A Laidback Night

I am planning to watch a lot of movies this week when most of the usual activities are put to a halt being Holy Week. Old movies are in my list. I was browsing on titles like A Street Car Named Desire, On a Golden Pond, Once a Thief, etcetera, when I landed on Alain Delon's old pictures. He is beautiful.

I then thought of coming up with my list of the most beautiful leading men and women: Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando, River Phoenix, Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Chace Crawford,Ethan Hawke and Alain Delon. Alain Delon tops them all. I like them brooding.

If Twilight was created during his time, Alain Delon is the perfect Edward Cullen - unapologetically good looking male. And then my daughter said, Marlon Brando will be Jacob Black. Oh, I don't think so. That would be a sacrilege. The Godfather will not allow this comparison. :)

For the women: Demi Moore, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Monica Belucci, Kate Winslet, Liv Tyler, Reese Witherspoon. Ingrid Bergman is the prettiest.

If Chace is included, shall I include Gossip Girls, Leighton Meester and Blake Lively? No, I'd rather include Camilla Belle. For both men and women, I like flawed beauty like Keanu and River, Reese and Liv. Not perfect but still mesmerizing.

As I was browsing the internet I came to a site where they feature covers of magazines circa 1960. My daughter browsed with me and remembered I told her Tiger Beat has been around since her aunts, who are way older than I am, was in their pre-teen years. That was early seventies. She asked me to check Google for old issues of Tiger Beat.

What do you know. There are old issues of Tiger Beat dating back as early as 1970s. We had silly grins on our faces because of the hairstyles and how crudely the covers were done. It's like even my daughter can make something like that now. It seems a very simple scrapbook. And it only costs 50 cents. That's how long ago 1972 was.

Tiger Beat now costs around P250-P500 here in the Philippines (roughly 5 to 10USD). Expensive. That's why I don't buy any for my daughter. I can spend that amount on her CDs and books because these will last forever or for a long time. They have value but the movie magazines will only be good for a few days and whatever is in there, she can read online. All her celebrity magazines were sent by my sister.

Going back to Tiger Beat, I rounded up to her some of the celebrities I can remember. I was telling her if you have Zac Efron now, we had Scott Baio before. My cousins were fan girls too of Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garret. Donny Osmond was really that popular before. Just like The Jonas Brothers now, he was in every issue of Tiger Beat then.

I suddenly remembered Scott Baio's sitcom I used to watch, Charles in Charge. I think this was the reference of the local Okidok of Aga Muhlach where he takes care of his nephews and nieces. And of course, how can I forget Zapped, the famous movie about telekenetic powers with the equally famous, super cheesy official soundtracks, Got to Believe in Magic and King and Queen of Hearts. Oh boy. Those were the days.

They were sung by David Pomeranz which went really big in the Philippines. See, until now David Pomeranz produce his concert here. As if the kids of today will mind or the mommies his age will spend precious money to watch him.

Time flies so fast. The next thing we know, there will be new and fresher batches of superstars.

Well, my daughter and I had fun doing this together while digging on chocolate ice cream and potato chips. :D