Live From New York ....

I would like to say that I have been watching Saturday Night Live for 40 years, but 1. I am only 26 and 2. It never really took off in England so I have had to heavily rely on the internet for my fix. I have probably been watching the show religiously for about 3-4 years and thanks to YouTube I have now been able to watch rerun after rerun of old clips to satisfy my comedy needs. This show is genius in it's simplicity. Its a sketch show if you want to skin it to its bones. They have a celebrity guest and a musical guest every week, the sketches are about pop culture and are extremely uptodate.

I will of course always be thankful for this show for introducing me to my future wife, Miss Amy Poehler. This show has spewed out star after star; Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi to name a few. It is the holy grail of the stand up world to become a featured player on this show and it is easy to see why.

It is an amazing platform for female comediennes in particular, it punches the face's of people who say women aren't funny week after week. These women are comedy Einsteins, for me they are the stars of the greatest sketches this show does and also in a lot of cases the writers of the sketches (Tina Fey was a head writer before she left).

As I do I thought I would list a few sketches that I find particularly hilarious and make me chuckle on a daily YouTube binge. I only hope this show gets a time on English television because we are missing out on a lot, I mean a lot. I know some jokes won't transfer over here as they can talk about American Sports and Politics, but the other stuff outweighs it 10 to 1.

So here is my lil' list;

Kaitlin at The Mall

Horatio Sanz and Amy Poehler

http://youtu.be/hLLMnhbhq0E

Jacob

 Vanessa Bayer

http://youtu.be/VHECrbL4Po4

Bronx Beat

Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph

http://youtu.be/gCSejBIlXVA

Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler

http://youtu.be/vSOLz1YBFG0

Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party

Cecily Strong

http://youtu.be/RGsQES_OdrQ

Target Lady

Kristen Wiig

http://youtu.be/-GyES-BNlUY

Super Showcase

Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Vanessa Bayer

http://youtu.be/IoTv5sjom8k

Drunk Uncle

Bobby Moynihan

http://youtu.be/OO7gjabFlX4

Retired Pornstars

Cecily Strong and Vanessa Bayer

http://youtu.be/U9G3qtOUIpo

Heshy

Nasim Pedrad

http://youtu.be/sqNCMMDirPk

Stefon

Bill Hader

http://youtu.be/pYcJZFZaUkc

Girlfriends Talk Show

Cecily Strong and Aidy Bryant

http://youtu.be/_HwbpZn9wN0

That is just a few of the gems of Saturday Night Live. There are too many sketches to mention, and I will wake up with regret that I didn't showcase others. It is just such and incredible show. It just celebrated 40 years, heres hoping for another 40.

The Golden Globes 2015 - My Fashion Review

There were quite a few interesting looks on the red carpet this year,  interesting in the way that it was boring. One thing I like about the Golden Globes is that you can take high fashion risks, it is not like the Oscars where couture is taken seriously. This is where movie stars and TV stars unite to celebrate the work they have done in the last 12 months, they can have a drink, poke fun at world events and some even leave with a cute little trophy.

A few of the stand out looks for me were Kate Hudson, Emma Stone, Dakota Johnson and Jennifer Lopez. The Queen of the night for me was of course Julianne Moore in Givenchy. She has a lifetime of fashion moments and she rarely disappoints. At 54 she outshines all the newcomers with her beauty and style. I am always a fan of mixing textures and she knocked the nail on the head with metallics and feathers. The high neckline kept it respectable and the cut showed off her amazing arms and kick ass body. And if anyone knows me they know I enjoy a nice fish tail on a dress. So kudos to you Miss Moore, I can not wait to see what she wears to the Oscars.

Like I said there were some seriously boring and horrible choices made this year. I have picked five of the worst offenders. I first must make a statement that I have nothing but love for these ladies, I respect them in their fields and this isn't personal - so let the bashing commence.

Tina Fey - Tina wore Antonio Berardi. I don't know what the thinking behind this was. The dress was definitely not designed with her in mind. If I had to start somewhere I would start with the bottom half. A tulip skirt does not suit everyone, especially some one of Tina's proportions. Her legs have disappeared and it has shortened her completely. The skirt needed a lot more structure than what it has, it flops in on it self and it is very unflattering. The top half looks like a cheap quinceañera dress. So many bad points. All of the dresses she wore on stage that night were infinitely better.

Kiera Knightley - Keira wore Chanel. This dress was custom made for her and took 30 people one week to construct. What a waste of time that was. I get that she is pregnant and she won't want to wear a figure hugging dress, but was this the best alternative? The bib and flounces are way too much, they look incredibly dated and I am not talking the 1980's - more like the 1880's. I like the middle section to a certain point, the embellishments are beautiful but the cut is so blah. There is nothing to it, the black band doesn't pull it in or anything - the most beautiful sack I have ever seen.

Lana Del Ray - Lana wore a vintage Travilla dress. I pray that something terrible happened to her first 10 choices before she had to settle for this, that is the only way to justify this dress. It is unbelievably unflattering and quite frankly it looks cheap. I have seen better designs from a failed fashion student. The pleats, the colour, the material - there is nothing right about it. The material in particular is awful, it looks like it will crease with any movement. I would hate to see what the back looked like after sitting down in it for a 2 hour show.

Claire Danes - Claire wore Valentino. I actually like this dress. On the model it looked good, but on Claire I don't get it. I think my major concern is the cut. It looks straight off the rack with no time for a fitting. The top half looks like it is sagging, one quick movement and we say hello to her boob hats. Also for this occasion the dress should scream fun, this one looks a little bit sad. We all know she can rock a simple column dress, maybe she should have kept to what she does best.

Lupita Nyong'o - Lupita wore Giambattista Valli Couture. This dress should have wowed. It is beautifully designed and looks well constructed. When she twirled it did look a lot better - this dress needs movement. In a photo it just looks a tad drab. It sags. One of my biggest complaints is the top. It is way too big and boxy. She has a tiny frame and maybe the designer should have considered this a bit more. One thing I will give Lupita is that she takes risks, and she is young enough to try whatever she wants. She has many a show she will attend in the future and I am sure she will knock it out the park at the Oscars.

So as a favour from me to these beautiful women I did a slight restyle. I am not saying my choices are better but I prefer them.

(excuse the awful photoshopping)

Tina in Neema Khan pre fall 2015

Kiera in Christopher Kane pre fall 2015

Lana in Marchesa pre fall 2015

Claire in Carolina Herrara pre fall 2015

Lupita in Ellie Saab pre fall 2015

Crazy Crushes - Female Edition

We all have them. We question them a lot. There are a number of reasons why we have them and why we question them. I call them crazy crushes. Crazy because it will never happen, there could be a million excuses as to why, you have accepted these reason - but the heart doesn't stop beating for them. You wish them all the best in life; but don't lie to yourself - you are gutted when they are happy with someone else.

I thought I would share my celebrity crazy crushes (we are not close enough, or drunk enough for me to reveal my real life tragic crazy crushes). I will also try to grade our chance of love out of 10 should I ever become a Hollywood stud muffin.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
I have loved her since The New Adventures of Old Christine but it became real after watching Veep. It could be her character that started the crush, but her face cemented it. She is beautiful. However, she has been married for 26 years and has 2 children
Chance of love - 0/10

Amy Poehler
Comedic Goddess and I am not just talking about her amazing role of Leslie in Parks and Rec. Everything she touches turn to comedy gold. She has 2 children, but has recently got divorced.
Chance of love - 1/10

Tina Fey
Another genius of comedy (I'm starting to see a pattern in my tastes). Beautiful, smart and rocks those thick framed glasses. However, she is married and has 2 kids
Chance of love - 0/10

Mindy Kaling
A huge turn on for me (you listening ladies *wink wink*) is awkwardness. I don't understand why but it warms my heart watching someone be awkward. She is wonderfully awkward (sorry Zooey). She also wrote her own show and stars in it - she got some balls. Not married and no kids.
Chance of love 1/10

Ellen DeGeneres
I often get caught in what us fans call the 'Ellen Trap'. Its where you watch one video of hers on YouTube and before you know you have watched 25 videos and you wonder where your life went. However one word ruins the dream - Lesbian.
Chance of love - 0/10

Victoria Beckham
She is everything. I LOVE HER. She is perfect and I will scratch the eyes out of anyone who says otherwise. She was always my fave Spice Girl. Now she is in the fashion world and her designs (even her haters can't deny) are amazing. However - David, David, David how could anyone compete? And 4 children!?
Chance of love 0/10

Adele
She is hilarious, she makes me cry and she has a truckload of record sales. Her music is beautiful but what attracts me the most to Miss Adkins is her personality. She is so funny, so real and not to sound nasty because I never could be against Adele - she is common as muck - and I love her. However, she just knocked out a kid and she is in a happy relationship. Guess I'll just have to wait for the music.
Chance of love 1/10

The Girls of 'Girls'
This show is amazeballs. So funny and so real. I love all the main girls for individual reasons.
Hannah (Lena Dunham) - her self confidence in her writing met with her self doubt in life make her special. Lena's portrayal of her in the second season with the OCD was amazing to watch.
Marnie (Allison Williams) - she is desperate to be loved but is scared when it happens. Her fashion choices are great (plastic dress?!?) and her singing was beautiful (Stronger?!?)
Jessa (Jemima Kirke) - I am envious of her hippy/gypsy lifestyle. She goes and does whatever she wants. I want to follow.
Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) - her kid like, Charlotte-from-sex-and-the-city-innocence meets up-tightness make her one of my faves on the show. She is adorable and hilarious.
However, I will never be cool enough to be in the same room as these ladies - ever. I don't even think I am cool enough to go to Brooklyn.
Chance of love - 0/10