Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Kate Middleton!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend, the Klee, who was the first to correctly identify the winner of the Sloane Ranger Sweepstakes!

And, yes, as the Manolo’s internet friend the Long Island has noted, the Kate needs to diversify her shoe collection. It is filled with nothing but black and the occasional beige.

Manolo says, it is like watching the runaway freight train, painted in the colors of the American flag, crash into the busload of orphans and nuns and puppy dogs.

In defense of Gwyneth, it is not entirely her fault she cannot credibly portray the country and the western singer. She is the New York, Spence School, Gossip Girl, child of urban privilege, whose every experience is foreign to what she seeks to portray in Country Strong.

“But, Manolo,” you may perhaps be saying, “what about Reese Witherspoon? Did she not win the Oscar for portraying the June Carter Cash?”

To which the Manolo must answer, yes, but then Laura Jeanne Witherspoon is from Nashville, the authentic daughter of Music City. And, she had the template, June Carter Cash, herself, upon which she could base her performance.

GOOP has no such advantages. She must attempt to construct her own credible country star out of the pastiche of Martina McBride and Faith Hill and whoever else is currently at the top of the country charts, without reference to her own experiences and, from what the Manolo can tell, the rather thin singing voice, and possibly thinner acting ability ( Please do not speak of Shakespeare in Love. It is the fluke.)

We must withhold our final judgment until the viewing of the movie, but from the video above, the Manolo believe it is the tragic accident in the offing, one certain to have been caused by the greed and inattention of the producers, director, and casting director.

UPDATE: One of the Manolo’s internet friends just pointed out this…

And now the Manolo is leaning towards the act of terrorism.

How else to account for that accent, and the weapons grade schmaltz of the cancer-stricken child scene, but that it is all the clever al-Qaeda plot?

"Not parachute pants, billionaire pants, biotches"

Manolo says, why is Nicole Kidman dressed as the sexy nurse, and why is that samurai wearing the silk parachute pants?

Manolo says, although, the peoples in the audience seemed to enjoy it…

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Manolo says, the postcard of the tyrant and those who are in her thrall.

Manolo says, Archie and Jughead wait for Betty and the girls.

Manolo asks, when viewing this cover of the aptly-named V magazine, did no one else think of the previous, televised incarnation of V…

…in which the unnaturally beautiful womens, turned out to be…

…the malevolent lizard peoples?

P.S. “That means, of course, that Ted Turner is really a monster from outer space.”

Manolo says, Ayyyyy! He looks as if he has eaten Gerard Depardieu!

Manolo says, Dame Edna graciously meeting with some of her subjects.

Via.

Manolo says, stunned victim and smug survivor

Manolo says, it is the picture of the Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al Missned, the elgant wife of the Emir of Qatar with some dowdy peoples who are dressed for the Halloween party…

She is so beautiful, elegant and glamorous, and look at the shoes she is wearing….

Ayyy! Icicles and polar bear fur! Those are marvelously extravagant and most super fantastic indeed!

And, later, at the Halloween party…

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Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Manolo answers, it is the Katie Couric!

Congratulations to the Manolo’s internet friend Moxie who was the first person to correctly identify this week’s personage of note!