Tension and conflict. Action and resolution. These are the themes for the premiere episode of Project Runway All Stars (PRAS). The producers artfully sprinkled our designers around lower Manhattan and had them act surprised as they “ran into each other.” So you had Sweet P standing on the curb like Cyndi Lauper in 1982, Elisa Jimenez floating above the sidewalk on a cloud of eldritch energy, Rami handing out neck braces to all the men who got whiplash cruising him. Kenley dashing to and fro with pinking shears, hoping to poke someone’s eye out. Anyone’s eye, really. As always, there are spoilers inside, so read on at your own risk! Continue reading
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Before we go a moment further, I want everyone on the interwebs to know that this header image was The Worst to deal with. So there.
Now that we have that biz out of the way, here comes a cold reality. No Bitchy Orange. No Meana Garzilla. No Heidi. No Tim. But we do have Isaac Mizrahi, doyenne of value priced Target fashion lines, and we do have Joanna Coles, a lovely lady who works at Marie Claire and who was a judge on the last regular season of Project Runway.
We also have Georgina Chapman (who?), a former model, a designer, and oh here it is, wife to Harvey Weinstein. Ring a ding ding. Can’t imagine how she got the job. Continue reading
Let’s say, you’re a young mother with a three month old baby, living in a trailer in Oklahoma. Also, your husband was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago, and he died on Christmas Day.
A few days later, you’re grieving because you just put your husband in the ground. It’s pitch black outside since the sun goes down so early in the day, and suddenly a man named Justin Martin drops by, claiming that he was a neighbor who wanted to say hello. You don’t know who he is, it’s pitch black outside, you’re alone with the baby, so you don’t open the door. Continue reading
Hey kids, shake it loose together for this Thursday’s premiere episode of Project Runway All Stars. This collection of has-beens and also-rans and fan favorites is coming to the Lifetime Lady Parts Network at 9 eastern / 8 central time. Set your DVRs to “ignunt” and prepare yourselves for the spectacle. Continue reading
As this Financially Fit article relates, an average American household owns 2.8 televisions.
Show and tell time. How many for-real televisions do you own? A big honkin’ monstrosity in the living room, a tasteful flat panel on top of the dresser in the bedroom, an eensy portable one in the den or home office? One in the bathroom so momma can watch her stories? One in the kitchen to cook along with Ina Garten? One in the workshop in the basement for clandestine viewing? That ginormous projection TV you can’t bear to part with, kept in the garage for football on Sunday? Maybe a digital projector that you use with a bed sheet tied between two trees on hot summer nights? Continue reading
Oh, my little chickens. You know there’s so many songs that speak to this season.
These, I feel, really sum everything up in a happy jingle bell festive package. Joan Jett singing about the Little Drummer Boy? Annie Lennox and Al Green exhorting us to get some love in our hearts? Come on. Now is the time.
Check it out. Continue reading
Years ago, it was the tradition for my family to meet at my mother’s house for Christmas breakfast. With nieces, nephews, and random cousins, we had maybe 20 people around the dining room table. After presents were opened, we served breakfast family style, with dishes passed around the table.
Someone found this recipe in a magazine, we made it, and it was demanded every year after that. It’s super simple to assemble the casserole on Christmas Eve, then pull it out of the fridge Christmas morning, throw on the topping, then put it in the oven for 40 minutes or so. The trick to serving this dish is to let it set for 15 minutes after pulling it out of the oven. The resting time allows steam to escape and the casserole to settle into one delicious mass. Continue reading
Hush now children, and listen to a crazy law firm tale. This happened during the reign of Bush I, also known as the “L.A. Law” years. I was a legal secretary at a firm that handled everything but family law. This is important later in the story. The firm had five “named” partners, that is, their last names made up the firm’s name, like “Dewie, Cheatem, and Howe.” Continue reading
On Wednesday, November 9, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, we will see the first “national” test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Formerly known as the Emergency Broadcast System, this is the alert and warning system that interrupts television and radio broadcasts.
The public will hear a message lasting thirty seconds which clearly states: “This is a test.” The message will be the same across radio, television, cable and satellite outlets. Continue reading
Hey, fuckos! Here’s the first in a series of articles where you get to know your fellow commenters. Can you feel the glamour? Because you should. Get ready for a shower of glitter-farting unicorns as we “lift the veil” a little bit, and start to learn a little more more about each other.
Questions will vary from time to time, and of course anyone can interview anyone else. As I like to say, the pioneers get into trouble and the people who follow them reap the benefits.
So! Boobookitteh and I are the first two in the barrel for this experiment in terror. Myself, as interviewer, and Boobookitteh as interviewee. Aren’t we brave? Yes, we are. Read along and ask your follow-ups to our dear Boobookitteh as you feel is appropriate! Or inappropriate, depending… Continue reading