Kevin Williamson created this engaging drama, which chronicles a group of young friends’ passage from adolescence to young adulthood in the small coastal town of Capeside, Massachusetts. based on Williamson’s own experiences growing up, “Dawson’s Creek” focuses on fifteen-year-olds Dawson (James Van Der Beek) and Joey (Katie Holmes), who have been friends since they were five and are trying to cope with the way their relationship is changing now that their hormones are raging. Add to the mix their friend Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and the new girl in town, Jen (Michelle Williams) and you can count on extra twists to their drama in their already turbulent lives.

Episode 01: Pilot
It is a shame this show came much too early in my life. Or I was just born way too late for it. While Dawson’s Creek took a tiny small place in my life, when I went to high school, I never saw the first season until I bought the DVD collection. And it is time for a rewatch and a few flashbacks of earlier moments of my life.
The pilot was good, though James Van Der Beek overacted a bit in his own show (especially when Dawson surprised his parents while making out) and it is a bit unbelievable that the teens (who are not even 16 years old in here) already have such big minds (especially Pacey, who says to Tamara [Leann Hunley] that he was the best sex she never had). This was one of the biggest problems I had with this show during the first four seasons, though I pretty much got into it very fast and wasn’t confused anymore with the start of the second season.
Other than that: It is really authentic. And even with the age the show already has, it is still realistic enough to be the love guide for every upcoming teenager in a small town somewhere on the east side of America. Van Der Beek overacted a bit and Dawson’s Spielberg obsession already sucks balls, Joshua Jackson was good, as well as Katie Holmes and Michelle Williams. The rest of the cast didn’t really have much screentime, and they are the adult ones in here, so they have to develop during the next couple of episodes.
The stories for the pilot were alright. Joey says that puberty hits, and they aren’t kids anymore, love comes into play, together with the talent of flirtation and all the rest. And of course Pacey had to kiss a MILF in the pilot, even the truly authentic teen series needs a bit of sex in the story – even though we didn’t see anything, and nothing happened. 7,5/10

Episode 02: Dance
Another good episode, and this time it is working better than the pilot. The “a little bit too much” from the pilot loosened up a bit in the second episode and made much more fun. Though some moments were really stereotype.
So, Dawson’s lands in film class due to a backdoor, while he is trying to get into the neighbor girl’s pants without screwing with her. The story couldn’t be more stereotype, but at least James Van Der Beek wasn’t overacting here and Michelle Williams was a really sweet girl with the feeling of her character. Also, Katie Holmes managed to get her role into realism, switching perfectly between having a secret involving Dawson’s mother Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes) and not showing her true feelings to Dawson, because she said herself, everything is changing for all of them. Or being honest to each other about their feelings. For that, Dawson’s “trouble” with Jen and her being “stolen” by Cliff (Scott Foley), wasn’t really interesting, it remains still the beginning of a bigger story, but it doesn’t feel like that.
Pacey’s flirts and kisses with Tamara was only a side plot, and I truly don’t know why Tamara – as a teacher – is about to ruin her career. But today there are a lot of teachers screwing around with their students; Dawson’s Creek was pretty much a harbinger, though there were cases, before the series went on the air.
Dawson’s parents are loving, but the secret Gail has isn’t moving and makes their relationship more and more unbelievable. But we are just in the second episode so far… 7,5/10

Episode 03: Kiss
Good episode, and again: better than the episode before. This time all the stories are working, though one is a romantic cliché, and the other was almost a waste of time.
If Dawson was only busy with the film shooting and the writers would have cut his “search for a kiss with Jen”, then this would be a Joey show, and the episode would have been a foreshadow of what Dawson’s Creek was during the last season: more a show about Joey than about the title character. And it was interesting to put another character beside Dawson in front of a story and actually having a lot of screentime (which isn’t happening to Pacey – he has only one storyline right now, and the writers only spend four minutes per episode with it).
The film shoot at the high school was partly interesting, though it brings Dawson a few winning moments; but his moments with Jen were great, and finally they kissed (this was the waste of time, one episode looking for the kiss can be too much sometimes). It just seems a coincidence that Pacey lost his virginity with Tamara at the same place (by the way: nice acting by Leann Hunley in that scene, in which she wasn’t sure about what she did at that moment), and what a coincidence Dawson filmed it.
Joey’s romance with the guy from New York was nice, though stereotype. Who doesn’t lie about the own name, age and background to have a nice time with a guy, who won’t even have interest in little high school girls? And, seriously, Katie Holmes was more than sweet in here – how could she marry Tom Cruise later on? 8/10

Episode 04: Discovery
Another good episode, though slightly weaker than the last one. At least it looks like the stories are up and running, together with Gail’s affair, from which Dawson finally knows about (he didn’t just have the guts to tell his father Mitch [John Wesley Shipp] about – which is totally authentic, btw). And the lovely relationship between Dawson and Jen gets better as well. Basically: I really liked the episode for its story continuing – they are told not too fast, not too slow (except Gail, but I can live with that), and they have always a bit of heart and emotion in it.
I am happy to see that Pacey had a bit more screentime in this episode, which results in Dawson filming his tete-a-tete with Tamara, which again results in Pacey telling Dawson about his “I got the girl this time” – very nice scene, showing that Joshua Jackson can act, and James Van Der Beek not so really. His reaction of Pacey’s confession was just… argh. And it seems like the story with Pacey and Tamara grows bigger, when he is starting to get jealous, as Tamara is hanging around with men her age… Well, it is a bit funny, but it is a storyline for Pacey and I don’t think the writers had something different in mind for him at that time.
Grams (Mary Beth Peil) has increasingly more screentime as well, and I like that. Though she could stop worrying about Jen, because she of all people should know that Capeside isn’t suitable for bringing kids on the deeper and uglier roads of life. But Jen and Grams have interesting talks together, which develops both characters – nice writing.
Dawson being felt betrayed by Joey was the weakest storyline in here, because it was predictable and a cliché. But it was necessary for him to learn more about Jen, so it was not that bad after all. 7,5/10

Episode 05: Hurricane
A strong episode with lots of stuff happening. Gail tells Mitch the truth and nothing but the truth, and leaves Mitch and Dawson back to let them think of their own. Though it was good to see a proper adult storyline for the first time of the series, it would have been nice to see Dawson thinking about his parents’ problems, even though he already was dealing with that topic in the last episode. But it seems to separated that first Dawson deals with his mother’s affair, then he drops it to do other business, and
when Mitch learns about it, he is the one dealing with this. What great moments would have been in the episode, when father and son trying to react together to Gail’s affair. But the scene with gale and Mitch was just awesome – really authentic and believable.
The rest of the episode was good as well, though I find it curious that Pacey’s brother Doug (Dylan Neal) develops interest in Tamara, and why the story about him not getting out of the closet, because he is scared. Sure, this storyline begins here and
develops with the time of the series, but it came too suddenly. We never saw Doug before and with his first appearance he already gets a story? Because I don’t think this will effect Pacey very much. But it means one thing: The writers tell stories not only for the teenager.
And Dawson and Jen having a break? Didn’t they just start dating? This seems like a stereotype storyline, but it was good that this didn’t take the bigger part of the episode. 8,5/10

Episode 06: Baby
Nice episode with interesting topics. The birth brings together all the storyline Grams had with the others, especially her “racist” opinions about Bessie (Nina Repeta) and her relationship with Brody. The scene in which Grams made kind of peace with Bessie, while she is in labor, bleeding and scared about everything was written very good and brought the two characters closer to the audience. And even with Joey worrying about the situation, remembering her mother, this story had even a more interesting meaning. Lifes are changing right now, and it is only a simple birth (exclude the small problems Bessie had) in the living room of the Leerys.
The rest of the episode, which includes Pacey and Tamara, was partly interesting though. Of course, somebody heard the conversation between Dawson and Pacey and of course the rumors are spreading like a virus. And of course everybody of Pacey’s surrounding learns about it (even Doug) and of course it was supposed to be funny, until the school board comes and threatens Tamara’s job in the high school. It just seems unbelievable that the school board is meeting that fast and that they don’t do any investigation, just because Pacey stormed into the session and told everybody that it was just his fantasy… Yeah, of course. Nice try.
The ending was nice, though. Tamara is leaving Capeside, Pacey says goodbye and Joey holds the baby on her arms – very sweet moments, but they don’t make the episode better. 7/10

Episode 07: Detention
Best episode so far – my a mile. Obviously a rip-off of The Breakfast Club, a nice copy of John Hughes’ film and lots of emotional stories in here. and with Abby Morgan (Monica Keena) the series introduces us to a new character. Like in every high school there is one real hard-ass bitch, doing everything for herself, not having friends for this and being the mean bitch everyone from the main character list hates – there are some nice stories coming up with her.
The detention episode was awesome. Finally everybody knows every feeling about anybody. Joey is in love with Dawson, while Jen thinks he is the right one for her compared to her past relationships in New York, and Pacey whacked off, because he has too much pressure going on “down there”. Most of the story could be considered funny, but honestly, this was just the next important step to the character’s relationship. And it was very nice from the writers not to include other stories, especially something with Doug, after we saw him the last two episodes, and maybe something about the failing marriage of Gail and Mitch (which I miss btw, this topic was missing last episode as well – and I miss Dawson reacting to the upcoming break-up of his parents).
The one think I didn’t find very amusing was the kind of overacting in some scenes, especially James Van Der Beek again. But I blame that on their not existing experience in the TV business and hope, this one gets better in the next season. Other than that, this was an almost excellent hour of television. 9/10

Episode 08: Boyfriend
A necessary episode for separating Jen and Dawson, so Dawson can be with Joey at the end of the season. And of course, after the little “break” they had a couple of episodes ago, their relationship is troubled again, after Jen’s ex Billy (Eion Bailey) comes from New York and wants her back. First: Why wants Billy Jen back at all and why was he coming from New York to do exactly that? Any reason at all? While Jen and Billy are flirting, Dawson and Joey are flirting and getting more and more together, so it was predictable that Jen wants to break up with Dawson, because she sees that life in Capeside is the same like in New York. Despite the predictable story, I liked the break-up scene between Jen and Dawson; this was one of the scenes James Van Der Beek actually acted well.
The side plots were a bit uninteresting, though. Joey can’t sleep because of “Rosemary’s baby” (hilarious) and gets drunk because she doesn’t get what she truly wants and what we know since the Breakfast Club episode. Nice that the series is handling alcohol as well in their stories, just the moral of the story was… yeah, where was the moral of the story?
The other plot with Gail and Mitch trying to find something to do was alright; after their story was absent for a couple episodes it was necessary to bring it back. But it just was free of highlights. Of course they are trying to save their marriage, of course they can’t trust each other right now, and of course they have troubles to find back to each other – predictable storylines, but authentic enough to look not stupid or boring.
Okay, it was a necessary episode, but it was a kind of boring one. 6,5/10

Episode 09: Road Trip
The episode was good and had a nice aftermath of Dawson’s and Jen’s break-up. While the boys go with Billy (surprisingly is he still there and wants Jen back, even though she said no to him) on a road trip, into a bar and trying to have fun with women, Joey has different problems with another guy and starts to revenge back – together with Jen, but the plan backfires. Both stories were interesting. Dawson and Pacey had a trip as real friends, which doesn’t happen very often, and both of them trying to find a way out of their teen life for a couple hours, which they managed to do so. Just Dawson’s flirt with Nina (Melissa McBride) was a bit stupid. Not only did Nina look like a 40-year-old, masked as a teen, but her interest in Dawson was way too unbelievable. And I would have wished to see Pacey in a little adventure; after his fail with Tamara and everything what came after he needs a little love story again – or at least a story.
Joey’s and Jen’s plan to humiliate Warren (Eric Balfour) was alright, though I hoped it would be more hilarious. When Joey talked to Abby, this was hilarious, but the rest was pretty boring. When their plan backfired, Jen and Joey didn’t seem to learn from their actions, and instead they are talking about Dawson. But after all they managed to be friends again.
The episode could have been better, when there weren’t some unbelievable stuff in it. 7,5/10

Episode 10: The Scare
A good episode, which actually had some suspense in it, not only because it was Friday, the 13th. Though the fact that the writers built in the story with the Ladykiller was really stupid and predictable. Of course the guy who talked to Joey was the Ladykiller, no wonders there. But their faces were hilarious at the end of the episode.
The rest was alright. Dawson’s séance in his house, together with friends and a stranger (where do all these one-episode characters come from – first Dawson’s flirt last episode now the girl who gets… troubles from her boyfriend) and all of them trying to put some relationship troubles into the night of scary happenings. Dawson’s night was well planned, and there was always the question of what he did to scare his friends and what didn’t he do (e.g. the calls and the letter for Jen). Only a bummer that the girls didn’t took revenge for one time and that Pacey didn’t do anything at all. The story with the “abusive” boyfriend was awkward, though. I don’t know why the writers put that in here (as opposite to all the fake scary moments?).
At least the little date story with Jen and Cliff is over now. Not only is Cliff a boring character, but it is realistic that Jen doesn’t want to be in a relationship now. 7,5/10

Episode 11: Double Date
A good episode and in one storyline a big foreshadow of what’s to come. This episode was evidence for the fact that the writers always wanted to bring Joey and Pacey together, even though they didn’t start that story here. But it will be necessary for later to understand why Pacey even likes Joey that much. Their story was interesting, because it was not only clear that Pacey has problems in high school (another on-going storyline during the next seasons), but their little trip into the nature was
interesting – both characters had a slight development and have to bring Dawson to choose over Jen and Joey, after Pacey told him he has to.
The double date story was good, too, but predictable. With Mary Beth (Meghan Perry) we have another one-episode character (and – again – connected to Dawson, this is not a coincidence anymore), and I thought Jen’s and Cliff’s date story is over – looks like it isn’t. But now it – again – looks like it’s over, after Mary Beth had the hots for Cliff. It was nice to let Jen and Dawson really talk with each
other, so that the season cliffhanger can be prepared – together with Pacey’s words to Dawson that he has to give himself some answers.
If you think about it, this could basically be the episode before the season finale, and I wished it would be, but there are two more episodes coming. 7/10

Episode 12: Beauty Contest
Excellent episode. Though it doesn’t really fit as the episode before the finale (like I said the previous episode suits better as the pre-finale), the beauty contest was a great story for character development and Pacey being a comic relief. And fortunately the writers choose to bring all the characters together in one story, instead telling their lifes apart from each other in different stories and locations. With everybody having the same story the episode is working way better.
I am curious why Joey is thinking that she will be stuck in Capeside and wants to get out of this miserable place – her feelings about her home didn’t come through before, so this comes a bit too fast and too suddenly (though her reasons were partly explained in the last episode). But with Joey being in the competition she had nice moments to think about her life in Capeside, together with her sister, together with what the others thinking about her, and together with her dreams. And her speech on the stage during the contest was really interesting. More breathtaking was her performance of “On My Own”, though I had to think of Rachel singing this song in “Glee”, but this just for the side.
Pacey as competition in the contest was hilarious. First he thinks that he can be funny, then he wants to win (but can’t, the judges won’t let him win, because… they don’t want him to win – nice view on favoritism and sexual racists), and then he gives his William Wallace impersonation – hilarious. 9/10

Episode 13: Decisions
Interesting episode, and kind of “spoof” of all the season finales offering a cliffhanger to let the viewers guess. How funny would it actually be, when Dawson’s Creek had a cliffhanger in its first season? But for that the series does take itself seriously and can’t bring any ironic episodes (The Scare was probably the only almost ironic episode in this season), which is a shame. So I have to rely my hope on Buffy again.
The episode was good. All the stories were concluded, before Dawson’s Creek doesn’t get a second season. Dawson’s parents are into their newfound relationship (already seen in the last episode); Jen’s grandpa dies (a story which I never saw in this season), but gets closer to her Grams; Pacey is still “just” the friend for everybody and risks his relationship to his family for just driving Joey to the prison to visit her father Mike (Gareth Williams); Joey talks to her father, both love each other (and the writers prepare something for the next season), while Joey and Dawson take the next, better first step, into their relationship. All in all, this season has a happy ending, it is the beginning of the friends finally really growing up and the end of the steps they took to start growing up. The first season was partly too brave, but now the characters can live the lives of adults-to-be.
What makes the episode really good is the fact that almost every story told during the first season gets the proper ending. Everybody was waiting for Dawson and Joey to happen, and everybody was predicting that Dawson and Jen won’t be holding much longer, while Pacey didn’t even had a real story in this season (except his “The Graduate” with Tamara, which was a separated story after all) and nothing needs to be concluded with him. And the fact that the writers wrote Joey’s father into the episode (to give her a closer, if this was the series finale, and to bring him into the story, if there is a second season), makes the episode even more important. Not just as a cliffhanger-free season finale. 8,5/10

Season average is 7,77. I rewatched this season in three days, thanks to the public library and much time right now for that. The second season is on my waiting list, as well as the rest of the series, which DVD collection is waiting for me at home. A rewatch of Surface is coming up and I hope to finish Nurse Jackie sometimes soon. The fall and winter breaks of all the current US shows is coming up as well, which gives me time to pick up my archive and get to a few British shows I have on my list.

Again, thanks to the modelwife’s Netflix account we have another movie review.  This is one that a fellow flight attendant recommended to her.

It is a chick flick, but I have to say, it was pretty good.  The film stars Katie Holmes (pre-Tom Cruise).  While it was critically acclaimed, it apparently saw only limited release and according to the info on the Internet, it only grossed about $2.5M in domestic box office.

The movie also features Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson.  She was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in the movie.  It just shows how amy movies are released each year, that I had never heard of this movie prior to the modelwife getting it thru Netflix.

The movie itself is about an estranged eldest daughter who had a troubled childhood and is now living with her boyfriend in a small apartment in the city.  Her mom, with whom she had a bad relationship is dying of cancer, so she invites her suburban family to her apartment for Thanksgiving dinner.  Of course she has no clue how to cook the meal and her stove dies on the big day causing her to seek help from a series of neighbors.

It is an excellent movie.  It has some standard movie tropes, but also has some tropes that it stands on their heads.  The whole movie is only 80 minutes long and this is great.  The writer and director had enough confidence in his work that he didn’t feel the need to pad the movie to make it longer.  That was a great decision.  I wish more folks in Hollywood had that kind of confidence in their work, and we wouldn’t get so many of these  2 and 1/2 hour snoozefests that Hollywood has been producing.

I recommend this movie.  It is especially good this time of year.

Portrait of Katie Holmes

Medium: Pencil on paper

So, it may be pretty apparent by now that I have a minor, passing crush on a certain Robert Pattinson.  You may have heard of him…he was in this little indie flick called New Moon…just came out, perhaps you have heard of it?…and, it may have come across as if I was planning on stalking him in NYC…

Hmmm.  Maybe.  It wasn’t real stalking.  Just checked my gossip sites and twitter, etc. to see if he was anywhere in the city.

Sadly, despite my best efforts, I did not see him in NYC this past weekend. I did sense his British hotness in the air though. It’s part of our intense celeb-crazy fan connection. haha

BUT, after seeing this insanity while out shopping in Soho, I am starting to maybe question my stalker tendencies. Robin was with me at this point.  We were just leaving Topshop (loved it in there…so many funfunfun things that I will never buy!)…turn right…and see the strangest thing. About 30+ people, standing silently outside of the Madewell store. Staring into the windows…at a distance tho, not taking pix or storming the place. Just standing.  I asked one of the men with the gigantic cameras who was in the store and he said ‘Katie Holmes‘…we looked in the window for a sec then moved on.  A bit later, I saw her come out and saw all the flashbulbs.  Scene repeated when she went into Topshop. It was creepy…like watching golf…the crowd just moved to the next hole, in a manner of speaking.

Not that I don’t like Katie…but I wasn’t going to hang out and gawk if it wasn’t you-know-who.  But, the whole scene made me feel yucky. The poor girl was just shopping. What’s the big deal?? I cannot imagine being famous and having idiots follow me around and take pix while I do mundane everyday stuff. The price of fame? I don’t know.  Just seemed intrusive and awful.  Now don’t go thinking I am canceling my RPattz obsession.  I am just starting to get a twinge of guilt. Not growing a conscience for goodness sake!  ;-)

But, what if he *had* been the one they were waiting for?  Would I have stood there, staring?  I like to think that no, I would have walked away…grossed out by the circus. I hope so.

Cela fait maintenant trois ans que Monsieur et Madame Cruise se sont dit oui en Italie le 18 novembre 2006. L’événement avait été très médiatisé notamment à cause du fait qu’ils se marient devant l’Eglise de Scientologie. Depuis Katie Holmes et Tom Cruise ont eu une petite fille nommée Suri. Peut de temps avant leur anniversaire de mariage, Tom Cruise, pour fêter l’évènement, avait réservé tout un étage d’un restaurant italien à Boston. La petite Suri quant à elle fut gardée par une nourrice pour laisser ses parents en tête à tête pendant un repas . Le jour même de leur anniversaire, le couple a dîné aux chandelles dans le restaurant très chic Abe & Louie. Quel romantisme !

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 Yahoo le 20 novembre 2009

 Closermag le 20 novembre 2009

Who’s calling the shots? Tom, Katie or The Church???

These pics show Suri eating a lolly for breakfast while wearing a hand-me-down frock and mismatched socks. Apparently, Suri cannot even tell the difference between cast offs and couture, causing much alarm amongst the media. Is she really Tom’s daughter? Are recycling clothes appropriate values for the child of a-listers? Do Suri’s parents really think she can live the life of a normal child amidst the media circus and candy aisle breakfast?

I, for one, would never let my child have candy for breakfast, wearing freebie new-to-you clothing. Never.

A pequena Suri de apenas 3 anos já adora da um bafão, seus pais Tom Cruise e Katie Holmes ficaram na minha dos médicos americanos por permitirem sua filha usar salto alto diva é assim né gente, nasce já em busca do seu par perfeito de Louboutin. Depois de toda a especulação a mini diva foi vista usando galochinhas de fadinhas….Adorando…Suri vem pra ca a gente faz um RG falso pra você i na buatchy com a xente!

Ela é muito princesinha!

Ah, New York. So much shopping, so little time. So little money. Le sigh. The thing about shopping is that is can be fun even if you don’t purchase anything.  Especially in New York. On Saturday, after the pleasure and pain filled morning at the baths (tremble shudder moan squeal), we went shopping. Just a little.  Hoping for some sort of fab outfit that I could wear to stalk and capture Robert Pattinson. Since the baths took much more time than we planned, we decided to stick close to the hotel that was NOT in Soho and ended up at Century 21.  Have you heard of it? When Ashley mentioned it I was like ‘um, isn’t that a real estate company? the one wear they wear yellow jackets?’ Apparently not!  She described it as ‘TJ Maxx on crack’. A pretty apt description. They had Manolo Blahnik shoes for like 75% off.  Granted, they were the ugliest f*cking shoes I have ever seen but hey, they were a bargain! lol  So so so many shoes.  Everything from 9 West to the Manolos and in between. And that was just the shoe dept. Oh, and so so so so many (@$&)@ people. This place is not for the claustrophobic.

Browsed shoes. Looking for sky high f*ck me Robert pumps or over the knee boots. Practical stuff, kwim? Just wasn’t in the cards. Onto the clothes! Holy cow, so many clothes. Overwhelming. And a little skeevy. Just too many people, too many hands touching everything. Ick. I went back there on Sunday before I had to go to the train station and looked again. Sadly for me (and happily for the AmEx), NADA for me. But, I have high hopes for the next time I am up there. Which, please God, won’t be another 3-5 years.

On Sunday morning, Ashley left (Beer Fest in the Poconos – so cool – not) and Robin had a brunch date w/a girlfriend. That left me blissfully alone. ALONE. I spent several hours just walking thru Soho and parts of Chinatown ALONE. No one spoke to me. I spoke to no one. No one wanted a piece of me, kwim?  Funny, I spend years worried, consumed with fear of being alone for the rest of my life and now I CRAVE alone time. It’s just that rare.

Went to American Apparel (got a cute gray cotton jumper which I wore home on the train. Was almost like a nightgown but shorter and cuter!), Topshop…this place was COOL. Just opened.  It’s a UK store, filled with all kinds of merchandise that a boring suburban mom should not even glance at, let alone buy!  Love. LOVE. Expensive as hell. And so cool. Bought nothing. Shoegasm. Had to go in there, of course.  Madewell. Didn’t go in there b/c Katie Holmes was in there and the paparazzi had it surrounded. More on that later. Hit H&M right before the train. Wanted to see and HAVE a pair of the Jimmy Choo for H&M shoes. The only thing I said as much as ‘but more importantly, where is Robert Pattinson?’ was ‘I must have some CHOOS! I need those CHOOS!’ (please note that Choos sounds like Shoes. I found that quite funny. Robin and Ashley somehow grew tired of that. Bitches)

Look at the Choos! The fabulous Choos!

As you can imagine, this whole cheap Jimmy Choo thing was popular!  There were so few left. The first store we went into was sold out. The one near Penn Station had some.Not sure how clearly you can see the images above. I tried on the black stilettos (2nd image in, top row) and the zebra print ones (bottom row, on right). Le sigh. So so so sad. Weird european sizes. I was somewhere in between a 39 and a 40. The sizes made me feel fat somehow!  Anyway, couldn’t find a pair that fit. And, truth be told…they were so cheap. And awful. The leather was so stiff. I’m glad they didn’t fit b/c if they had fit, I would have been compelled to buy them. And suffer the consequences…the AmEx, the blisters. Not sure which would have been more painful??

The sum total of my weekend purchases? The American Apparel jumper ($30? maybe) and a pair of tights. The Frug is breathing a sigh of relief. AmEx is pissed.

So I logged onto hulu.com tonight to see if there were any new episodes of my favorite TV shows. After being sorely disappointed I clicked on the movie section and 2003’s Pieces of April was the first thing to pop up. I decided it had been long enough and I would reacquaint myself with the movie. I am very pleased that I did.

The movie starring Katie Holmes and Patricia Clarkson was way better than I remembered. It was a somewhat depressing movie up until the last 5 minutes. Katie’s character April hasn’t gotten along with her family for as long as any of them can remember. One could say April was quite the rebel growing up. She is hosting Thanksgiving this year and wants her family to visit and mend some of those broken bridges.

Drama ensues in the form of a broken oven, a cancer-ridden mother who has a flair for being melodramatic, creepy neighbors, etc. The character development in this movie was phenomenal. We find out a lot about the characters and their backgrounds through their interactions. They are all very sensitive but one wouldn’t think that at first glance. The movie was written and directed by Peter Hedges. Hedges has had quite the career so far, having written Dan in Real Life (very good), About a Boy, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. If you like any of those movies, or just like a good drama every once in awhile the quick 80 minutes that is Pieces of April will be worth your time.

Jennifer Garner & Violet Affleck

Katie Holmes & Suri Cruise

Being Suri ain’t easy.  First of all, the wardrobe is a beast.  You’re going to be photographed at least three times a day so the looks have to be spot on.  Party dresses, rainboots, dance shoes, that’s easy.  But the accessories – blanky, bag, shaggy hair – these are all things that require time and energy.  Being a celebrity kid is even more exhausting than being the celebrity themselves.  Big sis Isabella looks like she’s not a fan of being snapped.  Maybe Suri can teach her some secrets to embracing the cameras.

It’s good enough for OneSixNine!  We’re not going to Capeside, MA, which should be obvious to anyone who understands how OneSixNine works… we’re Cheshire-bound!  Hopefully we’ll find some cute next-door-neighbor who is secretly pining for us and have several years of back and forth over dating or not dating, only to decide to (SPOILER ALERT!) settle down with Joshua Jackson (pre-Fringe) and say a tragic farewell to our resident bad-girl-gone-good as her life comes to a shocking end (before she marries Heath Ledger, whose life ALSO came to a tragic end… THE CURSE OF DAWSON’S CREEK?!)

The Soon-to-be-Former Mr & Mrs Van Der Beek

Anyways, JVB filed for divorce TWO days ago, making our voyage to his hometown very timely.  Not to mention that he’s 32 and did a guest stint on How I Met Your Mother in 2008, so this will be a perfect set-up for Elle.  I’m putting my wingwoman skills to the test, for all you who doubted me!  (I’m looking at you, Wally East.)

Kijk maar naar Suri Cruise. De 3-jarige kleuter liep met knuffel én op zilverkleurige pumps samen met mama, Katie Holmes te winkelen in Boston.

Dat je wilt dat je dochter hip, cute en fabulous is, dat kan ik best begrijpen. De 3-jarige is onder de fashionatas ( :’) ) een stijlicoon aan het worden. Dat is een hele verantwoordelijkheid op je derde! De oogappel van Tom Cruise heeft een eigen  inloopkast vol designerkleding, schoenen, tassen en andere leuke spulletjes. Hoge hakken zijn gemaakt om het vrouwenlichaam zo mooi en sexy mogelijk te laten uitkomen. Iets wat je niet zou moeten willen voor een 3-jarige. Helaas is Suri niet de enige kleuter die zich voordoet als een wulpse 20-plusser. En al deze kleuters worden door de ouders gestimuleerd om er aan mee te doen. Sick!

MIKE FULLER (FV) Wrote A Text-Message
As An Introduction To The SonG:

“What Is extraordinary With BLAKE LIVELY, It’s The Magic in her Eyes, It inspired me VELVET EYES because She smiles With a beauty Inside and, At the same Time, Outside, to the World and To Us, Meaning a Message of Sollicitude, They say in another language, To explain that A person exists not only for herself But for The community. For an Actress It is not traditional but not unique too, But for BLAKE, It Is Unique As she’s an Angel In our Story, In a Lifetime. Frankly writing, I can think and Say A lot More and It’s what I’m Do-ing!! Thanks!

BLAKE LIVELY, Star Of Our Times, Here To Stay With Us, Not Only On This Blog, Because I Want It, Personal CHOICE!! FV

 

As a Singer-Guitarist With my other Name, I will Express Also Better What I feel when I hear Her Name, basically, or When I see Her On TV: Myth or Reality, Dream or Lucidity, Time or Space Itinerary! Good beginning For a First verse, by The way, as I never Did before, BLAKE, I Like This first Name, a lot, without Exception, No more!

And I would Like to Express my Gratitude to  The Web For the Coherence That it Gives me with So many of You, readers who Appreciate my Franchise-Frankness, my System of Live work and my Passion for An Artist.”

Mike Fuller, PhD
(November 22, before ThanksgivinG 2009)

Great Text!

As President Of TIMEFRAMES, The THINK SMART-ACT WELL (motto) Club Of Hollywood, since Friday Located In BEVERLY HILLS, CA, Fred VIDAL Informs 1,650 Followers On TWITTER: This Is The Program! As Follow:

http://twitter.com/fredvidal

• DECISIONS:

- TABLOIDS BOYCOTT After Scancal DISINFORMATION about STAR Tom CRUISE, and Deontology Issue  Violations!!
It is What The THINK SMART Hollywood Club Ask Because We Need Good RULES of GFair Communication In America,

- RELAUNCH Of The VHS Format To Develop This Niche In The Entertainment Industry, With the HARDWARE VCR!
A Meeting  Ceremony In NEW YORK, scheduled For Wall Street, in Order To Introduce The Business Club Show Business, Managed By Fred  VIDAL, PhD.

Exclusivity For WordPress:
TIMEFRAMES Just Released That ITS FIRST VHS Edition Will Be A FASHION INDUSTRY Content With A Selection Of Mode Defiles. Model KATE MOSS, Friend On FaceBook Of Frederic VIDAL Will be Contacted For Support!

Kate MOSS, Great Friend Of Mike FULLER (Fred VIDAL, PhD) On FACEBOOK Will Be Contacted By TIMEFRAMES For The Project FASHION-VHS/MODELS-VCR As A New York Coordination Biz Relationship. Pic: Kate Moss modelling clothes from her collection for Topshop.

The SIngle SILLY In a Revolutionary FormaT: The DVD (with 3 Bonus Tracks) Will HIT The Record Companies In Los Angeles And New York This Week, A Free Distribution In LA Will Boost The Massive FRED VIDAL Open Mic Tour, Nicknamed INDIAN SUMMER , In Progress, Monday At CAFE MUSE (nice name), In HOLLYWOOD Now Clubbing With TIMEFRAMES!

عکس های کتی هلمز و دخترش سوری در لس آنجلس

What a great Thanksgiving!!!!

Reformed wild child April Burns (Katie Holmes) attempts to make Thanksgiving dinner — while battling a temperamental oven — for her estranged suburban family at her grungy New York apartment and anticipates introducing them to her new boyfriend, Bobby (Derek Luke). Oliver Platt, Sean Hayes and Oscar-nominated Patricia Clarkson co-star in this drama that observes a dysfunctional family coming together to address the past and heal the future.

Shot in less than two weeks for less than $300,000, Pieces of April was written and directed by Peter Hedges, who adapted his novel Whats Eating Gilbert Grape.

With that film and this, Hedges shows that he can write a pretty decent script even with familiar source material. He happens to have this screenplay that is not only very comedic but also quite dark in its approach.

Though I did like this film I did have a little bit of complaints. The gritty look started to annoy me as I felt that it just looked way too dirty and cheaply made. There was also this little sub-plot that is really mysterious, only cause the film has it that way. Derek Luke is out doing something, and I kind of never understood what it really was.

All these flaws are quickly excused when the performances come out of these stars. Katie Holmes is actually pretty good in this film and gives charming performance as the leading woman, but the one that really knocks it out of the park here is Patricia Clarkson. She gives an amazing performance as an old and dying woman here is funny but also very tragic. You can see that she misses the times that she missed out on with her daughter, and she is upset about that but also still trying to keep her strength as an old woman. She was by far the best out of the whole cast.

The ending is probably one of the more touching and sincere endings I have ever seen. It really did feel genuine and the whole film basically lead up to this point and doesn’t leave us hanging out.

Consensus: Despite its flaws, Pieces Of April is a sincere, touching, and darkly comedic touch on familiar source material, that features an amazing performance from Patricia Clarkson.

8/10=Matinee!!!!

Stumbling around in high heels, Suri Cruise has been photographed again. The daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes first hit the headlines in September when she was spotted in a pair of sparkly silver peep toe heels, clutching a Starbucks take-away coffee cup whilst holding her mother’s hand. Does anyone else think this is completely inappropriate for a three-year old? We all know most little girls like to play dress up from time to time. How many mothers or older siblings haven’t had their wardrobes raided by a younger wannabe princess, heels snatched and lip-stick smeared? However, there is a big difference to letting your child prance around at home whilst playing make-believe and letting them out to clip-clop around in the full glare of the paparazzi.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1229042/Suri-Cruise-stumbles-high-heels-takes-stroll-mother-Katie-Holmes.html

Bueno no exactamente como uno esperaria, la “actriz” fue captada mientras filmaba escenas de su proxima pelicula que solo viendo la ropa se nota que estara igual de aburrida, no es que tenga que andar enseñando de mas o como modelo de victoria secret, pero esa pijama que lleva es por demas ñoña y aburrida, pobre se nota que estaba muy incomoda al intentarse tapar con su sueter, claro quien quiere lucir las piernas de jamos que tiene .

click en las pics para agrandar

I just read breaking news on CNN.com that Oprah is going to air her final episode of the Oprah Winfrey show in 2011.  Yep… that’s right.  Housewives and lame chicks that I know are crying everywhere.  Now I know what most people are thinking, Josh, you’re an Oprah fan?  No.  I could care less.  To be honest with you I’ve never watched an entire Oprah show beginning to end.  I personally think her best performance was playing herself on the Dave Chapelle show, but that wasn’t even her… so I am foiled again.  There isn’t a whole lot about the story, but I can only imagine why she is stopping her show.  My first thought is that her giveaway shows have become so insane that even she can’t top them.  I mean I heard this year she was going to be giving Afghani babies to audience members, I mean that can’t even be legal right?  My second thought is that she wants to try and spend all her money, which as we all know is impossible unless she takes over the debt we owe China.  My third thought is that she is finally going to admit to being a lesbian and doesn’t want to alienate her female guests when she demands to touch their boobs back stage.  I mean the list can go on… She bought a remote medical facility to actually build XMEN, she is building a fleet of hover boards, she bought the entire cake industry out and plans to start a birthday cake empire, I don’t know.  I mean she could have even bought the rights to the actual color purple and will make money anytime someone uses it.  I mean she is powerful enough to own a color right?  Well Oprah start booking awesome guests, cause I want some more of this crazy stuff on your show.

Igale lollile ju näha, et Katie oleks võinud veel tunnikese magada.

Katie Holmes: Morning Mocha / 13 November 2009

all six seasons in one handsome, book-bound set. James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe and Busy Philipps.

Ik heb afgelopen maandag de film Batman Begins (2005) op tv gezien. In deze film worden de hoofdrollen gespeeld door Christian Bale als Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine als Alfred, Morgan Freeman als Lucius Fox, Gary Oldman als Jim Gordon, Rutger Hauer als Earle, Cillian Murphy als Dr. Jonathan Crane, Liam Neeson als Henri Ducard, Ken Watanabe als Ra’s Al Ghul, Colin McFarlane als Loeb en Katie Holmes als Rachel Dawes.

De kleine jongen Bruce Wayne zag zijn ouders voor zijn ogen wreed vermoord worden: een trauma dat hem voor de rest van zijn leven vervult met wraakgevoelens. Het lot laat hem zijn wraak echter niet uitvoeren. Hij vlucht naar het Oosten, waar hij opgevangen wordt door de ninja-leider Ra’s Al-Ghul, en als hij terugkeert naar zijn thuisstad Gotham City vindt hij die in de handen van maffiabendes en andere gangsters. Hij besluit een nieuw persoon te worden, één die de harten van misdadigers met vrees vervult: Batman! Met de hulp van politieman Jim Gordon zet Batman zijn eerste stappen in zijn strijd tegen het onrecht. Zijn strijd begint tegen de maffiabaas Don Falcone, de gekke dokter Jonathan ’Scarecrow’ Crane en een mysterieuze derde persoon …
[FilmTotaal.nl]

Ik vind dit een hele goede Batman-film. Juist het fet dat de beslissing die Bruce Wayne neemt om als Batman de misdaad te bestrijden halverwege de film genomen wordt vind ik moedig en is verder heel goed uitgewerkt.

Wat ik ook heel goed vind is dat je ziet dat Bruce Wayne altijd last heeft gehad van het feit dat zijn ouders voor zijn ogen vermoord zijn. Ook wel leuk om te zien dat Bruce Wayne bij een groep Ninja’s terecht gekomen is om zichzelf te stalen en veel te leren.

Verder blijft Gotham City gewoon erg gaaf om in beeld te brengen en dat is ook in deze film heel goed gelukt. De nieuwe batmobiel is natuurlijk supergaaf!!

Al met al een film die gewoon zeer goed en onderhoudend is.

Your child is over there. That’s not my child. That’s Tom.

(Anna Paquin and Katie Holmes)

He was awesome as Darth Vader!

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