Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Katrina Bowden / Cerie Xerox / 30 Rock

 Katrina Bowden,Cerie Xerox,30 Rock

Even though she doesn't get a lot of screen time, I would be remiss in not mentioning Liz Lemon's personal assistant, Cerie Xerox.
Xerox?
Anyway, the lovely Cerie is played by Katrina Bowden.
Katrina was born on September 19, 1988, in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Before joining 30 Rock, she was in an episode of Law and Order: SVU in the episode "Gone" as Dana Simpson.
She was also in Fall Out Boy's music video "Dance, Dance" and she appeared in several commercials.
She is set to star in "The Last Film Festival" with Chris Kattan, JoBeth Williams and Dennis Hopper.

On 30 Rock she started out as a recurring character in the first season, but became a regular cast member in the second season.
Cerie is not really much of a stand alone character, but when blended in with everyone else, she works perfectly.
And of course she has a certain "effect" on the male writers, which Liz has tried with no success to tone down.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Jane Krakowski / Jenna Maroney / 30 Rock

Jane Krakowski,Jenna Maroney,30 Rock

Jane Krakowski plays the hilarious Jenna Maroney on NBC's 30 Rock.

Jane was born on October 11 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Her first big break came on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow in 1984 where she was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1986 and 1987.
In 1997, Jane landed the role of Elaine Vassal on the television series Ally McBeal.
There she got a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1999.
In 2006, Jane joined the cast of 30 Rock, where she plays Jenna Maroney.
Besides the shows I already mentioned, she was also in an episode of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", two episodes of "Everwood", The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and another soap opera "Another World".

Jane's character on 30 Rock, Jenna Maroney, is not only a stereotypical "dumb blonde", but also air headed and self-centered.
That may sound like a bad thing, but Jane makes it very funny.
I think her best scenes are not only with Tina Fey (Liz Lemon) but with Tracy Morgan (Tracy Jordan).
Although alone she doesn't fair too badly, as in the old "The Rural Juror " storyline and the "Sing Them Blues, White Girl: The Jackie Jormp-Jomp Story".
The Janis Joplin-inspired character wasn't only funny, but the storyline gave Wikipedia a good smack as well.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Save The Dollhouse

Eliza Dushku-Dollhouse

Let's take a break today from the regular beautiful women I've been profiling here to address another topic.
Save the Dollhouse!

Yes I have watched Dollhouse since the beginning.
Okay, it does have Eliza Dushku in it, and I'll watch just about anything Eliza is in.
And it's written and directed by Joss Whedon, and since I loved Buffy, Angel and Firefly, I watched it for that too.
And yes, at first I wasn't impressed.

BUT, unlike most shows that debut strong and getting weaker story wise, Dollhouse began fairly weak and got stronger as it moved along.
A LOT stronger.
They started throwing plot twists at neck breaking speed.
Some in your face, some subtle.
And minor characters began to really develop.

I think this show needs more time.
Give it another season and Fox might have another Buffy on it's hands.

The internet following is quite loyal and vocal .
So if you want to do your part to save the Dollhouse, go on Twitter and join the Save The Doll House movement.
The one I did was this one:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/dollhouse/support-joss-tweet-to-save-dol-28343.aspx

UPDATE:
"against all odds, Fox is keeping Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" alive for another 13 episodes, despite its extremely low ratings (about 2.8 million viewers). "Dollhouse" seemed to have no chance of survival."
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/blog/2009/05/339chuck39_and.html

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Tina Fey / Liz Lemon / 30 Rock

Tina Fey-30 Rock

The next show up is NBC's comedy 30 Rock.
And of course one of the beautiful women on there, is also the lady that created the show, Tina Fey.

Tina was born on May 18, 1970, in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania.
She's a writer, comedian, actress, and producer.
And she has won six Emmys, three Golden Globes, and three SAG Awards.
Tina started out at Second City, went to Saturday Night Live, then left SNL to develop 30 Rock.
Of course 30 Rock is loosely based on her experiences at Saturday Night Live, and on 30 Rock, she plays Liz Lemon who is loosely based on herself.

Besides SNL and 30 Rock, Tina was also wrote and co-starred in Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan's one true hit movie.
Oddly enough, Mean Girls was based on Fey's high school life.
Am I seeing a trend here?

And of course we can't forget Tina and Sarah Palin.
Tina may, or may not, have helped put the nails in the McCain/Palin coffin.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Jaime Pressly / Joy Turner / My Name Is Earl

Jaime Pressly-Joy Turner-My Name Is Earl

The next beautiful woman from "My Name Is Earl" is Joy Farrah Darville/Hickey/Turner, played by Jaime Pressly.

Jaime was born on July 30, 1977 in Kinston, North Carolina (my home state).
She spent 11 years studying gymnastics and dancing, and by fourteen she was the spokeswoman for her modeling agency, "International Cover Model Search".
Jaime was legally emancipated from her parents at the age of 15.
In 1997, she starred in the film Poison Ivy: The New Seduction.
In 1998 she played the assassin Mika in the TV action series Mortal Kombat: Conquest (Anyone remember that? Kristanna Loken, Sung Hi Lee and Angelica Bridges were on the series as well) .
Jaime modeled, showed up in magazines, and continued to appear in TV shows and movies until she landed the part of Joy in "My Name Is Earl".
For her part on Earl, she has been:
Nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 2006
Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in 2007
Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006
Nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film in 2007
And won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 2007

Although I think the whole cast on the show is great, Joy is especally fun to watch.
Maybe because I really do know people that are not that far away from her character.

And since last time I put in a video with Nadine doing some martial arts action, check out Jaime in a fight scene from "Dead or Alive"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvuelyqFbqw