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jmslsu01
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6/9/2003
From:
northern VA | posted: 6/14/2006 at 8:45:33 AM ET
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I read in an interview that Bernadette likes some country music
She's mentioned Lyle Lovett as one of her favorite singers/musicians.
Sure, there are country songs that have awfully trite lyrics, but there are many, to quote Julia Roberts in another context, insanely talented musicians in pop country, alt country, and bluegrass. Gifted songwriters and musicians who tell stories and weave images with their music (and also write some wickedly funny music), and that's probably what attracts her, and others, to country. I don't know if she just happened to pick up on Lovett or if there are other favorites.
And yes, she is charming. That's an excellent way to put it.
Jenn
| Scottie
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3/6/2006
From:
Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 6/15/2006 at 1:42:50 PM ET
A total co-incidence ... but, I bought a bunch of US Bernadette "clippings" from ebay a few weeks ago and have come home today to find they have arrived. I have just opened the packet and am now looking at a picture from some US TV listings magazine which shows Bernadette standing with her arms around a seated LeAnn Rimes. "Screen veteran Bernadette Peters lends a hand to LeaAnne Rimes when the country singer makes her acting debut in the ABC-TV movie 'Holiday In Your Heart,' based on LeAnn's novel. The flick airs December 14th"...
Glad to say I have now seen "the hair."
It's red'ish and it's big'ish and swept back'ish.
It's totally fabulous and very, very camp. Roll on Saturday when I can see "the flick".
as Bernadette says....just keep moving on.....
| Scottie
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From:
Edinburgh, Scotland | posted: 6/17/2006 at 4:24:28 PM ET
I've had a fun time watching Holiday In Your Heart this evening but what an odd little film!
I enjoyed it ( I think) but there was so much sugary sweetness floating around that I wasn't at all surprised when Bernadette pulled out that syringe and shot herself up with insulin.
Nevertheless I was going along with it and taking it on face value as being just a little innocuous bio of a young Country singer until Bernadette took LeAnn Rimes on that strange little trip around town. By the time they hit the warehouse where all the dresses and costumes were stored it finally dawned on me that I was watching something that smacked of Charles Dickens. It was A Christmas Carol with Bernadette as the Ghost of Christmas future! Once I understood that I began to like the film more.
But Bernadette! My God, can that woman "camp" it up! That performance as Faith Shaw is almost as outrageously and deliciously over-the-top as her Wicked Step-Mother in Cinderella. I know that's what the part called for and I enjoyed it greatly but I'm also pleased that we got to see the "moving and touching" side of Bernadette when she was stranded on the bus and when talking about her father.
I'm afraid the music just washed over me but I did enjoy hearing them sing "Crazy" (great song) and the hymn on the bus.
I know it's boring of me but I just can't help noticing continuity mistakes, for instance - why did they have a blue-eyed girl play the young Bernadette? It was so glaringly wrong.
As usual she is the most memorable actor in the film but it would be so nice to see her in something in the future that is more worthy of her considerable acting skills.
I loved "the hair" ... not to mention "the nails"... and the platform shoes.
as Bernadette says....just keep moving on.....
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