The movie we saw last night was Sky High. Very predictable and formulaic. But the guy who played Warren Peace? (Steven Strait, I think) was all kinds of gorgeous and charismatic. And even seemed to have a few acting chops in his quieter scenes. Dude's got star quality.
eta: So, he was a model, and now he's leader of a rock band named Tribe. And he's going to be in a movie (show?) called Undisovered co-starring Tyson The Skateboarding Bulldog.
Check it out, ita Here he is when he was a 16 y.o. pretty boy. But already 6'2" - and grew up playing lots of hoops in NYC. He boxes too. He's harder looking in the movie than these shots show.
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Any other sports interest you?
I've been boxing for the past four years.
Since you were twelve? What got you started?
Because of my mom really. She's a third-degree Karate black belt and a long time east-coast Karate champion. So I sort of picked up on that, starting with Karate, which I did for eight years. Then, when I got tired of it I moved into boxing. I've got a lot of energy. (laughs)
So, my feeling that I had seen him before was probably incorrect? (Unless I saw pictures of him when he was a model?)
A friend of mine wants a list of movies with "beautiful dancing" in them. I haven't really seen enough to give her many recommendations beyond Strictly Ballroom and Dirty Dancing. And I'd like to see more, too. So... anyone want to add their recs to the list?
Lambada: The Forbidden Dance
-- okay, maybe not beautiful. Never saw it. Do you know what she means by beautiful? Would
Flashdance
or
Footloose
or
Breakdance II: Electric Boogaloo
count?
How does she define "beautiful dancing"?
Because "White Nights" is really impressive, but very not "Dirty Dancing"
My mind instantly goes to old movies. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly. Top Hat. Singing in the rain. An American in Paris. Busby Berkely movies. Someone else will know better recs, this is not really my area.
Also, The Red Shoes by Powell and Pressburger.
The original Shall We Dance? has some lovely stuff in there.
We watched
Leave Her To Heaven
the other night. Gene Tierney rocks in it, playing a really evil demon woman.
We saw
The Aristocrats
tonight. Funny and filthy, just as I expected. Worth seeing if you like comedy or like exploring the creative impulse. There is a mime in it who is actually hilarious--go figure.
