Sightings: Beckinsale, Lohan and Katy Perry
CROWN JEWEL: Kate Beckinsale and hubby Len Wieseman, shopping in the ritzy Knightsbridge area of London while she’s in town to be named Film Actress of the Year at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
BREAKFAST CLUB: Julia Roberts, enjoying some toast while son Henry had Cheerios at Norma’s in New York City’s Parker Meridien hotel.
WEST SHOP STORY: Kanye West, doing some shopping at the Grove mall in L.A.
ITALIAN JOB: Chace Crawford, having a plate of rigatoni Bolognese with some pino grigio at Fred Segal’s Mauro Cafe in West Hollywood after Sex and the City director Michael Patrick King was just in having a Caprese salad.
BIG SPENDER: Lindsay Lohan, spending about $2,885 on two bags and a wallet at Mulberry on L.A.’s über-trendy Melrose Place.
SWEET TOOTH: Kevin James, munching on doughnut holes for dessert at Stack Restaurant & Bar at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
MEN’S ROOM: Gerard Butler, having lunch at Newsroom Cafe in L.A., just a few tables away from Bryan Greenberg.
SPICE SALE: Victoria Beckham, buying dresses at YSL and then Dolce and Gabbana on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills.
COMING UP
BOY’S TOWN: Katy Perry celebrates the release of her debut album, One of the Boys, during a party tomorrow night at Dune in Southhampton, New York.
Asian Excellence Down with Dancing Stars
Being a pioneering Asian-American seemed almost secondary to being a televised toe-tapper at Wednesday night's 2008 Asian Excellence Awards.
Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba hosted the awards do with MADtv's Bobby Lee doling out honorsalbeit not mirrored disco-ball-based onesto pro Cheryl Burke and this season's frontrunner star, Kristi Yamaguchi.
Burke was honored at the ceremony as Favorite TV Personality, while gold medalist Yamaguchi received the special Inspiration Award. Dancing alum Tia Carrere was also on hand to croon two songs from her album Hawaiiana during the show.
Award magnet Ang Lee took home the top honor of the night, Outstanding Film, for his drama Lust, Caution.
Meanwhile, Quentin Tarantino was also on hand to make the Asian Excellence Awards an equal-opportunity kudosfest, presenting the special Half Asian Award to Rob Schneider.
The show will air on May 1. Here's a complete list of winners:
- Outstanding Film: Lust, Caution; director, Ang Lee
- Outstanding Film Actor: Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
- Outstanding Film Actress: Sharon Leal, This Christmas
- Outstanding Television Actor: B.D. Wong, Law & Order: SVU
- Outstanding Television Actress: Lindsay Price, Lipstick Jungle
- Supporting Television Actress: Sonja Sohn, The Wire
- Supporting Television Actor: Rex Lee, Entourage
- Favorite TV Personality: Cheryl Burke, Dancing with the Stars
- Favorite Reality Star: JabbaWockeeZ, America's Best Dance Crew
- Pioneer Award: Steve Chen
- Inspiration Award: Kristi Yamaguchi
- Half Asian Award: Rob Schneider
Alanis Morissette Knows Philip K. Dick
Who would have ever thought that singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette would become a film actress? Sure, she did do a stint on the Nickelodeon television show You Can’t Do That On Television (you know, the one with the green slime that falls from the ceiling?). And she also made a brief, but fun appearance as GOD in Kevin Smith’s Dogma. And now Alanis is going to become a character in a Philip K. Dick’s life.
Morissette has been cast as Sylvia in Philip K. Dick’s semiautobiograhical feature adaptation “Radio Free Albemuth.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sylvia is…
“…a woman who shows up in the vision of a record label executive named Nick (Jonathan Scarfe) as a glamorous singer. In reality, she’s an ordinary woman in unexpected remission from lymphoma who, after appearing in Nick’s visions, gets a job as his secretary. She becomes his soul mate thanks to the pair’s shared spirituality and visions.”
Dick’s 1976 novel Radio Free Albemuth (originally titled VALISystem A), is loosely based on his own experience with visions in the mid-’70s. When the publishers, Bantam, requested extensive rewrites he canned the project. The book was later released to the public in 1985. Radio Free Albemuth is now filming in Los Angeles.
Katie Melua - Mary Pickford Video and Lyrics
Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses) by Katie Melua, Music Video, Lyrics and Review
“Mary Pickford” is a song written and produced by Mike Batt for the Georgian-born, British singer Katie Melua. It is Melua’s tenth single and the second from her third album, Pictures.
The lyrics talk about the 1910s film actress Mary Pickford and her relationship with other artists. Mentioned in the song are Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, David Griffith, United Artists and Pickfair.[1] The lyrics were ridiculed by The Guardian’s Betty Clarke as “shocking”.
Katie Melua - Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses) Lyrics
Mary Pickford used to eat roses
Thought that they’d make her beautiful and they did,
One supposes.
Douglas Fairbanks, he was so handsome,
He wore a moustache,
Must-a had much cash, too,
Worth a king’s ransom,
Charlie Chaplin, he was invited,
When these artists became united.
When these artists became united.
David Griffith worked as an extra,
Then as a stagehand,
Until they let him be
A director
Dave was brave, a mover and shaker,
A true pioneer,
He seemed to show no fear,
A real film maker
Just like Chaplin, he was invited,
When these artists became united.
When these artists became united.
They tied the knot together,
Groom and bride couldn’t hide their pleasure.
They tried to pick fair weather,
But love died, didn’t last forever.
Mary Pickford used to eat roses,
Thought that they’d make her beautiful and they did,
One supposes.
Douglas Fairbanks, he was so handsome,
He wore a moustache,
Must-a had much cash too,
Worth a king’s ransom.
Charlie Chaplin, he was invited,
When these artists became united.
When these artists became united.
When these artists became united
Katie Melua - Mary Pickford Single Review
Taken from the ‘Pictures’ album, Mary Pickford (Used To Eat Roses) is a great opener (despite its overwhelming similarity to The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby) - it’s funny, quirky and immediately makes you think that perhaps there’s something different about this singer-songwriter that will set her apart from the rest.