July 2008 Archives
As you remember, Illeana Douglas is a huge favorite of mine. Really, anyone that can make me laugh as much as she does has a permanent place in my heart.
I've gotten wind that Illeana is working on a new show set in IKEA (oh, come on, you know you love their swedish meatballs). It sounds like Ms. Douglas will be playing an employee at the Burbank IKEA, and I can only imagine the trouble that she'll get into there. Let's just hope she knows how to use a hex wrench.
And let's hope she's not as creepy as the IKEA closet people.
I'm a huge fan of the novel
, and Jeremy Irons, Diana Quick and Anthony Andrews created such depth in their roles on the mini-series that I almost cannot imagine another version of this epic being created.Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, and Hayley Atwell have some big shoes to fill ... and I reserve the right to judge. The movie already has one strike against it: the weak tagline in the promo above. "Privilege. Ambition. Desire. At Brideshead Everything Comes at a Price." Let's hope the movie isn't made for the Gossip Girl
audience.I'm also a bit worried that the gay undertones will be ironed out. At least from the advertising I've seen so far, this isn't a big part of the movie.
All that said. I'm super excited to finally get to see this. I've been waiting for this movie since stumbling across the IMDB page a couple of years ago. Woo hoo.
*I'm sure no one else will come up with that bit of wittiness in this entry title.
I am happy to report that I was able to snag an iPhone on Friday after standing in line for many ... many ... way too many hours. Somehow, the Apple staff at the 14th St location still managed to be happy and energetic even tho it was 12:30am by the time I got up to the 3rd floor. I don't know what they were on to stay that happy ... but I want some. Mr. Jobs, can you send me some?
