Wednesday, April 1, 2009 by Alexandria Harper.

I know it’s April Fool’s Day, but I’m not the jokester type. No foolin’ going on here.

Oh, and by the way, I’m not playing hooky. I’m at home waiting to work on my team assignment that’s due today. I need all the pieces and parts from everyone else before I can put all of them together with my  pieces and parts. Sounds dirty but it’s not…moving on.

I am sad to report that Andy Hallett best known to Joss Whedon fans as Lorne on “Angel” passed away from a heart attack last week at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was only 33. I know he suffered heart problems for a while but we will certainly miss him.

On a more personal note, my friend Peggy Zellner passed away Saturday in her sleep. For those who didn’t know her, Peggy was a Naturopathic Doctor who also held gatherings each Tuesday at her office, Reflexology Management, in Las Vegas. Peggy was a bright light in this world and everyone whose life she touched will sorely miss her. Here’s to you, Peggy! See you on your next journey, my friend.

That’s the sad stuff, on to the glad…

Buffy alum Alyson Hannigan received the best birthday present ever on March 24— baby girl Satyana. How cool is that they’ll share the same birthday? Congrats to Alyson and her actor hubby Alexis Denisof (also from “Buffy” and “Angel”)!

Happy Birthday, Debbie Reynolds! She turns 77 today. “Singing in the Rain” is one of my all-time favorite movies so I feel the need to tip my virtual hat to Ms. Reynolds. Rotten Tomatoes recently interviewed her and I was pleased to find out that she hasn’t let the passing of years slow her down. She’s still touring and making the media rounds promoting the Warner Bros. movie archive collection.

I highly recommend checking out the interview. She’s a delight.

Until next time, kids.

Posted in A Little of Everything, TV, Vegas, Movies | Print | No Comments »

Monday, November 5, 2007 by Alexandria Harper.

I saw “Dan In Real Life” yesterday at the Red Rock Regal Theater. My stomach literally hurt from laughing so much. Steve Carell is a wonderful actor and comedian and I’ll watch pretty much anything that Dane Cook is in. Juliette Binoche was so great. Her performance was so true to life and you couldn’t help but fall in love with her character right along with everyone else. I highly recommend it.

On a completely different topic, I went to SEMA last Thursday. For those of you don’t know SEMA, stands for Specialty Equipment Marketing Association and is the convention of choice for gear heads from across the nation. There are some perks living in the Convention Capital of the World.

First, let me say that I am not a gear head. I can, however, appreciate the beauty and majesty of well-built shiny car.

SEMA has something for everyone: aftermarket products, restored cars, new models and, oh, yeah “Booth Babes”. I’m not so interested in the latter but I did notice there were a lot less of them than in previous years and they were less scantily clad. A few years ago you could walk through the show and see a few of the models dressed in nothing more than the shortest pair of boy-shorts known to man and a few gallons of body paint. I’m certainly not complaining (I’m sure there were a few disappointed males roaming the aisles)– just making an observation.

Now, my sole reason for attending SEMA had nothing to do with aftermarket products or restored cars. There was only one booth that I wanted to visit and that was GM’s booth. Why, you ask? BUMBLEBEE. Yes I went to a car show simply to see the Camaro concept car from “The Transformers” movie. They put a barrier around the car like they didn’t trust people to keep their hands off. Sheesh! I admit I wanted to run my hand over its slinky, cool hood too, but had to be placated by just being near it.

I did take a photo of Bumblebee with my phone.
.

I also took a photo of a Chevy SS because it was purty. Me likey, likey!

My co-worker, Audrey, went with me and we had a marginal fun looking at everything except for the hordes of people. It seems like the show was packed, which is good for business, but not my idea of a good time We checked out the North and Central Halls quickly and skipped the South Hall.

Well, that’s all for today. I’m going to watch “Robot Chicken” and “Torchwood” that I DVR’ed this weekend and then “Heroes” is on. See ya!

Posted in TV, Vegas, Movies | Print | No Comments »