Same Page Monday – Golden Globes Edition

January 13, 2014 By 1 Comment

1. Caroline sent me this GIF in regards to how she was feeling the whole time she was looking through the Red Carpet arrivals from the Golden Globes.  There weren’t as many stunning looks as we were hoping for!

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2.  “B*tch stole my prom look!”

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3.  B*tch kinda stole my homecoming look (from 2003)! – Obviously, I was so very busy and important on my cell phone.

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4.  Do we really need any more reasons to love JLaw any more!?! She is my favorite person. Best Red Carpet moment was when she playfully tells TSwift that she thought it would be funny if she came in and pushed her down the stairs.

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5.  Did anyone else notice that Tina and Amy wore the same but opposite color dresses during their opening monologue as last year??

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6.  Tina and Amy were so funny!  There were a few jokes that made me actually laugh out loud.  The one about how George Clooney would rather drift off into space than to spend time with a women his own age!  And how Tina introduced Leo when he was presenting… I can’t repeat it.  Remember we try to stay classy here at Milly & Grace Girls.  The best part was when they cut to Martin Scorsese’s reactions… He was cracking up!!  These Golden Globes had the highest ratings in 10 years!  The girls did an awesome job. I can’t wait till next year!

This is for Caroline who didn’t get to watch it… A recap of some of the funniest moments from the night!

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Movie Review – Dallas Buyers Club

January 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment

During Award Season, the Studios generously hold screenings of their nominated movies for members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). This past weekend, I attended a screening for Dallas Buyers Club. What was special about this screening was that the writers, producers, directors and stars were all there for a Q&A at the end! It was an honor to sit before these brilliant artists and listen to their stories behind the movie… and I will share some of those with you!  But first, if you haven’t seen this movie yet, watch the trailer!

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Dallas Buyers Club Premieres in Beverly Hills

The movie was fantastic.  Of course, there were parts that were hard to watch (yes, there were drugs and sex in this movie), but it wasn’t glorified like it was in Wolf on Wall Street.  (Note: I had to make that note because the family went to see it the day after Christmas and we walked out.  Not a movie to see with your parents or little sister or her boyfriend.)

Dallas Buyers Club took over 10 years (after the movie was written) for it to finally get made.  There were different actors, directors and studios attached to the film.  They finally had Matthew McConaughey and director, Jean-Marc Vallee, attached and they planned to shoot in 2012.  Their backers pulled out last minute but Matthew had already started losing the weight… they were determined to make this film.  They ended up shooting the film on a 5 million dollar budget in 25 days with no lighting and one camera.  Amazing.

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Matthew and Jared were incredible.  Jared completely transformed into his character, Rayon.  There was no trace of Jared Leto.  It was astonishing.  He should win every award he is nominated for.  It was the littlest things, like simple mannerisms or a look or a reaction, that you just couldn’t take your eyes off of him.  Matthew’s character, Ron, went through a full transformation.  Matthew said that his character (or Ron) didn’t have purpose until he found out that he had AIDS.  He now had something to fight for, and instead of destroying him, his disease turned him into a hero… a champion.  And Jennifer was a delight.  She added sweetness and heart to the movie.

One of the interesting facts about the movie is that the movie didn’t have a full score.  Jean-Marc purposefully chose not to have a score.  Matthew told a story about Jean-Marc’s role as the director of this movie.  He said directors can manipulate the audience.  They can force you to look at something by spotlighting it and going in for a close up or to have a score telling you how you should be feeling at every moment… but Jean Marc said, after one of the first takes,  that there was something special here and he had to do whatever he could to get out of the way.  The story itself is so raw and powerful and that’s how it should be seen.  Like real life and not a Hollywood movie.  Truly selfless move by a director and it made the movie what it is.

Go see it!

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Same Page Monday

January 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment

I’M BACK IN LA! SAME PAGE MONDAY IS BACK TOO!

1.  In honor of the Season Premiere of The Bachelor tonight, I will tell you my little Bachelor/Bachelorette story.  About 2 months ago, we met Drew Kenney from last season’s Bachelorette (well he was our bartender at Hakkasan in Beverly Hills) and my friend slipped him my number when we were leaving and told him to call the “cute blonde”.  I am still waiting for him to call.  Just kidding.  I am not.  I got over it pretty quickly.  Actually, the day after, I was reading US Magazine and there was an article about how he is now dating Chris Harrison’s assistant.  Note to self: Stay up to date with gossip magazines so that you are up to date on who is dating who in this town, so embarrassing stuff like that doesn’t happen again.

Almost…

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 2.  This is Patty instagramming.  Notice that she is not only committing a big fashion no no… socks and flips flops… but she is surrounded my mounds of snow.  She walked in and said, “My toes are froze.”  Oh Patty, we love you!  The things we do for a good Instagram shot.

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3. If you didn’t know this about me already, I used to work for Sprinkles Cupcakes! I always had so much fun working for Sprinkles. One of the things I loved about that job, was that we were always filming fun videos and training videos! Patty, Emily and Caroline are in New York for the buying shows and they stopped at Sprinkles for a little afternoon pick me up… They sent me this video. It makes me happy to know that I haven’t fully left Sprinkles forever.  A little piece of me will live forever on the TV Screens at Sprinkles in New York. Watch my amazing dance skills below.

4.  There are only 3 things today.  I’m sorry.  I hope that’s ok.  Let me know if it’s not.

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