...Because, you know, Marlene Dietrich put on a suit and sang in a cabaret lounge in the movie "Morocco?" No, didn't take? Well, ignore me because Florence Welch in drag just... um... yes. Watch the video.
They can be both peppy ("Signals") and delightfully poignant with electropop beats that only pulsates a particular way in Norway. (And as for the article on Scandipop, yeah Annie and Margaret Berger, get on it!) But that's besides the point, because Eva and the Heartmaker has a new single, a new video, and more songs coming out in the near future. Oh yeah, and more videos featuring Eva Weel Skram. I approve of that.
Since the land of music and TV/Movies are in a slight slump at the moment, I had so many things stored in the Bookmark Folder I decided to spread the love even thinner to a good quickie... Wondering what is on my mind at the moment...
Anyway, this little quickie comes from our friends over at Universal Pictures with a great quick look at Behind the Scenes of Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" now changed to debut on screen on Christmas Day. and hey it works! Christmas equals depressing.
Through learning the process why Hooper decided on singing on set versus recording, we get a great look on how Amanda Seyfried will sound with "In My Life" and a even worse tease of Hugh Jackman's singing "Soliloquy" right in front of us and the interviewer. Agh! Evil.
Don't take my word for it, just watch and you'll probably tear up as much as I did. What is it about "Les Mis" that grabs people so?
For some reason Spotify's "copy embed code" is not working this time around so here is this month's spookish playlist. Enjoy!
I love this band, and since their release of not only their single "Love Sea" in August or their cheerful-as-fuck video that came out September 14th or the fact they have their album on bandcamp...
it's because they exist!
(and because Love Sea is great to hoop too!)
(on "We Were Born this Way') Yeah OK Glamour, because gay people are so extraordinarily different than straight people you want to put random gay people in your magazine just to ask questions of what their childhood was like. NEXT!
Was there really any need to advertise Justin Bieber's new cologne? This is a woman's magazine not a teenager's magazine!
What They Did Right
Advertising Essie's new polish line for Breast Cancer AwarenessPimping out Parks and Recreation ("And Six More Becauses...")
"Five Things I can Do Now That I'm Not in Harry Potter" Best. List. Ever.
Making Emma Watson look drop-dead AWESOME.
There's only 45 minutes let as I finish my grade-card for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards and I'm not sure whether just to be amused by this year at the attempts of being funny and/or risque or disgruntled by the lack of wins of Downton Abbey (3-16) and New Girl (0-2). But here's the best points of the night!!
New personal goal: Dress as well as Jessica Lange when I'm her age (OK, and also now.)
At Least It's Better than Last Year, Julian Fellowes!
I intend to see the glass is half full with a dash of being slightly empty on this one. But there is one great difference between Downton Abbey at the Emmy's last year versus this year: someone on the board decided it was more than a movie/mini-series and worthy of more than its four wins from last year. That should be a victory in itself, well that and Maggie Smith receiving the Supporting Actress award two times in a row. As thrilled as I am that she won (seniority win... there's always one) I was secretly hoping for Joanne Froggatt for her amazing acting in season 2's finale! Luckily they had also won tonight for Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) and Hair Styling for a Single Camera Series which depresses me for one reason: is Downton nothing more than a fashion-plate for Hollywood?
Key tweets from @voguegasm on this subject:
- Violence and drugs wins out on classic British actors who can act their way out of a paper bag without American embellishments. FAIL!
#Emmys - I want to lick Hugh Bonneville's beard.
#Emmys
"I will host this show until it gets pregnant!" - Jimmy Kimmel
Winners I Can Get Behind
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| Jessica Lange |
- Eric Stonestreet from Modern Family winning Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy (despite Max Greenfield losing *sigh*)
- Julianne Moore from Game Change winning Best Lead Actress in a Movie/Mini Series because playing Sarah Palin must be really really draining!
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus from Veep winning Best Lead Actress in a Comedy for the interaction with Amy Poehler between a victory hug and getting their acceptance speeches getting mixed up!
- Glenn Weiss for 65th Tony Awards winning Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special while directing Emmy's simultaneously.
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart winning Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series. A solid 10 years!
- Jessica Lange for American Horror Story winning Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries because... well... LOOK AT HER! I hope I look that good at her age!
- Danny Strong for Game Change winning for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special because it... is.. DOYLE FROM GILMORE GIRLS, BITCHEZ!!
- Kevin Costner for Hatfields and McCoys winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Movie or Miniseries because, he's still sexy and he's still got it!
"Mandy Patinkin... Holla!" - Claire Danes
Holy Josh Groban singing One Direction I WANT THIS MP3... and where did my panties go? #Emmys
List of Things That I Want:
- A picture of a still of Mindy Kaling at the very beginning with that gangsta hand movement. #Legend
- A GIF of Jon Stewart getting wrestled to the ground by Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert #TripleLegend
- Kat Denning's breasts.
- A youtube clip of the back and forth between Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. (probably the only thing I laughed hard at all night)
Oh c'mon!! Betty White deserves awards more than a guy who makes homoerotic jokes towards Maxim on DWTS. NEXT! #Emmys
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| Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) |
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| Sarah Hyland (from Modern Family) |
Best
Dressed
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| Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls) |
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| Mindy Kaling (The Office) |
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| Heidi Klum (Project Runway) |
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| Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) |
Worst
Dressed
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| Hannah Simone (New Girl) |
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| Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) |
Rising Modern Family's Sarah Hyland's fashion credibility by one hundred and fifty spokes. ("hey beautiful")
A gay-boy movie with a Danish actor that slightly mirrors "A Star is Born?" Watching "Keep the Lights On!"
Making me hate Lea Michele a little less, but I still find her visually annoying!
Making Katharine McPhee look a little less bland and boring as she usually looks.
Featuring Ed Speelers and Laura Carmichael from Downton Abbey.
September 19th
Music: Milk and Eggs at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
September 21st
Music: The Future Laureates at Java Blend
Java House 2:00pm-3:00pm
FREE
Movies: Starlite Cinema: Office Space
Riverside Theater in City Park Pre-show at 6, Movie starts at Dusk
$5 but FREE popcorn
September 26
Music: Nate Lodgson at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
September 27
Literature: "Oh that Book..." 50 Shades of Gray and its Impact on Intellectual Freedom
(Intellectual Freedom Festival September 23-October 7)
Iowa City Public Library Room A 7:00pm
FREE
September 28
Music: Jim the Mule at Java Blend
Java House 2:00pm-3:00pm
FREE
University of Iowa: Homecoming Parade and Concert featuring Matt and Kim and Grand Funk Railroad
Downtown Iowa City, Pentacrest Parade at 5 and Concert at 9
FREE
October 4
University of Iowa: The Moving Image Among the Arts Proseminar: Museum Movies Today
101 BCSB 6:30pm
FREE
October 5
Music: The Fab Four
The Englert Theater 8:00pm
$35
October 6
Music: Ingrid Michaelson
The Englert Theater 8:00pm
$22
October 11th
Music/Movies: Nosferatu performed by Alloy Orchestra
Englert Theater
$18 in advance/$20 at the door
October 12th
Movies: Starlite Cinema: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Riverside Theater in City Park Pre-show at 6, Movie starts at Dusk
$5 but FREE popcorn
October 16th
Movies: Found Footage Festival
The Mill 9:00pm
$10
October 17th
Music: Collectible Boys at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
Music: Milk and Eggs at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
September 21st
Music: The Future Laureates at Java Blend
Java House 2:00pm-3:00pm
FREE
Movies: Starlite Cinema: Office Space
Riverside Theater in City Park Pre-show at 6, Movie starts at Dusk
$5 but FREE popcorn
September 26
Music: Nate Lodgson at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
September 27
Literature: "Oh that Book..." 50 Shades of Gray and its Impact on Intellectual Freedom
(Intellectual Freedom Festival September 23-October 7)
Iowa City Public Library Room A 7:00pm
FREE
September 28
Music: Jim the Mule at Java Blend
Java House 2:00pm-3:00pm
FREE
University of Iowa: Homecoming Parade and Concert featuring Matt and Kim and Grand Funk Railroad
Downtown Iowa City, Pentacrest Parade at 5 and Concert at 9
FREE
October 4
University of Iowa: The Moving Image Among the Arts Proseminar: Museum Movies Today
101 BCSB 6:30pm
FREE
October 5
Music: The Fab Four
The Englert Theater 8:00pm
$35
October 6
Music: Ingrid Michaelson
The Englert Theater 8:00pm
$22
October 11th
Music/Movies: Nosferatu performed by Alloy Orchestra
Englert Theater
$18 in advance/$20 at the door
October 12th
Movies: Starlite Cinema: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Riverside Theater in City Park Pre-show at 6, Movie starts at Dusk
$5 but FREE popcorn
October 16th
Movies: Found Footage Festival
The Mill 9:00pm
$10
October 17th
Music: Collectible Boys at Little Village Live
Public Space One 5:00pm-6:00pm or tune in on KRUI 89.7
FREE
