Celebs Love to Share (Themselves)
From Broadway to Kohls, there seems to be an
abundance
of multi-tasking stars in Hollywood
lately...
Nicole Richie has been offered the role of Roxie Hart
in Chicago on Broadway. (Defamer Australia)
Mario Lopez is set to join the cast A Chorus
Line as Zach. (He probably always wanted to be a
'Zach') (E!)
Pete Doherty is writing a musical! (I'm not joking.)
Keith Richards is the new leathery face of Louis
Vuitton. (Still not joking).
Avril Lavigne is designing a fashion line for Kohls.
(WWD)
Halle Berry has a namesake fragrance deal brewing
with Coty. (WWD)
Bono, Brad, Reese, Eli and Payton will appear on
Idol next month! (E!)
Matthew McConaughey is putting his name on a beach
gear line. (Perez)
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Where Have I Been? In The Heights.
Have you ever left a
movie, concert or a play wishing the show would start
over again immediately? Like, you need to
see it again? You just can't get enough of it?? Thats
how I felt the other night after the Broadway opening
of In The Heights.
Check out the above widget (you have to
pump the volume up manually). Those of you in the NYC
area may have already seen this on T.V. — it's the
opening number and is such a fun representation of
the entire score. Lin-Manuel Miranda (the cutie
rapper/ lead singer) wrote the first draft of the
play during his sophomore year at Wesleyan
University. How insane is that? [Insert sarcastic
comment here about what I accomplished
during my sophomore year at Siena College.
Ahem.] Now, he's made it to Broadway and will surely
snag himself a few Tony Awards for his work. I love
absolutely everything about that story.
Go see In The Heights while it's still in
previews. I predict you won't be able to get tickets
come March!
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The Death of Bohemia is Upon Us
Above: Me, in happier days...
Yesterday was a good day.
I, along with my fellow Mac enthusiasts, spent the
morning watching the clock until the keynote... and
spent the rest of the day
walking on air.
Today? Not a good day.
I woke up to the surreal news that, on June 1st,
Rent will officially end its
run at the Nederlander Theater. I am so sad.
Like, need a new word for sad kind of sad.
Life's a Laugh and Death's a Joke, It's True
I saw Spamalot
this weekend. I've been going to Broadway
my whole life, and I don't remember laughing this
hard at any show (like laugh-until-my-stomach-hurt
kind of laughter.) My favorite song was "Always
Look on the Bright Side," which tells us to shrug
off the things that make us cry because it's
probably not worth it. At all. Not one bit. Check
out the lyrics here,
and promise me you won't take today too seriously!
Britney totally drunk
dials K-Fed, and he totally wants no part of
it. Brit...darling? In my humble opinion, this is
officially rock bottom. Get it together in '08, girl.
Please. (Page Six)
More than one-third of kids ages 8-12 own a
cellphone. I'm trying to think who I would have
called/texted when I was eight. Santa? My Nana?
(Mediapost)
Miss Puerto Rico's pants are on fire. (Showbuzz/CBS News)
This is so yesterday, but did you hear about the 3G
iPhone that's (been long rumored to, now officially)
coming next year? So delic. (Macworld)
It's fun to see former American Idol
contestants' mug shots, even though I don't remember
this girl ever being on the show. (Was this
Fantasia's season? I think I may have been on
AI hiatus that year.) (The Smoking Gun)
Give My Regards to Bo...no...
Will
Bono bring Spiderman
to
Broadway?
Bono's experience with director Julie Taymor on the
set of Across the Universe was apparently so
inspiring for the U2 frontman that he's now talking about collaborating
with her on a stage adaptation of
Spiderman. OMFG. What should fans look
forward to, besides an obviously genius final
product? Says Bono:
"If we pull off what we're trying, it will be something the likes of which no one has seen or heard," he says. "It should be a hallucinogenic experience for theatergoers. You have the visual energy she brings. The myth of the arachnid and the elasticity and plasticity of these characters -- you can turn theater upside down."
I'm so in love with him, it's sick.
In other Bono news, he's reportedly working with the Spice Girls on new greatest hits album. (Not sure how I feel about that one yet... I'll let you know when I decide).
Xanadu Rocks!
Last night, I experienced Xanadu for the first time ever. I had never seen the awesomely bad movie— it came out the year I was born, and I spent my high school and college years catching up on old classics like Stayin' Alive and Grease 2, so I never got around to it, I guess.
The glittery satire, which just opened this summer at the Helen Hayes Theater, features the amazing Kerry Butler as Kira, (the Olivia N-J part). Kerry's take on the skating Australian (and larger-than-herself vocals) inspired me to run to Blockbuster today so I could belt out the parts I loved/ check out the parts I didn't get. (They didn't have it in stock. Was it that bad? Didn't Gene Kelly play the old dude? Hello!)
If you're looking for a fun night on Broadway that won't make you cry (unless you want to), you must check it out! I promise you'll love it!
Left: Kerry Butler on the marquee outside the Helen Hayes. Right: Kerry Butler and me! more...