It’s a sheer day in Hollywood.

by katelin on May 16, 2012

Since yesterday was fake Monday, today is fake Tuesday but with real Hollywood news. So here we go:

Starting out with some serious cuteness we have Orlando Bloom and his adorably mismatched son Flynn enjoying a day on the beach. Seriously I don’t know who dressed this kid in all these stripes but it doesn’t take away from his preciousness.
 In other cuteness, Tony Star…er Robert Downey Jr. released a precious picture of his wife and their new son Exton and my goodness I can barely handle the adorableness.

In other bebe news, Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to her daughter, Maxwell and now I’m pretty sure it’s all we’re going to hear from her for a long time, but congrats nonetheless…Simon Helberg and his wife welcomed their first child, Adeline, congrats! Bazinga! No really, congrats…in non-bebe news, Britney Spears and Demi Lovato officially joined the judging panel of X-Factor! I still won’t be watching but that should be interesting…The famous Kodak theater is getting a new name since Kodak is going broke, at least Dolby theater has a decent ring to it…I love these 14 pictures of 14 famous people doing things you wouldn’t think they’d do…and even though I can’t decide about Men In Black III, I will say that Will and Josh Brolin look like guys I’d want to hang out with or swoon over, either or:

In some favoriteness…
Chris Meloni. Eliot Stabler forever in our hearts. But now he’s a vampire on a show I don’t watch and I almost want to get HBO just to see him on my TV screen again.

Joshua Jackson is friends with January Jones and holding her baby, Xander and Suri Cruise is totally envious.

The cast of Snow White & The Huntsman are some of my favorites. Like I can’t wait for this movie and Chris Hemsworth is swoony and KStew is Bella so clearly I have to sort of adore her and Charlize seems like she could be a bitch or just super awesome. In any case, this picture of the trio on the promotion trail is just ridiculous and hilarious and a whole lot of ummmmwhysomuchsheer?

In movie news...
The Gangster Squad. Ryan Gosling. In a fedora. And possibly shirtless again. Yes. Please.

The Dark Knight. ALL OF THE YES IN THE WORLD! This trailer literally gave me chills. Cannot wait for this.

The Avengers. Oh how I enjoyed this movie just so much (Thor, swoonfest). If the movie was made in 1978 it would probably still be bad ass. If it was made when the stars were in high school, well that’s a different story. Also, did you know Sam Jackson has made the highest grossing actor ever? Like Guiness World Record even? Impressive Nick Fury, impressive.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Looks so sweet and adorable and has my favorite Hollywood mom, Jen Garner.

Argo. Ben Affleck’s newest project. So intense. So dramatic. So good.

In TV news…(spoilers ahead)
The Big Bang Theory. Seriously, I LOVE this show. And I love Amy Farrah Fowler and how much she was excited to be a maid-of-honor and that she wore her infamous Tiara. The whole finale was just precious, especially with everyone holding hands at the end, I might have gotten a little teary.

How I Met Your Mother. I’ve always loved this show. But sadly I did not love this finale. I thoroughly enjoyed the first part and Lily’s chaotic delivery (& the Lily’s in Labor site) and little Marvin. Seeing all of them with the little guy was just wonderful.

Once Upon a Time. This was my favorite new show of the year and one of the only ones I really stuck with (not counting Homeland since I plowed through that whole show in two days, oh memories) and I was sort of sad to see the finale only because it meant my love of fairy tales wouldn’t be on TV for months! For shame! In any case, I’m glad something actually happened in this finale. Emma became a believer adn then everything else happened in warp speed to save Henry and transform the storyland part. Also, it’s quite obvious that the creators of Lost have something to do with this show since the episode ended with a plume of smoke (similar to some smoke monster, I don’t actually know since I didn’t watch Lost – I just hear things).

Grey’s Anatomy. What. The. Actual. Eff. Okay I get the whole episode about the boards and I knew someone was going to fail and I sort of thought April all along because man, she is having a rough time. Sex with Jesse Williams should not be that traumatizing Kepner, keep it together! So let’s fast forward to the end. Where, speaking of Kepner I thought she was going to commit suicide because nothing was going her way and shew as just so all over the place. But then than seems so very unChristian. Instead Shonda crashed a freaking plane with so many favorites on board. Stop this ish. Stop it. Too many freaking disasters in this show. Someone is going to die on the finale and it better not be Derek is all I have to say. I know the episode will leave a lot up in the air (especially with doctors going to different hospitals) since contracts were in negotiations when it was filmed but really, let’s hope it’s a good one.

Glee. Eh. I’m still watching. Somehow. I don’t love it any more but I keep watching. I’m hoping the finale isn’t too crazy of a cheesy overload. It’s sad because the cheesiness that I used to love about it just isn’t the same any more. Although I will say that I was glad the kids wore long dresses to their prom because seriously that short dress ish needs to stop. Prom = long dresses.

Lastly in today’s WTFness we have Lisa Turtle. I mean did you see this? What the eff happened? She’s like a horrible mess mixed with Lil Kim and it’s just creepy. Also I met her once when I was a kid and she was not very nice. So I don’t feel bad about her freakish new look, eek.

 

happy day after tuesday!

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Word to the Mothers.

by katelin on May 15, 2012

So yeah it’s Tuesday but we can just pretend it’s Monday because that’s where recap posts belong anyways.

Friday: After a particularly exhausting day I came home and took an actual mini nap. Like I needed sleep if I was going to be a functioning adult. And then Matt ordered pizza and we ate and drank wine and caught up on the DVR and then I went to be at 10pm like a champion.

Saturday: My phone rang at 10:15am and that’s when I woke up. So yes, I slept 12 hours and it was freaking glorious. I ran all sorts of productive errands and spent more money than I should of (but really, could I say no to this tablecloth - No. I couldn’t. Damn you Target) and it was lovely. Even more lovely was taking a lunch break at my aunt and uncle’s house to visit with my cousin in town from Florida. Her adorable little bebe was also with her but was unfortunately not having any sort of anything and was basically a fussbucket the whole time (sadly this did not deter my baby fever in the slightest). It was quite nice to hang out with family for a bit and a nice break to my afternoon. Afterwards I ran more errands and attempted to clean up our apartment before sort of throwing my back out again while vacuuming (I get it body, you don’t want me to clean. I can get the hint).

Eventually Matt made it home and we (along with my parents and brothers) went to my friend Janet’s house for a lovely evening BBQ. It was so nice to hang out with high school friends from far and near and catch up and watch the Lakers and just have a lovely relaxing evening.

Sunday: Mother’s Day! Woke up nice and early to meet my family for breakfast. We went to an adorable little place we’ve been going to for years and it was so nice to spend time with the family, especially mom. After breakfast we made the trek to go visit my grandma. And seriously for being 99, that woman is a champ. She was in great spirits and when she could actually hear what we were saying (I mean it’s understandable to basically be deaf at 99) she was chatty and talkative and happy to have us all there with her.

 I honestly don’t visit her enough so I was so happy to be able to spend some time with her and chat about nails and shoes and silly things. She truly is a gem.

The rest of the day went something like this: Nap (seriously I’m ALWAYS tired, it’s like I have mono), Movie Date with Mom and my sister, mini nap, BBQ with Matt’s mom and his brother’s in-laws, drink lots of wine, scream at the hockey game (go Kings!) and hurrah to moms everywhere!

How was your weekend? Did you celebrate the moms out there or get celebrated yourself?

 

happy not monday!

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