DAVID LYNCH INTRODUCING "INLAND EMPIRE"

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INLAND EMPIRE - lynch does it agin

and by that I mean blow my mind....

I had the wonderful opportunity to see the premiere of this film, INLAND EMPIRE, due to the sheer awesomeness of my friend Matt. The premiere took place at Walter Reade Theater this past Saturday and was followed with a Q & A with David Lynch and cast. As an excited audience, I was pleasantly pleased by the additional premiere of Lynch's own brand of coffee, which was passed out for free by his company. Know I know why this guy loves coffee so much!!

The movie begins and all I can say, other than my review below is what an awesome ride it was. I was incredibly impressed and thought that a DVD camera was perfect for the man known for his blurred out darkness and terrifying close ups of his main characters. After the movie I pratically run into Laura Dern and Ben Harper on my way to the bathroom - as a girl you need to go when you think the line is the shortest and I must say what an attractive and adorable couple they make.

The Q & A begins and I totally understand why I have loved this director for so long. He spoke quite genuinely but with the succintness of a bitter grandpa. Dern gushed on how wonderful a process this project was for her and Justin Theroux, her costar, explained the path he went on working with Lynch. After a few silly questions from the audience and one touching on the role of meditation not only in Lynch's daily life but its obvious reach now into his art, Lynch pretty much explains his entire catolog and career. He says that there are two kinds of people out there, those who need everything in a movie to be explained to them and those who love leaving a theater without questions. He himself, he says, is the latter and believes his audiences is as well. And I have to say that after being a fan of his for so long, I bleieve this man has changed me into the latter in a lot of aspects of my life.

But the ultimate part of the night was being able to meet Ms. Dern and Mr. Lynch, with some waiting around and dorking out. Matt left to head downtwon for the midnight shoew of LOST HIGHWAY so I was left alone and not thinking about who was gonna snap my pics with these guys. Well Ben Harper was nice enough to oblige me for a pic with his wife and a lovely audience member helped out with Daivd's. When the pic was taken, Lynch took the camera from me to make sure the photo came out well" He also invited a few bystanders to a meditation lecture early in the next year. Lynch after all this time is an approachable, witty and comfortable being. And Dern is super pretty in person.

See my pics below and read the review. INLAND EMPIRE premieres in NYC Wednesday, December 6th. EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHECK IT OUT!!!!

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INLAND EMPIRE REVIEW
All I can say about INLAND EMPIRE is thank you for inviting me on the ride Mr. Lynch? The reality blurring and intense three hour journey is one that has not easily left my mind and made me exited about cinema again. Shot with a Sony digital video camera and without a script, Lynch manages to weave in between reality and surreal dreams with ease. INLAND EMPIRE begins with a comedic view of Nikki, played beautifully by Laura Dern, and her new role as Sue in a Hollywood movie. Jeremy Irons plays the all too cliche director brilliantly and Harry Dean Stanton as Irons' right hand man on the set makes me thankful this man still works. With Justin Theroux as Dern's costar Devon, we watch the cast film a movie that might be all too real for the stars.

Per usual Lynch, the next two hours drag you out of the Hollywood we see on the screen and brings us into a world only this man can create. With chorus style breaks given by a rabbit headed sitcom, voiced by some of Lynch's previous stars and fairly haunting story about a Polish young girl leaked through Sue's unconcious, we arent sure whether Nikki or Sue are the real main character. With frequent changes between nowadays smutty Hollywood, winter wonderland Poland and a working class backyard, Dern connects us with whomever she is portraying at the moment. She easily convinces us she is a murderous hooker one moment and a confused starlet the next. Dern proves to us in this film why Lynch found it fitting a few weeks to park himself and a cow on the corner of a busy LA street and market for the much deserved Oscar nomination.

Through the eyes of pieced together digital video art, Lynch brings us his most artistic film to date. While the viewer cant figure out where EMPIRE has been nor where its going, we do see a beautiful version of a city that has fueled much of Lynch's recent work as well as it being destroyed. I felt a sense of Lynch's personality shine through this movie, where it begins as almost a campy 50's film glorifying the industry that has become more difficult for Lynch and his kind to maneuver around and merges with a dark, mysterious and often times terrifying glimpse of surrealism. When the endearing, yes I said endearing, credits role, the viewer isnt able to sum up what they just viewed in a few sentences. David Lynch has managed to make sure the viewer leaves pondering what just happened and the man loves it this way. If you are looking for a movie which not only leave you curious, but entangled in multilayered world of "is this really out there?", you must see this film.

And to take a cue from the previous post...

Lets talk about who's gonna be big in the upcoming years...

Some of you may not know I have a great gift for predicting the up and coming stars in Hollywood. Most of the time I get it so right it hurts and there are other times where I just assume Britney Spears will be a one hit wonder. Ooops, lets not go there.

In the past, I have pin pointed the upcoming leaps of:
1. Christina Aguilera
2. Scarlet Johanson
3. Kelly Ripa
4. Josh Duhamel
5. Hilary Duff
6. Lindsay Lohan
7. Michelle Trachtenberg
8. Kate Hudson
9. Amanda Bynes - I picked her when I was 14

There have been a few missteps on the way...
Examples: Alex Mack (cant remember her real name), the youngest sister from Step by Step, Jordana Brewster, Vinessa Shaw......the list can go on....

So lets talk about my picks for the next few years of stars moving up the ladder.....


1.Hayden Panettiere

The youngest cast member of "Heroes", NBC's biggest and most deserved hit of the Fall 2006 season. Panettiere has alot of qualities that make a young actress a star. One, she's adorable. Two, she's pretty good at both comedy and she's MARKETABLE. This girl can move easily from a Nickelodeon program to a hard hitting episode of Law and Order to an independent movie and not skip a beat. After seeing her in the movie she did with Kate Hudson, I knew this girl was headed towards the big time. She now has a Neutrogena contract and an MTV reality start boyfriend, so she know she has it. Lets just hope she continues to eat, doesn't party too much and breaks all ties with Paris Hilton. If she does, she is on her way to being a pretty big deal in Hollywood.


2. Evan Rachel Wood

Although I hated her most recent film "Running with Scissors", I thought she was
marvelous in the movie. Ms. Wood has all the characteristics of a huge movie star - pretty face, huge range and again, marketability. After seeing her in "Thirteen", I knew she was probably the next Scarlet, but nowI'm thinking she has the capability of being much larger than that. Evan has alot more going for her than her baritone coworker. And apparently she is already making the rounds in Hollywood and hanging with Marilyn Manson. With her penchant for choosing gripping indies, this girl has buzz worthy written all over her. Its gonna be interesting to see which way she goes.


3. Kristin Stewart

Although her resume is still small, I think this girl is gonna be a hit - either
going the way of dedicated actress or indie cult hit! After her turn in Panic Room, I could see she had chops. But it a Lifetime move - oh hush!!!! - that really made me see big things for this girl. She is already doing theTribecca and Sundance circuit and easily follow in Ms. Wood's steps. Lets hope so!

So I guess this is where I start talking about guys and to be honest, I'm not as good as predicting their stardom or hell even possibility of a continuous career. But I am pretty sure that Will Farrell is headed towards Tom Hanks style stardom and Jim from the office could be the next Paul Rudd. Who knows?

Who do you all think are on their way up the Hollywood Ladder??

ok so this is going to start out sounding lame...

But as I was watching "One Tree Hill" and by the way for the first time ever....I realized a few things..

One, Tv on the Radio is going to be big big big...This band is one of those great things to come out of New York, Brooklyn respectively, and hopefully will be setting the world on fire...not just critics and hip kids....although, that isnt a bad crowd to hype you up.

Second, I miss playing sports and alot more than I thought I ever would. When the nerdy high school basketball announcer started his jibber jabbering about how sports teams can show people and their moments of greatness, I was forced to agree. There havent been many moments that I have had that have completely overwhelmed me as winning the game after being down 10 points, catching the final strike to win the game or throwing the ball to a player just off the bench. And maybe thats what I have been missing so much the past few years. Or maybe its just the lack of performance and the routine crap I do every day without an audience. I went from dancing and singing to playing sports to sitting on my ass and watching tv. And I m one hundred percent sure I liked the way things used to be and so do my abs.

So how does a girl in her mid 20's get that back in her life without joining the community theater to do a performance of "Cyrano de Bergerac"???? Any ideas, please let me know.....

This country is opposed to gay couples having children, but we celebrate this woman's ability....

America\'s Sweethearts

I was going to post the non-underwear wearing Britney "I'm a hoe again"
Spears pictures on this blog, but I cant bring myself to do it...here
are the unedited versions at
oh no they didnt


I think the fact that this woman has been lucky enough to move herself out of some back roads trailer in Kentucky is amazing. I thought it was hysterical that she married some wannabe ghetto rapper within 6 months of meeting him, right after he impregnated his quite fertile girlfriend. And what was even better that this woman had the audacity to bring two children into this messed up world and not seem to realize she had some explaining to do.....

So when she told the world she was divorcing K-Fed almost 3 weeks ago, I thought " Finally, someone got into this girls head and is setting her straight." I did
not expect to see this girl out tramping around with Hilton or Lohan....Now, to be honest, I could give a crap what Hilton or Lohan do. In fact, if I was rich and had the power to do what they were doing, I most likely would be. Partying all night and baking in the sun all day, withalot of shopping and starving themselves in the meantime .

But Britney is different - yes she is young, rich and newly single - BUT SHE IS A MOTHER!!!!!! She needs to be raising her children in a nice, comfy home with loving parents - even if its only one - but both of you cant be fucked up....and too bad sweetie you picked this idiot to have children with.

Which brings back to my main point, what would the people who don't want a loving gay/lesbian couple who have put aside paryting, single bars, and clubbing to the sedentary couple life most of us inherit with long term relationships not to have children, but believe it is okay that Britney and K-Fed bred? How come assholes who basically piss on the idea and "sanctity" of marriage like the previously mentioned couple or someone like Pamela Anderson and White Trash Kid Rock aren't being attacked by the Religious Right? How come some pastor in Colorado isn't getting all upset about whats going on with the Southern/Midwestern stars currently living in
Hollywood and pissing all over marriage??? Maybe the reflection in the magazines with Britney's face is too close for comfort.

So once and all - Britney - buy some undies - I know you have the cash. Hell, send me your manager's address or whoever been suckered into representing you this week, along with Hilton's and Lohan's and in the spirit of Christmas, I'll buy all three of you a couple of pairs of drawers.

l've got hoes...in the 90210 area code

But in the meantime, if you are going to go commando you idiots, at least have the decency to keep your legs closed in front of the cameras. The world has enough airborne diseases.

SHE' S ALIVE!!! SHE' S ALIVE!!!!

Ok for many of us, the horrid tales of Natasha Lyonne and her battle with addiction and Michael Rapport were getting too much. One day she was wrecking Michael's apartment, next day she was on life supprt from her battle with Hepatitis C. And since it has been a long ass time since we have seen her in the light of day, all of these stories could be believed.

But finally, the paparazzi have found Ms. Lyonne and I have to say, she looks good. I actually thought it was Hilary Duff before the grotesque anorexic look Duff is sporting nowadays.

Although it just pictures and not really an interview with Ms. Lyonne, we know if you are chain smoking cigs, out shopping and keeping up with the newest trends ala Nicole Richie...you must doing A-Ok in the health department.


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so the 14 year old girl in me is ecstatic....

ok ok..... so i usually am not so pleasantly pleased with the breakups of Hollywood couples.. obviously I am kidding, but the news today of Carmen Electra & Dave Navarro splitting up made me sad and giddy at the same time..

And let me preface, I am one of those gossip loving dames who usually has some sort of appreciation for what these celebrities to bring to the table. I' m not one of those H-O-Hs... you know, Haters of Hollywood. I talk about and read about it because, well I love it....which is why this post is so interesting....

The 14 year old girl in me is ecstatic that Dave Navarro is once again single...being that he was the first weird celebrity crush when real relationships were a possibility...basically i was obsessed.. AND the 25 year old woman in me is super excited that Carmen Electra is away from that D-List loser.. The lady with the best boob job in all of Hollywood, and that is quite a feet deserves a real man, not some awkward narcisistic lameo who was more talented when he was 18 then he is now....Shes too hot for him and with all the money she has been able to "rack" in with just celebrity status....I am sure she can find another man....

For more on the lameo press release that apparently was quickly shoved out there in time for a "I told you so!!!!" issue of STAR, US or the ramainder of the gossipies that never seem to arrive on my doorstep before they are on the newstand, hit this link

Boo to Idol....

This week was bad....and boring....and flat!!!

Come on...these are the best in the country???

Chris finally stepped back up to the plate to give his own edge and was the only contestant to not go flat. And Elliott was magnificent.....

Its either Kellie, Paris or Taylor going home...

Who feels me....

Tom leaving Scientology

As reported on Bricks and Stones....a favorite of mine....

It has been alleged on fastened that Cruise's involvement in Scientology may be less than voluntary: "Tom Cruise became psychotic during a secret Scientology initiation in which one is told that rather than being one person, one is composed of thousands of aliens from all over the universe fighting for control of your body. After completing this initiation, known as OT III, Tom appeared sickly with black circles under his eyes and pasty skin. He said he wanted to be away from Scientology for good. He just wanted to go back to Hollywood and his home and be left alone by Scientology. This would not happen; David Miscavige ordered Cruise could not be let go. Scientology worked on Cruise day and night until he finally returned to Scientology." This quote was part of an interview with Scientology defector Jesse Prince [25].
posted by Bricks and Stones at Thursday, April 20, 2006

Heres a bit more info on this: and by the way...all of this is allegedly..hehee

This is actually true. Tom Cruise can not leave Scientology for multiple reasons.
First, Scientology has been "hiding" Tom's real sexual preference for men for almost 20 years now. Second, Tom not only wanted to leave the church, but also "come out", but if he did Scientology would literally ruin his life because they do not believe in "being gay". This a very well known story within Hollywood. Scientology protects many of their other male celeb members as well.
During the Nicole and Tom divorce, the private investigator I am sure recorded many conversations regarding this situation and thats why he says if his tapes go public both Nicole and Tom will lose any following with the public. Katie Holmes was not the only person involved with Tom who has received a pay out!

ACE IS OUT!!!!

and there is no way Chris was in the final two!!!!

I smell a setup!!!

American Idol

Ok.. I know....but how can you not....

Tonight's top three:

Katherine
Chris
Elliott

I know not everyone is into elliot, but I like him....But tonight I thought most contestants actually performed well....as opposed to last weeks debacle.....

we'll see tomorrow night..

The Tomkitten has arrive

According to People.com, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have welcomed Suri into their family. Conveniently, Katie was out and about shopping two days ago and today, at some point popped out a kid in silent brith.

Cant wait to see who these two sell the kids pics to.

Hope they are saving up for the kid's rehab stay...because we all know its going to happen.

the spawn of tomkat and other musings

since this is my first post, we'll go slowly....

how come the world is buying into katie holmes and tom cruise... i understand that we are a country who cares more who win American Idol than about the person who runs the country, but come on.

tom cruise did not impregnate that woman and we all know that....

too bad they couldnt make the due date the day before MI:3 ' s opening weekend....