Say What? (Tom is so Impossible)

Amuse us. Caption or add dialogue to either of these photos in the comments. They're taken from the set of Mission Impossible 4. Jeremy Renner and Tom Cruise have gone for a swim. [src]

Say What? Just Go With It

Amuse us. Add a caption or dialogue to this pic of Jennifer Aniston & Nicole Kidman on the set of Just Go With It in the comments.


I'll repost later this week with the winning entry

Say What, Secretariat?

I asked you to amuse us by adding a caption or dialogue to this film still in the comments. The pic is from the upcoming inspirational drama Secretariat starring Diane Lane & John Malkovich and the winner is John T for this say ahhh silliness


For now at least... maybe one day Diane and John will get golden boys and fillings.
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Say What, "Betty Anne"?

To celebrate the kick off to the new Oscar predictions, we asked you to amuse us by adding a caption or dialogue to a still from Hilary Swank's latest Oscar play, Betty Anne Waters.

honorable mention goes to... Victor Pytko


Hee. Topical! And it is quite funny to imagine thrilling "research" scenes shot in 3D. Maybe Swank could throw a book towards the camera when she becomes frustrated?

And the winner is... The Z


Both winners may collect door prizes from my Oscar party that I forgot to give out,
should they choose to!

P.S. It's your last chance to enter the fourth edition ACTRESS PSYCHIC CONTEST - No more entries will be received after tonight!
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Say What Queens (White and Red)

I am such a spazz lately. I totally forgot about this Alice in Wonderland inspired "saywhat?" contest. So I debut the winners today on the day of the film's opening. It all works out in the end! Though as I said in this week's Towleroad article (where I also discuss the Depp/Burton partnership and that Jeremy Renner/Ben Affleck interview on Oprah), who on earth would think to open a new movie on Oscar weekend? I'm too busy wrapping up my feelings about last year's movies! Let's start with the 2010 movies next week, mm'kay?

The winners of the caption contest are Dusty Hixenbaugh


I love the absurdity of powdered sugar coffee. That's taking "light & sweet" too far. Though that's how I take mine.

and this one from Anthony Argenti


haha.

Say What, Queen?

Amuse us. Caption one (or both) of these photos or give it dialogue in the comments. I'll choose a couple of winners and repost on Monday. Your captions/dialogue don't have to be related to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. There are no rules once you've stepped through the looking glass.

Say What, Bullock?

omg you guys -- I totally forgot about this caption contest. I am such a scatterbrain. But since Kathryn Bigelow and Sandra Bullock are still big stories, I thought 'better late than never'. There were a lot of Oscar jokes in your captions for this photo of Bullock and Bigelow at the BFCA awards so in the end I couldn't name any of them winner.

I have to give two runner up honorable mentions for 'obscure podcast joke reference' (Jim T) and 'meanest entry' (Tia)
























[drumroll] and the winner is Ian, with the simplest but funniest joke.


Oh, you know that Kathryn Bigelow is getting all sorts of questionable offers like this lately. Choose wisely Queen of Directors.
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Say What Sandra / Bigelow?

Amuse us. Give dialogue or a caption to this paparazzi shot of Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and Sandra Bullock at last night's "Critics Choice" award show.


I'll repost on Tuesday with the winning entry.
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Rapunzel Unbraided, Pfeiffer Shorn (?)

Oopsie. Forgot to update the Say What? contest from the week. The winner is Michael Parsons who is the first back-to-back winner of this series. Next time I'll let him pick the winner and declare him ineligible!


There were other good ones if you click back though. There were also some interesting comments which I'd hoped to address. But this week went on as long as Rapunzel's locks. Jack observed/worried that Disney will be going all snarky/cynical with this one (note the poses) and misses the sense of innocence and wonder that used to be found in the genre. Duly noted and I do think that's a shame. Especially since I love the story of Rapunzel and if any character shouldn't be worldly and snarky it's probably the one who's a total shut in with no outside contact.

Can Disney movies ever be innocent again when they've discovered the billion$ to be grossed by merely adding princesses with new dress colors in each film? Didn't anyone wear purple yet? Rapunzel it is, then!

The color wheel gets more crowded: yellow for Belle; light blue for Cinderella; blue pink for Aurora; light green for Jasmine; browns for Pocahontas; multi-colors for Snow White and Mulan; silvery white (?) for Tiana; and one switch hitter in Ariel (though it's usually green or pink... take the pink! Let Aurora go back to blue, fools!).

Eventually they'll get around to a Princess swathed in red. Or black. Or flourescent beige.


But back to Rapunzel ! The originally announced voice for the girl in the tower was the singular Kristin Chenoweth so now that she's been replaced, I'm less excited about the heroine. Once you've dangled the Chenoweth in front of me everything else is a let down. But at least the replacement pipes (Mandy Moore) are musical ones. I'm more excited about the villain Madame Gothel who'll be voiced by the great Broadway star Donna Murphy who just never gets the good parts in movies even though she's a) insanely talented and b) beautiful and c) funny.

In other hairy news, reader Cristhian pointed out this photo (left) in which someone involved in this musical --why doesn't Rotten Tomatoes caption its photos? -- has a photo of Michelle Pfeiffer pinned to his wall. Look to the top right corner.

Did they use her blondeness for Rapunzel inspiration or is he merely a pfan? Curiously it's the same photo that they've been adorning her IMDB page with for ten years (it's lifted from The Story of Us I think). If it's not her hair I'm pretending she turned them down for voicework. She's done the animated films already (Sinbad and The Prince of Egypt) and she's not the sort of star who needs the easy money.

But speaking of hair, if she was inspiration for Rapunzel they may have caught her just in time. Has she chopped off her famous locks? Some photos from two days ago just hit the net here but some people are saying it isn't her. Discrepancies! Whether or not it's Pfeiffer, the overall look is very Ladyhawke / Into the Night (1985) era, don'cha think? With maybe a little Dangerous Minds thrown in by way of leather jacket.

In other Pfeiffer news: I keep forgetting to post this. This past Tuesday in Palm Springs, she presented a prize to Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart. I'm always thrilled to see the Fabulous Baker Boys duo reunited...


...and if she can't ever have an Oscar, at least he is probably getting one. I'm sure she'll be thrilled for him. She mentioned him, unprompted, while discussing Chéri when I met* her and he attended her star ceremony for the Walk of Fame in 2008. Why they've never reunited onscreen is an unsolvable mystery, something to hold against their agents and a bad decision on both their parts.

*well... "met" as in sat two seats away from her. But that's as close as I need to get. So much emotional/visual stimuli! ;)

Say What? Rapunzel

Amuse us in the comments. Add a caption or dialogue to this new image from Disney's next fairytale animated musical, Rapunzel


I'll repost on Wednesday with the winning entry.

P.S. When I was a little kid I totally dreamed of being an animator. And you know what fairy tale I wanted to make since Disney wasn't doing it? You guessed it. God, I hope this one is good. It opens next Thanksgiving or thereabouts.
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Say What? That's Not Goode

I asked you to amuse us by putting a caption or adding dialogue to this new movie still from Leap Year (2010) in the comments... Dozens heard the call. And now it's time to name winners.

Honorable mention goes to RJ

and the winner is Michael

Awww, Matthew Goode isn't housebroken. I knew something had to be wrong with him. Cuz no one can be that perfect!

RC and Michael can contact me to claim their virtual prizes.
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Say What? Anne

I asked you to amuse us by putting words in Anne or Alan's mouth or captioning the photo. I think Michael went above and beyond so he's the winner with delicious non-sequitor ~ almost PSA like captions. I almost went with The Bening's hostage demands (also from Michael).

What is going on here?

<--- Zhang Ziyi and butterfly.

I'd like to add this to the 'paparazzi puzzlement' file but it wasn't taken on the fly obviously

What the hell is going on in this photograph? Why? Amuse us with your best guesswork in the comments.
(I'll update the post later with the best responses)

Say What? Nicole

I asked you to amuse us with a caption or dialogue for Nicole Kidman on the set of Australia ... I was indecisive so I give you two winners (though there were several goodies --read the comments for more)

Joe Reid's and...


Jer's...


Thank you to all the participants. Even notoriously stone-faced Nicole got a good chuckle from your shenanigans. See...

Paparazzi Puzzlement (Anne Hathaway)

I asked you to amuse us with an explanation as to what's going on with Ms. Hathaway here, or a caption of line of dialogue. The Winner is Bernardo...

"Didn't you just love the finale of Little Miss Sunshine"

He wins... an (imaginary) date with Anne Hathaway. Congratulations Bernardo! Take her somewhere nicer than Two Boots Pizza.

El Gigante's suggestion seems plausible too. 'She's doing that sprinkler move. You know shik, shik, shik, shik with brief quarter turns'

Say What? (Pfeiffer No-No)

I asked you to amuse us by adding dialogue or a caption to a photo in the comments. This was snapped from the set of Pfeiffer's next film Personal Effects which co-stars Ashton Kutcher. I've reworked the winning entry, from Luke, into a poster. Here ya go...


Thanks to everyone for playing.

Say What Nicolas?

Amuse us. (I've been under the weather today so you'll have to do the heavy lifting) Add a caption or a line of dialogue to this image from the upcoming Cage flick National Treasure: Book of Secrets


I'll repost later with the winning entry

Say What? Mamma Meryl

I asked you to amuse us with a caption or dialogue for this still from next summer's ABBA musical Mamma Mia. By popular demand the winner is Kurtis ...
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But we also have to give it up for Vince's...
Meryl: Fernando, honey, I know we're on a budget here, but isn't it time we broke down and bought a back scratcher? Something smaller and portable?

psssst. ABBA week is coming in mid September. Why? Who knows really ... just humor me

Say What? Winona

I've declared a tie in the caption/dialogue contest



Joe (left frame) & Adam (right frame) are the winners this week for giving voice to this film still from August release The Ten . [trailer]

thanks for your participation
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Say What? Evening

I asked you to amuse us with dialogue or caption for a still from the forthcoming Evening featuring Patrick Wilson and Claire Danes. A lot of silliness ensued. And then I forgot to repost with the winning entries. My bad.

Here are zee winners. From Vince...


And from Anonymous....


I don't even know why this last one is funny but it made me laugh every time I read it. Thank you to everyone who played.