Raise It Up!

I've been listening to nothing but Florence + the Machine since I re-discovered her last week. At first it was normal, I was in love with a few songs that I kept on constant repeat as I usually do when I find new music.

But then I started listening to more of her music and realized that I loved it as well. This rarely happens to me. I can't even name five bands/musicians that I listen to and enjoy all of there music. I think Florence + the Machine is my new favorite band. 0_o

Yes, I felt an emoticon was the appropriate way to express myself. I am a child of the technology age!

Florence, the Force

I first heard about Florence and the Machine about a year ago while watching Florence Welch (lead singer) give an interview on a alternative music youtube channel. I thought she seemed a sweet and quirky person for she talked about her costumes for her music videos. I wasn't really captured by her voice at first, sadly, the song chosen to feature in the video was a quiet one that didn't really show her amazing vocal abilities.

Fast forward to yesterday. I was on mtv voting for the VMAs and I noticed her up against Lady Gaga a couple times. I decided to check out the music videos of hers that were nominated. To be perfectly honest I didn't like them that much but I fell in love with the songs and her voice. Actually, before I even watched either of the "Dog Days" videos I watched "The Drumming Song" first.

Then I played it about ten more times, totally hooked.

After playing it to my full I immediately looked for a live version of it to see how Florence fared singing live. I watched some of her performance from T4 on the Beach and I was pretty blown away. Not only did she sound just as good as the studio version of the songs, if not better, she was running and spinning around on a walkway in five inch heels at speeds that made me a little nervous. All that while singing in her usual epic and powerful voice. She didn't sound out of breath at all for a moment.

After watching the live performances I was pretty sure I had found myself a new favorite artist.


That feeling I had got magnified by about ninety when I watched the music video for Cosmic Love. I was completely and utterly swept up in the power and beauty of the song and I genuinely liked the music video. I must have watched it about thirty times.

I'm not voting for Florence for Video of the Year because, as I said, I don't really like her music videos and to be far I think Lady Gaga truly had "videos of the year" I voted for her in the Best Rock Video category though.



Here is the music video of her latest single Cosmic Love

Emma Watson's Haircut

One of my top favorite celebrities, Emma Watson, has just chopped her blond hair into a chic pixie cut.

She announced today, on her facebook account, that she actually cut it a few days ago.

I think it looks really fresh and cute.

She described getting it chopped as, "the most liberating thing ever." I can imagine. I have the same urge to just chop my hair short a lot of the time even though I'm in the middle of growing it out.

I can't wait for the press for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1 starts up and the movie to hit theaters of course! I just finished rereading Deathly Hallows last night and I've got to say I enjoyed the epilogue so much more the second time around.

-Leah

Tokio Hotel New Video Preview

German rock band, Tokio Hotel, released a preview of the music video for their third single, 'Dark Side of the Sun' off their latest album, Humanoid.

The video is a live performance of the song from the band's "Welcome to HUMANOID City" European tour.

The music video's world premiere is scheduled for this Thursday, June 24.

Buried Directed by Rodrigo Cortés

Ryan Reynolds stars in the Sundance film Buried, directed by Rodrigo Cortés.

I watched a brief and spoiler free review of this film by Erik Strifler and was intrigued straight away.

Here is what I know.

-The entire film takes place in a coffin, a roomy one but a coffin none the less.

-There is one actor who caries the whole film. All 90 minutes of it. In the coffin the entire time.

When I was halfway through watching Erik's review I was assuming this was some sort of David Blaine styled documentary. Then Erik mentioned plot twists and I paused the review and searched for the trailer, insanely curious.


The trailer showed that this was indeed a piece of fiction.



What I want to know is how Rodrigo keeps the audience interested.

Bill Kaulitz Models for DSquared2 in Milan

Breaking news! German lead singer, Bill Kaulitz, from the rock band Tokio Hotel has opened the DSquared fashion show in Milan moments ago.

The runway is designed like an ice rink with hockey sticks and goals at each end of the runway.

Bill emerged from a cage and is wearing an extraterrestrial outfit while the song Scream from the english Tokio Hotel album 'Scream' played. 'Screamin' off of Tokio Hotel's new album HUMANOID was played as Bill and the DSquared2 twins, Dan and Dean closed the show.

The line is said to be hockey inspired clothes in black and white, baggy, shiny as ice in patent leather, glitter and mesh.

Here are the first pictures to surface.

Tokio Hotel's Bill and Tom Kaulitz Cause GQ Frenzy

German identical twin brothers Bill and Tom Kaulitz, 20, of the band Tokio Hotel are gracing the cover of GQ Germany for the February 2010 issue.

The picture of the iconic Kaulitz twin's cover shot hit the fan sites this past Saturday and there has been frenzy ever since. Bill Kaulitz in his top hat has been dubbed the new "Mad Hatter" among the fans while his brother, Tom, sticks to his usual extra large style with a slight high fashion edge underneath.

Non European fans have been cursing the place where they live as they rabidly search the internet looking for a place to buy this magazine. They also called up their European friends to see if they could get a favor, get the magazine shipped to them .

Today on the Tokio Hotel America fan club an administrator posted the link to the unsuspecting New York magazine store in Manhattan, Magazine Cafe!, that carries GQ Germany. That fortunate store's phones have been ringing off the hook all day and will be for quite while.

I personally called the store and talked to a man in customer service and he told me that if I were to order a copy today and fast that I would be on the "list". I didn't waste any time and placed an order for my copy. I called back with some concerns about packaging and I questioned further into this "list" business. He told me that all the people who were making their orders for this issue, that by the way wont even hit stands in Germany until this Thursday, will be on the list of people who will get their magazines as soon as the store receives them from Germany.
I made conversation with the customer service rep about how their phones were constantly ringing. He said he had never seen something like this before. If I recall correctly the word he used to describe the fans that had been calling as "squeelly".

Yeah, if Tokio Hotel's fans are anything, they're loud.

The February issue of GQ Germany hits stands in Germany on the 14th. The American stores won't receive the issues for another 1-3 weeks following the debut.

If this event tells us anything it's that 2010 will be a Tokio Hotel year.

Dabney Coleman

Today, is actor Dabney Coleman's 78th birthday. He is from Austen, Texas and best is known for his role as Franklin M. Hart Jr. in the movie Nine to Five.

Am I the only one who see his resemblance to Danny DeVito in this picture?
Happy Birthday Dabney!