Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Elizabeth Perkins as Celia Hodes on Weeds

This post comes at a strange time. I, however, have recently learned that Celia will be axed from the series this coming season, one way or another. I hear rumors that Elizabeth Perkins is looking to get into more movies. I also hear rumors that people are unsatisfied with what Celia hodes has become. I say, fix the character because she’s absolutely necessary to the show’s wellbeing at this point. This, to me, could be a fatal blow to what I consider to be my favorite television show.

I feel as though, if nothing else, Celia represents where Nancy Botwin came from. Even if they absolutely loath each other a the moment, I feel like every single time the characters look at each other they can’t help but think, “look at how far we’ve come. what happened?” You need that in Weeds. These people are lost in a war of Mexican politics at the moment and everyone hates this! You need Celia to remind both the characters and the fans of where the show came from.

I feel like what they have going with Celia right now is good. The fans of the show want Nancy to return to mid-grade weed dealing but that just doesn’t seem feasible at the moment. Having Celia get into the business could be fun. I get that she’s the show’s punching bag and it’s been nice over the course of some mediocre seasons. I, however, much prefer the times when Celia and Nancy recognized each others flaws yet chose to be friends. Call me crazy, but I thought that made sense. 

Elizabeth Perkins, please make a quick return to Weeds. Your return is of dire consequence. 

The return of Charisma Carpenter!

She first rose to fame as the hottest chick to ever grace the halls of Sunnydale High on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and inevitably ended up at “upper being” status when her awesome run on spinoff Angel came to an end. 

Cordelia Chase is not dead! Charisma Carpenter will play a role in Sylvester Stallone’s highly anticipated summertime action flick The Expendables as Jason Statham’s love interest. Every guy in his right mind thinks Statham is awesome. This is a step in the right direction, Carpenter! Plus, she’s also the new face of Butterfingers candy bars.

Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse

So some of you may have noticed at this point that every once in a while I feature a character instead of an actress. I think this is probably the most distinctive time I’ve done so because Anna Paquin has never looked better than she does playing Sookie on True Blood.

Don’t get me wrong, she’s a great actress regardless, and I’m a huge Rogue fan, but this is definitely her calling. I tuned into True Blood late, as I’ve done with most of my favorite shows like Weeds. I wait till the show generates steam, then I buy the season blindly without having sampled anything. That’s in my nature as a film kid, I think. Having said that, I think I ate through True Blood faster than any other series, and I find myself craving more.

I tuned in with just a bare skeleton of an understanding of how it worked, but I can say that I expected Paquin’s Sookie to play damsel in distress. She actually kind of reminds me of a Willow Rosenberg type, (if you didn’t know that was a Buffy reference, get off the blog.) only hotter, in that she is thrown into an alternate reality kind of universe and is forced to adjust regardless of her feelings. Instead of rejecting it, she embraces it and pretty much kicks ass.

Also, I think there’s something innate in Anna that makes Sookie hot beyond just looks, which was obviously a priority in casting the character. A lot of the show surrounds Sookie’s x-factor and attractiveness to guys, both human and not-so-much-human. I like Sookie because in a reality filled with vampires and shape shifters, she still stands out. Granted she has telekinetic abilities, but she still comes off as pretty human. I think this is a credit to both Paquin’s acting, and the show’s writers… but more so to Paquin. The show on the surface is vampire themed, but when you really get into it you realize it’s Sookie themed, in that you slowly begin to realize that’s she’s something special.

Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Miranda Kerr

What is it about Miranda that makes her stand out in a sea of other Victoria’s Secret models? It’s exactly what this blog is based off of… star quality. Miranda Kerr is an Aussie, and the first Aussie to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She is also famous for dating Orlando Bloom, otherwise known as “that elf from Lord of the Rings” or “that guy who isn’t Johnny Depp in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.” Orlando is an upgrade, though. Here’s why…

Interesting fact: Miranda dated musician Jay Lyon for a few years. Jay is famous for appearing on Season 1 of MTV’s The City, for dating Whitney Port, and for dissing other bad girl bombshell Olivia Palermo. Miranda signed her deal with Victoria’s Secret in 2007, consequently replacing Gisele Bündchen.

Sucks, Jay…

Here’s what I’ll say about Kerr. I found myself stumbling upon images of her time and time again before I had a clue of who she was. Every time I’d ask myself, “who is that girl?” That’s a testament to being something beyond beautiful.

Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Socialite Olivia Palermo

You probably know Olivia best as the resident “uptown” rep on MTV Hills spinoff The City, where production so desperately attempts to peg her as a spoiled bitch. The truth is, this doesn’t matter in the slightest. Without Olivia, the show isn’t even worth watching. I do like Whitney Port, the show’s star and Hills veteran. However, watching her meander from jerk to douche over the course of the show’s extended first season dragged on and on.

Season 1 almost entirely relied on a tired “Upper East Side Socialite versus Village Hipster” war, which never actually existed but was instead manipulated by production. How can Whitney Port possibly move to New York one day and have social circles fighting for her the next? She got her own show because she was the only actual worker on The Hills and she always came off as the voice of reason. At least Whitney’s finally having some fun. That’s good. Good for you, Whitney. Olivia salvages this show entirely.

I’m not exactly a Hills/City aficionado. Well, I’m not really a fan at all. I do, however, manage to catch it here and there, or at least when it looks moderately interesting because I like to keep up with TV. You find yourself waiting for Palermo to pop on screen and school some posers in being “New York.” The truth is MTV, and most likely the audience of The City, don’t know how to differentiate between a brutal bitch and someone who isn’t Lauren Conrad. Heidi Montag pulled out all the stops to convince fans that she was “good” and ended up looking like a fool. Olivia Palermo, however, is no idiot, and she refuses to compromise.

It goes without saying that she’s the hottest girl from either series, but she’s also the only girl that has ever managed to make good television without dragging her personal life into the mix. Good on you, Olivia.

Oh, and by the way, she resides in Brooklyn!

Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Mary Louise Parker as Nancy Botwin

I was inspired to write on Nancy based on my previous post featuring The New Pornographers. As previously stated, Weeds is my favorite show of the moment. I like Weeds because it feels like a particularly personal show. When you watch it, you feel like it’s tailor made for you.

Mary Louise Parker plays the show’s lead, Nancy Botwin, a suburban mom who resorts to pot dealing when her husband unexpectedly drops dead while jogging. The show is smart yet simple, dark yet vibrant. Nancy is the battery that powers the show.

Everything about Nancy is flawed but you still love her. That’s television writing and acting at it’s finest. Mary is repeatedly shunned by the Emmys. She’s nominated year after year, but she loses. To reiterate, I think this is okay. It does make me mad and I get frustrated when I watch her repeatedly lose. The truth is, not everyone is going to understand Weeds. The plot is simple enough, but the underbelly of the show is what is most important. I don’t want everyone to understand Weeds. I want to be selfish. I want it all to myself.

I like the way she licks her teeth.

Bad Girl Bombshell of the Day: Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase

I recently started re-watching the entire Buffy series. By recently I mean I started in August and am currently somewhere mid-Season 5. Buffy was most definitely the top show of my childhood. I did, however, lose interest around Season 4 when it originally aired, and now I remember why.

Resident super bitch Cordelia, “the most feared girl in Sunnydale history,” moved to LA and teamed up with re-souled vampire/ Buffy ex Angel when he garnered his own self-titled spinoff.

As Buffy creator Joss Whedon once stated, “All of our characters got to the point (in Season 4) where they were loving and hugging, and it was sort of like, where’s Cordelia?”

Not only was Angel much darker than its predecessor, and consequently much more to my liking, but having Charisma Carpenter as a leading lady earns infinite brownie points.

Interesting fact for fans of the Buffyverse (non-Buffy fans stop reading): I once read that the character of Cordelia was often used for plot progression. In other words, rather than having to drag out a long, dry explanation, they would use her innate cattiness and lack of tact to cut a scene that would take five minutes to thirty seconds.

Example from the episode “Killed by Death”:

Cordy: So this isn’t about you (Buffy) being afraid of hospitals ‘cause your friend died and you want to conjure up a monster that you can fight so you can save everybody and not feel so helpless?

Giles: Cordelia, have you actually ever heard of tact?

Cordy: Tact is just not saying true stuff. I’ll pass.