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Stuff! Why is it cool? Because I said so!
Yes, it is your favorite
Pop Culture Diva guiding you through the rough waters of the rest of 2003.
Hopefully, you got a big kick out of the KYI Superstore for the first part of
2003, which notably brought you the TOP country music CDs, the books Seabiscuit: An
American Legend and The Devil Wears Prada: A Novel, and the My Big Fat Greek
Wedding DVD!
But now
what? In a year that can very underestimatedly be called "bumpy"
for just about everybody -- the economy that keeps drooping, the fighting
overseas which is clearly not over with, and thank your lucky stars if you have
a job right now! -- what in the world could be next? Well, you know I
got that covered! C'mon and scroll along with me...
Overall, movies have been a big letdown this year (and don't
get me started on Gigli!).
At least it's made people appreciate the entertainment value of a good book--!
Check out the titles below...
1) The books everybody wants to read -- or have read already!
Could Katharine Hepburn keep something -- like a tell-almost-all book --
under her hat or what?? Secretly written for twenty years (!), check out Kate
Remembered by A. Scott Berg.
Maria
Dibattista's Fast-Talking Dames
talks about some of my favorite movies and roles, including the
fast-talking dame masterpiece featured on the book's cover, Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell in His
Girl Friday!
Seriously, though, Justin put the mouse ears away a long time ago, and
is Justified
in becoming a real force to be reckoned with in the music world. C'mon
and Rock
Your Body!
My eyes just about popped out of my head when I first saw
the video for Jewel's
song, Intuition, but once you get that it's supposed to be so
over-the-top, it's really fun.
Sean Paul has taken the US by storm pretty much out of the box, both
with his own songs, like Get
Busy, as well as appearances on
other artists' tunes. Get busy
indeed!
ROCK: There's some great things going on in rock music, too.
Here's who's impressed me so much this year...
All I can say when I hear this near symphony of a song (and see
the video) is WOW!This band is simply amazing. Get the version of
the single that includes the video!: Bring
Me to Life (Enhanced) by Evanescence
If you're not feeling the gothic drama of Evanescence, ya gotta be able
to get into Coldplay's
Clocks, THE coolest song this year! Watch
the video!
NEWEST MUSIC LOVER'S NECESSITY: Got your Apple iPod yet?
Whattaya mean, "No"--?! With artists themselves sportin' them in their
music videos, like Mary
J. Blige in her Love @ 1st Sight music video, ya better catch up!
1) MOVIES: The buzz is all about B-movies
and cult movies this year -- especially the titles getting A-level remake
treatments this year (most notably -- and unfortunately, because there's
just not a way a remake could be any good -- The
Texas Chainsaw Massacre). With a nod to the list compiled by Entertainment
Weekly magazine earlier this year, here are some modern day cult flicks!
Office
Space As the Entertainment Weekly article pointed out, the advertising
poster really hurt this film. No, that's not some big bird guy covered in
feathers, it's a guy covered with yellow post-it notes! Get it? Got it?
Good! Find out more at the Office
Space Movie Fan Site hosted at Bullsh*tJob.com -- only, y'know,
without the asterisk--!
The
Big Lebowski Maybe you never saw this movie, or any of your friends, or any
of your family, or any of your co-workers, or... wait, what was my point?
Ah, screw it -- what other film do YOU know of, outside of your usual Star
Trekkers, that has its own annual Big
Lebowski What-Have-You Fest?!
Psycho
Beach Party Ok, how to explain Charles
Busch's oh-so-homo 1960s murder mystery/Frankie & Annette beach party
movie parody? Oh, wait, I think I just did :>! Lead role "Chicklet"
was gender re-cast with Lauren Ambrose (currently starring on HBO's Six
Feet Under), making the main relationship(s) in the film het, but you'll catch
on. Also stars "what I did on hiatus from my TV show" actors
Thomas Gibson (starred on ABC's Dharma & Greg), Nicholas Brendon
(starred on UPN/WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and Beth Broderick
(starred on ABC/WB's Sabrina the Teenage Witch).
Valley
Girl
One of life's little mysteries will always be that the poster for this
film, a drawing, is dead on for lead Nicolas Cage, and then
features a blond female standing beside him who looks NOTHING like the the
film's star, Deborah Foreman. What??! Whatever!!
Anyway, see the film's two CD soundtracks below. Oh,
why are there two soundtracks? They're not tryin' ta milk ya, it's
just that the first one didn't (couldn't?) include such major tunes
from the film as the Sparks' "Eaten by the Monster of Love (Don't Let
It Get Me!)" and Bonnie Hayes's "(They Got A Name for) Girls
Like Me." Like, gag me with a spoon!!
Frank
Zappa's Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
The album/CD from Frank Zappa that includes the song, "Valley
Girl," a "duet" of sorts with daughter Moon
Zappa, that started it all! Like, oh-mi-god!, it was all
supposed to be a joke, but a lot went over 1980s America's
head...!
Plus did you know Mystery
Science Theater 3000, a TV show responsible for bringing attention to bunches
of obscure movies (worthy or not!), is out on DVD?
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Brain That Wouldn't Die DVD Dr. F and Frank have picked a real winner for Mike's first experiment, but will the sci-fi saga of "Jan in the Pan" and her mad doctor boyfriend break Mr. Nelson and the bots? Mystery Science Theater 3000: Manos: The Hands Of Fate DVD What movie could possibly be so bad that Dr. Forrester and Frank actually apologize to Joel and the bots for showing it? How about this low-budget horror outing of a Satanic cult, a vacationing family, and Torgo the handyman? Mystery Science Theater 3000: Red Zone Cuba DVD From the opening credits, when John Carradine(!) sings the theme song, you can tell this twisted Coleman Francis thriller will give Mike and the bots a workout!
2) TV: Now your favorite TV shows can be found on DVD! Make up
your own "Must See TV" schedule! Watch your favorite shows, in
episodes that are uncut! No commercials! Bunches of extras!! Check out the
current selection below.
Finding Nemo
(2003) VHS In this spectacular animated family adventure from Pixar Studios, young clownfish Nemo is separated from his anxiety-ridden widower father Marlin on the first day of school. After Marlin discovers Nemo has been captured by a diver and placed in a dentist's office aquarium in Sydney, he frantically tries to rescue him with help from a forgetful blue tang named Dory. With voices by Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush and Barry Humphries. 100 min.
Finding Nemo [DVD]
(2003) DVD In this spectacular animated family adventure from Pixar Studios, young clownfish Nemo is separated from his anxiety-ridden widower father, Marlin, on the first day of school. After Marlin discovers Nemo has been captured by a diver and placed in a dentist office aquarium in Sydney, he frantically tries to rescue him with help from a forgetful blue tang named Dory. With voices by Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould, Willem Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush and Barry Humphries. 100 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, French Dolby Digital 5.1 EX, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 EX; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; bonus short "Knick Knack" (1989); games; more. Two-disc set.
As Seen on TV -- The Best of the Muppet Show Collection, all 15 volumes! Exclusively sold by Time Life Video in conjunction with The Jim Henson Company. The most sensational, Muppetational show on TV is back. These hilarious, uncut episodes are filled with the skits, music hits, guest stars, and Muppet(TM) moments you love...plus some extra tunes and sketches never before available
