Every Fall my brother (Tommy) and his best friends (Joseph, Robert, and Nick) have a Holiday photoshoot at Target. Now that it's starting to get cold, they are starting to plan their next photoshoot! Here's last years:
-Krista
Interns
Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Ho Hey, Ho Ha! It's October! Plus, Katie Couric's New Talk Show
I don't even know what that headline is about. I was trying to make a reference to this new song I like called "Ho Hey" by the Lumineers and Christmas and general happiness and that is just what came out! Life is more fun anyway when it doesn't make any sense.
That's the song by the Lumineers! It's the perfect song for a 3 a.m. study session after breaking up with your boyfriend who kind of looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger and eating Ding Dongs. Sound like anyone's life??? (Hint: NOT MINE!!! [BUT REALLY])
Also, doesn't the name of that band (The Lumineers) kinda sound like the name of the candlestick (Lumiere) from Beauty and the Beast? I didn't watch children's movies as a child and Beauty and the Beast and Maltida were the ONLY two that I ever really watched/liked. House Hunters or City Confidential were more my scene when it came to television as a kid. I was like a 40-year-old in a 7 year old's body.
Moving On.
Ok so last weekend was a big one. It was my mama's birthday and I surprised her with tickets to Katie Couric's new talk show, Katie in NYC!!
Look here is a picture! (Note my amazingly awesome and sexy photography skills). Also, isn't she SO HOT?! I mean Katie is 55 years old and she doesn't look a day over 35! I need to know what she is eating. I bet you it's not cannoli's, which I may or may not have had for breakfast yesterday.
The set.
Chelsea Handler was on the show that day and I gotta say that I am kind of in love with her now. I always liked her, but after listening to her talk about her story and life I'm like IN love with her. She just seems like a really nice and down to earth person. She talked about some really personal stuff (mainly the death of her older brother and mother) and I really could feel the emotion and depth of her soul. In short, she is REAL!!!
And here is a picture of me and my mom! I love her!
After the show we were in Times Square and I saw a sign for Evita on Broadway and it said, "Starring Ricky Martin." I told this to my mom and she didn't even look at me before she said, "Let's Go," and started walking towards the theatre. I didn't even say "Ok!" before we were halfway there!
My mom LOVESSSSS Ricky Martin!!!! Twelve years ago when Ricky Martin was at the top of the charts she was freaking out and singing "She Bangs" all the time around the house. We even went to see him at the Verizon center when it was still called the MCI center that year so needless to say my mom was pretty pumped.
After the show, we waited by the stage door to see him and we almost got trampled in a MOB of people who also wanted to catch a glimpse of the Livin' La Vida Loca star up close. The crowd had taken over the streets and police on horses had to come in to control the crowd. It was nuts and I've never seen my mom so happy.
The mob!!
RICKY MARTIN HIMSELF!
So that's my life.There's a lot going on in the world too! Here is a quick recap:
-Arnold Schwarzenegger is continuing to dig a gigantic hole for himself to leap into after he realizes that his career is completely and utterly over..jerk..(trust, I would use a stronger word if I could!)
-My favorite team, the Orioles are going to the PLAYOFFS! I NEVER thought I would see the day. I don't remember a time when the O's were ever good so this is just so exciting!!!!!
-The Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion was ON POINT!!! Did you see it? Can we talk about it? Tweet me!!
--Lindsay Lohan had another crazy weekend
--And it's OCTOBER!!! OMG I LOVE THIS MONTH!! One of my favorites all year...Besides Decemeber (which contains two major holidays, my birthday AND Christmas). YAHOOOOOO Also, only 85 Days till Christmas!!
HAVE A HAPPY MONDAY! IF IT SUCKS JUST TWEET ME @alipannoni AND I WILL DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT BETTER
-Ali Pannoni
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Socially Sober
Hey, I'm Krista and I'm one of the new interns at Hot 99.5's The Kane Show. Here is a little excerpt from my future autobiography! :)
….An excerpt from the New York Times Bestseller Autobiography: Socially Sober. By Krista Catalfamo.
It is the year 2027, and I’ve made it. I am the second ever, head female writer for Saturday Night Live. Tina Fey, my children’s godmother, was the first ever head female writer for SNL. Lauren Michaels, creator of SNL, recently put me in charge of Weekend Update. Tina and I are going to be co-anchors. Some older fans of SNL will be really happy to see her back in action. I hope Jimmy Fallon will take some time out and make a few appearances.
My journey to success has been long, stressful, and extremely rewarding. It all started back when I was living in Northern Virginia. Yes, I had to clarify that I lived in Northern Virginia. It’s very different from the rest of Virginia, far superior and much more traffic. Not to toot my own horn but I attended the number one community college in America: Northern Virginia Community College…toot, toot. While at NVCC I was an intern for The Kane Show on Hot 99.5..pretty cool, eh?! I eventually did go to George Mason University and majored in Theatre Arts.
The day after Graduation I packed my bags and headed to Chicago, my own personal Disney World. I moved up there with my GBF (Gay Best Friend), we got the most horrible little apartment above a Pub. It was cheap, so it was perfect, and of course we always wanted to know what it was like to be starving artists. It was cool to be poor back in 2015. There were people called “Hipsters”, they took the un-cool and made it cool, but once it got cool it was no longer cool. My GBF (who shall remain anonymous because you’ll drop this e-book and go read his e-book because he is way more fabulous than I am) and I were wannabe hipsters, so we always tried to be cool by being un-cool.
After a few days, I took all my tip money from working 3 years at Starbucks, and enrolled in a few classes at the Second City. I took improvisational classes, and sketch writing classes. Those classes, my peers, my teachers, everything that was the Second City changed my life. I’ve never had so much fun in my life. One night my improv troupe and I rented out the theatre to test out our skills. Of course, none other than former teen idol Nick Jonas was in the audience. He stayed after the show to introduce himself. It would have been love at first sight if I hadn’t of met him when I was 16 at a meet and greet at a Jonas Brothers concert.
We got married and moved to his place in New York City. Just because I was a Jonas now, I still wanted to prove myself as an actress/comedian/writer. So I took the next logical step in my career, I became a page at NBC. I would be around NBC talent all the time, so I could force them to fall in love with my charm. I was scrubbing the mens toilets one day (NBC corporate had to fire the janitor staff due to them being apart of the mafia) and in comes Lauren Michaels. I drop everything and stand next to him at the urinals (which were spotless, thank you very much). I start performing my stand up routine right then and there. He was a little freaked out, almost called security until I showed him my badge, and then asked me to come up to his office to talk. The rest is history…or well, I ended up getting on the writing staff of SNL.
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XOXO
Krista
Monday, September 17, 2012
5 Things I Found For You On Twitter At 5 AM
If you've never been on Twitter at 5 a.m. before, it's like the end of a good party gone bad and a morning editorial meeting at any major news outlet all at once. Basically it consists of Lindsay Lohen types tweeting about the deep dark depths of life while under the influence of something and the journalists of the world like Hoda Kotb tweeting about happiness and proverbial quotes.
Then, we have the news outlets tweeting out really silly stories (The Huffington Post) or scary, hard-news stories (CNN). So basically its a mix between cat videos and stories about people getting shot.
When I read through my Twitter feed at 5 a.m. I find the BEST stuff and I'm sad that you don't get the same pleasure of reading it too so I thought I would do a link round-up of the best stuff online. Without further adieu, here we go:
How Watching 'Glee' These Days Is Like Being In A Long-Distance Relationship:
From the review:
Hoda is just too deep for me at 5 a.m., but I still love her:
Hoda Kotb @hodakotb
"Good am! It's Monday.. Here's a quote: The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. - Chinese Proverb"
Cat Eats With Fork Video, Courtesy of The Huffington Post. You are welcome.
There's only 99 Sleeps Till Christmas! Thanks @OfficialSanta
Santa Claus @OfficialSanta
✰✰✰ 14 WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS EVE ✰✰✰ #99SleepsToChristmas
New Panda At The Zoo
Everyone was freaking out this morning about a panda at the National Zoo giving birth to a cub. This is what I don't understand, while the panda is cute in a stuffed animal kind of way, a panda is a BEAR and will probably try to bite your head off if you try to pet it. It's not all sweet and cute like the stuffed pink elephant my papa gave me as a child. I just think we should point this out while freaking out about the cuteness of the cub because I don't want someone to go try and hug it.
Now let's oogle at the picture:
Image via Smithsonian Institution
Kourtney and Kim are Taking Over Miami Again!
No need to be sad about the season being over for Keeping Up With The Kardashians because you get to take over Miami with Kourtney and Kim very soon in January 2013. E! just annouced the new season so keep up with them for a premiere date!
Okay that was six things, think of it like the baker's dozen of Internet Procrastination!
I guess it would be baker's half dozen, but whatever, you get what I am saying.
Happy Monday! I'm excited to wear sweaters! Let's talk on Twitter: @alipannoni
-Ali Pannoni
Monday, September 10, 2012
Breaking Amish & Baby's Day Out
Imagine my excitement yesterday when I was vacuuming the floor, I switched on the T.V. and saw that the iconic children's movie Baby's Day Out was on. It was like Christmas came three and a half months early (111 days till the big man comes guys!)
Image via Wikipedia
In case you haven't seen this groundbreaking film, basically what happens is this baby is kidnapped by a trio of Mafioso looking guys posing as baby photographers who then follow the baby on a big adventure through Chicago. Bink the Baby escapes his kidnappers many times throughout the movie, finding himself in many precarious situations including traveling through the back of a cab, crawling through a department store and hanging out with a gorilla in its cage at the zoo. While this is going on the movie frequently cuts back to the baby's parents (played by Lara Flynn Boyle and Matthew Glave) and nanny (played by Cynthia Nixon) trying to locate the baby.
The movie was billed as a , "Fun, Family Comedy," when it was released in 1994 and Good Morning America said "It's a scream!" I feel like if this movie was created today, the only way it would work was if it was a drama and we got to see the kidnappers prosecuted and thrown into jail for forever. People would be UP IN ARMS!! They just don't find babies getting kidnapped and going on an unsupervised adventure through the city funny anymore. It's a shame, kids movies just aren't what they used to be. I can't imagine all these children's movies about slightly neglected children being made today. Little Rascals, Matilda and Home Alone just wouldn't happen.
Kids movies today are all lollipops and smart. Take Up for example, I had absolutely NO IDEA what that movie was about and why people thought it was so amazing. I can't take these intellectually challenging kids movies, I just want some good ole' slapstick comedy.
I digress...sorry.
Anyway, I was watching the trailer for this new show on TLC called Breaking Amish and I was like "Oh my god, this is just like Baby's Day Out, but with Amish people!"
Breaking Amish is about five young Amish people who decide to leave their Amish communities and move to New York City. It's totally groundbreaking and crazy.
Ok so watch the trailer for Breaking Amish (to the tune of "Carry On" by .Fun)
Carry On doesn't really get going until the last 30 seconds so you might want to scroll down and listen to the video I posted while this one is playing too to get the full effect.
And now watch the trailer for Baby's Day Out and listen to "Carry On" in the background.
(Scroll in for about a minute to get the full effect).
Am I right or am I right?!!?!?!?!!?!?!?
I watched the show last night and it is GREAT! Granted, I am a bit bias because I am programmed to enjoy any trashy reality TV show that crosses my airwaves, but I still think this is worth a look. It looks a little scripted (aren't they all a little bit), but I watched The Hills for six seasons and this didn't even kinda compare to the fakeness.
My favorite is bad girl Kate. She's the bishop's daughter (which is like the Mayor of her community) and totally lives up to her Barbara & Jenna Bush counterparts. The show follows her going to court for a DUI which she got because her dad kicked her out of the house and she moved to Florida to live with friends then got really drunk one night and decided to drive. This left me with many questions, like did she even know how to drive? How did she have a license (which got suspended)? And whose car did she drive if she doesn't have any money?
I didn't learn the answers to these questions, but it was still amazing.
Later on in they show her posing for a picture in a bikini because she wants to be a "model."
I just want to give a round of applause to the people who created this show.
This is cute:
What's your favorite kids movie? Did you watch Breaking Amish? Let's talk about it on Twitter: @alipannoni
-Ali Pannoni
