Breast Cancer Beauty

Photo from Giuliana Rancic's Instagram

Giuliana Rancic is getting the chance of a lifetime to be a guest model on an episode of "The Price is Right" tomorrow to honor Breast Cancer Fighters. Giuliana is an unbelievable role model to all woman who are struggling with this terrible disease. After reading an article on eonline.com about Giuliana's opinion on being able to be a model on this show, it helps people realize how real of a person Giuliana truly is. Like many people, "The Price is Right" is a show that Giuliana grew up watching and is a big fan of. She told E! News that she has been watching the show since she was a little girl and has been practicing her model movements for the show for twenty years. In the article, Giuliana, a breast cancer survivor, explained that the entire audience are woman who are going through breast cancer, have been through breast cancer, or who support other woman who are going through breast cancer. I personally love how big of an advocate Giuliana has been for breast cancer since she beat it. She is using her fame to inform other woman about the dangers of breast cancer and how to cope with such a disease. Giuliana is truly an inspiration to all woman. Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, "The Price is Right" is helping kick off the month with a great way to show support.

#Givenchy4lifebaby

Photo from Kim Kardashian's Instagram

Im sorry, what Kim? Is it me or is it crazy that Kim is so incredibly famous (for no reason) that she has one of the most famous fashion designers making her a dress one day before she has to wear it? From the brown gladiator heels and black dress, she absolutely does not match at all. Also, if she's SO rich how come she hasn't been able to afford a personal trainer to help lose some of that baby weight? Beats me. Maybe Kanye can give her a quick smooch here and there for some motivation.

The Kutest Kardashians

Picture from Khloe Kardashian's Instagram

 Remember back in the day when Kim and Kourtney weren't famous for no reason? Yeah... me either. 

I have to hand it to them though, they were pretty cute.

And She Can't Stop...

Taken from Miley Cyrus's Instagram

Before the Instagram picture loaded on my iPhone all I saw was the caption- "#rattatatat." Of course with the way Miley has been behaving recently, I was expecting much worse of a tattoo than the title of a magazine that just published her face on the cover. For Miley I have to say- good work on not being a total crazy person this week.

Picture from mirror.co.uk

Oops I may have spoken too soon... Did I mention Miley also jumped out of a plane this week?

Pretty Pretty Pricey!

Photo from Examiner.com

As one of my all time favorite television on-air personalities, Giuliana Rancic wore a ONE MILLION DOLLAR ring to the Emmy Awards on Sunday night. Now, if it were any other celebrity I would have to say, "get a reality check." But because I so highly respect Giuliana, I feel as though she acted as any ordinary person would while wearing a 1 million dollar rock on their finger; excited but modest. I screenshot a picture from her instagram where she uploaded a picture of the ring and hashtagged, "#wishicouldkeep." A few hours later she uploaded another picture of the ring and made the caption, "Time to leave the red carpet and say bye bye to this beauty!" For somebody to be able to acknowledge the fact that she is lucky enough to be wearing a one million dollar diamond ring, I'd say that's pretty respectable! You go Giuliana Rancic! You certainly "rocked" that beauty!

Screenshot from Giuliana Rancic's Instagram

Analyzing Twin Peaks Through Different Mediums

After reading an article and interview with David Lynch that was published in Entertainment Weekly Special Edition in 1990 by Troy Patterson and Jeff Jensen, it became clear that Twin Peaks was an addictive series to watch. Jensen and Patterson considered Twin Peaks to be a “cult show” because of the amount of people that followed it and were completely fixated on watching it. People were staying in on Saturday nights to watch Twin Peaks because it had such a large following. The night it premiered, it had 35 million viewers which is astonishing to think about at that time. During this time, there was no genre such as a “serial drama” and the public could not wait to get more of it after the first episode aired. As Patterson and Jensen stated, “In 1990, director David Lynch took a twisted look at cherry-pie America with Twin Peaks and television has never been the same (Jensen & Patterson, 1990).” 

As I read a blog post written by Chad Webb, he too explained how after watching the first episode of Twin Peaks he was immediately immersed in the television series. He writes, “Twin Peaks was a bold, beautiful, quirky, strange, and ambitious show, one I became immersed in.” However, Webb watched the series through DVDs rather than on live television 23 years ago. He did thorough research on Twin Peaks and found that people did not think the show was going to be a hit because it was a type of genre that no audience had ever seen before. Between the acting, the characters, the plot, and the fact that the series was based around a murder, audiences could not get enough of Twin Peaks.  It is fascinating to recognize that despite the fact that Webb watched this series 23 years later than Troy Patterson and Jeff Jensen did, that he was still just as immersed in the series. Even though he had most likely watched many more serial dramas before Twin Peaks, unlike the audiences that watched the series live many years ago, it still had the same affect on him as it did for those who had Twin Peaks as their first serial drama television series. 

Twin Peaks Pilot Episode

After hearing a lot about Twin Peaks and how it was the first "horror drama" of its kind, I decided to watch the pilot episode. I have to say it was a very different type of drama television series than I am used to but that does not mean I did not enjoy watching it. The entire episode kept me extremely engaged and I am very eager to watch another episode surprisingly. In my opinion, what makes a successful television series is one that is suspenseful and engaging, both of which the pilot of Twin Peaks was. When I think back to the beginning of the pilot episode, I recall the long and drawn out introduction. Despite the fact that it was probably one of the longest introductions for a television series that I have seen, it certainly put me in the space that I needed to be in when it came to becoming emotionally involved with the plot and characters of this series. From the scene where Laura's mother is sobbing as she sits in her living room with the sheriff, to the scene where we can see a motorcycle in Laura's eye, this episode gave me goosebumps several different times. When I get goosebumps during a television series, I know that means it is undoubtedly an exhilarating series that I cannot wait to watch more of.