I'M BACK!

Hello guys!!

I know, I disappeared..I’m very sorry! I went on a short trip with some friends but, moreover, I still hadn’t recovered from the ending of 30 Rock :) Can you believe that wonderful show is over? I can’t.
But ehi, we’ve got to move on..so today I’m going to collect some songs I’ve been listening to in these days, hopefully they will accompany you in your days too!

First of all, “Skinny Love” by Bon Iver: I heard it sung by the incredible voice of Birdy (can you believe she is only 16??), so I decided to listen to the original and I definitely like it better!
But I have to admit I fell in love with Birdy’s voice too and I’m sure she is going to be a great singer, so I give her credit for that.

Then, I recently discovered Marina and the Diamonds and I absolutely adore her now! She’s got a very special voice, and I love the sound of her songs too..for the moment my favourite is “Teen Idle” . It’s a great song, with a powerful meaning and I think a lot of people can relate to it. Here is a special live version of it sung by Marina in London..enjoy!
After the video, some images of Marina!

Finally, “Dancing on my Own” , by Robyn: I heard this on the TV series Girls and I loved it!!
Here is the original version, and after that the beautiful scene where Hannah and Marnie dance on this song.

What do you think of these songs? Do you like them too?

Thank you for listening (literally) and stay tuned!!
H.

30 ROCK FINALE

 

No need for more words :(

H.

30 ROCK: FOCUS ON 7X10 (OR "TINA FEY DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KILL ME?")

Hello!
So as promised (did I promise that? I’m not sure) I’m going to talk about 30 Rock.

SPOILER ALERT!!

As we all know the show is ending in 2 weeks (that’s right folks, the finale is going to be a one hour episode) and the writers are doing their best to wrap up the story.
In this episode (7x10,“Florida”), Jack and Liz go to Colleen’s estate to organize her things after her death.
This leads to a weird discovery for Jack: not only was his mother actually a funny and nice person (“Mrs. Silly”!!), but she was also a lesbian. This makes Jack think about himself and his happiness, which he's not sure he has ever had. *
In New York, Tracy and Jenna are in charge of TGS while Liz and Pete are away, and we all know that from this can come no good (no surprise, right?). However, things seem to go pretty smoothly, until we find out that Hazel has reported her previous employers to have had wrong behaviors towards her; to avoid the scandal, everyone has to sign a document where they deny any of that of ever happening.
Unfortunately, Kenneth can’t lie, so this leads to the saddest ending ever (seriously,I've neved felt so sad at the end of a 30 Rock episode before): Hank Hooper, who doesn’t like scandals, decides to cancel TGS as his final CEO act, and we find out that “next Friday” will be its final show.



NOW LET’S ALL TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

TGS has been cancelled.

30 Rock is ending.

I should have figured that out before, after all the show is ending too…but how cruel is that? Moreover, the news arrives right after Liz has found out she is going to adopt two kids (again, where was Chriss?), and her facial expression sums up mine too.

What is going to happen now?What is Liz going to do after?Will she still be happy even without TGS? Are Jack and Liz going to be separated in the end? :(

However, the best part of the episode was, in my opinion, the Jack/Liz scene in the bed, at Colleen’s house.
I know, I’ve been dreaming of them to get together since the beginning of the show and I confess that the promo had led me to think that something was actually going to happen.
As I should have known better though, nothing happened; anyway, Jack and Liz finally talked about their relationship, in a way that I can’t help to think was Tina’s way to answer and somehow please everyone that has been shipping them for all these years.

They talked about their "chemistry", the fact that nothing ever happened because their friendship is more important and not because any of them has any kind of "problem" (I definitely think that, for Jack, Liz is not ugly, he just sees her as a little sister); it was especially cute to see Liz trying to understand why Jack never actually tried to seduce her, because “he’s kind of a slut”. **

I still think there’s a lot they could have talked about and I’m not completely satisfied with the answer they came up with either, but I appreciated that they had that chat and I honestly saw that as something “for us” hopeless shippers.

In my dream/post 30 Rock-ending world Liz realizes she wants to spend the rest of her life with Jack and so, after some years of marriage, she just comes back to him; after all Liz and Chriss got married mainly because of her wanting to adopt kids. In the meantime I’ll accept this sort of “acknowledgement” Jack and Liz made in Florida, even if nobody will ever make me think that they are not soulmates.

( hands!!<3 )

* About that, I think Jack won't end up alone: I read that both Julianne Moore and Salma Hayek will be back for the series finale, so that has to mean something. To be honest I would prefer Jack to end up with Nancy (Julianne Moore), because I liked them as a couple, I thought they were cute (Liz excluded, of course).

So if that is the case,I would be kinda happy. But no Salma Hayek please!Never liked her nor her character.

** I thought the entire dialogue was super cute, but there was this part which I really loved. Since I don't know how to make gifs I will just post here the link to a tumblr I found on the Internet. (I hope that's ok with the author, I wouldn't know how else to quote him/her).

Liz: "Did nothing ever happen between us because I'm not fun?"
Jack: "Good God Lemon. Obviously our relationship, however you define it ... mentor/mentee.."
Liz: "Sister-ployee/work oracle"
Jack: "..is more interesting than some dating scenario. And obviously to ruin what we have with a tawdry yet expert sexual encounter would have been a mistake".

UPDATE!
Here is the entire scene, I found it on YouTube..enjoy!

Well thank Tina, at least  you tried to satisfy us too :)

- 3 guys, and that is going to be SAD.

Thank you for listening and stay tuned!
H.

JANE BY DESIGN!

Hi everyone!
Today I'd like to talk about a TV show I recently watched and that has been,unfortunately,cancelled after just one season.
The show I'm referring to is Jane By Design:it was created by April Blair and it premiered on ABC Family on January 3, 2012.

The show resembles for some aspects to both "The Devil wears Prada" and "Ugly Betty", however it has a spirit of its own.
It tells the story of a teenage girl, Jane Quinby  (Erica Dasher), who is mistankenly hired as the assistant of a fashion designer, Gray Chandler Murray (Andie Mac Dowell) and begins working in high fashion. She then has to go on with her school life but, at the same time, she has to work and pretend to be an adult in order to keep her dream job.
Jane lives with her brother Ben (David Clayton Rogers) and has a best friend named Billy (Nick Roux). At work she has to do her best to please Gray, while she also has to fight with India (India de Beaufort) and, sometimes, with Jeremy (Rowley Dennis).

The show was cancelled after only one season of 18 episodes,due to low ratings. Although I can understand why ABC decided to get rid of the show,I find hard to understand why people didn't like it. I know it's quite a predictable show,but it's funny and you immediately start to care about the characters. In particular the relationship between Jane and Billy could have developed and be explored more deeply if the show had had time to grow. Unfortunately we'll never know what was going to happen (however,there is a little surprise at the end of this post for those of you who watched the show and know how it ended).

Even though the show is already finished I think everyone should give it a chance, and I'm sure you won't regret it.
Sure,if you only like TV shows where everything is unpredictable and you want a "coup de théatre" every second, well, this is not the show for you.
But if you like nice characters, funny stories and, yes, the world of fashion, you're going to love Jane by Design.

Here are some pictures of the cast:

                                                  Jane

                                                                            
                                                                          Billy

 

 

Jane and Gray

 

Jane and (from the left) Lulu, Nick, Billy and Ben

 

 

                         Jane and (from the left) Jeremy, Gray and India

 

The entire cast

 

Here is a preview of the show:

and a lovely interview to the two protagonists:

And here is the opening theme, which I think it's great!

                     (wow listening to this again makes me a little sad)

So what do you think?
Have you watched Jane By Design?Did you like it??
Let me know!!

Thank you for listening and stay tuned!

H.


SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Here is the surprise I told you about at the beginning of the post (don't go on reading if you don't want any spoiler).
Here is the link to an article where the creator April Blair reveals what was going to happen in season 2 (OMG!).
And finally here is a picture I found on this lovely tumblr 

 <3 <3 <3

GOLDEN GLOBES 2013!!

Hello guys!!
Did you all watch the Golden Globes on Sunday?I did and it was a great night!
Many awards were a surprise, like those to Ben Affleck and to the cast of Girls,while some others were quite predictable (like Homeland and Daniel Day-Lewis).
However the greatest part of the evening were the two amazing ladies that hosted the show!
I'm talking about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler,who delivered a great performance,which I'm sure will be remembered for a long time.

Here is the list of all the awards,and after that a lot of pictures of the evening!!

TELEVISION

Best Television Series — Drama
Homeland

Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
Girls

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Drama
Damian Lewis, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama
Claire Danes, Homeland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Kevin Costner, Hatfields and McCoys

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Julianne Moore, Game Change

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Ed Harris, Game Change

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
Lena Dunham, Girls

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series — Comedy Or Musical
Don Cheadle, House of Lies

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television
Game Change

FILMS

Picture, Drama
Argo

Picture, Musical or Comedy
Les Miserables

Actor, Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Actress, Drama
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty

Director
Ben Affleck, Argo

Actor, Musical or Comedy
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables

Actress, Musical or Comedy
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Foreign Language
Amour

Animated Film
Brave

Screenplay
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained

Original Score
Mychael Danna, Life of Pi

Original Song
Skyfall (music and lyrics by Adele and Paul Epworth), "Skyfall"

Some of the winners..

 

Some of the people there and some parts of the ceremony...

 

And finally the greatest hosts ever:Tina Fey and Amy Poehler!!!

And here is their opening monologue:they were hilarious!!!

So what did you think?Did you enjoy the night as I did??
Thank you for listening and stay tuned!
H.