Two of the most awful, annoying reality stars in history, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (whose CD I definitely own), are flat broke and living with Spencer's parents. Clearly getting life threatening plastic surgery does not a fortune make. You really have to wonder how many bad monetary decisions were made to blow all their money. I mean, there was a time when Heidi must have been making a bundle...yikes.
Actor, Michael Clarke Duncan has died at age 54. He was being treated for a heart attack he had earlier this summer and died in the hospital. He will always be remembered for his beautiful performance in The Green Mile. Very, very sad. TOO YOUNG!
Wow, well first it was Avengers (which I still need to see), and not Batman has reached the $1 billion dollar mark at the box office! I have to say, when I first saw this movie I wasn't as blown away by it as I was hoping to be and I was generally unhappy with the choice of Anne Hathaway as Cat Woman, but looking back, this movie really was great. It had a great twist ending, awesome effects, good story, etc, and the ending was nice. Good movie! I'm still not so sure about Hathaway, but maybe she'll be so good in Les Miserables...I smell Best Supporting Actress win...
Hello my gorgeous fans with perfect cuticles! Today I tried out a fun top coat. I am still obsessed with the "Did you 'ear about Van Gogh" OPI nail color that I've been wearing, but tomorrow I'm going to a party so I wanted to jazz it up a little. I used Sally Hansen Diamond Strength in "Glass Slipper." I wish I had captured it on my nails better, but it's actually more like awesome flecks of prettiness rather than glitter. I may add another coat, I just used one, but it's VERY, VERY cool and jazzed up my greige nail polish!
Why did Miley insist on making herself as ugly as she could possibly be?!?! Going short I can get with, but THAT color and THAT cut with THAT face? Just murder me. You have to look like Cameron Diaz in the 90s to pull that shit off....yikes.
Hello, my gorgeous slayer loving fans. So, because the world is sometimes a good place, Chiller is having a Buffy marathon and right now they're playing season 4. I love Buffy, if you haven't already noticed from my frequent posts about it, and for years I had said that season 4 is by FAR my least favorite. Having revisited the season at a more...um...mature stage(?) I realized that my initial dislike for this season was how upsetting it was to see Buffy, who ruled Sunnydale High by the time she was out of there, start from scratch and struggle through some not so great experiences...the first episode of the season still haunts me...BUT...I realized...that's the genius of the show.
Joss Whedon and the other writers for the show could take a common, awful life experience, and put a super natural twist into it to make it work with the show and teach you a lesson about life, usually encouraging you to be a good person and make good decisions and that the good guys can work together for a greater good. Also, Sarah Michelle Gellar really looks great in this season. I mean, I love the way she looks always, but they really got her hair right in this season I feel. Also, Willow becomes a lesbian, Riley is hot and the season finale is just the most genius thing ever. While it's not my FAVORITE season, season 4 has moved up my list.
Hello, my gorgeous fans who love high belting. Last night/morning I could NOT sleep! I probably didn't shut my eyes until 6:30 a.m. OY! Anyway, I find that the best thing to do when you can't sleep is watch amazing clips on youtube. I started the evening watching clips of Wicked for some research...no need to go into why (wink, wink), but I started watching Kendra Kassebaum, who has a weird, weird, sometimes thrilling voice, and she's completely hilarious as Glinda (check out her last "Popular," pretty hilarious and I HATE this song), but what I REALLY liked, was her full-throated, belted C at the end of the number (6:50) followed by a lovely high C in head voice.
Somehow this clip got me to watch Jennifer Hudson singing "I'm Here," from The Color Purple (also immortalized by Zach Altman at our Duplex show), but THEN I found this amazing clip of Fantasia on Broadway at her final show. First of all, her singing is just over the top amazing, secondly, the audience and the girl taping it just make it even more enjoyable.
Then I thought, "Hmmm...I wonder if there's footage from Dreamgirls with Audra, Norm, Heather, etc..."...well, there is. Audra's sassy dancing, pushed chest, full-voiced head voice and sweat pants are just terrific. I wish SO badly that there was a video of Heather Headley's DISASTROUS "Ain't No Party," but this will have to do for now.
And finally this wonderment....how did she do this night after night and can STILL sing, let alone speak! Amazing.
