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Monday, February 26, 2007

The 79th Oscars

Overall I was very happy about the entirety of the show. In my opinion the three shockers that did not win were: Pan's Labyrinth - I didn't see it but everyone was talking about it and it won all these other awards. Listen - the song from beyonce blows me away and I HATE beyonce. She was robbed. I guess I have to remember that everyone is a staunch democrat and they would vote for an inconvenient truth song. And last Edie Murphy - I wonder if he's pissed. Everyone thought it was a sure bet that he was going to win. I'm not that upset that Alan Arkin won, but I do wish that Marky Mark won. But it's alright. The rest of the show was alright, I thought Ellen did a great job and she was really funny.

Alright let's get to the most important thing: The dresses!!







Cate Blanchett is my favorite actress and she looks amazing. I always admire her style and I love what she wears. She's always willing to take a chance and I appreciate that. This dress she is wearing is stunning. The whole thing was a glitter fest!!! Love it!!

These two dresses are my favorite of the night by far.

Penelope Cruz has amazing lines and I love the bottom of the skirt. What a beautiful choice. I love the color and the style. Very, very nice.














These are two lovely British women and they are dressing to kill. Helen Mirren wore a stunning dress. All the tiny detail is amazing. I love how is sparkled. There was a layer of sparkle under the chiffon. Lovely.

Kate looked gorgeous in this color. It is a very simple dress but still modern. Love it.









Mis J. hud not the best choice in dresses. I really do not like the jacket. It just doesn't look right with that dress. I love, L.O.V.E. the pockets in the dress, but she has looked nicer in the past. I loved her dress that she wore when she sang, DAMN DIVA!!! But this was just ok.

Jada - Her hair and make up looked fabu. I like this dress but it's very tight. You have to be super, super thin to pull that off. I liked it very much.







Beauties in blue. Maggie looks amazing in this dress. The color is great on her with her dramatic makeup. I love the black sparkles on the dress that matched the bottom of the dress. She was robbed out of a nomination but she sure showed them!!!

Emily blunt looks great. I love her hair. It's very old school and pretty. I like the dress as well with the bare neck line. Job well done.









Gwenyth I thought looked beautiful!! I love her hair and I really like the simplicity of this dress, even though looking close it's not simple. I really like the color as well.


Reese looked AMAZING!! This dress was everyone's favorite. I can see why. It's not my favorite but it's certainly one of the best. Again her hair looks great, simple makeup, not that much jewelry. If you notice the big trend this year was bracelets. Lots of diamonds in the bracelets. The bottom of this dress is great with the colors fading. Very beautiful.







J. Lo looked really sweet. I love this dress bc the jewelry is already attached. Like Rachel Weisz's dress. When there is jewelry already on the dress is great. The diamonds on J. Lo look hot. Her hair is really nice also. I like the softness of both colors of these dresses. I like the satin look of Rachel's dress. The only criticism I would have is that Rachel doesn't need to wear that necklace, bc there is jewelry on her dress already. But both ladies did a great job.








Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts are pretty much the same person except for the 10 inches that separates them. Nicole looked amazing. I love the color of this dress and I loved the cut of it. On the edge of the dress there is an almost metallic look and it's different and I like it. Her hair was great as well. (notice the bracelet).

Naomi on the other hand - I liked the color very much and the cut was nice. But the things on her arms? I am not feeling that. But her hair and makeup are very nice. Also the bling around her neck... Nice one!!!







Meh on both these dresses. There could be many things to do to both of them to make them pretty. Kirsten's collar and Cameron's bottom. Kirsten actually found her dress on the internet, she should have tried it on first. The dress is alright, just alright, without that dumb collar. Cameron usually looks like such a mess that this looks was ok for her. Her makeup and jewelry are great so it makes up for her sub par dress.













Do I really need to say anything about these 2 not men? Clive = MAN ALIVE!!!! Love the hands in the pockets, you exude confidence and that's your hottest accessory. I also really like your suit.

James MacAvoy - your hot!!! I love the suit with the slim tie and I like your shoes... mostly I just like you.







The beauties in blue brought there Men in black!! With dresses like that the best accessory is a fine man. Nicely done on both accounts.















Two couples at the after party. I love all 4 of you people!!! You all look so pretty.

re-looking at this pic Gwen looks really very delicate and pretty.

Leo and Kate love each other. I love that they are still really close.




















I really liked this dress. I love the color and I love the simplicity of it. I really like pink and black together. The belt is great and accentuates her great body. I love the back of the dress. It's very sexy without showing too much skin, leaving something to the imagination. She's a beautiful girl and she has a great, if not the greatest, stylist today so I knew she would wear something really great. I might have wanted something with a little sparkle. but I'll get over it bc Cate Blanchett was all sparkle. Her hair and makeup look amazing. Her dress at the Golden Globes was one of my favorite of the year.












<-I do not like red carpet dress. I think she could have done so much better. ->This dress she wore when she sang her powerhouse song, "Listen" and she looked stunning. All the "Dreamgirls" wore red and I wish they would have ALL worn red on the red carpet.










The wrong way and the right way to wear a necklace. Look at that Bling on Adriana Barraza from "Babel". Her dress wasn't great but the necklace was. Meryl Streep's dress was alright, She should have done better being that she was the fashion devil in the movie she was nominated for. Prada could have given her a way better dress.





On other news THANK YOU HONEY FOR GETTING ME THE DAMIEN RICE FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!! I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE HIM!!! and Shane!!!

TV in general has been really good lately. The Black Donnelly's premiered last night and it started slow but definitely got more interesting. Worth watching if you haven't seen it, it will be on again on Thursday at 10pm on NBC.

that's it for now.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

The Fucking Grammy's

I always look forward to them but I always end up hating them bc ya know why? THEY SUCK!!!

first let's say the disappointment I feel for Justin Timberlake is surprising. If I were his friend this is what I would tell him. There are literally thousands of bands and solo artists. There are so many ppl. who put out great albums this year. But how many are actually nominated for best album? 5!! 5 out of more than a million or so. And you were one of those 5. It truly is an honor to be nominated if you any sort of stock in the Grammy's. If I were you I wouldn't care bc your video for "what goes around" is brill!! You're hot in that video and you are doing great on tour. so who cares about the grammy's? Not me!!! but congrats on your 2 that you did win.

Let me move on to Brenda NOT WINNING for "my grammy moment"!!! How could she not win!??!?! it is completely beyond me!!!! The other 2 girls were alright, but Brenda was amazing!!! she is the only on that had extreme talent and had that X-factor!!! HOW COULD SHE NOT WIN!?!??!?!?!??! I don't understand it? It's been a couple of days, you would think that I would be over it... and I am not. I am over JT not winning album of the year bc I don't mind that the dixie chicks won. It's supposably a good album. But Brenda not winning really sticks in my craw!!

Enjoy this little ditty.

Christina Ricci looked quite good at the grammy's. Mary J did a great job. Luda is a sore winner. And that's my Grammy wrap up...

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Crazy week of concerts!!!

So my vacation totally wasn't long enough. But I had a good time. Last I left off was the day after seeing MattyNay at the Cutting room and sort of hanging out with him at Starbucks. Honey came in on Sat and I met her in the city. We had yummy pizza at this really great place on 23rd between 7th and 8th or 6th. Somewhere around there. It's a little hole in the wall but they have great pizza. Then we went to get coffee, but first we got sidetracked at Radio Shack and we almost both bought the razor phone for $19.99 with a $36 activation fee. But we didn't and had starbucks instead. Then we headed over to msg and got to our seats. I ended up seeing these 2 girls that I know from Matt shows and talked to them for a bit.

Seeing Matt on that big stage was so nice. It felt natural. He only played 6 songs which kinda sucked, but at least he had this great opportunity. It was a proud moment. A lot of people were there for him and there was a nice response from the crowd. When he finished he almost took out John when he was leaving the stage. He couldn't get out of there quick enough. I think he either went to go vomit, went to cry into his wife's arms, drink himself to oblivion or all the above. It was a very proud moment for a Matt Nathanson fan to see him at MSG. I was proud and I hope that one day he will be there again and it'll just be for him.

Gomez were alright nothing special. It was a little boring. But then O.A.R. came on stage and the place erupted. They really have a decent following. I was surprised by it. The funny thing is that everyone is too young to realize that O.A.R. stole everything they do from DMB. But it was alright, it was nice to hear and see the energy of the crowd. They were actually filming it for a dvd or something. We left the show a bit early. I got a set list for Gomez and the call sheet with MattyNay's name on it.

Sunday morning Honey and I went for brunch with Rochi at French Roast. It was really nice. We had some laughs. I couldn't get my mimosa and that totally sucked. there's some law in NY and NJ that says you can't order alcohol b4 noon on a Sunday. DAMN THE MAN!!!

I took Honey to Grand Central and sent her off to her friend in CT.

I met Honey in the city on Wed. and we went for sushi then headed over to Bowery ballroom to see Paulo Nutini. There were 2 openers. The first guy was awful. The second band was Musiq soul child and they were really good. They had a white guitarist and he was really quite good. He was so into all the songs, it was enjoyable to watch and he looked really good in his jeans. I got a setlist from them.

Paulo finally hit the stage and he was great. At times it was really mellow, but for the most part he really was full of energy. His ass was hanging out the whole night and I was surprised that he wears tighty wighties. They were filming it for a BBC thing. He sang an extended version of 'Jenny Don't be Hasty' and it was the highlight of the show. It actually was a really, really short show. He ended with "Rehab" an Amy Winehouse song. It was really good. There were a lot of scotts and britts at the show. It was a lot of fun. After the show Honey and I waited for Paulo to come out. We only waited for a 1/2 hour or so, it was really cold out. But he came out and we both got to take a picture with him and he was off and so were we.

Honey came to work with me the next day and that was fun. She got to meet my boss and see where I work everyday. I packed a lunch for the both of us and we ate together while watching spooks.

Friday we drove back to her house and picked up her sister. We hung around for a bit and relaxed. We took the metro into DC and had some sushi. Then we had starbucks. We headed to the venue and missed the first 2 songs of Pink. Our seats were right in front of the section and it felt like I was going to fall over the edge. But it was great bc we could see everything. Pink was amazing. She ended up doing this Cirque de solei thing with the curtain/rope thing and it was awesome!!! My eyes bugged out of my head and my mouth dropped to the floor. Honey and I were losing it!! It was madness. While she was swinging and spinning on this thing she was singing 'sweet dreams'. It was so amazing.

Then JT came out and the place when crazy. I felt like a teenage girl. I was screaming like it too. The stage was set up so cool. there were different levels of the stage. It was a center stage and it came to the sides all the way up to section 100's and the floor was interesting. They had outer and inner stages. on the way outer stage there was a bar. Those seats cost $200 or something crazy. It was cool bc Justin danced and walked on the bar. It was pretty awesome. There were screens and they had his image on it and it was really cool. The band was amazing and they were on these platforms that were raised and lowered all over the stage. There were trap doors and dancers. At one point it was like watching porn, it was so awesome!! Timbaland was there and it was so cool. There was an intermission which was weird. It was a dj doing house music, with the screens and images on the screens. It was weird. this is the first concert that I've ever been to where there were dancers. It was so much fun. JT did all the good songs. I know Honey taped a lot of it and it'll probably be on you tube soon. He played piano and guitar pretty well. He changed three times. He looked really good.

We hung out for the rest of the weekend and saw "children of men" and that was really good. It was a very heavy movie. the directing was amazing. Clive was so good in this movie. It was just very well done and it's a shame that Alfonso Caron isn't nominated for best director. We had some starbucks and stayed at the mall for a while until Honey's mom picked us up.

we watched a preview for this movie called 'once' with glen hansard and his band member from The Swell Season. It looks so good, I really want to see that movie. I'm looking forward to seeing the frames when they come to town.

I went home on Monday and it was a pretty easy drive. It was very windy, but other than that it was a fine ride.

I've been watching a lot of television. I finished watching all the seasons of spooks and now I'm sad. :( I can't wait until it comes on again. I need me some Rupert Penry Jones!!! I've been watching Dr. Who with Christopher Eccelston. It's really cheesy and campy. But I like it. Heroes has been really good. Lost comes on tonight and I can't wait. 24 has been alright. slow at some points but still really good. So far it's better than last year.

Nothing else is really going on. I'll try and post some pics when I get a chance. I have midlake at the end of the week with cara. That should be a lot of fun. I really like the album. Speaking of good albums The Fertelli's are really great. The are a mix between arctic monkey and franz ferdinand.

That's it for now.