A Fanatic Heart

Geldof + Yeats = A Fanatic Heart 

A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof On W. B. Yeats

2 DVD / CD set coming February 9th

Includes Bonus Tracks from Bono and Elvis Costello

"Geldof speaks with such intelligence that he brings out the strength of the great poet's verbal music. This was the perfect tribute." - Clive James, The Guardian

"One of the best literary docs I've seen." - James Walton, The Spectator

Musician and advocate Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, William Butler Yeats. A Fanatic Heart is the extraordinary story of revolution, nation-birth, mythology and disillusion and how one poetic genius dreamed and sang an entire country into being from the ravages of poverty and famine and into the raw dawn of a modern state.

With over 30 unique performances of W. B. Yeats' epic poetry by leading Irish and British cultural figures, Geldof argues why Yeats and his circle built the cultural scaffolding of a modern, pluralist Ireland but was pushed aside by the narrow-minded Catholic elite of the new Free State - the "Banana Republic" that Geldof in turn rebelled against half a century later.

Written by Geldof and biographer Roy Foster, this incisive and moving documentary features readings by celebrity contributors Sting, Noel Gallagher, Elvis Costello, Edna O'Brien, Bono, Van Morrison, Shane MacGowan, Olivia O'Leary, Liam Neeson, Stephen Fry, Dominic West, Richard E. Grant, Bill Nighy, Anne Enright, Colin Farrell, Ardal O'Hanlon and many others.

EXTRAS:

* Over two hours of additional commentaries and readings by dozens of celebrities 

* Two songs based on Yeats' poems by:

-    Bono "Mad as the Mist and Snow" *previously unreleased

-    Elvis Costello "A Drunken Man's Praise of Sobriety"

* Yeats Remembered soundtrack by Pete Briquette [30 mins]

* 73 poetry readings and 23 discussion pieces

Pre-order HERE

Paint It Black

Gal Gadot

Last night's Golden Globes were underwhelming at best, yeah there were a few great moments, but for the most part... However Hollywood did deliver on a rumored promise that all the stars would be wearing black to make a statement against sexual abuse in the Entertainment industry and beyond. 

The red carpet was black last night in what proved to be the most intriguing part of the awards show.

In solidarity, today I am running photos from the event of stars in their finest black. #TimesUp  #MeToo 

Angelina Jolie & Son Pax

l-r
Reese Witherspoon, Eva Longoria, Salma Hayek & Ashley Judd

Sharon Stone & Son Roan 

On With The Show...

Getting "Red"y
Seth Meyers

Tonight Hollywood's biggest party, the Golden Globe Awards turns 75 - that's right folks the GG's are three quarters of a century old. To celebrate this milestone they got themselves Seth Meyers to host.

Even though I believe the only nominated film I have seen this year thus far is I, Tonya most likely I will watch them as the show tends to be entertaining because of it's spontaneous moments that one does not usually see on the tightly orchestrated Oscars.

Also I love seeing the women decked out in their best and worst gowns. Daring fashion viewing is a calling of mine. 

Without further adieu, let me leave you with a list of the nominees...go Golden or???

Best motion picture — drama

Dunkirk
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Call Me By Your Name

Best motion picture — musical or comedy

The Disaster Artist
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Lady Bird

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — drama

Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game)
Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water)
Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Meryl Streep (The Post)
Michelle Williams (All The Money In The World)

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — drama

Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread)
Tom Hanks (The Post)
Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour)
Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.)

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul)
Helen Mirren (The Leisure Seeker)
Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes)

Best performance by an actor in a motion picture — musical or comedy

Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes)
Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver)
James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman)
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture

Hong Chau (Downsizing)
Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water)
Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in any motion picture

Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project)
Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water)
Christopher Plummer (All The Money In The World)
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best director — motion picture

Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk)
Ridley Scott (All The Money In The World)
Steven Spielberg (The Post)

Best screenplay — motion picture

Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor (The Shape of Water)
Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
Liz Hannah, Josh Singer (The Post)
Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Aaron Sorkin (Molly's Game)

Best motion picture — animated

The Breadwinner
Coco
Ferdinand
Loving Vincent
The Boss Baby

Best motion picture — foreign language

A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
First They Killed My Father (Cambodia)
In The Fade (Germany, France)
Loveless (Russia)
The Square (Sweden, Germany, France)

Best original score — motion picture

Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water)
Jonny Greenwood (Phantom Thread)
John Williams (The Post)
Hans Zimmer (Dunkirk)

Best original song — motion picture

"Home" (Ferdinand)
"Mighty River" (Mudbound)
"Remember Me" (Coco)
"The Star" (The Star)
"This Is Me" (The Greatest Showman)

Best television series — drama

Game of Thrones
The Handmaid's Tale
Stranger Things
This Is Us
The Crown

Best television series — musical or comedy

Black-ish
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Master of None
SMILF
Will & Grace

Best television limited series or motion picture made for television

Big Little Lies
Fargo
Feud: Bette And Joan
The Sinner
Top of The Lake: China Girl

Best performance by an actress in a limited series or a motion picture made for television

Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette And Joan)
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette And Joan)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Jessica Biel (The Sinner)

Best performance by an actor in a limited series or a motion picture made for television

Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Jude Law (The Young Pope)
Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)

Best performance by an actress in a television series — drama

Caitriona Balfe (Outlander)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Deuce)
Katherine Langford (13 Reasons Why)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale)

Best performance by an actor in a television series — drama

Jason Bateman (Ozark)
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)

Best performance by an actress in a television series — musical or comedy

Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Alison Brie (GLOW)
Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Issa Rae (Insecure)
Frankie Shaw (SMILF)

Best performance by an actor in a television series — musical or comedy

Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Kevin Bacon (I Love Dick)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Eric McCormack (Will & Grace)
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)

Best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

Laura Dern (Big Little Lies)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid's Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies)
Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies)

Best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television

David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette And Joan)
Christian Slater (Mr. Robot)
Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies)
David Thewlis (Fargo) 

Blonde & Blonder

Who Sported It Best?
Reese Witherspoon & Gillian Anderson 

In what appears to be a battle of the blondes, here is a shot of Reese Witherspoon & Gillian Anderson at AFI Awards in Los Angeles.

It appears Gillian is staking claim on Blonde Ambition while Reese is aiming for the Blonde Next Door. 

Maybe the pair will do a movie together. 2 Broke Blondes or perhaps 2 Blondes A Brunette & A Pizza Place. 

Whatever the scenario, let's face it, there is never enough blonde in the world!!!

Cheers!

Reese on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/reesewitherspoon/?hl=en

Gillian on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GillianA 

Queen Margot

I admit it, I had only heard of Margot Robbie before seeing I, Tonya. "Yep" I, Tonya was the first time I had even seen Ms. Robbie in a film. She was spectacular as Tonya Harding. I suspect she will take home the Golden Globe this Sunday for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy.

What's that you say? What about her turn as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad, you mean you didn't see that. "No" I didn't thank you very much, honestly you would have had to kidnap me, tie me up and prop my eyes open A Clockwork Orange style to get me to watch it, and I would still find a way to resist.

Robbie who appears on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter with Tonya Harding tells them she has one regret about doing that movie:

"There's just all this stuff you learn along the way, like, when you get those death threats, it's [smart] to have a security team do a background check on whoever sent them to see if there is any past history of violence because you'll need to know whether you need security to go to certain events. And every time you do a background check, it's going to cost $2,000, so take that into consideration when you're getting yourself into this."

"And it's like, 'OK, that's a different kind of career.' Because then you need to always do a job that can financially support that lifestyle; you can't just do indie films for the rest of your life because that film back there changed everything and now you have to be able to afford security, I just wish someone had explained a lot of those things to me early on. I wouldn't have resented the position I found myself in because I would've known what I was getting myself into."

See kids being a Movie Star isn't always shits & giggles. Best of luck to you Margot on Sunday, you got this! 

Margot on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/margotrobbie/?hl=en 

Michael's Musings

These Guns Weren't Made For Shooting
Michael Shinafelt

"Relax, don't do it, When you want to suck it, chew it, Relax, don't do it
When you want to come" - Relax, Frankie Goes To Hollywood 

There's a lot to suck and chew on in the world at present, Michael says "Relax" and what better way to than ______ fill in your own blank.

Without further preamble, here is my first musings column of 2018 on this Thursday the 3rd of January, kick back and give it a name...

Like my photo this week? "Yes" I still need to lose more than the 24 lbs I dropped, but I've got guns a blazing!

Lesson Of The Week: Carbs make you doody

Chicks with dicks, is it so wrong?

That isn't blood, it's Strawberry Jam!

Teddi Mellencamp has dethroned Erika Jayne as my favorite RHOBH. Don't fret Erika you are still a close second.

Congratulations to Ellen Page and her girlfriend Emma Portner on their getting hitched

There can only be one set of hooker twins. So it is written and so it will be.

Congrats Ariel!
Me & Ariel Beesley

Ariel Beesley has a great single out "Slower Than Usual" spin it right round, here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTsM2Y07iBI

When does Scandal return? Can't wait to see how they wrap the final season

"If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you" - Louis Hay

Snowballing, discuss

If I cut your hair you will wake-up F#cking bald!

Word on the street is that peeps who take too many selfies are perhaps mentally ill...Oooooops, my bad!

Get down with your, and my bad self at:
https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/MShinafelt    

Hump Day & Chill

Get It!
Colton Haynes

Searching the WWW this ayem for some sort of Hump Day inspiration I scrolled across this nude selfie of Colton Haynes and became immediately inspired if you get my drift.

There is something about Colton that really gets my blood pumping. Is it that handsome face? Those baby blues? Well partly, but what really grabbed me about this image is Boys got butt! 

"Yes" Colton's ass is truly inspiring and gets my creative juices going and flowing. He is Hump Day & Chill perfection the first Wednesday of 2018. Next week I will have moved on to someone new, but for now, take in the beauty of Colton's booty. Say that three times fast, c'mon I dare you.

Time to attend to those creative juices I mentioned earlier. Ciao, and make it werk!

Colton on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/coltonlhaynes/?hl=en