Let the press junkets roll in!
Here’s the first bit of information regarding one of Rob’s appearances:
The first press appearances for “Remember Me” are being set, and Gossip Cop can confirm that Robert Pattinson will appear on “The View” on March 2. Emilie de Ravin will also join the gang that morning.
It will be the first time on the show for both stars.
As Gossip Cop exclusively reported, the film’s premiere will be the night before in New York City.
Source.
I have previously mentioned here and there, that I am trying to get into graduate school. It is a long and drawn out process, that I am sure some of you already know about. But I am going to give you some background on how my attempts have gone.
The program I applied for requires both acceptance into the graduate school, as well as acceptance into their program. You have to have a certain GPA, and GRE scores. On top of that 3 recommendation letters and a stellar personal statement. (Especially if your Spanish classes hate you as much as mine do.)
And just when you think everything is done, it is time for interviews. A whole day dedicated to orientation and interviews. And just because it is more painful- the interviews are at the end of the day.
Then the long process of waiting begins.
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Until the day comes when you get a letter in the mail from the graduate school.
You begin to freak out-
It is a small envelope?! What does that mean!?
It means that the movies are wrong boys and girls! Small envelopes do not just hold rejection letters!
They also hold the ACCEPTANCE letters!
So, celebrate, because this southern gal is going to graduate school!
From Cloud Nine,
The Southern Belle
Ellen Christine
Ellen Christine, celebrated and nice New York hat designer who creates the brand Ellen Christine Millinery – of whose Spring 2010 collection has as leitmotiv of sculpted straws, sewn hemps, textured sisals, and flower petals used as applique – joyfully spoke with FBF about her fabulous world of hats.
When did you start designing hats?
In the Eighties,I was working at The Hasty Pudding Club for a series of plays, and the director decided (with the producer. The rats!) they wanted a piece for a Jules Pfeiffer play we were costuming. I had to make a gladiator’s helmet practically overnight! It worked, and thank God it was a comedy!
While in Boston, I was at the School of Fashion Design on Newbury Street. My day gig was running a vintage clothing warehouse, doing the restoration, and the costuming. Bobby Garnet, the owner, bought (at my instigation) an estate of hundreds upon hundreds of hats. they all needed to be restored, and that was my education in millinery.
There is any milliner, designer or whatever who inspired you ?
Lily Dache, Stephen Jones, G. Howard Hodge, Dior, Chanel, old films were my source of constant inspiration. What Hollywood had done seemed to me to encapsulate the looks that fashion housed promoted.
Stephen Jones asserted that “American milliners are more sophisticated than eccentric”, do you agree with that?
For the most part, yes, I agree with that in a conservative way. We don’t have the centuries old tradition of edgy British humor, just the New World’s cut-to-the-chase mindset. I don’t consider myself any less eccentric than the next guy, but the next guy is usually a European. American millinery, as American sportswear, is market minded, for a specific customer .The norm is safer, and the eccentricity enters into the fray in odd ways.
ELLEN CHRISTINE: IL FAVOLOSO MONDO DEI CAPPELLI
Ellen Christine Millinery Spring 2010 collection
Ellen Christine, celebre e simpatica designer newyorkese di cappelli che ha creato il brand Ellen Christine Millinery – la cui collezione primavera 2010 ha quale leitmotiv, paglia scolpita, canapa cucita, intessuta di sisal e applicazioni di petali di rose -, ha parlato gioiosamente con FBF del suo favoloso mondo dei cappelli.
Quando hai cominciato a disegnare cappelli?
Negli anni Ottanta, stavo lavorando presso l’ Hasty Pudding Club per una serie di rappresentazioni teatrali ed il direttore aveva deciso (con il produttore. Carogne!) che volevano un capo per una pièce di Jules Pfeiffer per cui noi stavamo facendo i costumi. Ho dovuto realizzare un elmetto da gladiatore praticamente per tutta la notte. Ha funzionato e grazie a Dio era una commedia!
Mentre ero a Boston, frequentavo la Scuola di Fashion Design sulla Newbury Street. La mia attività era dirigere un magazzino di abiti vintage, facendone il restauro e disegnando costumi. Bobby Garnet, il proprietario, aveva comprato(su mia istigazione) una proprietà di centinaia su centinaia di cappelli. Tutti avevano bisogno di essere restaurati e questo è stato il mio studio del cappello.
C’è un designer di cappelli, stilista o altro da cui hai tratto ispirazione?
Lily Dache, Stephen Jones, G. Howard Hodge, Dior, Chanel, vecchi film sono stati la mia fonte costante di ispirazione. Mi sembrava che ciò che Hollywood ha fatto sintetizzasse i look che la moda casa di moda promuoveva.
Stephen Jones ha affermato che “i designer di cappelli americani sono più sofisticati che eccentrici”, sei d’accordo?
In gran parte, si, sono d’accordo in modo ottimistico. Non abbiamo I’antica,secolare tradizione di sferzante umorismo inglese, ma – per andare dritta al punto- la forma mentis del Nuovo Mondo. Non mi considero un individuo meno eccentrico del tipo che è a me più vicino, ma il tipo che mi è più vicino è solitamente un europeo. La cappelleria americana, come lo sportswear americano, è pensata per il mercato, per uno specifico cliente. La norma è più sicura e l’eccentricità entra saltuariamente nella mischia.
Ellen Christine Millinery Spring 2010 collection
www.ellenchristine.com
Song: DSTRYR/DYSTRYR
Album: The Betrayed
“All Hail!”.
Destroyer, Destroyer, we sing it like a funeral choir.
[Chorus]
Everything you destroy, we replace.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every word you write, we will erase.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every time you think you’ve stopped us, we rise up stronger from the dust.
Turn around motherfucker, ’cause we ain’t done.
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
“All Hail!”.
The shot that set a nation running.
The smoking shells are pilling up, just keep ‘em coming.
“All Hail!”
The warning sound of our salvation.
Line ‘em up boys, this is white noise.
Destroyer, Destroyer. Religion needs a new employer.
I’ve got the rope to hang your Jesus even higher.
Deceiver, Deceiver. I load the truth and cock the lever,
and then I’ll take my aim towards your fucking leaders.
[Chorus]
Everything you destroy, we replace.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every word you write, we will erase.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every time you think you’ve stopped us, we rise up stronger from the dust.
Turn around motherfucker, ’cause we ain’t done.
Destroyer, Destroyer, we live inside the fire. [x3]
Destroyer, Destroyer, we live inside of you!
Destroyer, Destroyer, we live inside the fire. [x3]
Destroyer, Destroyer, we live inside of you!
Destroyer, Destroyer, we live inside of you! [x4]
We live inside of you ! [x2]
[Chorus]
Everything you destroy, we replace.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every word you write, we will erase.
Destroyer, Destroyer !
Every time you think you’ve stopped us, we rise up stronger from the dust.
Turn around motherfucker, ’cause we ain’t done.
Destroy! Destroy! Destroy!
We live inside of you. [x2]
ANTHEM ANTHEM FUCKING ANTHEM
“I hope you choke, you non believer” Indeed.
Video: Ian talks to Disorder magazine about The Betrayed
(and an awesome gravity-defying hairstyle there, Ian
)
FANTASTIC INTERVIEW WITH IAN ON MAKING THE ALBUM (AND BEING A THIEVING TEENAGER!)
Interview: Ian for Mirror.co.uk
For more than a decade, Welsh wonders Lostprophets have been the most potent and energising force in British metal. They have proved their worth, leaving the valleys to enjoy success at home and in America.
A major draw at festivals, they’ve had Top 40 hits and sold two million albums. And yet the group have also held faith with the place that bred them, Pontypridd in Mid Glamorgan.
When I meet Ian Wilkins, he’s back home living with his mother after a spell enjoying the rock ‘n’ roll party lifestyle in Los Angeles.
“You’re never too long in the tooth to be living with your mum,” Ian, 32, smiles.
The band’s fourth album,
The Betrayed, went on sale last Monday and it shows Lostprophets to be angry and
on the attack.
“As I’ve grown up I like to think I’ve become more eloquent at explaining myself,” Ian says. “It’s life experience and there’s no substitute for that.”
Growing up in Wales in the aftermath of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, Ian and his band mates were often to be found on the wrong side of the law, a time that provides the inspiration for the new album song For He’s A Jolly Good Felon.
“Oh yes, there was trouble with the cops,” Ian recalls. “It was normal for kids from a working class town. [Guitarist] Lee was from the ‘ghetto’. Where he lived was the council estate part of town – a bit like Shameless.
“We couldn’t afford much so we would go out and nick stuff. I don’t want to condone it and you look back now and think it was pretty wild, but it was just a way of life, a part of the culture. Nicking from shops was second nature.”
Much of The Betrayed was inspired by a distaste for the modern world.
“It’s upsetting to watch what’s happening with the dumbing down of society in general,” says Ian. “People just spend their lives watching other people live their lives.”
The Lostprophets’ connection to their homeland was underlined last week when
they played their old school in Pontypridd to launch the Heart And Soul campaign. It aims to highlight the cultural richness of the Welsh valleys.
“Satellite communities can feel remote,” Ian explains. “We want to show that you still can do something with your life. Complacency and apathy have settled into society. People are happier watching The X Factor rather than thinking, ‘I could do that’.
“Or else they think the only way out is to go to a rehearsal and be herded like cattle, laughed at and exploited. You don’t have to do that. No matter where you are from you can do it – all it takes is a bit of spirit and gumption.”
The Betrayed is the band’s follow-up to their pop-accented 2006 No 1 album Liberation Transmission. Its release was delayed after they decided that two expensive high-profile producers – Bob Rock and John Feldmann – were taking their songs in the wrong direction.
“It was a bit like getting a dog into your car and saying we’re going to the park,” says Ian. “Then halfway through the journey you realise this isn’t the way to the park, it’s the way to the vet. When we told Bob we were thinking of doing it ourselves, he said, ‘That’s a brilliant idea’. He gave us the Bob Rock blessing.
“It was expensive, but ironically the finished record, the one we did ourselves, only cost £70,000, although we spent a million to find out what we kind of knew already. I think we had to do that to learn what we needed to make the album we have.”
The result certainly does justice to Lostprophets’ 10-year journey.
“It’s incredible,” agrees Ian, reflecting on his band’s longevity. “I still can’t believe that
this is what I’ve been doing. It’s what I’ve always dreamed of and it still is. If I ever hear any pop stars moaning about the lifestyle I think, ‘Try working the night shift at Tesco or driving a vehicle for the emergency services’. That’s hard work.”
Back home at mum’s watching telly, Ian’s temper can still be roused by the arrival onscreen of his bête noir, Simon Cowell. So what would he say to Mr Cowell should they ever say be trapped in a lift together?
“Nothing,” he snorts. “I’d just kill him. The world would be a better place.”
The Betrayed is out now. UK tour starts February 4.
HOW MUCH DO I FUCKING LOVE HIM FOR THAT LAST COMMENT!
Chatted with Macneil rider Dan Montgomery yesterday about what he’s been up to; Getting into surfing, why Macneil hasn’t done a full length vid lately, and what’s in the works for him. Read on friends…read on.
Dan Montgomery... I stole this from facebook.. I want to give photocreds!!!
ShuVL:Dan, what’s up. how’s life.
Dan: life is good, trying to ride as much as I can, you?
ShuVL: That’s awesome dude. Glad to hear it. BMX is shut down for me at the moment though… 5 inches of snow on the ground
Dan: nice, I’m slackin on boardin
ShuVL: yea, it’s been a mild season from me… bottomless turns one day though… but surfed more then snowboarded this season…
Dan: i got a surf session in the other day in Westport WA
ShuVL: sick. I was in Maui for that swell in December. … My arms got worked despite swimming for 3 months..hahah it was epic though. How often are you able to get out to surf?
Dan: I just started surfin this past year, I suck I just keep thinking how that perfect transition would be fun on a bike, and I can ride that. I want to get it so bad, I think I would be hooked
ShuVL: Yea, for sure. It’s just all swimming… 90% You’ll get it, and you will be hooked.
Dan: just to get out is fun
ShuVL: Personally. If I could surf everyday, I could give up riding…probably
Boosting. Awesome photo again. Sorry I don't know who took this.... message me and I'll add it.
Dan: that’s the same with my buddy who loves it, doesn’t even ride anymore-just surfs every weekend… ya I am still just getting my ass kicked out there
ShuVL: I think it may be cause there is so much to learn on a surfboard… like when you first started riding a bike. getting the simplest thing done is exciting again…Have you just been riding or are you filming as well these days?
Dan: I really need to film something so I can get a new bike. I am a slacker
ShuVL: What do you mean so you can get a new bike? You’ll only get one if you’re filming?
Dan: I feel guilty if I don’t get coverage, cause I don’t really deserve a new bike if I am not out there representing….. macniel has been hookin it up for about 6 years now
ShuVL:I guess. fair enough. that’s a while. Must be mellow riding for them?
Dan: since the started. for real there are cool… they now how I just do my thing
ShuVL: That’s the way it should be…Darcy is the shit.
Dan: I don’t have to be out there but they know riding is what I do….Darcy is the shit
ShuVL:Yea, exactly. You’ll get it done when you do.
Dan: lol
End jump at Jump Farm (RIP). photo by Stuart Brooks
ShuVL: Why hasn’t a new Macneil vid come out? it’s been a Loooong time.
Dan: Because it cost them too much for a video budget, when they can just make a dinky web vid
ShuVL: I see. I like web vids, and I understand the budget thing… but there is nothing like a full-length vid, and every fuckin kid in BMX has a web vid. hahaha.
Dan: I agree, I want one damn it…, I think I’m really stoked to film some stuff
ShuVL: a web vid? Just start some BMX drama… its coverage, and you won’t have to film then poof* new bike.
Dan: lol, no drama for my momma….under the radar, the way I like it.
ShuVL: oh for sure. BMX is better without it….Well get’er done man. Looking forward to it.
Dan: I miss Canada to, I lived in Burnaby for almost 2 years
ShuVL: Anyway man… I’m out.. maybe I’ll see you on the island this year for a Courtney jam???
Dan: sweet, we should shred soon…ok indoor down here…later man
ShuVL: def. peace!
By Main LiNE
In today’s Marca, in addition to the interview with Ruud van Nistelrooy, we also get an interview with Royston Drenthe, and it also made for compelling reading, because we find out a lot about his relations with his teammates!
Before the interview, some interesting notes:
- Drenthe played with an orange throughout the interview
- yesterday, Madrid’s players weren’t required to be sequestered before the game for the first time, so Drenthe said he would have a lazy day at home: his girlfriend, who used to work in a beauty salon in Holland, would wash his hair and his sister would braid it. Then at 8 pm, they would watch a Dutch TV program that searches for Michael Jackson imitators. Then a movie…
- the interviewer says he speaks Spanish well, although Drenthe claims he doesn’t.
- his full name is Royston Ricky Drenthe.
Q: How do you like to be called: Royston, Roy…?
A: In the locker room, they call me Malaguita. Iker gave me that name. It’s the name of a character from a movie, a thief [laughs]. From the time I was small, I’ve been called Roya, which is also what my friends in Holland call me. At home, my mother calls me Basha, which means “little boss” in Dutch, because I’m the only male in the family… there’s my grandmother, my mother, my sisters, and I have two daughters.
Q: How is it being a 22-year-old father?
A: It’s great! Jomaili is two years old and we have a special relationship. Lilai will turn one soon and speaks Dutch and Spanish.
Q: They told me that Drenthe is a character?
A: I like to joke around, and I have my personality and my style. If I want to wear pink pants, I’ll wear them. It doesn’t matter to me what people say. That’s the way I am. I have this hairstyle, and if I want to shave it off, I will, and if I don’t want to, then I won’t.
Q: They say that you’re the “happiness of the locker room” [don't know exactly how to translate 'alegría del vestuario'], that you make it comfortable.
A: That embarrasses me. I’m a normal guy. I don’t know why, but everyone is always joking around with me, especially Sergio Ramos, Iker, Kaká, Marcelo, and sometimes Raúl and Cristiano. They never stop… They’re quite annoying [laughs]. I say that with affection though!
One day, we had a team dinner. I told them I wouldn’t be able to go, because I was taking care of my daughters. At 10 pm, the phone rang. It was Sergio Ramos: “Malaguita, where are you?” I replied, “idiot, I can’t go.” After a while, the phone rang again. It was Sergio again. As my daughters went to bed, I was able to go to the dinner. As soon as I arrived, they started shouting at me, “come on, come on, sing a little.”
Q: Have you already recorded your rap album?
A: I’m doing that now, but it’s a lot of work, and I have football as well… I’ve written a song for my daughter. I wrote that in an hour, but other songs take me months. Music drives me, I always listen to my ipod before games.
Q: If you write a song about your team, you’ll sell a lot of records.
A: But it’s difficult for me in Spanish. Sometimes I’m in the locker room, and for example, if I see Higuaín with a blue boot, I can throw out a rap in a minute [smiles]. And you wouldn’t believe that it was just improvised!
Q: Have you made your teammates learn to like rap?
A: Right now, only Lass and Benzema listen to rap, and Cristiano, who likes everything.
Q: You’re a football player, a musician, but you could also have made a living skateboarding.
A: In 2002, I was the number two skateboarder in all of Holland. I’m good doing tricks and stuff with the skateboard. I don’t do it anymore, since it’s dangerous. I like all sorts of risky things that I’m not allowed to do.
I’m finding it very hard to be positive concerning Taylor Momsen lately. Her devil-may-care attitude, which some find refreshing, is incredibly annoying and frankly, a little unwarranted.
Taylor gave a pretty revealing interview to Times Online in the U.K. Did you know Taylor was one of the finalists for Hannah Montana? Luckily for us, and for Disney, Miley Cyrus won the role.
On Hannah Montana: “Honestly, if I’d have ended up as Hannah Montana, I don’t know if the show would have gone as well. I probably would have told them all to go f*** themselves by the time I hit 11. And I don’t know how that would have gone down. It’s great for Miley, but I really like where I am right now and I feel really fortunate to be able to really be myself.”
On not caring if she’s a role model: “To be honest, I don’t f***ing care. I didn’t get into this to be a role model. So I’m sorry if I’m influencing your kids in a way that you don’t like, but I can’t be responsible for their actions. I don’t care.”
The interviewer even refers to Taylor as the “ultimate teen icon”. Umm, ok? Taylor, no offense, you’re not on the same star level as your Disney counterparts Miley, Selena Gomez, heck even Demi Lovato. I understand you think you’re refreshing using “adult” language and acting like this whole celebrity thing is beneath you. And that all you really care about is your music and you think you can do whatever your little heart desires. I get it.
I just hope one day when you look back on these interviews and you take in to account your behavior (f.y.i. smoking at sixteen is illegal) you’ll realize just how foolish you really appear. Until then, best of luck remaining relevant when Gossip Girl ends.
To read the whole thing go HERE
