New Opening at Aspect Art Gallery Friday

Earlier this week, The Shadow received the following announcement from the owner of Aspect Art Gallery:

Greetings Art Lovers,

We would cordially like to invite you to join our next art/artist reception here at ASPECT Art Gallery.

We are proud to present an exhibition showcasing both well established and emerging talents. ASPECT will be hosting an opening reception on Friday, February 27th, 2009 with many of the artists in attendance from 5:30pm to 9pm. The opening is free and open to Art Lovers / Collectors alike. Our aim is to present a number of promising young artists side by side with established talent that have both been underexposed in the Bay Area.

The Opening Show is also an event where Artists and Art Lovers can share techniques, point of view, talk Art and possibly even barter for artworks if not buy outright.

The Shadow will be attending this function and is proud to say that this will be the opening art reception for this blog in 2009.

 

Aspect Gallery is located at 731 Polk Street (between Eddy and Ellis).  To encourage people to come, Lon Richter, Aspect's owner has provided a $25 coupon for custom framing service in the future (coupon is good through March 31, 2009).  For more information go Aspect's website.

 

Tell Lon that The Shadow sent you -- we will see you there!

The Final Academy Awards Tally.....

The Academy Awards have just ended and now the parties will no doubt begin.

There were really no surprises this year with probably the most suspenseful category this year being Best Actor.  The telecast was also was not much to write home about -- although it was a nice touch when the Best Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress winners were presented by five previous winners in each respective category.

You saw The Shadow's predictions below -- now compare our predictions to the winners that were announced tonight:

• Best Picture -- Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Director -- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Best Actor -- Sean Penn (Milk)
• Best Actress -- Kate Winslet (The Reader)
• Best Supporting Actor -- Heath Ledger (The Dark Night)
• Best Supporting Actress -- Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
• Best Original Screenplay -- Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
• Best Adopted Screenplay -- Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Best Aminated Feature -- WALL-E
• Best Cinematography -- Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Original Score -- A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Best Original Song -- Jai Ho (Slumdog Millionaire)

See you next year!

And The Oscar Goes To.....

In about 45 minutes, the Red Carpet entrances to the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles will begin.  And two hours after that, the 81st Academy Awards celebration will begin.

As has been tradition on this blog, The Shadow will post his predictions in the major categories of the Academy Awards.  After the ceremony ends, we will post the winners and our analysis of the event.

Our predictions for 2009 are:

• Best Picture -- Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Director -- Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Best Actor -- Sean Penn (Milk)
• Best Actress -- Kate Winslet (The Reader)
• Best Supporting Actor -- Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
• Best Supporting Actress -- Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)
• Best Original Screenplay -- Dustin Lance Black (Milk)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Slumdog Millionaire)
• Best Animated Feature -- WALL-E
• Best Cinematography -- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Best Original Score -- Alexandre Desplat (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
• Best Original Song -- "Down to Earth" (WALL-E)

Check back here after the awards and compare notes.