Alice in the wonderland Top 1 movies in hollywood

I went into this film without high expectations. I saw so many ways it could go wrong, and many of Burton's more recent films have left me feeling somewhat indifferent. However, all my fears were for naught. I adored the film, without reservation. Indeed, this is not only one of Burton's best films, it is probably the best screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll ever (with the possible exception of Jan Svankmajer's Neco z Alenky from 1988). It isn't often that a film ends and I immediately want to see it again, but that's how Burton's Alice in Wonderland affected me. The cast is flawless, top to bottom. The film's vision comes the closest anyone has come to capturing the frenetic, nonsensical impossibility of Wonderland (and I loved the whole "Underland" thing). I'm hearing all sorts of bizarre negative criticisms, though none with merit. This is a bold and triumphant film, one that finally addresses, without holding back, the darkness and complexity and maturity of Carroll's writing. I will add that I saw it in 2-D, and was pleased that Burton avoided letting the 3-D thing ruin the movie, as is so often the case with that sadly popular gimmick. The film is a giddy, hallucinatory, unrelenting dance of shadow and light, hilarious and heartbreaking, brash and underscored, possessed of all the marvelously contradictory oppositions that characterize the source material. For the first time, I think, it felt as though Alice were truly an integral part of the landscape, and not just some baffled Victorian tourist passing through. And the climactic battle with the Jabberwocky...just wow. I cannot recommend this film strongly enough. (--Caitlín R. Kiernan)

World's richest man, Carlos Slim

As a youngster he also kept accounting ledgers of what he earned and spent and bought a government savings bond from which he learned valuable lessons about compound interest.

More than half a century later Slim, 70, has amassed a fortune of $53.5 billion, beating Microsoft founder Bill Gates to top the list of the world's richest people, according to a new ranking published by Forbes magazine (www.forbes.com).

His far-flung business empire includes some of Mexico's best-known department stores, its biggest telecoms operator, hotels, restaurants, oil drilling, building firms and Inbursa bank (GFINBURO.MX) -- making it hard to go a day in Mexico without paying him some money.

Outside Mexico Slim has holdings in such prestigious groups as retailer Saks (SKS.N) and New York Times Co (NYT.N).

His defining foray occurred in 1990 when he and his partners bought creaking state telephone company Telmex (TELMEXL.MX) for $1.7 billion. Turning it into a cash-making jewel, he spun off America Movil (AMXL.MX) and expanded it through acquisitions to become the world's No. 4 wireless operator.

While critics accuse him of using a monopoly to build his fortune, Slim has a simple philosophy about making money.

"Wealth is like an orchard," he told Reuters in 2007. "With the orchard, what you have to do is make it grow, reinvest to make it bigger, or diversify into other areas."

Cigar-smoking Slim's trademark is his "Midas" touch, acquiring struggling firms and turning them into cash cows.

In 2008, he bought a minority stake in the New York Times as the stock tanked. Now, warrants he received for lending the publisher $250 million could net him more than $80 million and could lead to a 16 percent stake in the company for Slim, who says he has no interest in becoming a U.S. media baron.

But Slim's newspaper investment has ruffled feathers in the New York media establishment. As investors speculated last week that he could move to acquire more of the Times, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he doubted the controlling family would relinquish control to an outsider, especially from abroad.

FRUGAL LIFESTYLE

Slim learned his first business lessons from his father, Julian Slim Haddad, a Lebanese immigrant who came to Mexico in the early 1900s, opened the "Star of the Orient" general store and bought properties cheap during the Mexican Revolution.

In 1987, when stocks nosedived during one of Mexico's many crises, Slim saw opportunities where others feared disaster, picking up low-priced shares and selling when they recovered.

"We know that crises are always temporary and there is no evil that lasts 100 years, there is always an overshoot," Slim once said. "When there is a crisis that provokes an adjustment, an overreaction comes along and things get undervalued."

Slim's enormous wealth stands starkly against his frugal lifestyle. He has lived in the same house for about 40 years and drives an aging Mercedes Benz, although it is armored and trailed by bodyguards. He eschews private jets, yachts and other luxuries popular among Mexico's elite.

After studying engineering, Slim founded a real estate company and worked as a trader on the Mexican stock exchange.

His wealth growing, he opened a brokerage in the mid-1960s and a decade later he began his trademark trait of buying failing businesses, including a cigarette company. He acquired department store and cafe Sanborns, a mine operator and manufacturers of cables and tires.

By 1990 Slim had built the fortune he used with partners to buy Telmex and launch his telecoms empire. America Movil now has 201 million customers from Brazil to the United States.

Slim has handed over the day-to-day operation of his companies to his three sons and loyal business partners but remains clearly in charge when appearing with them at media events.

He has become involved in combating poverty, illiteracy and poor healthcare in Latin America and promotes sports projects for the poor, but has never voiced plans to give chunks of his wealth to charity like Gates or fellow billionaire Warren Buffett.

Businessmen, he says, do more good by creating jobs and wealth through investment, "not by being Santa Claus."

The Twilight Saga's Eclipse': Coming On June 30, 2010

Just a day after "Twilight" fans got a look at the artwork for "New Moon," they're getting another treat: On June 30, 2010, "Eclipse" is coming.

"Yes, it's true," a source at Summit Entertainment confirmed to MTV News Friday evening (February 20). " 'The Twilight Saga's Eclipse' is dated for Wednesday, June 30, 2010."

The big news comes on the heels of a report that the "Twilight" studio had selected a release date for the third film in the series. The threequel's plot synopsis was also leaked for the first time.

"As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger," the plotline explains of the film based on Stephenie Meyer's "Eclipse" novel. "In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death."

The studio has been quick to point out that "New Moon" and "Eclipse" will not be shooting back-to-back, as franchises from "The Matrix" to "Lord of the Rings" have done in the past. The studio also has not chosen a director for "Eclipse," meaning that Chris Weitz's "New Moon" turn at the helm could be as singular as Catherine Hardwicke's was with the original "Twilight."

As "Twilight" fans know, Meyer's final book, "Breaking Dawn," will most likely be made into a movie if the studio is going so far as to film the first three novels. Meyer has gone on record saying that she'd like "Breaking Dawn" to be filmed as two separate movies, but little else is known about Summit's plans to continue the saga beyond "Eclipse."

Best and Worst Dressed Oscars 2010

Best and Worst Dressed Oscars 2010 | Worst Dressed Oscars | Best Dressed Oscars – As you wished, the Best and Worst Dressed at the recently concluded Oscars 2010 or also known as the 82nd Academy Awards were shown here. The Academy Awards was filled with glamour, risk takers on the said Sunday night event.Sandra Bullock game a statuesque look that may give him the distinction for the Best Dressed as well as the Best Actress of Oscars 2010. Charlize Theron, who is normally among the favorites, didn’t quite pull off a lavender rosette pom pom look.

Sarah Jessica Parker was loved by some and hated by others. One fashion expert said her hair was bigger than her head. Gorgeous Zoe Saldana’s purple dress had a bizarre black layer at the bottom that unfortunately tainted her look.

The Academy Awards 2010 was not only handed by some of the best and most talented actors, directors and producers but also lead its way for the Hollywood’s star to rock and show themselves at the red carpet and even flaunt the stunning gowns and suits made by the world’s top fashion designers.

And for some news site and entertainment blogs, here are their opinion of whom should be proclaimed as the Best and Worst Dressed at the Oscars 2010.

Check out the Oscars 2010 gallery of Best and Worst Fashion Dressed via internet search now and judge for yourself who must proclaimed as the best and the worst when it comes to fashion statement at Awards Night.

Oscar awards 2010 Winners - 82 Academy Award winners list

The 82nd Oscar Awards has been announced. The list of winners is as follows:

Best Picture: “The Hurt Locker” .

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow "The Hurt Locker".

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock “The Blind Side”.

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart"

Best Foreign Language Film: “The Secret in their eyes” (Argentinean film)

Best Film Editing: 'The Hurt Locker”.

Best Documentary Feature: “ The Cove”

Best Visual Effects: “Avatar”

Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino “‘Up”.

Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore “Avatar” .

Best Sound Mixing: Ray Beckett and Ottosson “The Hurt Locker”

Best Sound Editing: 'The Hurt Locker”

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell “The Young Victoria”.

Best Art Direction: “Avatar”.

Best Supporting actress: Mo’Nique ‘Precious”.

Best Adapted Screenplay : “Precious”

Best Makeup: “Star Trek”

Best Short Film: Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson 'The New Tenants' (

Best short Documentry Film: 'Music by Prudence'.

Best Animated Film: Up - Pete Doctor

Best Supporting Actor : Christoph Waltz -'Inglourious Basterds'

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal - 'The Hurt Locker
Best Original Song: Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett - 'The Weary Kind'

WTF?: Rihanna Wears Teal Sack To Echo Awards

Rihanna, you know I love you, girl, but you have got to fire the stylist who sent you down the red carpet wearing this teal-colored Slanket. Seriously.

The "Rude Boy" singer showed up wearing this non-frock on March 4 at the Echo Awards in Berlin, Germany, and all I can say is, "Potthässlich!" (That means "very ugly," for our non-German-speaking readers.)

Was there a Snuggie runway show at this year's New York Fashion Week that I wasn't aware of? I mean, I knew the fleece potato sack came in a variety of colors—Royal blue! Pink! Zebra-print!—but I had no idea they were made with shoulder-pads and accessorized with nude Christian Louboutin heels. Yikes!

What do you think of Rihanna's red-carpet risk? Is this a fashion hit or miss?

S++t You Need To Get: 'Twilight' Body Pillows

"The lion fell in love with the lamb." It's a quote we all know and love from Twilight, a movie we all know and love. However, "the lion fell in love with the lamb... but the lamb was kinda bummed to find that the lion, her love, wound up being A BODY PILLOW," doesn't quite have the same doomed, romantic ring to it, does it?

Author Stephenie Meyer might not've seen it coming, but Twilight-themed body pillows seem to be all the cuddling rage amongst spoon-happy Twi-hards. According to Etsy, where the pillows are retailing for only $15, this amazing new development in vampire faux-companionship is known as a Manllow—half man, half pillow.

Here's a few choice nuggets from the product description: "Edward Cullen is finally here to be with you and only you. Sleep with him, cuddle with him, use him as a neck rest, the Edward Manllow is there to be your man and pillow all in one"

It's funny how life imitates art. It's even funnier how life imitates 30 Rock, isn't it?