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Category Archives: Hollywood
Jun
15
2010
Getting Schooled by Miles Davis
Music is powerfully emotive. The right piece at the right time can be a spiritual moment like no other, for some of us. There are specific times I can remember some songs that blew my mind — songs I’d heard in the background time and time again, but a moment presents itself and the head explodes [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Dimestore Philosophy, Journalling, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff, writing Tagged a kind of blue, apocalypse now, cellar door, cellar door sessions, changing tastes, cordelia, francis ford coppola, growing, jazz, learning, learning about jazz, miles, miles davis, music, tastes, the doors, the end, tragically hip, yukon 1 Comment
Jun
04
2010
Fuck You, Hollywood.
We’re witnessing the end of an empire at the box office. Sex and the City 2 is lying there like a dead fish, with all the appeal of a used-up 45-year-old prostitute after a night of chasing 8-balls with gin after running the line for a sex-train at a frat party. Naturally, Hollywood is CONVINCED it’s [...]
Also posted in Being me, Consumerism, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Modern Feminism, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Women's Department, feminism, keeping it real Tagged bad movies, box office, carrie bradshaw, cliche, failure, feminism, Hollywood, kim catrall, movies, mr. big, new york, sarah jessica parker, satc2, sex and the city 2, Sexism, stereotypes, stupidity 6 Comments
May
31
2010
Just Shut Up.
A few days ago, Gary Coleman died. Before Gary even died, the jokes were flying — mocking him, his lifelong health problems, and spreading word of his death before the end even came. Instead of wishing for his survival before the aneurysm took his life, all of Twitter was cracking jokes and mocking the on-his-deathbed Coleman. [...]
Also posted in Current Events, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants Tagged assholes, dead, gary coleman, RIP, shut up 4 Comments
Mar
08
2010
She’s The King of The World!
(There are no The Hurt Locker spoilers here, no worries, since about 15 of you have seen it.) It took 82 years, but there’s finally a woman who holds the title of Academy Award-winning “Best Director” . But it’s about more than just a woman taking home the big prize. As a writer, I saw something incredible [...]
Also posted in feminism, writing Tagged academy awards, avatar, best director, best editing, best picture, best sound, best story, Hollywood, james cameron, kathryn bigelow, oscars, the deer hunter, the hurt locker 5 Comments
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