The Killing on AMC

AMC has a great track record on tv shows - enjoyable and critically acclaimed ones: Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. Their newest show, The Killing, the newest series, was based on a Danish tv series and recreated for AMC. It follows three stories within the investigation of the Rosie Larson murder: the family's coping, the police investigation and the campaign of a politico tied to the murder. I started dvr-ing it based on AMC's track record. It is really good - a little slow (I recommend a marathon of the 13 episodes - you'll get answers fasted and probably care a little more) but has great acting. The most amazing transformation for me is from actor Joel Kinnaman. I had no idea who this guy was before the show. Here's a clip:


He plays this kinda scuzzy guy. In reality he's super hot and Swedish:

Keep reading if you want my thoughts on the finale.  And really, don't read if you are ever gonna watch (or expect coherency)!

Adorable

My love for the adorable Jake Gyllenhaal is well known amongst my friends. First off, he does things like this:



Then manages to be even more adorable by following his Sesame Street visit with a visit to Shalom Street (yes, it is a real thing):



I <3 him.

40 Never Looked So Good

Today is Jon Hamm's 40th birthday. I would like to thank his parents for creating this:

I would also like to thank Mr. Hamm and the writers from SNL for creating this:

and this: 

Sunday Sad-day

Sundays are never fun because it means I have to wake up and go to work tomorrow. Today, in my apprehensive sadness there was only one thing that made me smile (and it wasn't the Amazing Race or the ball of crazy on Celebrity Apprentice). It was thinking of Jake Gyllenhaal's blue eyes: 

He is soooo pretty. Any thoughts of the stupidity I will face this week were pushed aside when I googled "Jake Gyllenhaal's blue eyes" and this picture showed up. I could've googled something x-rated, but I figured his eyes would be enough (Anderson Cooper's eyes or a nice pic of Jon Hamm would've worked too...probably young Paul Newman too). Have a happy week, everyone!