Celine Dion, Wicked, Spice Girls, Oh My!
Spice up your life! Two weeks ago I went and relived 10 years ago. My friend Steven and I went to the Staples Center in LA and saw the Spice Girls Reunion concert! It was fabulous and there was no lip syncing , well maybe for Posh Spice. Saw David Beckham and his sons, he was so hot even through binoculars. Each girl had their own performance through out the concert and we really enjoyed Ginger Spice's 'Its Raining Men', especially Steven!
The next night I was invited by a coworker to see Wicked for free. I had already seen it in San Francisco a few years back and seeing it again reminded me how much I love it and the book! The music is fun and a lot of the actors I saw the first time were performing their roles this time around too! I didn't care so much for the actress who played Glinda. It was a little over the top, too much SNL Molly Shannon ditz for me.
And tonight (Cambria you'll appreciate this) I saw the Celine Dion Las Vegas concert on the movie screen. I can see why it was such a hit for the past 4 years in Vegas. The costumes, dancers, and lighting really interpreted and flowed with the mood of the songs. Although during the song 'Seduce Me' it seemed like there would be a lot of hot hunky guys around Celine, but no there were many that were soft in the middle. Come on Celine! You couldn't get any hot dancers for that number? And she did perform that infamous hand-chest thumb!
Besides the concerts I've been keeping busy working and going to Christmas parties. I got invited to Ted's company's Christmas party last Thursday. It was really nice, free drinks and food. Enjoyed 2 sour apple martinis and did a good job representing Ted while hes away on the east coast. I even got his $30 Target gift card!
Looking forward to hitting the east coast for the holidays (I leave on Saturday.) Anna can't wait to meet up with you, its been too long!
And as the year comes to a close here is a top 10 list of the best movies of 2007 (that I've seen):
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth
Grindhouse
Waitress
Hair Spray
Death at a Funeral
3:10 Tu Yuma
Gone Baby Gone
Lars and the Real Girl
Juno
P.S. Annoying, but always fun to watch...Kendra from 'The Girls Next Door.' Girl you have to work on that laugh of yours!
The next night I was invited by a coworker to see Wicked for free. I had already seen it in San Francisco a few years back and seeing it again reminded me how much I love it and the book! The music is fun and a lot of the actors I saw the first time were performing their roles this time around too! I didn't care so much for the actress who played Glinda. It was a little over the top, too much SNL Molly Shannon ditz for me.
And tonight (Cambria you'll appreciate this) I saw the Celine Dion Las Vegas concert on the movie screen. I can see why it was such a hit for the past 4 years in Vegas. The costumes, dancers, and lighting really interpreted and flowed with the mood of the songs. Although during the song 'Seduce Me' it seemed like there would be a lot of hot hunky guys around Celine, but no there were many that were soft in the middle. Come on Celine! You couldn't get any hot dancers for that number? And she did perform that infamous hand-chest thumb!
Besides the concerts I've been keeping busy working and going to Christmas parties. I got invited to Ted's company's Christmas party last Thursday. It was really nice, free drinks and food. Enjoyed 2 sour apple martinis and did a good job representing Ted while hes away on the east coast. I even got his $30 Target gift card!
Looking forward to hitting the east coast for the holidays (I leave on Saturday.) Anna can't wait to meet up with you, its been too long!
And as the year comes to a close here is a top 10 list of the best movies of 2007 (that I've seen):
The Queen
Pan's Labyrinth
Grindhouse
Waitress
Hair Spray
Death at a Funeral
3:10 Tu Yuma
Gone Baby Gone
Lars and the Real Girl
Juno
P.S. Annoying, but always fun to watch...Kendra from 'The Girls Next Door.' Girl you have to work on that laugh of yours!
posted by Maggie at 10:11 PM
1to the Izzo:
Oh, I'm so jealous! I love those damn Spice Girls, esp. Posh, although if they ask I love them all equally. I really want to see Wicked, but it's so stupid expensive and hard to get tickets here IN THE LAND THAT OVERFLOWS WITH BROADWAY MUSICALS! No, I'm not bitter, what makes you ask that? I think we're going to see Jersey Boys (OMG, I totally wrote Jersey "Girls", because of that Ben Affleck movie...) when my parents and brother are here. I didn't like the book (Wicked, I mean) at all, I have to admit (sorry Maggie), but I know the musical is different, and I really like the music. Love that Celine Dion, too--tragic that she's no longer going to be performing, but, hey, I wouldn't want to live in Vegas anymore, either.
Totes agree with many of your flim choices: I really liked The Queen, Waitress (sad it didn't get any Golden Glob nods) and Hairspray, and we all know I LOVED Juno. Also faves? August Rush and Atonement (best movie I've seen all year), plus Harry Potter. And that X-Files movie is just around the corner!
Long comment--phew. Dunzo.
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