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!