''The New Beverly Hills 90210'' Trailer

Is it true? Is it really true??? A new 90210 is coming on tv this fall! It's a completely new cast, but I don't mind. If the show will be anything like it used to be, it will be worth watching!

Kelly Taylor will be back, so will Donna Martin Silver (both actors portraying these characters are signed on but not as series regulars). Rumor has it that even Steve Sanders is rallying to come back to the show. I am guessing the other characters will eventually show up at some point if the ratings are good and if the storyline is good enough as well. Apparently Jason Prisetley has already signed on to direct some episodes (just as he did with the old 90210 show).

Being a 90210 fan, I will tune in for sure, especially since it will be paired up on the same night on the CW network with another series I am currently watching (Gossip Girl).

Favorite Movie Catchphrases

Do you have any favorite movie catchphrases? You know, the ones that seem to stay in your mind forever? Here are some of mine:

"This one time, at band camp..." - American Pie
"Wax on, wax off" - The Karate Kid
"Show me the money!" - Jerry Maguire
"Bueller, Bueller..." - Ferries Bueller's Day Off
"Yippee-ky-yay, M-F" - Die Hard
"The price is wrong, bitch!" - Happy Gilmore
"I feel the need, the need for speed! - Top Gun
"Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up. " - The Wedding Singer

Please share some of yours with me!!

NKOTB perform on the Today Show May 16/2008

Wow! I feel like I am 14 again!!!! When I heard they were getting back together, I thought it was just a hoax but then suddenly - out comes a new single and a tour!

I spent so much babysitting money on these guys back in the day: magazines, t-shirts, trading cards,.... You name it - I had it! My bedroom walls were wallpapered with their posters and I even had some on my ceiling (yes - there were some on my ceiling).

I actually really like this song. It's pretty catchy - a great summer song. And knowing me...I will probably buy their new CD when it comes out in September. I'm a 33 year old teenager at heart. :)

David Cook - Newest American Idol

I called it! I knew that this guy was the one a few weeks ago. He definitely has star quality and a presence on stage. He will have a successful career. Congrats on the win!!

Hallelujah

The song "Hallelujah" has been talked about quite a lot recently. This is mostly because it was recently sung by an American Idol contestant. I heard this morning on the radio that the song is actually the number one downloaded song on iTunes this week (pretty incredible!).

I have heard the song maybe 5 times in the last week and it was really bothering me because every time I heard it, I kept trying to remember which tv show this song had played in during the final scenes of a season finale. I finally found it - it was The O.C! Now my mind can be at ease....Here is the last scene sequence from Season 1 of The O.C, with the amazing "Hallelujah" song playing in the background. :)

Jamie Walters / Ray Pruit

Do you guys remember Jamie Walters? He played the character "Ray Pruit" in the 1990s FOX TV series Beverly Hills 90210. Let me refresh your memory.....

Ray was a construction worker whom Donna Martin met during a prank at California University. She became intrigued with him after she heard him playing his guitar and singing in his pick-up truck. They started to date, although the rest of the gang did not approve of him. Perhaps it was because he came from a poor family and helped his family sell pumpkins and x-mas trees in his spare time... After Donna would not sleep with him, he was frustrated and he slept with Valerie Malone behind Donna's back. He had a gig at The Peach Pit After Dark but eventually left because of Valerie's games. Ray eventually became physically abusive, having harmed Donna on several occasions. He eventually left the series but returned much later, briefly, having been rehabilitated and engaged to another woman.

Jamie Walters released a self-titled CD during his stint on 90210 and he sand many of his songs on the show. However, after his character became physically abusive, his career started to go downhill. Fans were so turned off by the direction of the show, and confused the character with the actor and he was eventually written off of the show.

Makes you wonder what would have happened to this guy if the 90210 writers had taken his character in a different direction?

Original First Dance!!!

For those of you who are big Dirty Dancing fans, look at what I found on You Tube!! A couple who got married in the UK decided to dance the final dance from the movie Dirty Dancing as their first dance. VERY ORIGINAL!! It made me laugh and I hope you get a good laugh too!

Christmas is Almost here!

The countdown is now on... just a few more days an Christmas will finally be here!! My Christmas tree is up, the decorations are out and the house looks so festive! It is definitely my favorite holiday!

One of my favorite things to do during the holidays is watch some great feel-good movies. Here are a few of my favorites that I watch during this time of year:

- The Family Man (starring Nicholas Cage)
- One Magic Christmas (starring Mary Steenburgen)
- Die Hard 1 and 2 (starring Bruce Willis)
- The Sound of Music (starring Julie Andrews) - I don't know why this is a holiday classic, but it somehow always plays on TV this time of year...
- The Santa Clause (starring Tim Allen)

What are your favorite holiday movies???

August Rush

This looks like a movie that may become a "Kawi Movie"!! Another movie to add to my 'must-see' list.

"August Rush" tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams), August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.

Jon Bon Jovi - SNL - Oct 13, 2007

Opening sketch featuring Jon Bon Jovi and Amy Poehler from the October 13th 2007 SNL show. If you are a fan on Jon Bon Jovi, you will love this!!!!

1972 Avon commercial - The Avon Lady

Hello everyone!
As you know, Christmas is just around the corner... Why don't you start your shopping early and look at the latest Avon catalogues! You will be surprised at what you will find: new creams, new scents, amazing jewellery, gorgeous Christmas decorations, etc... If you would like to see a catalogue or would like to order something, just let me know!

Disney's Enchanted

In an animated fairy tale world, a young girl meets and falls in love with the handsome prince of her dreams. News of this romance upsets the prince's mother, the evil queen, who uses her black magic to send the girl hurtling out of the animated world into the one place in the universe where there is no true love: modern day Manhattan. The now-real girl has to survive in New York City and find her way home again to her true love.

I saw this movie preview yesterday and my daughter said : I want to see that, Maman!! I was quite pleased because it is something that I would like to see too! It is definitely a "Kawi Movie".

Movies with "real" people

My 4 year old suddenly wants to watch movies with "real people" in them and does not want to watch as many cartoon movies these days. I think the movies Freaky Friday and Honey I Shrunk the Kids have played maybe 20 times each in the last month in my house!! She is reciting lines from the movies and even sings along with the songs. These are her favorite lines:

From Freaky Friday: "I don't want to marry Ryan, ewwwww!!!"

From Honey I Shrunk the Kids: "I get it, french class!!!!"

Although I have a wide selection of movies in my home, I do not have many movies for my daughter to watch that do not have animated characters.

Would any of you have any suggestions????

"Because"

As this song is one of my most favorite songs in the entire world, I am sharing this song to you. Many of you already understand the attachment that I have to this song. Those of you who have never heard it before, I hope that it becomes one of your personal favorites as well.
Luciano Pavarotti, you will be missed. Your music will last forever in our hearts.

Corey Haim Interview from Oracle.com

I used to buy all of those TeenBeat and Bop magazines back in the 80s, mostly to get the latest posters and put them up on my bedroom walls. A favorite actor of mine was Corey Haim. He's back in the entertainment news again because of his new show called "The Two Coreys" on A&E. Here is a copy of an interview I found online that I enjoyed reading. Hopefully you will enjoy it too!

Corey Haim: Lost Boy Found By Corey Haim
as told to Orato Editor Heather Wallace 08/15/07
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Corey Haim needs no introduction, unless you were born post-1990 and haven't been enlightened about the standout decade preceding your existence. For those who missed the "Me Decade," and all the trappings of big hair and over-the-top neon fashion, Corey Haim is a Canadian actor who became a teen idol for millions of young, heavily-hairsprayed girls, and arguably as popular as Pac-Man, Rubik's Cube and Rayban sunglasses. He got his breakout leading role in the 1986 film Lucas and went on to a large role in the cult classic The Lost Boys, which coincided with the beginning of a 20-year friendship and collaboration with his namesake Corey Feldman. While the 80s were a golden era for Haim, he fell on hard times in the 90s, as he began to battle drug and alcohol addiction. Haim is now clean and co-starring in The Two Coreys, and he says the world hasn't seen anything yet. He's just received news he'll be reprising his role in Lost Boys 2. Here is his story, 20 years after his Golden Age.

Boom! Lost Boys 2 - We’re filming in one week. I can’t tell you the details of the project - Obviously it’s vampires, but it’s a lot more than that, and it’s really exciting.
Right now I’m living wherever I feel comfortable. At this moment, it’s New York, which I call Gotham City. I swear to God I saw The Hulk, Batman and Spider-Man fighting on a building last night.

The Two Coreys shot in Vancouver, and I feel comfortable there too. I’m Canadian, so I’ve been going there all my life anyway. It’s like a second home for me. It feels like a mini-Los Angeles. A lot of people say “It’s boring,” and I’m like, “It’s not boring dude, it’s ‘The Couv!’” But that’s just me.

Obviously when people are reminiscing about the 80s, I tend to come to mind. If I was trying to capture it in a nutshell, I’d have to say it was just a really busy time for me. I was working, working, working all the time, thank God.

I’d come to Los Angeles from Toronto, which was a trip. I made great friends, like Corey Feldman. I listened to great music, like Phil Collins. I’ve been independent since I was 10, years old. The 80s were the 80s; it was my time, and the best time of my life.

Movies for teenagers really haven’t changed all that much since those days. Nowadays, there are more special effects and bigger budgets, and people are trying to dig deeper and deeper into the characters in movies. This is just my own personal opinion, but I think they’re running out of ideas for movies, to be honest with you. But I do think one out of every three movies that come out is really amazing.

While the special effects are even more impressive these days, I actually prefer movies without special effects because it’s raw. For a movie like Lost Boys 2, special effects are the bomb – you come in and do what you do, and then they add the special effects later. When you see the finished product, it’s like “No way man!”…it’s so cool. I just can’t wait to see the prop room...

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I knew I wanted to act ever since I was about eight years old and my mom and my sister won a refrigerator in a cook off on this TV show called ‘Just Like Mom.’ They took head shots of my sister, and I was like, “But what about me?” I joined an agency in Toronto and I flew out to New York on a Friday with one other kid from my agency and got a part. The rest is history.

I think it’s fair to say that Lucas was a breakout role for me. I’d had a meeting at Rob Reiner’s house and had the choice of whether to do Lucas or Stand By Me, in - rest in peace - River Pheonix’s part.

I think everything is meant to be, my role in Lucas included. Lucas taught me what an ensemble cast is and what a solo is, and I really started to learn about the industry. I really liked the script, and I liked playing a biography, so to speak, of a life.

To be honest, at first it was a tough shoot. The movie Lucas is about a nerdy high school kid who is bullied a lot, so I was constantly getting pushed into a corner and beaten up. It was my first time playing somebody’s life story, but after the second week, it was just like a cakewalk. I discovered I’m a dramatic actor, although I do like to mix drama with comedy.
Things started to become overwhelming right after Lost Boys. We were dealing with a $42-million budget, filming next to Lethal Weapon…I could buy any car I wanted to and was working with older people. I started to get out of control of myself and became my own death sentence. Thank God I was able to right myself, with a lot of support from my family, through an intervention. I sought help, and I’m currently attending meetings as well.
I would not change anything from the past, except maybe the hurt I caused my mom and my dad. I would just take the hurt away. You know, the hurt that came from them always expecting the call: “Your son is dead.”

Some of the troubles I had are universal and timeless, and I see a lot of young stars repeating some of my mistakes. If I could give some advice to people like Lindsay Lohan, it would be: Get off now. Get off right now, because it’s an expensive habit. It’s not good at all. It’s a long process getting clean and sober, so they should just stay away from that sh*t.
*****
When I first met Corey Feldman, I had no idea that we’d be tied for life. I called him and left him a message, saying, “I thought you were great in The Gremlins. My name’s Corey, your name’s Corey…we should hang out.” Him and I and our fathers all went to Venice Beach and played football, and we've shared a path ever since.

Although people associate us as a unit, we’re very, very, very different in every way. I try to be as real as possible and sometimes I catch him acting and not being real. Sometimes he catches me not doing what I need to do. We watch out for each other because we’re like brothers.

We decided to step back in the limelight with The Two Coreys recently because the time was right. It’s been years and years and years since we worked together. We’ve received every offer under the sun for reality series the past 12 to 15 years. The Two Coreys gave us an opportunity to be executive producers, developers, writers and stars, so it was great.
We got to go on Larry King Live to promote the show, so that was a trip. Over the years, I’ve been asked a million questions, many of them a number of times over again. There’s not much I won’t talk about, and I enjoy talking about the good times. If there’s one thing people may not know about me after all this time, it’s that I’m very sensitive to stuff. People think I’m like a hard ass, but I’m not.

I’m keeping my head on straight and being open to love. Obviously I want to find love, just like anybody. Why is Corey Feldman happily married and I’m not? Well, I’m not sure that he is. I hope he is. I absolutely want to be married or in a committed partnership one day. Oh yeah.

You know what, I really don’t know why some, like River Pheonix, didn’t make it and I did. I really didn’t know River that well. I just think it was just the cough syrup mixed with the heroin…you know, the drugs. The same could have happened to me. I was fortunate to survive all that I put my body through. It’s up to God. I’m not sure why I’m still here, but I’m still here, and I‘m happy.

The world ain’t seen nothing yet. It can expect a lot more happiness and hopefully great, great acting.

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Florist Reveals Married Man's Infidelity

I heard about this story by watching "The Today Show" the other day and it made me laugh.....


A married man is suing an online florist for $1.15 million after it revealed his infidelity to his wife. Leroy Greer of Missouri City asked 1-800-Flowers to send a dozen red roses to his mistress and to keep the order private by not mailing the transaction to his home or office. However, months later, 1-800-Flowers sent a thank-you card to Mr Greer's home.
Mr Greer's wife called the business for proof of purchase. 1-800-Flowers faxed her proof of Mr Greer's order of flowers for his mistress. The fax included Mr Greer's card message which read: "Just wanted to say I love you and you mean the world to me! Leroy". His wife has filed for divorce.

Whatever Happened to Fred Savage?

Do you remember Fred Savage? He was the boy who starred in the show "The Wonder Years" as Kevin Arnold. Well, this boy is all grown up now. Bet you didn't know that he graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Psychology. But I am sure that you don't know this little tidbit that I just found out about.....He directed the new movie "Daddy Day Camp" starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Who knew this guy was all grown up and was directing movies now? That's because we can only picture him as the little boy who was madly in love with Winnie Cooper.

Reese Witherspoon : Avon Lady

NEW YORK, August 1, 2007 – Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) today announced that it has signed world-renowned, Oscar-winning actress, Reese Witherspoon, as the company's first ever Global Ambassador. In this newly-established role, Ms. Witherspoon will serve as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation, focusing on breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief initiatives, and she will be the spokeswoman for Avon's beauty brands and Sales Representatives.

As part of this multi-year agreement, Ms. Witherspoon will also be involved in product development initiatives, and appear globally in Avon advertising, web sites and in the company's brochures. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We are thrilled to welcome Reese as our Global Ambassador and believe she will give a strong voice to the company's commitment to empowering women, said Andrea Jung, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products, Inc. "As the company for women, Avon wanted to partner with someone who could represent not only our world-famous beauty brand, but also could be a source of inspiration for our more than 5 million Avon Representatives around the world – and Reese is a perfect fit. She is an accomplished actress, a successful producer and a working mother – and clearly embodies the drive, the commitment and entrepreneurial spirit that is at the heart of the Avon Representative.

"Our partnership with Reese represents a breakthrough moment for our company – and comes just months after the launch of our successful Hello Tomorrow campaign, which signaled a true evolution for the Avon brand, said Geralyn Breig, Senior Vice President and Global Brand President, Avon Products, Inc. "This is the first time we have had celebrity representation on all three dimensions of our business – our philanthropic initiatives, our brand, and the Avon Representative – and we are incredibly excited to have someone of Reese's talent and stature add her voice to Avon's message to help bring it to the world.

The Avon Foundation and Ms. Witherspoon will partner in raising awareness for the Foundation's programs in the areas of breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief. The Avon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1955 with the mission of championing the health and well being of women globally through its philanthropic efforts."I am very excited to be partnering with Avon. Avon is more than an iconic world class beauty leader – it is a company that is known the world over as a crusader for women's causes. said Ms. Witherspoon. "I am truly impressed by how Avon has been able to effect real change in the communities in which it does business, and by how committed the company is to providing economic and personal fulfillment to women all over the world. I feel a great responsibility in my own life to give back to society. Now, as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation, I am proud to be joining in the great philanthropic work that is already underway.

Avon, the company for women, is a leading global beauty company, with almost $9 billion in annual revenue. As the world's largest direct seller, Avon markets to women in well over 100 countries through over five million independent Avon Sales Representatives. Avon's product line includes beauty products, fashion jewelry and apparel, and features such well-recognized brand names as Avon Color, Anew, Skin-So-Soft, Avon Solutions, Advance Techniques, Avon Naturals, Mark, and Avon Wellness. Learn more about Avon and its products at http://www.ca.avon.com/PRSuite/home/home.jsp?lang=en_CA

Should you wish to receive a catalogue or would like to order some Avon products, please let me know. I have been an Avon Independent Sales Representative for 2 years and would love to help you!

Hottie of the Week : Matt Damon

Birth Date: October 8, 1970

Most recent role: Jason Bourne in 'The Bourne Ultimatum'

Going from obscure actor to Hollywood golden boy in just a handful of years, Matt Damon became an instant sensation when he co-wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting. With his Best Original Screenplay Oscar (shared by co-writer and co-star Ben Affleck), he was ensured a place on the Hollywood "It" boy roster.

He is one of my favorite actors and I cannot wait to see him in 'The Bourne Ultimatum!'

Hottie of the Week : Thad Luckinbill

Born : April 24, 1975

Hometown : Enid, Oklahoma

Current role : Currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless as J.T. Hellstrom since November 1999.

Thad has guest-starred on several primetime television shows including Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Providence, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Nash Bridges, and 8 Simple Rules. He also appeared in Madonna's Don't Tell Me video as the cowboy who was thrown from his horse at the end of the song. He has appeared in the feature films 'Just Married' and 'Sleepover'.