Making The Animal Freaks Happy

Christina Ricci has been looking positively gorgeous lately whilst promoting her new film with Samuel L. Jackson "Black Snake Moan". The movie looks like a piece of shit, and I've heard it's getting bad reviews, but who cares when she looks this good. If only she looked this good in the movie. Look Peta, No deer. Happy now?

Tori's New Album

Yay, there was recently an announcement on Rolling Stones website that Tori Amos' new album will be called American Doll Posse, and it's release date is set for May 1st. I simply can't wait, I was a bit disappointed with her last album, but from the sounds of things, this one's going to be great. The World Tour to support the album is scheduled to begin May 28th in Rome. I can't wait to see her live again. Above is the new press photo that was released with the announcement. It's a bit scary, but I love it. I think it's a bit ominous of Sissy Spacek in "Carrie".

She looks dead, her leg is bleeding, she's got a bible in one hand, and the word shame written on the other. Yah, creepy. Click the picture to enlarge.

Britney Done Bumped Her Head On The Crack Pipe

Okay I was not going to comment on Britney Spears at all. The whole hanging out with Paris Hilton, drinking and clubbing when she should be home with her kids or in the recording studio, and getting in and out of limo's with no drawers on was simply too annoying to pay much attention to (good to know she goes for the brazilian wax though). But this whole (to quote Empire Records) "Sinead O'Rebellion, shock me, shock me, shock me" nonsense that has just occured makes me think that the girl needs some heavy drugs, or group hugs. Then to top your shaved head with a tacky blonde wig that even the worst of Drag Queens wouldn't wear, further proves my point that she's insane. Not that I'm not getting a laugh out of the whole thing, but I have to say (and I never thought I would say this), the kids should be in the custody of their father. Ugh, I feel filthy now.

Children Running Through

The sublime Miss Patty Griffin is releasing her fifth studio album tomorrow. I am so excited about hearing new music from her and hopefully getting to see her on tour this time around, that I just had to make an announcement about it. You should all pick it up, she has one of the smoothest country/pop/folk/gospel voices ever, and her songwriting is extraordinary. I guarantee you won't be sorry. The album is called Children Running Through, and the track listing is as follows.

1) You'll Remember

2) Stay On The Ride

3) Trapeze

4) Getting Ready

5) Burgundy Shoes

6) Heavenly Day

7) No Bad News

8) Railroad Wings

9) Up To The Mountains

10) I Don't Ever Give Up

11) Someone Else's Tomorrow

12) Crying Over

Heavenly Day is the only track I have heard from the album, I'm not sure if it's the first single or not, but if it's any indication of the rest of the album, it will be sweet

Emma Bunton - All I Need To Know

Look what I found on youtube, the new Emma video. How conveniant. The poor thing, I just read on her website that she actually shot the whole video outside in this satin dress in December. Give her respect, she froze her ass off for her craft. It's such a beautiful ballad, she looks gorgeous, and the angel motif works so nicely.

Baby Is Pregnant

Man, it has been a few weeks since I have written last, but I have just been very busy. Enough excuses, on with the story. Miss Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton has just released an official statement saying that she is pregnant with her first child. The former Spice Girl, who just last year was diagnosed with endometriosis (a condition which makes it difficult to conceive), and her longtime boyfriend Jade Jones, could not be happier with this news.

"We are so happy, it's unbelievable news" the couple said in the statement. "What a great way to start the New Year."

And as for Emma's former nickname?

"I guess I will be handing over the 'Baby' tag now to a deserving little new owner."

In other Emma news, she ended up placing third on the celebrity dance competition show "Strictly Come Dancing" and her cover of the Petula Clark classic "Downtown" recently reached #3 on the UK charts.

Her gorgeous new album "Life In Mono" is available now. The second single will be the albums opening track "All I Need To Know". Congratulations to the happy couple.

Elizabeth Rex

I don't know why I hadn't really thought about doing this before but I feel I should promote the play I am co-starring in which starts January 19th. I have already told everyone I know about it, but on the off chance that someone in the Ontario region (particularly Durham Region) that I don't know, sees this post and decides to come see it, I guess that would be a good thing.

The play is Elizabeth Rex by: Timothy Findley. The story focuses on a group of actors (The Lord Chamberlains Men) and their playwright (William Shakespeare) who have just finished a royal performance of "Much Ado About Nothing" and are confined to the Queen's barn for the night due to a curfew in the streets. The Queen pays the actors a visit, seeking distraction for the evening as her former lover (the Earl of Essex) is set to be executed in the morning. The evening brings anything but distraction. Instead the evening reveals much about the Queen (played beautifully by Judith Edmondson), Will Shakespeare and Ned Lowenscroft (the company's brilliant performer of women's roles), the lives they have lived, and the roles they have chosen.

As I said, performances begin January 19th at the Oshawa Arts Resource Centre. All other information is available on the poster up top. Click to enlarge the picture. (Oh, I play Harry Pearle. Almost forgot, duh!.)

Hairspray Movie Cast

After the spookiness of Danny Pintauro I felt it was time to brighten things up with some new pictures of the cast of the updated Hairspray movie (perhaps one of the most colorful musicals ever). So sit back and enjoy the sights.

Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle (better than Stephanie in Grease 2)

Amanda Bynes and Allison Janney as Penny and Purdy Pingleton (S&M for Mom and Daughter...Scary)

John Travolta as Edna Turnblad and Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle (I'm looking forward to these two performances).

Zac Efron as Link Larkin and Nicole Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad

Centre: Brittany Snow as Amber Von Tussle and James Marsden as Corny Collins.

And although I promised no spookiness in this post...it's pretty much inevitable when you are talking about Christopher Walken. Here he is as Wilbur Turnblad. I'm sorry, so, so sorry.

Who's The Boss Now? (PS. Not really for kids. See how responsible I am)

Remember Danny Pintauro? The kid who played Jonathan Bower (Judith Light's son) on the sitcom Who's the Boss? Of course you do, everybody remembers at least five episodes of that show. Well, as we all know he came out many years ago, but we had no idea that he would one day turn from the picture above (kinda cute, but nothing really special), into the picture below. God, Alyssa Milano turned out better than I thought. Is this what comes of "showering" with Tony Danza when your a sexually confused teenager? That's Awful! Who Said That? Anyway, I know I don't usually post things like this, I just found it too shocking not to. Plus he reminds me of my first boyfriend, a bit older with a crystal meth gaze. No, I would never do that...again.

Mystery Machine Mourns!

All the kids in the world should be sad today (grown ups too) because, Iwao Takamoto, best known as the creator of lovable Hanna-Barbera character Scooby Doo has passed away at the age of 81. Among other accomplishments in his career, he also assisted in the designs of some of the best known, and most beloved animated feature films and television shows of all time including Walt Disney's "Cinderella", "Peter Pan", "Lady And The Tramp" (among others) and Hanna Barbera's "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" (for which he created another lovable, yet dimwitted canine, Astro). And for those of you who remember the 1973 animated film version of Charlotte's Web, Takamoto served as the director of that film.

Rest In Peace.

Metropolitan Museum Of Art

My Brother and I spent two mornings at the Met. while we were in the great city of New York, and we only got to see the first floor. My point is, it's fuckin' huge, but it's so beautiful. We would have spent a longer time there but as I said we basically had two shows a day and we had to eat and get to where the theatre was that day. Plus we stayed in Queens while we were there so we first had to travel from Queens to Manhattan to get to the Museum in the first place (it didn't take as long as I thought though). Here are some pictures of our favorite pieces on the first floor. More will be added soon. The little guy below was one of my faves.

Jenny Lewis - Fernando (Live)

Even though Conan states that this song is on Jenny's album "Rabbit Fur Coat", it in fact isn't, and I really enjoy it. Their dancing is adorable, and look at how small Jenny is when Conan comes and stands next to her. Too Cute.

Welcome Back!

Well, here we are again. Another year come and gone, and it's time to see what the future holds for all of us (me specifically). I had a great time in New York. I saw 10 shows in 7 days, it was a bit exhausting but so worth it. I will try and write revues as soon as possible, I just want to get my pictures developed and uploaded before I do so. My brother sent me some of the pictures he took (including the one up top) with his digital camera (I really need to get one of those), so I will be adding those asap. They are awesome pics, I think he missed his calling as a photographer. Happy 2007.

Happy Holidays!!!!!!!!!

Happy Christmas Eve to one and all, and in case I don't get to writing before then, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well. I'm off to New York on Boxing Day for a week, so I should have plenty to write about in the New Year. Love To You All.

Lucky Leo

Leonardo DiCaprio has been a lucky boy these days. Two top-grossing films in the last couple of months (The Departed and Blood Diamond) and now he has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (drama) for his roles in these films.

I saw The Departed a few weeks ago, and I really enjoyed it, particularly his performance (so I do believe he is worthy of a nomination), and I hear that Blood Diamond is meant to be one of the best performances of his career (again...worthy). I don't know how I feel about people being nominated twice in the same category though. I mean it pretty much guarantees the person the win (which usually makes me happy, if they're worthy), but it pretty much fucks over the other nominees, and if they do give it to someone else....the academy looks like a bunch of assholes.

Tough luck for the other actors, nobody said life was fair though.

Dirt Never Looked So Good

I just wanted to post this promo picture for Courtney Cox-Arquette's new show "Dirt", because I think it is important to keep things beautiful around the Christmas holiday.

All I know about the show is that Courtney plays an editor-in-chief for a celebrity tabloid magazine. The show premieres on January 2nd on the FX channel.

Reichen VS. Perez

Reichen Lehmkuhl has posted on his myspace page that he wants to sue gossip website owner Mario Lavendeira (aka Perez Hilton) for inflammatory statements and slander, and he is calling all other celebrities who have been vilified on Perezhilton.com to do the same.

I'm not sure how that would work exactly, or if that is even a winnable case. Reichen, who was a former star on the Amazing Race, and now author and boyfriend to Lance Bass (for those who have no idea who he is, which is very possible), has also asked for the public to boycott the website and it's advertisers (wherein Lavendeira makes his profits) in order to get the site shut down.

I will admit that Perez does focus on Reichen and Lance quite a bit. From having a part in outing them both (which is pretty much the time I stopped reading his site, because I find the very idea of outing people particularly irksome), to accusing Reichen of cheating on Lance, and stating that he was a crystal meth addict, and then calling him a media whore because he wrote a book (which, I think he insinuated was a book of lies and fabricated stories in order to keep him in the spotlight).

However, can't Perez just claim freedom of speech and be done with it? And it's not like he's the only gossip site that speaks poorly of celebrities (but Perez does seem to make up his own stories alot of the time which could hurt his case).

Anyway, if you want to read the full post from Reichen's myspace (and the hilarious comments that follow), the link is below. Good luck to each. Even though I personally side with Reichen (not because I think he's right exactly, but just because I don't like Perez Hilton).

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=47147734&blogID=208169393&Mytoken=D5ABBC5F-9855-4CEE-AD8BA403C891E38922153557

Christina Wears Fur, And People Ain't Happy

One of my favorite actresses, Christina Ricci, wore a natural fur coat on the front cover of the September issue of W magazine, and people were/are not pleased about it. As soon as the issue hit news stands many online fan sights dedicated to the diminutive actress closed down their services because they were offended by the notion that Christina liked to wear fur.

If you visit www.christinaricci.info , they have posted the following statement.

OFFLINE DUE TO FUR USAGE

"Well, that's it. I've had this Christina Ricci fan page for almost 8 years (since January 1999), but I recently found out Christina doesn't appear to have a problem wearing fur. Well, I do. I also have a problem with people who wear fur. Conclusion: I have a problem with Christina. And now that problem is solved, because I don't have a website about her anymore, so I no longer have anything to do with her."

Wow, people are so fuckin' sensitive these days. It's like the Dixie Chicks fiasco all over again. In fact Christina recently had to release a statement of apology. It read...

"I never meant to hurt nor anger anyone with my insensitivity. For what it is worth, I have received the message loud and clear and will not be wearing fur in the future. I apologize for my offensive actions."

Okay, I am not going to state my personal opinions on fur wearing (because animal activists will Fuck You Up!), however, the magazine editors probably asked her to wear it. It's not like it came straight out of her closet. So I really can't be as offended by this "offensive action" as I apparently should be.

It made for a nice cover photo, whether or not Rudolph and Blitzen had to suffer to make her cloak. In other Christina news, she has a couple new movies under her belt that are set for release soon, including Home of the Brave, and Black Snake Moan.

My Worst Nightmare!!!!!!!!!!!

Prepare for fire to rain down from the heavens people, as I have just been informed that Halle Berry is releasing an album in the New Year.

I'm frightened Aunty Em, I'm Frightened.

The (so far rumoured) 13 track album from EZ Records is to be released on February 6, 2007. The track listing is as follows.

1) Miss Sexy (God help me it's bad)
2) No Problem
3) Sunshine
4) How You Been? feat. Jamie Foxx (Quickly getting worse)
5) Like That
6) Around
7) Lazy (feat. Lupe Fiasco)
8) Your Love Is Always Good

9) Not Today (I'm Not In The Mood)

10) Write Me

11) Love & Emotions

12) Singing To You

13) Go Left (feat. Bun B. and Timbaland)

Of course I'm not saying that actresses should not be singers as well (some are actually able to pull it off), but the thing is....she'll be everywhere if she is successful, and I can barely put up with her presence in the spotlight as it is. You've made one good film in your career Halle, don't press your luck with me.

Sarah Silverman - Give The Jew Girl Toys

"If you ask yourself what would Jesus do, he'd say give the Jew girl toys". Happy Hanukkah to those who celebrate it.