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Heath Leger Wins Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor...
I just wanted to pop on in the middle of the Golden Globe awards to note what a poignant and bittersweet moment it was that Heath Leger won this year's award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his portrayal of The Joker in "The Dark Knight". Chris Nolan, director of "The Dark Knight" accepted the award on his behalf. It was a ( Read more... ) -
Under Pressure...
I didn't realize that Queen sang "Under Pressure". Ever since Gross Pointe Blank, it has been one of my favorite songs for the last part of the song - the music and the lyrics at the end are just so compelling... so, again, I'm going to share... :)
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word ( Read more... ) -
Simple Things... lyrics
This is one of the songs that I sang last night. It's one of my favorite Jim Brickman songs (sung by Rebecca Lynn Howard) and the lyrics really resonate with me... particularly now in my life when things just got so complicated and screwy.
Just thought I'd share...
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Valkyrie
Valkyrie was better than I expected. All the things that the critics said that would be distracting (Tom Cruise, in general; Tom Cruise not affecting a German accent; etc) were not distracting at all. For me, the biggest "distraction" was Bill Nighy who I absolutely love... but I couldn't get into him in his character in this. I also didn't think ( Read more... ) -
Pictures from Last night
The Jim Brickman show last night was lovely! His music, as always, was amazing. He started the show with my favorite piece called "If you Believe". Anne Cochran and David Mizri joined him on many pieces vocally, and Tracy Silverman joined him with his electric voilin on a lot. It was a fantastic show!! I'm so glad that I bought tickets instead ( Read more... ) -
More pictures!!
Here are pictures from last week - our regular karaoke group, Geoff & Debbie Reynolds, and one of Martin for good measure since he wasn't with us last week. ( Click for happiness ) -
Pandora Radio
Oh my goodness... I am in love! I'm sure I'm the last person to have found Pandora Internet Radio, but it's the best thing EVER! If you haven't tried it out, you must! You can define your "radio stations" and it comes up with music you'd like based on the style of the musicians you listed. It's just brilliant. No more having to bring my CDs in ( Read more... )