Fashion Icon Daphne Guinness discusses varying topics, fromspace exploration to fashion, with premiere auctioneer Simon de Pury, as a collection of her clothes and shoes (Ballenciaga, Chanel and more) are set to go up for sale in support of the Isabella Blow Foundation, which supports fashion and art.
The Saville Row mastermind, receiving cooking lessons from Oscar Nominated Actor Laurence Fishburne, following his bitter divorce. All of this and more is chronicled in A Man’s Story, a 12-Years in the making documentary on Oswald’s life from his rise to London’s Saville Row throne and his personal family life as well. Here is the trailer below and you can get more details on the film at Triny Films
The Tribeca Film Festival rolled into town earlier this week, along with a bevy of stars and celebs looking to showcase a litany of undiscovered and blockbuster movies. One of these movies was the Five Year Engagement. I had a chance to catch it a previous advanced screenings and I never had the time, so when the Festival rolled around, it was the perfect time to catch it.
The storyline is pretty simple, a couple gets engaged but because life happens, the wedding is delayed for, you guessed it, 5 good years. The couple looks to get everything perfect, including each other, before going down the isle and before you know it, it just never happens as the movie progresses, much to the chagrin of their aging grandparents (you’ll see what I mean, lol). The movie was pretty comical and Kevin Hart makes a surprised, and pretty subdued, appearance in it as well. He will still make you laugh in the role he played though, and the entire movie is a lot funnier than I expected it to be. The best part of the movie was how realistic it was about relationships. It delves into various aspects of it that most moves fail to do and so I highly recommend it as a date movie for any couple. Let me know how you like it when you go!
In Honor of 4/20, here’s a great documentary on every stoner’s idol, AKA one of the greatest musicians ever, Bob Marley. The movie comes out today, make sure to check it out.
Bob Marley: A Rastafarian’s Tale on Nowness.com.
Think Like a Man.
“This was a man who made his life as a comedian, but this shit here? This shit wasn’t funny”. Ironically, this quote from the Think Like A Man, the movie adaptation of Steve Harvey’s bestseller buy loosely the same name, does not describe it at all. The movie is quite hilarious from start to finish and it is very easy to digest. Actually how simple the story line is might be my only gripe with the movie, but the cast is fantastic and everyone gives great performances.
Narrated by Kevin Hart with brief commentary from Steve Harvey, the format of the movie is a bit refreshing as no other movie has used that combination before. The movie centers around a group of women from varying backgrounds and relationship situations trying to navigate the dating scene with the help of Steve’s book as a guideline.
These women are played by some of the best and prettiest actresses in Hollywood, from Megan Goode to Regina Hall. When the men (played by Kevin Hart, Kevin Smith and others) discover that they are being helped by a fellow man, they conspire to use this same book to their advantage and the results are quite hilarious. Kevin Hart is a comic genius and his timing is impeccable.
The storyline is to be expected and very straightforward but you will love it nonetheless. It is a great time whether you’re with a group of guys, girls or on a date. There’s plenty of eye candy for everyone. I think they took basically every black actor and actress in hollywood and plugged them in the movie which I felt a certain way about, but they made it work so it is a good thing.
Roger Ebert gave it 2 stars because as he says, it is “unrealistic” in that all the women are extremely gorgeous and to say they would need help finding men is a bit of a stretch. However, I think I know what people going to see it will be expecting and they will get just that. When I saw it last night, it received a standing ovation from a mostly minority crowd and I think that will be its core audience so I will give it 3 stars out of 4, along with a high recommendation for good laughs. Enjoy!
Google’s Project Glass, one splurge I would not mind indulging in…
A look inside the incomperable Cassie’s Closet
Went to Chinatown for lunch with the coworkers at my favorite Cantonese/Chinese spot in the city, Wo Hop. Aside from the great food and sizable portions, the food is also incredibly cheap. I recommend going downstairs instead of upstairs as I’ve never seen anyone go to the upstairs location in the same building before. However, up there is always packed too so I don’t know lol. The restaurant has a bar type feel to it with pictures all over the walls and a lively crowd. It is open 24/7 and takes no reservations so be prepared to wait whether you go there at 2pm or 2AM.
they have all the traditional fair such as chicken wings, lo mein, chow mein, chow fun, fried rice and the like so you have a lot to choose from. I’ve gone there for lunch, dinner, my best friend’s birthday at around 1AM so I can vouch for this place in high regard. I had the shrimp chow fun today but as I’ve gone with different people at different times, below are more pictures of the different menu items. They are located on 17 Mott Street so let me know what you think of the food when you go!
