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Have been negligent in Blogging. My Apologies!
I got very Busy with Academy Awards and daily confusions and appointments.
Hope you all enjoyed the OSCARS.
They were a bit Dull to my eye and ear. And it was posted that there was a 20% drop in ratings for the program. I SAY ..as much as I love John Stewart..BRING BACK BILLY CRYSTAL!
I was knocked out by the beauty parade of our Actresses. Even Pregnant they are stunning. Helen Mirren, however, wins my vote for the classiest and most commanding of presence. Don't get me wrong they all looked sensational. But Mirren has that thing..uh..Star Charisma...so Anglicanly Understated!
Was thrilled that Marion Cotillard won for LA VIE EN ROSE..Absolutely deserved beyond question. She not only inhabited that role she ABSORBED and EXUDED it.
In our voting however I did the Politcal thing and voted for Julie Christie. I will NOT do that again. I will vote my heart!
Daniel Day Lewis in THERE WILL BE BLOOD was horrifyingly amazing and drained my resources just watching him in that part.
I think the most bypassed of the films this year was 3:10 TO YUMA which was brilliantly acted and constructed.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was one of those great films that is not pleasant to watch and since the ending was NOT HOLLYWOOD HAPPY it was off putting. But sensational throughout!
I rented IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH and watched it last night. THAT is another film that is worthy of more accolades!! The message is so vile and indermining. IT shows what WAR and COMBAT, especially with no holds barred (as we see in IRAQ), can do to the human soul and spirit. Making the unspeakable and unacceptable commonplace and reasonable. The human dilemma of the parents and the soldiers and all involved is so multi layered I am still assessing how anyone can handle the conundrums.
Stellar performances in that as well. Charlize Theron takes roles that are so interesting and she does them so well you have to search for that glorious beauty you know is there.
One thing Bugged me..It ws the 80th EIGHT OH..Year of Oscars. I thought there was not enough significance put to such a landmark Birthday event in the broadcast.
Anyway..I hope you all had a Grand Oscar Party to attend. I spent it by myself as I was on the verge of getting sick and managed to fight it off by staying in.
I think it was becasue our bodies don't know what weather to fight with. It is snowy and cold in the morning and then melting rain and higher temparatures by the afternoon.
People are over dressed or underdressed and coughing in over-heated subway cars and buildings. Some of which never get fresh air.
Am anxious to see GYPSY with LuPone and now have heard enough about NOVEMBER to see if I can get 1/2 price for that.
Saw TAKE ME ALONG at the IRISH REP at 132 W 22nd Street on Thursday night.
That was a lot of fun and some trrific singing and acting on the part of Beth Glover/WIlliam Parry and Anastasia Barzee. I am always intrigued by the production values nCharlotte Moore brings to that small space. BRAVO!
Pal LONI ACKERMAN is thinking about doing the METROPOLITAN ROOM and I wouyld suggest you run to see this amazing performer. GOOGLE her!
She was Grizabella in CATS for 3 Years ..Originated Eva Peron in the LA Company of EVITA and is a Broadway veteran since 19 years old in GEORGE M!! She has a bunch of Broadway,as well s Off- Broadway, shows to her credit including the LEAD opposite Robert Morse in the ill fated SO LONG 174TH ST..the musical of ENTER LAUGHING.
She is dynamite-plus and old school old PRO to the MAX! As wel as being a great gal. SHe raised 2 sons Jack & George and is amrried to Sound Maven Steve Canyon Kennedy. So she has been off the grid Mothering for a while but is back and ready!
And in Great shape too!!
Not much else to BLAB ON THE BLOG about.
Friends continue, as I do, to seek jobs and creative outlets.
Friends and Colleagues Dan Wackerman and Kevin Kennedy who run the Pecadillo Theatre Company have acquired the manager-ship of the Off Broadway ST.CLEMENTS theatre and are preparing THE MIRACLE WORKER for a debut there. It is a teransfer from the Papremill Production. These guys are very savvy and are focused to bring good American theatre to all. They run the BANK STREET THEATRE ansd now the ST. CLEMSNTS joins their team. They are also doing backers auditions for the Musical version of A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN for Broadway. So keep their names in your sites.
The pigeons on our windowsills are trying to nest in the plants so I have to go and scare them away.
Hope your nesting is more reliable.
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CONGRATS TO GIANTS AND GIANT FANS!
Eating at a retaurant on SUPERBOWL SUNDAY on Amsterdam Ave last night was accompanied by loud screams and cheers from the Bar.
I am not a sports fan but was almost drawn into the Bar from the huge amount of joy coming from the gathering.
Later the streets of the Upper West Side were alive with horns, sirens and screams of Joy. It lasted almost to midnight when we ventrured to Broadway and 85th for a cab home.
I hope tomorrow's SUPER TUESDAY results in as much CHEER and JOY.
We need change and I pray whoever is the Democratic candidate can push change and PROGRESS. After all these stagnant and toxic seven years a house cleaning and policy revisions will be so welcome.
Time some ADULTS ran or lead the country instead of these Fraternity Sophmores.
ENOUGH.
VOTE VOTE VOTE !
Got NEW PHONE SERVICE from CREDO. We decided that Verizon as part of the Verizon & AT&T's willingness to allow their records and our private calls to be HANDED TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION illegally was a strong reason to leave them.
They offered nothing more than the same deal as Verizon, albeit onb the SPRINT system Network, but they do not share their records and also support Progressive organizations like the ACLU. SO I encourage all to investigate GREEN companies like Credo. We have ALLOWED complacency and BIZ AS USUAL to go unrestricted and with no accountability for way too long! So until that changes we can CHANGE where we put our dollars.
Anyway..
Hope we have the ACADEMY AWARDS.
It seems like the writer's strike msy finally reach an end. I hope they get their residuals for the Internet advertising revenue that the producers are already enjoying. And by passing not only the writers contribution (WHICH IS THE PRODUCT) but also any compensation for the writers USING the wrtier's material they the Producers have been enjoying a windfall of unshared revenue!!
The movies and performances that are Oscar worthy are to my eye varied and many.
The Golden Globes went overboard rewarding the defunct SOPRANOS I thought.
There were many performances and programs as worthy of honors I thought.
It has been very mild in NYC and although the Groundhog predicts another 6 weeks of Winter one wonders WHERE this Winter will be?
Many friends are excited and ready for tomorrow's voting and we all hope WE THE PEOPLE will get our lazy & complacent butts to the polls and make our Constitutional right to vote an experience that helps change the spirit in this country and gives us a candidate that will help us back to HOPE!
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!
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