Hey World,
Just wanted to bring attention to a celebitchy blogpost about Victoria Beckham and Katie Holmes. Celebitchy was responding to a star magazine report as to why Victoria and Katie haven't been hanging out as much as before. Allegedly it is because Victoria had encouraged to get Katie a tattoo, but Katie refused, saying that tattoos are "tacky." Celebitchy criticized Katie for this by bashing her fashion sense, but I can see where she is coming from. I think that tattoos can look "trashy," especially when people: 1. have a lot of them all over their bodies and 2. are old people. And oh yeah, I have more of a thing against girls who wear tattoos. I can't stand seeing stars like Keyshia Cole, Amy Winehouse, or Eve wearing nice dresses but they're tatted up all over. In this way, the tattoos are distracting and gross. I don't mind if the tattoos are unique ones and are small and discreet, like Victoria Beckham's, but otherwise, I'm usually not a tattoo person. I just think that if I got a tattoo, I would end up regretting it later because I am fickle. I don't want to be 80 and have tattoos from when I was 25. And don't even get me started on if you work in a conservative, workplace environment or are looking for a job. I don't care what anyone says. When I see someone with a tattoo, I look at them differently. I mean, why would you want to mess up your skin on purpose? Some people have the nicest, clearest skin, yet they want to mark it up with tattoos. If Katie really said that, then I co-sign with her.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Movie Review: La Vie En Rose
Hey World,
I just saw La Vie en Rose over the weekend through netflix.com, and it was pretty good. I wanted to see the film for a few reasons. For one thing, I have always been interested in French films and French culture in general, so it was a must-see. Secondly, I have always wanted to know more about Edith Piaf's life. Up until now, I had not known much about Piaf except that she was a very famous French singer. Like whenever people think of all-time popular French singers, Piaf is usually number one. Also, I had first seen the promotions for the film while staying in London last spring, and I couldn't wait to see it once I returned to the States.
The movie basically is a typical biopic of a highs and lows of a singing legend, as portrayed by the wonderful Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The movie arguably not be as interesting if I wasn't as interested in Piaf's life as I already am, but I have learned a few interesting tidbits on Piaf, like:
1. She was not originally French, but of Italian-Algerian descent. That really shocked me because the French have adopted her so much as an icon that I had always assumed that she had a total Gallic heritage.
2. For a time, she was raised by the prostitutes from her grandmother's whorehouse. This was also shocking for me-how hard a life Piaf had lived.
3. Edith Piaf was not her real name. Piaf is a French colloquialism or slang word for "sparrow."
Those were some of the more jarring things that I had learned from the film. It had just amazed me that someone who was so talented had such heartache through her short life. What also amazed me was how Cotillard was able to play a young Piaf and Piaf when she became ill with the arthritis and the liver cancer. I mean, you could also attribute it to the make-up (The film's make-up artists have just won an Oscar for Best Makeup, which is well deserved), which was well done because Cotillard did not look like a young person trying to look sick and old. The make-up was believable. Let us also not forget Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance of the different phases of Piaf's life.
Anywho, I could go on and on, but La Vie En Rose is definitely a must-see.
I just saw La Vie en Rose over the weekend through netflix.com, and it was pretty good. I wanted to see the film for a few reasons. For one thing, I have always been interested in French films and French culture in general, so it was a must-see. Secondly, I have always wanted to know more about Edith Piaf's life. Up until now, I had not known much about Piaf except that she was a very famous French singer. Like whenever people think of all-time popular French singers, Piaf is usually number one. Also, I had first seen the promotions for the film while staying in London last spring, and I couldn't wait to see it once I returned to the States.
The movie basically is a typical biopic of a highs and lows of a singing legend, as portrayed by the wonderful Marion Cotillard as Piaf. The movie arguably not be as interesting if I wasn't as interested in Piaf's life as I already am, but I have learned a few interesting tidbits on Piaf, like:
1. She was not originally French, but of Italian-Algerian descent. That really shocked me because the French have adopted her so much as an icon that I had always assumed that she had a total Gallic heritage.
2. For a time, she was raised by the prostitutes from her grandmother's whorehouse. This was also shocking for me-how hard a life Piaf had lived.
3. Edith Piaf was not her real name. Piaf is a French colloquialism or slang word for "sparrow."
Those were some of the more jarring things that I had learned from the film. It had just amazed me that someone who was so talented had such heartache through her short life. What also amazed me was how Cotillard was able to play a young Piaf and Piaf when she became ill with the arthritis and the liver cancer. I mean, you could also attribute it to the make-up (The film's make-up artists have just won an Oscar for Best Makeup, which is well deserved), which was well done because Cotillard did not look like a young person trying to look sick and old. The make-up was believable. Let us also not forget Cotillard's Oscar-winning performance of the different phases of Piaf's life.
Anywho, I could go on and on, but La Vie En Rose is definitely a must-see.
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