Cute overload: Neil Patrick Harris on "Sesame Street"
We here at the Beehive have a very real, very understandable obsession with all things NPH, so when I saw that he was going to be on "Sesame Street" as – wait for it – a shoe fairy, I very nearly cried with joy.
I am unable to embed the video here, but you need to see this immediately, so click this link before the "Sesame Street" overlords make it go away.
It's all the local news and stuff from the blogosphere that you need to Fres-Know:
SHORT NOTICE: If you shop at Mervyn's because you're "vertically challenged" you may want to stock up on your tiny Hillard & Hanson pants sooner than later. [Fresno Bee Business Blog] NOVEMBER NEWS: Did QueerFresno get the inside scoop on Fresno mayoral candidates Ashley Swearengin's and Henry T. Perea's leanings on Proposition 8? [QueerFresno] WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?: Wish you knew your neighbors better? Tired of living next to that grumpy woman who never says hello and who is constantly calling security on your every move (sorry about that, by the way – I like quiet), take a look at plans for this friendly Fresno neighborhood. [Opinion Talk] AT LEAST WE'RE CONSISTENT: Fresno ranks last in some report having to do with Americans' well-being or something, blah blah blah, whatevs. [Late Update] BOO: Looking for a way to get out some aggression this Halloween? Auditions for the Friday Night Scream Park, which is looking for scary characters (or scaracters - thank you and good night!), will be held this weekend. [Fresno Famous] DEGREES OF FRESNO: Matt Damon's upcoming movie, "The Informant," has a Fresno connection, but since it's not me and him and a weekend at Bass Lake, I've already lost interest. [CBS 47]
That's right - it's time for another round of Degrees of Fresno. We haven't done this in a while, so if you need to refresh your memory on how the game is played, please check out the firstfiveinstallments of thegame. For those of you averse to clicking a link, simply trace the Degrees of Fresno pick back to Fresno using her career, family, news stories, etc.
My choice for DoF candidate this week is Ms. Heather Locklear, who is now home and resting from spending four weeks in a treatment center in Arizona for anxiety and depression (if the gorgeous people are anxious and depressed, what chance do the rest of us have?!).
Remind Heather what a great and varied career she's had, and especially, how that career leads back to wonderful, depression- and worry-free Fresno.
Matthew McConaughey presents: Baby's first contact high yawn
Yesterday, thanks to Britney Spears, we delved into the distressing world of celebrities and the bad examples they can set for their children, particularly when these kids start sharing their smoking habits. Today, I'll leave my soapbox at home and instead revel in the pure joy that is Matthew McConaughey and Model Girlfriend's completely pure and untainted newborn child, Levi, seen here on the cover of –
Oh my god. Does this kid look a little relaxed to you?
Natalie Portman's boyfriend shakes the cobwebs off her acting skillz
Natalie Portman has a new boyfriend named Devendra Banhart, who is, according to Wikipedia, "a Venezuelan-American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician."
Natalie Portman's love life doesn't really interest me (at least, not since she stopped dating ultra yummy Gael García Bernal, who is so amazingly beautiful, he inspires me to write things like "ultra yummy"), but I want to give this Devendra Banhart guy credit for inspiring Natalie to give her best performance since "The Professional."
Natalie Portman in Devendra Banhart's video for "Carmensita." Enjoy (click here for a much less blurry version).
It's Sunday afternoon, and, the overcast sky shuttering my plans to spend the day lazily floating down a river, I find myself lounging on the couch, eating pretzels, drinking a beer soda and watching "Secret Admirer" on On Demand.
It's got me thinking about movies I will happily watch over and again on lazy Sunday afternoons – movies that most people haven't watched even once. These are my top five (click the title to see the trailer):
1."Clue": Based on the board game (natch), starring Tim Curry, comes with three different endings. True story: back in the day, my brother and I used to recite the dialogue to this movie every night as we washed the dishes after dinner. Due to my older sister privileges, I always got to be the characters with the most lines.
2."Moonstruck": Most people adore this film for the moment Cher slaps Nic Cage and tells him to "snap out of it!" I love every other moment in the movie, especially the one where John Mahoney sees Danny Aiello on his knees proposing in a restaurant and asks the waiter, "Is that man praying?" Una storia vera: "Moonstruck" inspired me take three semesters of Italian in college.
George Clooney + Alcohol + a Funny Mustache = My Dream Date
There is nothing to hate in this commercial for Martini vermouth starring George Clooney. Nothing at all.
Although... I sort of see why celebrities only do overseas commercials. Compared to other celebrities, though, George has nothing to be embarrassed about:
As we're fond of pointing out time and again, there's plenty to do here in Fresno. Following are the Beehivers' weekend plans for enjoying some of the best entertainment Fresno has to offer:
Felicia: I'll be attending "An Evening with Gary Sinise" on Sunday evening, as part of the CSU Summer Arts program at Fresno State. Most people think of him as Lt. Dan in "Forrest Gump" or in his current role as the star of "CSI:NY." But he's also a respected stage actor and co-founder of the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre Company. I'm really looking forward to his reflections on life as an actor.
Mike Oz: Sigh. I really wish I could go to Saturday's X Fest in Modesto, which is this huge downtown music festival that draws like 15,000 people. Blake Lewis is one of the 50 performers and I'd really like to heckle him. But I got pre-standing married-people plans that take precedent. If I get out and about in Fresno, I might just check out the Blake Jones and the Trike Shop/Traveling Medicine Show/Andrew Bunnell/Gabe Rola show at Tokyo Garden on Saturday night (9 p.m., $5).
Will: Well, because I guess I am a night owl, I'll be at the 8 p.m. showing of "Priceless" tonight ... cause I likes the Audrey Tautou. And the dude was in the other French film that Fresno Filmworks picked a few months back, and he was good. And then Saturday (in the park, I think it'll be the 19th of July), I'm hoping to finally get out to the Shakespeare in the (Woodward) Park performance of "Twelfth Night." I know a bunch of people in the show, and I'm crossing my fingers it won't be hot as, well, you know. Wish me luck.
Want to see a movie with me tonight? It would be "Priceless"
This evening I'm going to Fresno Filmworks' 5:30 p.m. screening at the Tower Theatre of the French film "Priceless" starring Audrey Tautou. Tickets are $10, so you can take that $3 you're saving and get a drink or a scoop of ice cream after the show. (There's another showing at 8 p.m. for you night owls.)
Look, if I'm not irresistible and charming enough to get you to come out, let me assure you that Audrey Tautou is, and I promise you won't even notice the subtitles after awhile.
See you out there? In the meantime, enjoy the trailer for "Priceless":
Hayden Panettiere decides 18 is the right age to start ho-in'
Why is the munchkin chick from "Heroes" making music videos?
I don't know, but she is. And it's less of a music video and more like what a Miley Cyrus flip book would look like if you put together all of her inappropriate MySpacephotos.
Stop trying to be more than you are, young, misguided, self-indulgent actresses. Just stop it.
This one focuses on the action a little more, and introduces us to other characters – specifically, what appears to be Bella's dad, Charlie, and the vampire villain James. Check it out:
Does this man look like a sexual predator to you? Of course he does – it's Andy Dick, who's known for taking things too far in the name of "comedy."
Once again, Dick took it too far and was arrested on drug charges and for sexual battery after police showed up on a disturbance call at a chicken wing joint. Dick was urinating on the building and making a fool of himself. The sexual battery charge comes from allegedly pulling down the top and bra of a 17-year old girl; police also found marijuana and Xanax on him.
And now we, the public, have to deal with this, the skeeziest mug shot in celebrity mug shot history. You know how many times I've had to look at this on umpteen gossip sites? This picture is so skeezy, I've taken four showers already today.
Dear police: Please just throw away the key. This guy served his purpose long ago, and is now simply a menace to the world. Five points to anyone who can tell me what that purpose was, by the way.
P.S. Yes, I'm trying to set a blogging record on the Beehive today – most number of posts by a single Beehiver in one day. (I think Will Albritton holds the record with six). You're under no obligation to read all – or any – of them.
I mean, I know why we, the general public, hate them, but I never understood why someone who should have her pick of men would choose the oldest, ugliest or douchiest of the bunch. Perhaps it's the whole pretty on the outside, ugly on the inside thing, and that these women, despite receiving all the validation in the world, can't see themselves the way the rest of the world does.
Here's what I'm getting at. Miranda Kerr, model, looks like this:
Amy Winehouse wax figure: Upgrade?
