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Tony Award Fashion: Best & Worst

phoebems — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:31:14 +0000

Well, after watching a pretty ho-hum Tony Awards the other night, there isn’t much to tell. Hooray for “In the Heights,” which seems to be loved by all. Boo for “The Little Mermaid,” which was made into a laughing stock at the awards show when the director of “August: Osage County” mocked it in her acceptance speech.

It was even worse when we had to watch an excerpt with Ariel on those sneaker-skate things that annoying kids wear at the mall on Saturdays.

But, the best and worst dressed list was as easy as 1-2…uh, just two.

BEST: Marisa Tomei in her rad red dress (see Christine Baranski in a hot red number too):

(photo – NYTimes.com)

WORST: Whoopi Goldberg in the Seinfeld puffy shirt (I had hoped that got tossed when the show ended, but apparently Whoopi somehow got dibs):

Summer Addiction

phoebems — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:58:47 +0000

I finally caught “Legally Blonde: Search for the new Elle Woods” on MTV last night.

This show is great!

(Photo: MTV)

A la “Grease: You’re the One That I Want,” the reality show seeks to cast one unknown aspiring actress in the leading role in Broadway’s “Legally Blonde: The Musical.”

Now this is a reality show! Taking a page straight out of the “America’s Next Top Supermodel” book, there are 10 hopefuls living together in close quarters in Manhattan, snarky judges who freely say what they don’t like about the contestants in vague, baseless claims (“I just don’t get an ‘Elle’ feeling from her.”), assignment sheets slipped under the apartment door, and PINK outfits galore.

The show is marginally “hosted” by “Broadway star (???)” Hayley Duff. You may know her as the older and less impressive sibling of Hilary Duff. She looks like a giant grain of rice (bland and narrow) as she vamps into the apartment and gives the girls their next challenge.

Some nifty contestants too. Best of all is a girl named Lauren who looks like a combination of Britney Spears, Miss Piggy, and Mrs. Garrett from “The Facts of Life.”

Watch it! It’s the best thing going until “Entourage” comes back.

A purely superficial moment

phoebems — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:05:17 +0000

Don’t you just LOVE the purple Maria Pinto dress Michelle Obama wore the other night at Barack Obama’s big speech?

(photo: NY Times)

Totally shades of Jackie Kennedy style… The color is amazing! See more on Michelle Obama’s classic style in this NY Times article from today’s Style section.

It was fine.

phoebems — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:06:23 +0000

Well, I saw it. It was fine.

“Fine,” meaning neither “great” nor “terrible” (much as this NY Times review tries to slam it into oblivion).

The fashion is zany, the apartments are glamorous (including one truly phenomenal walk-in closet), the ladies are still their same characters through and through.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised, since I’d prepared myself for the worst after hearing rumblings that the Sex and the City Movie was bad. It’s not bad! It’s just not better than an episode, and it’s 5x as long.

That’s the biggest problem: the show had many episodes, some great and others not-so-great. Now imagine an entire season’s plotline in a single movie. It’s about as good as the average of an entire season’s episodes muddled together.

As Samantha says (a la Death of a Salesman), “Attention must be paid.” She’s right (She also happens to be surprisingly the show’s strongest film actress). You need to go to the film to see what happens in the next chapter of Carrie and her pals.

I’ve already gone twice.

Here We Go!

phoebems — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:03:10 +0000

I know that it’s getting bad buzz, they’re too old, blah, blah, blah…

WHO CARES?!?!

I am so excited for the Sex & the City Movie.

It’s been years watching and memorizing my well-worn DVDs, and it will be such a treat to see new plotlines, new jokes, and new shoes!

Even more exciting, as of tomorrow night I can emerge from the seclusion I’ve had to enter for the past two weeks to avoid reading any spoilers or seeing any previews. I’m going in pretty much blind, so I will report back fully after the movie.

Kentucky Derby Celebs

phoebems — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:34:44 +0000

Here are the few pics I can dig up on today’s Derby – Much as I hate to say it, best dressed goes to Heidi and Spencer! What is Adrian Grenier wearing?

Chelsea Clinton in nice hat but godawful dress:

Adrien Grenier and Isabel Lucas (nice white blazer with blue shirt. Are they shooting a sequel to Miami Vice?):

Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag (love her dress and he looks respectable):

Still saddened by the poor Eight Belles… Thoughts go out to her owner and team.

Thoughts Go Out to Oteri Family

phoebems — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:06:15 +0000

There was a huge jump in viewings of our other post on SNL actress Cheri Oteri and how it appears that she does not have major plastic surgery, so we did some web detective work and discovered that Oteri’s father was murdered this past weekend. It sounds like a bar fight gone wrong, and really terrible stuff.

We’re thinking of Cheri and her family at this time. She’s always so funny and upbeat, and we are sorry to hear of such bad news.

Rachel Weisz as Kiera Knightley?

phoebems — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:07:38 +0000

Doesn’t Rachel Weisz look totally like Kiera Knightley on the cover of Vogue’s Living special issue?

Bilson a blonde!?!

phoebems — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:30:23 +0000

Here’s a pic of Rachel Bilson of The OC wearing a blonde wig for her role in “New York, I Love You” (currently filming). Do you like it or hate it???

(source)

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz, engaged!

phoebems — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:23:03 +0000

A statement issued by them both:

We know there has been a lot of speculation recently about Pete and I and we wanted our fans to be the first to know, because you guys are the best. Yes, we are thrilled to share that we are happily engaged. Thank you for all of your support and well wishes – it means the world to us. We consider this to be a very private matter, but we wanted you to hear it straight from us. – Ashlee and Pete

Another Simpson wedding! Those are awesome affairs! Can’t wait to see all the details in In Style Weddings.

p.s. The Starbucks thing was a big let down. They just gave out SHORT samples of their new Pike Place brew – it was fine, but not worth hauling my butt all the way to Starbucks, and definitely not “Venti big,” as promised below.