I know I'm a total week late - I was very busy making calculated efforts to change my career last week. It totally got in the way of me commenting on everything that happened last weekend. Before Drew Barrymore wore another questionable frock, Justin Timberlake demanded I swoon, Wyclef responded with joy instead of despair, Jay-Z sidelined Bono and Madonna hopefully reminded herself that good songs performed with a choir are more important than cheek implants. I loved the Hope for Haiti Now benefit and resisted the urge to call and ask inappropriate questions of anyone on the celebrity panel.
After that I was ready to perform on queue to the wandering camera at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. "I critique awards show performances, appearances and costumes and love every minute - also I still miss Dawson's Creek, The OC, Felicity and My So Called Life. I'm Melanie Taylor, and I'm not an actor!" That show is pretty boring despite the star power and the full casts of everything nominated except Brad Pitt. I don't even remember who won except Glee and the cast of Inglorious Bastards and Kevin Bacon which I really liked seeing - again. Sandra Bullock won but then she started making out with her husband from the stage and it became uncomfortable. Fashion wise - I wasn't really blown away by anyone - Marion Cotillard might have been who I most wanted to be - well after Diane Kruger (natch). But for the most part I spent the whole night wanting to be Helen Mirren. I think if anyone is going to allow me to embrace my aging it will be the Queen. How awesome did she look? It's amazing. Meryl Streep also look well supported. And the night totally belonged to Betty White. Her dress was questionable - but her career and speech were extraordinary. I was highly impressed.
And then the Colts won on Sunday and are Superbowl bound and the couture shows started in Paris. President Obama gave his first State of the Union and hopefully set the stage for way more Executive Orders. There is just way too much to comment on (though I typically find time for quick comments on Twitter if you want to find me there @melaniegt). I am ready to be entertained this week - tonight's Grammy telecast (less the continued exploitation of Michael Jackson's children and 3D images), the return of Lost and Sheer Genius (joking, sort of), and of course the Oscar nominations.
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