08
Dec
Mama said knock you out! ThisGirl’s latest addition to her ring collection via Urban Outfitters.
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08
Dec
Mama said knock you out! ThisGirl’s latest addition to her ring collection via Urban Outfitters.
We are dying to see this.
Thanks, suicideblonde.
Blanche DuBois may well be the great part for an actress in the American theater, and I have seen her portrayed by an assortment of formidable stars including Jessica Lange, Glenn Close, Patricia ClarksonNatasha Richardson. Yet there’s a see-sawing between strength and fragility in Blanche, and too often those who play her fall irrevocably onto one side or another. and
Watching such portrayals, I always hear the voice of Vivien Leigh, the magnificent star of Elia Kazan’s 1951 movie, whispering Blanche’s lines along with the actress onstage. But with this “Streetcar,” the ghosts of Leigh — and, for that matter, of Marlon Brando, the original Stanley — remain in the wings. All the baggage that any “Streetcar” usually travels with has been jettisoned. Ms. Ullmann and Ms. Blanchett have performed the play as if it had never been staged before, with the result that, as a friend of mine put it, “you feel like you’re hearing words you thought you knew pronounced correctly for the first time.”
The New York Times’ review of Cate Blanchett in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is a thing of beauty in itself. And yes, they did just say there that she was essentially a better Blanche than Vivien Leigh. That’s high praise indeed. Read the whole review here.
07
Dec
ThisGirl loved being a redhead. Maybe it’s time to go back …
Thanks, callmecordelia!
Goodness, I wish I was a redhead. :(
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Rest in peace Mr. Lennon- today (dec 8th, not very unlike other days) will be dedicated to listening to you.
October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980
ThisGirl thinks Britney looks good though.
Oh wait … it’s Amanda Bynes? She can’t be happy with this.
jgh:
Get a load of this.
My jaw dropped. My mouth opened involuntarily, I had to shut it. This is a real thing that happened in the supermarket aisle today. I thought the guy next to me who was staring was creepy then realized I would probably stare too if I saw a person have a visceral reaction to a magazine cover.
“Your Hoo-Ha Handbook” is what really ups the class. Also, a sexy vagina? I thought vaginas were just sexy since they’re partially for… sex.
I’m just waiting to see this month’s Esquire, hopefully with a corresponding headline. Something like:
YOUR DICKTIONARY
Get a Healthy, Sexy Penis in 5 Easy Steps!
See, other generations has recessions too.
“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”
—Steve Jobs in 1982
brb inventing time travel
New York Mag tags the top trends of the decade — the good, the bad, and the downright hideous.
From Louboutins …
… to skinny jeans.
From hobo chic …
… to thongs and muffin tops.
QUESTION: Which are your favorite trends of the decade? Which ones would you rather forget (or ever admit to following)?
J & L’s The Insiderer, Number One
Jonathan Bernstein & Lori Majewski get elbow-deep in the filthy water of pop culture on a maybe-weekly, maybe-not basis.
For (some of) our entertainment: ALam at the AMAs.
Top One: The Last Word on Lambertgate (We Think)
LM: Are we the only ones still talking about Lambertgate?
JB: I remember David Bowie performing “Starman” onTop of the Pops back in 1972, and he snakes his arm around guitarist Mick Ronson in a closer-than-friends fashion. The next day, the school yard was buzzing and hardened soccer thugs were running to the makeup counter.
The problem with Adam Lambert’s performance on the AMA’s is that it was desperate, not cool, and it wasn’t a good song. But here’s a guy — Bowie — who wasn’t desperate, who was cool, and who did have a good song.
Lori: Found it: the Starman video. The “closer than friends” bit seems beyond innocent, but if you adjust it for inflation, was this the Adam Lambert-style performance of its day?
JB: Yeah. Back then, men and women only shook hands at weddings.
LM: How come Lady Gaga got away with wearing next-to-nothing, burning a piano, and smashing bottles on the same show?
JB: Not because she’s a woman but because she’s had more than a year to establish what kind of artist she is and she was triumphantly performing a huge hit record.
LM: Adam had months on America’s biggest TV show during which he wore nail polish and guy-liner. But Bowie’s outfit upstages anything Lambert’s ever worn — even the KISS get-up on the Idol finale.
JB: Bowie had eight years to fashion his eccentric image.
LM: It was years before Madonna put out the Sex book.
JB: Madonna was a hot slut straight away. She wasn’t on Star Search. She wasn’t singing country songs. Neither she nor Gaga went through the we’re-trying-to-please middle-America thing. By being on Idol, Lambert was.
LM: So should ALam have waited a while before unleashing his S&M-y side? Or was the S&M okay; he was just too desperate to shock that he wasn’t cool?
JB: I don’t know. I can’t think of anything else.
There’s more come — we’re here for your entertainment!
Okay, so Kristen Stewart can complain about paparazzi and other publicity hog-celebs, but then she goes and gets herself a Paris Hilton-esque pet (not that we don’t find the doggie absolutely adorable)?! Puh-lease.
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