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The Burlesque Countdown! Many Alerts!!

November 4, 2010 / / 4 Comments

Cher-ss07 Hold on, kids!! A lot is going on. Don’t fall off the Cher train.

Be on the lookout for new TV clips, magazines, songs and useless junk to fill your fan-shelves. I know…how can we be so excited about Burlesque when our country is going to hell in a hand-basket. Well, at least the Puppy Mill Proposition Passed in Missouri. That’s somethin.

Anywho, we have lots of Cher stuff to divert our attention today. What I love about the Burlesque  release is that we are getting so much information this time through the web…very exciting. And everything is so multi-sensory: beauty products, music, interviews and retrospectives in magazines, movie clips, contests, dancing, singing, drama, scenery…lots to enjoy. Everything but a Burlesque fragrance (which I would imagine would be arm-pit funk…that is IF they wanted to be authentic).

Major TV and Music

  • CHER will be on David Letterman’s The Late Show Thursday on November 11 (thanks to Cher Scholar Tyler for the heads up)
  • You can also catch a full preview of Cher singing “Welcome to Burlesque” on youtube. Search for it until it gets removed.
  • You can also hear a clip of her song “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” here: http://www.kbsradio.ca/News/Entertainment/Story.aspx?ID=1305905

The Magazines

1021-women-of-the-year-2010-cher_at Small article on Cher as Glamour Woman of the Year: http://www.glamour.com/women-of-the-year/2010/cher (the birds totally rock that picture…even they’re fans!) Big news here: she has plans to direct her first film. Accolade of quote: “Cher is one of a handful of entertainers to win a Grammy, an Oscar and an Emmy, and she’s sold 100 million albums over her career.”

 

 

 

Cher will be on the cover of Vanity Fair (with awesome NEW photos)…this drops in NY and LA Nov 4. The rest of us plebes have to wait until Nov 9. (thanks again to Cher Scholar Tyler for the dates). But here are some previews:Vf-cover

My fabulous cousin alerted me to Cher’s six-page style retrospective in the November issue of In Style. Cher actually comments on the pictures herself in this one…so this is an above average retrospective. My favorite line from writer David Keeps:

“Lady Gaga? Please.”

On a side note, there’s a picture of her with Val Kilmer. Kilmer lives a town near us called Pecos. John has co-workers who live there and gripe about Kilmer’s being a jerk to the locals. Kilmer put his house on the market last year for 33-something million dollars and recently downgraded the sale by 10 million.  I don’t know who would need to pay tens of millions for a house in New Mexico since you can get a pretty swell mud-hut for a couple of million. But I digress.

The Stuff:

Burles414zv3w6QRL__SL500_AA300_PIbundle-4,TopRight,0,0_AA300_SH20_que is coming out with some very swell promotional items of a super girlie nature.

Opi Nail polish: You can get the minis in red or the little teasers. http://www.google.com/products?q=nail+polish+burlesque+opi&hl=en&aq=f

 

 

31eua+zAfNL__SL250_ Nail salons are getting a full line of holiday colors that they can place in a custom Burlesque display.

Here are some color swatches: http://beautyofasite.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/opi-holiday-burlesque-swatches-part-1/

Names and descriptions for the 12 full-size bottles:

* Simmer & Shimmer – In this glitter bit of blue.
* Let Me Entertain You – Multi-talented fuchsia glimmer.
* Sparkle-icious – Multi-color glitter-iciousness
* The Show Must Go On! – With this deep pink shimmer on your nails!
* Ali’s Big Break – This glowing red shimmer breaks through in style.
* Tease-y Does It – In this tempting burgundy shimmer.
* Rising Star – Lustrous glimmering gold.
* Glow Up Already! – You’re ready for this glittering green.
* Bring On the Bling – A gold that glitter that’s beyond dazzling.
* Extra-va-vaganza! – This orange glitter is not for the shy.
* Take the Stage – A warm orange spotlight shimmer.
* Show It & Glow It! – If you’ve got this fuchsia glitter, flaunt it!

Hairspray Hairspray by Sebastian: This was supposed to come out Oct 1 enclosed with a movie ticket but they have yet to be seen anywhere. Stay tuned.  http://modernsalon.com/Article.aspx?oid=1275479
http://cocoperez.com/2010-10-19-smashbox-cosmetics-and-sebastian-professional-release-burlesque-themed-products

 

 

 

Smashbox Smashbox makeup: You can buy the small kit as follows…

• Limitless Liquid Liner Pen in Jet Black
• Shadow & Liner Quad in Risque
• Loose Shimmer in Burlesque
• Double Ended Lip Gloss in Peep/Show

http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P270008

http://www.amazon.com/Smashbox-SmshBx-Burlesque-Beauty-Collection/dp/B00440ZWZK

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Or you can fork over $80 for the large case exclusively at Nordsroms as described below…

Sultry, provocative, sexy. Bring out your ultra-glam side with this collection of limited-edition shades and products inspired by ‘Burlesque.’  Re-create looks featured in this film about a small-town gal who makes it big in Hollywood in the new film premiering November 2010.

 

Kit includes:
– Hyperlash Mascara in Blackout.
– Limitless Liquid Liner Pen in Jet Black.
– Double Ended Lip Gloss in Peep/Show.
– O-Glow Intuitive Cheek Color.
– Cream Eyeliner Palette in Vixen.
– Eyeshadow Quad in Entice.
– Fusion Soft Lights in Tease.
– Loose Shimmer in Burlesque.

A tiny brochure comes inside with instructions on how to “get that look,” that look being: “Stardom” or “Nightclub”

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3130040?cm_cat=datafeed&cm_pla=gift%2Foperational:women:gift_set_(beauty_only)&cm_ite=smashbox_’burlesque’_beauty_collection_%26_train_case_(nordstrom_exclusive)_(%24250_value):322050&cm_ven=Froogle&mr:trackingCode=712295C6-57CE-DF11-A880-001B2163195C&mr:referralID=NA

Oscar Buzz

Awards Daily is predicting a few songs from Burlesque may be nominated for Oscars this year:

Burlesque / “Bound to You” – Performed by Christina Aguilera
Referred to as the “voice of her generation,” Christina Aguilera makes her theatrical film and musical debut as the lead character in Burlesque. Her electrifying vocals on the films track “Bound To You” will remind you why this starlet is a 5-time Grammy winner!

Burlesque / “You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me” – Performed by Cher
Music has very few living legends, but Cher is one of them. She commands the screen in her first starring role in a decade, performing “You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me” written by the incomparable hit maker and six time Oscar nominee Diane Warren (acclaimed writer of Cher’s past megahit “If You Could Turn Back Time”). This ballad is a true show stopper in this film.

http://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/10/best-song-and-score-is-the-academy-not-cool-enough-for-reznor-and-ross/\

Win Stuff

Win tickets to premier:

MTV Burlesque dance contest: http://burlesque.live.seven2.net/

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News of when the contest stopped in my hometown (who recently passed the Puppy Mill Prop): http://wearemoviegeeks.com/2010/10/burlesque-mtv-dance-contest-in-st-louis-this-saturday/

Etc.

The official movie web site: http://www.burlesquethemovie.com/

An early review (is the movie out for reviews yet?): http://www.thedailyaztec.com/entertainment/film-fashion-issue-burlesque-has-dance-drama-cher-1.2376355  Quote of note:

Burlesque has dance, drama, Cher

Complete with a number of inventive musical routines, a star-studded cast and a juicy plot, “Burlesque” is sure to please.  The film is similar to its 1995 predecessor “Showgirls,” and what it lacks in racy nudity it makes up for in creative performance. Aguilera offers her contribution not only as an actress but also as a writer for the film’s soundtrack. Writer and Director Steven Antin pulls out all the stops with this musically inspired romantic drama.

Behind-the-scenes video: http://www.afterld.com/showthread.php?19622-VIDEO-Meet-The-Burlesque-Dancers-amp-Hair-Stylist-Martin-Samuel

Article from the LA Times on the costume designer Michael Kaplan (who also did Blade Runner, Fight Club and Flashdance): http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/31/entertainment/la-ca-sneaks-burlesque-20101031 Says he was inspried by surrealist Rene Magritte and “a bit of Man Ray.” Quote of note:

“Cher always put her imprint on everything she was wearing. I’d put clothes in her room every day and she’d walk out combining them in a different way than I thought she would. Cher and Tess are not that unalike…both are show business troupers.”

Press conference photos: http://www.wireimage.com/gallerylisting.asp?navtyp=gls====460251&source=rss&nbc=1

 

Lots of new Cher toys to play with, huh?

 

The Burlesque Movie Book

October 28, 2010 / / 4 Comments

LaTour_Educ_Virgin And FINALLY… FINALLY I received my Burlesque book! Jesus but this took effort and the patience of some higher power than me. Because I was DYING to get my little hands on it! My first order accidentally went to my old Redondo Beach address. And the forward didn’t work. Calling Amazon and the post office got me nowhere, the book was lost in postal space…so after  two weeks I just reordered the darn thing. I was a bit unsure what to expect. People on the Cherfreaks lists here and there were NOT raving about it…in fact they were complaining about the dearth of Cher pics in it.

The book is smaller than your typical coffee table book but I have to say I really like it.  It begins with a very generous 3-page introduction by Cher.  She talks about her first magical movie experience seeing Cinderella at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in LA and memorizing “A Dream Is a Wish Your Hearts Makes” so she was able to sing it for her parents on the way home. Very cute. She talks about coaching “this beautiful child” Christina Aquilera, Stanley Tucci (Cher agrees with Meryl  Streep…although Cher gives no last name, just Meryl…that Stanley never has a false moment in his performances). She calls “K-Bell” a fire cracker, Peter Gallagher wonderful and fun. Eric Dane full of charisma, and Cam Gigandet a sort of James Dean.  She talks about writing a scene from the movie and I wont tell you which one but it has to do with her mother and her friends. She says “They were all so beautiful and I was an ugly duckling” a comment which of course reminded me of sad things women continually say on Ru Paul’s Drag Race (of which I’ve been watching reruns I’ve already seen and been crying all over again!).

Cher’s essay reminded me again of how long her professional relationships have lasted. Not the situation of a nasty DIVA. She lists a long line of long-time compatriots, her agent, her managers, the professional advice of David Geffen, her makeup artist, her costume wrangler,  and the loooong-time assistant of many-trades Deb Paul. She also thanks newbies like the movie’s Director of Photography Bojan Bazelli (“I will never look this good again”), the movie’s wigmaker Carol Robinson and most incredibly her assistant on set, Jennifer Ruiz (“she’s the girl you want in your foxhole”).  It was a very generous of her to use the space to thank everyone.

Christina also adds a forward in which she calls Cher her mentor and working with her a “dream come true.” She ends by saying she thinks the film is something Etta James, Josephine Baker and Bob Fosse would be proud of.

Caravaggio-the-calling-of-saint-matthew And beyond that, the book is full of tidbits about the making of the movie.  Antin defines burlesque as he sees it, and the many stories of it taking nine months of chasing Cher “shamelessly” to make the film. He calls Cher “the coolest chick I’ve ever met."  Choreographer Denise Faye talks about how they created organic routines to match the storylines, set people talk about the dramatic look they were going for, inspired by the paintings of LaTour (1st above) and Caravaggio (at right), how they researched the “main character”, the burlesque lounge, and what inspired them. Designers discuss the specialized costumes and wigs, the use of Swarovski crystals, they symbolism of the color red, the use of monochromatic lighting for non-club scenes, the special Christian Louboutin shoes for Christina, the bartenders outfits, and even the zinc bar top. The book talks about who greenlit the movie, what producer gave it credibility, the makeup methodology, how the footlights work to serve the opening scene, how Steve Antin grew up in LA and particularly appreciated the sunlight at Hollywood and Vine. Even the news that Bob Mackie designed Cher’s “Welcome to Burlesque” outfit.  This book is like a Burlesque CliffsNotes.

Julianne Hough says “no detail was sparred and nothing is boring.” Alan Cumming says “If you like Cher, you’ll love this movie…this movie is Cher Christmas.”

It’s about time for some Cher Christmas!
 

Burlesque: Posters, CDs and…Stick Faces?

October 28, 2010 / / 0 Comments

!Bvwn4HQEGk~$(KGrHqZ,!hQEv1+0DS-bBMF6I10Nww~~_35 The soundtrack was first to be released November 16 but then was pushed back to Nov 22 (the film hits theatres November 24).  So that’s STILL enough time to memorize all the songs before you see the movie.

 

 

The soundtrack track listing was posted as follows:

1. 'Welcome to Burlesque' – Cher
2. 'Something’s Got a Hold on Me' – Christina Aguilera
3. 'Tough Lover' – Christina Aguilera
4. 'Long John Blues' – Kristen Bell
5. 'Diamonds' – Christina Aguilera
6. 'You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me' – Cher
7. 'Express' – Christina Aguilera
8. 'But I Am a Good Girl' – Christina Aguilera
9. 'A Guy Who Takes His Time' – Christina Aguilera
10. 'Bound to You' – Christina Aguilera
11. 'That’s Life' – Alan Cumming
12. 'Spotlight' – Christina Aguilera

LA Times recently did a story (10/11/2010) on real LA Burlesque shows.
http://www.latimes.com/la-ca-burlesque-20101010,0,6250789.story

Burlesqueis alive and well, having gone from 2 shows per month to about 4 a week in Los Angeles.

Lili VonSchtupp, Augusta Avallone, Steve Antin and choreographer on “Dancing with the Stars” and former Pussycat Doll Lindsley Allen are interviewed for the story. (Steve Antin’s sister Robin Antin was a founder of the Pussycat Dolls).

They talked about shows like “Monday Night Tease”, “The Rendezvous” at the King King, and even the famed Actor’s Gang group getting into the fun. Hmm…I don’t think I need to see Tim Robbins stripping…but okay.

LA even has a burlesque school called The Striptease Symposium.

To define burlesque, they used words like vaudevillian, tongue-in-cheek, 18th/19th century European theater, specifically Italian commedia del’arte, French cabaret,  pastiche (a form of literary impersonation), definitely with a sense of humor and surprisingly innocent.

Some interesting new movie press items have also been released.

The hand stick faces: do you think this will be a collector's item someday?

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And the hot and tangy Japanese poster is out.

Japanese poster 
The new Japanese website: http://burlesque.jp/
See the trailer with subtitles.

And I wish I was still in LA to see this!! Burlesque ads on the Sunset Strip!! (Facebook's Team Burlesque posted the photo)

Burlesque on sunset  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

And there's a LOT more stuff to comment on…soon!

  

Chaz Records an “It Gets Better” Segment

October 28, 2010 / / 1 Comment

Chaz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiOELJSpKe4

These videos are great! To scan them all visit: http://www.itgetsbetterproject.com/

Stephanie Miller has a particularly good one.

 

About the project:

Justin Aeberg. Billy Lucas. Cody Barker. Asher Brown. Seth Walsh. Raymond Chase. Tyler Clementi. All the names of American teenagers who in recent months have taken their own lives after being bullied in school.

For too long, LGBT youth have been forced to struggle through their formative years suffering from bullies in their schools, churches and homes — and with no support system to provide them any help.

Noted writer and media pundit Dan Savage founded the It Gets Better Project in September 2010 as a unique way for supporters everywhere to tell LGBT Youth that — it gets better.

  

Who is this Duet and Why Was it Recorded?

October 28, 2010 / / 0 Comments

45_A_Love_Like_Yours_FRENCH In the Oct 22/29 issue of Entertainment Weekly, horror maestro Stephen King reviews the soon-to-be released dvd of the documentary “Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?)”, calling it “an exploration of the dark side of success that’s hard to watch and even harder to forget.”

I missed the LA screening a few years ago so I still wonder if they discuss Cher’s duet with Harry, the Phil Spector produced single "A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day)" from 1975.

The blog "For the Love of Harry" reviews the song and you can listen along.
http://fortheloveofharry.blogspot.com/2008/02/nilsson-cher-love-like-yours-1975.html

RE-UPPED! One of Harry's more obscure major releases, a Phil Spector produced duet with Cher. There's a little bit of confusion about this release, as it originally appeared on a 1975 Warner Brothers promo LP (which sold for $2) called Burbank's Finest: 100% All Meat. It was eventually issued as one of the first of three 45's on Spector's vanity label for Warner Bros., but it went nowhere fast (as did the label). Harry told Creem magazine that the backing track was actually intended for John Lennon's Spector-produced Rock 'n Roll album. Leave it to Spector to make Harry's & Cher's voices sound alike. Nilsson once referred to this one-off duo as "Nilssonny & Cher." The flip side is a Cher solo recording.

Listening to it again, I notice an oddly precious opening to the song (which isn’t atypical of Phil Spector, I guess). Some people hate Cher's three Spector singles from the mid-70s but I think Cher’s strong voice is particularly suited to his hazy, languid arrangements. There are some cool scratchy wails from Cher in the track and some typical Phil Spector eeriness, speaking of which… Al Pacino is set to play Spector in David Mamet’s HBO biopic.

…uh…can't wait for that.

   

Entertainment Weekly This Week: Burlesque Book

October 7, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Tess The Burlesque book is featured in this week’s book review in Entertainment Weekly: “Cher and Xtina Strut Their Stuff” page 76, “The official companion to the upcoming song-and-dance film.”

And the Facebook group “Team Tess” has been posting many cool photos lately, including pics from the book. I’m getting very jealous watching others riffle through their Burlesque books, I tell you what.

Due to my own goof in pre-ordering mine, I won’t get it until next week. OH THE HUMANITY!!

Cher looks awesome!

Team Tess has also been posting very lovely movie stills from Cher’s movies past:

Cabaret

Chas

Moonstruck
 

Gossip is So Rarely Kind

October 7, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Cherron For that reason, I almost enjoyed the tabloid Globe Story about Cher and Ron Zimmerman last week. At least it was positive about their relationship. Even if they were lies, they were sweet ones. 

Things I like about Ron:

1. He looks like a cowboy.
2. He’s funny.
3. He creates a funny comic about cowboys.
4. Cowboys are rarely funny and this is a nice departure for them.
5. He looks strong enough to tip a cow if such a thing was necessary.

Things I don’t like about the Globe

1. You have to leaf through a lot of garbage to see the trash about your celebrity obsession.
2. Alternatively, it’s like a vortex of sin: you will never be able to find what you are looking for in its un-indexed pages while standing in the check out line.
3. The photos make everyone always look ill.
4. My horoscope inside said I need to re-assess my budget and seek professional help (it's possibly too late).
5. You feel dirty after reading it…literally. The ink comes off on your fingers.

   

Things I Do Now That I LIve in New Mexico

September 30, 2010 / / 1 Comment

So for years my family has roasted chile peppers from New Mexico. But this year I got to visit Chavez Farms myself to pick out my own batch. I got home and roasted them to show my hubbie what New Mexico Pepper Roasting is all about…

Unfortunately he spent most of his time studying in the other room, except for some brief time spent posing with the peppers. That's a look that says, "I'm not going to help you, sweetie."

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The Big Jims are big but mild:

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The Barkers are very hot:

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Some turn red real quick
(please, disregard the cheap vodka bottles in the background):

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They are broiled and then frozen and then happily enjoyed.

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Ask Cher Scholar: Interesting Mix Up

September 30, 2010 / / 1 Comment

An2 On Monday, September 27, 2010, MIchael wrote:

My wife and I have been trying to have a baby for years. We got into a fight this morning about it. She called me later and told me she heard a Cher song on the radio. The song had something to do with a woman picking up someone on the side of the road just to have a baby with him. Do you know what song she may have heard?

 

Cher has recorded many unwed mother songs, some sleeping-to-get-ahead songs, and some "take me home" songs, but never, and I mean never, has she recorded a song about picking up a guy at the side of the road for the sole purpose of having a baby. That just accidentally happened in "Gypsys Tramps & Thieves."

But that's not what I answered to Michael. To Michael I said:

"Sorry to hear about the fight with your wife! Hope things are better!! I think you are actually thinking of a Heart song called "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You." The song was written by Mutt Lange which is the guy who was married to Shania Twain (who once did a cover of "Half Breed") but he cheated on her and now they're divorced."
 
And I left it at that but I have LOTS more to say.

Here are some lyric excerpts:

It was a rainy night when he came into sight
Standing by the road, no umbrella, no coat
So I pulled up along side and I offered him a ride
He accepted with a smile so we drove for a while

I didn't ask him his name, this lonely boy in the rain
Fate tell me it's right, is this love at first sight
Please don't make it wrong, just stay for the night

All I wanna do is make love to you
Say you will you want me too
All I wanna do is make love to you
I've got lovin' arms to hold on to
 
So we found this hotel, it was a place I knew well
We made magic that night. Oh, he did everything right
He brought the woman out of me, so many times, easily
And in the morning when he woke all I left him was a note

I told him I am the flower you are the seed
We walked in the garden we planted a tree
Don't try to find me, please don't you dare
Just live in my memory, you'll always be there

Ahem. First of all Mutt Lange is a sexist pig and this is a male fantasy song. Pah-leeese.

Later in the song…

Then it happened one day, we came round the same way
You can imagine his surprise when he saw his own eyes
I said please, please understand
I'm in love with another man

And what he couldn't give me
was the one little thing that you can

Second of all, it's kind of creepy a wife would tell her husband about this song when they have trouble conceiving. What's the point of that? Is she thinking of doing it?

And finally, not only is it lacking in judgement of Mrs. Wife to bring up this song in the middle of a fight about conception issues, but she thought Ann Wilson was Cher. I don't think I've ever heard anybody make this mistake before. She must be a young lass. I mean, in the 80s they both belted out power ballads and all, but their voices are so different. I suppose it's a compliment. Ann Wilson is an amazing singer. And she does wear big black curly hair sometimes.

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