Category: Sharing

  • My Reasons Why the 90’s Ruled or Not – Part IV

    We’re back with a new edition of why the 90’s ruled!! For past reasons of why they ruled, check the following links:

    Part I
    Part II
    Part III (Disney Edition)

    Ruth InfarinatoThis time, I’m gonna be talking about the coolest VJ in MTV Latin America, and that was Ruth! The orange-haired Argentinean who graced MTV Latin America for long enough so she could make an impact on my TV viewing. She was chill, she was hip… she was just what VJs are supposed to be.

    According to Wikipedia, Ruth is a host and an actress, and became one of the main figures for the Latin American youth thanks to her job as a VJ for over 10 years. I mainly knew her from her show Conexion, but she also hosted, co-produced and wrote several other interactive programs… which make her even cooler.

    You see, MTV was cooler at that point in time… VJs didn’t try hard to be hip and cool. MTV was actually about music, and reality tv and crappy series weren’t part of the scheduling. You could actually keep your tv on MTV, and no one would think that was weird. There was also Daria, Beavis and Butthead, and even Ren and Stimpy!

    And why the heck am I writing about this? Well, I was watching old tapes, and I had recorded some of Ruth’s show Conexion. I actually ended up watching the whole show, and it made me nostalgic about watching MTV, lol. I barely watch any MTV, maybe I occasionally end up watching it at 3 or 4 in the morning, but you wouldn’t catch me watching it during the day.

    Nowadays, I tend to watch more VH1, but it’s not necessarily good either, but it’s better than MTV’s programs… most of the times. I remember that in Canada I began watching MuchMusic, which is like Canadian MTV… after a while, I was more of a MuchMoreMusic type of person, almost like the Canadian version of VH1. I did watch quite a bit of CMT too, but that was in Canada – Cable in Peru did had, at one point in time, CMT in their listing but it didn’t last much longer than a month.

  • Show Some Luvin’ to Marcia, People!

    Way before (film) award season began, I came up with a For Your Consideration campaign for Marion Cotillard, who ended up winning! *woot woot* – the funny thing about the whole thing was that the graphics I made only listed three awards, the Academy Award, the BAFTA and the Golden Globe. Yes, she didn’t actually get the Golden Globe for drama, but she got the one in the Comedy/Musical, to the disbelief of some Ellen Page fans (I’m an Ellen Page fan, but… come on, get real. lol’) – Anyway, I had totally forgotten about the SAG and SHE LOST THAT ONE! Now I’m better prepared.

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  • Sholly Shippers Rejoice

    First off…

    What’s a shipper?
    According to Wikipedia, a shipper is a person intellectually or emotionally involved with the development of a romance in a work of fiction.

    Ok, since I got that out of the way… the first time I heard the term was probably when I got really into Harry Potter, just after reading book5 in the summer of 2003. I’m a Harmonian, and proud of it! I can’t talk about shipping without mentioning Harry and Hermione, bless their fictional souls. It was nuts that summer, reading and creating my own fanfiction… looking at fanart, and embracing other Harmony shippers – thanks to Harry and Hermione, I was introduced to the world of shipping and friends. lol’

    Now, that I’ve sort of moved on from Harry Potter (I still support Harry and Hermione, though) – I’ve moved on to other ventures, lol’ WHICH brings me to Sholly.

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  • It’s Time for the Last Word

    Apparently, Showtime just confirmed the rumors that the last season of The L Word (aka. Season 6) is to be only 8 episodes. Yes, the LAST and FINAL season will not be 12-13 eps, but only 8. (link to the Hollywood Reporter)

    I don’t really wanna rant, but the show is just frustrating – hate to love it, love to hate it. I will wait for the season finale on March 23 to full rant on it. LOL’

  • Cartelera en Lima

    La semana anterior al Oscar, hubo tres películas para ver en la cartelera Limeña. En el fin de semana llegué a ver Sweeney Todd, No Country for Old Men y There Will Be Blood. x’D

    Esta semana, la cartelera me ofrece dos films que todos deberían ver, Away from Her y The Kite Runner.

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  • Garbo – Portraits from her Private Collection

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    There is only one thing to say… THANK YOU SO MUCH, Julz!!!!! I just got it in the mail today, and the post office almost spoiled it, because they were about to rip the wrapping to find out what it was! And I was like NO! Can’t you just read the invoice to see what’s inside, plus it’s a gift, you damn fuckers! LOL’ – They looked at me funny because you won’t believe how EXCITED I got when I knew. You could see it in my eyes, Julz – this has been the most surprising, bestest present like EVER… FOREVER AND EVER and always~~~

    Hardcover books rock, photography rocks, celebrity portraits rock… so this gift effing rocks!! It’s got sooooo many photographs, and they are all neatly printed on nice paper. My dad even thought they might be real pictures pasted on the paper, haha. Big font for the content, so no need for eye-squinting… and the first chapter, if I read correctly – it’s written by Garbo’s great-nephew. I thought it was such a great read! Here’s an excerpt:

    There is a lot about Greta Garbo I did not learn until after she passed away. Her last film was released in 1941, seventeen years before I was born. Until I was a teenager, she was just “Kata.” This was the nickname she was given as a child – after Swedish suffragette Kata Dalstrom – presumably for her strong will.

    Kata was my great aunt. Of all my relatives, she was one of my favorites, beloved by my brothers and sisters as well. I remember the times we spent together with a smile. I recall her sidelong glances and her raised eyebrows as her stories were spun to the next level of impossibility. Kata had a great sense of humor, and there were always jokes when she was around. In New Jersey, we accompanied her on long walks and once built a bonfire that could be seen for several blocks. Kata taught me and my siblings how to do cartwheels. She was distressed that we had not learned to do them properly, and we spent a memorable afternoon refining our technique under her critical eye. Kata was an intriguing combination of seriousness and fun.

    Garbo – Portraits from her Private Collection – II – A Portrait of Garbo by Scott Reisfield p.26

  • Juliette Binoche on Falling in Love, and Peru!

    Juliette Binoche - hc916After obsessing just a bit with watching Dan in Real Life, HBO showed a re-run of Chocolat. I love the movie, mainly because of the Chocolate-y goodness… I can just smell the chocolate coming from the TV. LOL’ Anyway, after that, I was on the boards at IMDB and run into a transcript of a recent interview with Juliette Binoche. Since it’s posted on the forum, you would need to have an IMDB account – so I’m posting here…

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  • Oscar Winners!

    Will be blogging all evening to post winners and comments. Check and refresh! Ceremony has just begun! Keep on reading for the winners as they are announced~

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  • The Academy Awards are tomorrow, and…

    I will be posting live. I’ve got my predictions, but won’t post or I might jinx them! In the meantime, this is a new whole bunch of films I’ve seen in the past few days… (following this post)

    • Across the Universe
    • Goya’s Ghost (Los Fantasmas de Goya)
    • My Blueberry Nights
    • The Darjeeling Limited
    • I’m a Cyborg, but It’s OK
    • Martian Child
    • Fido
    • Becoming Jane
    • Margot at the Wedding
    • Persepolis
    • Juno
    • Gone Baby Gone
    • Lars and the Real Girl
    • El Orfanato
    • 4 luni, 3 saptamini si 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days)
    • The Jane Austen Book Club
    • Jesus Camp
    • Into the Wild
    • Sicko
    • The Kite Runner
    • 12
    • Tout pour Plaire (Thirty Five Something)
    • 3 Needles
    • Rocket Science
    • Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
    • The Air I Breathe
    • Run, Fat Boy, Run
    • L’auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)
    • Les Poupées Russes (Russian Dolls)
    • 10 Items or Less
    • Lucia y el Sexo (Sex and Lucia)
    • Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

  • Independent Spirit Winners!

    Today Independent Spirit winners were announced! And Juno was a big winner~ xD It was named Best Feature, Ellen Page was named Best Actress (against Parker Posey for Broken English), and Diablo Cody won for Best First Screenplay!

    This is the list of winner:
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