Phantasmagoric: English Language word or the week. Matt Bomer provides the pretty.

Sexual frustration. Creative frustration. Eating decadent chocolate produces some of the sensations one feels when they are (enjoying) making love. I have got to get my character out there. Her neurosis could start with a nighttime dream. However, I don't envision the screenplay starting out that way. Is it cliche or whatever to start out with a sex scene? Seems a cheap attempt at grabbing attention. It worked in Before the Devil Knows You are Dead." Or did it?

Isn't our English vocab. word of the week a beauty. In Steve Watson' book "Silver Factory." He describes Flaming Creatures, a major underground/experimental film of Jack Smith, indie film pioneer-- as "phantasmagoric."

Accompanied by the pretty of Matt Bomer


Main Entry: phan·tas·ma·go·ria
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)fan-ˌtaz-mə-ˈgȯr-ē-ə\
Function: noun
Etymology: French phantasmagorie, from phantasme phantasm (from Old French fantasme) + -agorie (perhaps from Greek agora assembly) — more at agora
Date: circa 1802
1 : an exhibition of optical effects and illusions
2 a : a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined b : a scene that constantly changes
3 : a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage
— phan·tas·ma·gor·ic \-ˈgȯr-ik, -ˈgär-\ or phan·tas·ma·gor·i·cal \-i-kəl\ adjective

Dennis Hopper: A true American original individual

LOS ANGELES – Dennis Hopper, battling prostate cancer, wants out of his marriage.
The 73-year-old actor-director filed for divorce Thursday in Los Angeles, citing irreconcilable differences with Victoria Duffy, his wife of nearly 14 years.
Hopper has been battling prostate cancer and in October canceled all travel plans to focus on treatment.
Hopper is seeking joint custody of the couple's 6-year-old daughter and offering to pay spousal support to Duffy.
The "Easy Rider" star last year finished shooting the second season of "Crash," a TV version of the Oscar-winning 2004 film that airs on the Starz network. Hopper also has several film projects in the works.
Phone and e-mail messages left for Hopper's manager, Sam Maydew, have not been returned.

I apologize, the above was not written by me and I do not I the source. I mean no violation of copyright. or whatever. All that stuff.

The words below I wrote:

GOD BLESS YOU /DENNIS HOPPER A true American legend. And he has Andy Warhol connection.

Here is a photo of the current stately DH and a photo of the woman he is divorcing. He made a stinging comment about "wanting to be with close friends and family (only) during this trying time". OUCH.

Sandra Bullock, Meryl continued,

Sandra Bullock has made US box-office history after her film The Blind Side became the first solely female-led movie to rake in more than $200m (£125m), Variety reports. The milestone puts the 45-year-old star of Speed and Miss Congeniality ahead of A-list peers such as Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie and Reese Witherspoon, none of whom have managed a similar feat.

The Blind Side
Production year: 2009
Country: USA
Directors: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock

This is what I wanted to write about. And at her age too is unusual. That was mentioned in a different story. she is having the best year of her career---well good on you girl. I predict she is the sentimental favorite to win the Oscar for her performance. And why /how her film connected is a mystery. it could have easily been a movie that slipped through. Like this one with Harrison Ford. and Brenden Frasier.
Anyway. I think it is great because it is about time.
And Sandra Bulloks husband is hot,...she always seems really in love with him.

Golden Globes: Meryl Streep is flippin' HOT. And classy. Sandra Bullock

This is a photo of Meryl Streep taken last night in LA at the Golden Globe ceremony. Notice she is is holding the Golden Globe statue. She won. She was nominated 2x in the same category. She is on top of the world-- to evoke James Cameron's catch phrase. Meryl is 60 years old. Had a stellar year. Was in tons of films. Loved her acceptance speech last night. Pitch perfect, more so than Monique's. She talked about her Mother and how her Mother was like Julia Child . Meryl is one of three sexy 60 year olds along with Susan Sarandon and Helen Mirren. Mirren is down right sexy in "Calender Girls" and Susan is a hot Mother in "SpeedRacer." Really playing a woman half her age. Meryl is sexy in "It's Complicated." she said in an interview that "Bette Davis is rolling over in her grave." So so so true, If you ponder the theme of All About Eve. And course Sandra Bullok breaking these box office records this year. Unprecedented for a female star period. And Sandy's husband. Jesse James. I will tell you my reaction to him. It is unprecedented for these women at around 60 to be playing a sexual being. And shown as sexy to the audience. Sarandon plays her age--a Grandmother, in The Lovely Bones. But of course a non-traditional Grandmother type.
And I say; to all of this: Right On. hahaha so corny.
I say It's about time.

Landen and Luca, My two cute sons

Ricky Gervais

CAn I say I was holding a damn SLR!!! In the previous entry. gah!

CAn I say I love Ricky Gervais. CAn I count the ways.......

Oh there are too many topics to cover.

Thank you for the comment Anonymous on January 5th 2010! encouraged me.

I didn't know much about Andy Warhol before 1982 when I bought the Edie Sedgewick book by George Plimpton and Jean Stein. Of course I had grown up seeing the images of the Soup can, the Liz Taylor, Marilyn, Jackie O, in the pages of the Newsweek magazine our family received. And images of Andy himself. He was a celebrity artist. The Banana cover for the Velvet Underground album is another memory; during my high school years some of the SMH girls had a copy. And I frequently studied art books during that era as well and Andy's silkscreens again appeared.
After I read the Edie bio in 1982, I had a bad taste in my mouth for Andy. That Andy was a bit of a user and an asshole. Now I see the whole scene in context and how funny and insecure AH really was. Andy was a bit of a user and an asshole but again one has to look at the context of him, his actions, his art and his background and just him. Edie may have been used by Andy and the Factory but she was an equally bigger user of people, a desperate drug addict and had a tragically screwed up childhood.
In the years since I first encountered the Edie Sedgewick book, I have read several Andy Warhol documentaries and books. Like Bob Colacello's book, Steve Watson' book. The Diaries. And the excellent Ric Burns documentary American Masters. Studying his art with art books also. And I have come up with a deeper understanding and knowledge about Andy Warhol. He is much more influential on art history and culture and pop culture. What I found is that Andy Warhol the artist and the man is much deeper and more influential than the popular image of him and the popular images he created. Even though he said his art was all about surface. Oh god I could go on and on......

Philip Seymour Hoffman. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Philip Seymour Hoffman. One of the best American actors. Yes, because he is an award winning actor, He won the Oscar for Capote, and is very famous for that. Obviously. He has done so many unforgettable supporting roles too, they are among his best: Doubt, Cold Mountain, Almost Famous, Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love. All well known films. Undoubtedly he get loads of scripts and is in great demand by mainstream Hollywood.
This is not the only way we see Hoffman's great acting range and eclectic choices. But it is in much smaller, really, really independent, very character driven pieces that makes him all the more outstanding.
Films like The Savages and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead are two of the lesser known films for PSH. They are two I want to review for you. BTDKYD is one I didn't think much of, that it was that great, when I first saw it. Part of it was the low-budget music soundtrack, which came across as a bit cheesy I thought. Lumet, the director, made the budget sacrifice for the music, I imagine. Lumet directed this movie at age 83. Should be arriving soon. Let's get this post up and then I will review the movie next week. PSH has the lead role, a very tragic one at that. A tragic story, that I like much better now upon reflection. Let's see what the weeks viewing will bring.

English language word of the week: Evanescent plus Jake G. Kristin White saw him!

Definitions of evanescent on the Web:

tending to vanish like vapor; "evanescent beauty"
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
"Evanescent" is the third single by the Japanese band Vamps, released on May 13, 2009. It includes a cover of the 1973 song "Life on Mars?" by David Bowie. The limited edition included a DVD with the music video for "Evanescent."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescent_(Vamps)
Evanescent is a term used to describe skin lesions, like wheals, that last for less than 24hours before resolving. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescent_(dermatology)
vanishing, disappearing, fleeting; ephemeral, momentary; barely there, almost imperceptible
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/evanescent
Evanescently - An wave is a nearfield standing wave with an intensity that exhibits exponential decay with distance from the boundary at which the wave was formed. Evanescent waves are a general property of wave-equations, and can in principle occur in any context to which a wave-equation applies. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanescently
evanescently - In an evanescent manner
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/evanescently
rapidly disappearing.
www.mykoweb.com/CAF/glossary.html
Evanescent is a word used to describe a fragrance that disappears quickly.
www.discountperfume.net.au/Articles.asp
passing away gradually or imperceptibly (evanescence)
www.eldritchdark.com/articles/criticism/69/a-glossary-for-the-fiction-of-clark-ashton-smith
lasting only a short time; transitory. Haunting behavior is evanescent and exiguous ( extremely scanty; deficient in fullness, extent).
mysite.verizon.net/vzeoqapc/ghostexcavator/id30.html

Vanishing like a vapor is the main definition I heard. All of these definitions are interesting. Fucking awesome English word!! And HOT picture to go along with it!!
LOVE you out there people!

Andy Warhol :more History and influence Polaroid Instamatic Cameraa

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Originally uploaded by ● Frio

Andy Warhol with the famous Polaroid Instamatic camera. He was famous for those 80s celebrity silkscreens. It is how he made such big bucks in the 1980s. The silkscreen would originate with one of these instantly developed photos from this camera. Everyone had one. Even our family did. I guess not everyone, but so many did as I think they were affordably priced. Anyway, they are making a" comeback." Saw a CBS piece on the comeback and I intend to do a follow up. and report back to you dear audience. The European company where Polaroid was based says they are making more of them and they are a big hit in that country. It is Austria or Germany I believe.