Media Hype over Sex and the City Movie

Ever since the announcement of the Sex and the City movie, the date May 3oth has taken on a sort of mini-holiday for women everywhere. There is some major advertising and promotion going on! I must admit I am a biased author here, because I own every season on DVD, so I too have high hopes. I already have my agenda for May 30th planned out group of friends. High expectations are riding on the film that will either honor, or dishonor the HBO cult phenomenon series.

The Simpsons was another television hit turned movie that had high hopes and was met with positive reviews. Rottentomatoes.com, my go to movie rating guide, gave The Simpsons movie a 89%, pretty darn high for the website that mixes hundreds of reviews into one single score. The Simpsons made about $185,000,000 at the box office, very respectable. But there is always a risk of tarnishing the image of a well known and loved sitcom.

Part of the plot line for the Sex and The City movie has been given to the public, the women are now older and more mature. The major plot line is that Carrie's (Sarah Jessica Parker) relationship with Big (Chris Noth) is serious, and there is a wedding being planned for. Whether or not there will be a major dilemma, or antagonist, for the Sex cast is left unknown, although the television series was known for its light, fun material. However, Jennifer Hudson's role as Carries assistant is supposedly left a secret because of a major plot twist she is involved with. HMMM..

Here is my blog prediction: Mr.Big (Chris Noth) is going to have some serious cold feet about getting married, Jennifer Hudson is going to be an assistant who somehow tries to sabotage Carrie, maybe she is a spy for another publication (Carrie works for Vogue in the movie). I also see the movie making $200,000 + at the box office.

Can't wait to "Get Carried Away"!

All Colors Together

As a prospective advertising student, I saw this Obama '08 poster and I was so inspired by its simplicity and originality that I had to find out more about it. I did a little research and found out it was created by a Brazilian graphic designer named Daniel Molin. Incredible work! It's so effective.

The Costume Institute's Party of the Year.. Best and Worst Dressed!

Worst Dressed: Stephanie Seymour

Best Dressed Selections:

Lauren Remington Platt in Dolce and Gabbana

Allison Sarofim in Alexander McQueen

Crazy, but fun: Zac Posen and Kate Mara both in Zac Posen

Tom Brady in Tom Ford and Gisele Bundchen in Versace

David and Victoria Beckham both in Armani

This may not be media news to all, but yesterday The Costume Institute's Party of the Year was thrown at the Metropolitan Museum and as some may know it's one of the best style events of the year. The invitations go out to only a select few and the celebrities and socialite's wear some of the most daring pieces you will see all year . None of those boring Academy Award dresses here! Above are my choices for the best dressed, and sorry Stephanie Seymour but the worst as well. Seriously Stephanie there is no excuse for that dress! Not flattering at all.

To see more pictures of the event go to http://www.style.com/peopleparties/parties/scoop/050608MET

Update: Vanity Fair's Piece on Miley Cyrus

Last week I blogged about the controversy Miley Cyrus is facing over a Vanity Fair photo shoot (another controversial photo is shown above) but I had not actually read the article that Bruce Handy wrote on Cyrus, which by the way is entitled "Miley Knows Best". The article itself was well written and I thought it was very interesting. Handy wrote about Miley's struggle to remain grounded and frankly not go crazy like the child stars before her. Here are some interesting quotes from the article:

Between sold-out concerts, multi-platinum records, and a hit TV series, Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus has some serious business riding on her 15-year-old shoulders—not to mention paparazzi on her tail and tabloid editors praying for her to pull a Britney.

... That said, I can’t imagine that her minders at the Walt Disney Company want to see Miley Cyrus’s name anywhere near the word “sex,” not in an era when every under-age actress in Hollywood is stalked by the Ghost of Britney Future. And not when so much money is riding on this one’s continued public innocence.

.... The series premiered in March 2006, was an instant hit, and what with everything else going on, Cyrus says, she hasn’t had more than a day off since Christmas 2006 and doesn’t expect to get another break until at least this Christmas. She hasn’t been in regular school since the sixth grade; she’s in 10th grade now, tutored on set or on the road for three hours a day. At least she doesn’t have homework.


The real question is: How do you grow up in public, both as a person and as a commodity? For every Jodie Foster or Brooke Shields there are a dozen Gary Colemans. Michael Jackson’s face speaks volumes. So did Judy Garland’s medicine cabinet. In Cyrus’s case, there has been a concerted effort, on the commodity side, to slowly draw her out from under Hannah’s shadow.

The full Vanity Fair article can be found at: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/miley200806?currentPage=1

Ready for Battle

On Tuesday, Indiana and North Carolina will have its primaries that could very well determine who the democratic candidate will be in the 08' campaign, but it will also measure the damage of the Reverend Wright scandal on Obama's campaign. The media has milked Reverend Wright for all the drama he could give and now it's time for the voters to decide if Obama's appeal was tarnished from the situation. We'll see what happens!

UPDATE: Obama won the North Carolina primary by 14 points and Hilary Clinton won a narrow 2 point victory in Indiana. Hilary plans to continue in her campaign for the presidency.