Top 10 after six weekends and a $114.6 million run through Sunday; Ang Lee‘s Taking Woodstock fell out of the Top 10 after one weekend and a $6 million run, also through Sunday. • The summer box office estimates held. This now-concluded beach season will go down as the highest grossing—and one of the weirdest. While revenue was up (thanks, 3-D!), attendance was down. While August was surprisingly hot, thanks to G.I. Joe and District 9, Bock said, June and July were surprisingly cool. • Perhaps nothing symbolized the summer’s split personality better than Terminator Salvation. The movie grossed $371 million worldwide; its producers filed for bankruptcy. Here’s a look at the holiday weekend’s top-grossing films based on Friday-Monday estimates as compiled by Exhibitor Relations:
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All About Steve OUT TODAY IN THEATERS!!
September 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments
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Hey everyone, the time is here All About Steve is out in theaters today!! Anyone going to go watch it? If so don’t forget to come back here and let us know what you thought of the movie, I am going to go watch it on Sunday so I would appreciate all comments and thoughts on the movie. I know this is a Sandra Bullock movie so it just has to be amazing! Anyways, be sure to watch it and support Sandra Bullock! Posted by Joanna
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