Milow - Ayo Technology

Hey, so I saw this guy playing this song acoustically a while ago, but I just found out he actually made a video for this last year. Milow is from Belgium and this song has actually reached number 1 there and in the Netherlands. Anyways, this is Milow performing a cover of 50 Cent's "Ayo Technology" and it is an amazing cover. The video is really cool. Definitely check it out! (The song and video are available on iTunes, btw).


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THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS!!!

YAY!!! The Oscar nominations were finally anounced! There are definitely some surprises and possible snubs, so let me get to talking.

Best Picture: Firstly let me say, that I am in no way a big "Dark Knight" fan, so I will not be complaining about its non-presence in this category. Actually, I'm kind of happy that it wasn't, sorry. I feel like all of these movies were better (with the possible exception of "Curious Case of Benjamin Button", but I won't go there). Four of these nominees were completely expected ("Benjamin Button", "Frost/Nixon", "Milk", and "Slumdog Millionaire"), while "The Reader" kind of came out of left-field, though it was definitely a possibility. I am pretty excited that "The Reader" is getting some recognition. I loved it. Of course there were two movies on my Best Picture list that didn't make it on ("Revolutionary Road" and "Rachel Getting Married" instead of "CCoBB" and "F/N"), so I am a bit disappointed. Personally, I would've added "Revolutionary Road" before "The Reader", but I still love the Academy's choice.

Best Director is pretty much the same.

Best Actor: I also picked three in this category in my list (Penn, Rourke, and Jenkins (YAY)). I picked Michael Sheen for "Frost/Nixon" instead of Frank Langella because I thought his performance was equally as good, if not better, and because he hasn't gotten any recognition so far. Brad Pitt's performance his fine, but a lot of it is the CGI, so I just can't count that as one of the five best. Leonardo DiCaprio ("Revolutionary Road") was phenominal and completely deserved this nomination over Pitt. Overall, this was pretty much expected.

Best Actress: So, I picked 3 1/2 in this category (Hathaway, Jolie, Streep, and Winslet). I saw half because I picked Winslet for "Revolutionary Road" for this category and put her "The Reader" performance in Supporting. I LOVED her in "Rev Road" and think totally deserves to be nominated for that. She was also amazing in "The Reader", so I'm not really that upset, though now she only has one chance to win. I had picked Kristen Scott Thomas ("I've Loved You So Long") for the last nominee and feel she was snubbed, though I haven't seen "Frozen River", so I don't completely know.

Best Supporting Actress: I only picked one in this one (Adams). All the actress nominated (Cruz, Davis, Hensen, Tomei) were great in their roles, so I really don't have anything to complain about. I think that some of my picks (Zylberstein, Abbass, and DeWitt) are completely underrated and underlauded. My last pick was Winslet for "The Reader", which moved to Lead Actress.

Best Supporting Actor: I got 3 of these (Brolin, Ledger, and Shannon). Personally, I wasn't very impressed by Robert Downey, Jr., sorry. He was fine and all, but Oscar-nominated?!? Seriously? Hoffman is also a very good choice. He was just slightly off my list. I was really rooting for Dev Patel in "Slumdog Millionaire". I LOVED that movie!!! and Dev was awesome in it!

I'm also excited about Original Score and Original Song. "Slumdog Millionaire" for Best Score and two songs from the film, "Jai Ho" and "O Saya", were nominated for Best Song. Wall-E was of course nominated for Best Animated Feature against "Bolt" and "Kung Fu Panda". "Wall-E" was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay (strangely), against "Milk", "Frozen River", "Happy-Go-Lucky", and "In Bruges" (YAY!). Best Adapted Screenplay has the other four Best Picture nominees against "Doubt".

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" racked up the most nominations, 13, including the 5 I already mentioned plus: Original Score, Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction, Makeup (Well deserved), Film Editing, Visual Effects (Also well deserved), and Sound Mixing.

"Slumdog Millionaire" has the second most with 10, including the 6 I mentioned before plus: Film Editing (IT BETTER WIN!), Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing.

WHO I WANT TO WIN:
Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best Actor: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Doubt or Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Screenplay: someone, In Bruges
Best Original Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Original Song: "O Saya" or "Jai Ho", Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: Wall-E
Best Art Direction: Revolutionary Road
Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Costume Design: The Duchess
Best Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Makeup: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Sound Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

In my world, that would be 9 wins for "Slumdog", and 2 for "Revolutionary Road" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Of course, some of this is unlikely to happen.

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My Favorite Movies of 2008

I know this post is late, but better late than never, right?

So anyways, here is my Top 10 Movies of 2008 list.

Honorable Mentions: Dark Knight, 21, The Visitor, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, In Bruges, Sex and the City, The Duchess, Burn After Reading

10. I've Loved You So Long
9. Milk
8. Twilight (It HAD to be on here, come on)
7. Changeling
6. Vicky Christina Barcelona
5. The Reader
4. Rachel Getting Married
3. Wanted
2. Revolutionary Road
1. Slumdog Millionaire

So, yeah, some questionable choices, but whatever man.
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My Oscar Picks

So Oscar nominations will be announced later today and I wanted to post what I would Pick for 5 of the major categories, so get excited!

BEST PICTURE
Slumdog Millionaire
Revolutionary Road
The Reader
Rachel Getting Married
Milk

Honorable mentions: Changeling, The Visitor, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Doubt, Frost/Nixon

BEST ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie, Changeling
Kristen Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep, Doubt

Honorable mentions: Kiera Knightly, The Duchess; Rebecca Hall, Vicky Christina Barcelona

BEST ACTOR
Sean Penn, Milk
Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Honorable mention: Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon; Brad Pitt, the Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Colin Farrell, In Bruges

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kate Winslet, The Reader
Amy Adams, Doubt
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Elsa Zylberstein, I've Loved You So Long
Hyam Abbass, The Visitor

Honorable mentions: Viola Davis, Doubt; Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona; Freida Pinto, Slumdog Millionaire; Marissa Tomei, The Wrestler

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
Josh Brolin, Milk
Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading
Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road
Heath Ledger, Dark Knight

Honorable mentions: Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess; James Franco, Milk; Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt; Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder; Aaron Eckhart, Dark Knight
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Top 128 of 2008 (Part 5): THE TOP 10!!!

Here's the final part of the Top 128, i.e. the TOP 10!

10. Closer by Ne-Yo

9. Paper Planes by M.I.A.

8. I Need You Bad by Jazmine Sullivan

7. Just Dance by Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis

6. No Air by Jordin Sparks feat. Chris Brown

5. Handlebars by Flobots

4. Damaged by Danity Kane

3. I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry

2. American Boy by Estelle feat. Kanye West

1. Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
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Alex's Top 128 of 2008 (Part 4)!

Here's Part 4 (#s 40-11)!!!

40. Rehab by Rihanna

39. Spotlight by Jennifer Hudson

38. Hot N' Cold by Katy Perry

37. Low by Flo Rida feat. T-Pain

36. Walking On Air by Kerli

35. Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan

34. Flashing Lights by Kanye West feat. Dwele

33. Whatever You Like by T.I.

32. Better In Time by Leona Lewis

31. Keeps Gettin' Better by Christina Aguilera

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30. Mercy by Duffy

29. Many Moons by Janelle Monae

28. Superstar by Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos

27. Live Your Life by T.I. feat. Rihanna

26. I'm Yours by Jason Mraz

25. Womanizer by Britney Spears

24. Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) by Beyonce

23. Shawty Get Loose by Lil' Mama feat. T-Pain & Chris Brown

22. Lollipop (Remix) by Lil' Wayne feat. Kanye West

21. Right Here (Departed) by Brandy

20. 4 Minutes by Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland

19. If I Never See Your Face Again (Remix) by Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna

18. If I Were a Boy by Beyonce

17. Chasing Pavements by Adele

16. Leavin' by Jesse McCartney

15. Pocketful of Sunshine by Natasha Bedinfield

14. Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill) by Wyclef Jean feat. Lil' Wayne, Akon & Niia

13. Don't Stop the Music by Rihanna

12. Energy by Keri Hilson

11. So What by Pink
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Alex's Top 128 of 2008 (Part 3)

I know I haven't been updating but I got lazy and busy. So anyways here's part 3 of the Top 128 of 2008 (#s 70-41)!

70. Get Buck in Here by DJ Felli Fel feat. Akon, Diddy, Ludacris, and Lil' Jon

69. Miss Independent by Ne-Yo

68. We Made It by Busta Rhymes feat. Linkin Park

67. Forever by Chris Brown

66. Angel by Natasha Bedingfield

65. Hip-Hop Saved My Life by Lupe Fiasco feat. Nikki Jean

64. Stop and Stare by OneRepublic

63. Sexual Eruption (Remix) by Snoop Dogg feat. Lil' Kim

62. Piece of Me by Britney Spears

61. Hometown Glory by Adele

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60. Like Me by Girlicious

59. Take You There by Donnie Klang feat. Diddy

58. Take a Bow by Rihanna

57. Take You There by Sean Kingston

56. Let It Rock by Kevin Rudolf feat. Lil' Wayne

55. We Break the Dawn by Michelle Williams

54. Lost by Menudo

53. Mr. Carter by Lil' Wayne feat. Jay-Z

52. Run by Leona Lewis

51. Everyone Nose by N.E.R.D.

50. Killa by Cherish feat. Yung Joc

49. Crush by David Archuleta

48. Disturbia by Rihanna

47. Decode by Paramore

46. Got Money by Lil' Wayne feat. T-Pain

45. Break the Ice by Britney Spears

44. Swagga Like Us by T.I. & Jay-Z feat. Lil' Wayne & Kanye West

43. Love Lockdown by Kanye West

42. Love in this Club by Usher feat. Young Jeezy

41. What You Got by Colby O'Donis feat. Akon

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Alex's Top 128 of 2008 (Part 2)!

And now for Part 2 (#s 100-171)!

100. It's Over by Jesse McCartney

99. Superwoman by Alicia Keys

98. Going On by Gnarls Barkley

97. T-Shirt by Shontelle

96. My Life by The Game feat. Lil' Wayne

95. With You by Chris Brown

94. Elevator by Flo Rida feat. Timbaland

93. Dangerous by Kardinal Offishiall feat. Akon

92. Je veux te voir by Yelle

91. Homecoming by Kanye West feat. Chris Martin

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90. Beautiful Dirty Rich by Lady GaGa

89. I Luv Your Girl by The-Dream feat. Young Jeezy

88. Sexy Can I by Ray J feat. Yung Berg

87. When I Grow Up by Pussycat Dolls

86. Hero by Nas feat. Keri Hilson

85. Circus by Britney Spears

84. She's Like a Star by Taio Cruz

83. Got Me Going by Day26

82. Ching-A-Ling by Missy Elliott

81. Sober by Pink

80. The Way That I Love You by Ashanti

79. In the Ayer by Flo Rida feat. Will.i.am

78. Out Here Gridin' by DJ Khaled feat. Akon, Ace Hood, Trick Daddy, Boosie, Lil' Wayne, Plies & Rick Ross

77. Burnin' Up by Jonas Brothers

76. Be OK by Ingrid Michaelson

75. Who's Gonna Save My Soul by Gnarls Barkley

74. Addiction by Ryan Leslie feat. Cassie & Fabolous

73. Poker Face by Lady GaGa

72. What It Is by Sophia Fresh feat. Kanye West

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