Jessica or Elizabeth?

I was a voracious reader when I was younger. I loved books. All books. Any books. And just like the rest of my life, I tempered the reading of books that would challenge my mind, with a healthy dose of trash. My favourite guilty pleasure was SVH. I just could not get enough of Francine Pascal's "Sweet Valley High" books.

You remember these books right? The story of Jessica & Elizabeth Wakefield, the eternally 16 year old, blonde haired, blue eyed California girls who were perfect in every way. Jessica was the trouble making Captain of the cheerleaders who was boy crazy and selfish. Her identical twin Elizabeth was into journalism (I think) and had a boyfriend that she was madly in love with. There was no sex, jeez, I don't even recall any dry humping or under the clothes action. Just like Twilight. I wonder if Francine Pascal was also Mormon?

My cousin and I used to play Barbies and pretend to be Jessica & Elizabeth. We used to fight over who was who. I was older so I would normally win the argument. I remember finally getting rid of these books, taking them into the used book store to make a little extra cash. I think I had about 30-40 of them by then end. I read that they had been updated a few years ago. Reissued with to suit the times we now live in - cell phones, reality TV, Juicy Couture etc! And apparently the twins have also gone from a size 6 to a size 4. Ugh.

The point to this story is not simply a trip down memory lane for little old me.....it is that it was announced today that Diablo Cody - the Academy Award winning writer of Juno - has signed on to pen the script for a movie version of Sweet Valley High. Now this is an adaptation I can applaud. I am totally looking forward to seeing Cody put her stamp on this trashy teen novel. I mean it is not as if you can f*ck with the integrity of these books. This is not Salinger, Bronte or Hemingway. It is a teen romance novel. But you never know. Maybe the crazy Sweet Valley High fans will come out of the woodwork upon this announcement. There must be a few of them out there somewhere.

I wonder who they will cast as the Wakefield twins? Who do you think they will cast?

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Fancy Emma v's College Emma?

Emma Watson took a break from her studies at Brown University to jet across the pond for the Burberry show during London's Fashion Week. Seated in the front row beside such stars as Gwyneth Paltrom, Liv Tyler and Mario Testoni, Emma looked absolutely spectacular at this show. Emma represents Burberry in a number of their print ads. At the show: flawless dress, flawless make-up, so amazing.

These photos are a far cry from these pics of Emma at Brown University during orientation week in early September. She seems to be settling in very nicely in Rhode Island, participating in many of the different orientation activities and keeping it very low-key. I applaud her decision to be a typical college student, well as typical as the highest grossing actor of the decade can be (Watson's movies have made an astounding $753.7 million). She has said that she was planning on staying in the dorms, to which I say again, I hope her roommate isn't a huge Harry Potter fan!

I am not gonna post any more pics of her on campus. I find the whole thing a little too invasive and icky. I know, I am a big old hypocrite. I give myself enough of a hard time, I don't need you to do it as well.

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Zooey Deschanel is a married lady!

Much love and congratulations go out to indie it-girl Zooey Deschanel who married Deathcab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard in Seattle over the weekend. The pair have been engaged for almost a year, and dated since 2007.

Zooey starred in this years summer indie hit "500 Days of Summer" and is also part of the musical collaboration with M.Ward - She & Him. I am a fan of both her acting and singing... her deadpan and slightly sardonic portrayal of characters always impressed me. I always thought she was good, but became a fan since she appeared in season 2 of Weeds as Kat - the quirky (and by quirky, I actually mean crazy) ex-girlfriend Justin Kirk's Andy Botwin.

This is a very low-key couple, few details regarding the ceremony have been released. And I don't expect them to. Hopefully we will get one teeny tiny pic of the happy couple.

Here is Zooey performing as part of She & Him on MTV Canada in July of 2008. Love, love love. I will be seeing M.Ward as part of the Monsters of Folk Concert I am going to in a few weeks. Maybe I will get beyond lucky and Zooey will come and sing a song or two with him... That would make my life.

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Buffy had a baby girl!

It seems like Sarah Michelle Gellar has been pregnant forever doesn't it? Hard to believe that it was only April when Buffy the Vampire Slayer announced that she was knocked up with her first child. And then we had to contend with many many photos, scrutinising every angle, trying to figure out how far along she was. I had a feeling it was an any day now kind of thing.

After being spotted out and about late last week attending her regular Pilates class, SMG snuck off to hospital on Saturday and finally had her little bundle of joy. People magazine is reporting that Sarah Michelle and husband Freddie Prinze welcomed daughter Charlotte Grace on Saturday. "The family is over the moon" said a representative for SMG.

Love the name. Not that I have a problem with some of the more wacky celebrispawn names out there.... Sparrow, Suri, Bronx, Kingston etc. It is just that Charlotte Grace is such a classic, beautiful and classy name! Well played Buffy (Sarah), well played!!

This is a notoriously press-shy couple. I am not sure if we will see baby Charlotte Grace out and about any time soon. Maybe they will release a family image to stave off the prying photogs. I hope so!

Congrats and much love go out to the Prinze family (Sarah Michelle changed her name to Prinze a little while ago, but I can't give up the Gellar - she will always be SMG to me)

What Suri Wore (& why she wore it)

In less than a month I will have bid a fond farewell to my friends Karin & Debbie in Boston, and have made my way to New York City. I haven't really done much research on what to do in Boston yet, but I do know that there are a number of movies with high profile celebrities attached to them currently filming. As i have had no luck in Vancouver seeing celebrities, I will likely run into every famous person in the Boston area. Although I did see

The most prominent, of course, is the couch jumper himself - Mr Tom Cruise who is in Boston filming Wichita with Cameron Diaz. Wife Katie and adorable robot-baby Suri are also in town. When I say robot-baby, it is not a dig at the whole Scientology thing or the theory that Tom has somehow brainwashed Katie into being with him. Honestly, it is not. It is simply because Suri is to fricking adorable to be real. Srsly. That little girl is gorgeous!

Photos have been circulating of three year old Suri in heels. Yes, I said heels. She is three years old and is wearing high heels. Some are saying that is innocent and adorable. Suri is clearly a girly-girl with the wearing dresses 24-7, so heels is not a far stretch right? And its not like they are 6 inch hooker heels. They are cute little peep-toes. There are others who are using this as yet another example of how crazy and inappropriate the Cruises are.

I have a whole theory on this. The reason that 3 year old Suri is wearing heels now is because 12 year old Suri will not be wearing them. Ever. Tommy-Boy is not gonna allow the female fruit of his loins to tower above him on a red carpet, on the street or even at their house. It is rough enough for him that 2 out of his 3 wives have been about a foot taller than him. That his kids are way taller than him already. I don't think that they make lifts big enough.

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It's the Emmy's!

I am obsessed with Award shows. I would consider myself an Award Show junkie. Grammy's, Oscars, Golden Globes, SAG's, Independent Spirit Awards, even the MTV awards. I have even been known to look in on some Country Music Award shows (at last count, I think there are around 5 different Country Music Award shows.....). The one Ceremony I do draw the line at is the People's Choice. Those ones are totally lame.

Last night the 61st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out in Hollyweird. Hosted by the amazing, talented and devilishly handsome Neal Patrick Harris, who ensured that there were no Kanye moments and that they only went about 15 minutes over schedule (which I think could be a record for awards shows.) I love NPH. He needs to be my BFF. Srsly. He did an awesome job. I mean, it's an awards show - it too f*cking long, the viewing public doesn't give a crap about 75% of the awards, and because it is not MTV, everyone is super nice and non-bitchy. Which makes them pretty snoozeworthy. So for NPH to inject some humour, singing, dancing and Dr Horrible into the Ceremony without turning the whole thing into a total cheese-fest is awesome.

The Red Carpet was relatively uneventful. Some standouts - Sandra Oh & the always fantastic Dana Delaney are getting special props from me. Do you remember China Beach? I loved that show, she was outstanding in that show. I wonder if it is out on DVD? If not, it should be. I didn't see any of the other Housewives on the Carpet. I wasn't aware that Teri Hatcher had heard of a Red Carpet that she didn't like prancing down?

Hands down best dressed of the night for me was the phenomenal January Jones from Mad Men. She knows how to dress for the Red Carpet. Holy f*ck balls. She looks flawless. There are no words for how amazing she looked. Everything was perfect.

I am a big Seth Green fan (on the right). He was Oz on Buffy. He is also the co-creator of Robot Chicken. And he is the voice of Chris Griffin on the Emmy nominated Family Guy. But that chick he brought with him to the ceremony? Ummm. yea. She may be super nice, but she needs to STFU on the Carpet, because - no one cares what she has to say. Especially when she bitches on National Television that Seth should have grabbed her more swag from the gifting tents. Srsly? Sit the f*ck down my friend. People are getting laid off, the economy still sucks and you are bitching that you boyfriend didn't get you a free Beatles Rockband. Shut the hell up. Count yourself lucky you even got some airtime. How many other nobody "plus-ones" got on air? Ugh. And I don't care if she was joking. Seth, you can do better.

If you can tear yourself away from Blake Lively's impressive cleavage for just one second, check out her upper thigh. There is a teeny tiny little thread there, keeping her dress from flying open and showing us if she is going commando. I hadn't realised that such threads existed. If she did not have a ratty horses tail sticking out of the back of her head I would say she is definitely one of the best dressed of the night. Blake knows how to dress to best enhance her not inconsiderable assets, - the dress fits perfectly, her makeup is flawless, but that hair. Ugh. And I really don't want to even comment on Leighton Meester's dress. Chuck Bass would not approve

The big upset of the evening was apparently Jon Cryer's Best Supporting Actor win. Many thought it would be host NPH's night or one of the boys from 30 Rock. I do not watch "Two and a Half Men" - but it apparently the most watched comedy on the air at the moment. NPH will get his Emmy love. I am pretty confident in that. His portrayal of womaniser Barney on "How I Met Your Mother" is nothing short of genius. I think this year, with his relationship with Robin (Colbie Smulders) being explored (I hope....), this could give him some great material.

Another upset was Best Supporting Actress winner Kristin Chenowith - not only because she won for a show (Pushing Daisies) that was cancelled almost a year ago. Suck it losers that decided to cancel such a good show! Chenowith's speech was hysterical - rattling off the shows she would like to work on. I am sure she will not have any trouble finding work. I have a theory that the voting members of the Academy may be reluctant to give an award to someone on a variety show like SNL - why I don't know, but that is my theory as to why front runners Kristen Wiig and Amy Poehler did not take home the statuettes.

Best part of the telecast hands down was the hijacking by Dr Horrible. Makes me clap my hands and squee every time I watch it. Which I have a few times already...... When is the sequel coming dammit. Second best was when Brendan Gleason won for some mini-series he was in. Mad-Eye F*cking Mooney won an Emmy yo! I don't want him to die in the next movie..... that will be sad.

The Emmys were a million times better than last years telecast. And yes I realise that is not saying that much. 30 Rock and Mad Men deservedly picked up the biggest awards of the night as Best Comedy and Drama respectively. For a complete list of winners click here.

NPH should be the host of every award show. Even the really crappy ones like Ms Universe and the BET Awards. He is Legend....wait for it....ary.

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Emmy Don't's

And I am not talking about what they are wearing as I actually think the Kardashian sisters look pretty good. I am talking about them being at the Emmy's at all. I mean WTF? Did the Emmy people get a ton of actual TV celebrities cancel at the last minute, so they called the Kardashians. They would have been correct in their assumption that the entire Kardashian clan was sitting around in formal attire, fully made-up hoping against hope they would get a call saying there was room for them at The Emmy's. The other sister was also waiting, but she was distracted by something shiny, so these two got to go.

I honestly had to Google "Phoebe Price" to try and figure out exactly what it is that she has done to be considered a celebrity. That didn't really help. I still don't know who this woman is, why she is famous and what her purpose is? According to Wikipedia, she was born in 1932 and her occupation is basically famewhore. She looks like a porn star - well, "star" maybe stretching it a bit. She looks like the "other" girl in a threesome. You know the one..... the one the guy f*cks in the ass while eating out the actual star.

Full Emmy wrap up to come tomorrow. This one is just a little tease :)

XO