65 Hollywood Hits and Misses of 2009

It's the end of the year and the end of the decade, so it's time for lists. The other day the L.A. Times put out a list of 65 (why 65?) Hollywood hits and misses. Read it here. And here is my list of the only things on the list I know about:

#1: Miley Cyrus does poll dancing on some awards show: I only know about this because of The Soup and Kathy Griffin.

#11: Perez Hilton gets punched in the face by some guy: I didn't really know about this, I just thought it was awesome.

#28: Watchmen: Who watched the Watchmen? Me, but only on DVD.

#41: LOST: I still watch, but I'm about half a season behind. I think you can watch instantly on Netflix now... I've gotta check into that...

#52: Deadwood: No, it wasn't really on this year. I guess the "miss" is that they never made another season. I still love Timmy O.

#53: Project Runway: I used to call this, without a doubt, my favorite show. Not so much after last season - there wasn't even one designer I could really route for (or hate). Mad Men and Glee were much more exciting.

What were your hits and misses of the year? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

This Week in Pop

I've written about Pop Candy before. It is the one blog I read every day (aside from this one).

Every Friday Whitney does a "This Week in Pop" entry where she talks about her favorite TV shows, movies, books, and music of the week. Here's mine:

Best TV show I saw: Mad Men! That finale was the best and the scene where Don and Betty fought after he found out about Henry was the most intense thing I've seen in a long time! I love Jon Hamm. And, JOAN IS BACK. If they could just get Sal to join Sterling Copper Draper Price, I would be a happy woman.

I also enjoyed: South Park. It was about Smurfs and student council and some conservative talk show guy who is, I don't know, Glenn Beck or something.

I wasn't into: Tosh.O. That show is stupid. Some woman was singing a song called "Sittin' on the Toilet" for example. The guy is smarmy, and not in a funny way.

Best movie I saw: The last movie I saw in the theatres was Where the Wild Things Are. It was MESSED UP! Spoiler alert - they rip a guy's freakin' arm off and put a stick in his empty arm hole!!!! AHHHH!!! Nightmares!

I also saw: I didn't see anything else. I still have The Libertine from Netflix. This lady in my film club told me to watch it because Johnny Depp is "unrecognizable" but then she wasn't at the last meeting, which is good because I hadn't watched it yet.

I plan to see: That alien movie with Mila Jovovich - The Fourth Kind, I think it's called. When I went to see Paranormal Activity, the trailer for The Fourth Kind was the scariest thing about that whole experience. (There was also a trailer for that fallen angel movie Legion starring Paul Bettany which looked cool).

Best music I heard: I have been obsessed with two Paul McCartney songs lately - "So Bad" and "Old Siam, Sir". They are both featured in the Paul McCartney 1973-2001 song book for guitar, piano, and voice. Love those two songs!

I'm also listening to: Songs I'm supposed to practice for my last guitar class tomorrow. These include:

• Knocking on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
• Let it Be, Hey Jude, & Daytripper - The Beatles
• Don't Panic - Coldplay
• Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix
• Man on the Moon - REM
• Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
• For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Ode to Joy - Beethoven

Best thing I read: Check out my book club post on Jose Saramago's Death with Interruptions.

I'm also reading: Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and "Oleanna" the David Mamet play. It's been a long time since I've read a play!

Feel Free to leave your own "Week in Pop" in the comments!

Halloween 2009

So, I ended up ditching all of my costume ideas here and went as Joan from Mad Men!

Which one is me??

I got this cute sixties-inspired dress at Target. They have a lot of cute dresses this season. And, of course, Joan isn't Joan without a gold pen necklace!

What did you do for Halloween? Leave your memories in the comments!

The Emmys 2009

My fingers are crossed for Flight of the Conchords...

Good evening. I am blogging live during the Emmys tonight (That is, on the west coast). I've never blogged live before!

I will update this blog entry during commercial breaks. Feel free to leave any comments!

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• NPH is wearing a white jacket and singing.
• Yay! for Joan from Mad Men!
• Man, Kevin Kline is looking old.
• Catch Me if You Can is coming to Broadway?
• Why are people always making fun of LOST for not really having a theme song?
• Jon Hamm in a tux!!
• Lady Blazers!
• Vanessa Williams won't wear stupid glasses. That was actually probably a good idea.
• I'm not a big fan of Kristen Chenowith, but I liked Pushing Daisies. Actually, I'm not sure that I really liked Pushing Daisies, but I watched it. I like Lee Pace, but mostly from The Fall and that show about the talking statues at Niagara Falls.

More to come after the commercial break!

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• Go Flight of the Conchords for writing... (fingers crossed)...
• Dang.
• Why are awards shows still doing things with the internet as if the internet is new and it's cutting edge to show YouTube videos and have online polls?
• Go Jack McBrayer...
• Dang again. What is up with Ducky's weird stripy vest?

I didn't have a favorite in the first category, but I'm 0 for 2 so far. How are your favorites doing?

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• Justin Timberlake wears glasses? (I like his white tie).
• I like Christina Applegate, even though I never watched her show.
• Sarah Silverman has a mustache.
• And Toni Collette won. (At least it wasn't that chick from Weeds).
• What is up with the weird names those kids from Gossip Girl have?
• FotC loses again :(

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• Rob Lowe would have been on Grey's Anatomy instead of the guy from the pizza-delivery- boy-turns-gigolo movie from the 80's?
• Go Jemaine... (my mom wants Jim Parsons to win)
• And Alec Baldwin wins. Sorry, Mom.
• Kathy Griffin!! :)
• Go Heidi Klum...
• and it's Jeff Probst. I seem to be bad luck.

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• I was hoping Project Runway would win, but my mom likes The Amazing Race. She just called me. She has never heard of Mad Men (!)
• I liked Little Dorritt.
• Was that a clip from Wallander I just saw?
• What ARE half these mini-series/movies?
• I just added Grey Gardens to my Netflix queue.
• That reminds me, it's my sister's birthday. Happy birthday, Sis!

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• I like Brendan Gleeson just fine, but you know I was pulling for Wallander and Kenny B.
• You know what hurts? Practicing guitar all day and then cutting a peach. (That doesn't have anything to do with the Emmys, but I'm eating a peach).
• Go Andrew Davies!...
• Yay! Someone I know won something... but he is not there. Dang.
• People who actually know anything about Dr. Horrible, was that funny?
• Congrats to Jessica Lange for not wearing one of those horrible long-sleeved gowns that some older ladies wear (I'm looking at you, Glenn Close).
• Drew Barrymore is so cute and I love that she's dating the Mac guy.

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• I like the (pink?) dress the lady from Fringe is wearing.
• Great. Now Grey Gardens is going to have "long wait" next to it on Netflix.
• Oh! The director of GG is wearing the white knot! :)
• Are only two miniseries nominated? Anyway, Little Dorritt won. Way to kick the butt of that other mini series.
• I have a Halloween wig that looks EXACTLY like the hair of that blonde from that show about the nerds. Just FYI.
• The Conan writer's facebook ignore thing was funny! The Billy Crystal thing was cute, too.
• Go Kiv and Jorm!...
• and SNL does not win. So so far Andrew Davies won for writing Little Dorritt, and Little Dorritt won and that's about it for my picks.

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• Go "Carol Brown"!!!!! She needs to take that Emmy right onto the bus out of town!...
• Man! I just can't win. Just for the record, Flight of the Conchords is an awesome show and The Lonely Island guys rock.
• That new Ricky Gervais movie actually looks watchable. I vote for Ricky Gervais as best dressed, by the way!
• I just saw Mindy Kaling! You look great, Mindy! I love your blog.
• I can't still vote for Breakthrough Performance of the Year because I live on the west coast and the voting is already closed. Also, the show is taped here on the west coast. Where Hollywood is. I'm just saying.

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• I haven't finished watching the last season of Lost yet, so I hope they don't show any spoilers.
• Go John Slattery...
• Well, Michael Emmerson is cool, too. I'm happy for him. He seems like a genuine guy.
• I like Rose Byrne. You don't need an Emmy, Rose, you were in Marie Antoinette!
• Ah, Sarah McLachlan is singing... it makes me want to donate to the ASPCA.
• I'm not going to make a list of dead people I like, but McGoohan was just the coolest.

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• Did I mention I'm on the west coast?
• OK, Stephen Moyer vs. David Boreanaz? Chime in in the comments.
• Those Mad Men writers who started making out were funny.
• The best hair tonight goes to Johnny Slat.
• Ooh, Simon Baker is in The Affair of the Necklace? I've had that in my Netflix cue for... well, for as long as I've had Netflix. I hear it's terrible.
• Did you know that Marishka Hargatay used to do those creepy little girl beauty pageants ala Toddlers and Tiaras when she was a kid? Also, I don't know how to spell Marishka Hargatay.
• Go Elizabeth Moss...
• And, of course, Miss Moss loses to Glenn Close's long-sleeved dress.
• I have to go to bed in 18 minutes.

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• Dana Delaney is wearing Justin Timberlake's glasses.
• I love Jon Hamm, Hugh Laurie, and Michael C. Hall...
• So, of course, Bryan Cranston wins.
• The final two awards are here!
• So, the nominees for Best Comedy Series are: 30 Rock, Entourage, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and Weeds (in bold are the shows I like).
• The winner is 30 Rock. I was rooting for FotC. They didn't win anything tonight, but they may have won something at the Schmemmys, I'll have to look it up online. Isn't the internet great? They should mention it more on awards shows.

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• Sigourney Weaver looks great.
• The Drama nominees are: Big Love, Breaking Bad, Damages, Dexter, House, Lost, and Mad Men (I like the ones in bold).
• The winner is Mad Men! Christina Hendricks, I love you! Everyone looks great. Mad Men really is a fantastic show - I'll have to get my mom to start watching it.
• And it's only 3 minutes past my bed time.

Thanks for hanging in there with me for my first live blog. I enjoyed watching the Emmys with you!