a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Entertainment, Fashion, Pop Culture, Random, Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2010
I went to New York for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (which would explain my absence) – but I wasn’t necessarily there in the “fashion journalist” capacity. In the past, I went there to cover the shows and be a spazz jumping around from tent to tent; venue to venue – but now that I am reppin’ [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
Last night I watched a screening of the rom-com of the moment, Valentine’s Day and couldn’t help but think how much this movie was like a Jenga game of celebrities. It was like a celebratory orgy of fame – but exactly how much star wattage was on this crowded Hollywood hayride?
I put my disdain for [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2010
After a rousing interview with Channing Tatum, my fellow journalists and I are ready for round two of our Dear John interviews: Amanda Seyfried (and by the way – her name is pronounced Cy-fred).
She walks into the cavernous room towering in these killer heeled boots and she has a look of concern. She walks over [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2010
I am waiting with four other journalists in one of those conference rooms in San Francisco’s Four Seasons. It’s a mid-size room with template hotel carpet, refreshments fancily bolted down in the corner of the room, and despite its size, the room is cavernous seeing as though there is one single table right smack dab [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2010
Duhamel rings a Bell in ‘When in Rome’
The story: When in Rome (not to be confused with the Olsen twin movie by the same title) is your basic story about an art gallery workaholic (Kristen Bell) who dives into a love-granting fountain in Rome to fetch some coins while in a drunken “I am going [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2010
When I say Channing Tatum will cause ears to bleed, I am referring to the amount of blood curdling squeals he is going to receive from the hoards of people that are going to be at Macy’s in SF’s Union Square. He and his Dear John co-star Amanda Seyfried are doing a meet and greet [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Pop Culture, Television, Uncategorized on Jan 11th, 2010
In 2008, I thought I could be a writer for television (I think I can still be one) so I wrote a teleplay with very little knowledge of how to write one. I entered into the New York Television Festival.
I thought I would give it a whirl and I titled my sitcom “Fine and Danny”. [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2009
Sherlock Holmes and Watson – the most handsomely dressed detectives ever.
Besides the basic pop cultural idioms and deer stalker caps, the extent of my knowledge about Sherlock Holmes does not go beyond the video game I used to play on Sega Genesis.
Guy Ritchie’s take on the famous uber-smart detective is an attempt to make [...]
Posted in Fashion, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Dec 23rd, 2009
By far, Alexander McQueen showcased the best collection of any fashion week this year. His Atlantis-themed show full of sting-rays, eel skin gowns and ankle breaking alien-like stripper heels not only upped his game as a fashion designer, but his influence spread unto Lady Gaga who dons his garb in her “Bad Romance” video. McQueen [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Television, Uncategorized, Video on Dec 22nd, 2009
The Dec. 25, 2009 issue of Entertainment Weekly hit newsstands on Dec. 18. I usually get my issue earlier. I have yet to see it in my mailbox. I have come to the conclusion that A.) It’s still in route or B.) One of my shady-ass neighbors mistakenly got it and is keeping it for [...]