Did you all hear the news that Oakland is apparently the most exciting city in the United States? Yeah, that’s a shock to me too, even though it also made the NY Times top 45 Places to Visit. As a former Bay Area resident, I am happy that the city is getting some shine for its positive attributes rather than the negative ones, but the most exciting? That’s something I’d never thought I’d hear about this city, especially given the sports team exodus that is looking more and more likely to happen. But good for the Town for getting some positive buzz. Spurned on by this article and the fact that I will be moving soon, I decided to do a list of the top 10 cities in the US.
Full disclosure before I start this review, I have never much liked The Great Gatsby in any form. The previous movie versions are dreadful and the book, while thematically fantastic never leaps off the page given the character’s unlikability and voice over type narration. However, I tried to purge my mind of these feelings when I sat down for my screening. That wouldn’t be hard as the movie’s marketing was so good and the visuals so lush, I found myself anticipating the film far more than I thought I would be. And while Baz Luhrman’s glamorous remake of The Great Gatsby manages to make love to your eyes balls with it’s period costumes and dazzling production design it is unfortunately it’s the cinematic equivalent of blue balls, leaving you disappointed and unfulfilled.
Of course what’s a 10 best dressed list without a companion piece about the 10 worst dressed people. I thoroughly enjoy this event specifically because since everyone comes looking a fool you have so many options to choose from! But let’s be honest, there was only one person that could conceivably be named worst dressed of them all. I include 10 full people but the person who takes the cake is Kim Kardashian. I mean look at the picture to the right. Kim K, Kimmy Cakes, Kimberly Kardashian, girl, Ma’am, what is this look? Whyyyyy did you come outside looking like a botanic garden? You are wearing a gigantic floral print dress with matching gloves??? If it weren’t for the crook in your elbow in this pic we wouldn’t be able to tell if you had any arms. I can’t believe that’s what Kim K wore to the MET Gala, given this was the first time she’s ever gotten to attend and was only there cause she’s Kanye’s plus one. I can’t even…let’s just move on.
The MET Gala is fashion’s biggest night celebrating the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s costume exhibit. It’s also the place where anybody who’s anybody attends and shows out fashion wise. This year’s exhibit, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk’s impact on high fashion from the movement’s birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk’s visual symbols. With that theme in mind, let’s check out who dressed the best!
Rare is it that I engaged with much of the young adult fiction that seems to be popular unless the novels are being turned into movies. It’s how I ended up reading the Twilight saga and The Hunger Games trilogy and how I came across James Dashner’s Maze Runner Trilogy. Thanks to Teen Wolf’s Dylan O’Brien being cast as the lead character I figured I #minuswell read the first book to at least familiarize myself with the tale. After making it through over 180 chapters, countless silent freak outs and some questions, I made it through these books and am here to share my thoughts.
Oh Smash, you make it so hard to continually tune in every week. I have resolved to go. This season has traded in the batshit crazy bravado of the first season for more streamlined stories that lack ambition. They’ve sort of buried the craziness in a shallow grave, but it could only remain there so long. On last night’s SMASH titled “Phenomenon” the show took a dip back into that pot of foolishness and created a storyline that while somewhat dramatically compelling, just stank of tired clichés, bad writing, and the ultimate demise of the show.