Work Week Wind Down

As I mentioned here, I don't totally love Coldplay's first single off their forthcoming album Mylo Xyloto [which drops on my birthday peeps!], but I actually really enjoyed the video for "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and wanted to share it with you guys for your Friday.

We also have the new video from Sara Bareilles for "Gonna Get Over You". This is one of my top 5 favorite songs on this album [ but really the entire thing is phenominal. Check out my (now incomplete) review here, but definitely buy the album, especially if you have a space reserved in your heart for cheesy girl music like me.] Jonah Hill directed this video and its a pretty fun way to get your Friday started!

And finally, I am somewhat embarassed to say that I recently purchased the Demi Lovato album, but I am not embarssed at all tos ay that I am completely obsessed with her single "Skyscraper". I enjoy the self empowerment message [see about about cheesy girly music], but more importantly homegirl can actually sing. She's been through a lot this year- Your Friend Lela is sending her best wishes and mucho success.

Trashy TV: Monday-Friday

Glee started back this week and as most of you know, it's one of my very favorite shows, but I happen to be on vacation and taking a small break from the blog. I believe this video below explains the season opener pretty well. And that's what you missed on......Sesame Street?

[How did they find a puppet to look just like Sue Sylvester and even on that looks like it has a touch of Down?]

Happy Hump Day

I heard this little ditty on the way in to work this morning and thought I should share.

Movie Review: Contagion

In a world where very scary, incredibly infectious diseases can be created by slight contact and spread like wildfire, where millions upon millions of people die and have to be buried in body bags, where a disease mutates and multiplies faster than anyone can create an anti-body for it, you have: CONTAGION.

Oh wait. That world is our world.

I went and saw Contagion with my friend Jonathan on Thursdsay night [Nuni shout out!] and for the most part really enjoyed it. There wasn't anything specific that I didn't like about it, but it somehow fell slightly short of what I expected it to be. Everyone who's anyone is in this movie [Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Lawrence Fishburn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and the list goes on and on] and while the star studded cast does provide some fairly stellar acting, the movie still falls short.

Essentially, the movie opens with Gwyneth Paltrow being one of the first people in America do contract this deadly disease. Matt Damon plays her husband, who is luckily immune from the scary, scary virus. We then go on a roller coaster ride surrounding Damon's character and his daughter [who may or may not be immune], to Fishburn's character who is a head at the Centers for Disease Control where they are desperately trying to put a stop to this stubborn virus, to Kate Winslet who works for Fishburn's character and is sent "into the field" which happens to be Matt Damons home time. That is just scratching the surface of the jumbled complications of this film.

In my opinion, it's definitely worth watching because the creepiest of movies are the ones that could actually happen, and ladies and gentlemen, this story line was only slightly left of real. A friend of mine was telling me about a book called The Hot Zone which is a terrifying true story of how the Ebola virus almost came to America. So the stuff in the movie is not all science fiction, it's legitimately something that could happen. The Center for Disease Control even issued a letter answering the inevitable questions that would arise upon the release of the movie.

My final two cents? Wash your hands, see the movie, but wait til it's out on DVD. You'll be less skeeved out in the comfort of your own home and may even enjoy your popcorn.

Music Monday...

It is a dreary, rainy Monday and I'm not mad about it at all [although I do wish I were napping!]. Here's a little music for the mood.

Music Monday

While the passing of Amy Winehouse will always be seen as a tragedy, especially now that the world knows she died from trying so hard to get clean, she will most likely always be known as a legend. It's only appropriate that the last song she recorded was with another legend, Tony Bennett.

Everyone's A Winner!

The 2011 Emmy's were last night, and while I didn't watch [despite my love for television, the Emmys are a total snooze fest to me], you know I still have to do a fashion recap. I was surprised when looking at over a hundred photos this morning that the fashion was actually quite phenomenal. There were only a handful of looks like the ones below, that I didn't fully enjoy.

Would be totally fine with this dress if it didn't have the belly cut out. Really Gwyneth, we get it, you're in better shape than the rest of the world. I still don't need to see it.

Sorry my beloved Kyle, but this dress just ain't cuttin the mustard!

Are these real people or wax figurines? Why is Seal glistening so?

She looks lovely but this look gets a NO because she is too young to have her chichi's out like that!

This dress is actually pretty lovely, but i feel like it ages Diana about 15 years. You gotta do strapless and sparkles when you're young lady love. Save the blue satin for your forties!

This dress is just too close to her skin tone. It is slightly skeeving me out.

But as for the rest of Emmy fashion, I really felt like everyone did an outstanding job! Which look is your favorite?

Classic and lovely, yet super sexy in red!

This column dress looks amazing on her figure. It's simple yet not boring, an excellent combo.

Beautiful as always. Lovin that the ladies are rockin the red.

To be honest, I was slightly on the fence about this one, but she just looks so great over all that i had to give her a thumbs up.

Loving this look. Wouldn't this be a fun wedding dress?

This dress is absolutely to die for. I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

Love it

Love the blue metallics. How fun!

I'm pretty sure that only Joel McHale could rock a powder blue tux jacket and still look smokin hot.

Meow, meow!! Again with the blue metallics- absolutely loving this trend!

Sophia always brings it. This Vera Wang is out.of.the.park!

Darren Criss....yum.

Love the variation on the lace dress by going with a grey tone. Very chic.

Sparkle, sparkle, meow, meow!

Va-Va-Va-Voom!!!

I do really like this dress on her, but I wish the color was perhaps a bit darker. This shade washes her out a bit.

love it!

Again, another red carpet look that would transition seamlessly to a wedding celebration. This dress is beyond elegant.

I think Giuliana looks gorgeous, but please please please eat something. I'm not buying that there's not an issue here. Italian women are simply NOT naturally THAT thin.

love

LOVE. What a perfect reflection of her personality

Yes please.

She was a total bitch in Mildred Pierce, but this dress is perfection.

The hair is whack, but the dress is WOW.

Love it, love it.

Obsession of the Day

Shobop's new wedding boutique. The world's favorite [or maybe just my favorite?] site for low to high end designer looks is now compiling pieces into a wedding boutique. With categories from Wedding Dresses to Bridesmaids Dresses to Lingerie to Honeymoon, they really cover any occasion you could think of that surrounds a wedding. I imagined that most of the pieces would be high end and therefore very expensive, but there are some very reasonably priced dresses! Check out some of my favorites below.

Temperley London, $1795.00

[Love this. So elegant yet simple.]

Kaelen, $1,125.00

Nightcap Clothing, $630.00

[That is a STEAL for such a gorgeous dress. Beautiful for a winter wedding]

Notte, by MARCHESA, $930.00

[Will I ever have $930 for my wedding dress budget? Not unless this blog picks up some steam! However, spending less than a grand on a MARCHESA gown is yet another steal.]

Reem Acra, $5500.00

[Die. So Pretty.]

Rachel Zoe, $595.00

[This dress is very romantic, and a little more in my personal price range.]

Temperley London, $1,495.00

[So chic!]

Thread Social, $1,225.00

[This is as close to a princess dress as you'd ever see me, but I love that the skirt is removable and it leaves you with a super sexy party dress.]

Notte by MARCHESA, $895.00

[Another winner at a winning price point. #WINNING]

ADAM, $346.50 (on sale)

[Um, YES PLEASE. For my own personal style, I love love love love love this dress. Would it be too weird if I bought it now and found the groom later? What a deal!]

Halston Heritage, $447.50 (on sale)

[This dress is so, so pretty. Enough said.]

Trashy Tv: Monday-Friday, NEWS EDITION

Ladies and Gentlemen of the blog, did you just feel the earth rumble beneath you? Did you see a volcano erupt out of nowhere? Is a tsunami headed towards your office building? If so, don't fear, it is not the apocalypse, but rather the earth is as stunned as I am that four castmembers from The Real Housewives of New York have been fired. Fired!

Cindy Barshop, Kelly Bensimon, Alex McCord [a founding cast member] and Jill Zarin [also a founding castmember] have all been giving the axe, according to the Huffington Post. I think this is a very interesting, if not somewhat confusing, development. I agree there needs to be some fresh blood [since Cindy did not add anything interesting to the show at all this past season], but I'm not sure that I totally agree with getting rid of Jill. If they were going to do this, I almost wish they would've just scrapped them all and started from scratch. It seems to me that everything just got to such a jumbled point that the producers heard themselves saying, "Who's gonna fix this? SANTA?!" and then they knew that it was time for some change.

I will certainly miss the crazy......kind of. Here's a tribute to the craziness that has happened in the past couple of seasons. enjoy!

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