Cary Grant & American Idol

On Monday of this week my mom and I went to see a Cary Grant movie, Notorious. Our cultural centre shows a classic movie on once a month. Notorious was this months pick. It was nice to see it on a big screen, with a room full of other people. We all reacted to the suspenseful scenes, it was nice. I had never seen an old classic on anything other than my tv, so I really enjoyed it. Of course if you have read my blog at all you know that Cary Grant is my all time favourite actor. When I mentioned at work that I was going to see his movie one of the girls I was telling had no idea who Cary Grant is. That really made me feel old.
     

Warning: Spoiler Alert - if you haven't watched American Idol yet don't read any farther

We watched The American Idol Results show last night, all I can say about it is wow. First off I would like to say that I have enjoyed this season with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. At first I thought Jennifer would be to much of a diva for this type of thing, I am glad to say I was so wrong. She is a wonderful judge I have come to like her and Steven Tyler (I am not an Aerosmith fan) adds some crazy moments to it, they are both a great addition to this season. Ok to the result show, first of all the guests Stevie Wonder, what would it be like to have him sing happy birthday to you like he did to Steven Tyler, then Sugarland I don't have any of their music but I do like some of their songs to sing along with (not a big fan of what she wore though) And the Jennifer Hudson who herself was an idol contestant who was eliminated. But the biggest surprise was that Casey was voted off. I am not a big fan of the type of music he sings but he is very talented, I was glad the judges used their one and only save. It was a great show.                                                                                                                                                                                                   

Settlers and TiVo

Our Settlers night was so much fun. To start the evening Amberley and Perry had all of us over for supper, which was delicious. Then after the boys went to bed the fun began. We first played Seafarers, which is an add on to Settlers my sister-in-law Penny won that one. Then we combined Seafarers with Cities and Nights that was fun but you had to really know what you are doing, which I don't. At times I am not sure where to put my roads or settlements. Just like Boggle I never win but it is so much fun to play. My brother Mike won the 2nd game.
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For Christmas Paul gave me TiVo and do I love it. It just came to Canada last month. What I like about it is that I can enter a name such as Cary Grant and anything that comes on tv with Cary Grant will be recorded. Also it can tape two different channels at once and in most cases you can watch a completely different channel. Some of my keywords entered are Lucille Ball, William Powell, elephants, flipping (all the house flipping shows) and several more. Also after a while it kind of gets an idea of what you like and will even record shows on it's own. Sometimes I will watch them or I just delete it. For shows like CSI or Greys Anatomy I can even record only the new episodes. I love it. It's like a surprise everyday, nothing on check out TiVo and watch something that has been recorded. If you like tv you will love TiVo.

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YouTube Videos

Here is one from my favourite actor of all time Cary Grant in My Favourite Wife with Irene Dunne. Michael Buble is singing the song.



I love Doris Day movies as well.



This is nicely done, of course its from YouTube.



I have always like the Crosby/Bowie version of The Little Drummer Boy.



The Thin Man series are my favourite movies, Powell & Loy are so good together. Here are just a few of the clever lines from a couple of the movies.