Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by paigowprincess

I picture TM as looking like Emmanuelle Lewis.

TM isn't tall in my mind, either -- I see him as Urkel before the growth spurt.

I picture Sebby as looking exactly like a guy I dated in grad school -- a dog (charming of course, but a dog), who never met a mind-altering substance he didn't like. 6'1, lanky, athletic, dark hair, brown eyes.

Edited to add Atticus looks like a young Sam Waterston, as he looked in the Great Gatsby. Must be the lawyer thing, & the fact that I'll Fly Away was very To Kill A Mockingbird-esque.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I picture TM as looking like Emmanuelle Lewis.

I was under the impression TM *was* Emmanuel Lewis.

[andViolins]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I was under the impression TM *was* Emmanuel Lewis.

Which leads to the next logical question of how bad is Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star going to suck?

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramo...rts/index.html

aV

Originally posted by leagleaze
Yup, I have said I am short, which is why you picture me that way. And, I am, in fact, short. Unless I am a man, which Thurgreed says I am, in which case, if I have to be a man, I want to be tall. Cause short men don't do well in our society, I just read an article in Time that said so.

Apropos of lesbians who must look like men, my mum ran into my lesbian cousin (who nobody has seen since my aunt died in 1980 bc she decided she hated the whole family and ran off to Oakland never to be seen again utnil a recent wedding). Apparently she looks just like a "little Japanese businessman". I may have to call her up when I go to the Bay Area soonish bc the curiosity is killing me. The loss of her mom at a young age really messed her up. Sad.

[zakoh02]

edited by Not Bob to add spoiler space for SATC/Project Greenlight


















SATC--Thought it was a pretty good episode overall, considering all the anticipation. I couldn't wait for 9 PM, so I watched the East Coast feed at 6. The lawyer is growing on me. Call me sappy, but I thought the whole, "we can adopt" thing was very sweet, especially in light of Bunny's (and by proxy, Tre's) "we don't want no stinkin Chinese babies in the MacDougal family" attitude. Plus, whenever he says she's a shiksa (sp?--sorry not Jewish) goddess, it just seems so believable. Or it could be that I just like gruff guys with no/little hair (another reason why Aidan was such a wanker). All I can say about the stockbroker was wowzer... too bad he was a subbie. I don't think the wedding will be Carrie's (and if it is, it BETTER be to Big)--I agree, it's too sunshiny.

Greenlight--didn't watch first season, but Damon is hot enough to balance out how annoying and dopey I find Affleck, so I tuned in. Was very glad they didn't pick the arrogant writer ("you have to read my work 4 times to understand it") or the psycho stalker driector girl. Was surprised by the director choice since the other two guys seemed really talented. It will be interesting to see if the movie is any good since everyone seemed to wax poetic about the Shaker Heights script.

Had a firm picnic over the weekend, which only made me more nervous for the bar. I know I am whining... :violin:

For the record, I am five four.

Zak

[evenodds]

Clive Owen does not want the James Bond role.

From IMdB:

James Bond contender Clive Owen has snubbed the legendary franchise - by dismissing it as unchallenging. The British hunk is reported to be a frontrunner to replace departing 007 Pierce Brosnan when he hands over the superspy role after the next film. However, Gosford Park star Owen is nonplussed about the prospect of being the world's most famous hero - in fact, he doesn't want the job. According to British tabloid The Daily Express, he told a pal, "I think it's too formulaic, too tried and tested and a little past it's sell by date. I would not consider it to be a challenge. I've just come back from Los Angeles where I had a meeting with Francis Ford Coppola who wants to cast me in an exciting new project, which will be Bond-like but more challenging and relevant today. I'm really excited about it."

http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/#1

[zakoh02]

Originally posted by zakoh02
edited by Not Bob to add spoiler space for SATC/Project Greenlight

Sorry, my bad...

Zak

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by zakoh02
Sorry, my bad...

Zak

No problemo -- in light of an earlier discussion, I figured that I'd add some space just in case.

Now, if you had posted tennis results that paigow hadn't seen yet without spoiler space, *then* you would be in trouble.

[Jack Manfred]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I picture Sebby and Burger as kinda medium height (5'10") and wiry, taxwonk and bilmore as on the shorter side, Slave and Jack Manfred at an even 6'0. Thurgreed at 6'1 or 6'2? Just wild guesses.

I'm taller than my namesake.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by evenodds
Clive Owen does not want the James Bond role.

"I think it's too formulaic, too tried and tested and a little past it's sell by date. I would not consider it to be a challenge. I've just come back from Los Angeles where I had a meeting with Francis Ford Coppola who wants to cast me in an exciting new project, which will be Bond-like but more challenging and relevant today. I'm really excited about it."

http://us.imdb.com/PeopleNews/#1

So it'll be a pretentious t&a action movie instead?

and more than I knoew or wantd to knew about Patty SChnyder's freak cult boyfriend guy. How can Hantuchova play like that? Sad.


Helping Hantuchova

Over the past few weeks we've received a lot of mail sounding a similar theme. What was an open secret a few months ago has become a cause célèbre. As we predicted, the tabs are all over this. One headline the other day: "Babe of Bratislava becomes Spindles of Slovakia to spark health fears." Hantuchova, not surprisingly, denies -- adamantly -- that she has an eating disorder, but her appearance indicates otherwise and is cause for serious concern.


Hantuchova's build has caused much concern. \Intervention, however, is a tricky business. The core issues: What is the role of the tour? And what are the parameters of its authority? Unlike drugs, an eating disorder isn't illegal or something expressly forbidden by the tour's rules and regulations. While Hantuchova unquestionably looks terribly unhealthy, she has a certain autonomy over her body. If this were a team sport, the franchise or league could demand that the player seek help -- or at least forbid him from taking the field/court/ice until he returned to "playing shape." But Hantuchova is an indep! en! dent contractor; so long as her ranking is sufficient for entry in events, I'm not sure the tour or the tournament organizers have any power to forbid her from competing.

The situation is comparable to the travails of Patty Schnyder several years ago. Schnyder, you'll recall, was a rising star when she fell under spell of a bizarre "guru" whose methods included making her consume ungodly quotients of orange juice and pierce her skin with unsanitized needles. Many called upon the tour to assert its authority and act on her behalf. While administrators and other players tried to speak with Schnyder, they couldn't do much formally. As one staffer explained to me at the time, "Look, it's a horrible situation. But she's over 18, she's made a decision, and we can't start banning players because they have creepy boyfriends." Inherent in this, I think, is a philosophical tension. If you're the leading women's sport and trumpet your tour as a collection of empowered females, how do you then turn around and play the paternalistic role of Big Sister with your constituents?

Of course, just because the WTA can't necessarily take formal action doesn't mean it can't bend over backward to help Hantuchova. Offer her the services of a counselor and nutritionist, for starters. Make sure that her mentor (Martina Navratilova, I believe) is on the case. Let Carling Bassett-Seguso tell Hantuchova how anorexia wreaked havoc on Bassett-Seguso's career. Get Hantuchova a copy of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth. (We assume the tour is doing some or all of these already.)

It would also be nice if the tour stopped selling Hantuchova as the Alternative Anna. I know some of you think we're obsessed with this issue, but when WTA staffers tell reporters that "[Hantuchova] is way hotter than Anna," when they oversee her posing spread eagle for a men's magazine or make her the focal point of their terminally cheesy calendars, how can the tour be surprised that she clearly has body-image issues?

Anyway, this is as much a psychological as a physical issue. Let's hope that Hantuchova gets some help from whatever sources, in or out of tennis.

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I haven't even seen all of Season Four yet, and would appreciate spoilers on this sort of thing. Thank you all for accommodating me in my HBO-less lameness.

Is this a joke?

??? No offense, Ty, but by this logic, we should be putting spoilers for everything. Isn't there some assumption of risk theory for anyone who didn't figure out a way to see something that they wanted to see within 6 months of its release date?

BTW, I never watched all of season 4 either (as evidenced by my initial question), but anyone who cares to can tell me what happened. Actually, I don't really care (now that I know who the bald guy is).

[bilmore]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys
By the way, the talk about heights recently made me start wondering how tall y'all be being. I picture . . . bilmore as on the shorter side, . . . .

I'm a hobbit, remember? I'm 4'2".

The only people for whom I get a mental heighth picture are the ones I've met, and I tend to be pretty accurate in my memories, unless I was drinking, in which case all bets are off.

As for paigow, the only context in which her height ever enters my mind is when I read her posts and think "my god, she must be sooo high."

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
and more than I knoew or wantd to knew about Patty SChnyder's freak cult boyfriend guy. How can Hantuchova play like that? Sad.

More skinny.

http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/1502.htm

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by evenodds
"I think it's too formulaic, too tried and tested and a little past it's sell by date. I would not consider it to be a challenge. I've just come back from Los Angeles where I had a meeting with Francis Ford Coppola who wants to cast me in an exciting new project, which will be Bond-like but more challenging and relevant today. I'm really excited about it."

Translation: "I am reluctant to be compared to Roger Moore, much less Sean Connery, because I am a big fucking pussy. I choose obscurity."

Maybe some supercool British indie director will consider him for a part in the "Judge Dredd" remake. In the meantime, I urge both of them to reconsider.