Sandi Greene » YA Movies http://www.sandigreene.net Teacher and Author Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:32:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Kanye West is a Jerk to Taylor Swift at VMAs http://www.sandigreene.net/2009/09/14/kanye-west-is-a-jerk-to-taylor-swift-at-vmas/ http://www.sandigreene.net/2009/09/14/kanye-west-is-a-jerk-to-taylor-swift-at-vmas/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:57:01 +0000 Sandi Greene http://allaboutya.wordpress.com/?p=250 I promise I’ll get back to the focus of this blog, which is YA books. But I couldn’t resist posting on the VMAs. Taylor Swift is my favorite musical artist, and last night she was the unlikely winner of the best female video on the VMAs. In the middle of her acceptance speech, Kayne West took the mic from her hand and began ranting about how Beyonce’s video (up against Swift’s) was one of the best videos of all time and should have won.

I like Beyonce’s song and video too (“Single Ladies” (Put a Ring on It)”), but that was just plain rude and wrong. The poor girl was giving her acceptance speech. She was, however, somewhat vindicated—West was booed by the audience and told to leave the building. Later, when Beyonce won video of the year, she invited Swift up to finish giving her speech (plus, a couple of singers tweeted some choice words about West). He did, though, apologize on his blog today.

The VMAs are known for their controversy (think last year and Brand’s rude comment about the Jonas Brothers purity rings), and their crazy antics (this year Lady Gaga speared herself in fake blood as a testimony of the Paparazzi and what they did to Princess Diana). So, if nothing else, it’s some strange, yet interesting entertainment.

Photo credit: AP | Singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the "Best Female Video" award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Photo credit: AP | Singer Kanye West takes the microphone from singer Taylor Swift as she accepts the "Best Female Video" award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

I have to say the “New Moon” clip was awesome. The movie looks better than the first one and I can’t wait.

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A new kid in town starts a rock band and they compete in a battle of the bands competition. The movie stars Aly Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, and Gaelan Connell.

I think it looks cute! (But I often love teen movies like this). So if you go see it, let me know what you think. Here’s the trailer:

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]]> http://www.sandigreene.net/2009/08/17/movie-review-%e2%80%9cband-slam%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 Tidbits for YA Writers http://www.sandigreene.net/2009/07/24/tidbits-for-ya-writers/ http://www.sandigreene.net/2009/07/24/tidbits-for-ya-writers/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:46:51 +0000 Sandi Greene http://allaboutya.wordpress.com/?p=88 I read another cool article on “New Moon” today. I promise I won’t send these all the time, but I’m so excited about the movie, I couldn’t resist: http://paralleluniverse.msn.com/comic-con/new-moon-panel/story/feature/?GT1=28140

My friend Kimberly reminded me of the up-to-date news information you can find at Publisher’s Weekly. You can subscribe to their newsletter for free and one of their options is children’s books (and there is a newsletter for religious books for all my CBA friends): http://www.publishersweekly.com/enewsletter/CA6672758/2788.html

This week PW had a cool article on the expansion of the teen section at Borders: http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6672662.html?nid=2788&source=title&rid=1920529184

One thing that drives me crazy about searching through the YA section on Barnes and Noble online is that the majority of the books they promote are vampire novels. I’m so sick of these that I won’t even look at them! (But don’t worry Bella and Edward…I’ll never leave you!). So I was thankful for this funny comic strip my friend Michelle sent to me today:

Will Write For Chocolate

She got it off of a hilarious website that I’m just now learning about called Inkygirl.com and WillWriteForChocolate.com.

Happy writing! :)

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So I was one of the first in line to go see the movie. Of course it can never measure up to what’s in your mind—that’s true of most books-turned-movies. But it was great, and I can’t wait to see the second one, New Moon, this fall. Here’s the trailer:

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