#february 2005

[stylestream]

Beyoncé wearing a black Atelier Versace gown at the Academy Awards on February 27, 2005.

[tyforthevnm]

My Chemical Romance at Taste of Chaos, Pompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano Beach, FL on February 19, 2005 (original LJ post under)

so…i went to TOC on the 19th, and let me tell you, it so effing KICKED ASS! i got there and i was right near the buses, amd who was there but non-other than MCR…it was just me and my friend, so i yelled out gerard's name and he turned around and waved to me and i was like holyfuckingcows ….though i did not meet him ( ;/) i was so happy, it like made my life…mcr was so hottduring the show!!! and after me and my friend were like waiting around so i went by this fence were all of these rodies were packing up soveniers and stuff and i was omg! bob was coming so i was like can u sign my cd, i was so nervous that i said it kinda quietly and he was like ya sure! so all of these stupid girls were like omg! who is that and i was like the drummer from mcr, and sure enough, the screamfest began, then he asked if he could use my pen i was yessssss……so after i met ray but then he left cuz the idiot ppl were likeblah blha….it was happinesssssssssssssssss!

[felipeandletizia]

February 2005: Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia visit the Candeal neighborhood and the Escola-Oficina of Spanish Cooperation in Salvador, Bahia, during their official visit to the country

February 2025: During Princess Leonor's arrival in Salvador aboard the training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano, the Pracatum school’s female percussion group performed a batucada. The group is led by Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown, who was with King Felipe and Queen Letizia twenty years ago during their visit to Salvador when they were prince and princess of Asturias.

[hilaryduffwardrobe]

WHERE: American Express Jam Sessions

WHEN: February 10, 2005

Frankie B. Jeans - Sold Out

[callmeblake]

My Chemical Romance in Visions magazine from Germany (src)

Issue label : February 2005

Photo Credit: Eddie Malluk in December 2004

(see some higher quality of some of these photos in my eddie malluk tag, inspired to post by this single image of it in my feed)

[only-johnny-deppp]

17 years ago on this day (February 5), Johnny Depp attended the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) Awards, at the Shrine Exposition Center, in Los Angeles, California. 

On that day, Johnny attended the event with Vanessa Paradis and was double nominated and was also one of the presenters. 

Johnny was nominated on the “Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role” category by his role as J. M. Barrie in “Finding Neverland”, while with the cast he shared the nomination on the “Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture” category with 8 other actors from the “Finding Neverland” movie. Unfortunately the awards went to Jamie Foxx for his role as Ray Charles in Ray, and for the cast award went to “Sideways” movie. This event marks Johnny’s second and penultimate nomination, and first losing of a Screen Actors Guild Awards after the 2004 edition.    

Johnny was also one of the presenters and introduced the “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role” category and announced Hilary Swank for her role as Maggie Fitzgerald in “Million Dollar Baby” as the winner.

[fanwright]

Retro: ATLA in 2005

The world was a different place back in February 2005.

Avatar: The Last Airbender was released on February 21, 2005. It would be the first time that mass audiences tuning in would see the intro sequence above for the very first time, marking the beginning of a highly popular and critically acclaimed show.

It was also winter in the States, snowing in some areas. It was a Monday. It was a school day for many kids and teens, the start of a long week of studying. For the adults, it was the start of another work week. Ads on TV hyped up the show as a crisp, action-packed, martial-arts inspired adventure with fantastical fantasy elements. A fresh new show with a fresh new take on the genre, one that had potential to be a runaway hit with budding new fans.

In that same month, during that same week, American singer Mario Dewar Barrett, a.k.a. “Mario”, and his #1 single "Let Me Love You", would continue to stand at the top spot for best single for that week, becoming his best-performing single in 2005.

Earlier that month, February 13th, marked the start of the 47th Grammy Awards. Held in Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Britney Spears would go on to earned her first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording for her hit single “Toxic”.

Also earlier that month, on February 10th, Kim Jong Il, then the leader of North Korea, announced his country’s possession of nuclear weapons in response to the hostility his nation perceived to feel from the United States.

The same day ATLA was aired, then President George H.W. Bush, inaugurated for a second term back in January, was visiting Sri Lanka with Bill Clinton to observe the devastation of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami.

February 6th marked the day of Super Bowl 39 (or XXXIX), pitting the New England Patriots against the Philadelphia Eagles. After the game, the very first episode of American Dad!, titled “Pilot”, aired on Fox.

Nickelodeon’s TV show Spongebob Squarepants was on a long hiatus by February of this year after the release of the Spongebob Sqaurepants movie in November 2004, amid rumors and speculation that the show would end, which it supposedly was originally. Its revival would occur later in the year.

February 2005 would see the release of numerous video game titles. Games like Star Wars: Republic Commando, Streetfighter III: 3rd Strike, and Star Fox Assault all released this month.

And with the release of popular and critically acclaimed titles such as World of Warcraft, Halo 2, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metroid Prime 2 back in November, with Resident Evil 4 following in January of 2005, gamers were still riding the waves of a reasonably strong winter gaming season.

In the following month however, March 6th of 2005, amid growing concerns of video gaming being harmful to children and teens, 60 Minutes would produce a segment attempting to address the issue of violence in gaming, which would later go on to be highly criticized by gamers for encouraging video game censorship.

And in February, as elections for the Iraqi Transitional Government were underway, 15,000 U.S. military personnel would have their tours of duty extended to provide election security, being pulled out of Iraq the next month. February had seen a relative lull in insurgent activity despite the continuation bombings and small scale attacks. This was considered an improvement compared to the months prior, where in November-December of 2004 U.S. Marines and Coalition forces would fight in the Second Battle of Fallujah, one the bloodiest battles during the U.S. led Iraq War and one of the bloodiest for the USMC in recent history up to that point.

Its against this backdrop that Avatar: The Last Airbender first aired on TV for Nickelodeon.

This is just some of the stuff that was going in that month, and in some cases it was very much a period of experiencing the aftermath of many significant events just in the previous year, just as the new year carried on.

Begs the question then: What else was going while ATLA was airing on TV? With you? With the world?

[nostalgicretreat]