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Back at my desk

Hello and a big thank-you to all of my gracious followers for keeping up with this blog! I am finally back at my desk and am hoping to expand this blog even moreso now that I can work with this consistently.

I'll even begin reviewing other shows. Tell me what shows you would like to see in the comments!

Till then,
The Omnipresent Publicist

Glee's Tribute to Whitney Houston

While the episode started out rocky, it ended with a song that reminded me of why I got into Glee in the first place. But before I cover the end of the episode, let's review the episode itself first.

Whitney Houston was the singer that Glee decided to honor this time around. The beginning of the episode opened into an upset Mercedes joining up with Rachel and Kurt in mourning Whitney. They crowd around Kurt's locker and hang a picture of Whitney up to commemmorate that she is there in spirit.  Will freaks out because he is worried that they are still grieving even two months after. Emma recounts her personal story about how she connected to Princess Diana's passing even though she didn't know her because she was scared to leave home after graduating high school. Will decides to make the assignment Whitney week.

Britney finally gets a solo! She sings and holds her ground. Towards the chorus, however, Santana comes in. The two of them make another great duet.

Sam (from the Glee Project) is now in love with Quinn. While helping her with Physical Therapy, he finds himself falling more and more for her. Quinn and Sam talk about where they are and they aren't really in a relationship yet. They have both acknowledged that they like each other though.

Kurt has been *cheating* on Blaine! He has been emotionally distant with Blaine and as a result of that, has felt closer to Chandler, a overly enthusiastic NYU-bound student who he met at Between the Sheets (music store). They were texting for days and Kurt seemed significantly happier after meeting him. Blaine discovers the texts, however, and the two of them argue. They both admit that they are feeling differently in the relationship but that they want to work on their problems. They go to couples counseling.

Will and Emma want to meet with a wedding planner to get the wedding planned for May instead of Christmas in December. They hire Mr. La-ven-der (pronounced as three syllables) and Emma seems to really like him. However, Will does not like how he is only proposing dates in September or October. He throws a tantrum and leaves the room as he insists on getting married in May. Emma confronts him and he shares his feelings of dread about how his Glee kids are leaving him. He really wants them at the wedding and is afraid of how the club will be after they leave. (*On a personal note, while it is sweet that Will and his Glee club are so close, it's strange to me how personal he takes their relationship sometimes. He really sees himself as their parent in a way. He wants them involved in every aspect of his and Emma's lives.)

Overall, the musical numbers were sweet but as with other tribute episodes, not much plot movement was done during this particular episode. I enjoyed it despite this and am looking forward to the Graduation episode coming up!

Till then,

The Omnipresent Publicist

The Voice Live Eliminations Week 4

Teams Adam and Cee-Lo are the latest to perform and they did not disappoint. Cee-Lo's Jamar Rogers and Juliet Simms both followed up their stellar performances with equally talented numbers tonight. Jamar performed "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi and his style really suited this particular song. He was rarely off pitch, showing me that he really can be consistent. Juliet performed " Cryin' " and despite confusing me with her new look, she blew me away with her range! It was a wonderful choice for her.
For me personally, James and Cheesa both fell short as Cheesa was much better in her save performance and James connected better to his song selection last week. Overall though, team Cee-Lo really put up tough competition for team Adam to beat!

Team Adam's Tony Lucca surprised all by performing Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" and making it much edgier than expected. I liked the approach and it showed he can really branch out. Mathai definitely did not do as well tonight as with "Ordinary People" but I could tell this song made her uncomfortable. She didn't seem comfortable with the pitch and she didn't really have a feel for the song overall. Pip also had that same reaction to Adam's selection of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" and it showed in his performance. It was very lackluster and didn't feel like it was a genuine Pip performance. Lastly, Katrina impressed with "Jar of Hearts." For the first time in this competition, despite her being dressed eerily similar to Adele, I felt like she was her own separate artist and had her own identity. It was beautifully refreshing and I loved it. I'm hoping that America saves her because based on just tonight's performance, she deserves to stay.

Then came the instant eliminations. Boy are those things causing real controversy. First with Christina eliminating Jesse and then with Blake eliminating Jordis! Now, they are bound to be criticized even more. Cee-Lo eliminated James and Adam, shockingly, eliminated Pip. Pip was one of his highest scoring artists but it looks like Adam is pulling for Katrina or Tony to win at this point.

I can't wait for the results tomorrow. Who else is going to be eliminated this week?

Till then,

The Omnipresent Publicist

Gossip Girl

And so begins another entry on a Gossip Girl episode.

I have to say, I'm enjoying the focus on the other two characters for once. Chuck is engrossed in finding out who his mother is (and finally finds out that it is indeed Diana!) and Serena has her Gossip Girl gig. Only problem is that Lola suspects and finds out that it is her and confronts her about it! Even Diana finds out about it (looks like Serena's not as good as being subtle as she thought). Diana offers to keep their partnership secret but Serena later overhears her on the phone later. It turns out she was the one who donated blood to save Chuck that night! Lola, thinking that she has finally found the proof that she needs to show the rest of the UES that Serena is the "real" Gossip Girl, sends Diana's recorded confession to Gossip Girl.

This ruins Dan and Blair's British-themed salon coming-out party, inspired by the Brangelina of the Five Boroughs. Although this wasn't the first thing to try to disrupt their party. Serena, Lola, Nate and Chuck all crashed it at the beginning. This draws Blair into a depression as she worries that their relationship/pairing will not work. It takes a lot of convincing from Dan that things will be alright if they're together. Dan and Blair end up spending the night together and exchanging witty banter.

Lily and Rufus were on the verge of getting back together but Lily finds out that Rufus has been putting up Ivy in a hotel. This drives her into a fury and further drives the wedge between them. Rufus is later seen in a coffee shop and told his debit card has been declined. He pays with cash and is seen with a look of worry on his face.

So ends another Gossip Girl episode and we are one step closer to the season finale. I hear from many sources that big drama is on the horizon. I can only hope we are ready to hear it!

Till then,

The Omnipresent Publicist  

NCAA March Madness

And the champion of the NCAA March Madness tournament is...................


KENTUCKY!


The University of Kentucky won over Kansas University. It was a hard-fought victory as a lot of credit has to be given to Kansas University for rallying in the second half. In the end though, Kentucky hung on and pulled through.

What a great tournament this has been!

Congratulations to all teams that made the Final Four, Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen. You guys deserve your notoriety and deserve to be known as some of the top basketball programs in the nation!


Until next time,
The Omnipresent Publicist

Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

The Imaginarium is about a Doctor that was at a sanctuary for telling stories about the universe. He figures out that the universe is sustained as long as there is someone who is willing to tell a story. He loves the imagination and the creativity that comes with it. He makes a lengthy wager with the Devil that he can inspire 15 disciples to follow him in his quest for creative vision. He wins but finds out that the Devil let him win in order  to torture him with Everlasting Life. His daughter (Valentina) is the ultimate bargain for the Devil, who will come to collect on her 16th birthday. This is due to her father wanting mortality to be with the woman of his desires. 

Unfortunately, her birthday is coming up soon. When flipping over his fortune-teller cards, he turns over the hanging man. The next few moments, his troupe finds a hanging man (Heath Ledger) and saves him. Later, he uses him to try to inspire more money for his traveling carnival. This hanging man is the disgraced chair of a notable children's charity. he wants to save their show and he inspires many a crowd to come and watch. He changes, while in the Imaginarium, into Barry/Roger (Johnny Depp). Tony/Heath is discovered in the crowd by Russian chief operatives, who want him brought in. They all go into the Imaginarium only to discover that they now speak English and are being wooed by a Jude Law advertisement. Through the Devil's entrance into the Imaginarium, the four Russian men who go in get entranced into joining with him. We are finally told why Tony was hanging as the Russian laundered dirty money through his charity. Anton saves Tony from the dream world. Anton has been with the traveling sideshow for a long time, picked up off the street by the traveling family a long while ago. He is in love with Valentina and stays just to try to protect her from everything that is going on. Tony pushes her into the mirror entrance and transforms again, this time into Colin Farrell. 

Colin Farrell as Tony lives his fantasy with the success of his charity and the endorsement of the President (who looks to be strikingly similar to FDR). However, the fantasy comes crashing down and he hits/abuses Valentina, who decides to leave him and their two children. One of their children turns out to be Anton, who falls to his demise just after admitting that he loves her. Valentina is about to make her choice to hell but the Devil stops her and forces her into a dance. She decides to go into the mirror anyway and becomes the Devil's fifth. The Devil even seems remorseful at how all this works as he wanted to capture Tony. Tony has alluded him for years and is suspected by the Devil to have satanic markings protecting him. He guarantees that he'll give back Valentina to have Tony. Tony is forced to then choose by the Doctor over which pipe is his. He makes the wrong choice and is tricked into being hanged and left for dead. The Devil claims him and returns Doctor Parnassus into the world. He wanders and sees Valentina, who is now free. She is married to Anton and has a beautiful daughter with him. Percy comes to the Doctor and helps him to revise his show and turn it into a puppeteer. The puppeteer sells well and becomes a prime figure for his ideals to come alive to a new generation of kids.

Overall, the editing in this movie was very confusing and could be thought of as almost amateur-ish. But it was this type of editing that made this thriller impossible to forget. It was very well-done and there were brilliant performances from Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Jude Law and Colin Farrell. I'm pleasantly surprised at how puzzling and mysterious this film turned out to be and will be sure to re-watch it in the future.

Rachel Getting Married

I recently checked out Rachel Getting Married and I wanted to see what all the hype was about regarding it. Following is a summary of the movie.

With a vulgar beginning, we are introduced to Kym, who is played by Anne Hathaway. Kym has been in a rehab center for the past nine months and is not getting along with anyone there due to the lack of privacy. Their attending is close with Kym, apparently because Kym asks for the attendee's phone number, only to be rebuffed that it isn't allowed. On their way back home, Kym needs a drink and refuses a Diet Coke. She prefers Pepsi from the fountain. After getting back to the house, Kym sees a house full of decorations and goes to find her sister, Rachel. They embrace and are obviously very close. Emma, one of Rachel's friends, does not seem to like Kym very much at all. Rachel is considered to be tiny by Kym as she remarks over and over, even going to go so far as calling her similar to an Asian. 

Kym then heads off to an addicts meeting and hears from people in her situation. She's late because her Dad doesn't allow her to drive, resulting in her having to take her bike instead. While making her entrance, she crashes several folded lawn chairs. The man who is speaking notices this and comments on it, making for a witty joke. This man happens to show up later as her sister's fiancee's best man. While they are having a very personal moment, Kym is told that she is not the Maid of Honor. Horrified, she confronts her sister, who makes her wear Lilac to coordinate with the scheme of the wedding. Rachel finally gives in and asks Emma to step down as the Maid of Honor after a debacle between Kym, Emma and Rachel. At the rehearsal, we hear of another member of the family who is not with them anymore, Ethan. I wonder what significance his mention will bring for the other characters. At the family party, we finally meet her mom Olive and see that she is not approving at all of Kym's smoking. She criticizes her and seems to ignore her when she's not criticizing. Embarrassing stories ensue and we see that Rachel's not all that innocent as she sideswiped a taxi and an EMT vehicle loading an old lady onto a gurney! She managed to even get the number of one of the men driving the vehicles. After more of the table shares their thoughts and fondest memories of the bride and groom, Kym recollects and apologizes while trying to make amends. She tries to make a lot of rehab jokes, which ultimately fall flat and lead to a confrontation later on with her family as Rachel is upset that Kym tries to make everything about her and her disease/recovery process. Rachel finally comes clean about how she feels so unimportant midst Kym's growing stack of problems and that even now, during her own wedding, she is still overshadowed. Then, she admits the secret: She's pregnant! The entire family then erupts in a laughing and kissing frenzy. Rachel then says that she's tired and is heading up and the family split up to go to bed but not before everyone and anyone congratulates her on their upcoming addition into their family. Kym reacts by sulking and keeps insisting that life is just not fair as she feels so out of the loop on everything. She knows things have changed and she knows why but that doesn't make them any less painful to experience.

Ethan is brought up again as Kym goes to her second addicts meeting. He is her little brother who she was babysitting years ago. While she was babysitting, she was high and they were playing in the leaves at the park. She drove home and they got into an accident after she lost control of the car. The car went off the bridge and into the lake. She couldn't get him out of his car seat and he ended up drowning. She admits that she can't forgive herself for what happened and this is why she is upset with God. After they get back to the house, Sidney and Rachel's Dad (Paul) face off in dish-washer loading skills as the whole of the house watches. Rachel's Dad beats Sidney by a hefty amount but he leaves suddenly due to seeing an old plate that Ethan used. While at the hair salon with the rest of the ladies, Kym runs into an old friend from Loeb House that she can't immediately place. It turns out that he has felt a connection to her for the entire time that he has been clean and sober as he read her anonymous note in the Human Mirror exercise. It was an exercise in which your secret gets passed along a chain to see someone else's opinion on what you wrote down. It turns out that Rachel and Kym's uncle used to abuse them when they were little. This caused Rachel to have anorexia for years and to get down to a mere 50 pounds at one point. But, in the middle of this, Rachel runs out of the salon because it turns out that Kym has been spreading lies, lies about their family for years. Rachel confronts Kym about it and says the hard truths for Kym to hear. Everyone ends up in tears.

Kym runs away to her Mom's (Olive) place while everyone at her Dad's worries. She asks her why she was left in charge of Ethan and admits to being only six pounds and throwing up every meal she ate. She keeps talking about how she was a drug addict and stayed in her room and passed out all the time. Her Mom tries to keep a calm face until finally, they come to a dramatic conclusion. Olive punches Kym in the face as they are both screaming at each other. Kym then slaps her Mom in the face and leaves. She drives her car right into a Yield sign and crashes it, finally, into a rock. She passes out and is found the next morning by paramedics and cops.  

The wedding and processions finally start. It is definitely not a traditional wedding with balloons, drum sets and guitars playing the Wedding March instead of a customary piano. They exchange their vows. Sidney sings a beautiful ballad and brings everyone to smiles. The family gather for an after-wedding reception and cake is brought out while dances are conducted. The cake is a huge elephant on top of many many layers and before it can be cut, everyone's hands have to be stacked to make the first official cut.The celebrations continue and slowly, the party dies down. Kym leaves and finds Rachel and Sidney dancing quietly in the hallway. Kym hugs them and Kieran joins in. Their mother says that she has to leave early and a very awkward encounter takes place. Hugs are once again given. Then, in a surprise, Kym is offered a PR position in a new firm. She pauses to take a moment, however, because she is still shocked that her mother left the wedding processionals so early.

It's the morning after the wedding and Kym decides to leave before all the ruckus starts. She and Kieran exchange a good-bye kiss and a hug (as well as numbers) before Kym heads out. Rachel wakes up in the midst of it and stops Kym for a final farewell and a parting hug. Rosa, from the rehab center, meets Rachel and the two get ready to go. The movie fades to violin playing in a garden with Rachel looking fondly over the flowers and left-over wedding decorations. The credits appear.

Overall, the movie was sad and had its dramatic moments but it was mainly due to the acting greats of Rosemarie DeWitt and Anne Hathaway that it really succeeded. Their sister-sister relationship was the basis of creating such a telling story and it was upon this relationship that every other relationship worked off of. I'm glad that I got to see such an inspiring film about one family that almost fell apart, coming back together one last time to support their daughter (Rachel) in her journey through marriage.

What did you guys think of it? Do you have similar opinions or not? Do you think Kieran and Kym ended up together?

Gossip Girl: Season 5 Episode 16

The newest Gossip Girl installment, "Cross Rhodes," didn't disappoint in that it was filled with character progression and enough drama between the characters to make up

The scene that introduces the episode is our first look at Dan's new manuscript, Monarch of Manhattan. We know that Dan has been struggling with an idea for something to follow his first book, Inside, for a while now. It's a relief to see him writing again and proud of something that is rightfully his, that doesn't tarnish his reputation with his friends. He also knows that it is an original Dan Humphrey idea. Rufus and Dan talk about his new manuscript as Rufus drops by. He really wanted his green fur jacket from his past and realizes it is still in Brooklyn. Dan is judgmental about the jacket and says that it really is as bad as Lily claims it to be, fashionably speaking.

Serena and Blair are still not speaking and Blair grows ever more uncomfortable with the very awkward silence. In the mirror, she sees her and Serena's reflection and in the daze, smears her lipstick over her mouth and leaves behind a rosy imprint. Even at breakfast, the two are not able to stop their fighting. Frustrated, Dorota locks them up and threatens to keep them in there until they can repair their relationship. This is similar to an instance in past seasons when they were locked in an elevator and forced to work out their problems. Blair is determined to prove to Serena that she and Dan are just friends and to prove this, she vows to, instead of avoiding him, spend the entire day with him. She heads to find Dan, who is working with Lola and her youth improv group, the Upright Citizens Brigade, to adapt excerpts of Inside. Dan is surprised because he assumed they weren't friends anymore as they haven't seen or talked to each other since Valentine's Day. Blair acts as if nothing has happened and tries to act normal. She is desperate to show Serena that everything is fine and she texts Serena a picture of them posing together. After Lola asks how to play one of the scenes, in which Clare and Dylan kiss, Blair protests that they would never passionately kiss. The two end up kissing to demonstrate, in which Serena sees them yet again. Dan pulls away, as he finally has had enough of Blair's antics as she again claims that she is "just friends" with him. He expresses that he wants to be more than that and if they can't, he doesn't want to be friends anymore as it is painful for him to think that he is always going to be wanting more from her. As Blair stands there, stunned at what just unfolded, the casting director for the brigade sees Charlotte walk away and needs a new Clare. He casts Blair then and there. Blair plays her role and as she hears what "Dylan" (Dan) has done for her and how he has been for her, she realizes that she really does have feelings for him. She leaves the play and goes to find him.

Amidst these happenings, Alessandra and Chuck are getting closer and closer. They set a date for 5:00 later that evening as Alessandra has to review Dan's book proposal before submitting it to Karp. However, Chuck comes over sooner than expected and convinces Alessandra to submit Dan's proposal without reading it over first. Little does she know, Chuck has switched Dan's real proposal with a makeshift copy that will cost Dan. Chuck also sabotaged Dan earlier when Chuck saw Dan that morning. He got ahold of Dan's laptop and deleted the file of Dan's fixed proposal. Chuck then admits that he's a sadist, not a masochist. Nate and Lola are also at Chuck's suite and witnesses Chuck and Dan's interactions. Lola makes up an excuse that her phone has no battery and uses Nate's phone to call Charlie. Nate realizes this and confronts Charlie. She immediately confesses and says that it bothers her that Charlie did not add her as a friend on Facebook, even after she went ahead and added her. We realize that CeCe is getting worse and might need surgery. Lily is called and alerted to the situation; Serena then finds out that her grandmother is not doing well and heads to the hospital. Charlie remains with CeCe and despite Carol's protests, stays in the hospital. Lola sees a tip from Gossip Girl and goes to the hospital. She was in for a shock as she found her mother present. The scheme with Charlie comes out and Carol still tries to remain innocent by painting a poor picture of Ivy instead. Ivy is told off by Serena and is left crying. Blair arrives and admits to Dan that she has been making excuses for why they can't be together. She knows that this is not an opportune moment for the two of them to be together but that she can wait if he can because she does have feelings for him. She kisses him again and Serena catches them, in a whimsical fancy as she wishes that she was in Blair's shoes. The bad news regarding CeCe has been delivered as she had a heart attack before her surgery. This causes the whole family, without Ivy and Lola, to gather around CeCe as she fades away. In the after-moments, Lola leaves Carol and decides that she is done with her mother's lies. Blair calls Chuck to lay off of Dan and Chuck sends in Dan's real proposal to Alessandra. But right after he does this, Gossip Girl breaks the video secret to Chuck, sending him into a rage. Ivy leaves but her story is not done yet as she holds Georgina's number in her hand and is ready to fight for her rights.

I am very overwhelmed with this episode and how much was packed into it. Emotions were all over the place today and I'm still reeling from the constant back-and-forth between the couples and the families. I wish the writers would keep it more consistent. One can only hope that the next episode creates more of a cushion for the events to come rather than have more events unfold with dramatic consequences.

Till then,

The Omnipresent Publicist.

Freedom Writers

I finally watched Freedom Writers for the first time and I have to say, I really wonder why I didn't watch this sooner. It is a hidden treasure in the land of Hollywood and it should be unearthed as everyone needs to read and celebrate this story.

It is about a teacher named Erin Gruwell who inspires her students to take pride in their education and overcome, in their own minds, all the harsh situations that they have been exposed to at a young age. On a basic level, she tries to understand who each of them are as people. The journals or diaries that they kept helped her connect with them as she began to see that they want to learn but have not been given the opportunity to do so in the time that they have been at school. Mrs. Gruwell then proceeds to buy her students books that relate to their personal experiences, changing their outlooks on life and each other.

It made me think about our education system and how we need more teachers like that to show how much fun education can be. There is a whole world out there and it can all be discovered if you look carefully and really try to absorb cultural differences.

Gossip Girl: Season 5 Episode 15

I have been a fan of Gossip Girl for only a couple of years and I have to say, the earlier seasons impressed me more than the newer episodes themselves. But as the new tension and relationships begin, I am slowly more and more intrigued.

"Crazy, Cupid, Love" is an episode centered around Valentine's Day. Coincidentally, Valentine's Day happens to be tomorrow. Happy couples, flowers, hearts, chocolate and all the pink and red that one episode can handle, were stuffed into this one. Blair, meanwhile, tries to be a matchmaker for Dan and Serena, as she can tell how upset they are at being alone on Valentine's Day. They both recall how their best Valentine's Days were with each other in high school. Blair decided to set them up at Nate's party, which was only put on after Nate tried to get Lola to notice him again. As Nate fails, Chuck shows his good side by offering the Empire as a potential place as he really wants to help Nate and sees this as his opportunity. Lola doesn't want to work at a Spectator party but because this party is at the Empire, she doesn't know that Nate will be there and agrees to work as the cater-waiter. Ivy is back in town for the first time in weeks. She really needs to talk to Lily and so, the first place she goes is Rufus and Lily's apartment. She runs into Rufus, who is surprised to see her back. Rufus has been busy picking out Cartier jewelry for Lily's return. Lily, as it turns out later on, is delayed and ends at the Empire. Ivy heads to the Empire and runs into the real Charlie Rhodes. They two of them talk and catch up on old times but before Ivy can reveal all, she realizes that she needs to leave due to her flight to Europe. Nate, however, ends up spilling her secret by revealing how she has a crazy mom in Florida and that she is the real Charlie Rhodes but her mother made her grow up with the name Ivy Dickens so that she wouldn't have to face the Rhodes name and the pressures of having to live in New York. Lola is extremely confused by this and finds it strange that someone that she used to know is impersonating her. Little does she know, the story is much more complicated than this. We finally find out where Lola's been, at Juilliard and playing out her dreams. Let's see what else happens with this story arc!

Blair and Dan had their little moments per usual and this time, as Blair was listing all of the great things Dan has done for her in the past year, you could tell that she is really seeing Dan in a new light. Dan also realizes that Blair has finally noticed him and they share a sweet kiss. Blair even kisses Dan back this time! The two of them are in Chuck's room and all of a sudden, Georgina walks in and she decides to snap a picture of them mid-kiss. Serena also happens to walk in at the same time and she looks really defeated. Serena was on her way to meet Dan as Blair had just told her moments earlier that Dan was excited about how their lunch date went and would love to be with her and try this whole thing again. Serena and Blair fight again; by the end of the episode, they still aren't speaking and will probably be at this impasse for quite a while as I see the writers tempting us with Dan and Blair for at least the next few episodes.

Chuck has finally realized that Blair does not want to be with him anymore and has moved on to Dan as Georgina shows the photo she snapped of Dan and Blair together to him. Chuck then goes and remembers how Dan's agent came on to him previously. Chuck embraces this new challenge and decides to take her up on her offer to spend the night together. The two of them end up in each other's embrace.

The preview for next week consists of all Dan and Blair scenes with Chuck in only a few seconds' of the overall preview. I wonder what will go down next week!

Till then,

The Omnipresent Publicist.

Miss Potter (There are spoilers.)

Review on Miss Potter

Miss Potter is a story very few of us can turn away from as it is truly a story for everyone to enjoy. It is the true story of Miss Beatrix Potter, the beloved children's author of timeless tales such as "The Tales of Peter Rabbit" and Jemima-Duck. She didn't always used to be an author but she became one the moment the Warne brothers approved her portfolio to be published. Her parents didn't always believe in her artwork and didn't think she could make a career out of what seemed to be just another hobby. Her mother especially found it to be a waste of time and something that a woman in that day and age just should not bother with. Women were supposed to learn to take care of the household and to be married to "acceptable" suitors so that they could take care of their children and their husband. They needed to know how to do everything from cook, clean, fold, wash and even more as they didn't necessarily work outside of the house; that was a role for only their husbands.

Beatrix Potter refused to be just another woman and knew that her artwork would take her somewhere. She was approached by Norman Warne, the younger brother of the Warne brothers, as the editor of her book. He was engrossed and impressed by the sheer beauty of the drawings. He became deeply involved with how each of the stories came about. After the trials of publishing their first book were through, the results began to be seen. People were picking up the books off the shelves regularly and her career seemed promising. Their association seemed to be ceasing until they both suggested that they wanted to expand her stories into an entire series. Working on bigger and better projects, the two found that they had many similarities and eventually fell for each other. At a Christmas party, Norman Warne proposes and Beatrix is amazed but surprised. She seeks the approval of Millie, the very beloved sister of Norman Warne who chooses to remain unmarried. Millie began to become her confidante as they both shared similar likes and dislikes and approved of a woman's role as being outside of the house rather than in. Millie also loved to engage and keep Beatrix laughing, which always made Beatrix enjoy her journeys to the Warnes' household. Norman and Beatrix are engaged after as Millie gives her approval wholeheartedly. Beatrix's parents, however, disapprove and only agree to give their condolences if they keep it a secret for until after the summer, as Beatrix and her family go to the Lakes every year. Sadly, the summer does not spell good news for the happy couple as Norman falls deathly ill and dies shortly after. Beatrix, as she has not told of her good fortune, was not allowed to go to the funeral and mourned in silence, from the comfort of her London home. Shortly after, she hears of her financial stability and decides to buy a comfortable farm property, a property that is a second home to her as she meets her wonderful friend William Heedlis from years past. After they bond over an auction to preserve the beauty of the farmland, it is revealed that they did marry eight years later.

After watching this masterpiece, I found myself thinking about what a great and wonderful surprise this movie was. I picked it up due to the cover being very distinctive and ended up sitting through the journey of the story with a smile on my face and my heart beating to the rhythm of the words and animations. It makes you feel for her situation and sympathize with how she loves her imaginary animals more than anything in the whole world. She sees them playing and sees them being so free that she herself wants desperately. She was so close to freedom with the escape into marriage but instead, she became trapped in her own mourning. She had to have enough courage to move past all that and be strong enough to continue drawing and creating her stories. Her deluxe personality and vibrant colors, as well as her messages to be youthful and imaginative, shine through and make the reader feel like they are personally being touched and invited into the world that she has created. Her stories are to the children a sense of reliving childhood memories and the fondest of adolescent joy. I am definitely very glad that I decided to pick up this movie and I want to share this with all of my readers. Do yourselves a favor and see what a great experience this can be.

Sincerely,
The Omnipresent Publicist

P.S. I have included a link to purchase this DVD on Amazon, in case you are interested.
http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Potter-Ren%C3%A9e-Zellweger/dp/B000N4SHOE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328933699&sr=8-1

Introductions

Welcome welcome to my very first blog post!

I am super excited and definitely glad to start blogging as I have so much to say. I'll start by introducing what this blog will be about. I have had a lot more free time recently and so, have had much experience with television shows, movies, books, magazines and even the occasional documentary. I want to use this blog to post my reviews on these and allow them to read what isn't always noticed and see what they might not have previously thought to view. I hope that you enjoy these and I welcome any and all comments!

Thank you and happy reading :).