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Just Because...Amal Clooney

Ravishing in White
Amal Clooney

Just Because she keeps it real, Just Because she is intelligent for days and Just Because I dig her first name here is Amal Clooney!

Yeah I am liking myself some shiny pretty things this morning that take on the form of one bad ass human rights activist who is married to a ruggedly hot man - "Yes" she is also half of one of the most blindingly hot couples ever. Maybe that is a Just Because for another day?

Well here Amal is out strutting her stuff in London looking absolutely fabulous in a white dress. One would not expect anything less from this immaculate one.

Amal has it all, I made a rhyme just in time. Now don't start calling me Dr. Seuss because unlike him I'm on the loose!

Thus bask in the awesomeness that is Amal Clooney and enjoy the rest of your day, or not. Whatever I've got my own brand of awesome brewing.

Mic Drop!

Amal on Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amal_Clooney

Joan Collins - "You Can Call Me Queen Bee"

Queen Please! Elizabeth Hurley & Joan Collins 

"You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule" - Lorde

One of the best new shows you may, or may not be watching is on E! The Royals it's bombastic entertainment!

They proved it too. With the recent guest appearance by the awesome Joan Collins as the biggest mother of all time,

Yep, she was mother to the Queen, played by one of my grrrrrrrl crushes Elizabeth Hurley. 

Work!

Crown yourself at:

https://www.facebook.com/TheRoyalsOnE?fref=ts

F#ck Off! Dolce & Gabbana.

Sharon Stone Rulz!

If you own any Dolce & Gabbana, you are forgiven until now. These two tools have bit the hand that feeds them. The founders have made terrible comments about the following: same-sex parenting and what one of them dubbed "synthetic" children conceived via artificial insemination.

Well one of my favorite actresses and people I have met Sharon Stone was among those to defend what's right. Here is her awesome statement below.

"We must meet this type of cruelty towards children who are in need and want homes and families with love and open homes," she said in a statement to E! News. "We must meet these type of behaviors with thoughts turned inward towards ourselves. ‘How can I give more to a child in need, how can I do more for the children of this world who need more and deserve more?'"

"To spend time raging against a closed mind is to waste oneself, a self that can be better spent loving where that love is has been removed from," she added. "To dismiss modern medicine as it helps loving people become loving parents is to dismiss all of the miracles of modern medicine."

Ms. Stone has three adopted sons.

Thus if you buy or still support Dolce & Gabbana, you are a jerk.

Sharon Stone on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000232/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1 

Patricia Arquette, Straight Up

So Cool: Patricia Arquette

I have always been a fan of Patricia Arquette's. Whatever she is in she adds that extra level that makes it something special. A few of my personal favorites: True Romance, Ed Wood & David Lynch's Lost Highway.

Aside from her considerable acting talent I also have a love for the fact that she is a humanitarian and stands up for what she believes in.

One of my very favorite reports about her is how the producers of her hit series Medium requested she lose weight for the role. Nobody hits the point better than Patricia when her response was a firm "No" as she countered that her role was that of a housewife and a mother who would not look like a Victoria's Secret model.

I happened upon this tidbit between her and another favorite actress Mom of mine, Amy Adams on Jezebel here is what the site printed:

Patricia Arquette:  I had a big fight with one paparazzo.

Amy Adams: I wish I had been there to have your back.

Patricia Arquette: He kept following us. And I said, "OK, leave us the fuck alone." And he goes, "Nice, mom! Good job!" I said, "I'm teaching my daughter. If a man is following you and you tell him to go away and he doesn't, you turn around and say, 'F— you!' as loud as you can." Because there's no difference. I don't care if he has a camera.

Awesome!!! The woman is teaching her children not to talk to strangers and just because you hold a camera does not make it right for you to approach a child in any way, shape or form. So yeah paparazzi Ms. Arquette put it perfectly: F#@k you!

Patricia on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000099/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

Amy on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0010736/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

"Scandal" The Covering Of Kerry Washington's Baby Bump

Is that your knee Mr. President? Or are you just happy to see me?

Tonight as all of us Gladiator's know is the season finale of one of the best shows on TV "Scandal."

I've really got to hand it to the whole creative team that works on this, a show with story lines that escalate usually falters mighty, but "Scandal" like the Energizer Bunny just keeps going and going...and getting better.

"Scandal" is like riding the fiercest roller coaster at Magic Mountain! I can't wait to see what happens in tonight's wrap of the current season.

Now that I have clarified that I am a true fan of the show and it's awesome ability to entertain, let me say one of the more entertaining aspects of this season for us Gladiators was seeing all of the creative ways they covered series star Kerry Washington's baby bump.

C'mon you know you were amused by it as much as I was. Some of them were typical, while others were downright genius!

My personal favorite President Grant's (Tony Goldwyn) knee obscuring Olivia Pope's bump so the prying camera could not film it. Totally awesome and amusing at the same time.

Confess did anyone out there have a drinking game based around this? I bet some of you Gladiators did...!

The best thing though is the brilliant team behind "Scandal" did manage to keep their female lead and show anchor front and center where she belongs. That is the one mistake most shows with a female lead make, when their leading lady gets pregnant - they move her out of the center of the action and whip up other story lines for the supporting characters and they lose the shows focus and it goes downhill from there.

Excited to see how they end the season tonight and "yes" I will be checking out Operation Camouflage Kerry's Baby Bump as well.

Happy viewing Gladiators!

It's always scandalous on your TV! http://abc.go.com/shows/scandal

Penatatonix Rules The Orpheum In Los Angeles, CA

 

Last night I caught the amazing Pentatonix as they took The Orpheum stage in Los Angeles,CA! They were frickin' awesome!

Would you expect anything less from the fabulous five?

So, yours truly got to go to the meet and greet backstage post Orpheum show and I captured the excitement and fun for all of you...

Look, It's Beat Boxer & Cello Player Kevin Olusola!

Avi Kaplan Saying Hi To A Fan

Scott Hoying I Presume

Me & Kirstie Maldonado

My Friend & PTX Publicist Ken Phillips

Mitch Grassi With His Cool Lion Print Shirt

Go PTX! http://ptxofficial.com/

Pentatonix: "Can You Tell Us How To Get To Sesame Street?"

Awwwwwwww, He's Sharing His Cookies With The Gang!

Well apparently someone told them because PTX made the trip to that famed street on Friday February 7th 2014...

Let's face it no matter what age you are Sesame Street is an awesome place to visit, who wouldn't want to hang with Oscar The Grouch, Big Bird & Cookie Monster for a while, righteous cool company if you ask me!

Here for all of you is Scott, Avi, Kirstie, Kevin & Mitch Singing and counting to five, that's because there are five members of Pentatonix for those out there who may be numerically challenged.

And look what street they are on...Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

                                                         Look! PTX Can Count!!!

Take a trip to Pentatonix Street at: http://ptxofficial.com/

Eric Himan Sheds His "Red Hot Tears"

Eric Himan

"It's my very first DVD, "Under The Ink". In the age of YouTube, many people are like, "You don't even need a DVD." But I think there is still something to having a whole concert presentation" - Eric Himan

This is from my interview with Eric about his concert DVD "Under The Ink" for "Chorus and Verse", you can jump and read it here: 

http://www.chorusandverse.com/content.php?id=20120303A

Well Mr. Himan is back with an amazing pop/rock/blues combo single "Red Hot Tears" from his album "Gracefully" - Yep, I used the A-Word, so you know I mean business!

Let me give it up for Eric so you can hear about it from him:

"From my amazing backup singers (Tylisha Oliver and Tina Phillips) to my horn section (Ryan Tedder and Dave Johnson), it is not hard to hear "Red Hot Tears" is different from my previous work. I've always loved writing in different genres but this sound feels more like me than any other. The CD, Gracefully, and music video were both shot in my hometown of Tulsa, OK which is a first. Very proud of that."

Thanks Eric! Check out the video for the song "Red Hot Tears" below...kick it!

"Red Hot Tears"

Enter the world of Eric at: http://www.erichiman.com/

EG Daily Is "Wide Awake"

My friend EG Daily has just done an amazing, quite raw cover of the Katy Perry song "Wide Awake" I wanted to share it with everyone and check in with EG herself about her thoughts on it...

MS: So you recently went viral with a video of you and a piano player covering Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" I loved it!

EG: It's my favorite Katy Perry song, I got with my piano player, and I wasn't going to post it because I thought it was so raw. Me in my living room my piano player, Lee Miles and I playing around with the material....then I thought: "Fuck it, post it"!

MS: It's really funny, I'm not a huge Katy Perry fan but I really like this song.

EG: The song is really good, right? It's a great song.

MS: Totally!

EG: I didn't think I liked it until I heard my piano player playing it one day and I said how beautiful the song sounded, he said it's the Katy Perry song, I told him it didn't sound like it. Then we started messing around with it, and I told him how much I loved it, good lyrics, good song.

MS: The lyrics are amazing, the best thing about it. Very healing, things are so rough for everybody right now.

EG: Yeah Honey, I know.

MS: Your cover is really raw, but I like raw.

EG: I do too, it's the real thing.

MS: You are completely Fucking awesome when you are raw!

EG: You are so sweet! It's a cover that I love and it's a beautiful song.

Wake-up, It's EG: https://www.facebook.com/pages/EG-Daily-Official-Fansite/278563988840167?fref=ts
Or: www.egdaily.com