Parker Posey

Mary-Kate Olsen was out fulfilling her duties as a Tribeca Film Festival juror this morning at the Women's Filmmaker Brunch in NYC. MK looked hot in her Herve dress and leather jacket. Instead of her usual sidekick Nate Lowman, Mary-Kate was joined by Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies, Parker Posey, and a few of the festival's organizers. It must be exhausting watching all of the movies in competition, but Mary-Kate has impressively been able to still maintain her rigorous social schedule.

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Ashtanga Yoga is one of my favorite types of yoga, and according to People magazine, Parker Posey is a big fan too. She says, "It centers me. I like the community," and I totally agree.

The thing that's so great about Ashtanga is that you can step into any class, and it'll be the same no matter what studio or state you're in. That's because this type of yoga follows a sequence known as Primary Series, that never changes. It includes Sun Salutations (five A's and five B's), standing postures such as Triangle, seated postures such as Butterfly, the entire Closing Sequence, and ends with Savasana. The flow of the postures is guided by ujayii breath, and each posture is linked with a series of movements known as a vinyasa, so you're always moving. Primary Series is mostly about poses that stretch your hamstrings, but Ashtanga has another series (that some think is more advanced) known as Second Series, that involves backbends and arm balancing poses.

If you're a runner, dancer, athlete, or someone who likes to work hard and sweat a lot, you'll love Ashtanga yoga. It will strengthen your muscles and increase flexibility in every area of your body. If you can't make it to a class, check out this DVD.

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Formal wear was in order last night in NYC for the Metropolitan Opera's 125th anniversary gala at Lincoln Center. Joshua Jackson and Diane Kruger looked picture perfect and totally gorgeous as ever hand in hand on the red carpet. Mary-Kate Olsen showed off a new glam look and it even looks like she got her hair done for the occasion, while Ginnifer Goodwin looked demure in black. Kanye West is continuing to show off Amber Rose, who dressed a little more appropriately and let her man have a solo moment on the red carpet for all the cameras. This time it wasn't just another Manhattan party, but an honoring of an opera that so many people love to watch.

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Demi Moore was pretty in polka dots at a photo call for Happy Tears before the film's premiere at the Berlin Film Festival tonight. Ashton joined her on the red carpet, complete with the ascot he tweeted about earlier. Ashton and Demi are still going strong constantly updating their Twitter accounts with anecdotes and photos in the midst of their busy schedules. Now they've got another event to tell the world about — Madonna and Demi will be cohosting another Oscars after party in LA this year.

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H-h-hello? If you're going to be Parker Posey's best role in this mid-90 flick for Halloween you need to perfect her signature greeting. This film actually had a big influence in my moving to the big bad city of NYC in the late '90s. Mary's club kid life was so cool and quirky‚ or so I thought. She couldn't pay rent, but she did what any style maven does and struggled in style. From party girl to librarian, Mary stomped around in blobby platforms, bold hats, animal prints and themed getups. This is an easy costume to recreate — just raid your and your friends' ten-year-old clothes. Throw in some updated razzle-dazzle, put on some Deee-Lite and you're party girl ready.

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The Emmys brought out some gorgeous gowns to the red carpet on Sunday, but a few stars got equally fancy for the Metropolitan Opera 125th Season Opening Night Gala in NYC last night. Helena Christensen and Christie Brinkley showed they haven't lost any of their model beauty, while Parker Posey went a little funkier with her big bow. Jenny Humphrey was being bullied at school on last night's episode of Gossip Girl, but in real life Taylor Momsen was looking very grown up and almost unrecognizable in her dramatic red ruffles. While the opera singers were the focus of the night, the ladies in the audience definitely managed to steal a little of the attention away for themselves.

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An indie/cult classic in the making, perhaps?
I'm so excited that Parker Posey is continuing to get roles and that John Waters (the mastermind behind the original Hairspray, along with Pink Flamingos, Serial Mom and others) is still hard at work creating bizarre indie films. And Johnny Knoxville is. . . also in this news item. The three are teaming up for Waters' next project, a Christmas film titled Fruitcake.

Mmm. . . Delicious fruitcake.
According to Hollywood Reporter, "The plot is officially under wraps but is said to center on the title character, a boy named after his favorite dessert. He runs away from home during the holidays after he and his parents are caught shoplifting meat, then meets up with a runaway girl raised by two gay men and searching for her birth mother."

Shoplifting meat?
Huh, for a plot that is "officially under wraps," that's a pretty solid plot description. Elsewhere I've seen the movie described as a "children's film," so I'll be extremely curious to see exactly how this Fruitcake comes out.

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It hurts me so much to write this post, because the fact is, The Return of Jezebel James should be my new favorite TV show. It stars Parker Posey, one of my favorite actresses of all time, alongside Lauren Ambrose, who absolutely stole my heart as Claire Fisher on Six Feet Under. It has an intriguing plot: The sister who has her life together (Posey) can't have children, so she asks her screwed-up younger sister (Ambrose) to carry a child for her. And the whole thing is created and written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, who made her mark with Gilmore Girls.

So it hurts me, truly, to say that I didn't like The Return of Jezebel James. When I talked to Amy Sherman-Palladino at the TCA press tour last summer, she said she wanted Jezebel to be a return to her sitcom roots, when she was a writer on Roseanne. But Sherman-Palladino's quick and witty dialogue just doesn't seem to lend itself well to a show with a laugh track. Both Posey and Ambrose — but especially Posey — feel too big for the very two-dimensional world of Jezebel. And, maybe worst of all, the two don't quite have a believable chemistry as sisters. That last part, I believe, would come with time — but, given the show's other problems and the fact that Fox has already cut its order to seven episodes and socked it into a killer Friday night time slot, I'm not sure the actresses will ever have that chance.

It's possible my expectations were just too high. Maybe I'm being too hard on poor Jezebel; maybe it is a return to the days of Roseanne (or, as Posey suggested, Family Ties) and nothing more. But I wanted more, and Jezebel just didn't deliver for me. Still have faith? The show's first two episodes air tonight starting at 8 p.m. EDT and PDT. To watch a preview, just read more