Parenthood Season Three Finale

Last night was the highly anticipated season finale of Parenthood. The episode started with views of both Crosby and Jasmine breaking up with their significant others. Most viewers may have been disappointed with the lack of attention spent on the break ups, but I thought Brian and fam did a good job justifying what the main point of the episode was, and of course that being Jasmine and Crosby's long awaited wedding. In the middle of preparing the wedding we also had the incredibly touching moment between Julia and Zoe that made me wish for more. Seriously I actually do think more time should have been spent on that moment. Also, there was the Crosby and Adam storyline that I personally was not fond of, so I am refusing to discuss it, and then the Amber (favorite character) and Bill situation, thank god she choose the job over the man! I was hoping it was going to go in that direction, it also makes for some good future tension scenes between the two at work, I am looking forward to that. There was also the drama of Sarah and Mark break-up then proposal storyline. I hope that they stay together, but Sarah always seems unstable and uncertain of her decisions so we will see what happens next with them. It is important to note that she did not give an answer, so that was the supposed cliff hanger along with Julia and Joel adopting a young boy due to his incarcerated mom, which like a recapper of EW stated "should make for good television when they explain that situation to Sydney." Those moments and of course the wedding itself is whats keeping me going through the hiatus. Parenthood fans we need to stick together and really pray that this amazing show gets picked up for a fourth season!! Finally, shout out to Billy Riggins making his small debut, love when Friday Night Lights and Parenthood come together. The two shows really have a lot in common. So what do you Braveman fans think? Are you hoping for a season 4?

Oscar Nominations

Every year I am beyond excited for the Oscar nominations to go out, I even wake up early to watch them announce the nominations live. This year was different, I didn't wake up because I was not only lazy but I was also not too excited about the nomination prospects. All I really was excited about was Charlize Theron (Young Adult), and Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) getting nominated. To my complete surprise not one of these incredibly underrated performers were nominated. Instead we have five ladies that in the eyes of the "blockbuster" critics deserved the nod. Did Viola Davis, Meryl Streep, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams and Glenn Close really outperform Charlize and Elizabeth? I don't know if anyone could argue with me that they did. The reason being, Elizabeth and Charlize created with the help of the producers and writers...etc, they created new characters that were made completely from their view of what should be told from the story. Where as all of the above five ladies were basing their roles off of already written, produced, and understood roles. While I believe they performed beautifully, I still do not believe they out performed the ladies who in my eyes could stand next too Natalie Portmans performance in Black Swan last year. I think the other ladies would have a hard time standing next to the likes of Natalie Portman (Black Swan) or Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road) for that matter. What do you think? Do you think the ladies really outperformed Charlize and Elizabeth, and for that matter the leading lady Adepro Oduye from Pariah that Meryl so proudly announced as one of the best actresses this year?