Will Smith IS Legend, Mischa Gets Arrested and Eastenders Christmas TV.
December 28, 2007
Well, another Christmas has come and gone, I hope you all had a good one! I thoroughly enjoyed mine this year but you’ll be pleased to know that I still managed to find time to dig out some of the best movie news and celebrity gossip for you all to feast your beady eyes upon.
First up lets talk about Will Smith’s new movie ‘I am Legend’ it hit cinema’s boxing day and I trundled off to see it, mostly due to being insanely bored with the rubbish that was on TV (Excluding Eastenders which was fab! More about that below).
Now if I’m honest I was expecting this to be a poor version of the 28 Days Later films, but I must confess I really enjoyed it! It had an interesting plotline and some great special effects and Will Smith was looking very VERY good! *drools* If you like horror movies then check this one out, don’t be put off by the bad reviews!
Whilst most of us have spent our festive period with family, or hitting the sales as soon as the shops are back open OC Star Mischa Barton went down a slightly different route… she got herself arrested. She was apparently driving under the Influence and driving without a license and has her bail set at $10,000. That’s another classic example of stars getting far too big for their boots and thinking that they are above the law. I’m glad these kinds of things seem to be getting cracked down on of late!
As I mentioned above, Christmas TV was as abysmal as usual this year, with the exception of Eastenders and Hollyoaks in my opinion. Eastenders main storyline was the ‘Big Reveal’ of Stacey and Max affair, they had dragged the storyline out for so long I was glued to my screen the moment poor Tania sat down to watch the DVD. Hopefully she will leave Max for good and possibly get with Shaun (There’s something about his bad guy role at the moment that I absolutely love!) I’m looking forward to seeing how the storylines pan out for the New Year. Hollyoaks kept things fresh and exciting as usual and I have to say I think it’s one of the best British TV shows right now, the scenes where Darren lost the pub to Jack were well acted and I hear there is much more exciting stuff to come in 2008!
Hope you all have fun celebrating the New Year and getting some much needed retail therapy in the January sales!
Turning over a new leaf…with Thai Turkey Curry
December 26, 2007
My generosity knows limits. I am not famous for my good cheer, as anyone who knows me will, no doubt, tell you unasked. Christmas and the general atmosphere of bonhomie associated with it sickens me to the marrow and usually, when I am in good health, I run far far away from it with great strength and vigour. As far as I am concerned all this ha-ha hee-hee’s around a cooked bird on a dinner table is an awful nuisance and a terrible waste of time and money. All utterly pointless and torturously stomach-turning.
If only Dickens had met me in his time…..
What with the years piling up on me, and my growing concern for my complete lack of good Christmas Charity this year I decided to plunge into the Yuletide spirit and invite a few friends over. No! I did not pay them to be my friends, what an utterly rude proposition. I simply asked my kid brother to bring his buddies (a few of whom, I confess, I had never met before) back home for dinner.
It wasn’t a pretty occasion, I can tell you that. I had this marvelous dress all ironed and set, quiet ready to be worn, spread across my bed. The plan was simple, I would quickly do my bit in the kitchen and then swish across to the bedroom and finally sashay out in all my glory. But it was the cooking that got into the way. Who knew it involved so much….doing! I mean, what’s the bleeding point in handling real fruits and vegetables..and stuff closely related to those species, when we can get all that our body needs out of well-packed, endlessly refrigerated, slightly plastic (but so healthy that the header on the can screams it out) syrup soaked canned foods in supermarkets? Beats me!
And like handling such stuff isn’t punishment enough. Look what they do to you on a fine Christmas night; leave you looking like the old baker’s discontented wife with occasional traces of flour, sugar and every other ingredient you have dared to use in the kitchen snugly clinging to all exposed parts of your face. All while that pretty pink dress waits on the bed!
Of course some of you might argue that a couple of hormone crazed pre-teenagers still waiting for their first grain of facial hair to appear did not exactly need to see me in a pink halter clattering up and down the dining room in my unbelievably high heels (which would undoubtedly have caused at least a few well-placed falls through the night), but I would beg to differ. Tonight I was going to be the perfect hostess, and perfect hostess’, I had read somewhere, did stuff like that.
Anyway, the dinner wasn’t half bad. I made a Low Fat Thai Turkey Curry, which sounded like a tough cookie but turned out to be a whimpering poodle instead (see below for recipe).
One of the boys left me a giant red baboon stuffed toy as a gift.
I was so touched that I had to notice the boy’s strange similarity with the monkey. Odd, I told myself.
Low Fat Thai Turkey Curry (sounds tough, but isn’t)
Enough for 4 hungry large mouthed kids.
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoon oil
- 2 cups turkey, skinless, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped this way and that
- 1 broccoli, snapped into florets
- 1 thick celery stalk
- 1 thick garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1 onion (preferably yellow) chopped this way and that
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 teaspoon red curry paste
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
How to do
Take a large pan. Heat oil. Add all the chopped veggies. Add ginger and garlic. Sauté (cool word for swishing the food around from one side to another in a pan) for about 4 minutes. Check if softened, obviously cook if not soft (that is unless you want to spend your time doing nothing but chewing at the table). Add sugar, chicken broth and coconut milk and also red curry paste and fish sauce, not simultaneously and in normal pace (that is to say that no great harm will be caused if you don’t manage to chuck in all the ingredients in all at once as the instruction seems to suggest). Once the concoction boils reduce flame and simmer. Cook for 10 more minutes. Now add the turkey. Fiddle around until the turkey is hot enough.
Serve with rice.
Next Week: Instructions for cooking rice
XFactor Blunder? Baby Boom for Celebrities and Pretty Woman Remake?
December 21, 2007
For those of you who have been tuning into the X Factor from the start Saturday nights results may have come as a bit of a shock, I know they did for me! I was almost certain that Rhydian would win but maybe it was Kylie’s performance with Leon that sealed the deal? What on earth was she wearing by the way?! It looked like some kind of black net curtain ensemble…
Reports are now suggesting that there may have been a problem with Rhydian’s phoneline and that lots of people couldn’t actually get through to place their vote, whether this is just a case of sour grapes or fact I’m not sure but here’s hoping that both Rhydian and Leon manage to get a great career out of their X Factor performances.
There seems to be a sudden outbreak of celebrities announcing their pregnancy’s this week! First Jessica Alba and Cash Warren told press about their baby joy, then Lily Allen made the announcement that she was pregnant with her ‘Chemical Brother’ boyfriend (Possibly soon to be husband) Ed Simons. Radio 1 presenter Edith Bowman and Tom Smith from the band The Editors were the latest to reveal they were expecting and that it was ‘the best Christmas present they could have wished for’ awww…
In slightly more controversial pregnancy news Britney Spears sister Jamie Lynn has fallen pregnant at just 16! She seems to be following in her sister’s wild child habits. She will apparently be keeping the baby and there are rumours that her boyfriend Casey Aldridge’s parents want the couple to get married due to their religious outlook. It’s a crazy crazy world that Spears family live in!
Lastly it has recently been rumoured that Jessica Simpson was due to star in a remake of the classic Julia Roberts and Richard Gere movie ‘Pretty Woman’ however her people have strongly denied the claims. So, will there actually be a Pretty Woman remake or not is what I’m left wondering… if so, who would be the ideal people to play each role and is it a good thing or a bad thing for this classic much loved film?
More next week, have a great Christmas!
Cracking Cocktail Dresses
December 21, 2007
The halls are decked with holly, the Christmas carols are a playing, and the trees are heavily baubled. All I need now is a serving of turkey and I’m done, but wait the festive fun is not quite over, oh no, because the party of parties is almost here - New Year’s Eve.
Whether you’re planning a cosy night in or a crazy night out on the town (no doubt drinking yourselves to an oblivion.) It’s also the perfect opportunity to grab the most glamorous clobber you own, and unleash that inner goddess of yours; so why not start the celebrations by throwing on a cracking cocktail dress?
The CHILD problem
December 19, 2007
What’s the first thing you check out when you board a long-distance train? Me, I look for kids. Even medieval shackles can’t keep me chained to a compartment with one of those wailing, squealing, burping, pissing, puking monstrosities.
Don’t get me wrong I love kids. As long as they are at a good safe distance from my belongings and me I adore them. Some of them are even lucky enough to gain my approval despite being within contact distance. But any little rascal that comes in my way trying to gain attention and making a total juvenile ass of himself/herself I strictly abhor. As luck would have it most kids I meet choose to fall into the latter category rather than the first.
It’s not my fault, as some of you no doubt are on the verge of deciding. I am at my civilized best around people who reflect my civility. But kids are beyond the scope of human civilization itself. The only function they serve in the set-up is to take it further, which, I admit, is a rather important role on the whole. But surely…. surely even that extremely essential role doesn’t entitle them the coveted spot they enjoy amongst us humans. I mean, they could be placed in quarantine in the Sahara or some such place till they were grown up enough to know that drooling is impolite.
Not that I have an essential issue with kids at the age when they drool. Fluffy little creatures, kids at that age are fun really. Much like teddy bears or puppies. It’s when they grow up and move around and start behaving semi-human when they tend to disgust me the most. Although, I am quite sure the feeling is quite mutual. All my close encounters with kids that age have been an event.
My brother, 11 years younger than me (now an undignified 11!) celebrated the advancement of his knowledge of the English language by smartly scribbling “I AM MAD” 101 times all over my spanking new Jim Morrison poster when he was 7. That was the closest I have ever been to infanticide.
Not so long ago on a dinner date with a rather arresting young man an abominable young child (not a day older than 4) had shattered my romantic life into a million little pieces right before my eyes.
It was like this; this young pest was dining with her equally pesky (and might I say rather stupid) parents on a table next to ours. Mid-way through the meal this kid, who was obviously no gourmand and had decided to give the Mediterranean fare a miss, decided to take an uncanny interest in me. Being busy (and of course myself) I had paid no attention to her gooey-mooey blabber and completely ignored all advances. But the young Missie took the rejection rather badly. What followed was a nightmare. After tugging at my hair about a dozen times (I had spent close to an hour trying to get the damned thing look va va vroom) she finally took a fancy to my dress and decided to wipe her gravy soaked hands right on its smooth surface.
I had spent my entire months earning on that silly outfit. I ended up spending a little more than that on the dry wash.
Needless to say the arresting man did not feel quite so arrested by me after the incident. Although I can’t really blame him given my reaction (the restaurant manager had to throw me out after I jumped up and down on the couch we were sitting on calling the smiling little devil every name I could think of).
Secretly I have sworn NEVER to have kids about a million times before going to bed.
Enchanted. Movie Review.
December 18, 2007
Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams as the lawyer and Giselle.
For Girlz Who Believe in Happily Ever After.
The fairy tale begins as the story book opens. It is Andalasia, a cartoon land. A beautiful girl, Giselle, is very poor and works like a slave under her close guardianship of her stepmother. Giselle’s role is similar to that of Cinderella. She has many animal friends from the forest who come to assist her daily in her drudgery of housework. We see touches of Snow White and Aurora here. I think all fairy tale princesses have animal friends. Girlz, take heart in this fairy tale. You will succeed and reign over your circumstances like Giselle.
The wicked Queen has a step-son called Prince Edward. She has a magic mirror which has predicted that Edward would marry his girl of his dreams and he would become King. This, his wife would become Queen. The wicked Queen feels threatened because she wants to remain a Queen forever. She vows to separate Edward from Giselle.
Prince Edward was hunting in the forest one day. He does not hunt the normal wild game. He hunts wild trolls. His sidekick is actually in cahoots with the Queen. The disgusting Nathaniel is sent to keep an eye on Edward and prevent him from meeting Giselle. Edward has caught a troll when suddenly, he hears Giselle singing. He instantly recognizes his soul mate. He is almost prevented from seeking her out by the treacherous Nathaniel. The Queen’s henchman secretly released the troll and it wrecks havoc trying to eat humans.
Prince Edward and his girl finally meet in physique and song. They separate and promise to meet again the following day for their wedding. That was a bad idea. If any of you girlz see a good thing, grab onto it and hold tight. Giselle is tricked by the wicked Queen in disguise and she is pushed into a deep well. It transports her into another galaxy that is ours.
Giselle becomes the damsel in distress. Girlz who dress in feminine clothes get all the odd stares and loony looks. Robert, a lawyer, is persuaded by his daughter to help Giselle
Giselle and Robert strike an unlikely friendship. . His romance with his girlfriend is compromised. A man cannot pay attention to two girlz. They slowly but surely fall in love. When Prince Edward catches up with Giselle, she is reluctant to leave the human world.
There are many clichés and parodies of the fairy tales. The grand finale evolves around the Ball. When Giselle is poisoned by an apple, aka Snow White style, only love’s true kiss can save her. Prince Edward fails to awaken Giselle and he desperately turns to Robert for help. Do you ever see this type of selfless situation in the real lives of girlz?
Giselle is saved and stays in the human world with Robert. Her old beau, Prince Edward, is smitten with Robert’s old girlfriend, Nancy. They return to Fairy Tale Land via the sewer. All hail the Ninja fairy tale characters who use the sewer as a tunnel into the other world.
Its amazing how the couples exchange partners without all the cat fights. Girlz are flexible. They know when to kiss and let go. Just like at the end of this fantasy, it is time to kiss and let go. They have no need of fairy tales. Girlz own the world and they make their own reality. Now, go and take charge, girlz!
Image: Yahoo.
Swirl, tap & buff!
December 17, 2007
First off, I have to say “Hi!”. This is my first post over here at Girlz Night and I’m excited to be a part of this website!
Now, on with the beauty products!
I started using bareMinerals a few years ago after seeing the infomercial a few thousand times. It always peaked my interest, but I was hesitant to order something that was sold only on TV. When I finally heard that they were selling it at Sephora and Nordstrom, I thought I’d give it a shot.
Let me tell you, I’m glad I did! This is probably the best beauty investment I’ve ever made. I say investment because some people balk at the $60 cost of the starter kit. It is SO worth it though! I have tried converting everyone I know! So far the list of converters including my mom, my sister and a few friends.
Since I started using this product, my skin has cleared up. I have visibly healthier looking skin…and NOT just when I have the makeup on. My clean skin actually looks better than it did before! It feels soft and light on the face and depending on which brush you use and how much you ‘buff’ on, the coverage changes.
Once I purchased the starter kit, I became slightly obsessed with having ALL bareMinerals products and have splurge on quite a few eyeshadows, blushes and all over face colors. I have yet to visit a bareMinerals boutique, but I’ve heard that they are super cute and fun to shop in!
This is a great holiday gift idea *hint hint*. I’m actually giving this to my 14 year old sister for Christmas. I figure since she’s old enough to wear makeup now, she may as well wear something that’s good for her skin…and doesn’t make her look like she’s caking it on!
Ever used bareMinerals? Have an opinion on it? Leave a comment!
Becks Causes a Stir with His Goldenballs and Enchanted Finally Hits Cinema’s!
December 14, 2007
There’s been a lot going on in celeb world this past week so it’s hard to fit everything in that I want to talk about with you all. I’ll try and squeeze in the best stories and the hottest happenings as always though!
First off, I’m sure you can’t have failed to see David Beckham posing for Armani in some rather revealing shots! (See below)
Poor old Becks has come under criticism yet again from the press for his decision to do this, with many journalists and magazines asking what on earth motivated him to pose for something like that. Personally I don’t see what the big problem is, David definitely has plenty of women fans so he knew the photo would be a success and with a wife as fashion savvy as Victoria Beckham he probably thought it would be fun and different from the usual football lark! I agree that the pose is quite provocative but that seems to be the norm for fashion right now doesn’t it?
Fans of the TV Series ‘Any Dream Will Do’ in which Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber searched for the perfect ‘Joseph’ for his hit show Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat might be interested to know that rumour has it winner Lee Mead is now dating Denise Van Outen one of the judges from the series! With a fantastic new album out, and having just signed to Joseph for another year things are definitely looking pretty good for Mr Mead I’d say.
Now, I don’t know about you, but I’m 25 and still a huge fan of Disney films. I am lucky enough that I now have a small child who I can drag along to the cinema to see them in pretence that I’m being a kind and generous mother… which of course I am, but it’s still a great opportunity to watch the film myself! The latest offering from Disney is ‘Enchanted’ a clever mix of animation and ‘live action’ starring the very attractive Patrick Dempsey (aka McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy) the equally scrumptious James Marsden and Amy Adams who in some shots bears a resemblance to Isla Fisher (Maybe I’m alone in thinking this). They are joined by a whole host of other stars and it looks set to be one of the best Disney films of all time. If you haven’t yet seen the trailer check it out here: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/enchanted/
In other news, Kerry Katona is set to have her own reality TV show, this has got to be car crash TV surely? It will apparently follow her through the pregnancy of her latest child and general life. Finally congratulations to Jessica Alba who has recently confirmed her pregnancy to Cash Warren.. That’s going to be one good looking kid!
More next week!
