Nirvana - Nevermind 20th Anniversary!

Twenty years ago this past Saturday, the music industry was totally rattled and Nevermind became a defining album for young kids, teenagers and young adults.  It is now regarded as one of the most significant albums in music history.

I was almost 11 years old when I first saw the videos for 'Come as You Are' and 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' and that was it for me, I needed to know who this band was and where they came from.  I became such an instant fan, would run to the mall and run to Sam Goody (which is no longer around) and Hot Topic and buy every t-shirt of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana, I bought any CDs that were already released and would pre-order their upcoming albums - it was pure crazy love for this band.  I remember going to Europe to visit family and would buy everything and anything I saw with Nirvana or Kurt.  Oh and of course, I bought my first pair of converses shortly after that.. and would constantly write on them and that would continue to go on until my Junior year of high school.   My high school book-bag which I still have somewhere, is still covered in writings and Nirvana & Kurt patches, and other bands that I was into then.


But after all this time, Nirvana & Kurt still matter; and not just to me, but to many others.  Not too sound to cheesy but it's amazing the power music can give off and can emotionally stay connected for life.  I remember the day when I was 13 and heard about Kurt's passing - that will forever be with me.  It's always hard to lose someone but as a girl who just entered her teen years - Nirvana became even more important and I wanted to take it in even more; every song, every word, every note.   One of my favorite songs off Nevermind was and still is 'Something In the Way', 'Lithium' and 'Stay Away'.  What I loved about Nirvana, besides Kurt's amazing and distinct voice; no song is the same, no sound is the same... all great songs on one album and they all sound so different from one another - their entire music catalog is pretty different from one other, which is awesome!  
I hope you have days of listening to Nirvana and Kurt's voice and feel connected to it all and hope it reminds you of why Nirvana and Kurt will live on - no matter what.   They will for me.
  



Nirvana officially made three solid studio albums and of course my favorite, one unplugged album; which is MTV's best ever Unplugged show - EVER.   They have since released many compilations, box sets and live albums and a few DVDs.   However, next week - they are re-releasing the 20th Anniversary Edition of Nevermind.  I have pre-ordered all that I can including the vinyl editions, which I'm really excited about.   I can't wait to revisit this album from the first song to the very last one as I now usually listen to Nirvana in a shuffle like manor, so it should great to hear it all over and see how I feel.

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Drive - what a ride!

I had to give myself time to think over this movie, because as it started to roll credits and I stood up, I was full of mixed emotions but definitely liked the film, loved Ryan Gosling and the rest of the cast and they way the director created and edited this film.

So I watched it last night and I was overwhelmed, but not in a bad way.  Ryan Gosling was brilliant - loved his performance.   There are a few scenes in the movie that was really outstanding and wonderful and the way the director, Nicolas Winding Refn set these scenes up - pure genius.   The elevator scene was really poignant, an intense but touching scene with Carey Mulligan and Gosling (wonderful chemistry) and then turned instantly intense and violent.  I was worried though, because I had read some negative things about Mulligan and Gosling's chemistry, but those opinions were wrong in my opinion - thought they were really brilliant.  The way Refn shot that elevator scene, the slow motion, the dimming of the lights, the music in the background - just real good.  This clip below doesn't show the entire scene but you do see the beginning of what I mentioned before (slow motion, music, lights dimming):

Another great scene, Gosling carrying the little boy in a hallway and again, slow motion, music playing... another real great scene - especially when they slowly turn to Mulligans face - classic scene!    Trust me when I say that I was super hyped up to see this movie and kept telling myself prior to watching, 'no expectations, low expectations' so by the time I sat down to watch it - I was really calm and not putting too much pressure on the film.  When I walked out of that theatre I was little overwhelmed about how I felt about the movie - had a ton of different emotions, but did enjoy the movie.   Loved Gosling and Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, who played Mulligans husband and Kaden Leos, who played Mulligans son - they were really great to watch.  I was a little shocked in certain aspects - I don't want to spoil it for those who have not yet seen it, but just be cautioned.   I did enjoy the intensity of the film and the music score was well done - although the beginning of the film, I was reminded of 80s films, the pink lettering and the heavy 80s influenced sound (possible homage to the great classic 80s films).   Loved seeing Gosling drive and the song 'A Real Hero' by College playing in the background, lyrics goes, "A real human being, And a real hero".

So now that I've had time to digest all my feelings, I have to say I understand it more and have a much more appreciation for Goslings character and of the film as a whole.  I also appreciate the way this film made me feel so all over the place with my feelings towards the characters, towards the film and towards my own life.
Driver is a person who is quiet, private, keeps to himself and after an encounter with this woman and her child, his whole life changes, the way he feels and sees his life moving forward and wants to keep that protected and you see him possibly going over the edge in wanting to protect that.   If you care for someone, how far would you go to protect them?   A real human being can be a hero - it can be done in small ways or in a huge destructive way - but we, as human beings are all different and are all set up differently and I would hope that everyone has felt or has had a safe zone once in your life.  Most people have a limit of how far they are willing to go to protect that person as some others don't have a limit.  Either way, this story is about a human being who followed a specific route and as life does, something happens that changes his way and we get to watch him feel something that he loved and held close to him.  And that is something that we all have felt or (hopefully) will feel at some point in our life.  I hope I did not give too much away and just go watch the movie on a big screen.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Official Trailer 2 (2011)

So a new trailer has been released for the upcoming film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I've probably said this on another post or via twitter, but this movie seems eerily cool, dark and twisted - which seems like a fun movie to watch, to keep you on your toes. The cast is great, Daniel Craig, Stellan Skarsgard, Christopher Plummer, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson and Rooney Mara. Of course, the brilliant David Fincher had such a wonderful experience with the super cool, smart, bad ass Trent Reznor as he did the music score/soundtrack for one of the best films of 2010, in my opinion, The Social Network, he asked Reznor to work on this films' score and the great Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs also joined. The song you hear in the trailer is the sampling of the iconic, legendary Led Zepplelin's 'Immigrant Song' mixed and updated to Reznor's liking with Karen O's amazing voice and it totally fits the eerie feel of the teaser and full trailer. I've been thinking about reading the book prior to watching this on the big screen, but I'll have to think about this -- do I want to know the ending now or when I'm watching the film on the edge of my seat...decisions, decisions. What do you think of the new trailer??

Teaser trailer released a few months back...

J. Edgar Trailer -- FINALLY

Here you go... been waiting for this trailer!  

2011 Emmys...

Let me start by saying how wonderful was it to see the great Kyle Chandler win FINALLY for his outstanding performance of Coach Taylor on one of the best shows I have ever watched (religiously) Friday Night Lights.  And thats one of two that FNL won... Jason Katims won for best writing for the last episode... which was well deserved - such a wonderful show!!!   I was so happy and felt he was so shocked as he was probably not the only one, but regardless, he did deserve it.  Shoot, he should have been nominated every year for his performance.   His performance and character was inspiring!

The rest of the show was pretty good... was very happy for Modern Family, although - I love Ty Burrell, part of me wishes Ed O'Neil won for best supporting actor.   Nonetheless, I am happy.  I was pretty okay with all the winner in every category.  I did love the whole best actress for comedy... Melissa McCarthy is hilarious, but again, part of me wishes Martha Plimpton won.   But its all good - its all fun and games at the end of the night.

Now for the real important stuff, fashion... best dressed.  The color of the night was red, everywhere we turned there was someone wearing a shade of red... Connie Britton, Nina Dobrev, Kerry Washington, Martha Plimpton and emmy winner Kate Winslet.  Check out my all my favorites below...


 




 
 
 
 

More Great Dressed Stars during the Toronto Film Festival...

Rusko- Everyday Official Music Video

Instantly liked this song... 'sun is shining everyday'. Let me know what you think?

Vampire Diaries 3x01 - Stefan Calls Elena

Best scene from last night's season 3 premiere of The Vampire Diaries...

Justin Theroux - GQ Article...

 

Justin Theroux seems like such a cool guy... I think the first time I saw him was on Sex in the City and automatically thought he was cute, and then he showed up on Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, then Six Feet Under and kept going, most recently in Your Highness (unlike some people, I liked) and upcoming Wanderlust. But thats not all, this guy is a writer and producer, hello, he wrote Tropic Thunder and Iron Man 2 and was the executive producer on Tropic Thunder. Something about him, you know - he looks so bad ass, but super chill guy; type of guy you can sit have a real conversation and yet be able to poke fun at stuff. GQ magazine published a small but cool article on Theroux and a slidehow of photos (best part)... go check it out.

Justin Theroux Goes to Hollywood Wear It Now: GQ.com

PREMIUM RUSH - Official Trailer

Had to post this trailer being that the cool Joseph Gordon-Levitt is leading the cast, which also includes the fantastic Michael Shannon, Jamie Chung and Dania Ramirez. I believe I couple of months back, I mentioned this movie or posted a teaser on this film of course, it totally reminded me of that film with Kevin Bacon, Quicksilver. What do you think, are you going to watch this film?

Leonardo DiCaprio - GQ Cover

Oh Oh Oh... this has to be one of many magazines I will own with Leonardo DiCaprio on the cover! This guy is one of my top actors and I've followed him since I was a young girl, not even in my teens, watching him on TV's Growing Pains, and my lord, he keeps getting better and better! He is up there with Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr. and a couple of others - they can do no harm. Don't get me wrong, no one is perfect, but I have a great respect for them as actors and these men are adorable in their own way. Back to DiCaprio besides being a phenomenal actor (www.imdb.com), he is also a producer and environmentalist, which he takes very seriously and in the article, www.GQ.com had done, he mentions how politics concentrates on the wrong items. When you go through the slideshow (link below), read the experts from the article and don't forget to purchase the magazine!

The Leo Tapes Movies + TV: GQ.com

In the next two months he will be promoting, J. Edgar, directed by legendary Clint Eastwood, which I can not wait to see!   I'm hoping DiCaprio gets nominated and wins, especially an Oscar.  After all these years of constant outstanding, brilliant performances, he needs to receive one for Outstanding Lead Actor, like yesterday.  DiCaprio is currently filming The Great Gasby, which reunites him with his Romeo & Juliet director, Baz Luhrmann and co-stars are his longtime friend, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher and Gemma Ward.  I can't wait for this film either, well who am I kidding - I am always anticipating his films, just because he always nails every role.  

Michelle Williams - Vogue Magazine

Vogue Magazine did a real honest article on Michelle Williams, who will portray someone she always loved, the legendary, iconic Marilyn Monroe - someone I have also loved and have always had this idealism and wonder of the women she was and all that surrounded her to the very end.  My Week with Marilyn will be released in November and I can't wait to watch it on the big screen.  Williams' is honest in how she approached this film and how at the end it all came together well. Please check out the article and here are a few pics, but after reading the article, check out the slideshow. Pretty, pretty photos!

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