trailer trash - Love Happens

While I love me some Aaron Eckhart and Judy Greer, there's no way in hell I'm going to see this movie, & the title might as well be "Shit Happens."

The CFDA and Vogue Announce the 2009 Fashion Fund Finalists

This just in: The Council of Fashion Designers of America and Vogue are thrilled to announce the ten finalists for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund. For the sixth year, up-and-coming American fashion talent will compete for cash prizes and mentoring from industry insiders. “We had very strong applicant pool this year, particularly among the jewelers,” say Vogue’s Editor In Chief, Anna Wintour. “The ten finalists we selected are a talented, diverse group, who are building healthy independent businesses in challenging times.” One winner and two runners-up will be announced at a gala on November 16 in New York City. 
 
And the finalists are…
 


ALABAMA CHANIN – Natalie Chanin
ESQUIVEL SHOES – George Esquivel
GARY GRAHAM – Gary Graham
HOUSE OF WARIS – Waris Ahluwalia
MONIQUE PEAN – Monique Péan
OHNE TITEL – Flora Gill and Alexa Adams
PATRIK ERVELL – Patrik Ervell
SOPHIE THEALLET – Sophie Theallet
SPURR – Simon Spurr
WAYNE – Wayne Lee

All of the above was direct from Vogue's website. House of Waris may sound a bit familiar if you're a fan of Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic or Darjeeling Limited because Waris Ahluwalia acted in both. & I featured Ohne Titel under some of my Fashion Week Favorites back in February, since their garments were so fantastic and reminiscent of previous CFDA Winner Alexander Wang and the badass British line Preen.
And now for your viewing pleasure the trailers for Life Aquatic and Darjeeling Limited

Life Aquatic


Darjeeling Limited

Ad Fad - Calvin Klein

Please take a moment to Rock the F out to - Santigold

First she was Santogold, then had to change it to Santigold, but no matter the moniker,this badass bitch's (born Santi White) music is stellar and is popping up everywhere. After catching an intimate yet amazing performance at PS14 2 years ago, I've been obsessively listening to her debut album for over a year now (& so has the musical director at Entourage apparently.) I thought it was time to share my love (again) for this incredible woman, often referred to as the American M.I.A with all of you, because if you didn't know, now you do, Santigold is official.

While compiling these videos I ended up putting them in the order they’re in on her self-titled debut, except for My Drive Thru

L.E.S Artistes


You’ll Find A Way

[happened to turn up on the 6th season premiere of Entourage]


Shove It


Say Aha


Creator

[you’ve heard this out in the past year and a half & loved it…you know you did]


Lights Out

[yes this is the song from all those Bud Light Lime commercials]


My Superman

[if you watch Entourage religiously & obsessively as I do, you heard this song while they were hanging out at the strip club. I mention it because The Klaxons were also featured on the ep]


Starstruck


Unstoppable
[which you might have caught when Vince got fired off of "Smoke Jumpers"]


I’m A Lady

[this is just some weird fan-made video, but I heart this song since it’s about me]



Anne
[I love every song on this album but there’s just something about this track that drives me wild in a way that Creator & Shove It]


You’ll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix)


My Drive Thru with N.E.R.D and Julian Casablancas to commemorate Converse's Centennial

"As Planned"

After the first glass of vodka
you can accept just about anything
of life even your own mysteriousness
you think it is nice that a box
of matches is purple and brown and is called
La Petite and comes from Sweden
for they are words that you know and that
is all you know words not their feelings
or what they mean and you write because
you know them not because you understand them
because you don't you are stupid and lazy
and will never be great but you do
what you know because what else is there?

-Frank O'Hara

trailer trash - Whip It!

Drew Barrymore's directorial debut looks like THE most awesome Chick-Flick in ages & I write that with the kindest sentiment. If I weren't a super-klutz I'd slap on a pair of skates and get join a roller derby. Instead I'll just start rocking facepaint and [even more] serious eye makeup to match the rock'n'roll attire I, & the beautiful babes, in this movie live in.

'True Blood' vamp Alexander Skarsgard, Kate Bosworth cast in 'Straw Dogs' | TV, movie and music news | Film, Movie biz, Movies, News | EW.com

'True Blood' vamp Alexander Skarsgard, Kate Bosworth cast in 'Straw Dogs' TV, movie and music news Film, Movie biz, Movies, News EW.com

Don't get me wrong I absolutely adore Alexander Skarsgard, but this movie does not need to be remade. Peep the original trailer below, or check out the movie to see for yourself.

2009 Emmy Nominations

While most people don't care about the Emmy's (The TV Oscars,) they're one of my favorite awards ceremonies of the year, mainly because the actors who spend all year portraying the characters we hate to love, love to hate and try their best to entertain us, finally get their due, like Neil Patrick Harris who will be hosting (and hopefully winning an Emmy this year.) I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of the nominees, (HIMYM finally getting a Best Comedy nod & Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad,) but you don't really know how it'll turn out til the night of, so congrats to all the nominees and thanks for keeping us glued to our couches for a reason.

Winners to be announced on Sunday, September 20th.

Outstanding Comedy Series
"Entourage" (2004)
"Family Guy" (1999)
"The Flight of the Conchords" (2007)
"How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
"The Office" (2005)
"30 Rock" (2006)
"Weeds" (2005)
I'm hoping HIMYM wins, but 30 Rock's most likely got it under lock for the 4th year in a row

Outstanding Drama Series
"Big Love" (2006)
"Breaking Bad" (2008)
"Damages" (2007)
"Dexter" (2006)
"House M.D." (2004)
"Lost" (2004)
"Mad Men" (2007)
I'm really torn here, considering each show is stellar, & I'm still thinking about the Lost and House finales, but Mad Men is head & shoulders above everyone else.

Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)
Taking Chance (2009)

Outstanding Miniseries
"Generation Kill" (2008)
"Little Dorrit" (2008)
I heart PBS Masterpieces/most Dickens adaptations/Matthew MacFayden, but if Generation Kill doesn't win I'm going to be livid.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Jemaine Clement for "The Flight of the Conchords" (2007)
Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Tony Shalhoub for "Monk" (2002)
Charlie Sheen for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
I would love to see Jemaine win, since he's my favorite Conchord...& he makes me want to get Garfunkled

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Simon Baker for "The Mentalist" (2008)
Gabriel Byrne for "In Treatment" (2008)
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House M.D." (2004)
I want to make out with all of them, but am rooting for Hugh Laurie... I mean Jon Hamm...I mean...

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Kevin Bacon for Taking Chance (2009)
Kenneth Branagh for "Wallander" (2008)
Brendan Gleeson for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Kevin Kline for "Great Performances: Cyrano de Bergerac (#37.8)" (2008)
Ian McKellen for King Lear (2008) (TV)
Kiefer Sutherland for 24: Redemption (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Christina Applegate for "Samantha Who?" (2007)
Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus for "The New Adventures of Old Christine" (2006)
Mary-Louise Parker for "Weeds" (2005)
Sarah Silverman for "The Sarah Silverman Program." (2007)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Glenn Close for "Damages" (2007)
Sally Field for "Brothers & Sisters" (2006)
Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999)
Holly Hunter for "Saving Grace" (2007)
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Drew Barrymore for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Jessica Lange for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Shirley MacLaine for Coco Chanel (2008) (TV)
Sigourney Weaver for Prayers for Bobby (2009) (TV)
Chandra Wilson for Accidental Friendship (2008) (TV)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jon Cryer for "Two and a Half Men" (2003)
Kevin Dillon for "Entourage" (2004)
Neil Patrick Harris for "How I Met Your Mother" (2005)
Jack McBrayer for "30 Rock" (2006)
Tracy Morgan for "30 Rock" (2006)
Rainn Wilson for "The Office" (2005)
While I'm a huge fan of NPH & think he was robbed last year, I want Tracy Morgan to win just to hear his acceptance speech. & I'd like to take this opportunity to say I'm glad Jeremy Piven wasn't nominated this year, because he stopped playing Ari Gold and became him 2 seasons ago, but after the first time he won I just wished they gave it to Kevin Dillon.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Christian Clemenson for "Boston Legal" (2004)
Michael Emerson for "Lost" (2004)
William Hurt for "Damages" (2007)
Aaron Paul for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
William Shatner for "Boston Legal" (2004)
John Slattery for "Mad Men" (2007)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Len Cariou for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Tom Courtenay for "Little Dorrit" (2008)
Ken Howard for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Bob Newhart for The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008) (TV)
Andy Serkis for "Little Dorrit" (2008)


Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kristin Chenoweth for "Pushing Daisies" (2007)
Jane Krakowski for "30 Rock" (2006)
Elizabeth Perkins for "Weeds" (2005)
Amy Poehler for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Kristen Wiig for "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Vanessa Williams for "Ugly Betty" (2006)
There's soooooo much talent in this category it's ridiculous. Especially since I'm in love with everyone of these incredibly beautiful and hilarious women...

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Rose Byrne for "Damages" (2007)
Hope Davis for "In Treatment" (2008)
Cherry Jones for "24" (2001)
Sandra Oh for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)
Dianne Wiest for "In Treatment" (2008)
Chandra Wilson for "Grey's Anatomy" (2005)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Shohreh Aghdashloo for "House of Saddam" (2008)
Marcia Gay Harden for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV)
Janet McTeer for Into the Storm (2009) (TV)
Jeanne Tripplehorn for Grey Gardens (2009) (TV)
Cicely Tyson for Relative Stranger (2009) (TV)

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
"The Colbert Report" (2005)
"The Daily Show" (1996)
"Late Show with David Letterman" (1993)
"Real Time with Bill Maher" (2003)
"Saturday Night Live" (1975)
Um wow, just thinking about each of these shows makes me chuckle...too close to call.

Outstanding Reality Competition Program
"The Amazing Race" (2001)
"American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)
"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
"Project Runway" (2005)
"Top Chef" (2006)
All great shows though I live and die for Project Runway & Top Chef

Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality - Competition Program
Tom Bergeron for "Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)
Phil Keoghan for "The Amazing Race" (2001)
Heidi Klum for "Project Runway" (2005)
Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio for "Top Chef" (2006)
Jeff Probst for "Survivor" (2000)
Ryan Seacrest for "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002)

Outstanding Reality Program
"Antiques Roadshow" (1997)
"Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan" (2004)
"Dirty Jobs" (2005)
"Intervention" (2005)
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (2005)
"MythBusters" (2003)
I can't believe Antiques Roadshow is still on! I'm not hatin' just statin'

Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg (2008) (TV)
Kathy Griffin: She'll Cut a Bitch (2009) (TV)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) (TV)
The 31st Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2008) (TV)
Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush (2009) (TV)
Give it to Chris!

Laugh it up for Louis CK

After watching the Invention of Lying trailer repeatedly, I realized I needed more Louis CK in my life. Since I don't have immediate access to Lucky Louie, I figured I'd share this great clip from his site.

"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world my heart can't take it."

I found myself watching American Beauty on TNT a couple weeks back & just can't seem to get it out of my head. Maybe because I think Alan Ball is one of the greatest writers of our time (check out True Blood & Six Feet Under,) the performances are stellar, or Sam Mendes is capable of creating some of the most evocative moments in film and you're not even aware. The scene where Wes Bentley's character shows Thora Birch "the most beautiful thing he's ever filmed" that turns out to be plastic bag dancing in the wind, has always stayed with me, so when I saw this balloon floating outside my window, I had to capture it. Sadly I wasn't able to get any video, but it's playful nature and the delight it provided me with were just as worthwhile as the sense of surprise and shock I felt when the balloon popped soon after I took these.

yes that's the Hair Original Broadway Cast Recording Record sleeve on the wall [Saturday Night Fever and The Great Gatsby are the other 2 ]

Chappelle's (almost) Show...

"Better not bring the kids!!!!!" is the line Dave used to holler at the end of the intro to his brilliant self titled seminal comedy sketch show of yesteryear, Chappelle's Show. & the same sentiment should should have been shared late last night/early this morning, when 4,000 people showed up to watch Dave do a show. Not expecting that many people to show, Dave rolled up to Pioneer Square with a small amplifier and was obviously ill-equipped, and ultimately unable to perform. Here's a clip (& a man on the scene report) of what went down:

Dave Chappelle at Pioneer Square

Since Michael Jackson died I haven't been able to stop thinking about the Chappelle sketch where Dave does to Jury Duty and what he'd say in regards to Black Stars on trial. What he said about Michael always stuck with me, because yo it's true.

Chappelle's Show
Celebrity Trial Jury Selection
http://www.comedycentral.com/
Buy Chappelle's Show DVDs Black Comedy True Hollywood Story

photo envy - folding bicylce

this baby's more beautiful than a Schwinn, it's got real personality...oh yeah and it folds.

Bright star!

"Bright star! would I were steadfast as thou art—
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors—
No—yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever—or else swoon to death."

-John Keats

trailer trash - Invention of Lying

I adore almost every actor in this movie but the fact that Ricky Gervais, Louis CK and Tina Fey are in this makes my head want to explode. If you have a small idea of how hilarious these people are, yours will probably blow too.

The best damn band in town...

by far is Awesome New Republic, and I'm not the only person who thinks so. I've been utterly in love with their music since the I randomly caught them at The University of Miami's mini music festival Canefest in 2005. They've moved out of town and returned, changed their lineup and & played almost every venue of note in this town, but their sound has remained the same, and undeniable amazing, so check out & enjoy their video for "Digital World."




quite possibly one of the best bands in the country they just don't have

Happy Bastille Day!

For those of you not in the know here's why it's a holiday, and a reason to do a completely gratuitous Romain Duris post!

The Dead Weather on Conan

The Dead Weather's debut album Horehound comes out today, but you can listen to the whole thing for free on iLike. Here's The Dead Weather performing "Hang You from the Heavens" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

Being Beauteous

Against the snow of Being a high-statured Beauty. Whistlings of death and circles of secret music make the adored body, like a specter, rise, expand, and quiver; wounds of black and scarlet burst in the superb flesh. - Life's own colors darken, dance, and drift around the Vision in the making. - Shudders rise and rumble, and the delerious savor of these effects clashing with the deadly hissings and the hoarse music that the world, far behind us, hurls at our mother of beauty, - she recoils, she rears up. Oh, our bones are clothed with an amorous new body.

x x x .

O the ashy faces, the crined escutcheon, the crystal arms! the cannon on which I am to fall in the melee of trees and of light air!

En Francais

Devant une neige un Etre de Beauté de haute taille. Des sifflements de mort et des cercles de musique sourde font monter, s'élargir et trembler comme un spectre ce corps adoré ; des blessures écarlates et noires éclatent dans les chairs superbes. Les couleurs propres de la vie se foncent, dansent, et se dégagent autour de la Vision, sur le chantier. Et les frissons s'élèvent et grondent et la saveur forcenée de ces effets se chargeant avec les sifflements mortels et les rauques musiques que le monde, loin derrière nous, lance sur notre mère de beauté, - elle recule, elle se dresse. Oh ! nos os sont revêtus d'un nouveau corps amoureux.

x x x .

O la face cendrée, l'écusson de crin, les bras de cristal ! le canon sur lequel je dois m'abattre à travers la mêlée des arbres et de l'air léger !

It's Monday...

I know that I previously mentioned that summer Mondays would belong to NPH, but Liev was featured in this month's "My Favorite Place," which makes up the backpage [& is generally my favorite part] of Travel & Leisure. Considering The Delacorte is one of my favorite places in New York, (& the location of where I forever sealed my love, appreciation and respect for Liev) I had to share.

Bruno Review

This film is sheer and utter insanity, with a lot of full frontal made nudity. Bruno is all about shock value and that's exactly what he accomplishes. In the course of 96 minutes, he was able to display and create one of the most memorable and craziest pieces of art I've ever seen, because ultimately in regards to the characters he created on Da Ali G Show he has become a performance artist, his medium just happens to be film and his genre comedy.

While watching Bruno I was in awe of the lengths this man was willing to go for the sake of comedy and social commentary. While his antics aren't as polarizing as Borat's, everything was done in jest, and [his antics] certainly should not be taken seriously. I have no intention of giving away any plot points, save the one scene that resonated the most for me, which was when he went on a local Texas talk show with his baby (pictured below) that's been in all the trailers. At the end of segment Sacha's performance in it reminded me of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, when he's forced to testify in church and admit he's" abandoned his boy!" The fervor and passion with which both was executed was eery and brilliant, and I can't wait for the day that SBC is starring in "serious movies" (hopefully opposite DDL) and giving him his run for his $.*

Bruno is a brash, brilliant, boisterous, ballsy movie -literally and figuratively so be prepared but definitely go see it, if you have even the slightly a sick sense of humor.

My rating: 9.5/10

[*Don't believe Sacha has the chops for it, check him out in Sweeney Todd he's brilliant & actually steals scenes from Johnny Depp!]

The Proposal Review

I saw this movie literally minutes after finding out Michael Jackson had died and it really lifted my spirits, even while being unavoidably predictable, but it was undeniably better than expected. Ryan Reynolds is a prince and Sandra Bullock is delightful as always. Oh yeah and Bety White rocks (& I'm not just saying that because I love Golden Girls), but I do have to say that Oscar Nunez (who plays Oscar on The Office) stole every scene he was in, as he keeps popping up throughout the movie. This movie is no Casablanca, but certainly an entertaining, sweet and enjoyable film for the situation, because laughter is the best medicine...well aside from actual medicine.

My rating: 8.3/10

Transformers:Revenge of The Fallen Review

I saw this movie opening day and already barely remember the plot. The only thing that matters is that there are more robots in disguise than you ever thought imaginable (which is really cool) & get used to seeing Megan Fox because this chick is official. Nobody does big stupid explosions better than Michael Bay, and Shia is as adorable as ever in this movie, but in all honesty, at this point the movie's made enough money so don't even bother and wait til it's on HBO everyday next summer.


My rating: 8/10 (& I'm being kind.)

Is it August 16th yet?

Hello Fair Readers!

A lot's happened since I took a break from posting. A handful of famous people died, (Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Billy Mays to name the most high profile,) & of course a bunch of other stuff has happened in our collective existence, that I doubt has made you miss my posts (unless your Richard and you're eagerly awaiting my Bruno Review) especially those of you who are not too fond of my "Ad Fad" posts. I just needed a break from the blogosphere and have been spending a lot of time, focusing on one of my greatest loves comedy - mainly by spending a lot of time at The Miami Improv and hanging out with and trying to learn as much as possible from comedians. I'll makes sure to post more about these great, funny guys - Jim Jeffries, Al Jackson, Forrest Shaw, Ryan Dalton, Dave Williamson and Oni Perez, so check them out, or just wait til I post about.