The A Lot More Where That One Came From Post.

With the dullness of the Oscars behind us, something interesting. And more here.

The Happy Birthday, Cindy Crawford Post.

Nothing else to say, really...

The Only On The Disney Channel Post.

I'm not a fan of Wizards Of Waverly Place - Selena Gomez is no Melissa Joan Hart (and certainly no Elizabeth Montgomery), and the show's not a patch on other tween-aimed shows like Hannah Montana and iCarly. Plus its theme song hurts my ears. But I'll have to tune in when "Fashion Week" premieres - whenever the Disney Channel UK gets around it - because it's got Cindy guest starring in her first sitcom appearance since... eurgh... According To Jim. Just Jared Jr. for the whole thing, and check out the pictures.

And props to Cindy for not playing herself! (I know she's cast as a famous model, but still...)

The Piers Morgan Takes A Brief Vacation From Being A Knob Post.

From the Daily Mail via GQ:

Piers Morgan: Which famous women would you most like to be trapped with on a desert island?
Piers Morgan: Cindy Crawford, Scarlett Johansson and Delia Smith. I wouldn't expect the first two to do any cooking. Or wear any clothes.
PM: And who would you least like to be trapped with?
PM: Heather Mills, Cherie Blair and Princess Anne. They would irritate, enrage and bore me to death. In that order.

The vacation ends at that point, but it proves that a stopped clock does tell the right time twice a day.

The Confessions Of A Shopaholic CD Post.

Things to do music-wise, one: Replace defective cassettes (so if anyone has any spare copies of Carl Davis' Napoleon on CD floating about...)

Things to do music-wise, two: Apologise to everyone who downloads. Having been led after Googling the now ex-Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon to the preview Amazon page for Confessions Of A Shopaholic's Hollywood CD, and been less than thrilled with the stuff I had to go through to get to the last track...

1. Accessory - Jordyn Taylor (3:04)
2. Fashion - Lady GaGa (2:49)
3. Blue Jeans - Jessie James (3:54)
4. Uncontrollable - Adrienne Bailon (3:28)
5. Calling You - Kat DeLuna (4:34)
6. Stuck With Each Other - Akon (3:18)
7. Unstoppable - Kat DeLuna (6:14)
8. Big Spender - Adrienne Bailon (5:40)
9. Bad Girl - The Pussycat Dolls (2:25)
10. Again - Natasha Bedingfield (3:55)
11. Takes Time To Love - Trey Songz (2:45)
12. Girls Just Want To Have Fun - Greg Laswell (2:35)
13. Don't Forget Me - Macy Gray (2:35)
14. Shopaholic Suite - James Newton Howard (4:40)

...I may just have to buy it separately. Wait, you can't? Sod. Ah well, it's amazing he's there anyway (the movie's from Jerry Bruckheimer)...

UPDATE: After seeing the trailer for the movie before both Vicky Cristina Barcelona and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, I may just go and see the thing as well. It made me laugh, and Isla Fisher is, well, you know...

The 90210 Review Post.

Lacrosse? LACROSSE?!? Piss off.

The I Was Folding And Commuting, That's Where I Was Post.

When President-elect Obama became "just" "plain" President Obama, I wasn't watching. Because I was finishing off work and heading home, not because I wouldn't have been tuning in the way Sharon (who rushed home to take it in on CNN) did. The fact that I couldn't go through the warehouse without being "treated" to right-leaning yak radio station talkSPORT (which, being in bed with Rupert Murdoch, has always been not exactly pro-the man who copyrighted the phrase "Yes we can") certainly didn't help - what's Obama accomplished they ask? Well, for a start he hasn't been a codeword for asshattery like the predecessor.

But forget them, and forget the kind of political discussion in the letters pages of the likes of thelondonpaper. (As Sharon pointed out, during our own lifetimes you couldn't have gotten racially-mixed casts on South African TV shows of the past the way you can on current ones like Isidingo and Generations.) Focus on the millions thrilled, and not only in the US or Kenya. Focus on his packing more inspiration and intelligence in one minute than his predecessor managed in eight (and arguably more than 60) years. Focus on real hope. And focus on... positivity. After eight long, long years, the mood's finally gotten to change. And that's no bad thing.

The Technical Term: "RESULT!" Post.

I know today isn't technically speaking their day, but come on. If their fellow supporter (aka the woman pictured over yonder) of the biggest O since Roy Orbison had been there as well, it would have been the Best Picture Ever.

"GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY!" - Butch.

(EDIT: "Actually, it's get the FUCK out of the way." - Butch.)

I stand corrected.

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!" - Butch.

The What's Wrong With This Picture? Post.

1983: Maggie Grace is born.

2004: She plays a teenage TV star with a bad reputation on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

2004: She starts playing, with all due respect to Elizabeth Mitchell and Yun-jin Kim, the foxiest character ever to appear on Lost (until that cow played by Michelle Rodriguez offs her, but that's another story).

2008: She plays Liam Neeson's 17-year-old daughter in Taken.

As she has the video spot this week it's clearly not her fault (and she has played age-appropriate - see The Jane Austen Book Club and the remake of The Fog). But are some casting directors high?

The Four Points About The Golden Globes Post.

1. They aren't the Oscars. In any sense. And that wasn't intended as praise. (And I do not care about how many fucking Brits win - mental note: avoid the UK media because they'll be drenched with flag-waving reports about the wins.)

2. Except when they cut back to Sky's studio coverage. Then they're just as good at making me reach for the mute button or flicking over to Quincy, M.E. on ITV3+1 instead.

3. I'm still waiting for Blake Lively to show up (I can't summon up enthusiasm for Slumdog Millionaire as yet).

4. Thanks for most of the other foxy presenters though (particularly my girl Hayden and Salma Hayek).

EDIT: Just after posting this, Blake finally came on. I can stop watching now... Joke. Or is it?