It’s begining to feel a lot like Spring Time here in Southern California. My friends are off to the beach, my kiddo wants to swim in the pool, and were grilling dinner outside tonight. It looks like Spring may have decided to come early. Who needs that Groundhog anyway?

Have you ever heard of Hoagy Carmichael? Well I’m sure you’ve heard many of his songs. He was a songwriter back in the “old days”, say 1930’s to the 1960′s. I love so many of his songs, Stardust, Georgia On My Mind, and one that I’m in the mood for today, Up a Lazy River.

With the sun shining, and the birds singing, I’d like to just lounge up a lazy river myself. Searching for some footage of old Hoagy I found some great nuggets of pop culture history. The one I just had to post here should really get us in the mood for some Spring Swingin’. Forget about being lazy, get on up and do the Watusi!

Here’s a more upbeat version of Up a Lazy River made for the Scopitone, also known as the Visual Jukebox:

I watched the last two seasons of Celebrity Rehab, and I was happy to find out that the new VH1 series Sober House  premieres January 15th, 10:00 PM EST

After seeing what the celebs went through during treatment at the Pasadena Recovery Center, I’m interested in what happens next on their journey to continued sobriety.

Some of Dr. Drew’s patients from seasons 1 & 2 will be living together at a sober living house in the Hollywood Hills. Rodney King, Steven Adler, Nikki McKibben, Amber Smith, Mary Carey, and Seth Binzer are joined by Andy Dick  who wasn’t part of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab but signed up for “Sober Living” to battle his alcoholism.

Jennifer Gimenez  is the house manager, also referred to as the house mom. She has the challenging job of managing celebs while they balance their newfound freedom away from rehab and their goal of staying sober.

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The internet is buzzing with glamorous pics of stars on the red carpet  and video of their acceptance speeches from last night’s 66th Golden Globe Awards ceremony on NBC.

Memorable moments are being posted on entertainment and news site. Here at housewifeinhollywood.com I’m doing something a little different. We’re asking you the viewer to leave your comment about last night’s show.

Did you see Johnny Depp presenting the award to Sally Hawkins? Were you too busy making dinner and doing the dishes to watch the show? Are you irritated that your favorite movie, actor or actress didn’t win?
Were you as shocked like some of the celebs, when Sacha Baron Cohen’s sense of humor took “hits below the belt”?

Leave a comment and let us know.

While wandering around Target last night looking for a new shower curtain liner, I found a little gem of a book called Jim Henson’s Doodle Dreams. The front cover says, Inspiration for Living Life Outside the Lines. Being the Jim Henson admirer that I am, I just had to pick one up for myself.

The featured art is by Jim Henson while the text comes from writer/producer Jim Lewis. Lewis was a former Jim Henson Company staff writer.

According to Muppet Wiki:

“Lewis was the Muppets’ primary in-house writer, contributing to countless interviews, promotional material and Muppet appearances. He was responsible for a large amount of web content and a great many of the press quotes attributed to the Muppets, and he also wrote much of the Gonzo/Rizzo/Kermit material on the Muppets from Space DVD commentary. In this capacity, Jim Lewis contributed a great deal to maintaining the tone and consistency of the Muppet characters in the years since Jim Henson’s death.”

Jim Lewis has written for Kermit, Miss Piggy, and various other Muppets for more than 20 years. He helped Kermit the Frog with his recent, top selling autobiography, Before You Leap: A Frog’s Eye View of Life’s Greatest Lessons.

Doodle Dreams is a great stocking stuffer for any Jim Henson fan, and anyone who is inspired to live life outside the lines. Click me for more inspiration from two pop culture icons, Kermit & Debbie Harry.

“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”-Jim Henson

We’re off tomorrow to pick up our copy of Kung Fu Panda on Blu-Ray. This Dreamworks film stars Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Seth Rogan, and Jackie Chan. My favorite character is Oogway the Tortoise, played by Randall Duk Kim.

One of the coolest things about this animated film is the Carl Douglas song Kung Fu Fighting. The mix of 70′s, disco, and marital arts mystique has made this song into a classic.

So run out tomorrow and pick up your own copy on Blu-Ray or DVD! Tell them housewifeinhollywood.com sent you. They won’t have a clue who you’re talking about, but do it anyway.

As Oingo Boingo would say… Who do you want to be today, who do you want to be?”

I’m going to be a comic book villain created by my kiddo. She named her The Mist of Doom.
Tell us who you’re going to be today. Have fun everyone!

Because of my bad hair day situation, I’m taking a little break. I’ll be back soon with fun interviews, and more trivial dribble.

Feel free to browse the archives. Read one of my very first interviews with writer Arvid Nelson here.

I was browsing retrojunk.com yesterday when I saw a post about a new Disney movie coming out in October. It amazes me how early they put trailers out these days but then again school is about to start up again and soon we’ll be deciding on Halloween costumes. We might as well plan our movie itinerary for the fall. Clear your calendars everyone and get ready for BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA!

Last year, I probably would not be interested in seeing this movie, unless the kiddo was begging me to. July 2007, we rescued a Chihuahua from a local shelter, and ever since then I’ve been a Chihuahua admirer. Yes they can be mean, ours isn’t mean but possibly schizophrenic. Yes they are just a bit bigger than a large city rat, but they have big personalities.

This film has an impressive cast including George Lopez, Drew Barrymore, Salma Hayek, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Edward James Olmos. The director Raja Gosnell directed another dog related flick, Scooby Doo. RUTT RO!

50% lover, 50% warrior, 100% Chihuahua. They couldn’t have written a better description of our little Chi Nash. He isn’t your typical Hollywood style Chihuahua, he won’t put up with being carried around in a Chanel bag and he doesn’t like wearing shoes.

He’d fit right in with a Chihuahua revolution.

Many of you might cringe at the sight of these dancing pooches on Disney’s official site but you have to admit the song is quite catchy.

I ran an errand tonight and decided to treat myself to a tall two pump decaf mocha on my way home. While I was waiting in line I heard the familiar voice of Frank Sinatra crooning in the background. Sitting on the counter was the CD entitled Nothing But the Best, containing 21 performances, including the previously unreleased version of “Body & Soul.” This compilation commemorates the 10th anniversary of his death. Turns out he died two days before my birthday in 1998.

I know a little about Sinatra’s personal life. I know he was called Ol’ Blue Eyes and he was part of the Rat Pack. He captivated the hearts of bobby soxers, and he was married to the beautiful and talented Ava Gardner. He was married more than once, including his marriage to a much younger Mia Farrow. I think the whole world was aware of his surveillance by the FBI because of alleged mafia ties, and friendship with John F. Kennedy. What I didn’t know was that he won 11 Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the film, From Here to Eternity. I was clueless about the Empire State Building glowing blue to honor his 80th birthday, or that the US Postal Service issued the Frank Sinatra postage stamp.

I dig this duet with Frank and his daughter Nancy doing her hit Downtown. She’s even wearing pink boots made for walkin in this clip. Only the truly hepcats know what I’m referring to here.

What is your favorite Sinatra classic? Good thing I got a decaf mocha or I’d be up all night learning more about Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Check out the great gallery pics on the official Sinatra website:

www.sinatra.com

On Sunday, June 1st live at 8:00 PM ET we’ll find out who takes home the gold popcorn. MTV’s Movie Awards show is probably the most entertaining of all the awards ceremonies. Celebs usually dress in their coolest garb, sometimes getting a bit flashier than they should, but that adds to the entertaining part for us viewers.

The popcorn is not the only thing golden, check out the guest list. Charlize Theron, Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Jessica Parker, Will Smith, Megan Fox, Brendan Fraser, Jack Black, Coldplay, and even a rumor floating around that Johnny Depp will be a presenter. This is one of those rumors most likely started by someone who understands how to get people to tune in. Marketing ploy or not, I’ll be tuning in just to see if it’s true. See how good that works?

Mike Myers will be the host, and I assume he’ll be plugging his upcoming film The Love Guru.

This year, Adam Sandler receives the MTV Generation Award being honored as a comic legend. Is he really that old already?

The difference between the MTV awards and other ceremonies isn’t just the cool people who show up, or the younger audience. They have categories like Best Kiss and Best Fight that we’d never see on other more grown up awards. I have a love/hate relationship with these ceremonies. I love looking at the celebs walking the red carpet like a runway, waving to the fans and being caught off cue by reporters. I hate the fact that there are a bazillion awards shows now so if you miss one there is probably another one on next week. How much recognition do these people need?

The MTV Movie Awards has some outrageous moments on the red carpet, on stage and off. I like the movie parodies they come up with like this one starring The Partridge Family cast doing a spoof on Speed. Remember that one from 1994 starring Keanu Reeves? Did you know Johnny Depp turned that roll down? Maybe that’s just a rumor too.

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