Eric Matthews

Bunny Matthews talks with Eric Paulsen about his upcoming birthday celebration as well as his classic New Orleans cartoon Vic and Nat'ly.

The Bubble -- September 16, 2008 (Wall Street Black Tuesday) sets the stage as the high octane world of Real Estate is seen through the well-blended mix of interrelated stories in the visionary short The Bubble, directed by Joddy Eric Matthews. In the footsteps of

The trailer for Miss Congeniality. Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is an FBI agent who goes undercover in the fictional Miss United States scholarship program/beauty pageant in San Antonio, Texas on the lookout for a terrorist. She, who is not traditionally attractive, is turned into a more attractive woman going by the name of Gracie Lou Freebush, with the same tomboyish habits (eg. snorting while laughing). She is seen overreacting to a gun-toting Texan, wearing a Tyrolean for her talent competition, much to the dismay of her mentor, Victor Melling (Michael Caine) and the director of the competition and former queen, Kathy Morningside (Candice Bergen), and using her on-stage talent to demonstrate self-defense techniques. In the pageant itself, Hart, competing on behalf of the state of New Jersey was tabbed to advance to the top 10, but gets through on talent alone for the rest of the pageant. She eventually places as runner up to Cheryl Frasier (Miss Rhode Island). It is revealed at the end of the movie that Morningside and her son, Frank Morningside (gone under the name Tobin to hide his many crimes) have plotted to sabotage the pageant. They are caught after the title crown (which is rigged with a bomb, which, upon detonation, would assassinate the winner of the pageant, keeping Kathy Morningside from giving up her crown) detonates at conclusion of the pageant, and Gracie is awarded 'Miss Congeniality' (although The Miss Congeniality award is usually given during the pageant itself, a custom in pageants such as Miss USA and Miss Universe) and starts a relationship with her partner Eric Matthews (Benjamin Bratt).

The trailer for Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous. Three weeks after the events of the first film, FBI agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) has become a celebrity after she infiltrated a beauty pageant on her last assignment. Her fame results in her cover being blown while she is trying to prevent a bank heist. To capitalize on the publicity, the FBI decide to make Gracie the new 'face' of the FBI; Gracie, who is hurt after being dumped by her boyfriend, fellow Agent Eric Matthews (who is relocated to Miami in the movie), agrees to the reassignment. The movie flashes forwards ten months, and she begins appearing on morning television giving out fashion advice and promoting her book. However, when Cheryl, Miss United States and Gracie's friend (Heather Burns), and Stan Fields (William Shatner) are kidnapped in Las Vegas, Gracie is prompted to return to her old ways. She goes undercover to try to rescue them, accompanied by her bodyguard Sam Fuller (Regina King). This puts her at odds with the FBI, as they are unwilling to lose their mascot and are unsure if she's still up to the task.