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Sookie and a devoid-of-memory but totally smitten Eric, finally give legions of Truebies (True Blood fans) what they've been waiting for--carnal knowledge. HBO copyright.
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Laura Linney in 'The Big C' (Photo credit: Showtime)
When I grow up* I want to be able to write as well as Ileane Rudolph does in her stellar TVGuide article on Showtime's The Big C. Writer Rudolph simply nails oh, everything I like about the show. The piece echos my sentiments about The Big C's ability to strike a chord with survivors of not only life-threatening conditions such as the protagonist, Cathy Jameson with stage 4 cancer, but of the great lot of us that have survived and often thrived in the aftermath of one of the many things that smack us HARD out of left field.
The Big C and Weeds are on tonight beginning at 10:00/9:00c on Showtime.
After coming home from the real-life fireworks I'm watching both shows which always have someone or some situation heating up, blowing up or causing massive cracking up. How about you?
*Chronologically-speaking this happened a few decades ago...but I'm still coming to grips with that.
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With a mischievous smile, Laura Linney is gleefully ruining a take. During a tense scene between her character, Cathy Jamison, who has Stage 4 melanoma, and her bipolar brother, Sean, played by John Benjamin Hickey, she makes her costar break down in giggles.
Whoever says cancer is no laughing matter hasn't seen The Big C, Showtime's irreverent comedy about a Minneapolis teacher, wife and mom who's trying not only to beat death but to live as fully as possible in whatever time she has left. The smartly written, beautifully cast show has earned a devoted fan base and critical plaudits, and three-time Emmy winner Linney has already snared a Golden Globe for her deft portrayal of the strong-willed Cathy.
The oft-repeated mantra at The Big C is "It's not a show about dying; it's a show about living." And for sure, Cathy lives large. In the first season she kept her illness a secret, booted her immature husband, Paul (Oliver Platt), and had an affair. "Cathy doesn't behave in a safe, by-the-numbers fashion," says Hickey, during a break on the set in Stamford, Connecticut. "A lot of people who are living with cancer love the funny, outrageous, sometimes controversial way that character deals." Executive producer Jenny Bicks, a survivor herself, says, "The writers take the kid gloves off when we talk about cancer, because when you've gone through it, it's not all tragic and dramatic. It can also be super strange and funny."Read on after the jump!
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Hey! Would you like your own copy of the official poster art for Shameless?:
This one. Yes?
I'm giving them away! To be in the running for the giveaway just drop a comment here in this post telling me one reason why you enjoy Shameless! I'll announce the 2 lucky winners on this blog on Sunday, February 13th. Good Luck!
Shameless fans wondering about where the youngest Gallagher child came from will soon get an explanation. In the Showtime series, drunken patriarch Frank (William H. Macy) is so unreliable, his oldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum) has to manage the hectic household and her five siblings. Baby Liam (Blake and Brennan Johnson) is obviously of mixed parentage -- born from the same mother, but with an unknown father -- a fact that was glossed over in the show's premiere.***
*It may have been 'glossed over in the premiere' but it was repeatedly alluded to in the weeks running up to the Shameless premeire in 'Franks' introduction to his family. When he gets to Liam he says he's 'not sure' in regard to Liam's parentage though Liam looks a whole lot like (Frank's) first sponsor.
I've not wondered beyond the time frame about where Liam came from as the baby has thus far served as a prop more or less, albeit a very cute prop.
Shameless is biggest drama premiere in seven years "We've explained the inability to figure out his heritage," executive producer John Wells said at the Television Critics Association winter previews Friday. "But there are actually a couple episodes coming up -- [Episode] 9 and 10, somewhere in that area -- in which there's an attempt to figure that out." "The chaos in the family is such that they honestly don't know. Everyone has their own theory and they try to figure out which theory is correct."
And even though Liam's origins will be explored, don't expect the Gallaghers' treatment of him to change, regardless of what they discover. "I think it's really cool that nobody really cares," Rossum said. "They're just a family and love each other, and it doesn't really matter if they share 100 percent genetic material with each other. They're in it to live and love each other and take care of each other. A good person steps up to the plate and says, 'This is a child, I need to take care of this child' and does it." Shameless airs Sundays at 10/9 c on Showtime.
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Army Wives - Kim Delaney co-stars as Claudia Joy Holden (Credit: Lifetime Entertainment)
Thirty years ago: All My Children 'Jenny Gardner' w/ 'Greg" (Lawerence Lau)
Hey! That's Jenny from "All My Children"! I haven't seen seen her her since then. The years have been kind. ~Her Brother
Kim Delaney and Lawrence Lau as Jenny & Greg on All My Children 1983 (ABC)Yep! She's gotten better looking and she always was cute. You watched All My Children? I've always sort of followed her career and she's done okay (except she's had a DUI or two. *ouch*) So here's an excuse for a bit of Jenny Gardner a/k/a Kim Delaney (who happens to have been born on my two years-old birthday (think for a sec), formerly of the soap opera AMC on American TV network, ABC.*
Update 2011: As of 2006, Kim had again entered alcohol rehab. The mid- '00's were not so great for her.
Poor, dead Jenny. Anything to get away from that drip of a husband, Greg. *shudder*
Kim Delaney: 1996: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (during the height of her 'NYPD' fame)
Greg Nelson (Lawrence Lau) returns to Pine Valley for Angie and Jesse's wedding. The three go to Jenny's grave... complete with flashbacks w/ Kim Delaney!
Family Feud game show - 1982
MUCH MORE after the jump!
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True Blood's Vampire Pam, and werewolf Alcide Herveaux bring it!:
Joe Manganiello and Kristen Bauer van Straten
SOURCE: AfterEllen.com — Photo Gallery: “Trevor Live” at the Hollywood Palladium
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Kristen Bauer van Straten
SOURCE: AfterEllen.com — Photo Gallery: “Trevor Live” at the Hollywood Palladium
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Hollywood, CA - December 05: The Trevor Project's annual 'Trevor Live' was held at The Hollywood Palladium on December 5, 2010 in Hollywood, California.
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Last night some serious star power came out in force for The Trevor Project's West Coast fundraiser, "Trevor Live." The event featured musical performances by Neil Patrick Harris & James Marsden, Idina Manzel & Taye Diggs, Queen Latifah, and Darren Criss with Katy Perry and many others.
Kathy Griffin was honored with a Trevor Life Award. The photos below and on the following pages are from the red carpet arrivals and also from the onstage event at the Hollywood Palladium.
David Burtka & Neil Patrick Harris
True Blood's Joe Manganiello and Kristin Bauer
Katy Perry performing "Teenage Dream"
- AfterElton.com Staff
You should follow @actingoutlaws on Twitter: Katee Sackhoff is luring Tricia Helfer into the desert, ostensibly "to raise money for the Gulf Coast Relief Fund." I'm sure that isn't code for anything, but I'm also pretty sure Thunderdome is somewhere between LA and Louisiana.
"Top 25 Coolest Cylons Ever"
I disagree with some of the picks and would debate on a few others but this video has cool music and a nice montage of featured Cylons from the original series through the Ronald G.Moore-era Cylons.
Below: Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff @kateesackhoff and Tricia Helfer @trutriciahelfer
Interview LA.Times 2009
All About Why They Ride
Susan Carpenter, motorcycle columnist for the Los Angeles Times rides with Battlestar Galactica stars Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff on Angeles Crest Highway.
OK. If I were a true-blue geek I'd have known that this character alignment chart is an idea taken from Dungeons and Dragons. But I'm not that geeky-cool, I'm just a BSG fangirl and I thought this handy-dandy chart pretty awesome.
It also gives me a chance yet again to remind all TRUE Battlestar Galactica fans that two of the women who made the show utterly unforgetttable, Tricia Helfer as "Six" and Katee Sackoff as "Starbuck" are pretty badass IRL, too. How many other ladies do you know who would climb onto their motorcycles and make a grueling 2500-mile trip across country from Los Angeles to Louisiana, dubbed the "LA-La" trip, to help rasie awareness and funds for the sickened Gulf? It all begins on Oct 22 and culminates 10 days later...
"The LA La Ride" is a charity ride to raise money and awareness for the Gulf in regards to the BP oil spill disaster and is in conjunction with the Gulf Restoration Network. BMW has graciously donated the bikes Katee and Tricia will be riding.
Get all the details at http://www.actingoutlaws.org"
Follow Katee and Tricia on Twitter @kateesackhoff @trutriciahelfer
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IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is an outdoor work of art conceived by Yoko Ono in memory of John Lennon. It is situated on Viðey Island in Reykjavík, Iceland. The artwork was dedicated to John by Yoko at its unveiling on October 9th 2007, John Lennons 67th birthday.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER symbolizes Lennons and Onos continuing campaign for world peace - which began in the sixties, was sealed by their marriage in 1969 and will continue forever.
The words IMAGINE PEACE are inscribed on the Well in 24 different languages.
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is composed of a tall shimmering tower of light that will appear every year and be visible from October 9th (Johns birthday) until December 8th (the anniversary of his passing).
In addition, the Tower will illuminate from Winter Solstice (December 21st 28th), on New Years Eve (December 31st) and the first week of spring (March 21st -28th). It is lit from 2 hours after sunset until midnight, and until dawn on New Years Day.
On 9th October, John Lennons birthday, Yoko Ono asks the people of Iceland to join her and many others across the rest of the world in praying for peace and stability.
At 8pm, as IMAGINE PEACE TOWER is illuminated on the island of Viðey, in Reykjavik, Iceland, she asks everyone to join together and let the power of light and prayer become a collective expression of the desire for peace and harmony on our planet.
Dear Friends,
Please join me not only in remembering John on October 9th but also in spreading the message of peace. This is something that was so important to John - the fact that we could all work together for the positive good of our planet. He would have loved how we are all mobilizing ourselves in thought and in action.
It's time for Action and the Action is PEACE!
with love, yoko
Thirty years later, I still can't get through listening to "Imagine" w/out crying. I couldn't get through Yoko's message tear-free either, but it is a critical one sp please listen. Its not about "just" ending war against one another, its about ending our destruction of planet Earth in every way. I cannot phrase it any better than Yoko does when she says, "we (can) all work together for the positive good of our planet." We must.
I made this blend of Tupac's "Better Dayz" with Marvin Gaye's jam "Inner City Blues" after a request from Afeni Shakur (Tupac's mom!). It's supposed to be a conversation between the two artists... Hope you enjoy it... credits released 13 September 2010
Perfect timing on this FREE download. I think Tupac & John Lennon could have made some amazing music together. This song just gets better upon repeat listening, in no small part due to the seamless mixing of the legendary Marvin Gaye's contribution of "Inner City Blues." Enjoy it and hare!
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Join us in celebrating John Lennon's 70th birthday!
Give peace a chance.
Please join Yoko in dedicating this light tower in honor of John Lennon. In 1967, he conveyed his wishes to Yoko for a light tower to be constructed in his garden. In Yoko's words, it just came together in the past few years. Watch the video and you will see why she chose this place for the light tower. John's 70th birthday would have been tomorrow, October 9. Thanks.
"http://imaginepeacetower.com/"
Actresses Katee Sackhoff and Tricia Helfer prepare for their 2500 mile trip from Los Angeles to Louisiana with the help of Heather Lewis as they test which BMW bikes they want to take on the trip and practice maneuvers to prepare them for any unpredictable weather conditions and unforeseen problems which may arise.
"The LA La Ride" is a charity ride to raise money and awareness for the Gulf in regards to the BP oil spill disaster and is in conjunction with the Gulf Restoration Network. BMW has graciously donated the bikes Katee and Tricia will be riding.
Get all the details at http://www.actingoutlaws.org
Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/actingoutlaws
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Text to donate: "FUTURE" to 85944 to donate $10 to the Gulf Future campaign for Gulf Coast recovery.
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Beginning Friday, October 22nd, Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica, 24, Nip/Tuck) and Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice, Dark Blue) will ride from Los Angeles, CA to New Orleans, LA to raise funds and awareness for the continuous conflict and enduring environmental impact that the Gulf Oil Disaster has caused to this region.
Says Sackhoff and Helfer, "On a quest to do our part to protect the earth and all its inhabitants, we sought a way to marry our love of the open road with our love of humanity. Welcome the Acting Outlaws."
Clip directed and edited by Justin Berger for HKL Films
Clip produced by HKL Films and Acting Outlaws
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Katee just deadlifted this bike!
Be sure to follow them @kateesackoff and @trutriciahelfer and @actingoutlaws.
Though neither own BMW bikes yet, both women are very serious about mastering the art of riding them.
I really, really, want to buy one of those t-shirts! EDIT/ Keep checking the actingoutlaws.org site as the t-shirts for men, women & babies (also fits canines, according to Katee) should be up for sale soon! Marketing peeps pls. put something together where buying one = donating to the cause! (I'm donating anyway.) Or/Also, they make donating $ super easy and only suggest $10! Go HERE: Text to donate: "FUTURE" to 85944 to donate $10 to the Gulf Future campaign for Gulf Coast recovery.
http://www.healthygulf.org
(Below) Both Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff explain how they got started riding motorcycles and why they think more women should. They are quite a duo.
Susan Carpenter, motorcycle columnist for the Los Angeles Times rides with Battlestar Galactica stars Tricia Helfer and Katee Sackhoff on Angeles Crest Highway.
According to Demián Bichir, it's anybody's game when his character reappears in Weeds episodes 11 and 12.
He says, "This is a first-come, first-served situation, and everyone is after Nancy and me. Because there's been a murder, and they are digging out a couple of things about Esteban that are pretty much not OK. The whole situation is time-sensitive. It's a timebomb. We'd better hurry up, because this is getting uglier as time goes by. Esteban's pretty, pretty upset about the whole thing. Because you don't run away with my boy—Esteban's not going to sit down and cross his arms and wait for his boy. That's not going to happen."
... Bichir... wouldn't mind if things got heated between Mr. and Mrs. Reyes one last time. He says of costar Mary-Louise Parker,
"There have been some really nice hot scenes with Mary-Louise, and it's really hard to do those scenes unless you have a true partner, a good friend and a generous fellow actor, but she's a great hanky-panky partner."
He continues, in answer to "Does he think that Nancy & Esteban have a future?"
"When I first started working on this show, every time I got a new script I just hoped for Esteban to be alive, but then I realized being alive or dead on this show doesn't mean anything. Even if you're alive, you can be dead, and even if you're dead, you can come back to life. These guys are wacko. That's what I love about the show, and all I can say is that I would love to come back."
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Ausiello Gossip tidbit: In episode 8 (airing Oct. 11), Nancy knocks boots with guest hottie Mark-Paul Gosselaar. From what I hear, it’s the kind of scene that DVR rewind buttons were invented for. Meanwhile, in episode 9 (airing Oct. 18), Nancy’s second thoughts about her family’s life on the lam lead her to make what could be a fatal mistake. Read more: Ausiello
Chip Johannessen discusses Dexter's first words at Rita's crime scene, and how Dexter grieves after her death.
There is a lot to love about Dexter, Season 5 debut, "My Bad."
The fact that Michael C. Hall is back as Dexter after treatment for cancer is so great. Michael is truly golden.
Because I'd viewed so much promo material prior to the debut of Dexter this year tho', there was less visceral reaction to the horror of what (continued to) happen(ed) in episode 5x01.
Showtime promo photo:
It's sort of strange I think, how many people view Dexter through a lens with an arm's length. It seems he's seen as a "lovable" monster, definitely not human.
For me (and it could be because I'd just watched Michael C. Hall for 6 years in Alan Ball's Six Feet Under--but I don't think so) Dexter has always been human. Heartbreakingly so. Dexter is probably the highest functioning serial killer on the planet but "high-functioning" for him means that he remains a serial killer which is certainly not normal but it isn't a monster, either. I see Dexter as a damaged survivor of a horrific trauma.
It's testament to Hall's abilities that one can feel empathy for a man who has murdered over 60 times. The writers get credit too of course, but Hall has never hit a false note in all this time. The cast as an ensemble is across-the-board super and it would seem likely that all the parts that make the show "Dexter" greatly help fuel Michael C. Hall's inhabiting the persona of Dexter for our viewing pleasure.
Full Episode: Season 5, Episode 1
Dexter full episode. In the Season 5 premiere, Dexter reels from Rita's murder and makes a choice that will affect everyone's lives; Quinn stirs up trouble by suggesting that Rita's death doesn't fit Trinity's profile and offers much-needed support to Debra.
Kudos to Showtime for the great free videos they are releasing of late.
From Episode 5x01, "MyBad"
Rita's Death I think Imay have missed posting this previously...
The cast of Dexter revisit Rita's death and how it has changed the formula of the show.
The clip below has Mary Louise Parker and Laura Linney--in character--interacting! It's good! Worth watching. I'm going to have to cut my vacation down enough that I'm home for these shows to premiere because I don't want to mess with bittorrent, a small screen and no previews. I'm really looking forward to them both tho' Weeds kind of has an asterisk attached. It has run it's course. Even Mary Louise Parker,in her interview (scroll down) says as much when she says really all that Nancy has is her charm to get her by.
Weeds - Season 6 and The Big C -Season 1 - Premiere August
16 on Showtime.
The Big C: Nothing Left to Lose
Showtime presents a new original series about grabbing life by the balls. The Big C premieres August 16th at 10:30PM ET/PT.
..The Big C's cast introduce the new Showtime comedy series about making every second count.
Hanging with Laura Linney
Emmy award winner Laura Linney, star of Showtime’s new original series The Big C, discusses growing up in NYC and her path to becoming an actress.
Mary-Louise (Hearts) Laura
Every Monday night two of Showtime's leading ladies star back to back. Every Monday night is girl's night in beginning August 16th at 10PM ET/PT. After the jump: more official promo photos!
HBO — June 17, 2010 — A tribute to True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse from one of her biggest fans, Snoop Dogg. For more information, log onto HBO.com.
No doubt Snoop is pretty funny. He's always been good at getting his message across. I love the dancing "Sookies" in the background and that they are not all tiny in size. They don't even have to really work at being Sookie just dress up like her, throw on a blond wig vaguely styled in Sookie's signature Merlotte's 'do and bop around behind Snoop. Highly amusing. Hey! I've watched "Oh Sookie" a couple time and I still don't know the exact word(s) that is/are bleeped out the one time that Snoop refers to Jason Stackhouse and his versus Snoop's sexual prowess (I think).
Snoop Dogg likes "True Blood" star Sookie Stackhouse so much, he made a song and video about her. In "Oh Sookie," the West Coast hip-hop vet pays tribute to the HBO vampire drama's main woman (Anna Paquin), seducing her with player talk like, "I'll order you a gin and juice at Merlotte's," and, "Come close baby, I'm the dog that don't bite -- woof, woof." Snoop also makes a convincing case for why he'd make a better boyfriend than her immortal suitors, Bill and Eric. He won't make her drink his blood and “We’ll do it in the daytime/Bill won’t know a thing,” he raps before a group of dancers dressed in blonde Sookie wigs and her signature Merlotte’s Daisy Dukes.
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The lyrics, which demonstrate an impressive understanding of the show, spell out a comically sexual plea for Sookie to do bad things with him. But, it’s not just Sookie he’s after: “Bring a friend/Matter fact, bring your best friend/Tara/I’ve got some real eggs for her to eat.” In 2009, Snoop professed his love for ‘True Blood’ via his single “Gangsta Luv,” rapping: “Everyday is the same thang, I creep in/ It’s like ‘True Blood,’ I sink my teeth in/ I gotta have it.” A source at HBO reveals the d-o-double-g himself approached them with the idea for the video, and it was shot on location of the show’s Los Angeles set.
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...When Snoop Dogg likes something, no matter the genre or medium, he goes all in with it.
That might explain “Oh Sookie,” a new rhyme in which the Doggfather pays homage to the mind-reading, sex-addicted, shape-shifting, bloodsucking and howling residents of Bon Temps, Louisiana, from HBO’s vampire series “True Blood.” In the video for the tune...Snoop offer(s) up his best sexual seduction come-ons while rocking a five-finger “Sookie” ring. he video for the song opens with Snoop — who later rocks a giant platinum “Sookie” chain — pulling into Bon Temps in his newly tricked-out Snoopmobile, complete with a “Tru Pimp” license plate and cloves of garlic hanging from the rearview mirror. Wearing a red, pinstriped suit, he urges Sookie to come close because, unlike so many of the creatures in the swampy town, “I’m the dog that don’t bite.” ... Snoop drops references to Sookie’s telepathy and even offers to buy her a gin and juice at the restaurant where she waitresses, Merlotte’s diner. “Bill ain’t for real, he ain’t true blood/ Snoop is a G, I smoke true bud/ Wanna be a vampire, gotta listen up/ I hit you with the glamour,” he raps while hanging outside Merlotte’s in a pimp fur and later showing off his own TB product, a package of “True Nutz.” MadHipHop
Read more :Geeks of Doom Iconic rapper Snoop Dogg really likes vampire drama True Blood, or at the very least, one of the show’s main characters Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin). Evidence of Snoop’s True Blood-fanboyism can overwhelmingly be found in the music video “Oh Sookie” he produced and subsequently uploaded to YouTube to promote the show for HBO.
OMG. LOL. That's pretty awesome. Snoop is a genuine fan of True Blood. I'm in the mom demographic with my youngest kid but my oldest is in his 20's. We saw Snoop Dogg at Lollapalooza years ago. Snoop is very much a performer. He works it. Both he and HBO are savvy marketers which something I can really appreciate when it's done with style, in this case, Doggy Style. :)
... The video begins with Snoop pulling up to Merlotte’s in a tricked-out Cadillac with a personalized California license plate that reads “TRU PIMP.” He comes bearing gifts like “Tru Nutz” and proceeds to rap amongst a montage of True Blood clips and shots of Sookie look-a-like dancers.
Clarification: Dancers dressed in Sookie's Merlottte work-clothes costumes with blond, ponytailed hair.
The lyrics have numerous references to the show, such as Snoop recommending a Gin and Juice at Merlotte’... Sam Merlotte being a shape-shifter that Snoop sort of belows the belt by referring to him as a ‘bitch.’
Snoop helpfully suggests to Sookie how she could discretely hook up with him. Chorus: "Oh Sookie, Let me get in your head. Oh Sookie, We can lay in the bed. Oh Sookie, Choose a player like me …We can do it in the daytime, Bill won’t know a thing." ... Snoop (also beckons Tara with): “Bring a friend. Matter of fact, bring your best friend: Tara. I got some real eggs for her to eat. And these eggs come with a whole lot of cheese and greens… ya dig?”
Funny because by the time we got to the end of LOST finale "The End," our heads were so spun around by what had unfolded that the rusting wreckage was the least of our concerns. This:
You know those Oceanic 815 plane crash images that ran after Jack's (Matthew Fox) eye closed and the "Lost" logo appeared on our TV screens? Some "Lost" fans and TV critics have wondered if they were a last Easter egg from the producers, a clue meant to lead us to conclude that no one survived Oceanic 815's crash landing — and therefore everything we've seen over the last six years never really happened.
In seriousness, you probably couldn't care less about Evangeline Lilly but for a model with no acting experience prior to LOST just like Josh Holloway as Sawyer, I think she did alright. She rocked the action scenes. When Holloway ran it looked like he had a load in his pants. Why didn't you bitch about Holloway's acting chops? Because the :ahem: writers gave him some occasionally witty dialogue. What did they give Kate? A craptastic backstory, a three-way romantic dilemma and a penchant for wandering the Island after...usually Jack or Sawyer. Oh yeah. She took Aaron home as a consolation prize.
(Above) LOST: "Across The Sea" S6x15 - Young Jacob
I can't really tell you if "spoilers" are good or bad. I don't believe they in any way dissuade people from watching a show that they would have otherwise watched. One might guess that interest might be peaked prior to viewing an episode that had been "spoiled." Theoretically, more people might tune in to an episode to find out if what has been said to be revealed, actually plays out.
My experience as a viewer is that it does take some of the enjoyment out of viewing after one learns at least a key point or two about an episode.
As a writer however, it enhances my ability to form an opinion because I've had time to mull it over. In entertainment news/opinion time is of the essence. I don't' have a roster of volunteers at my disposal to crank out an uber-timely post so any help I can get via insider info prior to the show is greatly appreciated.
Just as the LOST Spoilers site owner thanked people on the inside at LOST, seven of which provided leaks about LOST production, casting, filming locations and much, much more, I extend a thank you to him and to his site for the wealth of material they have made available--most of it supplied with only the request that it is correctly attributed (see link).
With that said, the following thumbnails will take you through Episode 16 of 18 episodes of LOST including a major incident in which there are many deaths. If you click the thumbnails you will read stuff that includes who dies through episode 16. People who are truly invested in the show may be quite upset about not only the deaths but other key plot points that are revealed way before we are supposed to know about them.
For my part, I'm pretty bummed about one death, a strong character since the very beginning. I hoped against hope that it wouldn't happen and now I'll be bummed through May. I guess I deserve it for being a spoiler junkie.
One more thing. I have multiple blogs and I've written both here and at The Love You Make which is where my LOST work is currently. Ultimately, I'm merging the blogs. WordPress shall win out over TypePad but only geeks care what platform I'm serving on.
LOST - Season 4 finale - Kate & the little 'turniphead' at their faked rescue
latestlostAs LOST's last season continues barreling to its May 23 conclusion, the LOST writers have given us some scenes that are sure to be referenced as "the best." I nominate this one, LOST - 6x06 "Sundown" - End Scene - ('Catch a Falling Star') HD in it's entirety but specifically Kate's (Evangeline Lilly) part in it.
'Kate' has MANY detractors, in fact she's probably more reviled in the fan community than Ben (Michael Emerson) ever was--and his is a 'good' kind of bad. But Kate is NOT bad. She just been written that way.
Think about what they gave this character to work with. Not a lot.
For every time Kate has been "bad" and here's the rub--she gotten pilloried more for her sexuality (Jack & Kate & Sawyer)--for every time she's been a bad girl, she's been badass twice as often.
This scene of unspeakable devastation & carnage shows Kate, though completely aghast at what she's experiencing still having the presence of mind take up a dead man's rifle & arm herself. It reminded me of the scene in Season 1 in both its similarities & contrast.
In LOST S1, the plane had crashed, bodies littered everywhere. Kate needed to be able to help pull the group together and at Jack's suggestion she needed to find some sensible shoes in which to do so. The only shoes that looked about right for her were on a corpse. She made her way to the corpse, fighting fear all the way and gingerly removed it's shoes and put them on. Contrast that scene with this. She's in a similar devastated situation--seemingly in shock but this time without anyone to prompt her into action. No need as her survival instincts are on full alert. She glances at a fresh corpse, see what looks like a working rifle and plucks it away from the body to take as her own--all the while taking in the insane scene of a reanimated John Locke with a ragtag clutch of Others and Claire--and Sayid!--all now followers of UnLocke. So much was telegraphed without words--only eye contact between UnLocke and Kate. No more hatin' on Kate. Kate is great.
Lost 6x06 Sundown ending - Catch a Falling Star
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Industrial area building distortion.
Separated at birth?
Sears (now Willis) Tower as seen from the Kennedy Expressway.
The other tall building around here--the John Hancock has the unfortunate distinction of having been the tallest structure in the USA--then it lost it's title to the World Trade Center. I'm guessing I don't have to say more other than the John Hancock Tower is the tallest man-made structure in the USA.
Just a quick homage to my 2003 Zinc Yellow Mustang GT.
I think I took my last top down ride for the year--that was two in the first week of November.
People hesitate to buy a convertible whilst living in a place like here with less than ideal--crap--weather for a good chunk of the year. The answer is a) it's too fun not to, and b) you can do it 7 months of the year.
I love my car for what it is every. single. ride. A fun machine.
(Repost above from 11/2006)
2.18.10
I realize I don't post _anything_ personal anymore. I remember enjoying interacting with the dozens of people I met online and regarded as friends. Now I think I need to "say something" before I blog and think if I wrote what I feel I'd offend so I self-censor. Conversely, if I don't write what I feel I get no feedback nor satisfaction having gotten it down.
Yes. I suppose I am feeling reflective and conflicted.
Congratulations to Michael C. Hall, a natural pick for his title role in Showtime's Dexter, which will commence making Season 5 this Wednesday, according to Hall.
When he won and had to appear onstage it was rather startling to see him looking like a cancer patient. When he released his 'official statement' last week he was not precise about several things including at what stage of treatment for the disease he is in. He looks a bit wan but otherwise pretty good!
Michael C. Hall won his first Golden Globe, for his role on "Dexter," but not surprisingly his recent revelation that he battling cancer was on people's minds.
Last week Hall revealed he has been fighting Hodgkin's lymphoma and plans to beat it, as he is in remission.
A hat pulled over his head, Hall thanked his wife in his speech as he teared up. In the press room afterward, reporters couldn't help but ask after his health.
E!'s Ted Casablanca asked first, and Hall said, "I had every intention of keeping it quiet, but because the award shows were imminent, I thought I'd make a statement."
Of his hat he said, "I wanted something that was pretty simple, but a maybe a little fancier than your normal thing."
Here's some other highlights from the press room:
Puff the Magic Dragon Tonight in Person - 1966
Puff the Magic Dragon was probably the first of Peter, Paul and Mary's string of folk song hits that those of us of a certain age remember hearing as children. I was in the playroom basement of my cousin's house when this first came on the radio, catching my fancy. Many years later I heard that "Puff" was an allusion to smoking pot, getting high but my childhood impression of it as a simple, catchy pop-folk song never changed.
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Ms. Travers once told the music magazine Goldmine: "People say to us, 'Oh, I grew up with your music,' and we often say, sotto voce, 'So did we.'
Below:
If I Had A Hammer
I remember belting this out in grade school chorus.
Peter Paul and Mary, If I Had A Hammer
Lyrics:
If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land
I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Blowin' in the Wind
Tonight in Person - 1966
The real deal. Born and bred in Greenwich Village, NY, here Mary Travers is shown at an anti war news conference in 1967.
Mary Travers, whose ringing, earnest vocals with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary made songs like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “If I Had a Hammer” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” enduring anthems of the 1960s protest movement, died on Wednesday at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut. She was 72 and lived in Redding, Conn.
The cause was complications from chemotherapy associated with a bone-marrow transplant she had several years ago after developing leukemia, said Heather Lylis, a spokeswoman.
Ms. Travers brought a powerful voice and an unfeigned urgency to music that resonated with mainstream listeners. With her straight blond hair and willowy figure and two bearded guitar players by her side, she looked exactly like what she was, a Greenwich Villager directly from the clubs and the coffeehouses that nourished the folk-music revival. NYTimes.com
Actress Kristin Bauer (True Blood's "Pam") got married on August 1st in a beautiful, rustic setting that couldn't have been any more un-Hollywood. The lucky groom is South African musician Abri van Straten.
Kristin looked gorgeous as usual though in a decidedly natural, human way.
The wedding took place on her family's farm in Wisconsin.
“I downloaded a CD on iTunes, fell in love with his classical guitar and his voice, tracked him down and am now marrying him,” Kristin told fan site True-Blood.net. Many more breathtaking photographs here.
Best wishes to Kristin and Abri!
Nancy encourages her unwelcome guardian to get an unusual pedicure
Did you watch the premiere eppy of Weeds last Monday night? If not, you have no excuse as it is airing for free online.
It was great to see the gang back--even the shocking transition of Nancy's younger son Shane (Alexander Gould) from a chubby-cheeked barely adolescent to a much taller, streamlined young man fully into that stage we all look back on so fondly.
To the naysayers who are miffed that Nancy is no longer dealing, that she was responsible for that chapter in her life literally going up in smoke, and that she somehow got herself involved with a Mexican drug lord, I say lighten up--Weeds is as enjoyable as ever. It is much like True Blood in that even though things get very dramatic and life-threatening, at the end of the day this is escapist fare with an excellent cast, certainly an entertaining 30 minutes in which you could do a lot worse by changing the station.
I think that it is imperative that to dig Weeds, you like actress Mary-Louise Parker, she of the great acting chops and gorgeous brown eyes that you could get lost in. I like her lots--as well as much of the cast so it's easy for me to forgive some of the "didn't quite work" moments in the show.
So let's get onto the the Spoilers, shall we?
I was pretty certain that Nancy was pregnant by the end of Episode 1 of this new season. I decided during the scene with Nancy and Andy (Justin Kirk) where he is urging her to consider "fleeing" as a remedy for what ails them to which she responds bluntly she could not do that as she is pregnant. She and ex-bro in-law Andy have the kind of relationship that, though they might withhold information from one another, outright lying is not how they roll.
So:
Nancy is in fact with child, but she spends her first few days back for season five deeply (and destructively) in denial, especially after being outed by Esteban as the rat. "I think she has a lot of inherently male characteristics, like when a man's wife gets pregnant, and they go out and do crazy stuff in denial," Mary-Louise says of Nancy's whiskey, sushi and cigarette binge. "I wanted it to go further, like have her do a line of cocaine," says MLP in her E! interview this week past.
Not only is Nancy pregnant, she was correct in stating that she's carrying a male child. (How she could have know that, having only carried boys previously? I do not know, but I quibble.)
It felt like a boy because it is a boy! Mary-Louise made casual mention of what we'd all hoped to be true, for Nancy's sake: She's giving Esteban a male child. But don't think that means smooth sailing between Nancy and her baby daddy. The first few episodes have Esteban asserting control over the situation, but "Nancy takes back her power at a certain point. We're on [episode] nine right now, and it's a power struggle, back and forth," explains MLP. "In some ways she has this thing over his head—she's carrying his son, which is just about the only thing she could have that would [save] her.
Given that he death was all but a done deal after Esteban found out that she ratted him out to the narcos, could there be any way this relatiosnhip can be salvaged? We know that Esteban stopped short of killing nancy when she blurted out that she's pregnant but where do they go form here? mary Louise explains thusly:
"Nancy spends much of this season negotiating that relationship, because right now she has two kids [of her own] and [she and Esteban] don't live together. It couldn't be more complicated, right? Their moments together are really fraught with all of that."
Despite the complications, Mary-Louise goes on, "There are a couple of nice moments, and I think in those moments we see that they actually care for each other. He's the first person she's really cared about since her husband died." But ... "It's just like everything else she does—it turns into a mess. That's who she is as a person. Even if she was given something uncomplicated, she would probably mess it up."
When asked specifically her opinion of the Estaban-Nancy relationship being "love,' her reply was "I think so, yeah."
With Nancy being so wrapped up in well, Nancy, is there any chance that she'll wake up to the fact that Andy is a pretty damn great guy?
"Some of the best moments for me so far have been with Andy (Justin Kirk), because that relationship is more defined. With Esteban, it's so messy and all over the place, partly because they do care for each other," says MLP. "Andy is just so bittersweet because she loves him, but maybe not in the way he loves her, but maybe a little bit."
Even so, Mary-Louise teases,
"What Justin does that is so amazing is be hilariously funny and heartbreaking at the same time. You really see that this season more than ever. He has a scene in episode four that made me cry." Ahhh, what happens?! "Their relationship comes more into the forefront. It really goes somewhere, and they're a big part of each other's lives, but I'm not supposed to tell why. He takes on a really big role."
And, in episode nine:
"There's a scene that Justin said, if we do it right, it's going to make TV history. That's a pretty good tease, right? There's a kind of inadvertent, intimate moment that hopefully will be funny and a little bit perverse."
Everyone, even Estaban must answer to a "higher power." In Estaban's case it's his boss, played by Kate del Castillo, who will be present for much of this season, hating on Nancy of course, and making sure that both Nancy and Esteban are aware that she "has a lot of power to destroy both of them—everyone really."
Weeds airs Monday nights at 10E/9C on Showtime.
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"This is the third promo using Bob Dylan's
song "Beyond Here Lies Nothing". We get some actual scenes from the
show in this one, including a couple of, minor spoilers."
Thanks to NiceGirlsTV!
Better quality video than what I had up previously. I can work on screen caps now. Yay! More later.
Maryann the maenad = trouble
Jessica's family, Jessica, and her "dad," Vampire Bill
Maryann's handiwork. Literally.
Jump for a couple more scenes capped- Sookie and Bill and the Fangtasia trio in full fang mode.
. Above: Very cute, short interview with real-life loves, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, at a Australian Bushfire fund raising event.
Thanks to JohnTFolden!
"True Blood "extras" promotional trailer for Season 1, available on Blu-Ray on May 19th, 2009.True Blood "extras" promotional trailer for Season 1, available on Blu-Ray on May 19th, 2009."
The Blu-Ray narration by Lafayette (Nelson Ellis) is very clever.
POSSIBLE SPOILER
I thought most everyone knew why Lafayette had to die as in the Sookie Stackhouse book which inspired this series--but reading a review or two saw that no, people are holding out hope. LaFayette was fleshed out in the television role--but was not Tara's cousin and had a much more minor role in the book.
If Season 2 is only loosely based on the second book, "Living Dead in Dallas," Sookie goes out of town and Merlotte's sort of takes a step back for that part of the book. I think you may have heard sometime during Season 1, Sookie remarking on how many cooks Merlotte's usually goes through. It gives it a kind of charm and in at least one Sookie Stackhouse novel it's crucial to the story.
The scene that is playing out In the soon-to-be released Blu-Ray disc while Nelsan Ellis narrates is, of course from the first episode Of "True Blood", S1E1, when Sookie in the parking lot of Merlotte's the bar in which she works, saves Vampire Bill from "V" addicts (sort of the caliber of crack addicts)/sellers who have him hog tied in silver chains (which burn his flesh) and are draining him. I know. Ick. Sookie kicks ass but she's up again 2 so eventually she falters. Bill takes cares of her and then Season One goes from there. Great show. Cannot wait for it to start!
Here's some more info on the Bluray coming out:"HBO just sent over the following clip from the upcoming second season of True Blood which was recently shown at the Paley Festival. Season two of True Blood debuts on HBO on June 14th and season 1 of the series will be released on DVD/Blu-ray on May 19th. The soundtrack will also be released on May 19th."
Host Justin Timberlake worked song and dance into nearly every sketch on this past weekend’s Saturday Night Live — his take on Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” while dressed as a giant breast implant was pretty amusing, and he also appeared alongside musical guest Ciara (clip after the jump) — but “Motherlover,” his new digital short with “Dick in a Box” costar Andy Samberg stole the show.
Set five months after their “Dick” bust, the pair of Color Me Badd-styled singers leave jail just in time for Mother’s Day, realize they have no gifts for their moms (their boxes are empty without the dicks) and plot an ingenious, filthy “switcheroo” over hero sandwiches — because what’s a better present than sex with your son’s pal? Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson guest star as the lonely cougars who play Mrs. Robinson for their respective son’s best friend, because “Every Mother’s Day deserves a Mother’s Night.” |
Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.
The pair have reunited almost three weeks after Brown, 19, allegedly battered the "Umbrella" singer on Feb. 8, a source tells PEOPLE.
"They're together again. They care for each other," says the source. The on-again couple are currently spending time together at one of Sean "Diddy" Combs's homes, on Miami Beach's Star Island.
Taking a break from my usual fanwanking I'm going to say the only thing I've said about this case of a guy beating up a girl.
After weeks went by with no word from Rihanna regarding Chris Brown I was pretty sure she'd go back to him. I'd hope not but experience told me differently.
I let a guy beat me repeatedly over a 3 ½ year period.
I even married him. Once a man beats a woman he does not stop. He takes breaks. HE DOES NOT STOP.
Rihanna is one year younger than I was when I got into an extremely abusive situation and as "horrific" as her police domestic violence shot is, I had the same type of injuries many times over. The thug that does this to his woman does not stop a beating until he has thoroughly messed her up. Her exterior is a mirror of his interior.
Trust me on this one.
Rihanna is NOT stupid. She is allowing herself to be victimized. My guess is at some time in her youth she was victimized in some fashion. Am I saying someone beat her? That is possible but just as possible is sexual abuse, neglect, verbal abuse or some awful combination. She'll stay with Chris Brown until something drastic changes. And when and if she chooses to leave him she'd best have a bodyguard with her when she does.
This upsets me not so much for Rihanna as for kids for whom both she and Brown are role models.
I've had many good things happen in my life including wishes and dreams coming true.
Recently, a fellow blogger wrote an insightful, moving, humourous, and thought-provoking blog post about wishes.
I tend mostly to cut straight to the chase of a topic but Brett never seems in a hurry to get his thoughts down in print and his Grant a Wish post was no different.
Brett thoroughly explored what a wish means to him by breaking it down into components and linking important members of his biological family to the attributes.
He began with his grandfather, who he described as "a self-made man who granted wishes his entire life."
Brett recalled his memories of his grandfather and in doing so reminded me of my own grandfather, known as "Frank," who was also very much a self-man man. He was a man who in his 101-year life went from a 14-year-old cook out in the wild west of British Columbia to a Sargent with the Toronto police department. Of course there were many, many places in-between. Also like Brett's granddad, Frank built many things with his hands and would have appreciated the quality of Craftsman tools. Some of his creations include the cottages at Maple Lake and many of the original furniture pieces in them or that were in them.
Brett wrote too of his grandmother who he credited with bestowing empathic abilities--a truly golden gift in my opinion, as I was given it as well. He went on to credit his mum with instilling a love of reading which in turn garnered him a wide life perspective as well as spoke of his dad encouraging Brett's freedom to chose what he wanted to do in life. Besides empathy, he credited his grandmother with an understanding of potential in others and in his grandfather’s drive to help people, an example of and a desire for improving the world around them.
And just as if he had a large, lovely ribbon Brett tied together the things that his loved ones had given him.
He spoke of his grandfather at the tender age of 16 building a working motorcycle from scratch so he'd be able to get to town and find better work. He shared that his grandfather's interest in finding a better way to accomplish things never waned. Brett said that if his grandfather found a more efficient or effective way of doing things he adopted them and integrated them into his own repertoire.
The theme of continuing improvement to realize a dream tied together much of what Brett said about his family and he shared that he believes it "important in life to try and improve upon those talents and gifts that we receive from our parents and grandparents."
With this in mind, Brett approached Sears, saying that as he shops for the important people in his life this holiday season, he planned on focusing on "finding those things that will help them realize their potential, realize how to master their own situations in life, and realize their own dreams and wishes."
Brett summarized his essay (it was so much more than just a blog post) with looking beyond his immediate family to the world of blogging and what he calls his "extended blogging family" with this: "I see in Sears and in the Grant a Wish program the opportunity for people looking to explore their creative side and work in blogging or podcasting or even learning how to do video, I see an opportunity." Brett advised people that were scouring the store shelves in search of the perfect gift for that special someone to "look at the products on the shelf, and think how those products might be used by the people that receive them to un-tap their potential. If you can do that, if you can even get a little close, you will probably Grant a Wish to the person you love and I believe that the gift that they receive will not go to waste."
Brett summed up his post with these thoughts: "Maybe you can provide some inspiration to someone that might just change the world, and if that’s true, then you will have changed the world a little bit for the better yourself!"
Honestly, I couldn't have said it better myself.
I’m quite conflicted in thought about my high school freshman son’s choice to take a condensed version of a “required” class over the summer.
It’s actually two classes, "Health" and "Consumer Education.". Suggested by his adviser, theoretically, taking classes over the summer would put a kid ahead but that’s not what’s really happening here. Chris now has “made room” for another, most likely, AP class for sophomore year
For fall he has scheduled a class during his normal lunch time though he’ll be allowed to grab a tray from the cafeteria and take it with him to his tailored-for-Gifted-Program-kids class, “Critical Thinking.” Lunch on the run/at your desk—isn’t that how much of the working world does it every day?
This just makes my head hurt and my heart force me to consider if this is how a teenager should live his life. Put in 6 weeks of summer school when you don’t have to?
Part of me—the part that wants him to aim really high and make it? I think its great do this stuff ‘cause doing so might help get a partial scholarship to college (I know, magical thinking).
The other part of my brain is twitching about, worrying that he’s already taking AP classes, shouldn’t he let his brain get the down time of a full summer break?
Plus this really fraks with our summer vacation plans (which come a distant last to his schooling).
Ack! I wanna be selfish!
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