Victoria Alexander
Week of July 3, 2009

 
     
 
     
 

The Very Sexy Peepshow at Planet Hollywood, Embedded Art, The Repugnant Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, NASA’s LCROSS to bomb the moon, My Movie Theater Brawl, and more…

 

EMBEDDED ART:

 

 

Art in the Name of Security was an exhibition presented by the Akademie der Künste and 'Künstlergruppe BBM' from 24th January to 22nd March 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Artist Moritz Reichelt’s series of five paintings were titled "Peace activists turned into war profiteers". Thankfully, my husband, the subject of one of the paintings, has a sense of humor and is a fine art lover. Congratulations John!

 


For EMBEDDED ART, the curators commissioned international artists to respond to the current global situation. The diverse works focused on the conflicting fields of terrorism and terror, security and control. Broadly speaking, the artists were asked to explore the subject in the following three ways: investigating the validity of 'new threats', the predominantly technical reactions to these threats, and their resulting impact on society. Our dear friend, Jim Channon, is the subject of the “green” painting.

 

How many people are subjects of a fine art painting? As far as I am concerned, this outclasses any other tribute John has received. And he has gotten many prestigious awards and accolades. Now he’s joined the ranks of other notables such as Thomas Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, Picasso’s Dona Maar, and Diego Velázquez’s The Infanta Margarita!

 

John’s painting was sold to an art and design dealer. I do not know how much the painting sold for, but according to the formula used by the art market, paintings are priced according to their format and the artist’s personal value key. It is possible to value art by adding the width and height of a painting (in cm) and multiplying it with an artist’s personal key. Don’t forget the gallery’s usual 40%-50% commission.

 

The War of the Worlds Begins on October 9.

 

Supposedly, NASA’s LCROSS mission is a search for water on the moon. The LCROSS mission is going to do this by sending a rocket crashing into the moon causing a big impact and creating a crater, throwing tons of debris and potentially water ice and vapor above the lunar surface. This impact will release materials from the lunar surface that will be analyzed for the presence of hydrated minerals which would tell researchers if water is there or not. However, some people are worried that the NASA moon bombing violates space law and may cause conflict with lunar extraterrestrial civilizations!

 

Woe to us if the alien moon squatters retaliate!

 

The planned October 9, 2009 bombing of the moon by a NASA orbiter that will bomb the moon with a 2-ton kinetic weapon to create a 5 mile wide deep crater as an alleged water-seeking and lunar colonization experiment, is contrary to space law prohibiting environmental modification of celestial bodies.  The NASA moon bombing, a component of the LCROSS mission, may also trigger conflict with known (or unknown) extraterrestrial civilizations on the moon, if, in fact, there is an extraterrestrial base on the dark side of the moon.  

If the true intent of the LCROSS mission moon bombing is a hostile act by NASA against known extraterrestrial civilizations and settlements on the moon, then NASA and by extension the U.S. government are guilty of aggressive war which is the most serious of war crimes under the U.N. Charter and the Geneva Conventions, to which the U.S. is subject. 

 

 

Movies This Week

 

Cheri (YES)

 

 

 

 Prey (YES)

 

 

 

 Away We Go (NO, NO)

 

 

 

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (NO, NO)

 

 

 

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Needless to say, this review, posted on Rottentomatoes.com, caused a fan outrage. You decide.

 

 

I hated every 149 minutes. This is so bad it’s immoral. Michael Bay is a time-sucking vampire who will feast off your lost time. This is why the movie is so long. This movie is terrible. Because there is no story, I’m just going to enumerate just 20 of the 149 things that were horribly wrong with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”.

 

(1) There is no story; (2) The parents are embarrassing slapstick cartoons; (3) Megan Fox keeps her clothes on; (4) Michael Bay fixed Ben Affleck’s wonky teeth but keeps Shia LaBeouf’s wonky nose; (5) Steve Jablonsky's music score steals from “The Dark Knight.” The music is horror movie ominous while the action is silly;(6) The only dialogue not lifted from other movies was “I’ll be back.” (7) The Decepticons and Autobots destroy The Great Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, and The Temple Complex of Karnak in Thebes. They poop on The Sphinx. The Autobots damage The Treasury in Petra, Jordan. (I was sent Bay’s scribbled napkin notes for Transformers 3. He plans on destroying The Rock of the Dome Mosque, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre and, for good measure, the entire town of Bethlehem.) (8) Did I really hear an Autobot say: “Ah-ah, I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, "Did he fire six shots or only five?"; (9) The thingie Sam (Shia LaBeouf) is looking for is called “The Matrix.” We’ve heard that one before. Couldn’t the writers come up with something original?; (10) Optimus Prime still doesn’t have a personality; (11) I did like the obvious homoerotic subplot between Leo (Ramon Rodriguez) and Simmons (John Turturro); (12) Rainn Wilson overplays the fool; (13) Megan Fox doesn’t act, or need to. At least she has a sense of humor about it. At 23 years old, Fox has 10 years before she is expected to deliver a performance. She is a plastic surgery masterpiece. She is gorgeous.

 

 

How much did that lip lift, breast implants, facial resurfacing, nose job, and liposuction cost her benefactor? And a Bull-Horn Lip Lift or the Gull-Wing Lip Lift (procedures that allow for more upper tooth to show when the lips are slightly parted) looks lousy unless you have a full set of ultra-white veneers. A veneer costs $2,000 or more per tooth. Even in Mexico!); (14) The Autobots use naughty language! How daring! Will children be able to handle it without counseling?; (15) The Decepticons have submissive slaves and the Autobots serve humans. How creepy is this?; (16) Bay may make another blockbuster at the box office, but after the screenings, will he still have fans?; (17) When I finally realized the Decepticons wanted to destroy our sun, I wanted them to; (18) I liked Alice (Isabel Lucas). Clearly she was cast to keep Megan Fox in her submissive, but mouthy, place; (19) What the hell was Starscream?; and finally, (20) The battle scenes sucked. 

 

A critic colleague: “Do you think Michael Bay f**ked Megan Fox? Me: “Plenty. And, by binding contract, all his fat, rich old buddies too. At least that is how I would cast my movies.”

 

PEEPSHOW.

 

Las Vegas’ newest hit production and only striptease spectacular does not need a celebrity attraction. PEEPSHOW opened with former Spice Girl Mel B and Kelly Monaco as “Bo Peep”. Blonde bombshell Holly Madison joined the PEEPSHOW cast at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 22. http://hollymadison.com/home Madison, star of the TV series, “The Girls Next Door”, Hef’s former No. 1 girlfriend (who wanted his baby!), and a “Dancing with the Stars” contestant, has strapped on her stilettos once again to take over the role of “Bo Peep,” a modern woman who has yet to find her own confidence and sexuality.

 

 

With a plan to feature rotating headliners, PEEPSHOW intends to constantly reinvent itself. But, there is no need to. The cast is sexy, fantastic, and can easily outshine any non-dancing, non-singing celebrity they can bring in. The costumes and choreography are first-rate and not cheesy. This is definitely a multi-million dollar production featuring a powerful all-female rock band playing today’s best-known hits and original songs created especially for PEEPSHOW. 

 

Unlike Kelly Monaco, Holly is performing her finale topless. And Holly is not coy or demure. I am surprised Monaco accepted introducing PEEPSHOW and would not go topless. All 14 dancers are topless.

 

Josh Strickland is PEEPSHOW’S fantastic male lead singer. He is phenomenal! And who was that black dancer/singer who performed full-out? Who was the sensational poll dancer? http://www.lasvegaspeepshow.com/cast

 

All the singers and sexy male and female dancers were terrific. The bath pieces were very clever!

 

Just a suggestion for Jerry Mitchell: Why not have Holly dance the Paso Doble instead of awkwardly standing around? She did deliver at the end of the show what the audience was waiting for from her. It was the very least she could do. That said, Holly has set the bar for the next celebrity star of PEEPSHOW.

 

While Holly’s published measurements are 36D-23-35 and she claims to be 5-foot-7 (or 5-foot-5 or 5-foot-4), she looked very small, tiny, and no more than 95 lbs. I was sitting in the second row past the VIP tables.

 

Holly will be performing for three months in PEEPSHOW.

 

PEEPSHOW performs 8 shows per week at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. with no show on Wednesday. Tickets range from $65 - $100 + tax. Tickets for PEEPSHOW can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or online at Ticketmaster.com. For groups of 10 or more, please call 702- 785-5394 / 866-633-0195. http://www.lasvegaspeepshow.com/

 

My life off an SSRI.

 

(Because of the dangers of taking ayahuasca while on an SSRI, I have stopped taking my beloved Zoloft.) Everyone I come in contact with is warned, or, it’s my new excuse. I had a physical altercation with a crystal meth lesbian ex-con at the screening of “Away We Go”. I had a bitch fight with a woman, and I use that gender term loosely, who was sitting a few seats away from me.

 

She did that gorilla-thug gesture (expanding her chest and pounding on it): "You want a piece of this?"

 

My fight was 100% better than the movie.

 

After we exchanged several words during the movie, and my looking over at her several times, I kept hearing her talking about what I bitch I was. I tried telling John: “That woman wants to start a fight with me” but he couldn’t hear me. She made one of those sudden moves you see on “The Jerry Springer Show”, I screamed and jumped up. I said loudly I would have her thrown out. “Go on. Try and have me thrown out.”

 

John woke up from sleeping and put his foot up to stop her from throwing her full weight on top of me - all 200 raw pounds of her. I ran out to get the manager. The staff are all my friends since I am there every damn night, so Brenden Theater’s manager came in, stopped the movie, the lights went up, and made an announcement. The thug raised her hand, stood up and said, “Yeah, it was me!” She ran to the front of the theater and was going to be arrested. The police were there earlier because some people were trying to pass off free promotional screening tickets they had brought outside to see “Transformers” in IMAX! The manager decided not to involve the police twice in one night.

 

Gorilla Woman is banned from the Palms property.

 

This all started because I was talking to her boyfriend (and he was definitely pleased with the attention). I was asked if I wanted casino security to take us to our car. The audience applauded after it was over! Now I’ll have to troll the waiting line looking out for her. And I’ve only been medication free for 2 weeks!

 

 

HBO’s Hung Contest.

 

Vote for my ad! http://www.pimpray.com/ Help me win $10,000 so I can go to Africa and be initiated in a Voodoo cult! I promise video!

 

All you have to do is vote for Victoria’s ad for Ray! How many times can I vote for myself? I need your help!

After “True Blood” HBO premiered “Hung” starring Thomas Jane. I love it! Thomas Jane finally has a hit though I have liked him ever since “Deep Blue Sea”. But what happened to the great villain Gregg Henry? He’s in the first 2 episodes of “Hung”. After creating evil Val “Hubba, hubba, hubba” Resnick in “Payback”, what happened? Henry has let himself go! He’s fat and bald.

Thomas Jane plays Ray, a struggling middle-age high school basketball coach whose wife leaves him and marries a dermatologist, his house burns down, and he has two fat children. In order to make ends meet, he realizes he has only one asset he can market, his big penis.

Desperate for a solution, Ray signs up for an entrepreneurship seminar. The leader urges everyone to identify their winning tool in order to come up with a million-dollar business. Tanya, who Ray had a previous fling with after her "Poet in the Schools" visit to his history class, shows up to the seminar, and they reunite for a second encounter at her place. Despite Ray's impressive endowment, the chemistry between them is lacking, and when things go south, she insults him: "Go market your dick!"

 

Intrigued by Tanya's suggestion, Ray ends up placing an ad in the paper for his services as "Big Donnie." When Big Donnie's first client rejects him, Ray's back to square one. Tanya finds Ray in his tent later that night and offers to be his pimp. http://www.hbo.com/hung/

 

 
 
     
 
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