| Answers on a postcard |
[07 Nov 2009|02:01pm] |
If anyone can tell me what the blazes is going on here and why Nick Beggs has a black dummy on his back? Also who is calling Kenny Everett and why? And is that a puppet of Limahl or is it ACTUALLY Limahl? I hated Kajagoogoo at the time (and maintain only a casual and fleeting affection for Too Shy due to the fact that it is unmistakably Nick Rhodes and Colin Thurston's magic that makes the song the smash it was) so I am not conversant with the prevailing opinion in 1983.
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| Helvetica? Hell yeah! |
[07 Nov 2009|12:54pm] |
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http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2009/11/helvetica-hell-yeah.html Another thing we adore in The Kingdom is type. We can't help ourselves. The inner graphic geeks always get out. So you can imagine how excited I am about watching the 2007 Gary Hustwit Film 'Helvetica' tonight...
Every bit as exciting, is everything made by a girl called Jen, in her wonderful wonderful etsy shop called Plastique. She is a graphic designer who makes these highly covetable things
Helvetica Necklace $20 RGB Necklace $20 It seems Jen also shares our other passion - music...
Turntable Necklace $22.00 Cassette Tape Ring $7 And my absolute absolute favourite Cassette Necklace $22.00 It will come as no surprise to learn, that I have a big box of tapes in the loft exactly like this. I used to buy my blank tapes in woolworths when I was small. I loved that red shiny plastic. There are certain things that I can never throw away - photographs, records and of course old casette tapes.
So I gotta say it - 'Jen! you're a genius' We'll take two of everything!!!
Queen Marie x
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[07 Nov 2009|12:30pm] |
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| Boiled, poached or fried? |
[07 Nov 2009|11:42am] |
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http://kingdomofstyle.typepad.co.uk/my_weblog/2009/11/boiled-poached-or-fried.html Queen Michelle and I look at lots of things in a very different way. But when it comes to breakfast, we are in complete agreement. There is nothing more splendid and self indulgent than a big fry up. A big full english breakfast is the breakfast of Queens. But sadly it's the kind of treat saved for high days and holidays. But now thanks to kungfumonkeyrobot I can enjoy bacon and eggs every day. Yum Yum Yum
Bacon and Egg Scarf ($15) Bacon and Egg Gloves ($8.25)
Now remember I like my bacon extra crispy, almost cremated and my yolk slightly runny...
Queen Marie
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| Black Swan Sex Scene |
[07 Nov 2009|04:05am] |
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis have been rumored to engage in a steamy sex scene in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan. Portman recently talked to V magazine about the film and the scene, and while she makes a semantics argument against what's been reported, Natalie is certainly not denying it.
"It's not raunchy - it's extreme," she said. I'm sure there's a difference, if only qualitatively. The tone of the profile makes me think that the extreme scene will involve nudity. Both Portman and Kunis have done nude scenes before, Portman in the short Hotel Chevalier and Kunis in some direct-to-video thing, but now Portman says she's more open to that possibility than she would have been earlier in her career.
"Previously I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out," she said. "Also, being a sexual object when you're a kid is really uncomfortable." Well, yes. There's that.
In a way, it's rather surprising that Portman has emerged so well-adjusted given her start on screen. "After The Professional, I was already getting creepy letters.”
Lost in all of this is the fact that it's a Darren Aronofsky movie and could be very good on its own merits without such a scene. It's always a curiosity when stars decide to take this plunge. Halle Berry's topless scene in Swordfish is completely ridiculous and even takes away from the movie. However, a few months later, her sex scene with Billy Bob Thornton in Monster's Ball has to be there, is clearly driven by the loneliness of the characters, and is uncomfortable to sit through as an audience member. It's always better to have a built-in reason for a scene like this.
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WDYT? I don't know much about this movie but it's very unusual for a girl-on-girl sex scene to actually do more for a film than garner attention... idk.
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| Joe Jackson sues MJ's Estate for Money |
[07 Nov 2009|09:42am] |
Now, let's have a show of hands - who saw this one coming waaaaay back when we learned that MJ intentionally omitted his father from his will?
Joe Jackson Wants Money from MJ's Estate
Posted Nov 6th 2009 4:10PM by TMZ Staff
Joe Jackson claims there was "no justification" for him to be excluded from getting money from Michael Jackson's estate ... and now he's asking a judge to grant him a monthly allowance.
Joe just filed papers in L.A. County Superior Court, claiming he's "entitled to his own independent family allowance."
In the docs, Leonard Rowe -- a guy who claims to have been MJ's manager -- says Michael used to give his mother Katherine up to $60,000 a month to live on, and that Michael instructed her to give half of it to Joe.
Joe claims Michael's estate has "earned more than $100 million dollars in the first seven (7) weeks following Michael Jackson's death" and is "well able to afford a family allowance for Joe Jackson."
( Read Joe's list of expenses! )
Source (I picked TMZ because they're the most fun to read, but everyone, including the AP are reporting on this, so it seems pretty likely to be legit.)
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[07 Nov 2009|08:45am] |
Dear Flat 6, I may very well be awake and listening to the Today programme with far less of a hangover than I have any right to possess, but if you do not stop moving your fucking furniture and bashing it up against our partition wall at quarter to fucking nine on a Saturday morning, I am going to get out of bed, find my window pole go downstairs and out of my front door and beat you until you are a bloody pulp. And I'm not a violent person.
Yesterday was a day of finding out degrees of separation. I am never terribly surprised when anyone who has any connection to Leeds Uni in the mid-90s knows Mavis. Everyone knows Mavis (hello ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) maviscruet, as I know you can and might read this). But dashing to the Illa Masqua stand to have my face fixed by the nearest available pretty boy, I was not expecting to find out that he had lived in Flat 10 in the Church of Lovely when Loocie used to live here. So we swapped Holloway stories and our love of dragging up for club nights and he offered to do my makeup before my next big night out.
I had tremendous fun hanging out with Ron for the afternoon and laughing at the Selfridges Christmas decorations. 'Excuse me, but which way is Christmas?' 'On the right'. Christmas Owl! Christmas Mushroom! Christmas Giraffe! Christmas Giraffe! Christmas Giraffe! And then we went and laughed at chocolate and tried to buy pop rocks. And then we went in the food hall and did not buy anything. And then I had to try my hardest not to shout at a man in M&S. Bad service plus cold rain outside always makes me furious. And then walking through even more driving rain down a deserted Carnaby Street festooned with giant hippy hearts of peace and love and joy when all I was feeling was hate and wet and cold - I kind of revelled in the irony.
I tubed it to Fortress Rosamicula, which didn't do much to improve my mood as it would appear that exiting E&C via the Bakerloo line is an arcane art - a labyrinthine trail worthy of being crawled by the naughtiest Catholics who have a lot of making up to do. And then I came out of the exit I don't know and lost my bearings and pretty much did the entire roundabout. In the rain. When I thought it couldn't get any worse, it rained so heavily that I swore out loud for the last 2 minutes of my walk. But once I was in the comforting spicy mulled haze of the flat, I quite forgot how miserable my journey had been. I ate bacon cakes. I assisted with lighting rockets by digging holes in the cold bare earth - I even managed to aim one right at rosamicula's 9th floor balcony - I'm fairly sure it wasn't dangerous, but then I wasn't on the balcony at the time. I make good artillery. Night bus wins meant I was home in 30 minutes. I ate cream crackers in bed and watched Armstrong and Miller.
Good heavens, I always thought I hated Vampire Weekend, but Horchata is lovely. I hate the drink. Ew, nutty sweet milk. Ew.
I really need a cup of tea and 4 more hours' sleep. I seem to be surviving on 8 hours every 4 days at the moment.
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| They begged me to keep them in that house on the hill |
[07 Nov 2009|08:23am] |
It's not always good when recovering from a hangover to see a discarded rubber bra with heart shaped nipple tassles on in the gutter outside. But it is sometimes apt.
This is from my local internet cafe. "Please be aware pornography view is not allowed." So many stories told in so few words.
"Nicht Sturzen! Nicht Sturzen!" How could you want to sturzen this little guy, man?
Moody Scrabble.
Bleak Cola.
Where's the exclamation mark? Bad subbing, NOTW dudes.
Here the challenge for the phrasebook maker has been to cram as many cliches as humanly possible on to the cover of this phrase book. Le Wan-Yon dans le bikeoire? Oui. Le Boules? Oui. Un bwa-tey de plonk van? Oui. Un tas de le fooking CAFE NOIR? Oui. There is a man on the back avec un stripey jumpair, I'd imagine.
Unbeknownst to me, my girlfriend was being an arsehole in the background in this picture.
Tee hee hee hee hee.
This man was installing the Pic'n'Mix counter at Tesco. He had a t-shirt with a smiley face and 'Pic'n'Mix!' written on it, but he looked ready for war, or counter-insurgency at the very least.
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| Kate loves Long John Silvers |
[07 Nov 2009|01:28am] |
An Illinois prisoner claims his swimmers are responsible for Kate Gosselin's eight AND Octomom Nadya Suleman's latest litter ... and now he wants his supposed spawn to come live with him in lockdown.
In the most entertaining handwritten court papers you'll ever read, Jonathan Lee Riches -- who has filed many lawsuits against celebs in the past -- wants custody of the Gosselin kids, the Suleman kids, John Edwards' love child, all the kids on "ABC's 'All My Children'" and Bristol Palin's child "which Bristol kidnapped from Linda Tripp."
In the awesome papers, filed in Illinois, Riches claims he met Kate "at a Harrisburg Long John Silvers over octopuss" -- and when Kate went to a fertility clinic in 2002, his "sperm was added to the mix."
More awesome lines included in the papers:
-- "TLC stands for Torturing Little Children."
-- "Jon Gosselin is really a woman on steroids."
-- "I sued Black History Month."
http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/07/prisoner-i-impregnated-kate-g-and-octomom-wknd/
I, for one, believe him. Good luck, Mr. Riches.
More on Jonathan Riches:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Lee_Riches
I wonder what gingerslam2 has to say about this.
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| Kim Blogs, |
[07 Nov 2009|01:56am] |
GUEST STARRING ON CSI: NY
Kim Kardashian mentions in her blog, "I am so excited to be guest staring in CSI:NY!! You guys know I'm obsessed with crime dramas and documentaries, so this is a dream come true for me!! What's even better is that I get to work with my girls Vanessa Minnillo and Lala! Vanessa and I stared in Disaster Movie together so I can't wait to work with her again.
We're filming right now and the episode will air December 16 on CBS!"
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BIRTHDAY BUSH!
"I had to take pictures of these beautiful flowers my family and friends sent me for my birthday! I have never seen such amazing beautiful creative flowers! Some even had rhinestones and butterflies! I came home to these beautiful arrangements and my place looked so heavenly!"
( +3 )
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| PICTURE POST |
[07 Nov 2009|01:22am] |
Adrienne Bailon Mixes Up A Milkshake
Taking her turn at mixing up her very own signature tasty treat, Adrienne Bailon visited Millions of Milkshakes in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon (November 6). The Disney cutie was in quite the jovial mood, busting out in laughter as she did her best to mix up the milkshake of her dreams at the celebrity-popular ice cream shop.
Prior to her Millions of Milkshakes outing, Miss Bailon was busy tweeting about her day’s doings, writing, “Eating the most amazing cheese and fruit plate everrrr! Either its the best or I’m starving! Lol.” Getting a bit philosophical a short while later, Adrienne then posted: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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( My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.. )
Blake Lively: Back To Work In Boston
Getting back to work on her new movie project, Blake Lively was spotted on the set of “The Town” in Boston, Massachusetts on Friday afternoon (November 6).
Aside from chatting on her cell phone in between takes, the “Gossip Girl” actress looked to have thoroughly enjoyed a friendly visit from her adorable little co-workers during the course of the day’s duties.
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( She looks... just... okay here.. )
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| Paltrow Joins Kidman in 'The Danish Girl' |
[06 Nov 2009|09:56pm] |
Based on David Ebershoff's novel, The Danish Girl is the story of the world's first post-operative transsexual, Einar Wegener, and his wife, Greta. Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) is set to direct, Nicole Kidman has long been attached to play Einar, and Variety reports that Gwyneth Paltrow has stepped in to play Greta. She's stepping in for Charlize Theron, who originally held the role, but has dropped out for unspecified reasons.
The story takes place in 1920s Denmark. Greta was a portrait painter, and needed a model. She asked Einar to step into a dress, stockings, and heels, and created some kind of awakening in Einar. In women's clothes, her husband became an outrageous character named Lili. The paintings of Lili became extremely popular, few realizing a man had stood in for them. Lili than took on a public life of her own, and Greta often introduced Lili as her sister. Eventually, Einar / Lili decided to commit to gender reassignment surgery, a dangerous and experimental procedure at the time. Greta stood beside her husband until his transformation was complete, and then their marriage was declared null and void by the King of Denmark.
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