Marc wears a hot pink tie on Ugly Betty

I don't usually do any blogging for the menfolk, but this dashing ensemble of Marc's very much impressed me while catching up on Ugly Betty last night. Pretty restrained in comparison to some other outfits he has sported, it was the hot pink tie against the sober black suit/black hoodie/white shirt that caught my attention. I love the splash of colour it provided.

On a slightly related note, I vote for a Marc/Amanda spin-off show. How fabulous would that be?

Could it be...? Veronica Mars on the big screen?

Probably my favourite tv show that no-one else has ever seen, I am trying not to get too excited (and failing miserably) over the news that Veronica Mars may be headed for the big screen.

Buzzsugar is reporting that Rob Thomas recently confirmed his availability to write a script, along with executive producer Joel Silver's interest in getting the project going. With Kristin Bell apparently willing to reprise her role as the street-smart private detective (think Buffy without the vampires and demons if you haven't seen it), and Jason Dohring (Logan Echolls) and Enrico Colantoni (Keith Mars) also being consulted, things are looking good, though of course this is no guarantee I'll be sitting in a cinema watching Veronica Mars do her thing any time soon.

The optimist in me is still excited...

Fashion-tastic TV: Gossip Girl starts on TG4 tonight!

If you happen to be at home by 6pm (I love TG4 and their mad scheduling times - this may be a tv show about teens, but it's not really a 6pm-type show) and haven't already picked up on this shiny wonder, then flick over to TG4 and prepare to be dazzled. Following a group of super-rich teenagers on New York's Upper East Side, Gossip Girl's characters are celebrities in their world, thanks to the unseen title character's blog, regularly updated with salacious details of their goings-on.

I tuned into this originally for the fashion and beauty side of things, but quickly discovered a very entertaining, witty and well-written series. Leighton Meester shines in her role as Blair Waldorf, the queen bee who holds court on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum every morning before school. Blake Lively is Serena, Blair's former best friend, whose return to the city (after disappearing suddenly to boarding school 6 months previously) sets off a flurry of activity on Gossip Girl's blog and among its readers.

Tune in if you get the chance (or look out for the DVDs) and feel free to drop a comment here if you like it, or even if you don't!

UPDATE: Catch up with the show on Monday at 10pm in case the 6pm timeslot is too early!