Jeff Bridges

sorry for the delayed post, the snow has been a hinderence. 

A hippie colonel, a troubled musician, a penguin, A corporate villain, and now A bad ass Marshal from the wild west. These are just some of the memorable roles of one actor, Jeff Bridges. Bridges, a recent Oscar Winner for his role in Crazy heart also happens to be a previously established musician, when not on the big screen. The Oscar winner’s list of works shows that he isn’t only a true entertainer, but he sure knows how to pick characters with substance, and in the latest case, some “grit”.

Jeff Bridges stars as “Marshal Reuben J. “Rooster” Cogburn” in the latest Coen brother’s film, “True Grit”, based on the award winning 1968 novel of the same name. Along side Jeff Bridges; Matt Daemon, Josh Brolin, and Hailee Steinfeld fill the cast in this western film. 

                                              Check out the True Grit trailer here

Thanks for entertaining us Jeff Bridges.

And that does it for this week from People who entertain us!

My Muse

So MUSE recently hit up Sydney again last week at our very own Sydney Olympic Park, returning after their appearance at Big Day Out in January 2010.

For those who do not know them... (?!!?!!)

Muse is an English rock band from England, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, keytar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, harmonica) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesisers, backing vocals, sampling). After the release of their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations, keyboardist and percussionist Morgan Nicholls has performed live with the band.

They have released five studio albums: Showbiz (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), and The Resistance (2009).

Muse's primary genres are progressive rock, space rock, and alternative rock, but they also integrate parts of electronica, indie rock, rock opera, hard rock, and metal the band have cited artists such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Nirvana, David Bowie, The cure, Depeche Mode, Jeff Buckley and the Smashng pumpkins to name a few, as musical influences. Their songs are recognisable due to lead vocalist Matthew Bellamy's use of falsetto and vibrato influenced primarily by Jeff Buckley. Bellamy as a guitarist also utilises arpeggiator and Pitch-shift effects to create a more "electric" sound, with Jimi Hendrix and Tom Morello as influences for this method.

Anyway tabloids seem to be taking more interest in Muse these days as Bellamy reveals that his songwriting has been influenced by his relationship with Hollywood star Kate Hudson whom he has been dating since April when they met at the Coachella festival.

Check them out as we conclude our PWEU for the week!

Our Second podcast!

Hello and welcome to our second podcast

Here's the written version if you hate our voices ;)

The PWEU for today is Australian Youtube star Natalie Tran, better known as the host of the community channel. Now for those who still do not know who she is, I have a left you a couple of links for you. Her videos are vlogs about awkward and humorous situation through multi-role skits, using her sarcastic and self-depreciating humour to make it light hearted and entertaining. Tran plays most roles by combining multiple takes using split-screen compositing. Her videos include stream-of-consciousness commentary on social dilemmas, such as how much money to spend on gifts for friends and appropriate telephone etiquette.

Tran’s youtube channel has reached to a number of more than 720,000 subscribers and more than 268 million views. Trans most viewed video had over 20 million views in March 2010 and number of views has grown significantly since then. Her popularity has caught the attention of the The Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling stones, news.com.au, Western Australia Today, B&T Magazine, Venus Zine and Der Spiegel.

Tran was also one of the Australian YouTube celebrities invited to talk about the site at the launch of YouTube Australia in 2007. She is presently enlisted by The Sydney Morning Herald as a contributor and Real World Correspondent to their technology vlog Digital Life, complementing main presenter and journalist Séamus Byrne. Tran was nominated for "Best YouTube Channel or Personality" and "Funniest YouTube Channel" by Mashable in their 2009 Open Web Awards. Starting this year, the analytics firm TubeMogul placed Tran at #10 on their list of top ten earners from YouTube advertising (Click here to see top 10 youtube users!) According to TubeMogul, Tran earned $101,000 and had 138,871,829 views.

For those who know her, she has recently embarked on a global odyssey sponsored by Lonely Planet, i will leave you some links!

Click here for her lonely planet adventure.

p.s M would post his own script in his next posts so that he can leave you some links as well. Keep close for more updates!

Accomplished Australian story board, and concept artist Peter Pound gives his first ever interview.  He has worked on films such as Australia, and the upcoming Mad Max sequel, Fury Road. Peter Pound gives an intrueging insight into what it takes, and how he got to where he is as an artist in the film industry.

                 

                                        Peter Pound hard at work.

We're also given Peter's own personalised perspective of where the future of Australian art in film is heading, as well as the impact of technology. For those interested in art, the film indsutry or a combination of the two, this interview is essential listening.

Link in the Podcast box on the right -->

Oprah Winfrey in Oz

So, Oprah Winfrey is taking 300 viewers with her to flying across the world and coming down under to Australia! Winfrey announced her visit on her talk show premiere episode of the farewell season and the 300 "ultimate viewers" will be flown from the US to Australia for the eight-day, all-expenses-paid holiday by celebrity pilot and Pulp Fiction actor John Travolta.

Winfrey will film at least two episodes of her talk show in her australian visit, including an episode at the iconic Sydney Opera House on the Dec 14, when it will shall be known as the sydney OPRAH house. Aussie fans of will get their chance to be in the audience of her Sydney shows when tickets are offered in an Olympic Games-style public ballot. Stars that are expected to make an appearance are Oprah's favourite Aussie guests, including chef Curtis Stone, gardener Jamie Durie and actor Hugh Jackman.

VICTORIA is to put about $500,000 in to bring billionaire TV star Oprah Winfrey to Australia, including a shopping trip to Melbourne. Recent reports reveals that Oprah would prefer to stay with an Australian family and had her producers scour the country searching for a suitable regular Australian family with whom she can stay during her two-week tour in an attempt to "immerse herself in the Aussie culture". In addition, more reports have reveal that Oprah's broadcast at the Sydeny Opera house on dec14 would showcase the good deeds of Oz heroes and a "most helpful person" would be crowned! Darwin bloke Matthew Bakunowicz is one helpful person Oprah has been focusing on and he could end up a $100 k richer!

Thats my person who entertain me this week, keep close for updates! And look out for our podcast soon!