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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Oops...that was a bit of a balls up!

Poor Pres Obama...someone starrted the national anthem at the wrong time I THINK.
Now the video says the queen humiliated Obama but its just a minor hiccup. i dont think hes been humiliated

Monday, May 23, 2011

sad

One of my fav aussie actors has passed away. From Muriels Wedding and Priscilla truly an icon. RIP Bill Hunter

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Say what you like

75350 pounds is what the bidding stands up with still a day of bidding to go. all going to charity..Good for her

Kristen Chenoweth singing Taylor the Latte Boy

I love this woman and had to share this

This is classic!

Lisa Lampanelli (okay I hear some of you saying who but if you watch the comedy Channels roasts, shes the one that apparently likes black men) is appearing in the town of Topeka Kansas. So what you say. Well Topeka is the Home of the Westboro Baptist Church ,the mongrels that picket servicemens funerals and who were going to picket Liz Taylors funeral because they called her a whore and she supported gays. Well Lisa Lampanelli is going to give $1000 to a gay charity for every westboro baptist moron that turns up to picket her show. And shes doing it in their name. This is genius!

Another Royal Wedding

It seems to be the year of royal weddings. The King of Bhutan has announced his engagement. King  Wangchuck 31 is engaged to a beautiful 20 year old. The oxford educated King has ruled since 2008 after his father abdicated in his favour. The country dod not have a currency until 1960 and television only since 1999. The nuptials are set for October and it will be a private affair, so no street parades normally associated with a royal wedding.

Friday, May 20, 2011

So this is how they do it in Alaska

Well it seems they dont particularly go all out for a wedding in Alaska. Here is a pic of Sarah Palins son, Tracks wedding. Now firstly Jeans at a wedding...please. Did they go out after and fish or hunt for the reception menu. Secondly well apart from who the hell calls their son Track ( sounds like a bad 70s porn name or something off The Bold and the beautiful) there really isnt a secondly. All i can say is your not doing Alaskans any favours. Just NASTY!!!
Thank goodness we are still part of the commonwealth where our royalty know how to put on a bit of pomp and ceremony.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

And here is the preview

Smash the preview. WOW!!!

Oh my God Cant Wait for this

NBC have picked up a pilot of a new series and Im very excite

The plot will follow an out of town tryout of a broadway musical and centres around a songwriting team who write a musical about Marilyn Monroe based on an offhand remark. The post a showstopping number on You Tube. When its a viral hit, a producer who is looking to recapturesuccess long past decides to produce the musical.There are two choices to play Marilyn, a talented newcomer and a theatre veteran.

It stars Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. Oh my go this is just getting better. Broadway, Marilyn and Debra Messing. I cant wait

Cute royal


Lady Louisa Windsor 7, the Daughter of Prince Edward, Ear of Wessex enjoyed all the fun of the fair at the weekend. Apparently it was a family affair as her granddad Prince Phillip and Granny Queen Elizabeth were there to. What fun she seems to be having. And amazingly she looks so much like ther Gran at that age.

Charlies replacement

So Ashton Kutcher is to replace Charlie Sheen on two and a half men. Thats a ballsy decision. Hopefully not as the same character. Im glad they are continuing with the making of the series as I think the supporting cast are what makes the show. Good for the network for giving the finger to Charlie!
Have to say I might even start watching it again.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Eastenders Rules

Eastenders currently my favourite television guilty pleasure has just won Best Soap Opera at the British Soap Awards.
I love this programme!!!

And its about to get better with the addition of David Essex as another Moon(alfies Dad I believe) with two other HOT sons.

America ...You Suck!!!!

Propably the one person who should have won American Idol has been sent home....What are you thinking. James had an awesome talent, and Im not into metal.
So what have we got left. A country music crooner....probably who is going to win  and two girls who should have been eliminated weeks ago, just because they are particularly ORDINARY.
The final should have been between Casey and James but Im sure both these guys will have great careers.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

NEED A TRIP TO BROADWAY.... NOW

Playing at the Kennedy Centre at present until June 19th is a revival of Follies. Now although I am not a fan of the show, Its who is in the show that would make it excitng. Take one Bernadette Peters desputably the Queen of Broadway and add the queen of the Westend Elaine Paige and you have got one hell of a show. It wouldnt matter who else was in it as far as Im concerned but luckily they do have a stellar supporting cast.
So tonight I am gonig to win lotto and tomorrow...see ya in Times Square Baby!!!

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The secret is out

oops! The Tourism cheif of the Seychelles has let it slip that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are honeymooning there.

So the secret is out. Lets hope the Paparazzi stay away and let them get on with it.

Apparently they are holidaying on a private island.

This makes me Mad

I used to have respect for Sarah, Duchess of York(I mean she even painted a plate for charity when I asked her to) but today that finally subsided to disgust.

Fergie appeared on Oprah talking about her life and how upset she was at not being invited to the wedding of her ex-nephew William.

"It was so difficult," Ferguson said in quotes provided by Harpo Productions. "Because I wanted to be there with my girls and to - and to be getting them dressed and to go as a family."
Ferguson's daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, attended the wedding with their father and Ferguson's former husband, Prince Andrew. Ferguson said she spoke with Prince Andrew and her daughters throughout that morning.
"He made me feel very part of the day on April the 29th," Ferguson said.

WHat world does she live in. She had affairs on her husband, tried to scam money by introducing people to the royal family,.... do you really think you are going to get invited to the wedding.

"I think Diana would be so proud of her son," Ferguson said. "And I really love the feeling that sort of Diana and I both weren't there. But I'm here to say how proud she would have been and Kate looked utterly beautiful."

Im so pleased that she finds it neccesary to appoint herself spokesman for someone who has been dead for several years. and what does she mean - i really love the feeling that sort of Diana and i both werent there. Im not even going to start on that one ..... You really need to think before you open your mouth!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Lucky Fellow

A Driver in LA has been rearended by David Beckham. The Minor accident happened on Friday. No charges have been laid, however the Driver was complaining of a sore neck.

I know. I cant resist.

.....There are lots of peole who would love to be rear ended by David Beckham.

.....Just wait for the lawsuit

......Is this really NEWSWORTHY?

Royals Rejects



It has been revealed that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will lose their Royal Protection Officers very soon. Estimated at costing 250,000 pounds a year each, neither of the girls carry out any royal duties whatsoever.
the only time the will have protection is if they are carrying out Royal Duties.
An example has been made that Zara Phillips who actually does have a profile does not have protection and here has never been any problems.
Other lesser royals such as the Duchess of Glouchester etc will have thier protection cut too.
As much as I am a royalist This is a very sensible move and should save the British tax payer several Million a year.
It has also been noted that they are expected to get jobs and not go on the Civil list once they complete University.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Tony Awards Nominations list

This a raher long list and there are quite a few missing pieces
Noticably abscent are Priscilla Queen of the Desert in best Musical and no mention of Danile Radcliffe in How to succed in Business.

Nominations for the 2011 American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards®
Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing


Best Play

Good People
Author: David Lindsay-Abaire
Producers:
Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove

Jerusalem
Author: Jez Butterworth
Producers:
Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Royal Court Theatre Productions, Beverly Bartner/Alice Tulchin, Dede Harris/Rupert Gavin, Broadway Across America, Jon B. Platt, 1001 Nights/Stephanie P. McClelland, Carole L. Haber/Richard Willis, Jacki Barlia Florin/Adam Blanshay

The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Author: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Producers:
Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Public Theater Productions, Oskar Eustis, Joey Parnes, Labyrinth Theater Company, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez, Danny Feldman, Fabula Media Partners LLC, Jean Doumanian, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Jon B. Platt, Tulchin Bartner/Jamie deRoy

War Horse
Author: Nick Stafford
Producers:
Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, National Theatre of Great Britain, Nicholas Hytner, Nick Starr, Bob Boyett, War Horse LP


Best Musical

The Book of Mormon
Producers: Anne Garefino, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Important Musicals LLC, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions, Stuart Thompson

Catch Me If You Can
Producers: Margo Lion, Hal Luftig, Stacey Mindich, Yasuhiro Kawana, Scott & Brian Zeilinger, The Rialto Group, The Araca Group, Michael Watt, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Pittsburgh CLO, Elizabeth Williams, Johnny Roscoe Productions/Van Dean, Fakston Productions/Solshay Productions, Patty Baker/Richard Winkler, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Warren Trepp, Remmel T. Dickinson, Paula Herold/Kate Lear, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jamie deRoy, Barry Feirstein, Rainerio J. Reyes, Rodney Rigby, Loraine Boyle, Amuse Inc., Joseph & Matthew Deitch/Cathy Chernoff, Joan Stein/Jon Murray, The 5th Avenue Theatre
The Scottsboro Boys
Producers: Barry and Fran Weissler, Jacki Barlia Florin, Janet Pailet/Sharon A. Carr/Patricia R. Klausner, Nederlander Presentations, Inc./The Shubert Organization, Beechwood Entertainment, Broadway Across America, Mark Zimmerman, Adam Blanshay/R2D2 Productions, Rick Danzansky/Barry Tatelman, Bruce Robert Harris/Jack W. Batman, Allen Spivak/Jerry Frankel, Bard Theatricals/Probo Productions/Randy Donaldson, Catherine Schreiber/Michael Palitz/Patti Laskawy, Vineyard Theatre

Sister Act
Producers: Whoopi Goldberg & Stage Entertainment, The Shubert Organization and Disney Theatrical Productions


Best Book of a Musical

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Alex Timbers

The Book of Mormon
Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

The Scottsboro Boys
David Thompson

Sister Act
Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner and Douglas Carter Beane


Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

The Book of Mormon
Music & Lyrics: Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone

The Scottsboro Boys
Music & Lyrics: John Kander & Fred Ebb

Sister Act
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Glenn Slater

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Music & Lyrics: David Yazbek


Best Revival of a Play

Arcadia
Producers: Sonia Friedman Productions, Roger Berlind, Stephanie P. McClelland, Scott M. Delman, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Disney Theatrical Group, Robert G. Bartner, Olympus Theatricals, Douglas Smith, Janine Safer Whitney

The Importance of Being Earnest
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

The Merchant of Venice
Producers: The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Andrew D. Hamingson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Debbie Bisno & Eva Price, Amy Nederlander, Jonathan First, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Merritt Forrest Baer, The Araca Group, Broadway Across America, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, JK Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Cathy Chernoff/Jay & Cindy Gutterman, Mallory Factor/Cheryl Lachowicz, Joey Parnes, The Shubert Organization

The Normal Heart
Producers: Daryl Roth, Paul Boskind, Martian Entertainment, Gregory Rae, Jayne Baron Sherman/Alexander Fraser


Best Revival of a Musical

Anything Goes
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Producers: Broadway Across America, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Joseph Smith, Michael McCabe, Candy Spelling, Takonkiet Viravan/Scenario Thailand, Hilary A. Williams, Jen Namoff/Fakston Productions, Two Left Feet Productions/Power Arts, Hop Theatricals, LLC/Paul Chau/Daniel Frishwasser/Michael Jackowitz, Michael Speyer-Bernie Abrams/Jacki Barlia Florin-Adam Blanshay/Arlene Scanlan/TBS Service


Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Brian Bedford, The Importance of Being Earnest
Bobby Cannavale, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Joe Mantello, The Normal Heart
Al Pacino, The Merchant of Venice
Mark Rylance, Jerusalem

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
Nina Arianda, Born Yesterday
Frances McDormand, Good People
Lily Rabe, The Merchant of Venice
Vanessa Redgrave, Driving Miss Daisy
Hannah Yelland, Brief Encounter

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
Norbert Leo Butz, Catch Me If You Can
Josh Gad, The Book of Mormon
Joshua Henry, The Scottsboro Boys
Andrew Rannells, The Book of Mormon
Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
Sutton Foster, Anything Goes
Beth Leavel, Baby It's You!
Patina Miller, Sister Act
Donna Murphy, The People in the Picture

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play
Mackenzie Crook, Jerusalem
Billy Crudup, Arcadia
John Benjamin Hickey, The Normal Heart
Arian Moayed, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Yul Vázquez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Ellen Barkin, The Normal Heart
Edie Falco, The House of Blue Leaves
Judith Light, Lombardi
Joanna Lumley, La Bête
Elizabeth Rodriguez, The Motherf**ker with the Hat

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
Colman Domingo, The Scottsboro Boys
Adam Godley, Anything Goes
John Larroquette, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Forrest McClendon, The Scottsboro Boys
Rory O'Malley, The Book of Mormon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
Laura Benanti, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Tammy Blanchard, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Victoria Clark, Sister Act
Nikki M. James, The Book of Mormon
Patti LuPone, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown


Best Scenic Design of a Play
Todd Rosenthal, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Rae Smith, War Horse
Ultz, Jerusalem
Mark Wendland, The Merchant of Venice

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Beowulf Boritt, The Scottsboro Boys
Derek McLane, Anything Goes
Scott Pask, The Book of Mormon
Donyale Werle, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Best Costume Design of a Play
Jess Goldstein, The Merchant of Venice
Desmond Heeley, The Importance of Being Earnest
Mark Thompson, La Bête
Catherine Zuber, Born Yesterday

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Tim Chappel & Lizzy Gardiner, Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Martin Pakledinaz, Anything Goes
Ann Roth, The Book of Mormon
Catherine Zuber, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable, War Horse
David Lander, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Kenneth Posner, The Merchant of Venice
Mimi Jordan Sherin, Jerusalem

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Ken Billington, The Scottsboro Boys
Howell Binkley, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Peter Kaczorowski, Anything Goes
Brian MacDevitt, The Book of Mormon

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners and Cricket S. Myers, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Simon Baker, Brief Encounter
Ian Dickinson for Autograph, Jerusalem
Christopher Shutt, War Horse

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Peter Hylenski, The Scottsboro Boys
Steve Canyon Kennedy, Catch Me If You Can
Brian Ronan, Anything Goes
Brian Ronan, The Book of Mormon

Best Direction of a Play
Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse
Joel Grey & George C. Wolfe, The Normal Heart
Anna D. Shapiro, The Motherf**ker with the Hat
Daniel Sullivan, The Merchant of Venice

Best Direction of a Musical
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw and Trey Parker, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes
Casey Nicholaw, The Book of Mormon
Susan Stroman, The Scottsboro Boys

Best Orchestrations
Doug Besterman, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Larry Hochman, The Scottsboro Boys
Larry Hochman & Stephen Oremus, The Book of Mormon
Marc Shaiman & Larry Blank, Catch Me If You Can

 Recipients of Awards and Honors in Non-competitive Categories

Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre

Athol Fugard
Philip J. Smith

Regional Theatre Tony Award

Lookingglass Theatre Company (Chicago, Ill.)

Isabelle Stevenson Award

Eve Ensler

Special Tony Award

Handspring Puppet Company

Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre

William Berloni
The Drama Book Shop
Sharon Jensen and Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts

Tony Nominations by Production
The Book of Mormon - 14
The Scottsboro Boys - 12
Anything Goes - 9
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - 8
The Merchant of Venice - 7
Jerusalem - 6
The Motherf**ker with the Hat - 6
The Normal Heart - 5
Sister Act - 5
War Horse - 5
Catch Me If You Can - 4
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo - 3
The Importance of Being Earnest - 3
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - 3
Arcadia - 2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson - 2
Born Yesterday - 2
Brief Encounter - 2
Good People - 2
La Bête - 2
Priscilla Queen of the Desert - 2
Baby It's You! - 1
Driving Miss Daisy - 1
The House of Blue Leaves - 1
Lombardi - 1
The People in the Picture - 1

29 years later....

Another famous person married this week. Marie Osmond married for the third time but in reality to only her second husband. Confused? Well not necessarily Marie has married her first husband again. They were married 29 years ago for three years and had a son together.
Now I know this is quite lovely but here is where it get kinda weird for me. She got married in the same dress she wore 29 years ago. No if you were married for three years would you really keep your wedding dress for 26 years during a second marriage that lasts 20 years. Sorry...Weird!!!!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Some interesting choices fro mthe Met Fashion Gala

On Monday in New York fashionistas congregated at this annua levent known as the Oscars of Fashion.


Some interesting outfits were worn. Sarah Jessica parker looks like shes channeling her inner Bette Midler..Would have looked beter on Bette i think. And what the hell were Rihanna and Serena Williams thinking.

review of Sorts

Tonight i attended the Civic Theatre in Auckland for the production The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

have to say this was one show where the men outshone he ladies big time. Especially stunning was the performance of a song fro the new musical Love Never Dies by Blake Bowden. What a beautiful voice, just wated to hear more. Pity he wasnt used much!
Highlights included Evita as sung by Delia Hannah but havve to say halter neck dresses on women of a certain age are not flattering and detracted from her performance of Memory.
Another higlht was The Phantom of the Opera aas sung by Trisha Crowe. Awesome last note. Her duet with Kirsten Hobbs of Pie Jesu was outsanding also.
Low points for me were The last note of Music of the night which was slightly flat.
The Use of AV screens was excelelnt however if I saw another falling rose petal i would be too soon.
All in all a good production but not one I would go back to again and again.
But if you do go No Matter What and Whistle down the Wind are worth waiting for.
Could have done with more Joseph, perhaps Blake Bowden sing Close every Door would have been a welcome addition.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

so who were those nuns

So one of the questions from the royal wedding was who are those nuns with the best seats in the house? And couldnt they have worn something a bit better than black reebok trainers?
One myth is that one was security and while i wouldnt like to mess with nuns after my music lessons and the wooden knitting needle that made contact with my knuckles if i played badly i very much doubt it. Yes Anglicans have Nuns too....not totally reserved for the Catholics. The memeber of the Comminuty of Sisters of he Church an anglican order.
Gives Nuns on the Run another meaning.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

the official photo

Here is the official family pic from the royal wedding. One question...Why is Camilla in it????

Proof that Eugenie can get it right

Here is a picture from the pre wedding function at the Mandarin proving that Princess Eugenie can get it right. Exquisite is the word that comes to mind.