a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Mar 7th, 2010
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I wonder if they planned that.
San Dimas High School football rules!!!
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Television on Mar 7th, 2010
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Zoe Saldana in a cotton candied Givenchy gown on the Oscars red carpet. Eat it up folks. Because that’s all the red carpet “reporting” I am doing…for now.
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Television on Mar 7th, 2010
Kathy Ireland took some time out of her busy home furnishing design schedule to report from the red carpet for ABC – and we could’ve done without that.
AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
Does anyone remember that episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 when they were watching a B-movie starring Kathy and they were commenting on how annoying [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Television on Mar 7th, 2010
I am sitting here watching the red carpet for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and there’s a lot of eye rolling coming from my end.
As a “fashion writer” I should be excited by the red carpet, but for many fashion journalists (not broadcast personalities or style bloggers) that I have talked to, the red carpet [...]
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 on Jan 9th, 2010
The latest movie to get crossed off of my Oscar buzz list is Invictus starring Morgan Freeman as the selfless Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as the dreamy South African rugby captain, Francois Pienaar.
Immediately after the movie I tweeted:
@DinoRay Don’t tell anyone, but INVICTUS almost made me cry. I didn’t know I was capable [...]
Posted in Academy Awards, Actors, Comedy, Film, Movies, Oscars, Television, Video on Feb 23rd, 2009
…was this skit. I am still peeing in my pants because of it.
Posted in Academy Awards, Actors, Actresses, Celebrities, Dustin Lance Black, Film, Heath Ledger, Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Movies, Oscars, Pop Culture, Screenwriting, Television, Winners on Feb 23rd, 2009
Producer Christian Colson, center, joined by the film’s cast and crew, celebrates after the film “Slumdog Millionaire” won best motion picture of the year during the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Last night I made my predictions for some of the most popular [...]
Posted in Academy Awards, Actors, Anne Hathaway, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Oscars, Pop Culture, Red Carpet, Television, Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2009
So it’s midnight in the lovely Bay Area and my room looks as if I am squatting in it because it’s completely bare. It’s like I am Ricky in that Christmas episode of My So-Called Life where he is living in that abandoned warehouse – except less dramatic and there isn’t a singing angel involved. [...]