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[cleolinda]

Random fact: Maybelline's Shine Seduction gloss is fantastic. I got a tube in Spiced Potion, which turns out to be almost the exact same color as my actual lips, only awesome. Great texture, long-lasting, fantastic shine. I'm thinking about getting a second tube, but I'm not sure which color--the garnet, maybe? Hmm.

Great Pumpkin may skip Alabama. Noooooo!

A Roman Icon, Red for a Day: "After an initial burst of anger, intellectuals and art critics have praised a culprit who dyed Rome’s Trevi Fountain." (Picture.)

Plumpynut may save millions of children from malnutrition.

CIA's "terrorist buster" logo.

The Apocalypses That Might Have Been.

Awesome headline of the week: Crash! Bang! Thud! Art?

A Scary Home Companion (from The Smoking Gun); Keillor gets restraining order against fan.

Colbert: "I Am Serious About Politics" ("I don't want to be president. I want to run for president. There's a difference"); Colbert outpolling some actual candidates.

Neil Gaiman talks about Dumbledore outing, agrees that writers know things about characters that doesn't end up in the finished book, promptly gets assy hate mail.

Peanuts creator Schulz led secret life of misery.

Nora Roberts takes Book of the Year prize at Quill Awards.

Weird interruption of Ray Bradbury play.

i luvz u, but dis can nevr be.

Scalped Hannah Montana concert tickets going for $5000.

"You can ask me about my aunt Julia [Roberts] if you want. She bit me once."

Actor's Studio interviewer was once a pimp in Paris. No, seriously.

Hollywood writers' union authorized to strike; California fires disrupt shooting of TV shows.

'Viva Laughlin' canceled by CBS after two episodes. Also known as, "Wow, That Guy Looks a Lot Like Hugh Jackman."

trailer_spot: Sweeney Todd [new], Chrysalis, Never Forever, Stop-Loss, Stephen King's The Mist, Nightmare Before Christmas.

New stills: Atonement, My Blueberry Nights, There Will Be Blood, The Golden Compass.

Snopes takes on the issue of atheism/anti-religion...ism... in The Golden Compass. Apparently the Religious Right have already started complaining; my grandmother was already upset about the movie two full months in advance. Snopes does neglect to mention "the Republic of Heaven," though, which I feel is a strong argument against the idea that Philip Pullman personally wants to destroy your God and your church and he's coming for your children THIS CHRISTMAS, no matter what he says in interviews.

Gosling too fat for Lovely Bones ? He's now be replaced by Mark Wahlberg, who does, after all, seem a better fit age-wise for the girl's father, damn. More than the fat issue or the "creative differences," this really seems like the Stuart Townsend situation all over again, right down to the age problem and the replacement actor's short notice.

Scorsese and DiCaprio Teaming on Shutter Island Next Year. It's a Dennis Lehane novel that apparently has a humdinger of a twist that may or may not cause you to throw the book across the room, and my soul craves knowledge of it now.

Patrick Doyle Discusses Help From Potter Stars During Battle Against Leukemia; J.K. Rowling on Dumbledore Revelation: "I'm Not Kidding"; best magazine cover mockup EVER; Dumbledore pride tees; J.K. Rowling On The Death of [Spoiler].

Grazer Calls Scott’s ‘Nottingham’ The ‘Gladiator’ of Robin Hood Movies.

I still want to be Cate Blanchett when I grow up.

More set pics from Keira Knightley's The Duchess, for my fellow costumehounds.

James McAvoy To Play Kurt Cobain In New Movie?

A movie about Houdini? Huh.

Eric at LA Boy reviews Dan in Real Life.

H.I.M. Chosen for Next Bond Song?

Retro Cinema: Interview with the Vampire. STOP MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I'M EIGHTY!

Dirt Bag: Nicole Kidman Being Paid To Get Chubby for The Reader.

Harold and Kumar 2 - New Poster Released. Doogie on a unicorn what?

Clooney drops out of ''White Jazz.''

The Barbarella Fiasco: Robert Rodriguez vs Universal; Rodriguez Speaks Out on 'Barbarella' Kerfuffle.

Nolan and Roven on The Dark Knight; Some 'Dark Knight' Treats for Halloween?

Sweeney Todd Soundtrack Cover People know what the public wants.

Anthony Hopkins To Play Hitchcock And He’s Got The Voice Ready; Confirmed: Anthony Hopkins In For ‘The Wolf Man’ to play Benicio Del Toro's father.
Martin Campbell Directing 'The Birds' Remake.

New I Am Legend and Rambo Trailers.

First Pics of Jet Li in 'Mummy 3'! I'm really not sure the pictures deserve an exclamation point, quite honestly.

Nick Cassavetes Might Direct Captain America?

Angelina Jolie (with John Malkovich) on the set of The Changeling, which actually looks pretty interesting--it seems to be both a thriller and a period piece.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers offers viewing tips on 'August Rush.'

Child's Play Remake in the Works.

Friedberg & Seltzer Want You to 'Meet the Spartans' -- Please Refuse.

Comments

[glass-radical.livejournal.com]

As much as I love James McAvoy (and want to bear his lovechild), I thought Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) had this Cobain thing in the bag. Guy looks just like him, and can sing.

[flamingtoilet.livejournal.com]

Me too. I thought it was just creepy how much Anderson looked like Cobain.

[claidissa.livejournal.com]

So regarding the lip gloss - it's not sticky or anything? Because all my shiny lip gloss I love the look of, but when the wind blows my hair often brushes against my lips and it's not very pretty trying to de-adhere (unadhere?) gloppy strands of hair from one's face.
They claim it is non-stick, but I figure I'd ask anyway.

Also, Interview with the Vampire is not retro, what the hell. It was made, what, 1994? It's gotta be at least 20 years old before it's retro, in my opinion.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Well, pretty much any lip gloss is going to have some kind of stick factor, but yeah, it's really nice and smooth without being too slippery--I like Cargo's lip gloss, for example, but it's got a thin, buttery texture and doesn't last too long. The Maybelline is really nice.

[kismeteve.livejournal.com]

Dammit, just a mention of Dobby makes me tear up.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

The Ryan Gosling thing totally had me thinking of the Stuart Townsend issue in LOTR. Does Jackson just need to do a trial run with someone completely wrong for the part to find the right person?

[elisa0984.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Well now I want lip gloss. Thanks a lot Cleo.

I like sledgehammer art. Certainly much safer than being shot at.

[t4-flirt.livejournal.com]

*whines* Now I want that lip gloss...in at least 3 shades.

I hate being broke...

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Definitely get the garnet. If you're pale with darkish hair, it looks fuckin' awesome.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Nice. Mine's kind of a mixed brown, but God knows I'm clammy pale. Have you tried any other colors?

[gannet-guts.livejournal.com]

Yup!

Passion Petal isn't too bad, but it washes me out a tad.

Ruby Spell is a pretty red that can be built up really intensely, or just left subtle.

Hah, I sound like an advertisement, but I just love me some lipgloss. :D

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Hee, me too. That's actually the kind of thing I wanted to know--I want something that won't wash me out but won't be too dark, either.

[arden-ranger.livejournal.com]

The concept for Viva Laughlin was fun. Hugh Jackman is completely awesome, but not even he could save the show from the wretched acting of almost everyone else.

Ripley's casting was horrible unless they were going for poking fun at the stereotypes(which someone should have said), otherwise his over the top tough guy act was terrible. I had no sympathy for that character at all. I wanted Fontana to take his casino, his wife, his daughter and lure his son to the dark side. All before he got hauled off to prison after being successfully framed for murder. Not just because it was Hugh Jackman playing Fontana either.

And I simply could not watch Melanie Griffin. Her lips are too distracting. They're freakishly scary. I got that she was supposed to be an aging showgirl/floozy, but there had to be someone out there without lips that look like a botched botox treatment.

The people who were good, Jackman and D.B. Woodside were brilliant, served only to highlight just what voids of talent most everyone else was.

And gods and roses, if you are going to have people singing in the show, hire people who can actually sing. The one person in the cast we know can sing, and sing well, didn't! Why the hell was Tony award winning Hugh Jackman lip-synching? What was that about? But let's face it-it wouldn't have mattered. Most of American audiences just aren't ready for musical prime time.

There are episodes that were filmed that obviously won't be aired. Personally, I would like to have them on DVD. Just for the Jackman episodes, mind you... and the ability to skip over everyone else's wretched singing.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

You know, the concept actually sounds like something I would like, but the two times I saw a commercial for it, it just looked... off, somehow. I can't quite explain it, but I got a really icky vibe from it. "Icky vibe"--even I can't explain what I mean by that. But I did.

[trash-addict.livejournal.com]

If you haven't already, I'd suggest getting your paws on 'Blackpool' (I think it was called 'Viva Blackpool' when it was aired on BBC America?). It was brilliant, and, well, it had David Tennant, which is quite enough for many of us.

[nohara-megami.livejournal.com]

Ha! You beat me, I was about to say something about Blackpool XD

I loved Hugh Jackman singing in Viva Laughlin(well, him singing at all is awesome), but nothing beats all the David Tennant musical parts in Blackpool.

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

Agree with the others. Viva Laughlin did seem off. But Blackpool worked because David Morissey and David Tennat were excellent in their roles and just embraced the crazy. Also the supporting cast was top notch and it was a 6 episode series. I have no idea how CBS thought they could work this weird quasi-musical format for a whole season.

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[dracoaccio.livejournal.com]

Why oh why do they still play the original songs under the characters singing? That was my problem with Viva Laughlin (the Hugh Jackson Sympathy for the Devil part, which is the only part I watched). I want to hear David Tennant and Hugh Jackman, not Nancy Sinatra and Mick Jagger, dammit!

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who thinks that the gay character in Neverwhere is the Marquis of Carabas? Richard fell for Jessica and that Lamia woman, and he said gay, not lesbian. And I think the out characters are Croup and Vandemar.

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

Totally agreed. And I love de Carabas, both in the book and the mini-series, so that would please me. The man has style.

[lauramcvey.livejournal.com]

And pizzaz!

[justjayj.livejournal.com]

Agreed on all counts.

[ninepointfivemm.livejournal.com]

Marquis de Carabas always struck me as the sort of Jack Sparrow character of Neverwhere, so that could fit. I definitely wouldn't be surprised... But I thought he kinda sorta had a thing with Hunter going on, if I remember correctly? I could be wrong, maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I thought they had subtext. I got that from both the book and the mini, so...

I could feasibly see Angel Islington, too. Old Bailey is out of the question, since he loves his birdies too much. Croup and Vandemar? Totally shagging on the side. XD And if there's a lesbian character, well, I've got Serpentine pegged.

It's been a couple years since I've read Neverwhere, so maybe I need to go back and read it again.

[mari-redstar.livejournal.com]

I could have sworn there was a line somewhere in there about Hunter+girls. Something about some tiger or something Hunter had killed and the cute girl who was, significant pause, grateful? 'Course, I also had Croup and Vandemar figured for hetero lifemates of evil- well, maybe nonsexual lifemates of evil is more like it, I hadn't given any actual thought to their orientation- so apparently I have no radar. (Not really news, honestly.)
Anyway, in the second link Gaiman used a male pronoun, so not Hunter. Probably the Marquis- he could be Kinsey-5 and keep the subtext, if it was there- I don't remember anything in the book, but it's been a while, I was reading Hunter as lesbian anyway (might have been a touch of wishful thinking, come to think of it), and I've never seen the mini. (Is it any good?)

[lissa-quon.livejournal.com]

Hunter also had a thing with that noble woman with the snake emblems. The woman makes some comment about how Hunter was always pretty and she carts off Hunter's body in the end. So yea, Hunter is gay.

[pjammer.livejournal.com]

Would appreciate a shoutout (if you like it) of my post on Guardian Angels (http://pjammer.livejournal.com/2007/10/23/) - sounds like the sort of thing that's up your alley. :)

[robyn-ma.livejournal.com]

The Patrick Doyle story made me all wibbly. Especially the part with Emma and Alan.

[mycenae.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I really like the Shine Seduction lip gloss. I have it in four colors (all of which were handed out for free at the mall- they were handed out by cute guys with messanger bags roving through the mall, and my friend and I wandered around trying to collect them all). The one I use the most is "Champagne Fizz" which is a great neutral for me that just adds shine. It's almost gone! I think I'm going to actually have to buy one now. I also have "Blissful Blush" which is a pale pink that lightens my lips a bit, and "Passion Petal" which is a good pinky-purple shade that's not too dark. I also have "Cherry Drizzle" which is a great red, expect it bleeds a lot and requires lip liner. My only complaint is they taste vaguely chemically, but no more so than most unflavored glosses/lip sticks.

[xblackrose666x.livejournal.com]

kayso, is it just me or does the terrorist in the anti-terrorist logo look like one of the sand people?

[riari.livejournal.com]

CIA's "terrorist buster" logo.

I read that as terrorist butler logo. Boy that would be different.

[sapphires13.livejournal.com]

Man, Plumpynut is so freaking fun to say.

Also, regarding the pumpkin article:

"The local pumpkins are a little smaller because they didn't get no rain,"

Oh American South, how I enjoy you.

And the apocalypse article is very 99 Red Balloons.

[leucocrystal]

I hate to overwhelm you any further, but I'm not sure how many people out there are aware how devastated the entire state of California is by all these huge fires burning (all poor interrupted TV show filming woes aside). Over 1,000,000 people have been evacuated last I heard (we're still waiting for a possible reverse-911 call in our area), and hundreds of thousands of acres have burned as there are now at least 10 major fires in the state burning out of control.

I also believe President Bush declared a state of emergency early yesterday morning. I've been told by many out-of-state friends that their news has hardly covered it at all, so it couldn't hurt to increase awareness, as the state is already in severe need of relief aid. Thanks. :)

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

No problem--I already have some links down for tomorrow. My favorite is the one where Michael Brown puts out a statement saying he's available for interviews regarding the fires. You know, because he did such a great job with New Orleans...

[leucocrystal]

Thanks very much! I figured you were probably all over it, but I just wanted to check, as so many people read your LJ. The more people who know, the better.

My favorite is the one where Michael Brown puts out a statement saying he's available for interviews regarding the fires. You know, because he did such a great job with New Orleans...

Heh, I know right? *headdesk* If I could have one wish, it would be that the SD County fire chiefs could be the ones to make the big announcements -- they've done such a fantastic job keeping everyone in the state informed for the past two days.

[leucocrystal]

Oh, and P.S. I've been way too busy trying to keep on top of current evacuation info to look for more, but this satellite photo is the most stunning one I've found that shows some of the scale of these fires (and it's already very outdated, but you get the general idea).

[nitedula.livejournal.com]

Have you heard about FreeRice (http://www.freerice.com)? It's a strangely addictive vocab quiz, and for every word you get right, their advertisers donate 10 grains of rice to starving people.

[phorie.livejournal.com]

how does cate blanchett manage to look so awesome, in such ugly dresses? it's a mystery, but one i wish i could emulate

[threerings.livejournal.com]

Here's the thing about Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. I read it after reading Mystic River, which is one of the greatest novels EVER! Unfortunately, I read all the little blurbs at the front of the paperback that said how this book has THE BIGGEST AND MOST SHOCKING TWIST EVER THAT YOU WILL NOT SEE COMING !!!eleventy!!!

And because I was constantly expecting the twist, it wasn't all THAT impressive when I finally got to it. If I hadn't known the entire book was going to be twisted, it would have been awesome.

Not that this comment helps the situation.

Why can't reviewers just say "Trust Me, Read This Book" and be done with it?

[rorqual.livejournal.com]

I have to agree - I got Shutter Island on tape originally, because I had heard of the author and I like to listen to mysteries while driving (though I don't tend to read them, for some reason). Anyway, I had not really read any blurbs or anything, and I found that, expecting nothing more than what I thought it was, the book (tape) was very enjoyable and the twist was a good surprise. So, if you can try and let yourself just ease into the book, the atmosphere, etc etc, then it's quite good (I thought), and worth the read. Or, you know, the listen.

[crucioveritas.livejournal.com]

Dear Cleo,
I am a avid fan of yours and guess what I did for you (comepletely off topic of this post). I rented Black Sheep (Unrated Vs), yes the Austrailian film about killer sheep. I plan on writing you a review on it tomorrow, hopefully you'll disregaurd any hiddeous typos.. And yes for the d class film, it lives up to all its dclass standards.

[token-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to think that the whole cast the hot young guy then recast with an older hot guy thing is simply Philippa and Fran breaking up the monotony of preproduction.

"He's not right for the role, but we could still ogle him for just a little bit longer."

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

I use Shiny-Licious (http://www.maybelline.com/Product/Lip/LipGloss/shiny-licious-lip-gloss.htm) by Maybelline, and I love it. I wonder what the differences between the two are...?

Wow, that Plumpynut thing is cool. Also hilarious to say.

...OMG that Keillor stalker sounds all the scarier b/c she's so out of touch with reality. Eek!

Guy Pearce as Houdini? I don't know, it doesn't fit for me.