jag2910

Happy Halloween to All!!!

2008-11-01T01:20:13Z

Check out my video clips on my Halloween glog on Glogster ~

http://jag2910.glogster.com/Halloween-Fun-Monster-Clips/

2008 Emmy Nominatins

2008-07-17T16:11:30Z

The 2008 Emmy Award will be held on 21st September, 2008

Congratulations James Spader on your 4th Emmy nomination!!!
Boston Legal has 7 Emmy nominations this year! Well done!!!
These include ~

Best Actor in a Drama Series:

JAMES SPADER - BOSTON LEGAL
Hugh Laurie - House
John Hamm - Mad Men
Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment
Michael C. Hall - Dexter
Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best DRAMA SERIES:
"Boston Legal," ABC
"Damages," FX
"Dexter," Showtime
"House," Fox
"Lost," ABC
"Mad Men," AMC

Best SUPPORTING ACTOR, DRAMA SERIES:
Ted Danson, "Damages"
Michael Emerson, "Lost"
Zeljko Ivanek, "Damages"
WILLIAM SHATNER, "Boston Legal"
John Slattery, "Mad Men"

Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS, DRAMA SERIES:
CANDICE BERGEN, "Boston Legal"
Rachel Griffiths, "Brothers and Sisters"
Sandra Oh, "Grey's Anatomy"
Dianne Wiest, "In Treatment"
Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"

DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES:
Arlene Sanford, "Boston Legal"
Vince Gilligan, "Breaking Bad"
Allen Coulter, "Damages"
Greg Yaitanes, "House"
Alan Taylor, "Mad Men"

jag2910 @ 2008-04-06T23:08:00

2008-04-06T13:08:35Z

I thought this was lovely....

2008-01-30T11:11:41Z

Australia Day 2008 - 26th January...

2008-01-26T06:15:08Z

It's Australia Day over here today!
We are 220 years old!

Happy birthday Australia!!!

New Year 2008

2007-12-31T11:47:49Z

It's New Year & Elvis is in the building too...

2007-12-31T10:55:16Z

Happy New Year

2007-12-31T10:15:27Z

Butterflies....

2007-12-11T14:23:42Z

I love the visually beautiful Butterfly!
I love it's freedom to flit from tree to tree
To land upon a frangipani tree
To flit over the fence out of view
That elusive butterfly, always just out of reach....

James Spader slide show from Curtain Call

2007-12-07T12:48:08Z

Check out my Slide Show!

2007-11-12T10:22:37Z

Circle of James Spader.....

2007-09-07T14:44:06Z

Luciano Pavarotti dies.....

2007-09-07T13:13:17Z

Thousands Pay Respects to Pavarotti

By COLLEEN BARRY and TRISHA THOMAS –

MODENA, Italy (AP) — The body of Luciano Pavarotti lay in state at the city's cathedral Friday as thousands of people lined up to pay their respects to the opera megastar whose charisma and voice were celebrated around the world.

Hundreds had filed past Pavarotti's white casket, which was surrounded by flower wreaths and draped in a red veil with an embroidered treble clef, after the Modena cathedral reopened shortly before 7 a.m.

"It's terrible, he was a great man; it feels like everything must come to an end," said Maurizio Trincani.

The tenor died early Thursday in his hometown at age 71 after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. The public viewing was scheduled to close at midnight, then reopen to the public Saturday morning before the funeral, which will be broadcast live on public TV and is expected to draw dignitaries from opera, politics and culture.

The crowd applauded in a sign of respect as pallbearers carried Pavarotti's casket into the cathedral late Thursday and by midnight more than 9,000 people had filed into the cathedral.

While Pavarotti moved the world with what one admirer called "the last, great voice" of Italian opera, his legacy reached beyond the opera house. He collaborated with classical singers and pop icons alike to bring opera to the masses, rescuing the art from highbrow obscurity in the process.

In many ways, Pavarotti fulfilled the public's imagination of what an opera star should be. He often wore a colorful scarf and a hat, be it a fedora or a beret, and while he didn't always have a beard, it was hard to imagine him without it. His heft — as well as a restaurant on his property in Modena — evinced his gourmet appetite.

But above all, his clear voice, and his prized diction, made him beloved by millions.

"Pavarotti was the last great Italian voice able to move the world," said Bruno Cagli, president of the Santa Cecilia National Academy in Rome.

As Modena celebrated its most famous son, the atmosphere wasn't sad or tearful but warm. Many brought their children, and thousands of pictures of the tenor were distributed to mourners.

"He's a symbol of Modena, a symbol of Italy, he's international," said Simone Sarrau, a 32-year-old who waited in line until nearly midnight Thursday to pay his respects. "I think this demonstration of affection is justified. And it's not just Modena, it's in the whole world. He's a one of a kind. There's only him, and there will always only be him."

"Thanks to Luciano Pavarotti, the name of Modena has gone around the world as the name of a city much bigger than it actually is," Mayor Giorgio Pighi told Associated Press Television News from the piazza.

Authorities are preparing for an outpouring of grief at the funeral: Giant television screens were set up near the cathedral. Premier Romano Prodi, among others, was expected to attend, while tenor Andrea Bocelli was expected to sing the hymn "Panis angelicus" at the service, the ANSA news agency reported.

Within hours of Pavarotti's death, Modena authorities had posted information on the city Web site detailing the extraordinary public transport services that would be put in place get mourners from parking lots to the city center for the afternoon service.

In his heyday, Pavarotti was known as "the King of the High Cs" for his ease at hitting the top notes.

While opera lovers treasure recordings with soprano Joan Sutherland, Pavarotti slipped into the CD collections of the hipper set mixing notes with Elton John, the Spice Girls, Sheryl Crow and Liza Minnelli, among others.

He was the best-selling classical artist, with more than 100 million records sold since the 1960s, and he had the first classical album to reach No. 1 on the pop charts.

Some of the greatest opera stars were in his debt — from the young talent whom he fostered to Spanish tenor Jose Carreras, who said Pavarotti had supported him in moments of difficulty, including his battle with leukemia. Some would argue opera owed itself to "Big Luciano."

"When I wanted to construct the Bastille opera house in Paris about 30 years ago, they told me I was crazy. Opera was dead, they said," former French Culture Minister Jack Lang told the news agency ANSA. "Pavarotti returned opera to popularity and contributed to its rebirth."

Pavarotti sought to commercialize opera, scoffing at accusations that he was sacrificing art. He relished that the hugely successful "Three Tenors" concerts with Placido Domingo and Carreras that reached vast audiences around the world.

In a statement from Los Angeles, Domingo said he "always admired the God-given glory of his voice — that unmistakable special timbre from the bottom up to the very top of the tenor range." In Germany, Carreras told reporters he was "one of the greatest tenors ever."

Pavarotti himself was clear on his legacy. "I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent, and this is what I have devoted my life to," Pavarotti said in a quote posted on his Web site after his death Thursday.

Devious Journal Entry

2007-09-03T14:54:59Z

Rainbow of colors by ~Bluey2910 on deviant ART

Devious Journal Entry

2007-09-03T14:24:27Z

A sunny day in Sydney by ~Bluey2910 on deviant ART

A sunny Winter's day in Sydney

2007-09-03T14:22:49Z

It was a sunny Winter's day in Sydney
I went down to the beach
I took lots of blue sky photos
And also one of me.....

Mother's Day poem

2007-05-06T08:38:15Z

A Mother's Day Poem ~ by JAG ~ Copyright 1992

Who wakes you every morning
And tucks you in at night
Who really tries so very hard
To teach you wrong from right

Who did you take for granted
But, when needed, always came
Who scolds you when you're naughty
Though loves you just the same

Who's name is it you call out
When you are sad or ill
It's your very own dear Mother
Who loves you and always will

Bob Dylan Subterranean Homesick Blues....

2007-03-27T09:08:11Z

Video clip of The Muppets feat. Animal

2007-03-27T08:53:51Z