"Ho Ho Ho, Vern! You've got a promo featuring America's favorite old fart reading a book in front of a fireplace! Now I have to kill all of you! SANTA! OH MY GOD! SANTA'S COMING! I KNOW HIM! I KNOW HIM! Great. I was wearing a carpet. To Me You are Perfect. Observe the Bumble's one weakness. The bumble sinks! Ha ha! Deck the harrs with bows of horry, Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra! 'Tis the season to be jarry, Fa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra! We're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny f*cking Kaye. Good night, Santa. Good night, Mrs. Santa's sister. Merry Christmas ya filthy animal."
With the dissolution of her marriage and the death of her mother, Cheryl Strayed has lost all hope. After years of reckless, destructive behavior, she makes a rash decision. With absolutely no experience, driven only by sheer determination, Cheryl hikes more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, alone. Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddens, strengthens, and ultimately heals her. -Fox Searchlight ... And yes, it made me cry.
2014 was brought to you by: Adrian Lux - AlunaGeorge - Austra - Ball Park Music - Banks - Bea Miller - Beck - Becky G - Big Data -The Black Keys - Blondfire - Blackbird Blackbird - Børns - Bright Light Bright Light - Broods - Cathedrals - Charli XCX - Chela - Chlöe Howl - Conchita Wurst - Crystal Fighters - David Guetta - Dum Dum Girls - Echosmith - Ex Cops - Foxes - Francesco Yates - Frankmusik - Future Islands - Gorgon City - Great Good Fine OK - Gwen Steffani - Halsey - Hey Marseilles - Hot Chip - Hozer - Iamamiwhoami - Imogen Heap - Jaymes Young - Jennifer Lawrence - Jessica Lange - Jessie J - John Grant - Joywave - Kate Boy - Klaxons - Kylie Minogue - Lana Del Rey - Lana Del Rey - La Roux - Lily Allen - Little Boots - Little Daylight - Lorde - Lo-Fang - Lykke Li - Magic Man - Madonna - Mansions on the Moon - Marina & The Diamonds - Marina & The Diamonds - Maroon 5 - Mary Lambert - Meghan Trainor - Melanie Martinez - Mø - Monarchy - Mr. Little Jeans - Mystery Skulls - Nick Jonas - Odesza - OK GO - OneRepublic - Pandora Boxx - Phantogram - Presets - Robyn & Röyskopp - Route 94 - Röyksopp & Robyn - RuPaul - Sam Smith - Sia - Sheppard - SOHN - Stars - St. Lucia - St. Vincent - Strange Talk - Stromae - Tegan & Sara - Tiga - The Ting Tings - Tove Lo - Two Doors Cinema - The Virgins - Vance Joy - Wet - YACHT - Yelle - ZHU and Zola Jesus.
Listen to my completely kickass Year That Was Spotify Playlist HERE.
101 Songs- Six-and-a-half hours of ear candy awaits!
ITV's Text Santa charity telethon returned from across the pond, and featured a very special Downton Abbey Christmas skit; featuring a few extra familiar famous faces. If George Clooney(!), Jeremy Piven and a certain absolutely fabulous guest angel weren't enough for all you Masterpiece Classic addicts-- seeing the usually stuffy, uptight proper cast let loose and have fun is a pure holiday delight. Watch Part 1 and Part 2.
Pride is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It's the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers' families. Initially rebuffed by the Union, the group identifies a tiny mining village in Wales and sets off to make their donation in person. As the strike drags on, the two groups discover that standing together makes for the strongest union of all. - CBS ... And yes, it made me cry.
New Album of the Month
Before my 2014 Playlist came out, Charli XCX's Sucker was in high play rotation.
Favorite tracks include: Need Ur Love, Sucker and Boom Clap.
Favorite tracks include: Need Ur Love, Sucker and Boom Clap.
When you've run out of Love It or List It, Property Brothers, House Hunters and Cousins... What's an HGTV addict to do? Well thanks to Netflix, start a DIY Nicole Curtis marathon as she transforms long-forgotten, neglected properties into the restored gems they were once built to be.
The perfect addition to my already perfect holiday playlist.
Especially my favorite track: White Winter Hymnal
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance) is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor, famous for portraying an iconic superhero- as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself. - Fox Searchlight
#ThatGiggle!
Was it just me, or were tuxedo cats like, everywhere this month?! Whether begging for loves, hosting holiday dinner parties for pups, pondering about Christmas or failed frozen fishing; Adorable oreo pussies took over the interweb. And for good reason, black-and-white kitties are the best. Cutest. Smartest. Let's see this trend continue into the new year! Me-ow!
Something strange happened this year. 2014 will go down as the year that Hell froze over and I officially stopped being a Taylor Swift hater... and actually started to become a mini-fan. The lovely holiday video she shared playing Santa for her admiring fans definitely helped the cause. Oh and she loves cats. More bonus points. Watch it HERE.
Now before you judge to harshly, let me explain. When you have a nephew who is obsessed with animals, especially with kitties and doggies (....and we're talking legit obsessed) and said nephew recently broken his leg and consequentially was in a cast all-month long, Grumpy Cat really came to the rescue. We watched Worst Christmas Ever together more times than I can count, and it really did entertain him. And if I'm being honest, perhaps a little bit for me too. (Clearly, my love of Aubrey Plaza has no boundaries!) Well, what I'm trying to say is, it wasn't as terrible as I feared. But for Grumpy's sake.... Worst Christmas Special Ever.
