While I didn’t love it, it did give me a good chuckle, and a good dose of nostalgia. The plot isn’t all that interesting, but it picks up about seven minutes in when the music picks up. And it’s worth a gander simply for all the actors and musicians who make cameo appearances. Is that David Cross dressed as a drunken Keebler Elf?

See if you can spot Rainn Wilson, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Will Arnett, Steve Buscemi, Stanley Tucci, Jason Schwartzman, Laura Dern, Mary Steenburgen, Amy Pohler, Kirsten Dunst, Ted Danson, Chloe Sevigny, and all the other familiar faces popping up throughout.

Disclaimer: There’s a ton of profanity throughout so opening this up at work likely isn’t the best idea!

Stevie’s voice isn’t the same as it was when she recorded the first version of this song 30 years ago, of course. In many ways, it’s better. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; I really respect her for not trying to sing it the way she did back then. She tailors all her songs to her present vocal range -which is lower, but also much more textured and rich- doesn’t try to hit notes she can’t, and sounds really soulful and smooth as a result. She also has a deeper quality to her singing, as though she now understands the lyrics she herself penned decades past. As a result, songs like Rhiannon and Landslide are revisited with a soulful knowing maturity that is as emotionally evocative as it is beautiful.

Here’s the clip of Stevie and Sheryl performing on the April 13, 2011 edition of the Oprah Winfrey show:

Elizabeth Taylor

She was a movie star, yes. But she was also a person to be admired. She was an AIDS activist, and a true survivor; in her career, in her terms of her health, and in her personal life.

Here’s a little tribue to Elizabeth Taylor narrated by Paul Newman:


So long, Cleopatra.

I don’t think I’d ever really taken the time to sit down and watch footage of a live Queen show.  It blew my mind.    I watch a lot of recorded performances but this one really stood out.    I actually ran out and got a DVD of the show this week and I love it.  You can get the Montreal Show alone, but I recommend getting the extended version released in 2007.  It’s around the same price, the sound is great, and the latter version includes Queen’s performance at Live Aid.

I’m compiling a list of my favorite performances captured on film,  and I’ll blog about my selections as soon as I stop arguing with myself.   Until then, here’s Freddie doing “Play the Game” from the ’81 show – it gets me every time.  Enjoy!

It’s been almost 10 years since Suri passed away after a difficult three and a half year battle with cancer, but she is still very much alive in the hearts and minds of her family, friends, and countless others who she touched in her short life.

Suri was a community leader, artist, teacher, singer and actor who enjoyed life to its fullest and valued art in its many forms. It is with her passions in mind that Suri’s loved ones have joined forces with ICRF to out together this incredible event.

Suri’s Soiree, where the impossible is possible, will feature Canadian singer and songwriter Kuba Oms, DJ NV Nazli Var, who regularly spins at Montreal hot-spot Garde Manger and Grammy award winning musical guest, COMMON, who is scheduled to perform a compilation of his most popular hits.

All of the proceeds from the event will go to ICRF, which has raised more than 33 million dollars to date for over 1800 cancer research projects.

Suri’s friends, family, ICRF and this blogger invite you to be part of a celebration of life and art on March 27th, 2010, at the Segal Center for the performing arts.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.icrfnewleadership.com

Really? Because last time I checked there was a division between Church, State and the Media. Or there was supposed to be, anyway.

Despite their longstanding tradition of prohibiting controversial spots during the Super Bowl, “CBS now claims to have changed its policy on accepting advocacy ads. But its decision to debut this policy by associating itself with the anti-choice, anti-equality Focus on the Family raises serious questions about CBS policies and bias” (Souce: The Women’s Media center.)

As part of their efforts to get CBS to drop the add, the Women’s media center has launched a campaign, urging viewers to suggest what CBS stands for. Their examples include “Corporate Broadcast Sell-outs” or “Completely Blatant Sexism.”

Never been a Jay Leno fan, and this whole debacle certainly hasn’t changed my mind.

Good Luck, Conan.