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It's Sunday December the 11 around 2:48PM and

Vancouverite Sunday Styles Vol 3.

AMANDA'S VLOG How great is Amanda Congdon? Wait, who? Ms. Congdon is getting huge press in today's New York Times (TV Stardom on $20 a Day) and she does video blogging, vlogs, at RocketBoom. She's quirky as hell, and is much more enjoyable than anything going on CNN. Oh, and then there's that infectious laugh...

WATCHING SYRIANA
Saw it. On a technical fimaking level Syriana is stunningly well done. But this movie just never really seems to live up to it's own hype. The plot is not too hard to follow at all, which some reviewers have been saying, but it is definetly complex and that is why it is watchable and interesting. But kind of like the movie's style (Think Traffic), the parts are sometimes more interesting than there sum total.

For Instance: Christopher Plummer is so good it hurts as an evil Washington insider and David Clennon always gives super little performances. Onthe other hand, this is really strange: For a movie with such a great poster design and a trailer with interesting title design the actual movie features none of that. And the fictional evil oil conglomerate in the film has, literally, the lamest logo and identity ever - the logo looked comically movie of the weekish. And try compaing this film to something like, oh I don't know, The Godfather and becomes obvious that this film is not going to be remembered for very long.

DRINKING OUT OF COCONUTS
Gridskipper has an amazing on one of our favorite spots on the planet. The Hurricane bar in San Francisco. Can somebody please explain why we don't have a bar like this here in Vancouver. "It’s the kind of place you go to drink out of a pineapple and discuss which role is the finer example of Matthew Perry’s 1988 oeuvre — Danny in Mr. Belvedere or Ed in Just the 10 of Us?" Bonus points to Gridskipper for referencing Mr. Belvedere. Sweet! Slightly unrelated, NBC promos tonight inform us that My Name is Earl and The Office have been called up to the bigs and moved to Thursdays. Woo Hoo. Jason Lee is the new king of NBC. (More Office: Christmas photos.)

HOLIDAYS
Mark Dolliver at the Ad Freak blog posted earlier this week with this idea: "Am I the only one who finds poinsettias creepy? Apparently not. And yet, they’ve somehow escaped the widespread opprobrium that has attached to fruitcake as a Christmas tradition." Well, they aren't as creepy as Neopets, but whatever.

REMEMBERING RICHARD
Roger Simon remembers the great comedian Richard Pryor (1940-2005). Pryor passed away yesterday. Go rent Brewsters Millions right now, it's a classic.

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Comments

Posted by: Dan Nedelko

December 13, 2005 05:16 PM

I've been a Rocketboom fan for a few months. It's exactly what a daily news show should be in every way. The fact that she is hot doesn't hurt either!

Posted by: Mike D.

January 15, 2006 11:08 PM

Check out Amanda's interview on Red Bar Radio by going to www.redbarradio.com and clicking "Missed The Show" or "Download" to directly download this week's show.

She ends up hanging up on the phone interview because she doesn't like the "angle" of the interview.