Que Shiraz, Shiraz

Shiraz!
Gerard Butler, Salma Hayek & Adrien Brody

With Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur both falling in September well it's prime time for what else? Shiraz! You get some Shiraz, and you get some Shiraz, and you get some Shiraz!

How apropos that there is now a film that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival affectionately known as TFF titled: September of Shiraz.

On the completely irreverent side and off the wall state of things the after party was sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka. Yeah the wine companies that produce Shiraz really took a snooze on this promotional opportunity.

But hey it produced a really rocking image of  two totally hot and sexy stars and one very talented one - Gerard Butler, Salma Hayek and Adrien Brody combined to make a pretty compelling threesome at the premiere.

Hey, Gerard if you are going to be at any other film festivals in the near future please let myself and author M.E. Franco know, we're here for you!

See you in Toronto next year, Gerard !

http://tiff.net/   

Jamie Lee Curtis Goes "Psycho"

Like Mother, Like Daughter
Jamie Lee Curtis & Janet Leigh

OK, everyone knows I am a HUGE horror fan! So it stands to reason I am quite excited about the premiere of Scream Queens (not Screaming Queens) September 22nd on FOX. 

A main attraction for this horror junkie being Scream Queen Supreme Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie was in one of my all time favorite slasher/suspense flicks John Carpenter's Halloween, and as you recall followed that up with a bunch of others in the 1980's such as Prom Night and Terror Train.

It was most likely her destiny to fill the role since her Mother, Janet Leigh was one of the original Scream Queens when she appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's classic Psycho. Another of my favorite things!

You know the movie where the female lead gets killed off in the first fifteen minutes of footage, yeah that one.

Well Jamie Lee recently Tweeted this image with the caption: "Recreated Mom's PSYCHO shower scene 4 a special ep of @ScreamQueens,"

Yes!!! I know where I will be this coming Tuesday the 22nd at 9 pm!

Scream Queen, Scream at: http://www.fox.com/scream-queens

Dancing With The Stars Season 21 Get's "Real"

Suspicious, or Real?
Jeannie Mai, Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love & Tamara Mowry-Housley
Photo: Ken Phillips

All you "Dancing" fans rejoice, Dancing With The Stars Season 21 premiered last night!

Oddly enough season 2 of the daytime chat fest The Real premiered yesterday afternoon.

Co-Host Tamar Braxton is a contestant on the celebrity dance-a-thon, the rest of the ladies of The Real - Loni Love, Jeannie Mai, Adrienne Bailon and Tamara Mowry-Housley, were all in attendance to cheer their comrade on!

Mere coincidence? Perhaps, or is there a more insidious intent behind this blatant self promotion? Seriously, check the mysterious "10" on Loni Love's hand! Grab your tin foil hat and let the conspiracy theories commence.

Are the women of The Real to be trusted or is there a hidden agenda at work? Keep watching DWTS and The Real and see how this saga unfolds...

DWTS: https://www.facebook.com/dancingwiththestars

The Real: https://www.facebook.com/therealdaytime 

What Happens At Fashion Week...

The Selfie Game
Courtney Love & Kim Kardashian-West 

Unlike Vegas, what happens at Fashion Week never stays there, I am guessing due to the lack of open desert in which to dig holes. How else does one explain the most off the wall never in a million years did you think this would happen selfie of Courtney Love and Kim Kardashian-West ?!

From what could possibly be a sign that The Rapture is coming, or the Silicone Fairy has paid a visit, Kimmy KW  nabbed Courtney L and snapped both of them.

Needles to say the image ended up on Instagram, that Kim she sure is a giver.

Hey it's Monday so why not kick your week off by turning and facing the strange? That way the rest of your week will be tame by comparison.

Have a bombastic day!

KKW on Instagram: https://instagram.com/kimkardashian/

CL on Instagram: https://instagram.com/courtneylove/?hl=en  

Whitney and the Holograms?

I'm Your Hologram Tonight
Whitney Houston

Yep, it's true! Whitney Houston will be giving Jem and the Holograms a run for their money in 2016.

Get ready folks, Whitney's hologram will be touring. Personally I find this concept weird. I mean they will have to take footage from already recorded Houston performances and recordings to put this apparition together, correct?

Well don't all of you die hard WH fans own all of that paraphernalia already? 

Yeah, I really don't get the lure of paying what is likely to be primo dinero to watch ghosts of the past culled from material of the real deal that is already out there, nothing spontaneous or interesting about that now is there?!

Or maybe there is, but this type of thing is not for this guy. 

Food for thought, have the happiest of Sundays and remember...

"You've given me ecstasy, you are my fantasy
I'm your baby tonight"...

Whitney Online is a Virtual as I Want To Go:
http://www.whitneyhouston.com/us

Murder, Mayhem & Hunks: Kiss Me, Kill Me

"Kiss Me, Kill Me" 

Has it's World Premiere This Friday September 18th

in Chicago at REELING: The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival!!!

Murder, Mayhem and Hunks, Oh My!

Gay Murder Mystery “Kiss Me, Kill Me” Trailer Debuts:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKJMyIe6_q4

From director Casper Andreas (“Going Down in LA-LA Land”) and screenwriter David Michael Barrett (“Such Good People”) comes the new gay thriller starring “Queer as Folk” icon Gale Harold and three-time Emmy nominee Van Hansis from “As the World Turns.”

While confronting his unfaithful boyfriend, Dusty (Hansis) blacks-out.  When he comes to, his boyfriend Stephen (Harold) has been murdered and he's the prime suspect.   Also joining the cast are: Jai Rodriquez (“Queer Eye”), Shangela (“Rupaul’s Drag Race”), Jackie Monahan (“Codependent Space Alien Seeks Same”), Kit Williamson (“Eastsiders”) and also from “Going Down in LA-LA Land,” hunky Matthew Ludwinski and the hilarious Allison Lane.

The contemporary film noir, set in West Hollywood, will make its World Premiere this Friday at REELING: The Chicago Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, on  September 18, followed by an after-party with cast and filmmakers.   The premiere will launch the movie's worldwide festival run.  More info can be found at the festival's website:  reelingfilmfestival.org/2015/

Kate Winslet Is An Apple Head

Apple Head
Kate Winslet

One of my favorite actresses in this life or any other I  may be reincarnated in, is the amazing Kate Winslet!

I first saw her in Peter Jackson's amazing film Heavenly Creatures and well you know, all I could think of is: Will you Kiss Me Kate?

Since we are turning to face the change of summer into fall, the mighty Winslet will be back in a movie based on the life of Steve Jobs, called oddly enough: Steve Jobs, go figure...

Who will she be portraying? Why Apple's first head of marketing, Joanna Hoffman, that's who.

As a side note, or perhaps a full frontal in your face note, Michael Fassbender will play Apple founder and head Steve Jobs, naturally.

Head Jobs, now there is an interesting combo.

Steve Jobs hits theaters on October 9th!

Steve Jobs on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/?ref_=nv_sr_1