Sex and the City 2

Ok, so no joke, I'm Carrie and girls' biggest fan, however, it's called SEX and THE CITY. Each of the two parts of that title were given about ten minutes total in this highly anticipated sequel. While Carrie boasts of loving New York City more than any man, that's not so obvious when she's ready to have an entire movie devoted to being away. The girls are all still as fabulous as ever, but you can definitely tell they're aging. The storyline reflected that by showing a total of two sex scenes (both involving Samantha of course) and focusing on family more than all the single ladies. While much time was spent focusing on Steve and Miranda's marriage, Steve is barely in this movie along with Harry and Mr. Big.

SJP (as a co-producer) did a good job of throwing some incorrect plotlines out there as the latest issue of InTouch magazine reflects. Samantha did NOT get married or try to get back together with Smith, and Carrie and Big aren't expecting. My main complaint (other than the lack of city) was the overload of female empowerment. Having the girls do karaoke to "I Am Woman" and ending the movie on the cheesy song "True Colors" was just a bit too much. It's ok to be a strong female (as these four characters have shown throughout the years), but let's not go overboard. The outfits were as incredible as ever thanks to Patricia Field, but were rather unrealistic for the setting. Overall, the first movie was definitely superior.

When Scenes:

WHEN Stanford and Anthony get married in a very "gay" wedding.

WHEN Charlotte has a break down and cries in the pantry.

WHEN Miley Cyrus and Samantha posed together at a red carpet event.

WHEN Carrie freaks over the shoes only costing twenty dollars in Abu Dhabi.

WHEN Carrie loses her passport...and then the shop vender happily returns it to her (NOT REAL LIFE).

WHEN Samantha gets arrested for kissing in public.

WHEN Samantha flaunts her condoms and body to a group of religious men in the Abu Dhabi market.

QUICKIES

"How are you going to swallow all those?" — Kristin Davis (Charlotte York)

"Honey, have we met?" — Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones)

"I made it! I never make it." — Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbs)

"We made a deal ages ago, men, babies, it doesn't matter, we're still soulmates."— Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones)

Fun Facts:

Victoria Beckham reportedly wanted a role.

Penelope Cruz wanted to do her cameo because she was a big fan of SJP and the show.

The film was delivered to theaters under the code name: The Heart of the Desert.

Harold and Maude

What a great old movie. The relationship between Harold and Maude is surprisingly not creepy (until the end) despite the shocking age difference. Bud Court plays Harold, a very strange young man, enjoys faking his death and attending funerals. After seeing her at several funerals, Maude (played by Ruth Gordon) introduces herself. An odd, misfit relationship develops between the two.

Maude is fantastic and has some great advice for the hurt and confused Harold. She is a wild, old lady who willing steals cars and runs from the law.

Thankfully not directed by Robert Altman (one of my least favorite directors), Bud Court played a similar character to his one in Brewster McCloud (which came out the year before), but thankfully with a very interesting and stimulating plot line. The soundtrack done mostly by Cat Stevens was a nice touch. A must see!

When Scenes

WHEN Harold's uncle who has lost his arm in the war has a string to pul that makes that arm salute.

WHEN Harold pretends to light himself on fire when his mother tries to set him up on a blind date.

WHEN Harold and Maude sing the Cat Stevens' song "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out."

WHEN Harold's mother gets rid of his hearse and buys him a new car and he sets a blow torch to it.

WHEN the police man pulls Harold and Maude over tries to get their papers and they steal his motorcycle.

WHEN Harold tells Maude he enjoyed being dead each time he pretended to commit suicide.

WHEN Harold and Maude dance.

WHEN Harold pretends to chop off his hand with another blind date in the room.

WHEN Harold accidentally kills his last blind date.

WHEN Maude comes up with a plan to get Harold out of going into the army.

QUICKIES

"That's what this country needs, more Nathan Hale."- Charles Tyner (Uncle Victor)

"Harold, do you dance?"- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Pardon me?"- Bud Court (Harold)

"Do you sing and dance?"- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Uh, no."- Bud Court (Harold)

"I thought not."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"One time I used to break in to pet shops to liberate the canaries, but I decided that was an idea way before it's time. Zoos are full, prisons are overflowing, oh my how the world still dearly loves a cage."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Try something new each day after all we're given a life to find it out and it doesn't last forever."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Greet the dawn with a breath of fire."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Still fighting for the big issues but now in my small, individual way."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"Dear me, everybody should be able to make some music, that's the cosmic dance."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"The earth is in my body, my head is in the stars."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"It's best not to be too moral, you cheat yourself out of life." Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"I haven't lived, I've died a few times."- Bud Court (Harold)

"Everyone has the right to make an ass out of themselves, you can't let the world judge you too much."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

"You sure have a way with people."- Bud Court (Harold)

"Well they are my species."- Ruth Gordon (Maude)

Fun Facts

When working on the role of Harold, Bud Court questioned his mentor, director Robert Altman. Altman told him that if he took the role he might type cast. Court had starred in Altman's Brewster McCloud the previous year.

In all shots of Ruth Gordon driving, the cars are being towed because she never learned how to drive.

When Harold and Maude steal the police car, Bud Court hit his head with the shovel but kept going for the sake of the shot.

Bud Court wanted Greta Garbo to play the part of Maude.

In the scenes with Harold and psychiatrist the two wear the exact same outfit including ties and handkerchiefs.

28 Days

This is a great movie! Sandra Bullock does a fantastic job at playing Gwen Cummings, an alcoholic, drug addict who wastes her life away, burning her bras and falling on her sister's wedding cake. Gwen is forced to go to rehab when she drives a car into someone's home.

The only part of this movie that's not very believable is how quickly she adapts to the rehab lifestyle. She goes from hating all of them one second to singing in the group circle the next. But it's easy to forget that fact after getting to know this loving and intense group of characters. They yell at her in a blunt, unforgiving manner, but it's easy to take their side.

My favorite is Gerhardt, the oddly foreign, slightly gay rehab patient who always provided the best humor.

A must see!

When Scenes

WHEN Gwen falls out of a tree trying to get her pills she threw out of the window.

WHEN Gwen first shots in therapy and the group claps for her.

WHEN Gwen stages a rehab version of Santa Cruz for Andrea's departure.

WHEN Gwen's sister Lily finally expresses to her all of her feelings.

WHEN Gerhardt says if he could wish for one thing it would be to have his foreskin back.

WHEN Gerhardt sees Gwen at the end of the movie in a plant store and cries because he's so excited to see her.

QUICKIES

"Don't be someone else's slogan because you are poetry." - Sandra Bullock (Gwen Cummings)

"I'm sorry I make it so impossible to love me."- Sandra Bullock (Gwen Cummings)

"You make it impossible for me not to love you."- Elizabeth Perkins (Lily Cummings)

"Tonight's lecture: 'What's wrong with celebrating sobriety by getting drunk?"- Margo Martindale (Betty)

"Yeah, you're an individual. The only person in the world who uses drugs and alcohol."- Steve Buscemi (Cornell)

"I don't feel fine."- Sandra Bullock (Gwen Cummings)

"Well of course you don't feel fine, you're in Deliverance country surrounded by a bunch of sober freaks."- Dominic West (Jasper)

"Andrea, does the phrase 'in confidence' mean anything to you?"- Sandra Bullock (Gwen Cummings)

"You never said not to tell."- Azura Skye (Andrea)

"What are you doing here, it's so good to see you."- Alan Tudyk (Gerhardt)

Fun Facts:

Sandra Bullock spent time in a rehab clinic to prepare for her role in this film.

Most of the artwork in the background of the Parker House group sessions was done by real rehab patients.

Sandra Bullock would drink a triple espresso before any scene that required her character to have uncontrollable shakes.

In real life, Sandra Bullock is allergic to horses.

Robin Hood

No, not the foxes or men in tights, but this time it's Russell Crowe. While it was no Master and Commander, the new Robin Hood is a great movie. This version tells the story of the outlaw before his outlaw days. It's complete with a token "bad guy" (Mark Strong, Sherlock Holmes) and fair maiden (Cate Blanchett, every movie about Queen Elizabeth that's been made in the last five years).

Though it had the archetypal Robin Hood characters of Friar Tuck and Little John, they did not have dominant roles. The movie was around 2 hours and 20 minutes, but it didn't drag. The fight scenes were believable and impressive; and the love between Maid Marion and Robin Hood actually made sense and was based on more than just looks.

It definitely needs a sequel.

QUICKIES

"Rise and rise again until lambs become lions."

Fun Facts:

Apart from Russell Crowe, both Christian Bale and Sam Riley were considered for the part.

At 45 Russell Crowe is the oldest actor to ever play Robin Hood.

Originally Russell Crowe was considered to play both Robin Hood and Sheriff of Nottingham.

Before Sienna Miller was cast as Maid Marion, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Blunt, Angelina Jolie, Zooey Deschanel, and Natalie Portman were considered. After Miller dropped out before filming due to production delays that caused scheduling conflicts, Annabelle Wallis, Rachel Weisz, Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard and Charlize Theron were rumored to take over, before the part eventually went to Cate Blanchett.

20 Most Ugliest Celebrities

1.Michael Jackson

Did you really expect anyone else? Michael Jackson used to be a successful black singer, but took it upon himself to destroy his face and reputation. He now looks like an albino alien whose nose appears to change on a daily basis. Just goes to show you what can happen if you are too critical of your looks... you can end up an albino alien like Mike.

2. Marilyn Manson

Seriously ... what the hell happened to this kid? From the ghostly white makeup you can see on his black collar to the funky blue eye and blood red lips ... Marilyn Manson is a freak and there's nothing more to say, he's ugly by choice. And not only is he ugly, but he scares the crap out of us.

3. Jocelyn Wildenstein

 

Holy crap! This is what happens when you get obsessed with plastic surgery. A wealthy socialite from Switzerland, Jocelyn is actually a celeb for being so ugly. Her extreme appearance has led to the press giving her the nickname "The Bride of Wildenstein," a reference to The Bride of Frankenstein. Wildenstein has allegedly spent almost US$4,000,000 on cosmetic surgery over the years, all payed by her husband, the billionaire international art dealer Alec Wildenstein.



4. Michael Berryman

No, it is not make-up. This actor born in LA, suffers from Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia (a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth). He played Pluto in Wes Craven's 1977 horror film The Hills Have Eyes. He has also appeared in numerous science fiction and fantasy movies such as My Science Project (1985), Weird Science (1985), Armed Response (1986) and Evil Spirits (1990). He also appeared in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Devil's Rejects. Berryman generally portrays mutant bikers, evil undertakers, monsters and other frightening characters. He has also starred in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and The X-Files.

5.  DJ Qualls

Ok, we are going to be really mean again, since he's actually ugly for a another terrible reason. We're actually happy to see he has turned it into a good thing, just like Berryman. Qualls also suffered from a rare condition: Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer, at age 14. After two years of surgery (including the removal of his spleen), chemotherapy, and radiation treatments, Qualls's cancer went into remission, which lent him his famous thin stature. In 1997, he enrolled at Nashville's Belmont University. At a performance in a local theatre he was discovered by David LaChapelle and became... a model!! Yes, a model, for Prada and Calvin Klein. He then got famous for his role on the movie "Road Trip".

6. Marty Feldman

And yet another terrible case. Marty Feldman (1934 – 1982) was an English writer, comedian and BAFTA award winning actor, notable for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves Disease. He wrote situation comedies such as The Army Game, Bootsie and Snudge for the BBC and later had a series of his own on the BBC called Marty. He also appeared in The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother and Mel Brooks' Silent Movie, as well as directing and starring in The Last Remake of Beau Geste. He guest-starred in the "Arabian Nights" episode of The Muppet Show.

7. Clint Howard

No weird disease this time -- he's just plain ugly. But then, again, it is probably what made him famous. Born in 1959, the actor appeared in Cocoon, Steve Martin's Parenthood, EdTV, Apollo 13, Austin Powers, That Thing You Do among others. In 1998, Howard was awarded the MTV Lifetime Achievement Award. He got married twice, just to show you that looks don't matter.

8 Shane MacGowan

This Irish musician is best known as the original singer and songwriter with The Pogues, and is considered one of the most important and poetic Irish songwriters of the last thirty years. A great find for our list... he's terribly horrible.

9. Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett has to have some good blackmail on someone. Otherwise, how in the hell did he ever get into acting? And the fact that Julia Roberts married this beast makes us think she's not only nuts, but ugly too. Tell us one thing that you find attractive about this man ... go on. Then we'll laugh at you.

10. Kelis

Holy hell ... Kelis is not bringin' any boys to the yard looking like that. There have been rumors that she is really a man, and quite frankly we are thinking something's not right with this chick. Every time we see her she has her mouth open and looks like she's ready to eat us. She's scary. Next time we see her, we are looking for the Adam's apple.

11.  Iggy Pop

12. Rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor, he is sometimes referred to by the nicknames "the Godfather of Punk". Iggy Pop was the lead singer of The Stooges, a late 1960s/early 1970s garage rock band who were influential in the development of the nascent heavy metal and punk rock genres. The Stooges became infamous for their live performances, during which it was not uncommon for Iggy Pop to leap off the stage (in fact, he was among the first to "stage dive"), smear raw meat (and on one occasion peanut butter) over his chest and/or cut himself with broken bottles. So this is how you get ugly by being nut.

12. Steven Tyler

Dude looks like a zombie. He's a great singer, a cool guy, the daddy of one of the hottest girls on hollywood, plus all the money and women one could ever dream of... and yet... ugly as hell.

13. Courtney Love

Drugs don't make people pretty... and this woman is about as ugly and classless as it can get.

14. Donatella Versace

Oh, how the years go by. Yes, she's talented, famous and rich, but... she's now ugly as hell!

15. Amy Winehouse

English soul, jazz, and R&B singer and songwriter, she's another drug victim. Now, get this: she has a number of "old school" tattoos of naked women on her body. When asked about them, she was quoted as saying "I like pin-up girls. I'm more of a boy than a girl in that way. I'm not a lesbian, though — not before a sambuca anyway. And the she said she would own a beauty salon once her singing schedule calms down... that's a must.

 16. Ronaldinho

Probably the world's best soccer player at this time, Ronaldinho might be one of the funniest, honest, and nicest celebs around... but he's also one of the ugliest. This brazilian is certainly saving his huge salary for something other than helping his image.

 17. Kelly Osbourne

"Uh, I'm ugly." Yeah, we know Kelly. The British accent is cute and we love that she is all about being an individual, but quite frankly Kelly Osbourne's annoying and a brat. And we're not picking on her weight, because it fluctuates and we don't care. Weight really can't change whether you are ugly or not. And Kelly is on our list!

 18. Tori Spelling

Tori Spelling must be thanking her daddy for helping her get into the acting business 'cause there is no other way she would EVER have made it. Thanks Aaron Spelling for ruining our lives! Sometimes you hope someone will grow on you after awhile, but even now when we see Tori on TV we immediately switch the channel. Yeah, it's that bad. And don't even get us started on her acting.

 19. Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell is a bully, but it's not the bad temper what got her on our list... she's ugly, plain and simple.

 20. Rachel Dratch

Don't get us wrong: we love Rachel. Her SNL sketches are hilarious, she's a great actress. But we are sorry to say she truly earned the last place on our list.

Babies

5 Things I learned from Babies this Mother's Day:

1) Rugrats is rarely factually correct.

2) The fact that babies are cute does not make up for the disgusting things this movie showed me.

3) Not to favor one race, but Asian babies are significantly cuter. Especially one's from Mongolia.

4) When all you do is have babies, you're boobs hang down to your belly button and you forget to wear a shirt.

5) If you have a brother who is a toddler and you're a baby, you will get abused.

Ok, so basically this movie is, of course, adorable, but also rather disturbing. It's a documentary shot over 2 years' span of time to produce a film that's less than an hour and a half. It follows babies from all over the world in locations such as Tokyo, Mongolia, Namibia and San Francisco. They are all cute, however not everything they do is cute as you will see in the "When Scenes" section.

Those of you who know me, know I have a strong aversion to pregnancy...so basically the first ten minutes of this movie were horrible and viewed through my fingers. They show exposed stomachs, child birth and lots and lots of disgusting saggy boobs.

When Scenes

WHEN the African baby poops on the mom, she wipes it on her knee, and then cleans it off with a used corn cob.

WHEN the Mongolian baby was lying down and his toddler brother came in dragging what appeared to be a dead cat, left it there and walked away.

WHEN the Japanese baby is trying to play with a toy and she can't get it to work and throws herself on the ground.

WHEN the African baby tries to eat dirt.

WHEN the Seattle baby is trying to get out of the room where her father and a group of other parents and babies are chanting about the Earth being their mother.

QUICKIES

"WAHHHH"- Every baby

Fun Facts:

This movie took about 2 years to shoot. At the end they show the kids almost four years later.

The movie was directed and produced by two French men:

director tHOMAS BALMÈS AND PRODUCER ALAIN CHABAT

Chabat is the French voice of Shrek.

Ponijao, the baby from Namibia in Africa, is the 8th of nine babies.

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