Dakota Fanning Grows Up And Runs Away

March 17, 2010

in Celebrities, Movies

Dakota Fanning told Parade.com, “I’m ready to have people see me in a different way.” Fanning and Kristen Stewart star in The Runaways, a biopic about Joan Jett and Cherie Currie and their all-girl band. Dakota Fanning plays some gritty scenes in this movie and she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart

Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart attend The Runaways Los Angeles Premiere, March 11, 2010 - Photo by PR Photos

Thomas

Chess Claymation

March 13, 2010

in Art

I found this fun claymation video of a chess game via the latest SmashingMagazine.com post.

Thomas

Best Actor — Jeff Bridges

March 8, 2010
Jeff Bridges and wife Susan Geston

The 82nd Academy Awards started off with song and dance man, Neil Patrick Harris, who delivered a solid performance of a witty song. I laughed out loud several times as Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin joked with members of the audience. The comedic duo were good-natured throughout…

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Stormi Bree Henley

February 28, 2010
Stormi Bree Henley

Stormi Bree Henley, Miss Teen USA 2009, is conspicuous among all the beautiful people attending fashion week in New York City this month. Those who lost the crown to her have nothing to be ashamed of.

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AnnaLynne McCord — Front And Center

February 27, 2010
AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Szohr, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mena Suvari

If you and I were rich and famous, we would be invited to sit in the front row at fashion shows too. AnnaLynne McCord, Jessica Szohr and others are taking photos of favorite dresses. No doubt, seating them in front will pay dividends in more than one way…

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Ryan Bingham — The Weary Kind

February 21, 2010
Ryan Bingham & T Bone Burnett

Ryan Bingham is one of those artists who is hard to classify. His IMDB page reads: “Americana/country-folk”. That’s probably correct, but I also hear rock and blues in his songs. So, however he is classified in the record store, he is a very fine and unique artist…

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Katie Holmes Attends Hermès Store Opening

February 11, 2010
Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes, Hermes, Madison Avenue — what a perfect fit!

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Bob Dylan — Things Have Changed

February 6, 2010

Bob Dylan is the greatest song writer of his generation and the generation that followed. I know that’s subjective, but any way you measure talent Dylan comes out on top; longevity, relevance, complexity, layered meanings, etc…

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Rihanna Holds Court

January 17, 2010
Rihanna

Rihanna attended the Clippers, Cavaliers game Saturday, January 16 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Cleveland won by one point. There are pictures of Rihanna cheering, though I don’t know which team she cheered for. However, none of the other pictures captured her beauty and apparent tranquility like this one.

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Marion Cotillard

January 16, 2010
Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard is a French actress who, in 2007, won an Academy Award for Actress in a Leading Role. La Vie en Rose was the movie for which she won. Her win marked the first time an actress had been awarded the Best Actress Award for a French language film. She also won a Golden Globe for that role.

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Darryl Lee Rush — Irrelevant

January 10, 2010

Irrelevant is a great song by Darryl Lee Rush performed at The Granada Theater in Dallas, Texas. Don Gallia plays harmonica beautifully.

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Review: The Last Dickens By Matthew Pearl

December 26, 2009

Matthew Pearl is the best selling author of The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow. In his latest novel, The Last Dickens, Mr. Pearl takes on one of literatures greatest mysteries: How was Charles Dickens going to end The Mystery of Edwin Drood?

In 1870 Charles Dickens died, having published only six installments of his final novel…

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