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June 20 Win "The Love Guru"
Ah, love is in the air! Not only can you catch "The Love Guru" releasing in theatres today but you can also enter to win one of three special "Love Guru" magic 8 balls. Now just think of how cool your desk will look with this groovy fortune-telling accessory. To enter, send an email to me at dishdiva@microsoft.com by June 30. Tell me what you love. It's that easy. I'll choose three lucky winners. Pretty easy, hunh? For more on "The Love Guru" visit MSN Movies. Here is the small print: This minisweeps is held by Taylor Johnson and Taylor Johnson alone. Her decision is final. Enter by 11:59pm PT on June 30. Do not include your personal information in your email. If you are a winner, I will email you to let you know. June 11 Win This Stuff: "Get Smart"Do you love Steve Carell? Does he make you laugh so hard that you get a wonderful brain freeze just watching him? Well then you are going to love his upcoming film "Get Smart" in theatres on June 20. Watch the trailer now on MSN Movies! And if you are a "Get Smart" fan then this fabulous “Win This Stuff” sweeps is just for you! To enter, send an email to me at DishDiva@microsoft.com and tell me the smartest thing you have ever done. Send me your email by June 30, 2008 at 11:59pm PT. One Grand Prize winner will win: · Get Smart World Map LCD Alarm Clock · High Quality Bluetooth Car Speaker or Headset · Fingerprint Kit · World Globe Beach Ball · Paper Binoculars · Spinner Key Ring · Get Smart “Control” Baseball Cap · Get Smart Mug · Get Smart “Control” Aluminum Cover 5”x7” Journal · Get Smart Push Button (Plays Theme Song) Four First Place winners will win: · Fingerprint Kit · World Globe Beach Ball · Paper Binoculars · Spinner Key Ring · Get Smart “Control” Baseball Cap · Get Smart Mug · Get Smart “Control” Aluminum Cover 5”x7” Journal Visit the official "Get Smart" site. "Be the first to know! Receive exclusive Warner Bros. Movie News Updates!"
Here’s the small print: This minisweeps is run by Taylor Johnson. Taylor Johnson is the only one who will select the winner. Her decision is final. Enter to win by emailing Taylor Johnson at DishDiva@microsoft.com. Win This Stuff is open to U.S. residents 18 and over at the time of entry. Entries must be received by midnight PT on June 30, 2008. Entries will be used only for the minisweeps and no other purpose. Emails will be destroyed after the winner is selected. Please do not include your address or other contact information other than your email address in the entry. One entry per household. If you are selected as a winner and do not respond to an email within 48 hours, a new winner will be selected. That's it. Now enter and have fun. RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION: BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANTS RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND EACH OF ITS RESPECTIVE PARENTS, DIVISIONS, AFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, AGENTS AND ADVERTISING AGENCIES (COLLECTIVELY, “WBEI”) FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, DAMAGES, RIGHTS, CLAIMS, AND ACTIONS OF ANY KIND ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES OR PARTICIPATION IN ANY SWEEPSTAKES-RELATED ACTIVITY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE REMOVAL FROM THE SITE OF, OR DISCONTINUATION OF ACCESS TO, ANY MATERIALS), OR RESULTING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH, AND/OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, AS WELL AS CLAIMS BASED ON PUBLICITY RIGHTS, DEFAMATION, AND/OR INVASION OF PRIVACY. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: IN NO EVENT WILL THE WBEI BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY ACCESS TO AND/OR USE OF THE SWEEPSTAKES SITE, THE DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES SITE, THE REMOVAL FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES SITE OF, OR DISCONTINUATION OF ACCESS TO, ANY MATERIALS, OR THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE, OR MISUSE OF, OR ANY HARM RESULTING FROM THE ACCEPTANCE, POSSESSION, USE OR MISUSE OF, OR PARTICIPATION IN, ANY PRIZE AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SWEEPSTAKES. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE SWEEPSTAKES, ALL PRIZES, AND ALL MATERIALS PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. June 04 5:30 RedmondWe just went live earlier this afternoon with my video interview with the stars of "You Don't Mess With the Zohan."
Here's what I can say. It is very very very funny. Rob Schneider got a little naughty. Actually a lot naughty. Want to see my interview with Rob Schneider and his buddy Adam Sandler? Visit MSN Video or click here.
What is it with guys and the word 'penis'? 5:29pm RedmondI was in L.A. this weekend and as I was checking out of my hotel Elvis Costello was checking in. He was standing next to an SUV limo from which exited a woman and two blonde toddler boys. I didn't put two and two together until the tykes were in their double stroller and reaching for daddy (Costello). The woman was clearly the nanny. I wondered who the mom was.
Yeah. It took me a moment. Diana Krall. These curly blonde haired boys are angelic. They look like little cherubs. They look NOTHING like dad. Totally like their mom.
That's all.
Random. I know.
And to Erin who accosted me this afternoon saying "WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR BLOG? UPDATE IT!" Here you go.
--Taylor May 28 4:07pm RedmondIs it true? I don't know. What I do know is that I have been IM'd and texted all day regarding the news that George Clooney and his girl broke up.
I do not know if it is true.
I swear.
George does not call me when he breaks up with someone.
When I do see George I don't ask him about his latest girlfriend.
Yes, he smells like macaroons.
Yes, if I could, I would tell him that you think he is amazing/delicious/wonderful.
Yes, he is lovely and yes, I have kissed him. But not like that.
OK? If you love George, like I know you do, watch this interview with George on MSN video.
I'm going back to work now. 1:27pm RedmondThe weather is still icky. I call it being 'white out.' It's just grey and stale and blech.
I'm in my office and working on my questions for this weekend. I head to L.A. on Friday and I'll be with the stars from "Kung Fu Panda," "Get Smart" and "You Don't Mess with the Zohan." There are a lot of funny actors in these films so I'm working on some fun questions for them. I'll see "You Don't Mess with the Zohan" tonight and "Kung Fu Panda" tomorrow morning.
Last night I was supposed to head to a screening of "Sex and the City" but I just couldn't do it on a Tuesday night. To see "Sex and the City" FINALLY I want it to be an event. I don't want to fight traffic (there was a Mariners game) and snake through two hours of traffic and then sit through a movie alone. This is an EVENT movie. This is the kind of film where you get your favorite girlfriends together, have an early dinner and then see the movie together. I would have been looking at my watch and thinking of the email that I had to send out. I will be ponying up my $10 this weekend and seeing it with my girls. I. Can't. Wait. The soundtrack is so phenomenal. I love it already. Buy it now and listen to it on the way home from the screening.
Our "Sex and the City" interviews will go live this week. Check out MSN Video to see what Sarah Jessica Parker was wearing. And let's talk about Big for a second. SPOILER ALERT. I had heard that Big dies. I was so crazy upset about this. So, in case you heard the same thing--- I will tell you that he doesn't die. That would have sucked.
I've got to get back to my research here. In the meantime, check out this infamous video interview I did with Dustin Hoffman last year. (I'll be talking to him again on Saturday. Hmmm, I wonder what topic he'll surprise me with this weekend.) :-)
Taylor
May 21 Redmond 1:24pmI am back. It is raining. In Redmond.
As usual.
It was a long flight back yesterday from France to Seattle. I brought back some Herbs de Provence in my carry on bag. If you aren't familar with this, it is a melange of spices that work great on chicken. It smells divine. When I got on the plane yesterday I opened my carry-on to get my eye mask and I got a whiff of the lovely spice. So did other people seated around me. There was an older couple sitting across the aisle from me.
The wife had her nose up in the air and leaned into her husband and said "Do you smell that? Oh, it smells like Thanksgiving dinner. Do you think they are serving us turkey today?"
Said her husband "Oh, I hope so. It sure smells fine!"
I got excited too but as I put my carry-on bag in the overhead compartment I got a good whiff and I realized that "No, we were not having turkey today." We did in fact have a choice of veal (no thank you, sir), pike (fish) or mushroom ragout. (I chose the fish. I did not choose wisely.) For our second meal 9 hours into the flight we had a raclette which was a cheese sauce over potato wedges, cooked gherkin pickles and cooked sliced carrots. I was very happy that I still had Chocolate Raspberry Zone bars left. Then I remembered that I had bought Major Nelson a chocolate croissant in the bakery before I left. I thought how fun it would be to present to him a pastry that I hand carried from France. It smelled heavenly, but I held out and Major did indeed enjoy his treat when I got home last night.
The big news is that my interviews from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" are now here and in the process of being edited. There is some big news regarding "Star Wars" so if you are a "Star Wars" fan, you'll need to check out my interview with Harrison Ford."
When the interview is ready to roll, I'll post a link here along with the back story of the interviews I did with the cast at the Cannes Film Festival.
In the meantime, check out this video I found that just left me saying "Awwwwwww!" Watch it. Really.
Off to a meeting. Stand by for my exclusive "Indiana Jones" video along with the back story.
xoxo May 17 2:41am in CannesIt is raining as it has been off and on for the past couple days. I am sitting in the living room of my apartment here in Cannes. I have the floor to ceiling French doors open. My apartment is on the 3rd floor (what the French call the second floor. Here the first floor is the ground floor, the second floor they call the first floor and so on.) The flat is on a corner on a street well known for the small outdoor restaurants. Each night there is a strolling musical group (very fond of Sinatra music.) Last night there was also a Bassett Hound wandering in and out of the restaurants. He is, it seems, well known here. The hosts/hostesses see him come by/wander into the restaurant and they say "Allo!" I love the fact that they say hello to the dog. I wish I had caught his name.
It is late and raining and I am watching partygoers going home. No one has umbrellas. Their faces are laughing, tilted up—even— with their faces getting dappled by the drops. The women are in gowns, mostly wearing their fellow's tuxedo jacket over their shoulders. Most people are in groups and definitely not walking a straight line. They are laughing. I close my eyes and listen. I hear lots and lots of bottles being tossed into a bin, heels on pavement, laughter, languages waft by me, a Rescue vehicle is trying to get by on the next street over. It is making those whoop-whoop ‘get out of my way’ noises you hear in moves set in France. Things don’t get quiet here until 4am or so and then the street cleaners come. The sun comes up at 5 or so and then the coffee shops and bakeries (boulangeries) open. I haven’t been able to sleep while I’ve been here. I was up all night last night thinking thinking thinking “What am I going to ask Harrison Ford?” Finally at 7am I turned on the air conditioning, closed the big grey shutters outside my window (tight), closed the windows and dozed off in the coolness. It was a very very good nap.
Tomorrow I will see “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Tonight I watched “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” What a great movie.
“Snakes. Why did it have to be snakes?”
I have the new box set here with me and will be watching the other two films tomorrow.
For more on the movie side of things here, check out Dave McCoy’s Cannes blog on MSN Movies.
And “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” opened this weekend. Check out the video interviews with the cast on MSN Video.
I’m going to go turn the A/C on now and get a few winks before I go wait in line to get a ticket for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Is Shia LaBeouf’s character really Indy’s son? I can’t wait to find out!
G’night! May 15 11:17pm in CannesIt is 10:35 here in France. The fireworks have just started. I don’t know why exactly, what for, but I just stepped out on my balcony and there it was – a magnificent light show worthy of the best July 4th fireworks in the States. Because I am not facing the fireworks at first I thought Cannes was being bombed. I was deep into working on email when I heard BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM. At first I thought, well this is a fine pickle. I am 6000 miles away from home and the city is being bombed. But what was missing from this scenario were screams. So, I ventured out on the balcony of my third floor pied a terre (small French apartment) and saw the fireworks reflected on the windows of the building across the street. The fireworks must have been shot off on the beach behind my building. It was lovely.
Perhaps the fireworks were a big congratulations to Angelina Jolie who is expecting twins. It’s big news here. Bigger than just about anything else going on here in Cannes except for the premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” (which I am seeing on Sunday.) I was in the bookstore at the San Francisco Airport on the way here and got a gorgeous great coffee table book about the history of “Indiana Jones.” It’s big bright and colorful and awesome and I think it will really help me remember the great history of this franchise. I’ll be interviewing all the stars on Monday and I want to stun the cast with my knowledge and brilliance about the series. :-)
If you send me an email by May 20 and tell me why you can’t wait to see “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” I will pick someone at random and send the lucky winner this book. It might even have my notes in the margin. Ah, the secrets of a reporter just might be revealed! (Send your email to DishDiva@microsoft.com )
So, here I am in France. When I was at Walt Disney World last week I thought that was pretty much the loneliest place to be alone. (You try riding It’s a Small World alone. The person who loads the boats asked me “How many?”
I said “One.” She said “No kids?” I said “Gee, no, just me but thanks for reminding me” and I jumped into the boat.
That’s sort of how it was tonight. I checked into the press office earlier today to get my press pass (it’s pink!) and then wandered all over the beachfront to the different hotels gathering information. (By the way—I refer to the color of my press badge not just because I am wild about pink but because there is a very definite division among the colors of badges. White is best followed by pink, blue and the dreaded yellow. The color of your badge designates when you can enter a screening. So all the White press (so to speak) get to enter a screening first, followed by pink, then blue and so on. If there are 1000 white press badges who want to see a screening, the Pinks, Blues and Yellows are pretty much outta luck. I’m happy with pink though. I had yellow a couple years ago and it sucked.
After I got my badge (which you are supposed to guard with your life. It has your photo on it but there is a big black market for stolen badges) and my press kits I swung by my little apartment, took another glorious shower, changed into some black capris, a grey cashmere sweater and a blue scarf tied ever so French devil-may-care around my neck, threw my hair up in a chignon and decided to grab dinner out.
I am alone. I am also on a street called Rue Commandant Andre which is chock full of dozens of little outdoor cafes, peppered with candles and people in black, impossibly thin smoking their slim French cigarettes and drinking fabulous wine. There were all tables of two, three, six, ten. . .
I decided to eat in tonight. I swung by the Champion Supermarche to buy some provisions. I would make myself a fabulous French dinner. So I bought a baguette, plums, tangerines, Perrier, coffee, cream, carrots and then I was stuck. I swung by the frozen food aisle and I couldn’t figure out what the entrees were. I think I bought a quiche. I walked home feeling very French with my baguette and carrots peeking out of the bag. I then tried to read the box for directions. Yeah, I thought I knew French. But the French they teach you in high school doesn’t help with deciphering cooking directions. It got worse. I have this strange microwave with options I can’t figure out. What is PUISSANCE? HORLOGE? I have no idea. If you’re reading this and know French, please help me make dinner! Right now the carrots are looking like they might be dinner.
Also, I am homesick. I miss Major Nelson. I miss American television. Then I had a BRILLIANT idea! If you’ve been to MSN you know that MSN Video has dozens and dozens of full length television drama/comedy/sitcom etc. episodes. I was dying to watch “How I Met Your Mother” tonight (since I can’t understand anything on the twelve channels I get in the apartment. I did find myself, however, mesmerized by Italian TV. I kept thinking that if I watched long enough I would just start to absorb what they were saying).
So I settled in and tried to watch. Unfortunately, the full episodes are only available in the United States. If you are lucky enough to be in the U.S., however, then you are one lucky lucky person. MSN Video SAVED me when I was traveling recently and the TV was out in my room. I turned on my laptop and cozily watched episodes of “The Office” and “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” I love love love this ability to watch full episodes on my laptop. I feel like I am in command and everything I want is at my fingertips. Check out MSN Video for more full length episodes of your favorite shows than you can even watch in one night.
I’m going to go tackle the microwave now.
Bon soir! May 13 San Francisco 7:27pmHere I am in San Francisco. I landed on a beautiful sunny, warm perfect day. It was a relief from Seattle where it has been raining forever and I checked the weather forecast in Cannes. For the next ten days? Rain. Rain. Storms. Rain. So, here I am soaking up the sunshine in the airport lounge.
I like the San Francisco airport. The United terminal is fun. If you land in the domestic terminal and you need to go to international you'll need to take the moving walkway. As moving walkways go, this one is fun. It's a LONG walkway and for some reason it's super soft kind of like walking on beach sand. After a long flight it feels great. If you'd like to burn off some energy, walk this a few times. I walked it ten times each way tonight. I just don't get people who stand still on moving walkways. Why? It seems completely pointless unless they view it a little ride but I think it's more fun to see how you kinda fly down the halls of an airport.
If you aren't a member of an airport club/lounge and you fly often, you should consider it. It's a great place to hang between flights and there's free food and drinks. It's also a GREAT resource should you have a problem with your flight. There have been so many times in my half million miles of flying that I had a problem with a flight and when other passengers were in a long line at customer service, I was in a short line with someone who could fix my issue lickety split. The bathrooms are also better which is nice if you want to brush your teeth.
Someone asked me recently how I travel so much and arrive at my destination fairly happy. I dress comfortably for starters. Right now I am wearing black yoga pants, a white long sleeved t-shirt and a pale pink cashmere sweater. It works no matter where I go. I stripped off all my make-up a few minutes ago and moisturized my skin with a creamy self-tanner. When I arrive in France I'll have a nice glow and my skin won't be parched. I also drink a LOT of water. I packed a bag of natural almonds (no salt/preservatives) and I ordered fruit plates for the entire trip.
And always always get an aisle seat. There is nothing worse than being trapped in a window seat when your seatmate is sound asleep with the legrest up and you just gotta go to the loo.
I'm about to pack my things up and head to the gate, but for now take a look at this recent video interview that I did with Patrick Dempsey for "Made of Honor." See how well he did when I gave him a pop quiz. This is one guy who REALLY liked being quizzed. See for yourself!
I'll see you in Cannes!
(Thanks you to Sara for her help keeping the home fires burning!)
xoxo I'm Really Doing ThisI'm about to get on a flight to Cannes to cover the Cannes Film Festival. Great. However I just found out that I am getting on an international flight on a plane that seats seven people. SEVEN PEOPLE.
Once upon a time I was a traffic reporter. I flew over the city of Hartford every morning for 4 hours. The plane was little. It sat three reporters, all our equipment and the pilot. I can't imagine getting on a plane like that and going international. 10,000 feet about Hartford ok. 36,000 feet above France. Not so much.
I am shivering in my boots. Not much scares me but boy oh boy, I'm quivering here.
Wish me luck?
And next week tune into MSN Video and MSN Movies where you'll find my interviews with the stars of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." I am so excited to be bringing you interviews with Harrison and Shia and Cate and Karen! ONLY on MSN Video!
There is also a very high profile, very popular, unbelievably sublime superstar that I am doing in Cannes as well but I have been sworn to secrecy until next week but oh, it's going to be good! I promise you'll adore the segments!
Bon soir, ma petite croissant!
xoxo May 05 Top Ten Things I Love About Walt Disney WorldGrowing up on the East Coast means I am a Walt Disney World girl. Not Disneyland. Walt Disney World. I just got back from Walt Disney World last night and I realized how much I really love the place. And here's why.
10. The midnight blooming jasmine outside my patio at my hotel and the heavenly gardenias just outside the Crystal Palace restaurant on Main Street USA in the Magic Kingdom.
9. The swell of Disney music that hits you as you arrive at the Magic Kingdom signifying "You're here! You're here!"
7. The Hall of Presidents in Liberty Square makes me feel proud to be an American. Dorky but true.
6. The pool at the Yacht and Beach Club Hotel has real beach sand in it!
5. The banana stuffed french toast the Polynesian Hotel.
4. Mr. Big Voice who announces that you should take small children by the hand when you board the monorail.
3. Stitch. I am crazy over the moon for this crazy little alien. I once rode an attraction at an event with the Stitch character who acted up, sitting in his row and grabbing the handles and moving as in "Let's go now! Move this fun thing. I want to fly!"
2. Disney naps. The blissful period after a long, hot day in the parks where you take a shower, close the drapes and climb into cool sheets for a one hour nap before you head out again for dinner and Spectromagic!
1. Because I got engaged at Walt Disney World. Major Nelson and Mickey Mouse proposed. Awwwww!
Love!
Taylor
May 01 Do you want to scream now or later?It's 1:31am here in Orlando at Walt Disney World and here I am with Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. Well, not here in my room as I wrap up some work but here on the resort property. I was the the awesome ABC Wide World of Sports Stadium today and was down on the field with the competitors and let me tell you that the Disney Channel Games are fierce! There is even a Disney Channel Games dance that Cody did for me today which including a one armed push-up. Seriously.
I'll fill you in on the details later but this message is just for all the seven to twelve year old girls in my life--you girls are the most amazing people I know and yes I will harness all your loveable, girly, pink, fun high-pitchede energy and send it to Miley and the boys. This is for you Amelia, Chloe, Brigitta, Lauren, Amanda, Briana. . .
Tomorrow I will be on the field with Miley, Joe, Nick etc. and I'll tell you all about it when I get back. If you have any questions you'd like me to ask them, you can respond to this message and I'll see what I can do.
And here is a special hello to TJ, a dad here at Walt Disney World with three very sweet, lucky little girls whose dad is really trying to make your dreams come true!
Photo by Garth Vaughan/Disney
Love!
Taylor
Win This Stuff: Speed RacerWhen you think of "Speed Racer" what do you think of? Me, personally, I think of the song "Go, Speed Racer!" And then it plays in my head over and over and over. I saw the film a couple weeks and it is a wild, wild ride. And here's the best part, if you are a "Speed Racer" fan you can enter to win the "Speed Racer" minisweeps.
And for more on "Speed Racer" visit MSN Movies.
Here are the details:
One Grand Prize winner will win:
1 Set of 4 Removable Decals
1 Set of 8 Tattoos
1 of 8 Buttons
1 Speed Racer Baseball Caps
1 Speed Racer Silhouette T-shirt
1 Kids’ Car-Fu Tee
1 Kids’ Backpack1 Speed Racer Rollerball Pen with Wheel Spinning Top1 Speed Racer Spinning Key Ring1 Movable Gear Shift Paperweight Clock1 Messenger Bag with Woven Patches1 Rare & Collectible LENTICULAR Movie PosterFour First Place winners will win:
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