Everything Harmony

If it makes you happy....

harmonyfrance — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:36:05 -0700

So I'm writing a home design column now for my friends website/blog. I'm going to post it here first to hopefully get some feedback from you girls. This one is a little weak and disjointed. Hopefully they'll get better.
Hello! My name is Harmony and I'm so excited to be joining the Love LuLu Mae family of bloggers as the "home design expert." I have been a fan of the Love LuLu Mae brand for quite some time and feel honored to add my small contribution to such an inspired business. Let's dive right in shall we?

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First of all let me tell you right off the bat that I'm no expert. I don't have any fancy degrees , I don't always like or even appreciate the current trends, and I can't tell you the difference between a chair designed in 1955 and one designed in 1960. Not only can I not tell you the difference, but I don't care. If I like something well then I like it. End of story. I don't care if it's IN or OUT. I don't care if it's purchased at Bloomingdales or the Dollar Store. Beautiful, stylish, and useful things for your home can come from anywhere with any price tag.
I truly believe that you should surround yourself with things that you love. While I can appreciate and admire the work of an interior designer, what truly delights me is how real people decide to design their own space. I respond to a space that represents a life and not just the hot new trend. Don’t worry about status symbols or trends unless they truly make YOU happy. Don’t worry about what everyone else thinks. Do what is right for you. If you like to hang up mass-produced posters that everyone else has…DO IT! If you think carnations are the most beautiful flower in the world then…USE THEM! Drape your entire room in circus tents for all I care. As long as it makes you happy then DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!

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Chances are if you're a Love LuLu Mae fan or customer, you have a killer sense of style yourself, both in your closet and in your home. Of course you do! To me fashion and home design go hand in hand. Just look at Agnes LuLu Mae Mile's studio!

Sexy. Sassy. Smart. Right? That room is as beautifully put together as her elaborate pieces of wearable art. I plan to feature other homes and artists with equally confident, unique, and beautiful flair. I'll be searching for those amazing deals and I'll post them here so that you all can take advantage of them. We would also love to feature your homes! Perhaps with you front and center wearing your piece of wearable art?! Please submit your photos, suggestions, and questions to:
harmonysnook@gmail.com

Thanks again to Agnes and the whole LuLu Mae team!

Until next time, Cheers! Harmony
Owner of Harmony's Nook

***photos from the late and great Domino magazine. May she rest in peace.

I picked my headshot.

harmonyfrance — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:57:23 -0700

I thought I'd let you girls know that I picked my general headshot. This'll be the one that I use for most things.

Thank you so much to everyone for the feedback! This is the photo-shopped version. My roommate fixed my roots! LOL

Need help picking headshots!!!

harmonyfrance — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:41:38 -0700

I hope this isn't totally obnoxious to post these. I'm just stuck. If you guys could tell me which ones you like and why I'd really appreciate it. I need three different looks. I need a smiley "I'd be so much fun to work with!" look. I need an edgier look that'll work for serious dramatic roles or sexy roles. I need a picture that makes you want to buy stuff from me (for commercial work). Thank you so much!!! p.s. Please ignore hair frizz and all that nonsense. These haven't been re-touched yet. That can be fixed. Thanks again!

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Love knows no boundaries!

harmonyfrance — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:23:50 -0700

Two of my girlfriends just got married this weekend. I am so happy for them! They are beautiful human beings inside and out and the one is a very talented Jazz singer. One of the greatest things is that both sets of parents and siblings were there and were happy and supportive. Happy Happy Nicki and Kara!

Dancing in the Kitchen

Richardson was a true daughter of the theater

harmonyfrance — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:23:57 -0700

By MICHAEL KUCHWARA, AP Drama Critic

NEW YORK – Natasha Richardson starred on Broadway in a quintet of strikingly different productions - each one demonstrating why the actress was a true daughter of the theater, a worthy member of an illustrious acting dynasty.
Richardson, who died Wednesday in a Manhattan hospital following a skiing accident in Canada, was loyal to the stage throughout her career (even while having a film career that included "Gothic," "Patty Hearst," "Nell" and "The Parent Trap").
Her most prominent New York appearance came a decade ago in the Roundabout Theatre Company's long-running revival of "Cabaret," for which she won a 1998 best-actress Tony.
Her blond, bobbed Sally Bowles was a lost child-woman, vulnerable and sexy at the same time. Richardson's extravagant portrait wisely didn't mimic Liza Minnelli's memorable film performance. The actress was not a singer, but her chilling rendition of the show's title tune got the genuine terror found beneath the song's cheery lyrics.
Richardson, schooled in the classics on stage in London, made her Broadway debut in 1993 in another Roundabout revival, Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie." In it, she played the title character, an unhappy young woman who falls from grace into the world's oldest profession.
Using a flat, nondescript Midwestern accent with just a trace of Swedish (Greta Garbo starred in the movie version), she projected an eerie sadness touched with more than a little youthful defiance.
Her co-star was Liam Neeson (also making his Broadway bow) as the big, gruff seafaring man who loves her. Their electricity was palpable on stage; they later married. In the production, which was superbly directed by David Leveaux, the two were evenly matched, able to surmount some of O'Neill's hoariest dialogue - ruminations about "dat ole davil sea" abound - and raise the stature of a difficult, rarely seen melodrama to great theater.
A year after "Cabaret," Richardson returned to Broadway in 1999's "Closer," Patrick Marber's scathing look at love and sex and the end of the 20th century. With an impeccable world-weariness, she played an arty photographer, one member of a quartet of characters who couple, uncouple and recouple with remarkable dexterity.
The actress came back to the Roundabout in 2005 to play one of the most famous roles in modern American drama, Blanche DuBois, in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire."
Richardson's desperate Southern belle was more flinty than fragile, displaying a steeliness not usually found in this vulnerable, mentally unraveling woman. The actress excelled at disintegration, capturing Blanche's descent into madness with an unnerving dramatic intensity.
Richardson's most recent New York appearance was brief - a one-night-only, benefit-concert performance earlier this year of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical based on Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night."
The show - a rueful recollection of love, old and new, wise and foolish - offered Richardson a chance to play the daughter to her real-life mother, Vanessa Redgrave.
There were tantalizing rumors that mother and daughter would star in a full production on Broadway, a wish that now will be sadly unrealized.

:-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

harmonyfrance — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:09:47 -0800

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jessica Simpson is NOT fat

harmonyfrance — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:29:36 -0800

Okay this is seriously pissing me off.

This was in the New York Post! I think it's disgusting. This is what she looked like.

Okay, now clearly that outfit is heinous and I will admit that she has probably gained 10 to 15 pounds. But honestly that's not fat! It is like the shape of Marilyn Monroe or Elizabeth Taylor. It's curvy and feminine AND sexy. I think it's disgusting that just because she's an entertainer that she's supposed to be stick thin, especially if that isn't natural for her body type.

Sorry this really irritated me!

Kate the Great

harmonyfrance — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:16:58 -0800

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!

Next come the oscars!

Have a Very Merry Christmas

harmonyfrance — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:54:24 -0800

Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone! I've enjoyed talking and debating with all of you.

Fame! I'm gonna live forever. I'm gonna learn how to fly. High!

harmonyfrance — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:45:07 -0800

I'm so excited about this. I used to LOVE this tv show. It was a big influence on me going into the performing arts. I wanted to go to this school so badly. It looks like they're getting some major talent for it too. Look at the cast they're racking up!

Five performers named to "Fame" faculty (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Actors Megan Mullally , Kelsey Grammer , Charles S. Dutton , Bebe Neuwirth and Debbie Allen have been tenured. The quintet has been chosen for administrative and teaching roles in the remake of "Fame."

Choreographer Kevin Tancharoen will direct the reinvention of the 1980 musical drama about a group of dancers, singers, actors and artists trying to survive four grueling years at New York City's prestigious High School of Performing Arts .

Allison Burnett and Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the updated screenplay for the MGM/ Lakeshore Entertainment production , which is scheduled for release September 25.

"This picture is a celebration, a testament to people pursuing their dreams, so we set out to find talented actors who could both convincingly instruct onscreen and also inspire audiences," MGM Worldwide Motion Picture Group chairman Mary Parent said.

All five actors have noteworthy performing arts backgrounds. Mullally, who will play a voice instructor, graduated from the School of American Ballet ; Grammer, who will play an orchestra conductor, attended Juilliard; Dutton, who will play an acting teacher, went to the Yale School of Drama ; and Neuwirth, who will play a dance teacher, has won two Tonys.

Actress and choreographer Allen, who played dance teacher Lydia Grant in the original film and won a Golden Globe for her role in the spinoff television series, will appear in the updated version as Principal Simms.

The student cast includes Kristy Flores, Paul Iacono, Paul McGill, Naturi Naughton and Kay Panabaker .

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter