I woke up this morning knowing full well the Golden Globe nominations had been announced a few hours earlier. I was too lazy to find the remote, and WAY too lazy to get up to get my laptop. Instead, i picked up my phone, clicked a few buttons, and voila, the golden globe nominations appeared. (In case you haven't seen them yet, they are here). The Golden Globes are never taken quite too seriously, in both film and television. I mean, I love Halle Berry as much as the next guy, but its fairly obvious at this point that she will NOT be getting an Oscar nomination for Frankie and Alice. In terms of television, just ask Angela Lansbury if she would trade in her six Golden Globes for one of the EIGHTEEN times she was nominated for an Emmy, and I don't think she would hesitate. Nevertheless, the Globes have always been this way though. Always choosing star wattage over the performance, which probably includes some pressure from the execs over at NBC to boost ratings and get stars on the red carpet (see Gwyneth Paltrow being nominated for Proof). Last year, interestingly, they went 4/5 in choosing the Best Actress nominees at the Oscars, with only Emily Blunt (who should have been nominated for The Young Victoria) not getting that coveted Oscar nomination. [Meryl Streep, who got the fifth slot at the Oscars, was in the Musical/Comedy category that year for Julie and Julia)].
As someone who loves film, loves reading about film and getting the latest updates on upcoming films, trailers, movie deals, etc, it's tough navigating the internet to find what you are looking for. And this is why twitter is so great. I have everything i need, right in a small newsfeed. Between Peter Knegt & Anne Thompson over at indieWIRE, Guy Lodge over at inContention, Scott Feinberg, resident film scholar Matt Mazur, or one of my all-time favorites, Nathaniel Rogers over at The Film Experience, one of them will surely have what I need. If they don't, they probably retweeted it from someone else. I no longer have to stalk Apple Trailers, although sometimes I still will, as trailers are constantly being tweeted by different sources (usually i will see, for the most part, the same tweet over and over again). Twitter is also a great place to get free screening tickets, if that's the kind thing you are into and you like to save a few bucks (I know I do). Every single screener I have gotten tickets to this year (Love and Other Drugs, 127 Hours, The Fighter, Unstoppable, The Next Three Days) all came from someone tweeting an RSVP code. If you have no idea what I am talking about, check out Gofobo.
Twitter isn't just great for the film lover though. Following the New York Times, New York Post, CNN, Gawker, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, etc, I am rarely ever behind the eight ball (though it does happen). For instance, what did I do last night when my friend told me that Bobst library at NYU was on fire? I knew if I googled it no one would have anything on it yet. I searched on twitter, and found people tweeting things to the effect of: "ALERT: Someone threw a burning book into the Book Return receptacle at Bobst. FIIIIIIIIRE!" As I am writing this, I have now learned that the Kimmel Center at NYU has been evacuated due to fire as well. NYU kids love to do crazy shit, but two days in a row? Must be finals time.
And, for those of you still looking for that ultimate job, twitter has an app for that too (Funny? No? Ok, moving on). Seriously though, most companies have a twitter for their human resources department, in which they tweet when new jobs open up, where you can apply for them online, and even when their internship program begins accepting application.
Like I said, no matter who you are or what you are interesting in, you really should be on twitter.
