a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jan 15th, 2010
Saoirse Ronan explores heaven in ‘The Lovely Bones’
The story: The Lovely Bones is about a 14-year-old girl who watches over her family from heaven after getting brutally murdered by a neighbor.
Is the book better? I read Alice Sebold’s novel a couple of years ago and it is better. Even so, I look at these movie [...]
Posted in Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Pop Culture, Websites on Aug 7th, 2009
Consider this a sidebar for my interview with Julie Powell.
In case you’re wondering about Julie Powell’s original blog, here’s the web address for it: blogs.salon.com/0001399.
Her last entry is from 2004 and by now, her blog can be considered a “contemporary artifact” – or something like that.
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Interviews, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Aug 7th, 2009
After watching the movie, Julie & Julia, I craved butter. I craved lots of it. Amongst all the delicious and decadent food scenes in this movie, I craved butter. I wanted to eat a stick of it – which isn’t as bad as it sounds.
More than that, I had this appetite to pick the brain [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jun 24th, 2009
The warm loving embrace. The smoldering eyes. The vampire in the moon. This re-cover is the cheesiest thing ever – and I love it.
I wonder if they changed the text of the novel to match the Harlequin romance vibe this cover is sending out. I wonder if Bella says stuff like, “Jacob’s warm manhood [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Video on Mar 25th, 2009
…and no, I am not talking about that movie with Denise Richards and Neve Campbell. I’m referring to the new trailer for the movie based on the classic children’s book Where the Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze…
You know what? I remember reading this book as a child, but now I don’t even remember [...]
Posted in Academy Awards, Books, Film, Interviews, Movies, Oscars, Pop Culture, Work on Jan 25th, 2009
Okay, this isn’t really an “I told you so” moment, it’s more of a “I interviewed a famous guy before he was nominated for his first Oscar” moment. Yes, I am talking about Michael Shannon from Revolutionary Road.
When the noms were announced this week I was NOT surprised that Shannon got the nod for his [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Kristen Stewart, Movies, New Moon, News, Pop Culture, Robert Pattinson, Twilight on Nov 23rd, 2008
I just found out about this – but you already may know this bit of news because you’re cooler than me:
SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES TWILIGHT SEQUEL – NEW MOON
Los Angeles, CA November 22, 2008 — Summit Entertainment announced today that the studio is officially moving forward with the production of NEW MOON, the second installment of [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Interviews, Movies, Pop Culture, Robert Pattinson, Twilight, Work on Nov 19th, 2008
So I did an interview with Robert Pattinson – I didn’t get to take a pic with him like I normally do when I interview a celebrity because they wouldn’t let me. Damn. And I was supposed to moderate a Q&A at Hot Topic the same day, but because those tweens were outta control, they [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Harvey Milk, Milk, Movies, Pop Culture, Robert Pattinson, Sean Penn, Trailers, Twilight, Video, Work on Nov 19th, 2008
I just came home from a long ass day. I went to a screening of
Posted in Books, Celebrities, Entertainment, Events, Fashion, Interviews, Paris Hilton, Pop Culture, Robert Pattinson, San Francisco, Twilight, Work on Nov 15th, 2008
The week is finally over and I can finally write something for myself – meaning, I can write on this blog that I have been neglecting.
Sometimes I feel as though this blog (or any of my “personal” writing) is my child. It’s as though I gave birth to it and now I am so self-involved [...]