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[krazykitkat]

Just finished reading:
By Myself and Then Some by Lauren Bacall

I'm a sucker for auto\biographies and the golden years of Hollywood. So I was pretty much predestined to love it.
I greatly admire Lauren Bacall and her attitude to fame and life. Very down-to-earth and I admire her (and Bogie's) attitude to "fame" (she declined to place her feet in the cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1953, saying to Bogie that it seemed to her standards had been so lowered that anyone with a picture opening could be represented there. She didn't feel she had earned her place--she was never asked again).
And the extra bonus of a supporting cast of so many greats.

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So so glad Scott is gone from American Idol. He should've been gone the first week, between his bad/snotty attitude (he thought everyone would love him???) and the fact he was off key and note the majority of the time (Paula is tone deaf).
And the vindictive part of me is very happy he made a fool of himself, thinking that the couch was the safe place.

The final 2 should be Bo and Carrie. They (and Nadia) are in a class so far above the others.

One thing that's really made me cringe this season and last season (the only ones we've seen) is the group songs. They are horrific, a mishmash of voices, no harmony. Yet the Australian Idol group songs this past season at least were well done. I wonder what the difference is? People trying to sing solo instead of working on blending with the others (Bo and Carrie seem the best at harmonising)?

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Watched my Homicide:LOTS - The Movie dvd the other night.
I know not all states have seen it (was on tv here in Sydney last year) and some haven't even seen the last season. So a cut...

So lovely to see old departed faces (oh Kay and Stanley and Frank and...) and the new faces from the last few seasons were even welcome (except for Michael Michele - she's so blank).

So many lovely moments, hark-backs.

And laughed so hard at the MEs Cox (I miss Michelle Forbes) and Griscom at Gee's bedside.

And Tim's confession to Frank, and Frank's anger at Tim putting it on him, and that shot with Tim holding Frank's face and their foreheads together...bloody hell. I can't remember what blue meant on the board...did Frank turn Tim in?

And Kay crying in the bar and turning to Ed Danvers for a cuddle (I did so love when they were a couple).

And Adena and Beau and Crosetti and that fourth chair (has to be Tim).

But what most made me cry? There was a 'trailer' on the dvd, which was actually an advertisement for the series. It went for a long time and had so many of the moments and I was getting all choked up. And Gee saying to Kay, "There's no justice. There's just us."

I so want the dvds but they're so damn expensive.

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[littlemissscifi.livejournal.com]

You may be intersted to know that Goldie Hawn has a new autobiography out.

[privateuniverse.livejournal.com]

I'll have to get the Lauren Bacall book for my dad, he chose my middle name after her amd pretty much the only books he reads are Hollywood or music autobiographies.

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

Oh! The movie! THE MEW-VAY!

The roof scene is the saddest thing in the ENTIRE WORLD. My god. The first time I saw that, it broke me. Every time I see that, it breaks me.

Blue means that a cold case has been re-opened, so, yeah, that's pretty much what it means.

The fourth chair is a thing of genius.

[krazykitkat.livejournal.com]

I was broken and blown away by the roof scene. They were always amazing together and that was the best ever.

That's right. Thank you for the blue. Been too long.

I think it was going to be Tim.

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

Of course, but what's brilliant about it is, as Felton points out, nothing's written in stone...

[krazykitkat.livejournal.com]

True.

Have you read the book it's based on? I've always loved how the real Gee was the head of the SWAT team and he was in the movie too.
And they didn't solve the Adena case, because it was never solved in real life.

[tangleofthorns.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Book is terrific. Have you read The Corner? Same author, similar milieu, totally heartbreaking.

[krazykitkat.livejournal.com]

I haven't. Will have to see if it's available out here...I had quite some trouble tracking down Homicide a number of years ago.