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Sunday, December 1, 2019

BEST and WORST Movies of 2019



BEST:

Joker

Midsommar 

Toy Story 4

Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood

The Irishman

Knives Out

Dolemite is My Name

Jojo Rabbit

The Goldfinch 

The Two Popes

1917

Klaus

The Gentlemen 

Zombieland: Double Tap


WORST:

Us

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

The Lighthouse

Uncut Gems

IT (pt. 2)

I See You 

Sunday, November 24, 2019

Best Television Series Finales Ever

This List is the best endings to t.v. shows ever.  I also included some that I expected a bit more from.



SIMPLY THE BEST:

Cheers

M*A*S*H

Breaking Bad

The Detectorists


PRETTY SWELL:


Flight of the Concords

Mad About You

Extras

The Office

Downton Abbey

The Golden Girls

Derek

Six Feet Under

Penny Dreadful


A Bit Disappointing

Seinfeld

Roseanne

How I Met Your Mother

Felicity

Fraiser

Orange is the New Black 

Game of Thrones

Parks and Recreation

OZ

The Wire

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmitt

Schitt's Creek 

Sopranos 

Saturday, March 30, 2019

2019 Oscar Rant

Sunday, February 24, 2019
91st Academy Awards
8:00 pm
No Host


8:00 pm: Queen opens in honor of the Freddy Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody".  I have to say I was underwhelmed.  They only sang "We Will Rock You" and "We are the Champions".  I thought they'd sing more. Also Adam Lambert replaced Freddie Mercury and the truth is... he sounds NOTHING like him.  So no thank you.  The set design is not so pretty. I hate the white icing on the edge of the stage.

I'm also underwhelmed by Adam Lambert's Tom Ford tux on the red carpet.  It was just a regular boring tux with large white cuff.  Even Spike Lee wore something more outrageous than that.

8:06 pm: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph come out on stage.  Tina Fey is wearing a beautiful royal blue dress.  I love the fit. She looks so regal.  The hair, the simple make-up and simple jewelry.  Perfection.  One of my Best Dressed.   Amy Poehler is wearing a cool tuxedo with sloppy hair and make-up, she looks hip.  Now Maya Rudolph is wearing the worst pink floral dress with a cape.  It's designed by Giambattista Valli.  It looks curtains from the 70s. One of my worst dressed.  They do a cute skit.  They mock how this year has no host.  They present the award for Best Supporting actress to Regina King who has been in the business forever and this is her first win for "If Beale Street Could Talk".  She is wearing a stunning white Oscar de la Renta dress.

Lady Gaga has a wild black Alexander McQueen dress.  One of my best dressed.  It has these very wide, structured hips.  She has on fancy black leather gloves, a huge diamond necklace last worn by Audrey Hepburn.  Her white hair and make-up are beautiful.

8:14 pm: Jason Momoa and Helen Mirren are both wearing pink.  I don't like either outfit.  He's wearing a velvet fitted Fendi tux.  Her pink Schiaparelli would be nicer in a more mature color.  They present for best documentary.  The award goes to "Free Solo".  The winner's dress is looks extremely see  through.

8:25 pm: Every other category had 5 nominees and for some ridiculous reason makeup had 3 which is extremely insulting.  It's an honor just to be nominated and to have that on someone's resume could change lives so why deny anyone that? Not cool academy.  "Vice" wins.

Lucy Boynton is wearing a very vibrant purple Rodarte dress with black trim.  The off the shoulders and cut looks very Victorian.  Very pretty.  One of my best dressed.

8:28pm: Melissa McCarthy and Brian Tyree Henry present best costume design in full blown Victorian costumes with tons of toy rabbits.  Ruth Carter wins for "Black Panther".  Her dress is brown and blue .

Melissa McCarthy's outfit had potential but it was just not well tailored.  Its a Brandon Maxwell tux with a white cape.  the top it too tight and the waist line is too high and the pants are too wide.  I don't love her hair or make-up either.  Oh Well.

8:38 pm: Jennifer Lopez is in an amazing mirror dress by Tom Ford and Chris Evans looks very handsome in a blue velvet tux.  Production design goes to "Black Panther."

Emma Stone is wearing a horrible Louis Vuitton gold dress.  It has pointy structured shoulders and a bee hive textured print.  Hate it.  One of my worst dressed.

8:44 pm: Tyler Perry presents best cinematography to "Roma", rightly so cause the camera angles were breathtaking.

Glenn Close is wearing a huge gold Carolina Herrera dress.  It has a very long train.  I heard it had like a million crystal sequins sewn on and weighted close to 50 lbs.  Its is very nice but I wish it was a tighter fit.  She has such a slender body and she is being swallowed by this heavy dress.  It looks more like a graduation gown.

8:46 pm: First song performed is from the documentary RBG.  "Our fight" sung by Jennifer Hudson.  She is wearing a sexy Pamella Roland tuxedo with a big belt and long train.  Props for keeping off the weight for so many years.  She looks amazing.

Jennifer Hudson looks great in a tight one sleeved Reem Acra red dress.

8:55 pm: Danai Gurira from "Black Panther" looks nice in her gold Brock dress.  Sound Editing goes to "Bohemian  Rhapsody". Sound Mixing goes to "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Amy Adams is wearing a simple and forgettable Atelier Versace white and silver dress.

9:05 pm: Angela Basset doesn't age. She's wearing a pink Reem Acra dress. She presents with Javier Bardem Best Foreign Language film to "Roma". Well deserved that was quite the movie.  gut wrenching.  Congrats to director Alfonso Cuaron.

First time actress Yalitza Aparicio from "Roma" looks lovely in this one shoulder mint green Rodarte dress.

9:08 pm: Keegan-Michael Key floats down from the sky holding an open umbrella.  He presents the second song of the night "Where Lost Things Go" from "Mary Poppins Returns" Performed by Bette Midler. Her flower dress is terrible.  Its ugly primary colored daisies.  It's see through and is wearing a big blue girdle underneath.  Its straight off the Marc Jacob's runway but even the 20 year old model looks terrible in it.  Yuck! this is one of my worst dressed.

9:17 pm: Michael Keaton presents for film editing to "Bohemian Rhapsody"

9:21 pm: Charlize Theron wearing another boring Dior dress. I hate this whole outfit, the light blue longed sleeved dress, the heavy jewelry, the orange lip stick and especially the dark hair.  Some people look great as brunettes, its a rare look in Hollywood but she absolutely needs to stay blond.  Daniel Craig looks handsome. Best supporting actor goes to Mahershala Ali for "Green Book".  This is 2 for 2 for him, congrats.  I don't get the hat though, to me this is inappropriate for a black-tie affair.

9:30 pm: Michelle Yeoh from "Crazy Rich Asians" looks so elegant in this beautiful silver sequined and nude colored Elie Saab dress.  Pharrell always takes fashion risks but I don't like the short pants camouflage tux. Best animated film goes to "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse".

9:33 pm: Third song performed tonight is "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" from the Coen Brothers film "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs".  Sung by David Rawlings and Gillian Welch. They are dressed to the nines in cowboy garb.  I love this song.  simple and beautiful.

Kelly Ripa's silver and tiny black flower printed Christian Siriano dress is a bit juvenile.  Man, Siriano was busy this award season.  Watch the new season of Project Runaway on Bravo!  He's replacing Tim Gunn.

9:41 pm: A "Wayne's World" reunion.  A heavier Mike Myers and older Dana Carvey present nominated film "Bohemian Rhapsody".

9:46 pm: Awkwafina and John Mulaney come out to present Best Documentary short film.  Her hair is too long and swallows her face.  Don't love her Dsquared2 metallic lilac suit. His floral Pal Zileri tux jacket is a bit nutty. "Period. End of Sentence." wins.

Queen Latifah's black sequin Michael Costello dress is a bit too tight and not very flattering.  It looks like she's wrapped in duct tape.

9:55 pm: Sarah Paulson's pink Brandon Maxwell dress is horrendous. One of my worst dressed.  I  don't get the style at all.  I hate when a woman slicks her hair down super tight.  It looks awful.  Even on pretty woman, it just looks so unflattering.  I hated when Gwyneth Paltrow did it at the 1998 Oscars, I still hate it.  Special effects goes to "First Man"  That movie's only award for the night.  That was a pretty good movie unfortunately it didn't get much press.

Marina de Tavira from "Roma" is wearing a red frilly J. Mandel dress.

10:00 pm: Without announcing it, the fourth song of the night is "The Shallows" from "A Star is Born".  Perform by the multi-talented Lady Gaga and the male star of the movie Bradley Cooper. Fabulous performance, obviously this song is going to win. The fifth song nominated tonight is "All the Stars" from "Black Panther".  Unfortunately, Kendrick Lamar can not perform it due to scheduling issues.

Rachel Weisz is one of my worst dressed with this ridiculously red Givenchy dress.  Its has a wide rubber crop top and a red bottom.  and it's not a deep red, its a loud tacky red.  brrr so ugly.

10:09 pm: Samuel L. Jackson and Brie Larson in a sexy silver Celine dress present for Best Original Screenplay. "Greenbook" wins.  Writing is such a huge award I think it deserves new presenters but Best Adapted Screenplay gets the same presenters, whatever.  The winner goes to Spike Lee for "BlacKkKlansman".  Lee wins for the first time.  He is so excited he leaps into Jackson's arms.  He is in an all purple Oswald Boateng suit.  In memory of his close friend he wears a Prince "symbol" necklace.

I love Sting's wife, Trudie Styler's white dress with a peak of silver down the chest.  I reminds me of Jamie Lee Curtis's Golden Globe dress.

10:22 pm: Michael B. Jordan looks quite handsome.  I don't love the lower half of Tessa Thompson's black and gold Chanel dress.  I wish it was free flowing and not straps.  Best Score goes to "Black Panther".

Billy Porter shocks us again by wearing a tux on top and a huge velvet skirt on the bottom.  My goodness it looks expensive.  Beautifully made by Christian Siriano.

10:25 pm: Chadwick Boseman has on a sparkly black tux jacket by Givenchy and Constance Wu has a very pretty yellow Versace dress.  They present Best Song to Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson for "The Shallows" from "A Star is Born"

Octavia Spencer looks amazing in this super elegant off the shoulder navy dress.  Christian Siriano dressed her again this year and again she looks stellar.  One of my best dressed.

10:30 pm: The most depressing part of the show is the "In Memoriam" .. such talent lost... Neil Simon, Burt Reynolds, Penny Marshall, Stan Lee, William Goldman, James Karen, and Albert Finney.

10:39 pm: Cicely Tyson receives an Honorary Oscar for her achievement in film.

10:42 pm: Allison Janney dress looks nice but I don't love the fabric in front, look like an apron.  It's a black Pamela Roland tuxedo dress.  Lots of pink and gender neutral outfits this year.  She towers over Gary Oldman.  Actor in a Leading Role goes to Rami Malek for "Bohemian Rhapsody". Well deserved, he could feel he poured his soul into that role. Very moving speak.

Emilia Clarke looks pretty in a nice lavender strapless Balmain gown.

10:56 pm: Beautiful Francis McDormand again wears zero make-up to the Oscars.  She wears a hot pink Valentino dress with yellow suede Valentino Birkenstocks.  Love it, what a rebel!! and Sam Rockwell shaved his hair to play the role of Bob Fosse. They present Best Actress to Olivia Colman for her role in "The Favourite".  I really hate this Prada dress.  The green color plus this bazaar gray wrap around the shoulders.  Love her speeches, they are so scatterbrained but so genuine.

11:06 pm: Best Director goes to  Alfonso Cuaron.  Deservingly so, "Roma" was a phenomenal film.

11:13 pm: Julia Roberts looks amazingly young and sexy in hot pink one shoulder Elie Saab dress. One of my best dressed.  Best Picture goes to "Greenbook".  I have to say I'm quite surprised, I really thought "Roma" had it in the bag.

THE END.  good show.

BEST DRESSED: Tina Fey
WORST DRESSED: Bette Midler




Tuesday, January 8, 2019

2019 Golden Globes Rant

The 76th Golden Globes Awards
Sunday, January 6, 2019: 8 pm
Hosted by Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh

8 pm: First let's think of how hard it is to be a host and make everyone in the room laugh.  Most people knock it but have never actually tried it.  Andy and Sandra make small jokes about the Oscars having no host.  Message is there is no freedom of speech, not with modern technology. Sandra wear a simple v-neck red dress.

8:11 pm: the Jim Carrey bit was funny.  Elisabeth Moss is wearing a tiny navy Dior dress. Doesn't really fit the event.  I'm so over Charlize Theron's millionth boring Dior dress.

8: 13 pm: I like Bradley Cooper's white tux and Lady Gaga's longed trained off the shoulders blue Valentino dress with blue hair look.  The necklace is mesmerizing. Michael Douglas wins best actor in a comedy tv series for the "Kominsky Method".  He looks very old and has zero to none eyebrows.  He thanks his 102 year old father, Kirk Douglas.  

 8:16 pm: The Black Panther cast: Chadwick Boseman looks dapper in his white satin tux.  Danai Gurira looks great in a sexy one shoulder red Rodarte dress.  I don't love Lupita Nyong'o blue fringe Calvin Klein dress or her glasses.  Can Michael B. Jordan ever look bad?? (fan of his since "The Wire")

8:19 pm: "Spider-Man: into the Spider-verse" wins best animated film over Disney's "Incredibles 2".

8:25 pm: Emma Stone loves wearing peach and yet the color always washes her out especially in this Louis Vuitton dress and the red eye shadow is a miss.  Rachel Weisz loves to wear black and white.  This top of the Celine dress looks like the puffy shirt from "Seinfeld". and I don't love the short hair cut on Olivia Colman.  The top of her black Stella McCartney dress looks too much like fish net stockings. 

8: 26 pm: I like Kaley Cuoco's navy top with white skirt Monique Lhuillier dress.  Like Johnny Galecki's sequin tux jacket.

8:30 pm: "The Americans" wins best drama tv series.  Allison Janney is wearing a beautiful light blue long sleeved, off the shoulder Christian Siriano dress...long sleeves just always make dresses look so elegant.  

8:38 pm: Wow! just like Colin Hanks sounds exactly like his dad Tom...John David Washington sounds exactly like his dad, Denzel. 

8:39 pm: this is the night of v-neck dresses and smashed boobs.  Theses actresses' boobs look so taped and smashed down you think there was a hurricane coming. Not flattering.  Taraji P. Henson has on a green velvet v-neck Vera Wang dress w smashed boobs and Gina Rodriguez has on a nicer light blue very glittered v-neck Reem Acra dress. 

8:42 pm: Jamie Lee Curtis looks 85 years old.  Hate the died white hair and pencil drawn brown eye brows.  Makes her forehead look huge.  She looks like an 1980s Brigitte Nielson.  The star earrings should have been  a simple dangling tread.  I do Love her white and gold Alexander Wang dress though. Her body is great. 

8:44 pm: Patricia Arquette wins best actress in a limited tv series for "Escape From Dannemora."  Her black Vivian Westwood dress is so tight up top, her boobs are pooling out the top, same as last time she won.  Do love her black glasses.  First person to be bleeped. good speech.

8:52 pm: Lucy Lui hands down worst dressed. What is this an art project?? It looks like she had a pink gown on and then a food fight broke out.  Then too late she threw a clear poncho over herself to protect her gown.  (Designer was Galia Lahav.) 

8:53 pm: Steve Carrell gives the first "Carrol Burnett Award" to her for a life time achievement in t.v. I've always admired her. They show funny clips from her variety show.  Her speech is mostly dedicated to her cast and crew for that show.  She wears a black dress with a pretty gold Bob Mackie coat...very age appropriate.  

9:04 pm: I'm loving Taylor Swift's black off the shoulders diamond cut out netted Versace dress. Idris Elba wears a green tux. Very handsome. "First Man" wins best score.

9:06 pm: "Shallow" from "A Star is Born" wins best song.  That was obvious. Lady Gaga has a beautiful voice but Bradley Cooper surprises.  Beautiful song...good job again, Mark Ronson.

9:14 pm: the audience is so loud in background. Damn drunks. hahaha. Funny moment with Andy Samberg and Sandra Oh.. they show their most inspiring moments from the past Golden Globes which is when they both won awards. hahah. 

9:15 pm: Octavia Spencer looks great in a black sequin Christian Siriano dress.  What kind of S and M torture Louis Vuitton tux is Timothee Chalamet wearing?? 

9:17 pm: Regina King finally wins an award!  She's been in the business for over 30 years.  Hot pink sequin Roberta Ferretti dress. Gives a moving speech about hiring more women in the film industry.  

9:21 pm: Megan Mullally walks on stage and says "we're available to Regina." Damn, I love her but I kinda hate her navy wrinkled dress and flat straight hair, not flattering.  Kristen Bell always looks like a little fairy. nice pink v-neck Zuhair Murad dress and simple natural hair. Sandra Oh wins best actress in a t.v. drama for "Killing Eve".
Just putting this out there...Megan Mullally and her husband Nick Offerman to host the Oscars???

9:28 pm: ha Sandra Oh comes back from commercial break with her award in hand. Samberg is jealous. Ok, so I've said this a million times but its clear Maya Rudolph has no stylist.  Year after year her dresses suck! this year is no different....a layered bathrobe Valentino black dress. It makes her look pregnant. Her hair looks wet and a mess.  Amy Poehler looks nice in a pale green Viktor and Rolf dress with black bottom.  Mahershala Ali wins best supporting actor for "Green Book."  

9:32 pm: Maya Rudolph does a dumb sketch where she proposes to Amy Poehler.  Not funny...zzz fest.  Best screenplay goes to "Green Book".  

9:39 pm: Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy present as a couple. love her simple gold Laura Basci dress but again the flat boobies, makes her looks too skinny.  Best supporting actress in a tv series goes to  Patricia Clarkson for "Sharp Objects".  I feel like She always wears red?

9:42 pm: Saoirse Ronan's Gucci dress color is "see thru" and silver.  I love the green earrings but hate the orange lips and slicked down hair.  Best actor in a musical/ comedy goes to Christian Bale for "Vice".  Who compares Dick Chaney to Satin. haha he's so cockney. such good make up for that role, wow.  

9:50 pm: I'm so bias against color.  Catherine Zeta-Jones wears a green fanned top one shoulder Elie Saab gown.. wish is was black or purple but she is beautiful.  

9:52 pm: Best foreign language film goes to "Roma".  well deserved, it is flawless.  

9:55 pm: Amber Heard wears an odd black and white Monique Lhuillier dress, it's simple but the proportions seem off.  Very pretty girl but she looks completely dazed.

10:03 pm:  Why is Chris Pine presenting the Cecil B. DeMille award to Jeff Bridges? .. I know they did one movie together but come one... Julianna Moore knows him better.  Sam Elliot does the narration which is cool.  Anyway, Jeff can do no wrong.  He really does sound like "the dude".  Moving speech about ship propellers and how we all can make a positive change in the world.  

10:25 pm: Best actress tv series comedy goes to Rachel Brosnahan for the "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel."  ok yellow Prada dress. kinda washes her out. Best tv comedy series goes to "the Kominsky method".

10:35 pm: Emily Blunt always looks elegant, in a silver sequin cut out Alexander McQueen dress.  Dick Van Dyke is 93 years old and walks out with a cane. He is very charming.  

10:37 pm: Halle Berry looks amazing in her red Zuhair Murad long sleeved dress. She's like Jennifer Lopez...she doesn't age. Best tv mini series goes to "the Assassination of Gianni Versace".  Powerful speech about gay rights.

10:45 pm: Once again Anne Hathaway is dressed like a fool. With a leather and sheer leopard print Elie Saab dress with a big ugly slit in front. (just cause it's a famous designer doesn't mean it should be worn on a red carpet).  Jessica Chastain in a forgettable black Burberry dress.  I don't like her slicked back pony tail hair or her orange earrings. They present Olivia Colman with best actress in a leading role in a comedy/musical film.  Her speech is very funny and natural.  Thanking the staff for the sandwiches and her "bitches" Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.  Britains always say the most hilarious outlandish things.  

10:47 pm: call me old fashion but I just don't get Janelle Monae's fashion sense...a navy knit Chanel dress with a long t-shirt hanging out the bottom with a Cleopatra beaded neck line and a stupid non-matching gold hat. too much. You're wearing a Chanel dress and Coco Chanel was famous for saying "before you leave the house take off one accessory"....words of wisdom.

10:53 pm: Wow, Mike Myers looks blotted in his suit...like the neck is too tight or something. Julia Roberts is wearing a beautiful nude beaded dress with...black slacks?? NO! 

10:54 pm: Bill Murphy looks either very old or drunk...perhaps both....but I adore him...so sarcastic.  Best musical/comedy goes to "Green Book" . Director gives a beautiful speech about race issues. Says how this movie tells the tale of two men who were total opposites but grew to respect each other and remain best friends till they both died in 2013. Amazing story.  

11:04 pm: Gary Oldman looks great.  Glenn Close wins for "The Wife".  She looks great in her black and silver trimmed Armani dress.  I really thought Gaga would win but I'm so glad that an older nominee won.  She made the most heart warming, tear-jerking speech ever.  It was about her elderly mom and other older women that were submissive to their husbands and raised their children yet didn't get an opportunity to work outside the house. Finally at the end of their lives they feel they have accomplished nothing by just being a "mom and wife". So sad, especially since raising decent children and maintaining a household is one of the hardest jobs out there. To all moms (married and single) who try and fill their homes with love and morals.... I am in AWE of you.  

11:13 pm: Julianne Moore is wearing a white Givenchy dress. Richard Gere makes the most uncomfortable comment of the night....unlike most stars that tell their kids to "go to bed now" from the stage.. He oddly tells his (30 years younger) wife to go to bed...yuck..talk about  creepy.  He definitely has aged quite a bit recently.  Best actor in a drama film goes to Rami Malek for "Bohemian Rhapsody." very well deserved.  He looks sophisticated in a white bow tie Givenchy tux.  He is very humble.  

11:18 pm: Nicole Kidman looks dynamite in a tight long sleeved maroon Michael Kors leather dress.  "Bohemian Rhapsody" wins best drama. Queen band members are so excited and join them on stage. Big shout out to the late Freddy Mercury.

The End

BEST DRESSED: Taylor Swift
WORST DRESSED: Lucy Lui