Did any of you watch Seth Meyers’ Late Night debut last night? I didn’t, but every time I read about or see something about Meyers and his fellow Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon’s takeover of The Tonight Show, I think, “Thank Xenu that NBC’s late-night shows are safely in the hands of white guys…
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Family Photos
GeorgeB’s big birthday on Saturday was a lot of fun. After the celebratory dinner, Terri Berry and I lined up with Dad for an updated version of our 1989 birthday photo. Then we gave him kisses … … which inspired his sons-in-law to do the same. My mom and nephew got in on the kissing…
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan: 50 Years Later
Did you watch last night’s The Beatles: The Night That Changed America – A Grammy Salute, the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Beatles’ performance on the Ed Sullivan show? I loved it … except for the appearances of Maroon 5 and assorted, random-seeming actors. I’m wondering if Johnny Depp, Sean Penn and Kate Beckinsale are close personal…
Celebrate Breaking Bad’s Golden Globes With Heisenberg’s Hat!
I was pleased when Breaking Bad won twice at the Golden Globes last night. The show took the Globe for Best Television Series – Drama, and its star, Bryan Cranston, won Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama, for his performance as chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin Walter White. (I thought Aaron Paul should have won for supporting…
Throwback Thursday: Lexi’s Versace, 10 Years Ago This Month
In mid-January 2004, I went to the Los Angeles premiere of Along Came Polly. There was a little salon in the hotel so I made an appointment with a makeup artist who decided to give me a tan, L.A.-worthy look, even though I didn’t ask for one. I wound up more orange than tan. This…
Breaking Bad: What a Finale!
Who watched the Breaking Bad finale? (If you haven’t seen it because you’re in another time zone or still catching up on earlier episodes, stop whining about spoilers and get off the Internet for fuck’s sake!) I loved it! It didn’t make me teary like the last episode of MASH … … or Cheers, and…
In Case You Missed It: My Heisenberg Hat Stud Earring
My jewelry tribute to Breaking Bad sneaked in at the end of yesterday’s long post about the ways in which Bad‘s Walter White is like The Godfather‘s Fredo Corleone. In case you missed it, here is my Heisenberg hat single stud earring in sterling silver. Refinery29 did a nice little story about the earring here….
Breaking Bad, Worthy Anti-Heroes and the Heisenberg Hat
I started watching Breaking Bad last month and caught up on all the past seasons in time to watch last week’s penultimate series episode when it first aired. Phew! Now I’m good to go for this Sunday’s finale, even though I’m not fully recovered from the week of nightmares I had after seeing “Ozymandias.” I…
MTV VMA Flashback: Gifts From 2002 and 2003
I wish I were going to MTV’s Video Music Awards tonight! But I can’t complain (too much) because I went from 1999 through 2003. That’s a pretty good run, and those were some good shows. I was there when Diana Ross gave Lil Kim’s bare boob a jiggle; drag queens paid tribute to Madonna; Eminem…
Breaking Bad, Business and the Blog Week in Review
A lot of people will be watching Breaking Bad tonight and I’ll be avoiding their tweets to the best of my ability, because I just started catching up on the show this week. I got through the first season and about four episodes into the second. I’m watching as fast as I can! I was…