A blank of ten days

At least it wasn't ten years this time around. *mumble* *mumble*
Anyways, a rundown on all that's happened in the past week:

Juno cracked into the box office top 10 last weekend at #9, and this weekend at #5, and has now taken in an overall total of over $25 million. Of course, the movie's been advertised a lot more heavily over the past couple of weeks, and had the "benefit" of being tied-in with the whole Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy shit. I've a million things to say about that, but I'd rather keep it to myself. Best of luck to you, Jamie Lynn.

With the late night shows coming back on, surely Fox would send Ellen out to make the rounds. The only appearance that seems to be confirmed so far is for the Late Show (David Letterman...zzz...) this Thursday, January 3rd. I can only assume that'll be followed by Conan, then Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres.

Lastly, I put a start on the gallery. A beta really. It's just something to fill space, don't expect it to be to the level of other fansites, because I'm just not a fansite person.

Ellen picks up SAG nomination

Ellen picked up a SAG nomination for Juno in the category of "Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role". That's another one down.

Juno picks up Satellite Awards, named to AFI's Top 10

Juno won three Satellite Awards, the movie itself for "Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical", Ellen for "Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical" and Diablo Cody for "Screenplay, Original", or basically the same categories it was nominated in for the Golden Globes. The film was also named to the American Film Institute's list of top ten films of the year.

Ellen on Ellen

During her talk show earlier today, Ellen DeGeneres (who by the way, is like my second favorite Ellen) mentioned that Ellen Page will be on the show in the next few weeks to promote Juno. I might've just hallucinated it though, I haven't slept in like 40 hours. Violet is flawed.

...can't help but feel this is a good time to bring up a certain movie regarding lesbian werewolves.

IMDB's Daily Trivia

I visit IMDB on a daily basis, admittedly, just to see whose birthdays it is. Don't ask. The movie site also has a "Daily Trivia", for which today's was "This starlet has named Patti Smith and Kate Winslet as two of her idols". Oh, you know the answer, don't you?

Juno, Ellen picks up Golden Globe noms

Juno itself is nominated for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Ellen for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Diablo Cody for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. For a full list of awards and nominees, click here.

...no one gets snubbed at awards quite like Laura Linney.

Juno soundtrack now available

I spelled available correctly on my first try. Awesome.

Anyways, the soundtrack to Juno can now be had on iTunes. If you're too cool for iTunes, the CD comes out on January 15, 2008. The track listing is as follows:

1. All I Want Is You, Barry Louis Polisar
2. Rollercoaster (instrumental), Kimya Dawson
3. A Well Respected Man, The Kinks
4. Dearest, Buddy Holly
5. Up The Spout, Mateo Messina
6. Tire Swing, Kimya Dawson
7. Piazza, New York Catcher, Belle & Sebastian
8. Loose Lips, Kimya Dawson
9. Superstar, Sonic Youth
10. Sleep (instrumental), Kimya Dawson
11. Expectations, Belle & Sebastian
12. All The Young Dudes, Mott The Hoople
13. So Nice So Smart, Kimya Dawson
14. Sea of Love, Cat Power
15. Tree Hugger, Antsy Pants
16. I'm Sticking With You, Velvet Underground
17. Anyone Else but You, The Moldy Peaches
18. Vampire, Antsy Pants
19. Anyone Else but You, Juno and Bleeker

...you wouldn't think it, but Piazza's been a really underrated hitter.

Juno picks up six Critics' Choice nominations

...second only to Into the Wild, which had seven.

Juno itself was nominated for Best Picture, Best Comedy and Best Ensemble. Ellen was nominated for Best Actress, and Michael Cera was nominated for Best Young Actor. He also has a second nomination in the same category for Superbad. Diablo Cody also picked up a nomination for Best Writer.

Juno makes huge debut

Juno hauled in $420,113 over the weekend in just seven theaters, with a per-theater average of $60,016. It's overall total is now $531,000.

That's all really more than I would've thought.

For comparison, Atonement had the second highest PTA with a distant $25,528, and the top film at the box office, The Golden Compass, managed only $7,405.

So I saw Juno

Interestingly enough, only two theaters in the city were showing Juno, either of which were indie theaters. And here I thought I was going to watch it at Sunshine - which was actually the exact same plan I had with American Crime.

Anyways, highly recommended. Juno's the funniest movie I've seen in awhile, and solid proof Ellen's capable of comedy roles and not just serious ones. "I torture pedophiles! And people torture me!". That kinda stuff.

What's a Juno?

I mean, it's an unusual name, isn't it? So what is a Juno? Among other things...

• The queen of the gods in Roman mythology, and notably, a fertility goddess.
• The male lead from the movie "Jenny, Juno", which also happens to be about teen pregnancy.
• An ISP that has been around since the dawn of time. Just kidding.
• An award Ellen won't be winning anytime soon - the Juno Award is a Canadian music award, equivalent to the US' Grammy Award.
• A beach in Normandy, which was used as a landing site during World War II.
• The name of seven different British warships. They're obsessive like that.
• My favorite weapon in Einhander. Unless I'm using Selene. Then it's Flash cannon all the way!