Raise your hand if you’ve ever been personally victimized by Betty Rizzo. *Raises hand and says,* “And I’m not even mad.”
First things first, let’s have a moment of silence for two reasons: for Greg Hudgens, who died from cancer moments before Grease: Live! took place on Jan. 31, and for Vanessa Hudgens, who gave the best Betty Rizzo performance I have ever seen, whilst having a heavy heart from her father’s passing. She conveyed  all the sass of the OG 1978 Betty and outdid her own High School Musical vocals X 1000.
Other classic Disney stars who killed it included Keke Palmer, with her performance of “Freddy My Love,” and Joe Jonas and his band the DNCE  in the place of Johnny Casino and the Gamblers. FX star Kether Donohue was an incredibly pleasant surprise to see as she played Jan. After I took my cat-lens glasses off and made sure it was her, I remembered why she’s the best part of the show You’re the Worst.
Boyz II Men were another unexpected cameo that I was very happy about. Dancing with the Stars sweetheart Julianne Hough played a very safe Sandy, the female-lead, as did Aaron Tveit in his role as Danny Zuko, the ultimate greaser. The singing and dancing were all there, but not much passion or rebellion was conveyed, à mon avis.
The rest of Hollywood got together on Jan. 30 to judge each other’s latest work in the 22nd Screen Actors Guild Awards. The SAG Awards are unique from other TV and film award shows in that the actors who are a part of the Guild are the ones who decide which of their peers get the awkwardly exposed trophies.
In contrast to what has been circulating about the upcoming Academy Awards, the SAGs were #SoDiverse. Idris Elba even mentioned how diverse the night was after he took home two awards, in addition to other actors of color who won such as Viola Davis, Queen Latifah and the cast of “Orange is the New Black.” Also, as mentioned a few weeks back, my predictions are slowly becoming reality as Leonardo DiCaprio is finally being recognized for his strong, mature, substantial… acting skills.
Speaking of strong, mature and substantial, on Jan. 25, the construction crew that is working on Oregon State University’s football stadium renovation project came across a femur bone, likely from a mammoth. Breaking news: There’s finally been a real victory at OSU’s Reser Stadium!
More touchdowns were made when the department of anthropology at the university reported that there are dozens of bones and bone fragments in the relative area. They’re going to keep on keeping on with the digging and excavating in hopes of uncovering more ancient animal remains. This sounds like a big project; I suggest they work into the fall if needed. I mean, it wouldn’t make that much of a difference football-wise.
Something that would put a dent in the football world is the potential retirement of Sir Peyton Manning. The Denver Broncos quarterback spent his week fighting allegations made by Al Jazeera back in December about him taking Human Growth Hormone. The almost-40-year-old, which is 173 in football years, will be playing in Super Bowl 50, but who knows what’s to come after that.
Manning has been hinting at a possible end to his legendary NFL career since the HGH claims, and I say go for it. Let’s give some newbies a chance to throw the pigskin around since I’m sure Papa John’s and NationWide will stay on his side.
Let’s let the rookies do the football and the veterans do the politics. The incredibly well-equipped, experienced, très élégante and New York Times–endorsed Democratic goddess, Hillary Clinton, won the ever-important Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1 in a battle against Sen. Bernie Sanders. She slid her way onto home base without a grass stain in sight. There has been talk about a coin toss deciding her win, since she did pull in at only 0.3 percent over the Bern-meister, but I believe in fate, and fate was in Hill’s satin-soft hands Sunday night.
As for the GOP, Sen. Ted Cruz trumped Trump, while Sen. Marco Rubio is petting his kitty at home and holding his pinky to the corner of his mouth because of how well he did. Rubio’s camp is probably stoked about how popular he was, as bad girl Rihanna would say, “in a hopeless place.” Hillz and Rubes in the end – I’m calling it now.