MTV Video Music Awards 2004 Reviewed
Before I begin, let me say that the show had no controversies nor was it enjoyable. At 3 hours and 20 minutes, this show seemed like one very long and dull broadcast!!
However, Hilary was there dressed in a nice black top and tuxedo shorts (long pants that she cut to make shorts..a new fashion trend maybe). At 15 minutes after the hour, Hilary lost the Best Pop Video to No Doubt for the horrible song "It's My Life". I will admit that "Come Clean" wasn't great and I was actually hoping that Britney's "Toxic" would win. Hilary really didn't belong in this group of nominees anyway. Hilary's second disappointment was when she was presenting the award for "Best Rap Video" and she was upstaged by the entrance of her co-presenter Matthew "Shaggy" Lillard. He arrived on a raft that was moved among the crowd. Naturally, the camera focused away from her and onto him and his travel to the stage! In the span of 30 minutes, Hilary had seen her share of disappointments.
The only other good part happened 2 and 1/2 hours later, when JoJo arrived on stage at 11pm. Yes, it was too late for many of her fans to see her and her appearance lasted longer than Hilary's, but she proved at 13 that she is a powerhouse who will be quite a force in the future!! The girl didn't look the least bit nervous unlike Hilary who looked like she was going to break down any minute!! JoJo didn't win new artist either. So Hilary and JoJo can cry together.
The bulk of the show looked like something that should be airing on BET. You could almost count the white performers on one hand. Nothing great about the show..no Britney, no Justin, and no Madonna!!
The show "ended" with OutKast performing "Hey Ya" while a "Presidential convention" atmosphere happened around them!! Ballons fell from the ceiling, signs of "OutKast", and the banner "Choose or Lose" waved everywhere. Was this show one big political convention or an award show? I say neither!!
However, I cannot end this review of the show without mentioning Alicia Keys: the frizzied big hair, the big sunglasses, and the total lack of undergarment left nothing to the imagination especially when the camera pulled back to do a long angle shot..it looked like she was topless!! C'mon Alicia if you really want to go topless then go that way, don't compromise the idea with an extremely tight fitting skin colored top!!
My rating on a scale of 1 to 10:
Hilary: 10 (as always..by the way her sister gets a 10 as well..go to www.mtv.com to check out their pics of them preparing for the big show!!)
JoJo: 10 (she is hot and keeps getting better..one to definitely watch in the future!!)
The show: -1,000,000 (Bring the show back to New York and back into what it is meant to be!!)
Until next time..luv ya'll xoxo lou (stay away the VMAs)!!
Monday, August 30, 2004
Monday, August 23, 2004
Various Topics to Discuss
First off, Hilary still hasn't written a diary entry since May 24th. But all is not lost, because Christine (a roadie on hilarious tour) is giving a day-by-day entry of basically everything the girls do. Judging from the vast majority of entries, eating seems to be one the top priorities. Didn't I mention that one before?
Second, Hilary is releasing another new video next week. It is a song called "Fly" and it is getting a lot of airplay including over my work's Muzak system. Although I don't have the words down yet, it is still a great song to be released on hilarious album coming out on her birthday next month (title yet unknown). The video is currently airing on Yahoo.com and on the Nick special "Hilary Duff: Learning to Fly". Which leads me to....
Third, this latest making of video of Hilary is basically her doing the song "Fly" in front of a live audience with clips of her goofing around when not on stage. The video is basically black and white with a couple of color segments, but like the live version of "So Yesterday", it just is basically the same concept as that video. Of course, that one never got into the top ten of TRL. Let's hope "Fly" flies and not dive bombs. I love the song, but the video is just above ok. The rest of the half hour is another introduction to her band and a tour of her dressing room at the Worcester Centrum and a tour of her bus. Nothing really earth-shattering here, just likeable fluff. Perfect for the Duff fans like me.
Speaking of videos, a couple of weeks ago "Hilary Duff: The Girl Can Rock" was released on DVD. It is a concert disc with segments from the Ryan Seacrest show and the birthday bash from last year. The two-hour disc is worth the $15 if you are a fan, a great addition to the first disc.
Speaking of DVD's, I expect that now that "A Cinderella Story" has left the local theatres that this movie will be released on DVD well before Christmas. Sadly, this movie only topped out at number 3 in the ratings and has taken in a dismal $46 million after only about 6 weeks.
While we are talking sad news, "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" has been cancelled. This show really wasn't too bad except it could have worked if the following things were followed:
First off, Hilary still hasn't written a diary entry since May 24th. But all is not lost, because Christine (a roadie on hilarious tour) is giving a day-by-day entry of basically everything the girls do. Judging from the vast majority of entries, eating seems to be one the top priorities. Didn't I mention that one before?
Second, Hilary is releasing another new video next week. It is a song called "Fly" and it is getting a lot of airplay including over my work's Muzak system. Although I don't have the words down yet, it is still a great song to be released on hilarious album coming out on her birthday next month (title yet unknown). The video is currently airing on Yahoo.com and on the Nick special "Hilary Duff: Learning to Fly". Which leads me to....
Third, this latest making of video of Hilary is basically her doing the song "Fly" in front of a live audience with clips of her goofing around when not on stage. The video is basically black and white with a couple of color segments, but like the live version of "So Yesterday", it just is basically the same concept as that video. Of course, that one never got into the top ten of TRL. Let's hope "Fly" flies and not dive bombs. I love the song, but the video is just above ok. The rest of the half hour is another introduction to her band and a tour of her dressing room at the Worcester Centrum and a tour of her bus. Nothing really earth-shattering here, just likeable fluff. Perfect for the Duff fans like me.
Speaking of videos, a couple of weeks ago "Hilary Duff: The Girl Can Rock" was released on DVD. It is a concert disc with segments from the Ryan Seacrest show and the birthday bash from last year. The two-hour disc is worth the $15 if you are a fan, a great addition to the first disc.
Speaking of DVD's, I expect that now that "A Cinderella Story" has left the local theatres that this movie will be released on DVD well before Christmas. Sadly, this movie only topped out at number 3 in the ratings and has taken in a dismal $46 million after only about 6 weeks.
While we are talking sad news, "On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" has been cancelled. This show really wasn't too bad except it could have worked if the following things were followed:
- Less "American Idol"..don't bring your night job with you..enough is enough!!
- Stay awake..many times Ryan looked like he was going to take a nap during segments..now you will have plenty of time for naps!!
- Competition was rough..Dr. Phil and TRL aired during the same time segments..
- Ryan needed to shave..he calls it a look..I call it looking bad!!
- Called itself "Live"..but why did Access Hollywood that aired an hour earlier already have segments from that day's show already on? Must be Memorex..
- It ran on Fox..need I say more?
- He didn't admit he loved Hilary!! Ryan, I get first take on her hand in marriage!!
The pluses to the show was the great guests which included Janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson, JoJo, and our Hilary. Really, with guests like these how could the show fail...well maybe you do need a little more than that!!
On one final note, this site is averaging over 125 hits a month!! I am very proud of that and glad that people support Hilary as much as I do!! Now I want to introduce the concept of comments!! To enter your comments, just click on the Posted by link at the end of the entry and a new window should open up where you can enter your own comments. Be advised though that I will be monitoring all comments and will delete any that I feel are offensive. Let's make this blog great..get involved!!
Until next time..luv ya'll lou xoxo (hey someones gotta keep up the hilary tradition!!)
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Two Conversations..Two Very Different Worlds
In the last couple of nights, I have had conversations with both a friend and a complete stranger on-line and the results weren't quite what I expected.
Starting with the second conversation first with my friend: He seems to be irritated with me for no reason that I can understand. Although it is based solely on the fact that we like the same girl sort of. He really has no reason to like her, but she has a crush on him and I have one on her. I feel no reason to advance my feelings to her because I don't want to hurt her in anyway. But he being the loser he is tells me that I am just to old for her!!! This hurts real bad given that love should never show an age barrier within reason. I think he left that conversation mad at me, but I don't feel bad because I know he is hiding a secret that he is not willing to tell me, whether good or bad. Stay tuned....
Now onto the conversation I had on Wednesday night with a stranger.. WARNING: This is rated PG-13..so those that are offended may want to skip the rest of this entry until I say below it is safe. The first thing that this person asked for after they came into my messenger was that if I "liked Hilary's boobs". I kid you not!! I thought this was like the strangest question I ever heard. She then wanted me to send her a picture of her that showed her boobs in such a way that she appeared hot!! After searching through the nearly 100 pictures I have on my computer, I narrowed down the choices down to a couple then sent her one via messenger. As to whether she was satisfied with my "choice" was hard to say, but I felt that the question was just wrong only because she is not like Lindsey Lohan who has basically had her boobs fall out of her clothes lately in many pictures. But again, Lindsey is 18 so she can do it, Hilary is only 16. As I told the girl, I love Hilary for her completeness of her talents and her charity work, not as some cheap girl (not the exact words, however). As I have told everyone before, Hilary is a wonderful girl and I respect her..I do not wish to exploit her in a demeaning way at all!!
G-rated stuff begins here:
It has been over a month since Becky has contacted me via messenger. Apparently her upcoming wedding means more to her than I do..oh well..
It has also been a month and half since Hilary updated her diary..Come on Hilary give us a short update at least saying that you are still alive..you can even dedicate it to me if you want!!
Until next time...luv ya'll xoxo lou
In the last couple of nights, I have had conversations with both a friend and a complete stranger on-line and the results weren't quite what I expected.
Starting with the second conversation first with my friend: He seems to be irritated with me for no reason that I can understand. Although it is based solely on the fact that we like the same girl sort of. He really has no reason to like her, but she has a crush on him and I have one on her. I feel no reason to advance my feelings to her because I don't want to hurt her in anyway. But he being the loser he is tells me that I am just to old for her!!! This hurts real bad given that love should never show an age barrier within reason. I think he left that conversation mad at me, but I don't feel bad because I know he is hiding a secret that he is not willing to tell me, whether good or bad. Stay tuned....
Now onto the conversation I had on Wednesday night with a stranger.. WARNING: This is rated PG-13..so those that are offended may want to skip the rest of this entry until I say below it is safe. The first thing that this person asked for after they came into my messenger was that if I "liked Hilary's boobs". I kid you not!! I thought this was like the strangest question I ever heard. She then wanted me to send her a picture of her that showed her boobs in such a way that she appeared hot!! After searching through the nearly 100 pictures I have on my computer, I narrowed down the choices down to a couple then sent her one via messenger. As to whether she was satisfied with my "choice" was hard to say, but I felt that the question was just wrong only because she is not like Lindsey Lohan who has basically had her boobs fall out of her clothes lately in many pictures. But again, Lindsey is 18 so she can do it, Hilary is only 16. As I told the girl, I love Hilary for her completeness of her talents and her charity work, not as some cheap girl (not the exact words, however). As I have told everyone before, Hilary is a wonderful girl and I respect her..I do not wish to exploit her in a demeaning way at all!!
G-rated stuff begins here:
It has been over a month since Becky has contacted me via messenger. Apparently her upcoming wedding means more to her than I do..oh well..
It has also been a month and half since Hilary updated her diary..Come on Hilary give us a short update at least saying that you are still alive..you can even dedicate it to me if you want!!
Until next time...luv ya'll xoxo lou
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