New Videos!

Lily Allen revealed her new video for her next single, 22, the other day. 22 is one of the best songs on her very strong new album. It's about aging and how society puts pressure on women. This is reflected by the video taking place in a cool women's restroom where we see women putting on makeup and staring into a mirror as they sing along to the chorus. It's a simple, but effective video. Lily looks fantastic with her black bob and dramatic dress. I love the interlude where it's just her and a man dancing in the bathroom. Well done, Lily.



Mr. Calvin Harris released the video for his next single, the irresistible Ready for the Weekend. The video has cool, bright colors, but it's pretty dull. The song is euphoric though and I love the piano during the verses and the beast of a chorus.



Beyonce also released a new video for her next single, Sweet Dreams. The video features her now-common dance routines which are still quite fantastic and sassy. This video features some nice outfits including a kooky golden robot get-up.

Beautiful Things

Penelope Cruz wins Best Supporting Actress and gives an eloquent and beautiful speech. I could listen to her speak Spanish all day long. Also, beautiful gown.


Dustin Lance Black wins Best Original Screenplay. Best speech of the night, incredibly moving and personal. I love him.


Hugh Jackman officially needs to host every awards show from now on. His song and dance routine with Beyonce, Zac, Vanessa, Amanda, and Dominic was superb and joyous. Pure old Hollywood musical delight. It made me so happy. Beyonce's entrance was fierce. Of course the number was choregraphed by Moulin Rouge director Baz Luhrmann


Hugh's opening number was also fantastic and amusing (especially the thing about The Reader and his Frost/Nixon parody with Anne Hathaway). He is extremely talented. He completely threw himself into this number.

Amazingness

Beyonce premiered two new videos yesterday for her next singles, the ridiculously epic, synth explosion also known as Halo and the crazy sassy Diva. The video for Halo is boring and doesn't really have a plot, but it's a great, soaring song filled with bombast moments. How appropriate that the co-writer of Bleeding Love, Ryan Tedder of One Republic, wrote it. At first, I thought Diva was awful. It didn't really have a beat and was annoying. Now after seeing the edgy video, I love it. Beyonce sings/raps the hell out of it with a ton of attitude. It's a total jam. The video has some awesome choreography and weird angled shots. I love the angular, modern, and fierce outfits (the fringe sunglasses are out of this world). This video is a different side of Beyonce. That dance routine throughout is awesome. 0:47 to 1:40 is perfection! The sassy head movements during the "Ima Ima a diva" are kind of hilarious and amazing. It's all nuts. Well done, B!

Sasha Fierce Has Arrived

Beyonce's third album, the amazingly titled I Am...Sasha Fierce was released Tuesday. Surprisingly, I'm not going crazy over the album. It doesn't have the singles Dangerously in Love had (the classic Crazy in Love, Baby Boy, Naughty Girl) or the consistency and lack of filler that B'Day had. I usually adore Beyonce's upbeat numbers, but only a few have grabbed me on this new album. The slower songs are quite good though. I don't like how she split the album up into ballads and upbeat songs. I know she's trying to make a point, but it's kind of silly. People want a mix of ballads and dance tunes on pop records or in my case, all upbeat tunes. I love my Beyonce though, and I admire her for the risk she's taking. She's expanding her horizons. I'm liking Halo, Disappear, Ego, Scared of Lonely, Sweet Dreams, Radio and Single Ladies at the moment. The other songs on the album just didn't really jump out at me. The rest of the ballads sounded kind of the same and could have been sung by anyone. Radio, Scared of Lonely, and Single Ladies are great though. Radio and Scared of Lonely are very modern and of the moment especially the screechy synth laser sounds in Radio. I also love how Scared of Lonely has this hard bouncy walking beat. Single Ladies is a dazzling, dizzying mess of fierceness, sassy lyrics, and hard-hitting, super fast, back-breaking, workout-inducing beats that works pretty darn well. It's super catchy. The video is also amazing with the sick nasty choreography and crazy silver glove. It really shows how talented Beyonce is. The video for If I Were a Boy is even better. It's truly moving and enhances the song, giving it more meaning and context which is rare for a video to do. I watched her AOL Sessions and her voice is just crazy good (obviously). It can soar or it can have grit as she shown in a cover of Etta James' At Last. The photo on the left was taken at the AOL sessions. I love it. It's simple, and I love the Suga Mama in the background. All my love Sasha.