Live-Tweeting the Oscars

Tonight I'm live tweeting the Oscars with @GoKicker, a company that I'm a campus rep for. Kicker is a new way to deliver/present news. Our goal is to make news digestible, enlightening, engaging, and empowering.

Being the Arts advocate that I am, I think my tweets tonight will be both informative and hilarious and I hope you'll enjoy following along.

Categories: Movies

Yours Truly Ariana Grande

Just wanted to post this video of one of my favorite singers, Ariana Grande. In honor of her new album Yours Truly coming out today, I wanted to share her performance this morning of her singing The Way live. She has an amazing voice and her album is superb. I also love her because she's doesn't act out or wear crazy outfits for attention or to get her album to sell. She relies solely on her talent and that's become seldom now a days. I do hope this album leads to her winning a Grammy because I think she deserves it. It's currently #1 in 30 countries so no matter what awards she wins she's already a success and the whole world knows it.

Categories: Ariana Grande, Movies, Music, New York City

The Great Gatsby Review

The fourth adaptation of F.Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel has given Iron Man a run for it's money this past weekend. But while the movie is doing financially well many critics say the film just does not live up to expectation.

Overall, the film isn't bad. It's not spectacular. I wouldn't blame anyone for waiting until the movie came to TV screens. But it's decent. Many of the actors just weren't believable. You have to understand, when you bring a book to the big screen it is crucial to make those characters come to life. Fans of the book have visions of these characters and if you don't deliver you'll fail in their eyes.

I believe that's what made the movie fall. However, one actor in this movie that delivered and successfully brought their character to the big screen is Leonardo DiCaprio. In his role, DiCaprio embraced everything Gatsby was. Even I, after over 10 years of having a crush on DiCaprio, forgot about the actor behind the character. On that screen, he was only Gatsby.

It's unfortunate that even with Leonardo DiCaprio's amazing performance the overall film failed to deliver. I really want DiCaprio to win his Oscar and I hope even with the lackluster performance of the film, people will still see the brilliance of DiCaprio's acting.

So in conclusion, the overall film was okay but failed to live up to the hype. The only person who rose to the occasion was the one and only Leonardo DiCaprio.  It's worth seeing for any fan of the novel or any fan of DiCaprio's.

Categories: Movies, New York City

Party like Gatsby

May 8, 2013

Just got in from a pre-screening of The Great Gatsby. The movie was decent but Leonardo DiCaprio was phenomenal. I'll post my movie review tomorrow. I definitely felt like a movie star. VIP entry, free popcorn, free drinks. If only Khadija was 21, we could've went to the after party at 40/40 club. Oh well. I still had a great time. I can't complain.

I also found out DJ Pauly D will be in New York on Friday. I have been trying to see this boy for two years now so you better believe I'm going.

Now on to something more personal. I think it's time for people to do a better job of learning the difference between friends and acquaintances.This is something I can say I definitely struggle with. I'm someone who can become quickly attached to people I meet. And I too easily start to call people my friend. This is something that need's to stop. Friends want to be around you. They don't care how much money you have, or what you can do for them. They generally like you as a person and will look out for you. Acquaintances will use you for what they need and they could really care less about what's happens with you next. The positive thing about acquaintances, if you get to know the right people, is they can pull strings for you. But if you're acquaintances with people who can't do anything for you, then you end up with the ones who use you for what you got but won't even spend 2 hours to see a movie with you. How does this tie into Gatsby? *Spoiler Alert* Well think about all the people who used him for his parties and his money, but who showed up to his funeral? Only one person. Moral of the story is be careful of the company you keep. Make sure you know who has your back and who doesn't. And I'll end my ranting there.

Until tomorrow old sport!

P.S. I finally sold my spare ticket to Beyonce's concert at Barclay's Center on August 8. PAYDAY!!!

Categories: Movies