Links!

In all likeliness, The Paperboy is a hot mess of the movie. The buzz is all about Nicole Kidman's golden shower. BUT my favorite part of the review, is the director's quote. (Vulture)

Okay, this doesn't sound real, more like a storyline from Grey's Anatomy. (CafeMom)

I hope Tom Hardy interviews never change. I laughed so hard and so loud. I really like him after this. (Vulture)

I am probably the only one that doesn't find this totally sick but actually pretty funny. (Harvey Nichols Summer Ad via Telegraph)

Which lead me to this hilarious and awesome Christmastime "Walk of Shame" commercial.(Guardian)

I do and do not agree with this woman's 20/20 take on casual sex. I think it comes down to motivation behind a person's action. (CNN)

The trailer for Perks of Being a Wallflower is really cute and captures those moments of high school youth. The sample chapters of the book didn't do it for unfortunately. (IMDB)

These look much cuter on H7. Also, I love what Posh is wearing. (Lainey Gossip)

Links!

Secret Lives of Writers: Inside 15 Famous Writers Bedrooms. Emily Dickinson's is exactly how I would have imagined it. Am kind of obsessed with Faulkner's. (Apartment Therapy)

How the hottest bachelors for NYC? Please! Well, I can at least drool a little over a couple of the guys on this LA list. (Refinery 29)

I would actually like some of these jobs. Actually, almost all of them. Surprising Six Figure Salaries. (Forbes)

NYC 2012 Pillow Fight! (Pillow Fight)

I can feel your pain, Ms. Winslet. Admittedly, I used to love that song but I get where she's coming from. (Celebitchy)


I'd love to see Kristen Wiig cast.(Lainey Gossip)

Links!

Am OBSESSED with this photo. It gives me pure joy. (Cute Overload)

I really like them together. (Celebitchy)

I really love this first photo of Jennifer Lawrence. It tells its own story. And yes, I like what she's wearing, too. (Go Fug Yourself)

Holler - femininity does not equal weakness. (Hello Giggles)


Independence can sometimes be a bad thing. My own independence scares me a little bit sometimes. I really miss the Greys Writers blog. Yes, I am aware they are fictional characters but that doesn't mean their personality traits don't ring true. (Greys Writers)

Sigh . . . . I really love Matt Bomer. Can't wait to see him on Glee!

                      

Redhead Racists?

Okay, so the three friends sitting next to me at Starbucks are definitely providing me with entertainment.

1. One of their group has the second doppelganger running around NYC.
2. The girl that was mistaken for someone else is a redhead and made a comment that people can be redhead racists.

What is a redhead racist?

I asked myself that same question but instead of having to verbalize it, I just had to keep eavesdropping. Her definition is someone who sees one redhead and they have seen them all.

Her example is that she gets likened to Amy Adams and Kate Walsh. Since neither actress looks like the other, it's her proof that someone only see the red hair - not the face. (Girl has a point there - those two look NOTHING alike).

Reminds me of Lainey said about Michael Phelps (re: Asian women). TMZ weighed, too. Now, that incident reeks of ignorance and maybe a touch of racism.

As a fellow ginger (although I'm more auburn these days), I disagree. Maybe a redhead generalist is the right phase?

I get that she was trying to explain it by using the word "racist" but I think it's inaccurate.

Also - I'm a redhead and never getting either actress as a lookalike.

Interesting, non?

Side note: I probably am the only person that thought it was interesting :).

JGL Reinstated on My Freebie Five

I was none too happy when I heard a rumor about ScarJo and JGL hooking up. I mentioned it here.

I am SO happy that it turns out they were just meeting about a project. I read about it here.

He is even hotter now because he's going to be directing his first film. Deadline has all the details here.

PHEW!

On Happiness

I was in a not-so-great place a couple of months ago and came to the conclusion that I was scared to be happy. Sidebar: I am happy these days :)

My reason?

I don't know how I would handle it if I was unbelievably happy and it all went away.
OR
What would I do if I did everything to be happy but wasn't?

These conclusions lead to several discussions with my close friends. Some friends said that it was common fear; not unusual at all. One friend said that her father told her that she was scared to be happy/wouldn't let herself. Then a very wise friend make a valid point: that it is ridiculous.

Well, she didn't say that exactly.

She basically said that even when you are really happy and all the pieces are in place, something will still come up. That perpetual happiness is a myth. I already knew this and I needed a reminder.

I'm not scared to be happy anymore. I am also taking an active role to do things that make me happy.
Brad Pitt summed it up nicely, too (via THR):

"This idea of perpetual happiness is crazy and overrated, because those dark moments fuel you for the next bright moments; each one helps you appreciate the other," he says. "We are all searching for meaning in our lives, love and betterment for ourselves and those around us."

Freebie Five Encounter: Matt Bomer

Sigh . . .

What I Found Trolling the Internet

Great compilation of blind items. I want a reveal on 1, 2 and 4. (Gawker)

One of my Freebie Five and Zooey Deschanel sing to you. Sigh. This makes me want him so much more than I already do. Doesn't help that I watched 500 Days of Summer a couple of nights ago.(Hello Giggles)

According to this, I am, without a doubt, AN ADULT. It's so true for me and my friends.(Hello Giggles)
Top 10 2011 News Stories.I remember exactly where I was when I found out about/watched 1, 5 and 10. (CNN)
The worlds' oldest divorcees. (Time Magazine)

What I Learned Today

Imagine holding hands with someone for 1500 years.

I can't wait to listen to this new single because I LOVE her.

I feel like Miss Piggy is the new Betty White - she's everywhere these days.

I want to buy this but I don't have a Blu-Ray but good info on the Harry Potter studio tours - I want to go!

This does NOT make me happy.

Yes, I can't afford this but I want it. Gorgeous, huh? I love the design and beading by the collarbone. It reminds me of 1920s and it's glamorous.

Why Men Are in Trouble.

Girl Crush: Mindy Kaling

I don't watch The Office. I am very aware of The Office, because I am such a huge fan and devotee to pop culture it would be impossible for me to not be. I know this is sacrilegious to a huge population of people out there but regardless there it is. Although I did watch the episode when Pam and Jim get married and I thought it was done beautifully (turns out Mindy wrote it!).

The point of the my intro is that I'm not incredibly familiar with Mindy Kaling's work because I don't watch The Office. But through two of my favorite celeb-centric sites, Go Fug Yourself and Lainey Gossip via this  post and this post respectively, I read a New York Times profile on Ms. Kaling and an article she wrote for the New Yorker.

I found the Times' profile on her fascinating, funny, accurate and particularly interesting to me because it details her career to date including how she came to be on The Office and her background in writing. I love writing and am fascinated by writers, so my love for this article isn't exactly a surprise for those who know me well. My girl crush on Mindy blossomed because of the following excerpts:

"A recent “E! Online” poll incensed Kaling by asking, on the hundredth anniversary of Lucille Ball’s birth, which of three red-haired young actresses is the next Ball. 'They’re saying that the essence of Lucille Ball was in the color of her hair,' Kaling said. 'Was Conan O’Brien like, "I’m a redhead!"? Maybe this isn’t exactly the right person, but they would never think the Lucille Ball essence could have been transferred into a man like, like Sacha Baron Cohen.' . . Immediately after delivering this mini-rant, Kaling added: 'I hope I’m not waxing too political. I spend about 4 percent of my time thinking about this.' "

and

"As a writer, she’s both fast and prolific. And though she’s the first to deglamorize her own creative process — she has mentioned on Twitter writing over French fries at the chain Johnny Rockets — it remains mysterious, even to those she works with closely. "

I enjoyed these parts of her New Yorker article that articulates television writers' dream to make the transition to film:

"I’ll put it this way: At the Oscars the most famous person in the room is, like, Angelina Jolie. At the Emmys the huge exciting celebrity is Bethenny Frankel. You get what I mean. It’s snobby and grossly aspirational, but it’s true (my favorite part for telling the ugly truth)."

"I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. For me, there is no difference between Ripley from “Alien” and any Katherine Heigl character. They are equally implausible."

I particularly, really, really, REALLY enjoy the archetypes she describes. They are spot on and hi-fucking-larious. And they sound like something that might have come out of my mouth if I were to ever articulate those words on paper. But now Mindy has done it in a most likely superior manner than I ever could and hence my brand new girl crush!

She joins the rank of funny women, such as Tina Fey, to have a book come out: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and I'm really looking forward to reading it. I hope this trend of funny women fronting movies, television and books continues. I'd love to see more of the likes of Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler in the news and projects and making money than another in-your-face-fake-reality-talentless "celebrity."
 
I'm planning on doing my part to support them :).

What's Worse: Real Housewives "Music": Money Can't Buy You Class or Tardy for the Party?

These songs are a tragedy with no real skills but just that damn Autotone, but which is worse?

RH of NYC's Countess LuAnn, "Money Can't Buy You Class"



RH of Atlanta's Kim Zolciak, "Tardy for the Party"



I think I may have become slightly stupid having watched and listened to both "songs" just now. Although I did laugh a lot :).

Golden Globes Blogging Part 10

Best Actress is next.

7:31 Lainey: Did you see Maggie G talking to Carey Mulligan?

I so, SAW that. . . it seems like they would get on.

Did Ms. Mulligan take Mr. LaBeouf?

Apparently, I'm on the same page as Lainey, Duana, and Michelle:

7:31 Michelle: Is Shia Leboeuf with her?

7:32 Duana: I'm not googling - which is why I am still missing one.
7:32 Lainey: I haven't seen Shia. Sadness.

Ah, the Governator. . . good CA budget joke :). . . especially the J.Cameron and another NBC joke. I think I really like it when H-town gangs up on on a network :). It is DAMN entertaining!!

Mickey Rourke really came out on top . . . Best Actress. . .

Ms. Blunt
Ms. Bullock
Ms. Mirren
Ms. Mulligan
Ms. Sioughby

My want: Ms. Sioughy My guesss? Ms. Mirren

Winner: Sandra Bullock!!!!

Golden Globes Blogging Part 5

Nope, no wins for Glee, le sigh :(.

But the Sev is super cute in her speech . . . and yay for her actually thanking her co-stars unlike some other acceptance speeches. . .

Still love Ricky and his suit :).

Yay for Halle Berry. . . love HER . . . stunning!

Not sure if I love her dress but it's very Halle

Golden Globes Blogging Part 2

Wrong about Broken Embraces.

I can't decide if I totally love or hate D.Kruger's dress, although it's obvious how FREAKIN' ADORABLE Mr. Jackson is with her. . . oh, le sigh.

My guess for best tv drama. . . Mad Men. . .

Woo hoo! I was right!!!

Golden Globes Blogging

The night so far. . .

Can't believe Drew B. bet out J. Lange and as much as I really wanted to love her dress and acceptance speech, it was more so, so.

Bummer Matthew Morrison didn't win for Glee :(. He's still on my freebie five. . . Alec Baldwin has won for the last 3 years or so, I hope one day it's someone new.

Love, love Toni Collette's dress.

Love, love, LOVE Ricky Geravis as the host.

F. Huffman was pretty adorable.

The Meryl was amazing, great speech.

I'm working on new collateral design while watching the GGs, maybe I'll get some inspiration???

Amy Adams has the best maternity dress and coats.

Love Olivia Wilde's dress.

Enjoying Lainey's live blogging.

Guess Broken Embraces will win. . .