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Project Runway update

Karen | 31 July, 2008 10:51 | (242)

Okay, so I’m late.  We’re already three episodes into the fifth season of Project Runway, and I’m just now getting my stuff together.  Onward and forward.

 

Quick synopsis of season challenges so far:

 

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They're waiting for your call

Teresa | 29 July, 2008 14:29 | (108)

It's been awhile since popular musicians last harnessed the transformative power of the cheesy ballad for a good cause. Although this was made as a parody when aid songs were still in vogue, it's only a matter of time before aging rockstars unite on their own behalf. Man, "Axl" plays a mean sandwich.

How can you sleep at night knowing that, somewhere, an aging rockstar might be driving a Volvo station wagon? Please. Dig deep. Our operators are standing by. But don't call after ten, because they'll be asleep.

Move over, MoMA - here comes the MoBA

Teresa | 24 July, 2008 08:30 | (152)

Did you know that New England is home to the Museum of Bad Art? Nestled just outside the men's room in the basement of the Dedham (Mass.) Community Theatre, this gallery space is the only museum in the world dedicated to the preservation of truly awful art.

Not "whimsically eccentric art." Not "art-that's-so-bad-it's-good." Really, sincerely, terribly, horribly bad art. I've only seen those pieces of the collection that are available in their online gallery, but seriously. The mind boggles.

From the unfortunate portrait of someone's grandma that started it all to what appears to be a cow committing suicide, the MoBA is definitely a visual feast for bad art aficionados.

Concerned that your bad art appreciation skills aren't up to snuff? Head out to the Needham (Mass.) Public Library on Highland Avenue at 7 p.m. on July 28th for a lecture by Louise Reilly Sacco, permanent acting interim executive director of the Museum of Bad Art.

Sacco will discuss how to identify and locate bad art and give tips on bad art interpretation. Feel free to bring the bad art you've hidden away in your attic or basement - Sacco will tell you whether it's a museum quality monsterpiece or just simply bad. You'll also have an opportunity to purchase copies of the MoBA's first publication, "The Museum of Bad Art: Masterworks."

For more information, call the Needham Public Library at 781-455-7559.

"For the everyday woman" indeed

Teresa | 22 July, 2008 12:38 | (130)

When celebrities spend a little too much time in the limelight, they inexplicably develop a raging desire to design their own clothing line.

Go ahead, celebrities. Flex your creative muscles. I have only one request: Please refrain from describing your collection as appealing, affordable, or appropriate for the rest of us workaday stiffs. Because really, they're not, and Mom always said you shouldn't say things that aren't true.

Check out samples from the self-designed collections of Heidi Montag and Lauren Conrad of "The Hills" fame and see for yourself. The sad thing is, both of these young ladies have attended fashion school and worked in the industry.

 

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Happy birthday, Corey Feldman!

Teresa | 16 July, 2008 11:00 | (181)

Those of you who read The Telegraph's breaking news blog are already aware, but for those of you who don't, today is Corey Feldman's 37th birthday. To celebrate, I have collected a few clips from some of his more enjoyable movies. I would be hard pressed to think of another actor who has made more films that are dear to my heart.

And the sappy nostalgia ends here. The clips, however, continue on.

 

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All I want for Christmas is to have to sleep with the lights on for the next six months

Teresa | 10 July, 2008 13:30 | (150)

MGM Home Entertainment is releasing the Alfred Hitchcock Premier Collection on Oct. 14th, just in time to give your favorite suspenseful movie fan the absolute willies for Christmas. The multiple-DVD set is priced at $119.98 and comes with oodles of extras, including a 32-page booklet packed with production notes, trivia, and more.

The Premier Collection includes restored and remastered versions of "Rebecca," "The Lodger," "The Paradine Case," "Spellbound," "Notorious," "Young and Innocent," "Sabotage," and "Lifeboat."

One of the coolest parts of this collection is that the extras include radio play versions of "Notorious," "Spellbound," "The Paradine Case," "The Lodger," and "Rebecca," which take the Hitchcock experience to a whole new level. Sometimes the scariest things are the things you don't see.

Yikes. Even reading the synopses of the movies is kind of chilling. I think I might swing by the store on the way home and pick up some brighter lightbulbs.

Spousal abuse or abuse of technology?

Teresa | 02 July, 2008 10:40 | (210)

Well, here's one way to make sure everyone hears about the issues you have with your spouse: record your rants and put them up on YouTube.

Broadway producer Philip Smith is suing his estranged wife Tricia Walsh Smith for divorce after the video clips she posted on YouTube in which she expounds at length on their failed marriage got over 4 million views. Smith claims this constitutes spousal abuse.

In the event the 76 year-old producer decides to marry again after this fiasco, he may want to choose a wife closer to his own age - there's a 27 year age difference between him and Walsh Smith. If he marries someone upwards of age 70, chances are they won't know how to use YouTube and he can avoid being embarrassed if things don't work out again.

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