THE REAL STORIES ONLY ON JUICYONES...
BOTTOM LINE T
he whole "Real Housewives" brand has been a cult favorite among real housewives, both those who stay at home and those who work outside the house. Whether it's New York City, Orange County or Atlanta, the shows speak a language most have understood since girlhood - how women relate. Oftentimes on these shows, it's pretty badly.This is not to say the Big Apple's cast won't endear itself to fans again. Watch for Frankel's hysterical impression of new BFF Jill Zarin (a wig and tiny dog are involved); Alex McCord's smarts at defusing a public relations disaster for husband Simon van Kempen; Zarin's ability to apologize for said public relations disaster; Ramona Singer's skill at keeping romance alive in her marriage; and newbie Bensimon's thoughtfulness about discussing her life, however more luxurious it might be than that of most single moms
Monday, February 16, 2009
tammin sursok
MOTHER WHO IS ALSO A TV CRITIC:
OK, OK, maybe that last is an indication that having a mother who is also a TV critic is not without consequences. But being on the backside of 10 and 8, my two older children are part of the post-"High School Musical" generation, and I have to say I agree with them on pretty much every point. Everyone is going to call "Spectacular!" Nickelodeon's answer to the Disney franchise, and in a way it is. But the success of "HSM," "Camp Rock" and, to a certain extent, "Hannah Montana," the Jonas Brothers and even Nick's own "The Naked Brothers Band" simply marks a return of the old-fashioned, small-town musical that once ruled the big screen. You know, the ones in which a girl and a guy (often played by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) saved something or other by puttin' on a show. Salvation through music, good hoofing and communal effort.In "Spectacular's" case, the things that need saving are Nikko's nascent music career and his self-esteem -- he's been kicked out of his band and dumped by his girlfriend -- and
OK, OK, maybe that last is an indication that having a mother who is also a TV critic is not without consequences. But being on the backside of 10 and 8, my two older children are part of the post-"High School Musical" generation, and I have to say I agree with them on pretty much every point. Everyone is going to call "Spectacular!" Nickelodeon's answer to the Disney franchise, and in a way it is. But the success of "HSM," "Camp Rock" and, to a certain extent, "Hannah Montana," the Jonas Brothers and even Nick's own "The Naked Brothers Band" simply marks a return of the old-fashioned, small-town musical that once ruled the big screen. You know, the ones in which a girl and a guy (often played by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) saved something or other by puttin' on a show. Salvation through music, good hoofing and communal effort.In "Spectacular's" case, the things that need saving are Nikko's nascent music career and his self-esteem -- he's been kicked out of his band and dumped by his girlfriend -- and
madea s family reunion
Her arrival to lockup and to the multiplex is likely to be met with avid fan fondess and critical trepidation
Were this a bit of Tyler Perry- penned dialogue it might go like this:
Oh no she didn't. Oh yes she did. Oh no she isn't. Oh yes she is.
Come Friday, Perry's big, brassy, faux black grandma heads to the big house. And we don't mean Big Momma's house; that's a different faux black woman portrayed by a different performer.
Yes, Madea is headed to the slammer, the joint, the cooler in "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail." And her arrival to lockup and to the multiplex is likely to be met with avid fan fondess and critical trepidation.
As popular images go, Madea (and the writer-director-actor's success with his bold creation) tends to vex folk schooled in spotting stereotypes, caricatures, buffoons.
One prominent African-American film director calls Perry's representations of black life the new, old version of blackface — a modern- day minstrel show. Ouch. Others take a more charitable view, still tinged with ambivalence.
Take, for instance, a snowy-night gathering of the Tattered Cover's race-dialogue group at the United Methodist Church in Park Hill. This month's challenge: the vertigo-inducing tango of popular culture and images.
"The thing that has frustrated me so much in our movies these days is black men playing oversized black women," said a soft-spoken member.
"By the time Eddie Murphy came out with 'Norbit,' I was ready to break the theater down.
"Why is that funny?"
Asked by the group's veteran moderator, Harold Fields, if she felt the same way about Tyler Perry's work, she paused. "I do, but I struggle with him," she replied.
"I wonder about intentionality," began another woman sitting in a circle of 45 attendees. "I don't know, for instance, what Tyler Perry is thinking when he's portraying Madea. But one thing I think is that there has been this presence that has been very influential in his life — African-American women that have been strong, positive and quite humorous.
Were this a bit of Tyler Perry- penned dialogue it might go like this:
Oh no she didn't. Oh yes she did. Oh no she isn't. Oh yes she is.
Come Friday, Perry's big, brassy, faux black grandma heads to the big house. And we don't mean Big Momma's house; that's a different faux black woman portrayed by a different performer.
Yes, Madea is headed to the slammer, the joint, the cooler in "Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail." And her arrival to lockup and to the multiplex is likely to be met with avid fan fondess and critical trepidation.
As popular images go, Madea (and the writer-director-actor's success with his bold creation) tends to vex folk schooled in spotting stereotypes, caricatures, buffoons.
One prominent African-American film director calls Perry's representations of black life the new, old version of blackface — a modern- day minstrel show. Ouch. Others take a more charitable view, still tinged with ambivalence.
Take, for instance, a snowy-night gathering of the Tattered Cover's race-dialogue group at the United Methodist Church in Park Hill. This month's challenge: the vertigo-inducing tango of popular culture and images.
"The thing that has frustrated me so much in our movies these days is black men playing oversized black women," said a soft-spoken member.
"By the time Eddie Murphy came out with 'Norbit,' I was ready to break the theater down.
"Why is that funny?"
Asked by the group's veteran moderator, Harold Fields, if she felt the same way about Tyler Perry's work, she paused. "I do, but I struggle with him," she replied.
"I wonder about intentionality," began another woman sitting in a circle of 45 attendees. "I don't know, for instance, what Tyler Perry is thinking when he's portraying Madea. But one thing I think is that there has been this presence that has been very influential in his life — African-American women that have been strong, positive and quite humorous.
nuclear sea of fire
British, French nuclear submarines collide in Atlantic:::::
LONDON (AP) — Nuclear submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean this month, authorities said Monday in the first acknowledgment of a highly unusual accident that one expert called the gravest in nearly a decade.
Officials said the low-speed crash did not damage the vessels' nuclear reactors or missiles or cause radiation to leak. But anti-nuclear groups said it was still a frightening reminder of the risks posed by submarines prowling the oceans powered by radioactive material and bristling with nuclear weapons.
The first public indication of a mishap came when France reported in a little-noticed Feb. 6 statement that one of its submarine had struck a submerged object — perhaps a shipping container. But confirmation of the accident only came after British media reported it.
France's defense ministry said Monday that the sub Le Triomphant and the HMS Vanguard, the oldest vessel in Britain's nuclear-armed submarine fleet, were on routine patrol when they collided in the Atlantic this month. It did not say exactly when, where or how the accident occurred.
France said that Le Triomphant suffered damage to a sonar dome — where navigation and detection equipment is stored — and limped home to its base on L'Ile Longue on France's western tip. HMS Vanguard returned to a submarine base in Scotland with visible dents and scrapes, the BBC reported.
"The two submarines came into contact at very low speed," Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Jonathon Band, said. Band, Britain's most senior naval officer, offered no further explanation.
LONDON (AP) — Nuclear submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean this month, authorities said Monday in the first acknowledgment of a highly unusual accident that one expert called the gravest in nearly a decade.
Officials said the low-speed crash did not damage the vessels' nuclear reactors or missiles or cause radiation to leak. But anti-nuclear groups said it was still a frightening reminder of the risks posed by submarines prowling the oceans powered by radioactive material and bristling with nuclear weapons.
The first public indication of a mishap came when France reported in a little-noticed Feb. 6 statement that one of its submarine had struck a submerged object — perhaps a shipping container. But confirmation of the accident only came after British media reported it.
France's defense ministry said Monday that the sub Le Triomphant and the HMS Vanguard, the oldest vessel in Britain's nuclear-armed submarine fleet, were on routine patrol when they collided in the Atlantic this month. It did not say exactly when, where or how the accident occurred.
France said that Le Triomphant suffered damage to a sonar dome — where navigation and detection equipment is stored — and limped home to its base on L'Ile Longue on France's western tip. HMS Vanguard returned to a submarine base in Scotland with visible dents and scrapes, the BBC reported.
"The two submarines came into contact at very low speed," Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Jonathon Band, said. Band, Britain's most senior naval officer, offered no further explanation.
ashera cat
rAREST cat:
The rarest domestic cat available is called the Ashera (TM) and is a cross between a domestic cat and an Asian Leopard Cat like the Bengal Cat, but also is crossed with an African Serval.At between $22,000 and $28,000, you do get an amazing looking cat!
The rarest domestic cat available is called the Ashera (TM) and is a cross between a domestic cat and an Asian Leopard Cat like the Bengal Cat, but also is crossed with an African Serval.At between $22,000 and $28,000, you do get an amazing looking cat!
back in the saddle lyrics
Back in the saddle lyrics :
I'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againRidin' into town alone by the light of the moonI'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloonBarkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eyeShe turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cryI'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!Come easy, go easy, all right until the rising sunI'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gunPeelin' off my boots and chaps, I'm saddle soreFour bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for moreFools' gold out of their mines, the girls are soaking wetNo tongue's drier than mine, I'll come when I get back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm ridin', I'm loadin' up my pistolI'm ridin', I really got a fistfulI'm ridin', I'm shinin' up my saddleI'm ridin', this snake is gonna rattleI'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!Ridin' high!Ridin' high!Ridin' high! already!
I'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againRidin' into town alone by the light of the moonI'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloonBarkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eyeShe turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cryI'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!Come easy, go easy, all right until the rising sunI'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gunPeelin' off my boots and chaps, I'm saddle soreFour bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for moreFools' gold out of their mines, the girls are soaking wetNo tongue's drier than mine, I'll come when I get back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm ridin', I'm loadin' up my pistolI'm ridin', I really got a fistfulI'm ridin', I'm shinin' up my saddleI'm ridin', this snake is gonna rattleI'm back in the saddle againI'm back!I'm back in the saddle againI'm back!Ridin' high!Ridin' high!Ridin' high! already!
spectacular
'Spectacular!' on Nickelodeon
few random observations on Nickelodeon’s “Spectacular!" made by two experts in the genre:"It's got really good songs. Like real songs, that you hear on the radio."
"That girl who plays Courtney [Tammin Sursok] is way better than Vanessa Hudgens because she's pretty and she can act.""It is totally better than 'Camp Rock.' ""Why do they always have to have a mean pretty girl in these movies?""The guy who plays Nikko [Nolan Gerard Funk] seems cooler than Troy, but I still think Zac Efron will do better in his career."OK, OK, maybe that last is an indication that having a mother who is also a TV critic is not without consequences. But being on the backside of 10 and 8, my two older children are part of the post-"High School Musical" generation, and I have to say I agree with them on pretty much every point. Everyone is going to call "Spectacular!" Nickelodeon's answer to the Disney franchise, and in a way it is. But the success of "HSM," "Camp Rock" and, to a certain extent, "Hannah Montana," the Jonas Brothers and even Nick's own "The Naked Brothers Band" simply marks a return of the old-fashioned, small-town musical that once ruled the big screen. You know, the ones in which a girl and a guy (often played by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) saved something or other by puttin' on a show. Salvation through music, good hoofing and communal effort.
few random observations on Nickelodeon’s “Spectacular!" made by two experts in the genre:"It's got really good songs. Like real songs, that you hear on the radio."
"That girl who plays Courtney [Tammin Sursok] is way better than Vanessa Hudgens because she's pretty and she can act.""It is totally better than 'Camp Rock.' ""Why do they always have to have a mean pretty girl in these movies?""The guy who plays Nikko [Nolan Gerard Funk] seems cooler than Troy, but I still think Zac Efron will do better in his career."OK, OK, maybe that last is an indication that having a mother who is also a TV critic is not without consequences. But being on the backside of 10 and 8, my two older children are part of the post-"High School Musical" generation, and I have to say I agree with them on pretty much every point. Everyone is going to call "Spectacular!" Nickelodeon's answer to the Disney franchise, and in a way it is. But the success of "HSM," "Camp Rock" and, to a certain extent, "Hannah Montana," the Jonas Brothers and even Nick's own "The Naked Brothers Band" simply marks a return of the old-fashioned, small-town musical that once ruled the big screen. You know, the ones in which a girl and a guy (often played by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney) saved something or other by puttin' on a show. Salvation through music, good hoofing and communal effort.
lobotomy
ENGLAND AGAINST ITLY..............
England are going absolutely nowhere. That was evident on the performance against Italy. Irrespective of what I now call the Mallet incident after he played flanker Mauro Bergamasco at scrum-half in what I think was the worst Italy team I have seen in ten years.
They gifted England two tries and England had to work for absolutely nothing. In the second half they just did absolutely nothing. It is the same problem that we saw in the autumn.
There is absolutely no development and I have no idea where the coaching staff of Wells, Ford and Smith are going with this team.
It is scandalous really especially with the ridiculous price of tickets - they charge so much for entertainment that is so low.
That performance against Italy was inexcusable; England did not try anything and did not play any rugby. I think it was shame that Steffon Armitage was substituted by Joe Worsley - Armitage had no rucks to hit and was not given any pattern to play with whatsoever.
England are going absolutely nowhere. That was evident on the performance against Italy. Irrespective of what I now call the Mallet incident after he played flanker Mauro Bergamasco at scrum-half in what I think was the worst Italy team I have seen in ten years.
They gifted England two tries and England had to work for absolutely nothing. In the second half they just did absolutely nothing. It is the same problem that we saw in the autumn.
There is absolutely no development and I have no idea where the coaching staff of Wells, Ford and Smith are going with this team.
It is scandalous really especially with the ridiculous price of tickets - they charge so much for entertainment that is so low.
That performance against Italy was inexcusable; England did not try anything and did not play any rugby. I think it was shame that Steffon Armitage was substituted by Joe Worsley - Armitage had no rucks to hit and was not given any pattern to play with whatsoever.
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