Interesting list of nominations for this year’s Oscars. Read more here. Do you have any favorites? I’m a fan of composer Shore who is nominated for Hugo. Also really happy to see Viola Davis for The Help and Noah Hill nominated for Moneyball.

The Oscars will be shown on ABC on Sunday, February 26th.

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“You can’t fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that’s got nothing to do with it.

It’s how you connect to the songs and to the history behind them. “

This is a great article about being an assistant in the theatre world, ie assistant director, assistant stage manager, etal.

Read more here

I work on the 13th floor of a luxury high rise building.

Of course the elevator only goes to the 12th floor.

The button then says Penthouse 1.

So silly.

Have a good one today.

She will forever be our American Idol. Ms. Kelly Clarkson has just been announced as the lucky diva who will be singing the National Anthem at this year’s Super Bowl, to be held on February 5th in Indianapolis.

More here

If anyone can sang the SSB, it would be Kelly*. You go girl!

*Only other Idol alum I would want tackling this (and he has sung for the World Series and other sporting events) is Clay Aiken.

Congrats to Beyonce and Jay-Z!

They welcomed the birth of their first child on Saturday, January 7th. Rumors say that the new baby diva will be name Ivy Blue. Aw.

Have a fabulous new year. Moi will!

The VH-1Divas Concert airs tonight (Monday, Dec. 19th) and will include a special tribute to Amy Winehouse.

This sounds like an interesting book: “How to Deal with Divas in the Office”.

Since this is almost an election year in the USA, I guess I need to clarify that this is NOT a book about the political arena. LOL