TUC 60-second ad contest 2011 (and the UNISON Ants and Polar Bear ad)

I was only intending to plug the TUC 60-second ad contest "Impact on the Cuts" (check here).  You can vote on completed submissions.  Some really great new stuff. 

They also had a section on "Classic" video's such as this "famous" UNISON advert using the Polar bear and ants.  There is some mixed reports on the reaction to this video.  Some people were apparently put off since they don't like ants! 

However, I think the majority of people who see this clip do "get it" and understand that acting (dare I say) in UNISON you have more power and influence at work than lone voices.

The Oscars Telecast: Will it ever be Good Again?

Cover of Anne Hathaway

The Oscars Telecast: Will it ever be Good Again?

            Last night’s Oscars Telecast was extremely dull and unimaginative.  The telecast started on a bad note right from the beginning when co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco injected themselves into the Best Picture Nominees ala Billy Crystal back in the day.  Anne Hathaway was hamming and over exuberant while James Franco looked at one point like he wanted to take a nap.  I think I speak for us all when I say we all could have slept through the entire telecast and missed nothing important.  James Franco towards the end of the ceremony wasn’t even looking at the camera, but instead the camera caught him looking at the ceiling and then offstage.  Anne Hathaway to make her mark on the telecast insisted on shouting whooo every time someone was presented an award.  Had a drinking game been invented for every time she made this awful, shrill, overpowering whoop, there would have been many drunken people by the end of the evening.  I have a message for the people who plan this ceremony every year, try to find an old style comedian who will set the right tone and keep people entertained.  Please don’t ask James Franco or Anne Hathaway back next year.

-- Special thanks to our Mystery Guest Blogger for this post :)

Related articles

• Anne Hathaway and James Franco: Funny or A Failure? (thehollywoodgossip.com)
• Anne Hathaway shines as Academy Awards host; James Franco, not so much (hollywoodnews.com)
• The Verdict Is???? YOU Decide! (perezhilton.com)
• Critics Pretty Much Agree Anne Hathaway And James Franco Sucked As Oscar Hosts (socialitelife.com)