Spice Girls Cancel First UK Appearance
Spice Girls Cancel First UK Appearance
The Spice Girls got a chance to say “thank you” in person to Sir Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin Atlantic Airlines, for hooking them up with their very own 747 “Spice One.”
Earlier today, they showed up at London’s Heathrow Airport to attend the grand opening of a new terminal, where they met up with Branson and posed for some pictures.
Unfortunately, with everything going so well for the “Wannabe” singers, something had to go wrong. And with Emma “Baby Spice” Bunton’s ankle on the mend, they’ve announced the cancellation of their “Strictly Come Dancing” appearance, scheduled for this Saturday.
But don’t fret, UK fans! The reason they opted out of the gig was to give Bunton more time to heal before they kick of their 17-date run at London’s O2 Arena later that night.
And the reviews are still mixed as to whether or not that show will go on. An inside source told press, “It’s too soon to say if Emma will be fit enough to join the other four girls on Saturday. She will see a doctor tomorrow, who will assess the damage.”
Vanessa Hudgens’ Family Breakfast at Mo’s
Vanessa Hudgens’ Family Breakfast at Mo’s
It was family breakfast time for Vanessa Hudgens on Wednesday morning, as the 19-year-old actress headed to Mo’s in Toluca Lake for a bite to eat.
Accompanied by her mother Gina, little sister Stella and a family friend, the four girls spent about an hour inside chatting and enjoying their meal.
For the outing, Vanessa wore a velour track suit and a pair of shades, accessorized with a stylish Miu Miu Vitello Lux Hobo handbag.
Upon leaving, the High School Musical starlet hopped into and sped off in her brand new birthday Audi S4 Cabriolet, which some are still speculating came from boyfriend Zac Efron.
Sex and the City Review: A Man’s Perspective
The following review comes from our east coast correspondent Zach Lawrence:
Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Jungle of the Swinging Shia, The Chronicles of Narnia; the last few weeks, my girlfriend has been a hardcore trooper. So what does a man do? He owes. He owes her one, and my fellow fan boys and movie geeks, listen closely, this information could save your life.
I was never a huge “Sex” fan, but I learned to appreciate the culture value of the four girls tearing up New York with their cosmopolitans and gabby sex chat turning an entire generation of regular girls into the equivalent of metro sexual males. This movie runs from nowhere and from what I remember, pretty much picks up where we last left the girls. When I say “runs from nowhere” I mean, there is no harbinger to kick off this highly anticipated film besides everyone’s contentment. Now this is where the genius kicks in, after beginning with everyone having settled into their lives, each in their own way individually and as a collective, they are almost immediately torn down to basically nullify what the whole series built up to.
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda each have their own set of problems which tie in nicely with well placed and well paced dialogue over conveniently set up lunch dates and dinners. Carrie at the start of the movie is jilted by Big at the wedding alter and falls apart, while her girlfriends rally for support, Miranda’s husband cheats on her, Charlotte is still psychotically happy and (get ready) Samantha is the funniest part of the film. She, in my masculine opinion, was the most entertaining part of the show and still dominates on film. Sadly though that’s kind of it, things of course tie up here and there but this is still just Sex and the City, just a two and half hour (I repeat 2 ½ hours) long episode.
I was in a sold out, maximum capacity audience and was, I think, one out five men in attendance. The women laughed it up. Every unfunny dry joke of Carrie’s or ditsy move of Charlotte (literally shitting her pants), or Samantha foaming at the mouth for her hot neighbor, got a screaming response from all the cougars in the audience as well as the little girls who want to be like the characters. Also as a side note, this seems to be the year of full frontal male nudity, so men beware, there is more wang and man ass in this film then naked girls.
Now I’m not contradicting myself. This was not a bad film, it just wasn’t good. It was somewhere in that gray area of “ok” where you get lost in your decision on whether or not you liked it. At the end, the movie got a bigger applause then Indiana Jones which rocked me to the core in a disturbing way, and left you with no real answers. It ended in the same way the series ended. Thank god Pete didn’t see this film, it would have hurt his skull, I just have a larger capacity for girly things, I.E. shopping, hair and nails and boy talk. What I mean by that is I frequently get asked advice on wedding dress shopping which was a large part of this film as well as hair and nails and purses and shoes.
I think I may have lost a bet in the way that I believed Crystal Skull would still hold the #1 spot after its huge haul last week but after the movie let out last night I was dumbstruck. I have never seen a cinema more run amok with women that I fear for Indy’s spot. I may very well be eating my words that people have forgotten about Sex and the City, because my friends, about once a year a movie is released targeting a 100% female audience, and man oh man, they came in droves. It was like a sluttier Rocky Horror Picture Show with everyone dressing skanky like the girls in the movie; with the 18 to 60 year old demographic this movie is a gold mine for a single man to pick up girls. . . . . You will NEVER hear me say that again about a movie theatre, so get in while the gettings good!
Sanaa Hamri to Direct The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Sequel
Warner Bros has hired music video turned feature film director Sanaa Hamri to helm a sequel to the big screen adaptation of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. The original 2005 film starred America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) and Blake Lively, all of wholm are in talks to return.
The likely to be PG-13 sequel will not be based on the follow-up novel, The Second Summer of the Sisterhood, but will instead be based on the fourth book in the series: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood. However, bits from the second and third books (Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood) will be included in this next movie.
Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood was released earlier this year, and is the fourth novel in Ann Brashares’s aclaimed Sisterhood series. The story concludes the adventures of four girls who share a pair of magical pants that fit each one of them perfectly, despite their vastly different shapes and sizes. The book description for Forever in Blue follows:
With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer.
Lena: Immerses herself in her painting and an intoxicating summer fling, fearing that the moment she forgets about Kostos will be the moment she sees him again.
Carmen: Falls under the spell of a sophisticated college friend for whom a theatrical role means everything and the heritage of the Pants means nothing.
Bridget: Joins a dig for an ancient city on the coast of Turkey and discovers that her archaeology professor is available in every way except one.
Tibby: Leaves behind someone she loves, wrongly believing he will stay where she has left him.
Join Ann Brashares’s beloved sisterhood once again in a dazzling, fearless novel. It’s a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby, here and now, past and future, together and apart.
Hamri has directed music videos for The Notorious B.I.G, Mary J. Blige, Jay Z, Prince, Mariah Carey and Sting. Her first feature film, Something New, was released last year.
Production will begin on June 3rd 2007 in Greece, before moving on to New York and Connecticut.
Source: Variety