Film Buff Friday: "The Apartment"

Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine
The Apartment

The Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Directed by the great Billy Wilder

The Apartment - Limited Edition (12/26) In 1960, following on from the success of their collaboration on Some Like it Hot, director Billy Wilder (Ace in the Hole, Sunset Boulevard) reteamed with actor Jack Lemmon (The Odd Couple, Glengarry Glen Ross) for what many consider the pinnacle of their respective careers: The Apartment. C.C. "Bud" Baxter (Lemmon) is a lowly Manhattan office drone with a lucrative sideline in renting out his apartment to adulterous company bosses and their mistresses. When Bud enters into a similar arrangement the firm's personnel director, J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray, Double Indemnity), his career prospects begin to look up... and up. But when he discovers that Sheldrake's mistress is Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine, Irma la Douce), the girl of his dreams, he finds himself forced to choose between his career and the woman he loves... Winner of five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, The Apartment features a wealth of Hollywood's finest talent - on both sides of the camera - at the top of their game. By turns cynical, heart-warming and hilarious, Wilder's masterpiece now shines like never before in this all-new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films. Trailer: https://youtu.be/GX9-5Zxy5us  LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS - Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray [3000 copies] - Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the original camera negative produced by Arrow Films exclusively for this release - Original uncompressed PCM mono audio - Optional 5.1 remix in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio - Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing - Audio commentary with film producer and historian Bruce Block - New appreciation of the film and select scene commentary by film historian Philip Kemp - The Flawed Couple, a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon - Billy Wilder ABC, an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his films, collaborators and more - New interview with actress Hope Holiday - Inside the Apartment, a half-hour "making-of" featurette from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others - Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon, an archive profile of the actor from 2007 - Original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD-ROM content) - Theatrical trailer - Special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick - Collector's 150-page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind-the-scenes imagery

Michael's Musings

Pure Energy
Michael Shinafelt

Today my thoughts and well wishes are with the victims of the fires in Los Angeles. "Yes" the City of Angels is under siege by massive fires. Many people have lost their homes, it is heartbreaking. When the amazing firefighters get everything under control, the saddest part is that all roads lead to arson with regard to this tragedy. Trust me.

OK, I will veer from going down the stony end and try to be my usual provocateur self. Oh wait I already have done that. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, or can you??? Onto less weighty subjects.

Don't let anyone with bad eyebrows tell you shit about life

They recast Kevin Spacey in "All the Money in the World" couldn't they do the same with Mark Wahlberg while they were at it?

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain" - James A. Baldwin

It's all make believe

I find Will Ferrell the movie equivalent of a colonoscopy 

I recently lost 22 lbs and counting. My landlord gave me a bag of assorted Ghirardelli chocolates. The neighborhood homeless man now has diabetes.

A beautiful day begins with a beautiful mindset

Scrambled Eggs, that is all

Back Off!

He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. Sounds like perv spirit!

How about Time and their Person of the Year?

Fact: Depeche Mode sells more music than Bruno Mars and all his number one hits. This gives me hope for the future.

Eighteen days and counting until the Big C!

While away the hours with me at:
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If The Tiara Fits

You Can Call Me Queen K...
Kate Middleton 

I think my friend Shani Bayne is wearing off on me. I have never been a huge Royal watcher, but thanks to her Royal loving ways I am now paying more attention to the goings on over the pond. Yeah, I admit it, I am looking forward to Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's televised wedding.

With that cat out of the bag, I always did love Princess Diana. She took the Royal thing to a whole new level. She was accessible, kind, philanthropic, she gave not only of her money, but of her time and the greatest gift you can give anyone, her love.

So my interest in Kate Middleton donning one of Diana's favorite tiaras, The Cambridge Lover's Knot to a diplomatic reception at Buckingham Palace, is most likely about what a lovely tribute it was to one of the most beloved women in history. 

"Yes" and my heightened awareness of the Royal Family due to Shani, damn you woman!  

Kate on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge 

Ho, I'll Tell You What I Want...

Come To Santa...
James Corden

"I wanna, really, really, really wanna zigazig ah" - Wannabe, Spice Girls 

Perhaps this is what The Late Late Show host the adorable James Corden whispered into Santa's ear that he wanted for Christmas during KIIS FM's Jingle Ball Concert.

That and more carpool karaoke anyone? Of course you want more! 

All kidding aside I would really like to know what transpired between Mr. Claus & Mr. Corden. They would be better off telling me because if I fill in the blank it could become quite scandalous when it was pretty innocuous to begin with.

I've got Jingle Bottom my trusty Christmas spy hot on the trail to find out for all of you, and moi, and when I do I will spill right here, right now on the pages of Entertain Me, until then shake your booty if you want a white Christmas! 

Ciao for now! Me and Jingle Bottom have werk to do!

James on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/j_corden/?hl=en

Zac Attack!

Packing Large
Zac Efron

Having been sick this past week and finally seeing the end of it draw nigh this past Friday, I haven't really been shall we say, randy, of late. Well this morning upon waking I had a Zac Attack! "Yes" that is correct, I realized that it has been a spell since I had posted a pic my Boy Zac Efron!

Look it's Boy Zac packing large (I would expect nothing less from my one of my boys) at Heathrow Airport in London. Pack, Zac, Pack!

As many of are aware by now Zac is starring in the musical base on the life of PT Barnum called The Greatest Showman alongside Daddy Hugh Jackman. It is set to drop on December 20th. 

Well, even though I am not a huge musical fan, Zac will most likely coax my booty into a movie theater seat with this one. Hey the Boy magic worked and got me to a theater, oh alright is was a free screening on the Sony lot, of Baywatch, Yeah, yeah, yeah I know...Hey, it was mindless and fun and, ooooops, sorry I had a shirtless Boy Zac moment.

It's Monday, and aren't you happy?!

Follow Boy Zac on Instagram, like me, at:
https://www.instagram.com/zacefron/?hl=en  

Holiday Schwing! Daniel Sunjata

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On The Second Day Of December...

Coon Diva, Croon!
Sandy Zacky

Yes, it's the second day of December and guess what, I'm giving you a musical gift! I'm going to give a few of those throughout the month. Christmas songs you have heard done millions of times  by others, but, perhaps not by these artists. Like I have stated before I am a giver, and yes they are personal favorites of mine! 

Let's kick off the season with Entertain Me's resident Diva Sandy with a "Y" not "E" Zacky's rendition of White Christmas.

Nothing will warm the cockles of your frozen heart like Sandy weaving her Christmas magic. In fact mine is thawing right here, right now. "Yes" Virginia I am listening to it as I type.

So join me won't you in getting WC with Sandy from the block?

WC on Entertain Me after da jump!

Keep the love coming with Sandy at:
https://www.facebook.com/SandyZackyDiva/
https://www.reverbnation.com/sandyzacky
www.sandyzacky.com/