Thursday, May 3, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

One Year Ago Today HE Got Bin Laden!!!


obama did it. not a 'we are better at foreign policy' bs republican. and mitt just for the record he has every right to dance on the grave of bin laden. get over it fool.

Friday, April 27, 2012

Shalom Shabbat




A 'Glee' Moment

the whitney houston tribute was soso at best. a friend of mine, a real whitney fan, said the difficulty was that only whitney could really sing these songs. i say they were mediocre songs to begin with. 

so here's a non whitney song as lea michele sings 'firework'.


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Michelle and Julianna: Well Done VF



glad to see michelle dockery making this vanity fair tv issue. she does belong in the same class as julianna margulies. whether danes or vergara belong with them is a whole other question.

claire danes has shown a better side on 'homeland'. so maybe. but sofia vergara? give me a break.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

'Glee' Preview: "How Will I Know': Tonight

'glee' preview of whitney houston tribute.

'how will i know'


'Camelot' Blu Ray Releases Today

i love 'camelot'. i contend it is one of the best translations of a broadway show to film media. i love the book, the look, the score, the casting and the direction. richard harris and vanessa redgrave are the perfect arthur and guenivere. if there is a weak link it is franco nero as lancelot getting one of the worst dubbed singing voices in musical history. otherwise it is actually a better film than the original broadway production. 

richard harris plays arthur as a big kid with a big heart, a lot of love, warmth and charm. he is just so damn perfect. vanessa redgrave gives us a guenivere that is worth fighting a war over. and she has never been more sensual as  a guenivere should be.

the score soars. it seldom falls flat although 'if ever i would leave you' one of it's most famous tunes is utterly destroyed by the aforementioned nero dubbing. rather than list my favorites i give you some videos instead. please realize these are not from the blu ray version but some older you tube clips.

'i wonder what the king is doing tonight' introduces us to mr harris's youthfully charming arthur

'where are the simple joys of maidenhood' in turn introduces us to a  youthful yet sensual guenivere


'the lusty month of may' gives us an equally lusty guenivere, lusty knights and lusty ladies

'camelot'

'what do the simple folk do'

'take me to the fair'

'how to handle a woman'


don't let it be forgot
that once there was a spot
for one brief shining moment...


and now it is on blu ray forever


 



Monday, April 23, 2012

Willard vs Reality

he's an idiot and obviously a liar!
he wouldn't know the truth if it came up and bit him on his fat ass.


Sunday, April 22, 2012

'Marry You'

i first heard this on 'glee'. searched out the original by bruno mars. i kind of really like this song. and the young mr mars is pretty damn good.


bruno mars



the cast of glee

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Amanda Seyfried First Sighting As Cosette in 'Lez Miz'


Amanda joins hugh jackman, russell crowe, eddie redmayne and the abysmal and always terrifyingly awful anne hathaway in this years 'les miserables'. as far as hathaway goes her character fanzine dies early soon after hathaway will destroy 'i dreamed a dream' so we will need to be patient for 40 or 50 minutes. why her? why does anyone hire this woman? well at least with ms seyfried the better and larger part of cosette is in good hands. and samantha barks as eponine is brilliant. so again why hathaway???

Friday, April 20, 2012

'Veep' Sunday on HBO

i like julia louis-dreyfus. the clips seem promising. quess we will no soon.










Thursday, April 19, 2012

'Glee' Time Marching On

this weeks episode go 'glee' began to prepare viewers for certain goodbyes as graduation approaches. i've often complained that it was , is, one of the most eleven shows on tv. but even it's unevenness it's musical numbers were almost 100% spot on.

so for the next few weeks i think it might be fun to remember some of the best. first up: 'total eclipse of the heart'.

i gotta admit that cory monteith's finn has become one of my favorite characters over the last four years. they have allowed him to go through 'real' adolescence with all it's ups and downs and seemingly coming out on the upside. so here he is with lea michelle and sometime rival jonathan gruff. 







Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Drren Criss Has That Star Quality


it is again proved in glee's bee gees tribute last night. his brief foray on broadway this year was inspired. i just hope he chooses wisely and has people who care about his career over their wallets looking out for him.


'you should be dancing'