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Beijing vs Vancouver Opening Ceremonies
Lets compare and contrast...
Beijing: Birds Nest Stadium, An Architectural Marvel
World Renown Fireworks Artist
Spectacular Cast of Thousands
A Visual Smorgasbord
Vancouver:
Fake Snow
Broken Crucibles
Wayne Gretzky Hitching A Ride in the Back of a Pick-Up Truck
and the Eternal Flame Burning Brightly in a Litter-Strewn Strip Mall
BTW, Did I Mention, No Snow.
Go Canada!
You Be the Judge...
Tune in Tomorrow for the Slush Report
My Xmas Lounge Playlist on Rhapsody
Hello!
I've created a playlist on Rhapsody of all my favorite Holiday songs, remixed. Enjoy!
Veronica
http://rhaplinks.real.com/rhaplink?rhapid=6419387&type=playlist&title=Playlist&from=search
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's
Tonight I attended the Michael J Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Research annual fundraiser that is named "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's".
The event was held at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC and Emceed by Denis O'Leary who regaled us with a hilarious song about "Fuck You" and it was done to a Reggae rhythm.
Other performances were by Greg Allman who performed with Blues Traveler, Elvis Costello, Roger Daltry, Michael J Fox himself joined on stage and also Steven Tyler who was such a doll!!!
I have many photos from the event that I am eager to share!
Cheers!
Veronica
Russell Brand On Happiness
Tonight I went to see Russell Brand tryout new material. The venue was the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary (don't ask, I don't book his venues)
It was an intimate gathering of no more than 180, if even that many. I sat along the side, on the couch a mere 6 inches from the stage. Russell was funny and insightful as usual with a bit of shock to go along with it.
His bit in the beginning where he set his boot on fire was unexpectedly funnier than intended because dear Russ could not put it out! He had to have his bodyguard Danny run up on stage and douse the flames with water.
Russell regaled us with tales of his drug-fueled sex binges with prostitutes when he didn't have money to pay them (nearly pissed in my pants), his travels to Cuba and experiences with 2 Cuban prostitutes there (Dental Nurses by day) who approached him on his way to meet Castro's son and he didn't make it past the parking lot when these two vixens grabbed his attention and so blew off his scheduled meeting with the dictator's son.
He is currently filming a documentary on consumerism and happiness with Oliver Stone. Russ's impersonation of Stone is spot-on "So tell me Russ, when you travel do you bring clothes with you?". He wasn't able to go into his bit about Donald Trump because unfortunately someone without his knowledge filmed his previous night's performance where he talks about how stupid Trump was when he interviewed The Donald for the Oliver Stone documentary and Trump's attorneys threatened legal action because of his remarks. (PumpkinHead is what Russ calls him)
I look forward to seeing Russ's documentary which was filmed in part at Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana (the grounds are the size of Manhattan) and where Russell mistook one of the prisoners sent to make sure that Russ and company had all their needs attended to for being a personal butler, rather than a prisoner, leading to some awkward moments. (Russ: Can you go out and gets us some Cashews? Prisoner: No, because I am in here for murder)
Next year look for the comedy film "Get Him To The Greek", where Russell reprises his role of Aldous Snow, (from Forgetting Sarah Marshall). It should be even funnier.
Toodles for now, Russell is waiting in the limo for me!
Veronica
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