Watching Bones

We all know and love that Emily Deschanel is very active in the rights of animals. She’s known for being a vegetarian, and has supported various causes over the years. Now, she’s written to Representative Henry Waxman about the Towns-Reichert Great Ape Protection Act, or H.R. 1326. The bill would “phase out invasive research on chimpanzees and release all federally owned chimpanzees to sanctuaries,” according to Emily’s letter.

One of the comments Emily made in her letter was, “It can be easy to forget these animals, who are locked away and out of sight.” That is such a true statement. I am all for the humane treatment of animals, and the fact that Emily pointed out in her letter that chimpanzees do not make good test models for human disease is just another in a long line of reasons to stop testing on them if at all possible. Why continue to put them through a lifetime of lab tests and lab living conditions if the results aren’t accurate to begin with?

Emily tells Rep. Waxman that this bill would allow the chimpanzees to “form bonds with other chimpanzees, bask in the sunlight, and feel the grass and the earth.” What better way to live out the rest of their lives?

You can check out a link from US News to view her entire letter here. I realize that a lot of people have their own personal letter-writers (or whatever they’re officially called), but as far as I know, this is all Emily. She’s very eloquent, and the letter is really well written. Very classy Emily - well done!

Saw the movie My Sister’s Keeper last night - I left the theatre with mixed feelings. The film was beautifully done, and I say that after watching it with skepticism. I pretty much knew the storyline after having read up on it beforehand, but the emotion the movie portrayed was something you couldn’t get from reading reviews. As a parent myself, I understood a lot of the different emotional aspects from both the mom and dad’s view, and also, as a sister I had appreciation for a whole different viewpoint.

I have to admit, I was a bit distracted in the beginning - I kept looking specifically for Emily Deschanel since I knew that she was in the film. But I quickly got caught up in the story and was only a little bit shaken out of the flow of the film when I finally saw her character on screen. As I was afraid, her part was brief, although I was happy with the actor who played the primary care doctor as well, unknown to me as he was… Another character that threw me for a loop was when we met “Taylor.” I looked at the screen and thought, “no, that’s not who I think it is…” but as I got past the bald head, I realized that it was in fact Thomas Dekker - or as I had to explain to my husband later that evening, John Connor from the show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

(I have to admit, there was one line where someone asked his character if he ever thought of dying, or if he was afraid of dying, or something like that. All I could think at that moment was “Of course he does! The machines have been trying to kill him his whole life!” I know, I know, bad, but as I’ve said before, I get a big kick out of seeing different actors I recognize from different shows/movies in projects that are different from their normal.)

Anyway, don’t go see the film just for Emily’s role, (like I said, she’s awesome, but only on screen 3 different times and each time is brief), and certainly don’t go see if it you don’t like emotional movies. But do go see it if you want a good, thoughtful movie. Oh, and pack some tissues just in case…

I haven’t heard much about the movie My Sister’s Keeper - some of my friends have talked briefly about the book and therefore we’re now going to go see it. So I’ll be off to the theater, with a pack of tissues in hand just in case, tonight to check it out. Since I didn’t know too much about it, I checked it out at both commonsense.com and pluggedin.com to see what the reviews had to say. Unfortunately, there’s something to be said for a little bit of ignorance: I now feel like I’ve practically seen the film just by reading the website’s reviews/breakdowns of it!

However, in checking out who was in it, I found out that Emily Deschanel has a role as Dr. Farquad. No idea who the character is or if it’s a big/small role, but that she’s in the film at all is a nice surprise. Oddly enough, one of the first things that came to mind when I read who she was playing was, “she’s a character named after the evil prince-wannabe in Shrek.” Ugh. But if anyone could make that name look good, it’s Emily!

It sounds like the film is going to be a tearjerker, and not exactly a fun or relaxing escape from reality, so I have a feeling I’m going to have to swing by someplace “fun” on the way home and pick up a milkshake or something to make up for it. But hey, that’s okay with me! In the meantime, I’m looking forward to seeing Emily as a non-anthropologist role, although as a doctor, I’m sure she’s still got the “brainy” character going on. I think sometime I’d like to see her in something goofy…

In late March, early April, TV Guide put out one of their “Sexiest TV Stars” issues. I was thrilled, although not surprised, to see David Boreanaz make the list. (And not just the list, but he got a two-page spread all his own!)

Considering they had to narrow it down to their choice of the top 35, it’s a job I would find hard, although I can’t say I wouldn’t love to give it a try! According to TV Guide’s editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum, they took “hundreds, if not thousands, of photos,” and the issue took months to compile.

Here’s a look at David’s spread, and below that is a look at the photo shoot and a quickie interview with him about the show.

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Looks like Emily Deschanel may need to carve out some time in her busy schedule to help her little sister plan a wedding! Zoey Deschanel, 28, is recently engaged to Ben Gibbard, 32. Gibbard is the singer for Death Cab for Cutie and a musician with Postal Service.

Congrats to the happy couple! And check out that ring! It’s gorgeous! It’s by “star jeweler” Neil Lane. Beautiful work…

BuddyTV recently did a series of “20 most kissable” people - divided into two different sections of TV Men and TV Women. Guess who made their list? No surprise here: both David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel were among those listed as most kissable! Too bad some of the other characters didn’t quite make it - I would much rather see TJ Thyne and Michaela Conlin on the list instead of some of the others listed. Guess I just don’t get the appeal of some of them…

David Boreanaz was listed as number 16 of 20 on the list and was considered to be a “Tame but Charged” kiss. I don’t know that I agree with the “tame” part… What do you think? Sure, his kiss with Bones wasn’t terribly exciting (except for the fact that they DID kiss) but hey, what do you expect for a staged mistletoe kiss? When they really do get into it, I’m sure it will be anything BUT tame!

I’m not sure I get their “Degree of Difficulty” but they’ve listed him as “Easy.” Again, can’t say that I agree considering Booth has such a high regard for relationships and what they mean. They gave him a 7 out of 10 for kissablitly. Hmmm, I’d have to give him higher than that!

Emily Deschanel, on the other hand, made the list at number 3 of 20. Her “kind of kiss” is listed as “unexpectedly steamy” - I can see that, although I would almost think “steamy” would suffice considering she has such an open, unhindered view of sex/relationships. The “Degree of Difficulty” is listed as “Tough” with the explanation that her lack of social skills may be an impediment to her getting into the kissing situation in the first place. I’ll buy that. Her “Kissability” score is 8 out of 10. I’ll go for that one as well.

What about you - what do you think of how they rated?

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving - however you chose to spend and celebrate it. You can imagine that resident vegan and animal rights activist Emily Deschanel did not celebrate with the usual turkey and dressing. Instead, you would have been more likely to have seen her at the Farm Sactuary’s Celebration FOR the Turkeys. Huh? you may ask.

As you may have guessed, the event was about saving turkeys instead of eating them. The guests enjoyed fellowship with other like-minded people, vegan versions of traditional Thanksgiving fare, and various speakers. The guests of honor, the turkeys, got to enjoy a feast made just for them. Things such as pumpkin pie, cooked squash, cranberries, and other goodies were on their menu.

Both the California and New York events were sold out with waiting lists, and it seems like they were both a big success!

Now that the holidays are upon us, we’re seeing a lot of holiday looks. I found this old shot from 2006 of Emily Deschanel and her little sister Zooey from the holiday issue of the NY Times Style Magazine. It’s funny how different the two sisters seem - with Emily appearing to be so sophisticated and formal, while Zooey seems to fit the role of the littler sister as being carefree and fun. (Not that Emily doesn’t seem fun, by you get what I’m saying.)

This really seems to be the same in most of the photos I’ve seen of the two sisters - either together or separately. The funny thing is that the little “blurb” about the girls on the shot seems to support this, saying that Zooey admits to being a “clothes horse” with closets filled with clothes while Emily describes herself as “cool and collected.” They both said that they don’t really differ too much from their on screen personae. Somehow I have a hard time seeing Emily as being as socially inept as Bones tends to be, but hey, whatever!

Anyway, I got a little distracted there - the whole reason I wanted to post this was just because of how beautiful Emily is in her red Christmas-y dress and fishnet stockings. Wish I could look something like that for our upcoming Christmas party!

It’s funny how in the midst of a show the little things get noticed. Some are harder to miss than others - like David Boreanaz’s character Booth wearing a huge belt buckle that says “Cocky” on it - or the crazy socks he’s known for. But one of the other details we see noticed pretty often is the jewelry that Emily Deschanel wears as her character Dr. Temperance Brennan. Noticed because it’s unusual and very attractive - and very fitting for her character I might add - just recently her jewelry caught the media’s attention again. This time, due to it’s eco-friendly status.

Since Emily constantly makes the list of celebrities known for being very eco-aware and eco-friendly herself, it shouldn’t be any surprise that her wardrobe would also reflect that. The piece in question is a necklace from jewelry designer Laura Elizabeth, which features an a beautiful glue “agate stone with recycled gold edging and a small elm leaf preserved in recycled gold.” The piece can be yours for the small price of $130.00 (!) online at Laura Elizabeth’s site.

It’s so great to see someone from Bones on the cover of TV Guide! It would be awesome to see the entire cast, but I guess we’ll take what we can get!

TV Guide did an article on 4 of TV’s leading ladies, and Emily Deschanel was one of them! (No surprise there!) The article was brief, but fun, and we were graced with not just the cover, but an inside spread shot of the beautiful ladies. (Sorry, I’d tell you more about the article, but I’m across country on a business trip and it’s back at home…)

Anyway, I just wanted to share the images with you in case you missed them. Check out the great shots and let’s celebrate that Bones, and Emily Deschanel, are getting some much deserved attention!

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This is not the sort of thing that I normally would ‘report’ or post on, but it cracked me up, so I wanted to share it. There’s a site, you may have seen it, called The Morph Thing, where they take two different celebrity photos and morph them together to create a new person - or a combination of what the two of them look like with a little bit of traits from each of them. Someone has put up a celebrity morph of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Emily Deschanel - it actually doesn’t look freaky, and for some reason I think it kind of resembles Charlize Theron.

What do you think? (Yes, I know, I know, I’m dragging back up David’s OLD leading lady with his NEW leading lady, but it’s still pretty funny…)

Check out the site yourself and morph your own pick of celebrities - it’s kind of funny to see what you come up with!

Funny how some things go completely unnoticed and others - not so much. Here’s one of many promo shots for the new season of Bones, and while I enjoyed the pic a lot, there have been a lot of comments on the same shot over at Obsessed with Bones. Things like Emily Deschanel, while lovely, is not in character for this shot - why would Bones be in an evening gown and heels? And why are they in the park - with a dog? Who’s dog? Booth’s? Booth’s son’s? (Someone pointed out that there’s an upcoming episode that involves dogs, so maybe that’s what the dog is all about…)

Also, what happened to Booth’s shoe?

It’s a good shot, and a lot of fun, and I guess the point is that it’s just a promo shot of the actors, maybe not such a great representation of the characters or the show. The shot of David and Emily “dancing” with the skeletons was probably a better image for that purpose… although Emily’s still in the evening dress and heels, but somehow the skeletons detract from that a little… But what did you think about it?

You don’t get much better publicity than when a person, especially a famous person, who’s known for supporting your cause, gives you a seriously high recommendation. Such is the case for Green with Glamour, a shop that provides upscale products that are eco-friendly without losing the quality or luxury we’ve all come to love.

Emily Deschanel has not only given her support for the store, but has partnered with them as well. She says about them, “My number one place to buy gifts is Green with Glamour, but I never can resist getting several things for myself as well. It’s wonderful to know that you can be eco-friendly, ethically sound, and not have to scrimp on style. They do all of the whittling away, so you are only browsing the creme de la creme. It makes shopping so easy! From eco fashion to beautiful furniture, GWG has everything I could possibly want (or need).” Pretty seriously glowing recommendation if you ask me.

This is just one of the items Emily has flagged as a “favorite” item for her. How funny - bones…

Emily has an “About Emily” section on the Green with Glamour site, as well as a page that lists her 5 favorite eco-products. Pretty awesome Emily!

I told you just a little bit earlier that Emily Deschanel and Eric Millegan would be singing together at the Hot In Hollywood 3 event. I haven’t heard officially how it went, but it seems that according to USA Today, Emily and Eric’s performance was one of the top numbers! Here are just a few shots of the beautiful Miss Emily on the red carpet at the event…

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I don’t get to watch the late night talk shows - really they’ve never been my “thing.” So, I always have to catch the interview I actually want to see later - so hurray for YouTube! Here’s an interview with Craig Ferguson and Emily Deschanel, although I can’t for the life of me figure out what he keeps calling the show Bones. The interview includes the riveting discussions of how much money Emily makes, how Emily takes her new bone knowledge into everyday life, how when you die your skeleton “pops right out,” Craig’s attraction to her sexy co-star David Boreanaz, and a discussion of vegan, or “fake” cheese. (I really liked the part where Craig says that “it’s really not that bad” is not a recommendation for food - so true!!!)

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