And you're right, from a theatrical point of view crazy is a big draw, long as it doesn't shade over into SCARY.
But . . . how scary could a lady in medieval robes and headdress BE . . . .?
. . . uh, never mind . . .
Posted on 12/04/2007 11:11:03 AM PST by Vision
Former President Bill Clinton proved that not even the Queen of Spain could distract him from sitting beside his favourite actress Penelope Cruz.
Clinton was present at the Spanish Institute Gold Medal Gala on Park Avenue along with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and Queen Sofia of Spain.
According to socialdiary.com, Mr. Clinton was seated next to the Queen of Spain, on her right with Mr. Oscar de la Renta on her left.
To the left of Mr. de la Renta was Ms. Cruz, and to right of Mr. Clinton was Anna Wintour.
The main highlight of the evening was when former president eventually switched his seat with Mr. de la R so that he could be seated next to the movie star.
After being felicitated with a medallion from Queen Sofia, Clinton revealed to the audience that he has seen everyone of the Cruz's movie.
"I was trying to figure out exactly why I would receive this award tonight. It may be because even though I'm not of Spanish descent, I've seen every one of Penelope Cruz's movies - and I liked them all," said Clinton. (ANI)
LOL....Bubbafucco never got past “is” remember........:o)
She’s just highly eccentric, like her mom . . . also fluent in Spanish, which her mom is definitely NOT. And her name is an English derivative of Juana — she was “Juanita” in grade school Spanish classes, when she got to college I guess she got promoted out of the diminutive form of the name. And then the “la loca” just sort of seemed to add itself naturally. (But, really, is it all that odd in that time and place, carrying your late lamented’s coffin around with you? People did it all the time with relics of saints, and folks saw a lot more dead folks than we do now when they’re all shuffled away into hospitals and funeral homes. I hope he was well embalmed though.)
That is downright cool! I hope she likes her nickname.
AFAIK, since ole Philip the Handsome died around 1506, there wasn’t much going on by way of embalming. But then, considering Juana was just nutty enough to pull his casket along for about a year, it’s not too crazy of her to object to stopping anywhere another woman would see said casket.
(Poor Juana . . . me, I think she got a bad rap. I think she was emotionally fragile, but not necessarily crazy, although my performance doesn’t reflect my belief. Playing crazy draws a crowd.)
"But Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue, says she is determined to use her power for good, not evil."
Maybe that's why he had to move?
Note however, that he only changed sides with De Larenta/the Queen of Spain...he didn't stray from the hand outs.
It'd be great to see a 'Bill is a jerk' editorial in Vogue just the same.
very spicy... Trajan88 liked Spain on the first and only visit (’00)... lots of very nice ladies... must get back and grace all the hot ladies with my presence.
I could see her hanging on to her hubby's corpse to allow her to travel freely around Spain . . . and perhaps the stories about opening the coffin to gaze on his decaying remains were just embroidery . . . or ugly rumors . . .
Some of her descendants were incredibly odd, though . . . but they were so inbred that they might have picked up the nuttiness from ANYbody, not necessarily Juana.
My daughter doesn't look very Latin, she's an Irish redhead through and through. I'm part Irish, so is her dad, and she got a double dose through the wonders of the genetic lottery. When she was living in Spain, people kept INSISTING that she MUST be Irish . . . she would say, "Well, actually, I'm an American" and people would respond, "NO! You can't POSSIBLY be! You MUST be Irish!"
/LOL
If W said that, the MSM and late night comedians would be working him over big time.
Thanks. I’m fond of family trees, myself. This particular group is interesting, and sometimes admirable, even though the King of Greece thing didn’t work out.
I have no idea what Queen Sofia’s like as a dinner-table conversationalist, but Anna Wintour may currently be best known for being the (widely suspected) real-life inspiration for Miranda Priestly from “The Devil Wears Prada”. I can sort of understand why Bubba might prefer Penelope Cruz.
Who doesn’t? But usually we normal men are more subtle...
I start out (like most Freepers, I imagine) by assuming every word that comes out of BJ’s mouth is a lie—including “and” and “the.” Then I try to document same. This one was easy...
If he's seen any films with Penelope Cruz, surely he's seen that one.
Todo es Mentira is the theme of his life!
Sounds like you’ve read some of the same stuff I have!
My personal contention is that she started out high-strung and flighty, then got a little unstable . . . but I don’t think she was clinically insane.
(But I’m playing her nutty as a fruitcake, ‘cause crazy is comedy gold.)
I'm NOT covering that bet. The kid is old enough to be King ... no need to bother with Chuckles and Horse-face.
And you're right, from a theatrical point of view crazy is a big draw, long as it doesn't shade over into SCARY.
But . . . how scary could a lady in medieval robes and headdress BE . . . .?
. . . uh, never mind . . .
Those wrinkled hoots will haunt my dreams tonight.
Quentin Matsys was a wicked caricaturist. Apparently it's a real woman, poor thing. . . . Margaretha Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol.
He IS The Ugly American.
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