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Couch Potato’s Country Pickin’s for Mother’s Day – The Year Dolly Parton was my Mom
It’s an exciting week ahead for country music lovers like me. Not only is there another episode of the fabulous TV series Nashville on Thursday and a big country music festival (Country to Country) this coming weekend at London’s 02, … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Country Pickin’s: Something wrong with Country Strong
Following my trip last week to see Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 the Musical, I’ve reignited my passion for Dolly and all things country (long-term visitors to Movie Talk will recall my love for such subjects some 4 or 5 … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings: 9 to 5 – from screen to stage
Since I wasn’t working 9 to 5 yesterday I decided to watch 9 to 5 instead – twice. The first viewing was on screen from the comfort of my couch – in the form of the Colin Higgins movie starring … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Joyful Noise – full of noise, but not enough joy
Being a diehard Dolly Parton fan, I’ve been waiting to see this movie for ages. Longterm visitors to Movie Talk will perhaps be aware of this even though I’ve not mentioned her in a while. (I actually got banned from … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolly Parton, glee, Jeremy Jordan, Joyful Noise, Keke Palmer, Kris Kristofferson, Queen Latifah
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Name That Chest: He was born 50 years ago yesterday actually
This mystery star’s personal life has been making the news this week and it was his 50th birthday yesterday. Who is he and what’s the film? Today’s date is a clue… Did you guess the star behind last week’s mystery … Continue reading
Film review | Joyful Noise – Sweetness and Slight: Queen Latifah & Dolly Parton trade songs and insults
Larger than life and twice as loud, Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton trade snappy one-liners and spirited musical numbers in Joyful Noise, an enjoyably corny musical comedy about a gospel choir seeking to uplift a depressed Southern town. Latifah’s Vi … Continue reading
Couch Potato at the Cinema: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival – Tears, Tea and Tennessee
Tennessee – the home of rhinestones, big wigs and Dollywood. Sounds like a drag queen heaven doesn’t it? But that’s far from the truth – if two of the films shown today at this year’s London Lesbian & Gay Film … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Paisley, Chely Wright, Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, glee, London lesbian & gay film festival, Miley CyrusDaniel Radcliffe, Shut Up and Drive, Single White Female, The Trevbor Project, This is What Love in Action Looks Like, Vince Gill, Wish Me Away
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Why Whitney Houston’s big song from The Bodyguard almost caused a car crash.
Forget Valentine’s Day, the essential viewing tonight has to be The Bodyguard in light of Whitney Houston‘s tragic death this weekend. And it’s widely agreed that the singer’s powerhouse version of I Will Always Love You from this – her … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolly Parton, I Will Always Love You, the bodyguard, Whitney Houston
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Name That Chest is kitted out in tartan today
Because tonight is Burns’ Night, today’s mystery chest has a Scottish theme. And the actor in the Highland dress is also the star of a chilly action thriller out this week. Last week’s mystery chest belonged to the star that … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: The Bodyguard was almost a 1970s film
The Bodyguard is a romantic thriller very much associated with the early 90s (as is its chart-topping soundtrack). But did you know that the film’s concept was originally proposed in the mid-70s? Diana Ross was cast as the lead, and … Continue reading
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