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On Tuesday I posted my Top Albums of 2010 and yesterday I was planning to post my list of my fave films of the year … but I had to push back one day so I could see one more film to determine if it was worthy of making my Top 10 list. And so, without further ado, here is my personal list of the Top Movies of 2010.

At LONG last, David and I got to see the amazing new film Blue Valentine, which stars Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, last night here in LA and I am happy to report that the movie was WELL worth the wait. David and I met up with our BFFs Darion and Emma at the ArcLight in Hollywood, CA for the showing … and hands down, we all loved it entirely.

Back in October we learned the somewhat shocking news that the new Ryan Gosling/Michelle Williams film Blue Valentine was slapped with an NC-17 rating by the MPAA (meaning that the film would be handicapped from a vast majority of movie theaters around the country, thereby severely hurting its chances during awards season). Today we learn the even more shocking news that the MPAA decided to downgrade the NC-17 rating to an R rating after a successful appeal from movie mogul Harvey Weinstein:

The MPAA has overturned the NC-17 rating on the Derek Cianfrance-directed Blue Valentine. The film will be given an R rating after Harvey Weinstein personally argued his position in today’s hearing. That clears up all kinds of potential problems that awaited the film had it been released with that rating or unrated. The rating was given for a sex scene between a married couple played by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as their relationship disintegrates. I’m told the appeal board’s decision was unanimous.

Altho rare, the MPAA has been known to reverse its movie ratings on appeal … happily, this is one of those rare times. I understand the offending scene, which resulted in the NC-17 rating, was an oral sex scene where Gosling‘s character was servicing Williams‘s character. Black Swan features an oral sex scene between Natalie Portman‘s character and Mila Kunis‘s character and that film never got an NC-17 rating. Pretty much everyone who has seen the film believes the NC-17 rating was outrageously wrong … thankfully, it’s been overturned.

After the jump, check out a few photos from the NYC premiere of Blue Valentine which took place earlier this week at The Museum of Modern Art …

Blue Valentine, the film which stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, has been getting rave film festival reviews but the shadowy Motion Picture Association of America has decided to slap the film with the kiss of death rating of NC-17 … which means many theaters will opt out of showing the film when it gets released this Fall. Here are a few screencaps from the first movie trailer for the film and some deets about the film’s rating:

In a shocking decision, the Motion Picture Association of America has slapped “Blue Valentine” with the dreaded NC-17 rating. The Weinstein Company has high hopes for the drama and has been planning to mount an awards campaign for the Sundance pick-up. “Blue Valentine’s” NC-17 is the latest in a string of controversial decisions by the MPAA ratings board. In the last few months, it handed out R ratings to two award-winning documentaries — “The Tillman Story” and “A Film Unfinished.” Both lost their appeals. Starring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams, the indie film drew strong reviews from critics who hailed its unflinching look at the breakdown of a marriage. Those who have seen the film were surprised by the decision, noting that while the movie contains sex scenes with some nudity, they were not exploitative. The filmmakers now have four options. They can, of course, accept the rating. They can appeal it to a board composed of distributors, exhibitors and industry executives; they can edit the film and resubmit it; or they can release the film unrated. A spokesperson for the studio had no comment, and it was not immediately clear if the filmmakers would make the cuts necessary to earn an R rating or appeal the board’s decision. The MPAA would not comment on its reasons for the rating, noting that it maintains a posture of silence on all films until the rating has been accepted.

What really KILLS me about the MPAA is that their decisions are made by a board of unknown people and their rulings aren’t governed by any public entity. Essentially, what they say goes … and that is the end of the discussion. Last week I was able to attend the premiere of the MPAA unrated film Hatchet II … a film that has since been yanked from AMC Theaters after they initially agreed to show the film. I understand some parent’s need to rely on movie ratings but I do NOT agree that those ratings should come from a faceless organization that is free to do whatever they want, completely unfettered. It remains to be seen what will happen to Blue Valentine. Either it will make the necessary cuts to get an R rating or it will stick with the NC-17 rating and get hobbled at the box office. My guess is that the film will get censored … which really rubs me the wrong way. After the jump, check out the trailer for Blue Valentine for your first look at the film …

One year ago, back in May 2009, we saw the first photos of actors Ryan Gosling (lookin’ banged up) and Michelle Williams (lookin’ loved up by Ryan) on the Brooklyn, NY set of their new film Blue Valentine. Today, we get to see photos of Ryan and Michelle doing a bit of promo work for the film at the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival. Here are a few lovely photos of Ryan and Michelle at a photocall for Blue Valentine at Cannes earlier today:

I cannot believe it’s been a year since we saw the photos of Ryan and Michelle on set. It really doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that they were filming this movie … and now they’re screening it at Cannes. As I’ve said before (many, many times) I don’t even care what the movie is about … as long as I get to look at 2 hours of Ryan Golsing‘s dreaminess, I’m sold. The Cannes Film Festival has just gotten underway … but by the looks of these photos, it looks like it’s off to a great start :)

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Michelle Williams is one lucky ducky. She gets paid large sums of money to kiss actor Ryan Gosling for large portions of the work day on an almost daily basis … as is evident from these new photos of Michelle and Ryan on the NYC set of their new movie Blue Valentine which is currently in production:

Generally, I enjoy seeing photos of Ryan Gosling at work … whether he’s moving furniture, lookin’ all beat up & bruised or just smiling in between shooting scenes he is always fun to look at. That said, I’m not too keen on seeing photos of him smoochin’ up on Ms. Williams. It seems … unfair, no? I can’t say that I place the blame on her, tho. Can you imagine if YOU were offered a hefty paycheck to play tonsil hockey with Ryan Gosling? Get it, girl. I know I would.

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When last we saw photos of Ryan Gosling on the set of his new movie Blue Valentine he was lookin’ all bruised up and rough but these new pics of Ryan taking a break in filming on the Brooklyn, NY set of his film feature the lad back to his good ol’ hawt self … behold:

Man … he looks great just smilin’ away. While I would love to see photos of Ryan lookin’ all cute and shizz and NOT smoking a cigarette, I guess I can’t really complain. The man may be fine with charring his lungs with carcinogens but he does look good while doing so. Wouldn’t you agree?

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Ryan Gosling, who is currently in production of his new film Blue Valentine, was spotted near the movie set in Pennsylvania yesterday signing autographs and posing for photos with some fans … who clearly were not bothered that Ryan looked like he got his face bashed in:

No, Ryan did not accidentally bump into Kiefer Sutherland causing him to beat the crap out of him … he was merely wearing make-up and face prosthetics to make it look like he got the crap beat out of him. Even tho I know these injuries are fake I still can’t help but feel bad for him. A purdy face like Ryan‘s should never be marred in this way. I love that he posed for fun pics with little kids, it only makes his hawtness more … hawt! Even with all of this make-up, he still looks great … don’t you think?

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Hottie McSexpot Ryan Gosling has begun work on his latest project, a film called Blue Valentine that is currently filming in NYC … the very same city where his ex-girlfriend Rachel McAdams and her new beau Josh Lucas have taken up residence. But, undaunted by the fact that he very well may run into McLucas at any given moment (like, say, on one of their bike rides, perhaps), Ryan is clearly focused on his task at hand … which is portraying a dude in the process of moving in NYC’s East Village:

I understand that Ryan will be starring with Michelle Williams in this new film, which should make for a very interesting pairing. I know that Ryan has been bizzy in recent weeks with his new band Dead Man’s Bones but it looks like his music career will have to take the backseat for a spell while he films this movie. I’m just astounded how Ryan can be wearing clothing from head to toe while doing a menial task like moving and still look ridiculously hawt. I mean … yeah. I hope we’ll get to see more of Ryan on the set of Blue Valentine in the coming weeks … preferably wearing less but, you know, I’ll take what I can get.

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