Y’all know about my inner conflict over the TV show Glee. (I still tried to watch this week’s episode last night, but I only got through half of it before I could no longer deal with the stop-go-stop-go-stop-go of my crappy Internet connection. I’ll try again this weekend, so no spoilers!)
But as torn as I am over liking the show, I don’t feel even slightest bit uneasy about one thing — the best thing — about Glee: Jane Lynch. In my humble opinion, the actress, who’s been in pretty much every TV show ever, is a repeat player in Christopher Guest’s movies and recently portrayed Julia Child’s sister, opposite Meryl Streep, in Julie & Julia, is brilliant. (And I’m in good company: Nora Ephron has called her “a genius.”) In Glee, she plays Sue Sylvester, the tyrannical cheerleading coach. Here’s a typical exchange:
Reporter: Sue, a lot of our readers at Cheerleading Today…
Sue Sylvester: I’m cutting you off. Is this a cover story?
Reporter: Yes.
Sue Sylvester: Okay, this is all your readers need to know. I’m all about empowerment. I empower my Cheerios to live in a state of constant fear by creating an environment of irrational random terror.
Last week, Double X interviewed Lynch about stardom, her own inner Sue Sylvester, coming out to her parents at age 31, politics and fashion (specifically a pair of men’s parachute pants that “haunted her dreams”). When the interviewer asked her about the murmurings of an Oscar nomination for her Julie & Julia performance, Lynch adorably replied: “I can’t even talk about it. I can’t even go there in my fantasies of fantasies… and I have a wicked imagination.” Let me just say that if Lynch is nominated, I might actually watch the Oscars for the first time in years. (Hopefully, my crappy Internet connection will behave.)
— Jacqueline Nunes
Make your Twilight opening weekend complete by picking up this sweet New Moon collector cup when you buy any popcorn size at a Cineplex Theatre between now and December 7. (I bet Maureen would love one.)
You might have to be a SCENE member to qualify for the offer, but even if you’re not, you still might want to click on the image above, print it and bring it to a Cineplex Theatre, just in case.
Need an excuse to go shoe-shopping this weekend? Here you go:
Right now, buy anything at Payless — boots, sneakers, heels, slippers, handbags, earrings, socks, children’s shoes, anything — and you’ll get another item for 50% off. The sale is on until December 1.
Break out the noisemakers.
The Rogers Wireless Customer Appreciation event is on now, and if you’re a customer (since before November 1), you could win a free gift.
You might “unwrap” a new-release movie or game rental from Rogers Video, a 3- or 6-month subscription to a Rogers magazine or even a netbook, a Bluetooth headset, a camcorder or an LCD TV. (Or you can choose to donate your gift to the United Way.)
Here come the Weekend Deals, just in time for the weekend. (Oh, why isn’t it 5pm yet?)
Starbucks is giving away free copies of the cd “All You Need Is Love,” which benefits the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa, if you spend $15.
The cd includes songs by U2, Dave Matthews and John Legend. The offer is “while supplies last.”
