Sandra Bullock took home the Oscar for Best Actress for her work on The Blind Side, but just the day before, she picked up a not-at-all-coveted Golden Raspberry award for her work in All About Steve. She has said that she will keep her Razzie on the same shelf with her Oscar.

I have to admire how Bullock took the news of winning the Razzie. She did not become a diva and become outraged, saying things like: “I’ve just been nominated for an Oscar, hello!” Instead she received her Razzie in person, and then went to get her Oscar the very next day.

I think stories like Bullock’s are the reasons that we admire celebrities so much. One of these days I am going to say to my kids: “Don’t feel down. You know that Sandra Bullock won an Oscar the same year she won a Razzie”.

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Considering that the Oscars have been announced, there must be a lot of proud actors and filmmakers out there. Then there are those who discovered that their films made the Razzies. Oh no.

The Nominees are:

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Okay, admittedly, for some people Christmas Day is really more a day to spend at home.  Lots of people don’t even celebrate Christmas, from most of the Jewish community–not to mention all the other religions that don’t celebrate–to the Christians who actually think that Christmas is evil because the early church hijacked it from the pagans (I’ve always wanted to ask them, well, pagans used calendars, too–are those evil?).  But if you’d rather spend December 25th as a day off work at home with some hot cocoa and your Netflix queue, well, don’t despair. There are MANY good choices for you–too many to easily list, in fact.

New release day for home video is almost always Tuesday, though there’s been some getting away from that in recent months, the trend seems to hold.  Thus, these are releases for Tuesday, December 22.

District 9 - The summer’s biggest and most unexpected sci-fi spectacular had to be District 9.  This one began as a YouTube short by director Neill Blomkamp, who drew the attention of Wingnut Films head and Hobbit helmer Peter Jackson.

500 Days of Summer – An offbeat romcom featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel, this one focuses on a guy who dates a girl for five hundred days…before she leaves.

Extract -The chronically overlooked Mike Judge goes back to the office to bring us the story of a man who has everything, and may just be about to lose it all.

All About Steve – A clumsy, perky, goofy Sandra Bullock stalks a guy cross country and everyone calls it romantic.  Had the genders been swapped on this one it probably would’ve wound up a suspense thriller.

And there’s at least nine more movies coming out that week alone, so if you’d rather not fight the holiday crowds, get to the video store.  There’s plenty of company there, and it leaves after two hours or so.

Friday’s box office appears to have a close tie with The Final Destination and All About Steve while Gamer is not that far behind in third place.  Below is an interview with Sandra Bullock on The Tonight Show who shows a clip from All About Steve. She also talks about her sexy way with Prince. It’s entertaining. Enjoy!

Results (in the millions):

1. The Final Destination
$ 3.58

2. All About Steve
$ 3.55

3. Gamer
$ 3.3

4. Inglourious Basterds
$ 3.0

5. District 9
$ 1.75

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