No, really…I just watch Glee for the music.

Mmm, those brows…just saying.

I Just Can't Stop Loving You

We can both attest that he was and will always and forever be a true classic.



I'll Never Let You Part
For You're Always In My Heart

RIP

It Had to Be You

Sorry for the epic hiatus, but I got a good one for you all today.

Back in college, Tara and I would go on rom-com binges. Still despite the binges, When Harry Met Sally... remains one canonical movie that I have never seen all of in one sitting. This is a sad truth, since I think there are some liberating elements of the gender politics in the film, despite the typical conservative and heteronormative stance that is typical of many films in this genre.

Sidenote: I'm also trying to get back on my academic writing grind, as you can tell ;)

It's also sad that I haven't seen the movie in one whole sitting, because it's a favorite of many, including Tara Jean, and it deals with very relevant issues in most twentysomethings' lives, such as brief encounters, friendships, romance, general love life stuff in adult life after college, sexual fulfillment, finding your soulmate (if you believe in that sort of thing), and more specifically, the shift from Chicago to New York, midwest to east coast, well in my case it's reversed, but I'm going to experience both.

With all this said, I'm not going to share a pic of Meg or Billy, but draw your attention to the fabulous soundtrack of the movie, with amazing covers mostly done by this man.
Yes, it's Harry Connick Jr., whose talent apparently dwarfs his own medium, and thanks to my Frank Sinatra Pandora station, I was able to recall a memory of watching this video with Ms. Tara in our Westco 2 dorm room.

But is my trip down memory lane to get us to Harry really relevant? I mean is he SASSY? Well, I would say that his over-gelled hair is aspiring for some kind of sassy smooth look, but if you want more evidence.
Oh snap! Didn't you miss us?

Thank You for Being a Friend

Sorry it's been more than a month now. We've left you hanging, but thanks for sticking through. This past Saturday, the much-beloved Bea Arthur passed away. I was terribly upset! Thanks to Jillian though, I can pay some respect to her and be back on my sassy grind, because Bea truly was a classic.
She has some finely sculpted brows and that great sideways glance, plus I love how she uses her chin! Take 2!
Yep, the lady's got it! And nothing says sassy like a girl who can be a friend on and off-screen, and knows how to affirm you but tell it to you straight: Girl, fix your face!
She's a total gem and stunna, and she's fierce, stylish, and definitely sassy.
She will be greatly missed, but hopefully we can take from what she had to offer and hope that when we're older we can still retain all the spunk of our youth, and have some wisdom to boot!

Sassy Lite

I apologize that it's been more than a week since I posted. Sorry to leave you sassy-lovers hangin' but today I want to focus on some dynamic duos that can often be heard on easy listening stations. When I was younger it was my dad's favorite station, soft rock and classic hits, 107.9 WTPI. Kenny has proved that even if you're featured on the Time Life infomercial for their Classic Soft Rock CD collection you can still be sassy. Similarly, these power couples of easy listening do the same.
So maybe not all of you know the magnificence that is Go West, but this British pop duo of the late '80s and early '90s, was listed as my favorite band in my 9-year-old diary. I personally loved their cover of "What You Won't Do For Love" and later as a freshman in college, Tara and I bonded over "King of Wishful Thinking" featured on the Pretty Woman soundtrack! As you can see in the photo the pouts and the brows are working full force. Also the feathered hair doesn't hurt. Still, it bothers me that Peter Cox, right, is giving a much more earnest-bordering-on-angry sassy face while Richard Drummie looks slightly confused and cold. The confusion continues.Then of course there is the more famous British pop duo of Wham!They are one of the best examples of sassy hair ever! Though again here one half of the duo is doing twice the work. Sorry Andrew Ridgeley but please observe the sassy George in this glorious video, which thanks to Landon, I now know was the number one song the week I was born!

Though I love all these boys, in the world of power duos, and many friends will attest to this, nothing quite compares to this kind of sassy perfection.
"Well well you (ooh ooh ooh ooh) / You make my dreams come true (you you you you)"

If Looks Could Kill: The Boys (and Girls!) of Prison Break

I’ve got so many guilty pleasures when it comes to television, but Prison Break is one of my favorites. And…I have to admit that my absence from the blog has been partially Prison-Break-induced. So what better way to honor these (sometimes) beautiful men than to create an homage to their baldyheaded, brooding sass?

WARNING: As I love this show more than is probably healthy, I had trouble narrowing down the sass, so…I included them all. Image-heavy.

The Good Guys…kind of

The star of our show (and arguably the most beautiful man alive), Mr. Wentworth Miller as Michael Scofield. His sass is generally very brooding and scowly.

Dominic Purcell, the break-ee and foxy big brother Linc. Also brooding.

Amaury Nolasco’s Sucre…just…mmm. That’s all. You can sass me any day.

Rockmond Dunbar as C-Note. Just makes you wonder how they convinced so many pretty men to sign on to the same project.

Marshall Allman as Linc’s son LJ shows that he got his sass from daddy, particularly in the lip-curl department.

They’ve got the foxy ladies too. Sarah Wayne Callies’ take-no-mess Dr. Tancredi demonstrates the sass that made Michael love her.

The Bad Guys

Definitely the sassiest (and most lecherous…and most terrifying) man on the show, Robert Knepper’s T-Bag represents for creepos everywhere.

Agent Kellerman (Paul Adelstein). So delicious. So badass. Can sass you even through his shades.

Gretchen Morgan aka “Susan B. Anthony” is one of the newer villains…and one of the awesomest. Through waterboarding and other tortures (admittedly, you can’t really say this show treats the ladies all that well), she maintains her scary sass. Jodi Lyn O'Keefe's got the sassy pose down pat.

The Good Bad Good-Turned-Bad Bad-Turned-Good…erm, well…these guys are on the show, too.

While Lane Garrison’s role as Tweener was relatively short-lived, this face makes him a shoo-in for the post.

Only William Fichtner’s acting skillz could make Agent Mahone go from deplorable to lovable so quickly.

You’re not supposed to look Haywire in the eye…clearly because he’s got too much sass for anyone to handle. Silas Weir Mitchell shows how the crazy eyes can add to the sass factor.

I miss Abruzzi…so classy, so sassy.

Bonus Sass
Peter Stormare as a crazy German in the Volkswagen “Unpimp Your Ride” commercials:

Kick Your Game, Ladies

In order to complement Tara's Boy Band Sasstacular, I wanted to give my ladies some love. Back in my freshman year of college we had an early '90s party which I still have some great pictures from, c/o Chris.
That's Lauren and Dave as Milli Vanilli (With some sass, no?) in my freshman year room. I of course wanted to be Left-Eye (R.I.P.) and Tara wanted to be T-Boz...ok, we didn't have a Chilli, then again Chris was Kris Kross by himself, so we were working with limitations. Regardless, I have a love for TLC that goes back to my childhood, and I was super happy that Tara was into them just as much as I was if not more. I mean c'mon, these women were not only CrazySexyCool, but SASSY.
Much like another hot trio, Salt-n-Pepa.
Nothing says sassy like a bare midriff and a casual pose. Then again it doesn't hurt if you're a dolled-up bombshell, or four of them, like the ladies of En Vogue.
But the Brit gals give us some sass we can feel too, with the GIRL POWER-screaming Spice Girls.

Charley swears that if you focus on Posh in this 2 Become 1 video you will see the sass in full effect. Then again she's got the look when she's selling Pepsi too.
Those are some sassy fingers! Plus the ladies proved they could still be spicy and sassy, even after Geri left. Holler!
It's maybe not a Pat Benatar tits shimmy, but a firm ass grab and a thrust of the chest definitely is a show of some sass, though maybe here it's more out of desperation than proclaiming confidence. Still the Spice Girls were formative in allowing the sass of other tamer Brit girl groups like All Saints to gain (short-lived) fame.
In '90s fashion, these ladies show that sass comes in baggy carpenter jeans, but don't forget your crop top! These ladies know where it's at, wanna let you know, and do it with sass.

TV Titans with Sass to Boot

Right now my mom and I are having some QT watching our favorite lawyer ever - Perry Mason. Not only does the show feature a hot theme song, Perry aka Raymond Burr keeps flashing professional sassy faces. He's got some great eyebrows and uses the sideways glance at the most opportune moments.
Here angst and sass are combined so well. Plus, it does not hurt that he, as Promiti, pointed out, is somewhat reminiscent of Joshua Jackson.
Plus, as Tara noted, nothing screams sassy like a self-assured pose and a cat.
Then again maybe canines are more your style like Josh.
Still, all the sass on that man's face can not excuse that dye job. Then again it was the late '90s and lapses of judgment can even accompany the sassiest of faces and poses.
Even Paula Cole can't save this. Maybe I want to wait. Back to Mom and Perry.

Gary Oldman's Sassy, Fo Sirius.

Thank you to Melanie who inspired this post, by noting how even though Alan Rickman has tons 'o sass, she has always been partial to Sirius Black, aka Gary Oldman. Well I like Gary too and think he has lots of sass but I've always struggled to identify him in film because he is kind of a chameleon, albeit retaining the sass.
Here he plays Sid Vicious in Sid & Nancy. The look is intense, hard, sexy, and definitely sassy.

Here he is in a more contemporary role as Jim Gordon of Chris Nolan's Batman series, but his look is totally different! Though here he definitely makes sassy professional.

Gary also makes sassy professional in The Contender, thank you Promiti, though here the professionalism is a lot more menacing, and again I can't recognize him!

Bottom line: Gary's got the look. He might not be in the same ranks as Alan Rickman for me, but I got to hand it to him for getting so immersed in every role he does that I can barely distinguish him. Still, thanks to his sassy face, I can sometimes spot him, whether he's a hero or a villain.
Fo Sirius.

Sylar, Spock, and Sass

Sorry to keep returning to the eyebrows, but I can't stop! I'm catching up on Heroes right now and I forgot to mention the caterpillar-like eyebrows of the love-of-my-life Zachary Quinto as the villainous Sylar.
Evil never looked so good! Also with a sassy pout, Sylar is ready for business (or in this case slicing your head open).

I'm also really excited for Zachary because he will be playing Spock in the upcoming Star Trek movie, which I'm super pumped about. Check out the trailer!

Especially after being letdown by The Watchmen, this will be treat. Plus Zachary will be donning a new brow look, though the sass will endure.
Take it from a master.
Yep, Leonard Nimoy could get it.

LDP, Feline-Style

The other (and, one might say, cuddlier--but then again, I've never cuddled with The Real Thing, so if you can make that happen, I'm happy to revise my opinions) Lou Diamond Phillips shows that you don't even have to be human to have a bit off the sass about you.

LDP: Love Dat Pose

So aside from the fierce Pat who plays like she's in the sex trade and Snoop who still is, despite his mad money from records, Lou Diamond Phillips, also the name of Tara's kitty, shows us in his movies that you can be "wholesome" and still be sexy and sassy - it's all in the pose.
Like Taylor Hanson, Lou's Ritchie shows that pop and sassy can be easily married. In La Bamba, he plays good boy pop star Ritchie Valens, who despite his fame always has his family's back, even his bad boy big brother Bob (Check that alliteration!), played by Esai Morales, who's lookin' super sassy below.
Even when Lou plays more of a bad boy himself, here a gang member, he's quick to reform and move on to higher learning as he rocks the AP Calculus exam, and all with some sass!
Thank you Edward James Olmos! Take it from a pro who knows - the sass - it's all in the pose.

Laiiiiiid Back.

This one’s a throwback to the days of the tangible Sassy Face Wall; most of these pictures were featured during Snoop’s run as Sassy Face of the Month. But, seriously…they’re too good to pass off. It’s the most casual sass I’ve seen yet. Effortless. It’s brilliant.

See?

This one may also be a variation of “I just put on some Chapstick.” Jury’s out.

Confrontational sass.

  
Horrible movie role sass.