The IT Crowd– how can so many people like it when it’s so shit??
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Day 05 – A show you hate
Two and a Half Men. I’m not going to add a clip, because I can’t even stand to watch a minute of that shite.
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Alyssa Miller, Elsa Hosk and Silviu Tolu by Ellen von UnwerthI love how instead of being a list of predictable commercial pictures, they tell a flirty little story set in the '60s (full 'story' here).
This is almost good enough to make me forget about the awful campaign Guess had for spring 2009:
*shudders*Pictures from fashiongonerogue.com x10, thesuperficial.com x1
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I’ve always seen Katy Perry as a beautiful airhead; stupid and childish, but kind of fun as well. She’s like Zooey Deschanel’s dumb sister. Or like that friend you have who is the life and soul of the party, but shouldn’t really be allowed to talk about serious subjects in public.
And excuse me, but I actually like many of her crazy outfits in their sweet ridiculousness.
@katyperry: "Bet @rustyrockets would like a HJ with these nails... :P" 
The carousel dress is my favourite. Awesomeness:
But this quote from an interview with Rolling Stone, well, I don’t even know:
And excuse me, but I actually like many of her crazy outfits in their sweet ridiculousness.
@katyperry: "Bet @rustyrockets would like a HJ with these nails... :P" 
The carousel dress is my favourite. Awesomeness:
But this quote from an interview with Rolling Stone, well, I don’t even know:The California girl, who has “Jesus” tattooed on her left wrist, tells the magazine, “Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as ‘Pass the salt..’ It’s a secret, direct prayer language to God.” Perry, 25, adds that her dad usually speaks in tongues while her mom plays interpreter. “That’s their gift,” she explains.
“I wasn’t able to say I was lucky because my mother would rather us say that we were blessed, and she also didn’t like that lucky sounded like Lucifer.”
The Superficial has been my guilty pleasure of pointless celebrity news for years, but this article on whatever the hell Katy’s on about has got to be one of the best on the site. Usually I don’t appreciate bloggers using their platform to preach their beliefs, but this is an exception. In fact, I think I have a tiny crush on The Superficial Writer now.
Pictures from iheartkatyperry.tumblr.com x6, thesuperficial.com x3, poorimpulsecontrol.net/blog/ x1
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There isn’t much shopping to be done in a tiny town like Chambéry, so I mostly bought magazines. 
Here are some nice – and not so nice – things I found in them:
Glamour France August 2010:
– I kind of wish I hadn’t seen some of the before pictures of now-stylish celebrities.
– And that I’d have only seen the earlier style of others. Mischa used to look so utterly stylish!
+ Everything about this look. From the car to the sunglasses. Want. 
+ These Prada glasses, and that I’m not the only one who likes them. Also, that I’m not the only one who is less than thrilled about the idea of more SATC films.
InStyle UK July 2010:
– Oh no. I’ve been behind many of your crazy style choices, Rihanna, but a bum bag (/fanny pack) is really taking it too far. 
+ Snake photographs by Guido Mocafico on the wall in Elton John’s LA home. Loving these! Also kind of enjoying the thought of how they’d freak out some of my friends. (That’s just the kind of person I am, I suppose.)
+ Nicholas Kirkwood leather and snakeskin stilettos – yes, please. 
+ Also yes to this Dune necklace. 
+ In my opinion, Kaya Scodelario is one of the prettiest girls ever. On Skins both with her slutty party make-up and a completely clean-faced look, and also in this spread. The lingerie she’s wearing is lovely too.
– A style article on Mischa Barton. A few years too late, don't you think? Have you seen her recently?
+ Good advice!
Cosmopolitan France July 2010:
+ This pretty passport cover from lesinvasionsephemeres.com.
+ These adorable USB sticks!
+ …or rather these. The animal ones look super cute, but these have a slightly more professional air to them.
– I find this Nivea Calm&Care deodorant ad quite disturbing.
+ I love basically all the Miu Miu shoes from that collection, but these are among my favourites.
Here are some nice – and not so nice – things I found in them:Glamour France August 2010:– I kind of wish I hadn’t seen some of the before pictures of now-stylish celebrities. – And that I’d have only seen the earlier style of others. Mischa used to look so utterly stylish!+ Everything about this look. From the car to the sunglasses. Want. + These Prada glasses, and that I’m not the only one who likes them. Also, that I’m not the only one who is less than thrilled about the idea of more SATC films.InStyle UK July 2010:– Oh no. I’ve been behind many of your crazy style choices, Rihanna, but a bum bag (/fanny pack) is really taking it too far. + Snake photographs by Guido Mocafico on the wall in Elton John’s LA home. Loving these! Also kind of enjoying the thought of how they’d freak out some of my friends. (That’s just the kind of person I am, I suppose.)+ Nicholas Kirkwood leather and snakeskin stilettos – yes, please. + Also yes to this Dune necklace. + In my opinion, Kaya Scodelario is one of the prettiest girls ever. On Skins both with her slutty party make-up and a completely clean-faced look, and also in this spread. The lingerie she’s wearing is lovely too. – A style article on Mischa Barton. A few years too late, don't you think? Have you seen her recently?+ Good advice!Cosmopolitan France July 2010:+ This pretty passport cover from lesinvasionsephemeres.com.+ These adorable USB sticks!+ …or rather these. The animal ones look super cute, but these have a slightly more professional air to them.– I find this Nivea Calm&Care deodorant ad quite disturbing. + I love basically all the Miu Miu shoes from that collection, but these are among my favourites.
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Since I’m on the subject of ranting about perfectly perfect TV series being ruined, have you heard that MTV is currently working on an American version of Skins? One of the worst ideas I’ve ever heard. 
British series don’t translate well to America. The Office worked – kind of (well, not really, but I don’t want to get into all that now. At least it’s popular) – but Skins is not only essentially British but it is something that would not even be allowed to be shown on American TV. (They only broadcast an edited version on BBC America.) Americans are just not liberal enough. (Remember Nipplegate?)
And MTV of all channels?! Skins only had one minor character who liked “all the wrong things”:
So let me guess: in the US version there’ll be no nudity, no sex scenes, no swearing, no smoking, no drug use and no out of control parties. Basically no Skins. Probably also no multidimensional characters or serious physical and psychological issues, because who watches MTV to see any of that?
British series don’t translate well to America. The Office worked – kind of (well, not really, but I don’t want to get into all that now. At least it’s popular) – but Skins is not only essentially British but it is something that would not even be allowed to be shown on American TV. (They only broadcast an edited version on BBC America.) Americans are just not liberal enough. (Remember Nipplegate?)
And MTV of all channels?! Skins only had one minor character who liked “all the wrong things”:“Y'know, Gossip Girl, Davina, Dick Van Dyke, Lady and the Tramp, Hannah Montana, monster trucks, Dancing on Ice, mojitos, Rio Ferdinand, Masala Zone, Pop-Tarts, Jude Law's accent in Cold Mountain, hair straighteners, Love Actually, Kylie, Whitney, Britney, Robbie, Brucie, L'Oréal, Wild at Heart, milk, Comic Relief, ponies, Posh, Becks, pecs, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and heavy petting. God, I fucking love that.”But this is what MTV is all about!
So let me guess: in the US version there’ll be no nudity, no sex scenes, no swearing, no smoking, no drug use and no out of control parties. Basically no Skins. Probably also no multidimensional characters or serious physical and psychological issues, because who watches MTV to see any of that?
And I bet all the actors will be in their 20s and look like models. So the result will be just another cookie cutter American teen drama with the exception that it takes place in Baltimore instead of NY or LA. Do we really need that?
MTV should just stick to inane “reality” shows like the The Hills and Jersey Shore. Or, I dunno, how about music?
To end this post on a higher note, here’s my favourite trailer of all time: the trailer for the second series of Skins. Utterly disturbingly amazing!
MTV should just stick to inane “reality” shows like the The Hills and Jersey Shore. Or, I dunno, how about music?
To end this post on a higher note, here’s my favourite trailer of all time: the trailer for the second series of Skins. Utterly disturbingly amazing!
Pictures from weheartit.com
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How ironic. I recently watched the third season of Sex and the City where for a couple of episodes the girls go to LA as Carrie has a meeting there about the possibility of having her column made into a film. A film where there’s no smoking, and where Big is Mr Perfect, and where Carrie just needs to get over her issues and they’ll live happily ever after. She walks away from it.But eight years later the film got made and it was so much worse than season 3 Carrie could have imagined. It was nothing more than a clichéd Hollywood chick flick.
All the characters had a beautifully done happy ending at the end of the series. Where can you go from there?
Oh, I have a super original idea: the main characters get a big wedding! Carrie, the quintessential single girl who was perfectly happy being married to herself? Really? Yeah, it’ll be great. So we’ll have a wedding, but not right away because there has to be drama and heartbreak before the riding into the sunset part. Oh, and weren’t there some other characters as well? Um, possibly… Let’s find them something random to do then, everyone only cares about Carrie anyway. The fans will eat it up! And as a dressing we’ll use lots and lots of cheesy love sauce.
Delicious.
And now the second film. They already took the honest, real single life out of Sex and the City. The thirties are long gone too. What is there left to take? I know, the City! But if we rely on lame jokes, textbook drama, a happy ending, a bunch of crazy costumes and lots of celebrities popping up, we’ll be fine.
Ugh.
The thing I liked by far the most about the first film was SJP’s outfit for the London premiere. I don’t care what everyone else on the internet had to say about it, I loved that giant headpiece by Philip Treacy.
This time in London she wore an even bigger one by the same designer, but now the novelty has sort of worn off, and also, the other one was so much more interesting.
And that’s pretty much how I feel about seeing the new film. Except so much worse. It feels like a chore I’ll try to put off as long as possible. And whine about before, during and after. Or maybe I won’t go to see it at all? There’s an idea.
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