Pics - Top = Asia, the winner of The Next PussyCat Doll
Bottom = Chelsea, who I wanted to win
Dear reader, I am writing to inform you about 2 things really. Topics in order of appearance: 1. Review of the Search for the Next Pussycat Doll, as well as the Winner, and 2. Movie Review – The Last King of Scotland
1. Review – Search for the Next Pussycat Doll & the WINNER
So folks, yes I did watch the SEARCH and I must say that I was pretty impressed. I must admit I WAS NOT a follower straight from the beginning but as I watched the commercials and saw the girls practicing their dancing, I was like Hey I want to watch that, may get some dance tips! (I dance like carlton banks from Fresh Prince of Belair, so any help is muchly appreciated!) The choreographer Mikey Minden is very talented and comes up with very sexy and slammin’ moves, makes me want to become a showgirl, NAH just kidding folks. If I had him teaching me dancing for a bit, he would end up very frustrated but a star would be born! Robin Antin, not really sure about her, she’s very mysterious and looks like she is keeping a secret….wonder what it could be! The girl I wanted to win was Chelsea, any Christina Aguilera song, she nailed word for word. Her fault was that she didn’t have any dance training but she made it to the top 3, which showed that she was a fighter and she was going to work to get the dancing down no matter what. The other girl, which I pegged would be winner right from starting to watch it was, Asia. She had the package deal as some would say, she could dance, sing and add some spunk, which is a requirement for a PCD I’m sure. Ron Fair, the guy from Geffen Records, who produced the PCD cd thought that her sing was really raspy and he was always really critical of it. Let’s think of it honestly though, PCD doesn’t need another main singer, they have Nicole Scherzinger, they want another girl behind Nicole to make the group larger and more flavour to the group. That’s ok though I think Asia did really well. It was almost a dead give a way when they were doing the deodorant commercial and Robin and the PR crew said that hers was going to be aired. They wouldn’t air a non-winners commercial….would they? Although Chelsea performed her last song superbly well, and without a backup might I add, so it was harder then the two other girls, she lost the competition but we should keep our eyes peeled for her in the future. Congrats Asia, the baby mama, who had a vision of her baby girl pulling her through to the top of the competition.
2. Movie Review – The Last King of Scotland
The movie has a few big names in it: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson. The movie synopsis on the back of the dvd is as follows:
“As Uganda dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives “one of the great performances of modern movie history” (The Wall Street Journal), on that the Associated Press calls “nothing short of Oscar-worthy.” This is Amin’s incredible story as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scotsman who becomes the volatile leaders personal physician, due in part of Amin’s unexpected passion for Scottish culture- Amin even proclaims himself “The Last King of Scotland”. Seduced by Amin’s charisma and blinded by decadence, Garrigan’s dream life becomes a waking nightmare of betrayal and madness from which there is no escape. Inspired by real people and events, this gripping, suspenseful stunner is filled with performances you will never forget.”
The movie is unbelievably truthful and scary at the same time. Amin at the end of his reign had killed over 300,000 people. He came off in the beginning as wanting to make Uganda a free and better country, but boy did that ever change. It was ok as long as everything was going as he said it should, if not all hell broke loose, and literally. Amin was a very manipulative man, who thought no one could ever be as powerful and great as he thought he was. In his wake, a trail of destruction, death, and decapitation followed. He had 3 wives, and 8 children, the 3 wife had 2 kids but for some reason he did not consider them worthy of his time. He let them live in a paid for house though, so he thought at least they were taken care of. Garrigan was a compassionate character, just out of medical school that wants to make a difference. He chooses where he is going to go by spinning a globe and placing a finger, his first choice was Canada, guess he should have come here, but we don’t have as much drama in our country as the African countries do. Garrigan goes to Uganda and starts off helping in a mission type place which is awesome but he soon gets swept under Amin’s wing and then his world turns faster then he can blink. The movie is based on real events and people which makes it all the more horrifying. It was very good and another eye opener for me, hopefully it will be for you too.
1. Review – Search for the Next Pussycat Doll & the WINNER
So folks, yes I did watch the SEARCH and I must say that I was pretty impressed. I must admit I WAS NOT a follower straight from the beginning but as I watched the commercials and saw the girls practicing their dancing, I was like Hey I want to watch that, may get some dance tips! (I dance like carlton banks from Fresh Prince of Belair, so any help is muchly appreciated!) The choreographer Mikey Minden is very talented and comes up with very sexy and slammin’ moves, makes me want to become a showgirl, NAH just kidding folks. If I had him teaching me dancing for a bit, he would end up very frustrated but a star would be born! Robin Antin, not really sure about her, she’s very mysterious and looks like she is keeping a secret….wonder what it could be! The girl I wanted to win was Chelsea, any Christina Aguilera song, she nailed word for word. Her fault was that she didn’t have any dance training but she made it to the top 3, which showed that she was a fighter and she was going to work to get the dancing down no matter what. The other girl, which I pegged would be winner right from starting to watch it was, Asia. She had the package deal as some would say, she could dance, sing and add some spunk, which is a requirement for a PCD I’m sure. Ron Fair, the guy from Geffen Records, who produced the PCD cd thought that her sing was really raspy and he was always really critical of it. Let’s think of it honestly though, PCD doesn’t need another main singer, they have Nicole Scherzinger, they want another girl behind Nicole to make the group larger and more flavour to the group. That’s ok though I think Asia did really well. It was almost a dead give a way when they were doing the deodorant commercial and Robin and the PR crew said that hers was going to be aired. They wouldn’t air a non-winners commercial….would they? Although Chelsea performed her last song superbly well, and without a backup might I add, so it was harder then the two other girls, she lost the competition but we should keep our eyes peeled for her in the future. Congrats Asia, the baby mama, who had a vision of her baby girl pulling her through to the top of the competition.
2. Movie Review – The Last King of Scotland
The movie has a few big names in it: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson. The movie synopsis on the back of the dvd is as follows:
“As Uganda dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives “one of the great performances of modern movie history” (The Wall Street Journal), on that the Associated Press calls “nothing short of Oscar-worthy.” This is Amin’s incredible story as seen through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scotsman who becomes the volatile leaders personal physician, due in part of Amin’s unexpected passion for Scottish culture- Amin even proclaims himself “The Last King of Scotland”. Seduced by Amin’s charisma and blinded by decadence, Garrigan’s dream life becomes a waking nightmare of betrayal and madness from which there is no escape. Inspired by real people and events, this gripping, suspenseful stunner is filled with performances you will never forget.”
The movie is unbelievably truthful and scary at the same time. Amin at the end of his reign had killed over 300,000 people. He came off in the beginning as wanting to make Uganda a free and better country, but boy did that ever change. It was ok as long as everything was going as he said it should, if not all hell broke loose, and literally. Amin was a very manipulative man, who thought no one could ever be as powerful and great as he thought he was. In his wake, a trail of destruction, death, and decapitation followed. He had 3 wives, and 8 children, the 3 wife had 2 kids but for some reason he did not consider them worthy of his time. He let them live in a paid for house though, so he thought at least they were taken care of. Garrigan was a compassionate character, just out of medical school that wants to make a difference. He chooses where he is going to go by spinning a globe and placing a finger, his first choice was Canada, guess he should have come here, but we don’t have as much drama in our country as the African countries do. Garrigan goes to Uganda and starts off helping in a mission type place which is awesome but he soon gets swept under Amin’s wing and then his world turns faster then he can blink. The movie is based on real events and people which makes it all the more horrifying. It was very good and another eye opener for me, hopefully it will be for you too.
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