Working Crush

Ever had a "working crush"? It's not the kind of crush where you like someone romantically. It's when you really admire someone's work and they're on the top of your list of people you'd like to collaborate with. Well, I have a "working crush" on Christian Bale. He's an incredible actor, and he brings such an intensity to every role that he plays that you're never thinking of him as being "Christian Bale." He's completely that character at that moment. He also has the most believable American accent of any British actor. Ever. And he's in a good percentage of my favorite movies (Newsies, Little Women, Howl's Moving Castle, Batman Begins, etc, etc, etc.)

The Philadelphia Story

What a brilliant comedy! This witty story about an irresistable socialite and the men who love her has some of the best dialogue I've ever heard in a film. It's sharp-witted, fast-paced, ironic and intelligent. Besides, I'll gaze at Cary Grant or James Stewart any day.

Ocean's 13

I love this movie! It's like James Bond sans the erotically named sluts plus a wicked sense of humor and lots of attractive men instead of just one. I can't imagine what it was like to film in the hotel they used in the movie...it was completely gorgeous, the people were completely gorgeous...everyone must have had a lot of fun at work.

Behind the Scenes Oscar Pics

Photos taken from the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly

Oscar Predix

The Oscars are tonight, and even though I'm probably terribly off, I couldn't resist predicting who will win. I'm not going to go through all of the categories because a.) I'd be wrong far too many times and b.) I have to go to choir rehearsal soon and don't have gobs of time. So, here I go...

Best Actor: Peter O'Toole (Venus)

Best Actress: Helen Mirren (The Queen)

Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children)

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)

Best Director: Martin Scorsese (The Departed)

Best Picture: Babel or Little Miss Sunshine

Best Animated Feature: Cars

Best Documentary Feature: An Inconvenient Truth

Best Foreign Language Film: Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design: Dreamgirls

Best Makeup: Pan's Labyrinth

Best Oscar Dresses 2006

Pictured are Jessica Alba, Michelle Williams (with the wonderful Heath Ledger,) Meryl Streep, and Naomi Watts. What do you think of my choices? Post a Comment (or two) and tell me!

Shallow Post of the Week

Heath is gorgeous. The End.

(Technically "Dirty Dancing" should have been the shallow post, but I managed to embarass myself by trying to make it high and lofty.)


The Real End.

Fashion Flash: Michelle Williams

Okay, so these might not be the best pictures of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, but they were the best I could find. I want to talk about her dress (a Vera Wang that she wore to the 2006 Academy Awards.) If I were going to the Oscars, I would want a dress like it. The yellow color is bold yet classy, and the overall cut is definately vintage inspired without trying too hard. Plus, I love the bold red lip. It just pulls everything together so nicely.

Film Flash: Roman Holiday

The Film Roman holiday is just so much fun. I dare you to watch it and not fall in love. It was Audrey Hepburn's first major motion picture (and won her the Academy Award for Best Actress,) not to mention one of the first Hollywood films to be shot on location. The screenplay writer had to go under a fake name because he was actually on the Hollywood blacklist.

The film is about a princess (Hepburn) who, tired of her duties, runs away and is discovered by a journalist (Peck.) She doesn't tell him who she is, but he figures it out, and plays ignorance so that he can do a big story on "princess gone wild." But, of course, they fall in love, and things get complicated.

This movie inspires me with it's spirited comedic acting, beautiful cinematography and spunky storyline. Okay, so Gregory Peck "inspires" me, too.

Fashion Flash: Grown-Up and Playful

I love these images of Orlando Bloom and Nicole Richie. First of all, I love their outfits: the proper, conservative attire with an artsy twist. The photographer also did a brilliant job with both of these shoots. These "fashion shots" are so much more fun to look at than the normal, "seductive," airbrushed ones.