Here’s an ad from New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness in which actor Mark Ruffalo calls on Gov. Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaires’ tax. It’s noticeable in that it’s one of the few ads still running in which Cuomo is criticized by name. Critics are not sure if it’s Cuomo’s high poll numbers of fears or one of his famous phone calls or a combination but millionaires’ tax supporters have been loathe to criticize the governor even though they are happy to take swipes at NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Senate Republicans on the issue.

This is all happening as lawmakers and Cuomo creep toward closure of the 2011-12 budget. Dean Skelos just emerged from a meeting with the governor in which he said he thought the budget could be completed in the next 12 couple hours. Meanwhile, Assembly Democrats are heading into their conference — maybe Shelly Silver will be the next leader to have a one-on-one conference with the governor.

Academy Award–nominated actor Mark Ruffalo and his wife, Sunrise, appear in the latest video in the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality series from the Human Rights Campaign.

The couple talks about parenthood in the video, saying, “We’re raising our three kids to treat everyone with dignity and respect. We believe everyone should have the right and the chance to be with the person they love – straight or gay.”

Advocates in New York hope to see another vote by June on the marriage equality bill, which failed in the state senate in 2009. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has vowed to push for a vote during this legislative session.

James Franco, Colin Firth, Ryan Gosling, Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg and Robert Duvall joined The Hollywood Reporter for their annual Awards Watch roundtable discussion. Take a look at the complete video below:

“The King’s Speech” and “The Social Network” have emerged as clear Oscars favorites for movie of the year in the first serious odds chart of the upcoming awards season. Experts at top awards show website GoldDerby have ranked their top picks and have suggested “The Social Network” and “The King’s Speech” will fight it out for the Best Picture honor in February 2011.

The GoldDerby editors have Colin Firth’s “The King’s Speech” as the film of the year, just ahead of “The Social Network” and James Franco’s gripping new survival movie “127 Hours”. They have Firth as the favorite to win Oscar gold as Best Actor, ahead of James Franco (“127 Hours”) and 2010 winner Jeff Bridges (“True Grit”), while Natalie Portman is favored as the Best Actress ahead of Annette Bening (“The Kids Are Alright”) for her portrayal of a ballet dancer in “Black Swan”.

The editors have given “The Fighter” ‘s Christian Bale the edge over Geoffrey Rush (“The King’s Speech”), Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are Alright”) and Sam Rockwell (“Conviction”) in the Best Supporting Actor category, while Helena Bonham Carter’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth in “The King’s Speech” leads the Best Supporting Actress list, ahead of Barbara Hershey (“Black Swan”) and Miranda Richardson (“Made in Dagenham”).

The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced on January 25, 2011. The ceremony takes place at the Kodak Theater in Hollywoodon February 27, 2011. (Source)

Where the Wild Things Are is an upcoming 2009 film adaptation of the Maurice Sendak children’s book of the same name. The film will be directed by Spike Jonze and written by Dave Eggers. The film will combine live action, suitmation, animatronics and CGI. Its release is currently scheduled for October 16, 2009.

The film concerns the imaginary adventures of a young boy named Max, who is angry after being sent to his room without supper. He then creates a forest inhabited by many large imaginary monsters, who crown him their ruler. He then befriends a large monster called Carol, who helps him understand the meaning of love. Directed by Spike Jonze (Adaptation,Jackass) the cast includes: Catherine Keener, Max Records, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara & Forest Whitaker.

I added to the gallery the poster, trailer for download and Mark trailer scene’s screencaptures. Also, I did screencaptures in HQ of the whole trailer, if you want it. So, follow me:

GALLERY LINKS
• Where The Wild Things Are – Trailer Screencaptures
• Where The Wild Things Are – Poster
• Where The Wild Things Are – Trailer for download
• Where The Wild Things Are – Full Trailer screencaptures for download
• Where The Wild Things Are – Watch The Trailer online

“Blindness” will opens tomorrow here in Brazil, and so with luck we start to find more promotional material about the movie.

The portal Globo.com has a interview with Mark talking about his character, also the movie and his impressions. You can watch the video online, so just click at the picture below:

You can view screencaptures of this video and also download it in our gallery.

Enjoy!

GALLERY LINKS
• Blindness Promotional Interview to Globo Videos – Screencaptures
• Blindness Promotional Interview to Globo Videos – Download (.WMV, .rar file)

The teaser of Blindness was out today. I can’t wait to see this movie, because I’m a big fan of Fernando Meirelles and the movie has been filmed here in São Paulo, where I live.
Well, I didn’t configured a video archive yet because my real life is always calling me, but I’ve uploaded the trailer inside our gallery, so you can download it. I’ve also uploaded the official poster, and screencaptures.
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GALLERY LINKS:
- Blindness – Official Poster
- Blindness – Teaser Screencaptures
- Blindness – Trailer