Your result for The Director Who Films Your Life Test...
Sofia Coppola
Your film will be 64% romantic, 34% comedy, 22% complex plot, and a $ 30 million budget.
With few films under her belt (The Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette) as a writer/director, she's already highly respected and connected -- her dad, Francis, directed all The Godfather movies and Apocolypse Now. Sofia's good at making the romantic drama that is your life with poignant sullen moments of introspection. You saw how she stylishly handled Marie Antoinette's life, no? And who didn't have at least a lump in the throat at the end of Lost In Translation? She's already won one Academy Award for her writing, now she'll be the first woman to receive one for directing -- YOUR FILM!
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Big thumbs up. Entire album tells a lyrical story, the production is surprisingly flawless by P. Diddy and Beyonce hautingly narrates the affair. Never been a huge Jay-Z fan but this is one of the best hip-hop albums of the year.
I love Mandy. I love this song and it's actually not a bad cover but I laughed when I got visions of that scene in DREAMGIRLS where all of a sudden the corny white people are singing the soul songs in the music video.
The set up is this is a Japanese prank show. It's at a spa and some unlucky person sits in a massage chair (butt ass naked!) and then they get blasted through the wall out into a ski trail.
Watch the whole thing. At the end someone sits in the chair with a cup of tea in their hand. So. Awesome.
Today I'm excited about the release of all the new Kubrick DVDs. I picked up my two favorites, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE and EYES WIDE SHUT and will be scurrying back to the store to pick up the others as soon as possible. I am a tad disappointed that BARRY LYNDON wasn't part of the new collection as that's probably my second favorite after CLOCKWORK. I love Milena Canonero's costume designs in that film. For the longest time I had thought it was Vivienne Westwood -- no clue why. I think I read it somewhere.
CLOCKWORK was the first Kubrick film I ever saw. I was only like twelve or thirteen at the time, but I remember being both terrified and amazed while watching it. I probably didn't understand it all at that age but I got enough of it to realize what it meant. I still get creeped out by some of the music from the movie. It was fun to do a reference in the introduction to the 4th BLUE MONDAY trade that I worked on. Probably scarier than the whole entire movie is seeing me in leather drawn by Chynna. Ugh.
I know that EYES WIDE SHUT is probably Kubrick's least liked film, but I always loved it. To me, it's like watching a painting. The imagery throughout the film is mind blowing, provacative and even skin crawling at times. Plus there's that film-stealing scene with Alan Cumming as the hotel concierge. Timbaland used a lot of stills and clips from the infamous "orgy" scene during his segment of Justin Timberlake's FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS tour that was accompanied by his own remix to the SAW theme which made for a supremely spooky few minutes and I have been wanting to rewatch the movie ever since.
This girl is so ridiculously talented. I kept hearing her name on various music news sites and in magazines but really had no idea who she was until I found out about this song through the producer.
Four weeks in the making, Jenny Sireci the Cisette is finally here! She comes dressed to kill in her all leather & lace attire and her accompanying trunk has clothes for all occassions!
Basic Jenny Sireci:
Princess Jenny Sireci with her entire trunk and clothing collection:
Jenny Sireci, the Liz Taylor Lingere Model:
Jenny Sireci as Morticia Addams:
Princess Jenny Sireci, ready to ride her Unicorn to the Renn Fair:
My favorite quote, from my favorite new comic of the last year, written by one of my favorite comic book writers of all time. I'm talking about AMERICAN VIRGIN by Steven T. Seagle.
"You've gotta be SHITTIN' me. Gay OLYMPICS? That's like LATIN Grammys. Why the fuck does everyone have SPECIALIZE just so they can WIN?"
I was crying with laughter, but Martin was offended. Eh, to each their own, I guess.
"List seven songs you are into right now, no matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your Live Journal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to."
1. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE - "LOVESTONED/I THINK SHE KNOWS" 2. THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY - "HERCULEAN" 3. TIMBALAND - "GIVE IT TO ME" 4. ORCHESTRAL MANOEVERS IN THE DARK - "SO IN LOVE" 5. PRINCE - "UPTOWN" 6. BLOC PARTY - "THE PRAYER" 7. REDMAN - "PUT IT DOWN"
I ain't have seven friends to tag, so I ain't taggin' none.
Jamie Rich just sent me a video that could possibly be one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. Apparently this is what happens when it ices over in Portland. This was filmed today!
Long time no update. I have no excuse other than lazyness, sorry (hi Mom, now leave me alone).
I like things lately. These are those things.
VORTIGERN'S MACHINE AND THE GREAT SAGE OF WISDOM
This is my favorite comic book to come along in a long time. Chynna Clugston turned me onto to it in San Diego at Comic-Con and I about died laughing at it. Actually, Chynna and I were both crying at it, much to our own embarrassment. I know everyone was looking back at us like, "What the fuck are those two retards laughing at?" but oh well. It's great stuff. James Jarvis is a fantastic designer toy maker and as far as I know, this is his only graphic novel but I hope it's far from the last.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE'S FUTURESEX/LOVESOUND
As if I wasn't going to like this? Timberlake and Timbaland (collectively labeled "T-n-T") have created a pop masterpiece with this album. I haven't stopped listening to it since it leaked in mid-August, and I'm nowhere near bored of it. Justin and Tim weave back and forth between over-the-top sex ("FutureSex/LoveSound") to uptempo ballads in the vein of Aaliyah's "Are You That Somebody?" (the second single, "My Love"), all the way to futuristic disco that segues into a melodic, romantic serenading that paints a completely different picture using the same words as the previous ("Lovestoned/I Think She Knows"). There's even a "Cry Me A River" part 2 that combines elements from that song with those of Brandy's epic break-up ballad "I Tried" ("What Goes Around.../...Comes Around"). There's influences apparent from everyone from David Bowie, Trent Reznor, Duran Duran, The Talking Heads and Prince, but it hardly comes off as a stylistic rip-off. It quickly rose to my album of the year position.
12 REASONS WHY I LOVE HER by JAMIE S. RICH and JOELLE JONES
Jamie Rich has written two fantastic novels (with a third forthcoming), as well as given us a handful of great comics over the last couple of years, but none of that has reached the level of his upcoming graphic novel with newcomer Joelle Jones. Simply put, this is my favorite thing he's done. It immediately reminded me of one of my favorite films of all time, TWO FOR THE ROAD, and that's no small feat. The story focuses on Gwen and Evan and we travel with them through their relationship -- but the story is told completely out of order. It's not until the final two chapters that everything is tied together almost seamlessly and has you immediately wanting to turn back to page 1 and start all over again. Again, this is one of the best new comics of the year.
AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Who would have thought a children's show on Nickelodean could be so damned charming and fun? I avoided recommendations from J. Torres, Randal Jarrell, and countless Bendis Board regulars before finally listening to Jamie Rich and delving into this fantastic new show. The deeply calculated story follows Aang, the world's last Air Bender, and current Avatar on his quest to harness the four elemental powers so that he can stop the vile Fire Nation from conquering the world. Sounds cheesy? Hardly.
The animation is top-notch, the writing is crisp and funny and each and every character is memorable. Something happens that moves the story forward in every single episode -- there's no unnecessary filler that's normally seen in "epic" shows like this (BUFFY, X-FILES to name a couple). I'm currently half way through the first season and it's only getting better.
Other things that I should at least mention would include:
* STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP
* JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA by BRAD MELTZER
* LUPE FIASCO'S FOOD & LIQUOR
* WASTELAND by ANTONY JOHNSTON and CHRISTOPHER MITTEN
* THE KILLERS' SAM'S TOWN
And of course, SHENANIGANS is now available for order (through your comic book store and Amazon). You can see all the information at Oni Press' site for the book here: http://www.onipress.com/graphicnovels/gn.php?id=153
(and the final cover looks so much better that what I just put up there. i just couldn't find the right image!)
Anyone else have a Nintendo DS with this game? It's so fucking addicted, I'm so ashamed! I haven't played video games in years, but I have been playing this thing all day long.
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