The Year As I See It
This year has been a time of extreme highs and dangerous lows in pop culture. I’ll be honest. I can’t remember everything from the year but I present to you the Diva’s Year in Review (at least what I can recall):
Raunchiest Celebrity Trend
Flashing your cooter or bare ass to the paparazzi is tasteless. Isn’t that what the thong was all about? No panty lines. Going commando for women is just slutty and unsanitary. I certainly wouldn’t borrow any clothes from Brit or Lindsey.
Most Beneficial Celebrity Trend
Adoption. It might be self-serving but orphans around the globe are benefiting from this awkward trend to keep up with the Jolie-Pitts. At least these children are given a chance. I still think it might be more beneficial to pour that money into establishing strong country infrastructures instead of yanking kids from their culture.
Worst 90210 Rerun
Remember the one where sneaky Kelly went behind Brenda’s back while she was in Europe and cheated with Dylan? Denise Richards must have seen this episode because she didn’t even wait for Heather Locklear to leave the city before she made time with Richie Sambora. Weren’t Denise and Heather one-time BFF? How high school. I mean all of this for a man whose hair is coifed like a 50-something housewife.
Non-Event of the Year
Did we really care that Tomcat finally made it legal or unveiled their Suri. I don’t think the public cared nearly as much as the media outlets did. I tuned out the minute he jumped on Oprah’s couch. The rest has been white noise.
Best Decision of 2006
Whitney Houston finally realized that crack is whack and sent Bobby Brown packin’. Maybe this will finally put an end to the voyeuristically addictive Being Bobby Brown. Whitney ties with Britney Spears since the Louisiana lass got rid of her rapper-wannabe husband. May we never hear from Kevin Federline again unless he’s appearing on the Surreal Life.
Worst Decision of 2006
You’ve just split from your freeloading husband of two years, bore his second child in two years and are preparing for a long arduous divorce and accompanying child custody battle. What are you going to do next? Go to Disney World. No, you’re going on a week-long pantyless bender with ‘good’ friends Paris and Lindsey. Where are her PR people?
Most Surprising Movie of the Year
I loved the Lady in the Water. Am I the only one? It’s a bit creepy to be a children’s book but I adored the message of destiny, faith and courage. M. Night Shyamalan missed with The Village but redeemed himself as an imaginative creator and director with this movie.
Hottest Movie
Casino Royale made my contacts steam up and my hair frizz it was so hot. Daniel Craig is that unexpected hunk that grows on you over time. His masculine James Bond made me a fan of the franchise.
Most Unhinged Song of the Year
I couldn’t get the Gnarls Barkley tune Crazy out of my head this year. What the hell is it about? Losing your mind. In some bizarre way, I related to the words and loved it. What does that say about me or my need for therapy?
Year of the Gay Man
I personally love that so many celebs came out this year. It must have been crowded in that closet. I didn’t, however, appreciate how these men were shoved out of the closet. People seem to get real joy out of outing others. It’s become a real movement. I’ll be happy when saying your gay isn’t such a big deal requiring the cover of People magazine. Lance Bass didn’t invent being gay. It just seems that the older actors have confronted and expressed their homosexuality with a lot more panache and style.
Worst Falling Down Moment
Michael Richards and Mel Gibson share this honor. Their intense stupidity and ignorance were played out on a grand scale as they worked out their racial and identity issues in front of the world as we gasped in disbelief.
What was your favorite moment of the year?
posted by Pop Culture Diva @ 12/29/2006
3 Comments:
I loved Lady in the Water,too-I think alot of the critics were already gunning for this film due to that one mean books and movies critic in the story.
I just saw Dreamgirls and wow,what a great movie to end the year with. If anyone has doubts about who's the star,Jennifer Hudson or Beyonce,it's very simple to figure out:
When Jennifer Hudson sang "And I Am Telling You",the audience I was with clapped(I clapped so hard that my palms tingled).
When Jennifer Hudson sang"I'm Changing",we in the audience clapped again.
After the finale(more applause),folks waited to see Jennifer Hudson appear in the cast credit montage and when she did,we all clapped yet again.
When Beyonce sang"Listen", no one bothered to clap at all. You could almost hear crickets.
That should say volumes about who is the leading lady of that movie!
Lady in the Water--no. I wanted to love it, because I've always admired how daring and creative M. Night is, but toward the end of the movie, when they're having the pool party, the electricity went out for miles around, including in the movie theater. I never saw the ending, and haven't been interested enough to rent it to find out what happened. Sorry. I tried.
Daniel Craig and Casino Royale--absoLUTEly couldn't agree with you more. I especially loved the scene where he's hooking himself up to the defib device, and he's not even marginally freaking out. Manly? Uh, yeah.
Tom Cruise--ditto, ditto, ditto. And I'm willing to confess here that I wanted to be Joey on Dawson's Creek (that would be Katie Holmes), so it's especially disappointing to see her in the thrall of such a lunatic.
As for movie moments of the year, I think we have to include Borat, even though I was totally ashamed of myself for laughing so hard. That movie is compulsively quotable. I don't think I'll ever forget certain scenes and lines. It's part of my brain now, whether I like it or not.
How many of us can still sing the national anthem of Kazakhstan?
"It just seems that the older actors have confronted and expressed their homosexuality with a lot more panache and style."
I liked the way Noel Coward handled himself on this issue. He was queer as a three-dollar bill, but he never deigned to discuss it in the media. The one time an interviewer asked him why, he replied "there are still a couple of old ladies in Brighton who don't know."
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