Josh's Jukebox:'Outside of a Small Circle of Friends'

Lip Synced? Well That's Talent

kelly clarkson won the talent contest for NOT lip syncing. i have always questioned beyonce's

true talent....yup she has a great pair of pipes but not much to back them up....she lost what appeared to be a brilliant moment out of fear or true lack of talent. i mean she could record in a studio to perfection but the real test is getting out there and doing it LIVE.

1/21/2013

Text of poem "One Today" written and recited by Richard Blanco at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, as provided by the Presidential Inaugural Committee:

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One sun rose on us today, kindled over our shores,
peeking over the Smokies, greeting the faces
of the Great Lakes, spreading a simple truth
across the Great Plains, then charging across the Rockies.
One light, waking up rooftops, under each one, a story
told by our silent gestures moving behind windows.
My face, your face, millions of faces in morning's mirrors,
each one yawning to life, crescendoing into our day:
pencil-yellow school buses, the rhythm of traffic lights,
fruit stands: apples, limes, and oranges arrayed like rainbows
begging our praise. Silver trucks heavy with oil or paper -
bricks or milk, teeming over highways alongside us,
on our way to clean tables, read ledgers, or save lives-
to teach geometry, or ring-up groceries as my mother did
for twenty years, so I could write this poem.
All of us as vital as the one light we move through,
the same light on blackboards with lessons for the day:
equations to solve, history to question, or atoms imagined,
the "I have a dream" we keep dreaming,
or the impossible vocabulary of sorrow that won't explain
the empty desks of twenty children marked absent
today, and forever. Many prayers, but one light
breathing color into stained glass windows,
life into the faces of bronze statues, warmth
onto the steps of our museums and park benches
as mothers watch children slide into the day.
One ground. Our ground, rooting us to every stalk
of corn, every head of wheat sown by sweat
and hands, hands gleaning coal or planting windmills
in deserts and hilltops that keep us warm, hands
digging trenches, routing pipes and cables, hands
as worn as my father's cutting sugarcane
so my brother and I could have books and shoes.
The dust of farms and deserts, cities and plains
mingled by one wind - our breath. Breathe. Hear it
through the day's gorgeous din of honking cabs,
buses launching down avenues, the symphony
of footsteps, guitars, and screeching subways,
the unexpected song bird on your clothes line.
Hear: squeaky playground swings, trains whistling,
or whispers across café tables, Hear: the doors we open
for each other all day, saying: hello, shalom,
buon giorno, howdy, namaste, or buenos días
in the language my mother taught me - in every language
spoken into one wind carrying our lives
without prejudice, as these words break from my lips.
One sky: since the Appalachians and Sierras claimed
their majesty, and the Mississippi and Colorado worked
their way to the sea. Thank the work of our hands:
weaving steel into bridges, finishing one more report
for the boss on time, stitching another wound
or uniform, the first brush stroke on a portrait,
or the last floor on the Freedom Tower
jutting into a sky that yields to our resilience.
One sky, toward which we sometimes lift our eyes
tired from work: some days guessing at the weather
of our lives, some days giving thanks for a love
that loves you back, sometimes praising a mother
who knew how to give, or forgiving a father
who couldn't give what you wanted.
We head home: through the gloss of rain or weight
of snow, or the plum blush of dusk, but always - home,
always under one sky, our sky. And always one moon
like a silent drum tapping on every rooftop
and every window, of one country - all of us -
facing the stars
hope - a new constellation
waiting for us to map it,
waiting for us to name it - together

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Audra on 'Private Practice' Series Finale Tonight

audra returns to the series to maid of honor for kate walsh. her next stop is to go head to head with juilianna margulies on 'the good wife'.

'Anna Karenina' ***1/2stars

director joe wright took a risk and it worked. realizing that it would be cost prohibitive to film on location in russia he utilized a stage setting as the film's premise and then flung the doors open. only to return again and yet again. it is a masterpiece of innovation. it is a cinegraphic wonder. dario marianelli's score soars. 

keirna knightley shines as the adulteress anna. she is actually filmed quite beautifully which isn't really hard to do. jude law is at his best as her husband. aaron taylor-johnson is merely interesting as anna's lover vronsky. in fact he is the weak link in this production. alicia vikander shines as kitty. and in a small role michelle docker is lovely as princess myagkaya.

it seems to have disappeared from most theatrical screens but will be available next month on disc.

the ever lovely michelle docker

A Brilliant Progressive Inauguration Address

Today Belongs to Him

Remembering Audrey Who Passed 20 Years Ago Today

i miss her terribly. today i'll watch my favorite audrey film today 'two for the road'.

Today He Is Officially Inaugurated: Tomorrow It Goes Public

Genie Francis Heads Back to Port Charles

ms francis returns to her role as laura and not as a guest. they say she is coming home for good....

she is expected onscreen mid february.

Kate Middleton's Official Poster

what were they thinking? how do you turn a real pretty woman into an avatar?

Breaking News: 'Drop Dead Diva' Cancelled'

it's a shame. lifetime tv claims it's for budgetary reasons. so cut the damn budget some. 'diva' and 'army wives' put the network on the map for prime time viewing. so i guess they bite the hand that feeds them. ridiculous!

What the Frack Was She Rambling On and On and On About

jodie foster at the golden globes was all over the place. he was like a mad woman.

Golden Globe Memories

 bill clinton was the big surprise. tina fey and amy poehler were damn funny. 'argo' and ben affleck surprised many but not me. the academy now has egg on it's face re affleck. jodi foster came out? duh we knew this forever. jennifer laewrence, jessica chastain enjoy your wins. hugh and ann are not 'miserables' today. sorry sally i was with you. 'homeland' was a lock even though it's sophomore season was over bloated and often incomprehensible. i'm a 'downton' fanatic. and finally kristen wiig and will ferrell gave us some of the best laugh(s) of the night.

congrats to all. here comes OSCAR!

Golden Globe Winners 2012

COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES
The Big Bang Theory
Episodes
WINNER – Girls
Modern Family
Smash
• COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTRESS
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl
WINNER — Lena Dunham, Girls
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
• DRAMA – ACTRESS
Connie Britton, Nashville
Glenn Close, Damages
WINNER — Claire Danes, Homeland
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
• COMEDY OR MUSICAL SERIES – ACTOR
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
WINNER — Don Cheadle, House of Lies
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
• SERIES, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – SUPPORTING ACTOR
Max Greenfield, New Girl
WINNER — Ed Harris, Game Change
Danny Huston, Magic City
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTOR
WINNER — Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Toby Jones, The Girl
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn
• DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire
Downton Abbey
WINNER – Homeland
The Newsroom
• DRAMA – ACTOR
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
WINNER — Damian Lewis, Homeland
• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES – ACTRESS
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum
Sienna Miller, The Girl
WINNER — Julianne Moore, Game Change
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
• TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES
WINNER — Game Change
The Girl
Hatfields & McCoys
The Hour
Political Animals
• SERIES, TV-MOVIE OR MINISERIES — SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Hayden Panettiere, Nashville
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
Sarah Paulson, Game Change
WINNER — Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family

Golden Globes Tonight on CBS

what's dumb is that the competing networks are showing original programing of  'the good wife', 'revenge', 'once upon a time' and 'downton abbey'. there was a time when the networks would not compete with award shows. however, we now have dvr's and 'on demand' to play catch up.

i'm not making any guesses here although i do harbor hopes. don't we all? julianna margulies, mandy patinkin, ben affleck, 'argo', 'downton abbey', sally field and 'les miserables' are on my wish list.

John Saint Denis Village

this is how you sell candles

Model Juian Gabriel Can Sell Me Swimwear Anytime

2012 Oscar Nominations

Best Picture

"Amour"

"Argo"

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

"Django Unchained"

"Les Misérables"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

Best Director

Michael Haneke, "Amour"

Ang Lee, "Life of Pi"

Ben Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"

David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln"

Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables"

Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"

Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty"

Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"

Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Best Supporting Actor

Alan Arkin, "Argo"

Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"

Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"

Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, "The Master"

Sally Field, "Lincoln"

Anne Hathaway, "Les Misérables"

Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"

Maggie Smith, "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"

Nicole Kidman, "The Paperboy"

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

"Argo"

"Life of Pi"

"Lincoln"

"Silver Linings Playbook"

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)

"Amour"

"Django Unchained"

"The Master"

"Moonrise Kingdom"

"Zero Dark Thirty"

Watch the Oscar Noms Live Here