The farewells of 2009: the L word

This year has brought along with much sorrow and plight, the end of "the L word". The groundbreaking series has been with us for 6 seasons, and with the initial surprise and praise for the depiction of days in the life of the Los Angeles lesbian community, later came all the unnecessary drama and the sluggish plot of seasons 4 and 5. However, the L word has introduced a couple of dozens of memorable characters, unforgettable performances, and along with them, celebrated love scenes that made a lot of girls sigh.


Who can forget Bette and Candace's illegitimate affair, starting off at the stairs of a respectable hotel? Cherie and Shane getting it on by the pool? Ivan in full drag, moustache and all, dancing for Kit? Thus, in no particular order, whatsoever, here are (most of) the faces that kept us company for 6 straight long years, (ok wrong term - gay long years), since 2004, the faces that forever changed the countenance of television!

Mia Kirshner as Jenny

Sarah Sachi as Carmen

Rose Rollins as Tasha

Rosanna Arquette as Cherie

Rachel Shelley as Helena

Pam Grier as Kit

Kristanna Loken as Paige

Laurel Holloman as Tina

Lauren Lee Smith as Lara

Leisha Hailey as Alice

Marlee Matlin as Jodi

Jennifer Beals as Bette

Karina Lombard as Marina

Kate French as Niki

Katherine Moennig as Shane

Kelly Lynch as Ivan

Daniela Sea as Max

Erin Daniels as Dana

Ganina Javankar as Papi

Ion Overman as Candace

Jane Lynch as Joyce

Alexandra Hedison as Dylan

Clementine Ford as Molly

Lucia Rijker as Dusty

Lena Headey special

As the year wears off, I am wondering, who has been the person I always wanted to write about but didn't? This year has to be Lena Headey, an actress that's so amazing and talented but wastes her time playing in horror flicks (being the daughter of a policeman, I suppose doesn't give you enough dough on the side).

When the TV series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" (2008-2009) was butchered, I was one of those who gasped. But I wasn't surprised. Lena Headey was a great lead as Sarah Connor, just as Summer Glau was unbelievable as Cameron, the plastic, unflinching, emotionally dread-pan cyborg. But the male cast sucked big time: Thomas Dekker as John Connor was not the least persuasive, and Brian Austin Green as Derek Reese was a bit of the same- despite all the muscles and the fake macho attitude.


Too bad for Lena, whom we have seen in "300" (2006) as Queen Gorgo, and in films like "Aberdeen" (2000), "Mrs Dalloway" (1997) and "The Remains of the Day" (1993). My Secret Crush: "Imagine me and you" (2005) - sure not the masterpiece of a film but quite tantalizing as a romantic comedy with Headey as a... gay florist. Cast next to Piper Perabo (for the second time that year as they both made it into "The Cave" ensemble- another second-rate horror flick), Lena Headey managed to turn quite a few dyke heads.



"The paradox of love at first sight, the way we can differentiate it from lust, or merely confusion, is that it proves itself only by continuing to exist" says director Ol Parker in a very meaningful analysis of the "click" the two girls feel when they meet for the first time. "Imagine me&you" is an unusual film, in the sense that it is a gay film where nobody has to turn straight or die in the end. On the contrary: "There's no stupidity about relationships, no unrealistic, tired, comical misunderstandings". Girl loves girl, Girl gets girl in the end. Which is, in itself, quite a refreshing reversal of the very old & tired mainstream cliche "boy gets girl", or, whatever way you want to see it; the film flirts with mainstream, while at the same time denies to be that.


Above, Headey with her "Lotus Flower" tattoo on her back, in all her glory. Flowers, anyone? ;)



Of course, looking at the above picture, it's impossible to resist. Anyone would like to deflower THIS lotus.


Yes, you can like Lena even if you don't like chicks with guns...


Look at this warm, unpretentious, authentic smile. Isn't it adorable?



Simply breath-taking - don't let me hear you say "for a Spartan woman"... she's British after all.

Robbie Williams Super Fan Widget

the RobbieWilliams SuperFan contest!

It's high time I admitted it: Robbie is one of my soft spots. It doesn't matter I am an educated girl, with a couple of academic degrees under my belt. It does not matter that I have been exposed to "serious" works of art. When it comes to Robbie's charm, I come undone. This is my pop (trash?) side. I think "Rudebox" is one of his most under-rated albums, and "Escapology" one of the most over-rated.

Where others see nothing but a six-pack, I find elements of pop genius in his music, and even though some describe a wanker with a head up his ass, I think he is an intelligent man. When I listen to lyrics he wrote, I feel that they are often a sincere effort to express the unspeakable and ...Well! I know it's silly, there are probably a million people out there that got more talent than he does; but do they have an equal charisma, an equally titillating personality? The credit for the music and the lyrics should be alloted to his co-writters (like Guy Chambers, for example) who have also done some of the important work, but still...What a handsome bustard...Sorry, I said so-- Robbie is a soft spot.

So, naturally, I jump again at the opportunity of (yet another) contest- since it means, probably, that the person who wins will (maybe?) be able to meet in person with one of the most interesting figures of the music show business for the past 12 years! (The prizes have not been announced yet but it feels like it, the promotion is just too flashy). Here is the link: just visit www.robbiewilliams.com and enter the Superfan Contest.

How familiar are you, exactly with all things Robbie?

Questions like:
1. How many times has Robbie performed in Manchester?

2. Where was the Feel video shot?

3. What animal was held to ransom in the Road To Mandalay?
are looking for the answers...

My response so far is: 1. (six times), 2. (Fortress Mountain, Canada), 3. (a dog).


By the way, I won the last contest I took part in, so please, please God, why not make it a nice set of three, please! Then all I need to do is win this one as well, and finally get a job that pays....!

LoL

p.s. Are you a conscientious shopper? enter the www.getitnow.gr contest and get a job that pays, just by trying different products... ! all you have to do is make your own video of yourself, and your shopping habits.