Loving House of DVF

I just watched the first episode of House of DVF and I am living life through these girls.

There are eight girls competing to be the global brand ambassador for DVF and each week one will get booted off until a winner is crowned. 

I would LOVE to have that opportunity and be in their shoes. Not their literal shoes, I couldn't walk in Louboutins tbh but you get what I mean. While I couldn't be global brand ambassador for DVF, you know as it's a women's clothing company and being able to wear the clothes would help, working in communications there would be a dream.  

Now that I'm in 2nd year of my degree (finally) I am really looking into career routes and communications or advertising in a fashion house seems idyllic right now. I'd also like radio or presenting too. Loads of fingers, loads of pies. 

Nonetheless I am hooked on the show which airs on E! Abigail is my favourite so far, her one liners are HILARE

I've Just Finished Reading Pines by Blake Crouch

After desperately trying to hunt it down, I finally found and finished Pines by Blake Crouch.

The first book of the Wayward Pines series came to my attention when I saw FOX had picked it up for a TV adaptation starring Matt Dillon. And it did not disappoint.

The story centres around Secret Service Agent Ethan Burke, who is sent out on a mission to the town of Wayward Pines to find two agents who had previously gone but mysteriously disappeared. Uncomfortable and peculiar circumstances make Agent Burke draw the conclusion that Wayward Pines is no ordinary town, and that he must get out of there ASAP.

The book is well-written and depicts scenarios and settings beautifully without Crouch appearing pompous in his knowledge of the vernacular. An easy read but an intense one at that that has you rooting for the protagonist as if you were him yourself, suffocating and fighting to get out.

While the story didn't go in the direction I thought it would, I was pleased how everything was explained and it piqued my interest as to where the series will go next. I've already started book two.

I highly recommend it if it sounds like it's up your street.

True Blood Is Giving Me Life (Or Death)

True Blood returned to our screens this week for what is it's final season. *Blood Tear*

*SPOILERS*

Airing Sundays on HBO, True Blood Season 7 opened with a bang and then some! The slight time jump was done brilliantly and I had to check myself to ensure I hadn't actually skipped an episode. The opening sequence at the newly branded Bellefleur's was IN-TENSE. Deeply saddened that was how we said goodbye to our beloved Tara but it set up up for what is going to, hopefully, be a season of shocks and twists. Love how Andy's fairy daughter, I don't care much for her name, was all like, 'I trust you Jessica!' and saved her. Cute. I hope that man who apparently ran against Sam for Mayor dies pronto, I don't think I could hack him for a full season. And I am living for Pam being all badass and 'My God hates me'.

After what I believe to have been a lacklustre past two seasons, I have high hopes that this could be the stand-out season of the entire series. I like the premise of this one, the good VS bad vampires and how this could be the end etc etc. The cast also appears to be the strongest it's been in a while which adds to my high hopes.

What I'm hoping for this season is; More Jason (less clothed), Sookie to finally rid herself of man troubles, Pam to continue being the fierce bitch we all know she is but become even more fierce & reunite with Eric, Jessica to stop beating herself up and be happy, Mrs. Fortenberry to be killed in a savage attack (I hate that woman) and for some meteorite or something to blow up Bon Temps 'cause the place is a mess, let's be real.

You can catch the ' In the Weeks Ahead' promo for True Blood here here.

Once Upon A Time's New Witch Is Wickedly Charming

Once Upon A Time kicked off season 3B last week, Sunday 9th, with a feisty new antagonist in tow.

Lost alum and English rose Rebecca Mader made her debut on the show as Storybrooke resident Zelena, also known as, The Wicked Witch of the West. And she is perfect.

Rocking the green skin and enchanting audiences with her English accent, Mader makes it extremely difficult for the audience to dislike her, even though she is wicked. She is almost like a naughty schoolgirl, knowing exactly what she's doing wrong and smirking away behind the teachers' back while entertaining onlookers.

Having just found out in last night's episode (SPOILER) that herself and Regina, the Evil Witch, are half-sisters, it'll be interesting to see how their relationship develops, especially since Zelena's purpose is all out revenge for Regina.

Although Mader is only guest-starring during this Springtime story arc, seeing how much of an impact she has already made after only two episodes makes me believe she could be sticking around for a lot longer and that is fine by me!

Once Upon A Time airs Sundays on ABC at 8|7c

Looking Needs To Look A Bit Harder.

HBO's latest drama, Looking, had garnered so much hype before it premiered that people had high expectations. However, those expectations have been met with a lackluster performance.

Now comfortably underway, Looking aired it's third episode over the weekend titled, 'Looking at your Browser History'. Having seen the promo prior to the show, I was very excited to welcome Russell Tovey to the fold as I had loved him in the UK version of Being Human. So far, three episodes in, he is the only character who actually seems to have a personality. Main protagonist Patrick is one of the most annoying I have come across. It's hard to feel anything towards him when he comes across so whiny at times.

Unofficially dubbed the gay version of GIRLS, that is about where the comparisons die. Lena Dunham's creation is smart, emotional & witty from the get-go. It is also relatable to everybody regardless of sexual orientation. The high & lows of a 20 something year old are universal. Looking on the other hand, is just dull. The most action, excuse the pun, happened in the very first scene of the very first episode, where protagonist Patrick cruises in a park & ends up getting with a guy in a bush. Seems wild I know.

I was just hoping  for more. I know the creators want to depict a realistic image of gay life but Christ is my life going to be that boring? It's so far been all about work, work, work. Patrick working hard as a level designer, Agustín failing as an artist & Dom the waiter forevermore. Where are the night clubs & bars? This is The Castro after all! A revolutionary place for the gays. I want to see them go on a night out, pop some Molly and end up in an orgy in the basement of a decrepit apartment block. I want to see Dom serving some wealthy businessman & getting off with him in the loo. I want Agustín to paint his fella like one of his French girls.

Of course, I'll continue to watch. After all it's one of the only, if not the only, shows on TV centered around an all gay cast. I just want it to get more exciting. I cry at thinking that's all I have to look forward to in 8 years time. A dull life, living alone & centered around work.

The Oscar Lowdown - 85th Annual Academy Awards.

The Academy Awards are among my favourite time of the year, the fashion, the red carpet, the backstage gossip & obviously, most importantly, the awards. The 85th Annual Academy Awards kept me thoroughly entertained throughout, albeit Seth MacFarlane's performance as host was mediocre.

I love Seth. I'm a huge fan of Family Guy & American Dad and him being host for the ceremony seemed like a great idea on paper, however when it came down it to it just wasn't all there. To me, it felt as though he was constantly constrained in what he was saying, and I know he probably was, but that's not Seth. He's honest, doesn't hold back and takes the risk with jokes others wouldn't. You could see moments when he would try and let this out i.e When talking about how young Quvenzhané Wallis (9) is he said, " Or in other words, it'll be 16 years until she's too old for Clooney ". Those are the moments he got a reaction from the audience. Laughter mixed with "Oh no he didn't!". Unfortunately, I just found him to be lackluster. There were some other great moments from him, but they were VT's or songs, such as 'We Saw Your Boobs' or his VT with Sally Field where he dressed up as a flying nun - literally. It was the actual script while presenting that was below par. I had high hopes, I thought he was going to be the Ricky Gervais of Oscar presenting but I'd be very surprised if he was asked back.

A new addition to the Oscars format was the Jaws cut-off music. When the winning speeches are going that little bit too long, the orchestra begins to play the famous 'Jaws' sequence which I think is genius & adds humor to the proceedings as opposed to just the winners being ushered of the stage, which can sometimes come across quite rudely. You can see the Jaws music in operation here. Sorry about the quality, YouTube's finest I could find.

50 Years of James Bond was celebrated last night with Halle Berry leading the tribute which was marvelous. The montage which was played looked back at all those who starred in that famous role from Sean Connery to Pierce Brosnan to the current Mr. Craig. The speculation was confirmed when a glistening Dame Shirley Bassey was revealed, who performed a stellar performance of her hit 'Goldfinger'. Giving the spring chickens a run for their money, Dame Shirley proved she's still got 'It' at 76. You can watch her performance in this link. Once again, YouTube's finest.

For the first time ever, The Academy Awards had a theme last night and this year it was 'Music in the Movies', so it was no surprise when the musicals came out in force to 'Give'em the old, razzle dazzle'.
Catherine Zeta-Jones kicked off the musical section with the Chicago hit 'All that Jazz'. Although she was entertaining and looks amazing for her age, I would have liked for her to have sang fully live throughout. I know there is no confirmation she didn't, just from what I saw, she started live and as soon as the dancing began is was straight to 'click play'. Jennifer Hudson was next. Always the star, JHud killed it with her rendition of 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going'. Flawless, emotional and most importantly, live. To no one's surprise the cast of Les Misérables finished off the proceedings. With a collection of songs from the musical including 'Suddenly' & 'One Day More' they showed everyone why they deserved their 8 nominations. You can catch the musical numbers here. Thank you Perez!

The much anticipated return of Adele didn't disappoint. Belting out her Oscar winning 'Best Original Song' Skyfall, she looked and sounded every inch the star that she is, much deserving of the standing ovation she received. I mean really, who doesn't like Adele?! Watch Skyfall.

The memorial part of the proceedings is always a tear-jerker and last night was no exception. Barbra Steisand came out to perform 'The Way We Were', music by the late, great, Marvin Henlisch who was remembered last night after dying last August. It was Barbra's first time back at The Oscars since 1977.

Then came the three big ones. The awards everyone was waiting for. Best Actor, Best Actress & Best Picture. Best Actor went to the ever-dashing, ever so humble, Daniel Day-Lewis for his portrayal as Lincoln in Steven Spielberg movie with the same title. Reports say Daniel is now planning a 5 year sabbatical to live out country life on his Wicklow farm and I don't think anyone is more deserving of the break than the 3 time Academy Award winner.
Jennifer Lawrence walked away with Best Actress but not before taking a fall on her way up to receive the award. Being the witty woman that she is, when she got to the mic, first thing she said was, 'You're all just standing 'cause you feel bad I fell'. With such a charm and way about her, Jennifer is going to go onto great things and I believe this is just the first of many Academy Awards for the star. You can see JLaw's fall here. Oh the magic of gif's.
Michelle Obama made a cameo to help Jack Nicholson present best picture. I hadn't heard anything about this so it came as a pleasant surprise. That Michelle just loves her some air time! She announced the winner in a link from the White House to to very deserving, Argo.
Ben Affleck was emotional beyond words but he still thanked those who he could. His wife, the lovely Jennifer Garner, looked on with love and there was such joy in her eyes for her husband. Ben ended with a phrase that I believe is one many people will be quoting for a long, long time to come, " And it doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life because that's going to happen. All that matters is you gotta get back up ".
I don't think anyone could have ended the speech better themselves.

For one last hurrah, Kristin Chenoweth joined host Seth MacFarlane for an 'Ode to the Losers' song which I found very tongue-in-cheek but was a nice ending to the show.

Before the awards I predicted who I thought was going to win what and you can find my predictions in my blog post here. I don't think 17/24 is that bad? The full list of winners are below.

Winners.

Best Picture: Argo
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway
Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Anna Keranina
Best Director: Ang Lee - Life of Pi
Best Documentary Feature: Searching for Sugar Man
Best Documentary Short: Inocente
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Les Misérables
Best Music - Original Score: Life of Pi
Best Music - Original Song: Adele - Skyfall
Best Production Design: Lincoln
Best Short Film - Animated: Paperman
Best Short Film - Live Action: Curfew
Best Sound Editing: Skyfall/Zero Dark Thirty
Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Best Writing - Original Screenplay: Django Unchained

Thanks for reading & I hope you enjoyed watching as much as I did or at least you enjoyed reading my summary of events.

Adios!

Prediction Place - The 85th Annual Academy Awards

With the 85th annual Academy Awards on tonight I'm quickly gonna give MY predictions on who is gonna win what, then afterwards I'll post in more detail about the ceremony and winners. Some of the categories I am between two choices but to make it more fair & fun I'll just predict one for each. Hopefully I don't make a fool of myself and only get one or two correct.

Best Picture: Argo
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Anne Hathaway
Best Animated Feature Film: Brave
Best Cinematography: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Les Misérables
Best Director: Steven Spielberg
Best Documentary Feature: The Gatekeepers
Best Documentary Short: Redemption
Best Film Editing: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Makeup & Hairstyling: Les Misérables
Best Music - Original Score: Dario Marianelli - Anna Karenina
Best Music - Original Song: Adele - Skyfall
Best Production Design: Anna Karenina
Best Short Film - Animated: Paperman
Best Short Film - Live Action: Curfew
Best Sound Editing: Argo
Best Sound Mixing: Les Misérables
Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay: Argo
Best Writing - Original Screenplay: Zero Dark Thirty

So with that compiled, there are my predictions for tonights proceedings, let's see if my predicting abilities are up to scratch. I would like to have gotten 14/24 correct to be somewhat satisfied. We shall just wait and see.

Adios!

Ru Paul's Slag Race

The latest season of Ru Paul's Drag Race is well & truly underway. Even though it's now on season 5, this is my first time following the competition & I'm actually loving it so far. Not so much the final 15/20 minutes of each episode where the partake in the runway but the absolute BITCHINESS that happens before. These 'Queens' are far from royal.

So far the biggest drama is the situation surrounding Alyssa Edwards & Coco Montrese who are ex-bff's and pretty much just just throw 'shade' at each other whenever the opportunity arises. In the latest episode, episode 4, they seem to be building bridges and all I can say is 'NO!!'. I do not want no bridges being built! I love the bickering and backstabbing. It makes great viewing and being frank without their dismal relationship there isn't much other scandal. The only two other contestants that people had issues with have already left the competition so we need this.

There are a lot of other big personalities; Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska, Detox to name but a few. My personal favourite so far is Ivy Winters. Love her as both a man & a woman, I think she rocks it. So far however I think Detox is the front-runner. She just has something special that reminds me of Veda Beaux Reeves from Dublin, in both terms of appearance and attitude.

The funniest part of the whole show has to be the 'Lip Sync For Your Life' at the end. There are no words, I'll just let you watch and see for yourselves.

Anyway, just thought I'd give my quick opinion on Logo TV's hit show.

Adios!