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Chick Flicks Are Predictable – So What?

February 22, 2013 in Entertainment, Film & TV, People, Self

Last weekend, DG and I had a date night which involved dinner and a movie. Classic combination, right? We ended up seeing Safe Haven, the new Nicholas Sparks movie. For the people who know me, this will come as no surprise because I love Nicholas Sparks. He’s my favourite author (alongside JK Rowling and John Green) and I own every single one of his books and the DVDs of the movie adaptations (including two copies of The Notebook, one is a special edition and I HAD to have it). Why do I like him so much? Because his stories are “safe”. I generally [...]

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We Need More Ryan Gosling

November 21, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Fiction, Film & TV, Humour, Stories

Scene: The weekly KiKi & Tea editorial meeting… “OK,” said T, flicking her long red hair off her right shoulder. “Monday is settled. We have one from Maree, one from Hayley. Rose, you’re on Tuesday. I’ve got a post on Wednesday, plus something weird from JJ. A new fashion post from Bek and a few guest posts for the rest. Which just leaves Monique with her Celeb Top 5 on Friday. What have you got, Mon?” Monique slid a piece of paper across the table towards T and waited nervously. “Uh huh…good,” said T, sucking on her pen. “Brangelina again…I’ve lost [...]

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Has Fiction Sold Women a Lie?

October 17, 2012 in Books, Dating, Entertainment, Film & TV, Marriage, People, Relationships, Sex

I was having a conversation with some ladies at work recently about what they expect from their partner in the romance department. One woman admitted that her expectations might be high because she watches too many romance movies. It got me thinking; has fiction sold women a lie? We were discussing The Notebook (when doesn’t it come up in a conversation about romance?) and how it leaves many women feeling that they want the sort of complicated but unstoppable love Allie and Noah have. Now, I don’t want to paint all women with the same brush. I’m firmly in the [...]

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Poor Taste & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

September 14, 2012 in Celebrity, Entertainment, Fashion, Film & TV, Music, Pregnancy & Birth

Hello my wonderful readers and welcome to another week of my celeb news for you. Hope you’ve all had an amazing week, I have, especially considering I turned 22 yesterday! Yes, I know, I’m only 22 (I know I seem so much older and wiser than that, haha) and in the KiKi & Tea family, we’re also excited as one of our lovely readers Melissa gets married tomorrow! How exciting!! And that’s not the only exciting wedding with news that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds tied the knot, and that’s not the only thing happening in Tinsel Town this week [...]

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If There Was A Fire, What Would You Take?

July 17, 2012 in Family, Fathers, Home, Lifestyle, Mothers, People, Relationships, Self

I quite frequently have “what if” thoughts. This isn’t uncommon, most people would have them. But I probably have them more than the average person. There are lots of trees outside my bedroom window and my house is not what one would call a “quiet house”, despite knowing this, whenever I hear a sound as I’m trying to sleep, my mind invariably goes to “what would happen if someone came into the house and attacked me? Dad is up the other end of the house and I would probably be dead before he would hear me scream”. Yes, my mind [...]

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Life Imitating Art

May 23, 2012 in Celebrity, Dating, Entertainment, Film & TV, Relationships, Sex, Work

Don’t you just love it when actors who are a couple on-screen announce that they are also a couple off-screen? Well I do. I think this is because it makes their relationship on the television show or in the movie they star in appear more real. And just like it makes me happy when they are together in real life. I must admit, I do become a little bit upset when they announce their split…invariably because they have fallen in love with another co-star. But why does this happen, I hear you ask? It is a simple case of life imitating [...]

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