1. The White album. Beatles. They had a stunning revolution in Egypt while the whole world was watching. 18 tumultuous days amidst a sea of tanks, led by techno savvy civilian guerrillas exploiting the underground Internet and media, out maneuvering and out flanking Mubarack's men by planting false information, lifting their voices and their shoes in disgust (think: flipping the bird) over and over again until the longest reigning dictator in the Arab world capitulated. The will of the people rose up and took back their land sending shock waves throughout the Middle East. Exit stage left Mubarack. Enter stage right: the Military. While the dust settles, nervous coughs can be heard from Washington because with the military one never knows exactly what one will get.
2. Friday Night Lights bowed out on Wednesday. One of the best 5 year dramas to ever hit the tube. If you tuned in and watched you recognized how different or how familiar the life themes resonated. And you understood, in a poignant way, when two of the characters clinked beer bottles together and said towards the end of the last show, 'Texas forever.' But maybe not. For to understand that toast, is to have lived and belonged to a place that elicits a particular cultural pride that is only distinguishable to inhabitants, ie. the kamaaina (hawaiian word for child of the land)...'Texas forever,' rocked my world. You got it right, Peter Berg (creator, writer and producer of Friday Night Lights).
3. Natalie Portman. At the SAGS walking on the arm of my ex-girlfriends' bro (hello John) to receive her best actress award. Hmmm. Black Swan is most def the sexy film that everyone in H'wood is swooning over, but, I think the best acting was done by Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. Natalie Portman broke the mold in Luc Besson's, 'The Professional.' As Mathilda opposite the great Jean Reno she was spectacular and leaves the future Nina (Black Swan) in the dust.
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