This (mostly) Just In...

Are all you Blackhawk fans pissed Cameron rooted for the Red Wings?

Cameron's House for Sale - The home of Ferris Buller's best bud can be yours for 2.3 million. Anybody wanna go in on this with me? I can put down $50!

Anchorman 2 in the Works - Great. Just what I need...more people telling me to "Stay classy!"

Adriana Lima is Pregnant - Don't worry, fellas. I'm sure she'll have her impossibly hot body back in shape mere days after delivering.

Kim Kardashian is still insisting I like her! - Kim co-founded this website ladies can join and receive a pair of super hot shoes for only $39. Genius! If I had 40 bucks to spare each month (aka if I stopped spending so much damn money on cable television) I'd totally sign up and let Kim make me fabulous.

Signs I'm Getting Old - Vol. 4

If American Idol and ANTM have taught us anything this season, it's headbands worn on the forehead (like the hippies once favored) are back and huge with the kids.

Lord help me.

Wherein I Encourage You to Watch More TV

It's mid-season time and some of my favorite shows are coming back. Check it:

Seriously, ya'll. Could Tyra look more like a hot tranny mess?

America's Next Top Model (March 4 on the CW) - This season, Tyra decided to allow girls under 5'7" to fight for the crown of America's Next Pretty Girl who will Appear on the cover of Seventeen Once and then Promptly Disappear. I really just watch for the crazy. Here's hoping there is plenty of crazy.

Breaking Bad (March 8 on AMC) - I know Garney and I were the only people to watch BB last season, but Bryan Cranston (fka the dad on Malcolm in the Middle) won the Emmy! He really is amazing as a chemistry teacher who starts making meth after he discovers he's got cancer. Watch it Sunday...you won't be sorry.

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (March 2 on NBC) - I realize I am one of the few people who like Jimmy, but what if he proves to be the greatest talk show host of all time, or something? Crazier things have happened, right? No? It's just me?

Also, I've been watching the new Joss Wheadon show, Dollhouse (Fridays on Fox). Is anyone else watching this? It would be super good if Eliza Dushku weren't so terrible. Seriously, who thinks that woman can act? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

I mean, you can't go outside, what with your terrible weather and all, so join my couch revolution, won't you?

RIP: Mr Blackwell

Mr. Blackwell, the original judge of hot tranny messes, has passed away.

Not to disparage the dead, but he was a mean, old gay man and I have nothing to say about him. Your thoughts?

I'm a Hot Tranny Mess!!

OMG! I totally almost forgot Project Runway returns tonight for it's final season on Bravo. It will be hard to top the fierceness of last season's winner, Christian Soriano, but here's hoping!

Where's Andre?

Dress for Success ... in your polygamist marriage

What "True Religion" really looks like.

Yessssssss.

The ladies of everyone's favorite fundamentalist Mormon cult, the Yearning for Zion Ranch, proved once and for all that they do in fact belong to mainstream America when they announced this week that they're capitalizing on their new-found fame with a clothing line.

That's right. Appears the women realized that in all the news coverage about their ranch getting raided last April, in which like 400 kids were temporarily taken into state care, their 19th-century style clothing was getting nearly as much attention as their polygamist marriages and possible forcing of underage girls into such marriages. So, the sister wives revved up their weaving looms, somehow found their way onto the Internet and started selling clothes.

For some reason, I'm really excited about this. Personally I like the Teen Princess Dress, and we are halfway to Christmas, friends...

What's the Deal With Lily Allen?

Lily. Pumpkin. Let's pull it together, m'kay?

Not to be all Go Fug Yourself, but her dress has bleeding deer on it. And apparently, later that night, she had to be carried out of a party by 2 bouncers and her brother because she was so incredibly drunk. I feel a Trainwreck Watch coming on...

At the Movies: Sex and the City

After a few Cosmopolitans, Liz and I (along with some of our closest friends) journeyed to see Sex and the City: The Movie last night. While I generally liked the movie, I did have some issues with the choices made. So here now, in the laziest way possible, I present my favorite and least favorite things about SATC: The Movie (I should warn you, there are some spoiler-ish details ahead. If you haven't seen the movie and are planning to, 1) what kind of fan are you to not see it on opening weekend? and 2) You may want to skip this post):

Aiden Shaw (The Good)

• The Cast: It was great just to see the girls and Stanford and Harry and Smith and Anthony all together again (even if they did look freaking old...except for Kristen Davis. Someone get me the virgin blood she drinks to remain so gorgeous! Seriously, not fair).
  
• The Clothes: Patricia Fields pulled out all the stops to make the ladies look phenomenal. The film was basically 2+ hours of fashion pornography. Highlights include the Vivian Westwood wedding dress, the blue Manolos, the Zac Posen bridesmaid dresses and J. Hud's Louis Vuitton. Fabulous.
• The Jokes: SATC always makes me laugh and seeing the film in a packed theater of fans was a lot of fun...and really pretty hilarious.
  

Aleksandr Petrovsky (The Bad)

• The Assistant: As much as I like Jennifer Hudson, her story line was so unnecessary and convenient. If the creators were so determined to inject some color, they should have just brought back Blair Underwood. Mmmmm...Blair Underwood.
• Mr. Big: Other than his wedding day freak out, everything about Mr. Big seemed out of character. The man we've grown to love to hate over the years would never have agreed to write his own vows. Or needed "just a look" to motivate him to get him out of the car. Chris Noth looked gorgeous, but someone forgot who Mr. Big really was. It felt really false to me...the whole character.
  
• LA: I understand why Samantha and Smith were in LA, but their story line (down to the lame, Samantha-like dog) grew very tired, very fast.
  
• The Plot: The whole thing was a bit, well, lacking. Not much happened and the little action there was wrapped up so neatly at the end. Kinda made me feel silly for caring. Oh, wait. I feel that way anyway.
  

There you have it. What did you think?

P.S. Fellas (if you've read this far...which I seriously doubt), I promise this is the last SATC post you'll ever read...unless there is a sequel, natch.

Top 5: Things to Experince Before I Die

Because all my inspiration comes from ew.com (sadder words have never been spoken), their Concerts I Gotta See Before I Die list got me thinking of my own pop culture bucket list...which I will now impose on you:

1. Attend a Bruce Springsteen concert - I had an awesome professor in college who taught us Springsteen lyrics as poetry (ah, modern education) and he said the only way to experience The Boss is in concert. I tried (along with the local radio station) to get Bruce to play San Diego last year, but we failed. Someday...

2. Check out the Sundance Film Festival - I suppose Cannes would be awesome, too, but I've been to the village of Cannes, and it's tiny. I don't think I could handle the insanity of the Film Festival. I'll settle for Park City, Utah and Sundance.

3. Wear a designer gown - Now, I'm no fashonista, but I do love a cute outfit. I would like to wear something by Alexander McQueen or Valentino or even Christian Siriano to an event where such an dress would be warranted. This may be difficult, as I'm not a size 4, but dreams are made to be broken! Or something.

4. Eat with someone famous - I'd like to share a meal with one of the following: Anthony Bourdain, Dalton Ross, Tim Gunn, Sarah Jessica Parker, Quentin Tarrantino, Sophia Coppola, Simon Pegg, Ricky Gervais, Jeremy Clarkson, or Victoria Beckham...not that Vicky actually eats. We could have tea.

5. Publish something - A book or an article or my deeply moving sixth grade journal, whatever. Just published somewhere other than the internet. The internet is for poor people.

Your turn.

This (mostly) Just In...

Sarah Jessica Parker has lost her damn mind - Plants are never a good look on your head. Like, not ever. And apparently, she and Kim Catrall still hate each other. Can't we learn to get along ladies?

Ryan Seacrest may take over for Larry King when King retires in 2009 - I say, “Amen” because, Lord knows, I don’t get enough Seacrest every week.

Ugly Betty is moving to NYC - Why anyone would care about this is beyond me, but EW, Gmail and Yahoo News all felt the need to tell me. Amy Poehler even made a joke about it on Weekend Update this week (one of the only funny jokes in the show. (I realized the problem with SNL yesterday…it’s turned into a weekly round of the Improv Game as played by my high school theater group (yes. I was a theater geek. Move on already). Everyone remembers the one time the Improv Game was hilarious and every week, the dorks try and recreate the magic, but unfortunately, the one really funny guy who had all the jokes graduated last year and it’s now really just an exercise in unfunny idiocy. But I digress). Speaking of things no one cares about…

The Tony nominees were announced – The tag line for this year's show is "There's a Little Bit of Broadway in Everyone." Officially, the gayest tag line ever.

Reaper gets a second season - I’m pretty sure Garney and I are the only people still watching this, and Garney’s even about to jump ship, but the characters are really funny and Ray Wise as the Devil is one of my favorite characters on TV.

Gordon Ramsey screams at Gordon Brown for fresh fruit and veg - Ramsey wants the British Prime Minister to fine restaurants that use out of season produce. Eff you, Gordon Ramsey. People will eat strawberries in December and you will like it!

Look! It’s the new 90210 Cast – 2 things about this excite me: 1) Jessica Walters (fka Lucille Bluth) plays the family matriarch and 2) Tristan Wilds (Michael Lee on The Wire) plays what looks like the token ethnic kid. Here's hoping 90210 serves him better than the streets of B-More. But, really, the whole thing seems a bit Gossip Girl/The Hills for me and, ultimately, I'll probably not watch more than one episode.

That is all...

Who wears weird shorts?

A couple years ago I bought a pair of cowboy boots online from Urban Outfitters (and yes, I do appreciate the irony of buying cowboy boots from a place with “urban” right there in its name, don't you worry) and ever since, I’ve been getting emails from them telling me about their clothes. By now I’ve gotten used to all kinds of batshit crazy concoctions they’ve tried to push, from vests that might be dresses, to tablecloths that might be shirts, but I think today’s addition might beat them all:

The hell?

Listen, I am the first person to admit I have no sense of fashion. If I could wear jeans and a t-shirt and sneakers to everything without getting fired or yelled at by my Mom, I would. But this can’t be cool right now! Or ever!! Can it? Sweet fancy Moses, please tell me it can’t. Nor can this:

If these romper suits are totally hip and hot right now and you just went out yesterday and bought yourself five, one of which you’re wearing RIGHT NOW, I apologize. I meant no offense. Actually, you know what? I kind of did. Return them immediately. And don’t you dare exchange them for this, because I totally already have it.

Carry On!

It's back. Everyone's favorite fashion drama fest, Project Runway, returns tonight with an all new season. I am sew excited (sorry. I couldn't help myself). The Bravo website has bios on all the new cast members. I'm picking Jack or Christian to win it all (mainly because Tim Gunn seems to like them a lot and Tim Gunn has impeccable taste. I totally want to be on his makeover show (not that I need a makeover), but I just want to give him a hug and shed tears together about my tragic (made-up) childhood...and hopefully he'd get Austin Scarlett to be my "life coach" and create a gorgeous, costumey gown for me to wear to my (fictional) husband's work gala (because, of course, he's a top surgeon and donates tons of money to charity and thus I get stressed out regularly because I am not as confident as the other surgeons wives and need Tim (and Austin and Veronica) to tell me how fabulous I am for a week straight and then I'll actually believe it)).

But, I digress. I was actually in Bryant Park in NYC just before fashion week this year and it got me really excited for the new season (not that I saw any fashions or anything. I guess big, white tents in a park just really do it for me...or something). Also, re-watching all the drama in Bravo's season 3 marathon this past weekend reminded me of the fun we have to look forward to...Who will be accused of getting outside help on their line at Fashion Week? Who's work will be called "costumey" or "matronly" or "dowdy"? Will anyone top Santino's Tim Gunn impression? Will anyone be as horrible and annoying as Wendy Pepper? And, most importantly, who will really "make it work"?

A better kind of BJ

I know about as much about fashion as Paris Hilton knows about human feelings, but I’ve decided I really like the designer Betsey Johnson.






Her designs are kind of kitschy and very fun and while I’m not usually one for ruffles and hot pink, if I made enough money to pay for rent and cable and still have money left over at the end of the month, I would totally wear her stuff. I first heard of her while watching America’s Next Top Model (it was only because my college roommates watched it, I swear!). She was on the show and seemed like a total fun goofball, very unlike anyone in the fashion industry. Ever. When I saw her clothes were cool too, I was hooked.


Anyway, here is a slideshow of her stuff from this week’s New York Fashion Week (which, by the way, I didn’t know existed until a year or two ago).