The Best of Binky's Johnny Weir Blog: Stéphane Lambiel

Monday, July 13, 2015

Artistry on Ice 2015: Four Cities, Five Days, a Thousand Amazing Moments

Johnny in the spotlight as he is introduced to the crowd at Artistry on Ice in Shanghai. Exclusive photo © Joveta Leo.

I am awash in so much Weibo-y goodness that it has taken me forever to figure out where to even start with the glorious madness that is/was (how is it already over??) the Artistry on Ice tour this year.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

'Rolling Ball of Sparkle': The Legendary AOI Shanghai Press Conference

With the announcement of the Artistry on Ice 2015 show dates, we are all pleasantly reminded of the glorious on- and off-ice shenanigans that inevitably accompany this tour. But nothing has ever topped this classic moment: the June 2013 AOI press conference in Shanghai, brought to you predictably by Johnny and Stéphane, with surprising cameos by Kurt Browning and ... Patrick Chan.

Please join me in reliving the happy insanity of the best press conference ever.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

The Weiborama Continues...

Johnny at the Guangzhou press conference.

UPDATE: New Johnny + Stéphane pics from the
Shanghai presser plus more Guangzhou pics below!

Photo courtesy of the amazing Fannie Wang.

BREAKING: New video!!

Wonderful Artistry on Ice promo piece

about Johnny, just posted!
Video link: YouTube,
or HD version on Youku.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Random Picspamapalooza III: Electric Balloon-a-loo!

Kayso when I casually mentioned yesterday that we were pretty much done with photos from Fukuoka but I was wistfully hoping for maybe some twitpics out of the fan meetings, I had no idea that the kind and glittery Picspam Fairy was going to grant my wish x1000000. She didn't have as much time to provide explanations, though, so I might have made stuff up.

So today we have the first of maybe three more picspam posts from Journey to Japan: The Myth. The Legend. The IDEK What Johnny Is Doing and the Inexplicable Photo of Stéphane With Balloons. Enjoy!

07/03/2011 2:05 pm.

About 35 minutes into the show on Sunday.

Here is the entire staff as they search the ice

for one of Tomáš Verner's screws. First they go that way ...

... then they come back this way ...

Tara says, "Last year Johnny lost his necklace

in the middle of a performance, and they found all eight pieces.

This time we had 25 Japanese men searching the entire ice surface

for a screw one centimeter long ..."

"Johnny, Akiko, and Yuzu also came out to help!"

07/03/2011 5:04 pm.

After the show.

Yuzu on the bus with his Pooh Bear tissue box.

OMG. I am dying from the cute!

And Super Managtress Tara with Yuzu's Pooh Bear tissue box.

IDK why he has one, but now I need one desperately.

07/03/2011 7:24 pm.

Fan meeting.

The skaters take turns speaking with fans and answering questions.

Yay! It's Stéphane! Wearing somebody else's costume. IDK why.

Stéphane may be listening to a fan's question

or looking back at a heckler here ...

OK Imma go with heckler on the far left side of the photo ...

Now it's Johnny's turn!

Stéphane appears to be offering a quick prayer.

I can't imagine why anyone would suddenly seek divine intervention

when Johnny steps up to a mic ...

It worked!
Johnny is doing well ...

... although now it's his turn to glance back

at his fellow ~~hecklers~~ skaters for some reason ...

OK seriously I don't really know what's going on here,

but I have been told previously that sometimes
at Japanese fan meetings, they have like a lottery
thingy where a few lucky fans win the chance
to come up on stage and greet one of the skaters.

So I think here one of the people in charge

is announcing a lottery winner.

Or they're asking Johnny to play ping-pong.

And here is the lucky winner / ping-pong enthusiast!

IDK but it kinda looks like he's giving her a medal

or maybe his fraternity pin ...

Kayso here's a group shot

plus an attractive advertisement for the Ice Crystal site,

which is in Japanese and when I clicked on "translate this page,"

it was mostly still in Japanese. But it's really pretty.

Group shot #2. I love that they're all tilted sideways
like they're on a carnival ride ...

Bonus pics!!
Welcome to the WTF portion
of today's picspam!
View at your own risk.
These are so priceless
I couldn't even begin to offer captions.
Yes, hours of macroing fun await you here ...

Very, very special thanks
to Super Managtress Tara Modlin
for all the exclusive pics!!

COMING UP: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
of Johnny skating at the fan practice session!!
Plus more pics pics pics!

Need another look at Johnny's new BR costume?
Check it out here!

Sweet Weirsus they're STILL in Tokyo!
Best wishes to Johnny and Tara

for safe travels home soon
before I get really whiny about it ...
Need to know when Johnny is?
Check the handy clock in the upper right part
of the blog for the current day and time in Japan!

Please remember to vote vote vote

for Beauty Bear Eric Alt to win "Favorite Salon"

in New Jersey Life Health + Beauty Magazine's A-List awards!

You can vote for both salons at the same time:

Eric Alt Saddle River, and Eric Alt Wood Ridge.

You also can vote over and over in this one

without even having to clear your cache--

just press F5 to refresh the page! #winning

Yes! Johnny's dresses are now available
for purchase only on eDressMe.com!

At last: Pop Star On Ice is now available on DVD!

Order yours today from the Pop Star On Ice website!

Johnny tweeted recently:

"Buy my single,'Dirty Love' via iTunes.

Tell all your friends to as well. The more copies sold

takes me one step closer to making a video! №1!"

THE WORLD NEEDS THIS VIDEO
IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT NEEDS AIR.

You know what to do.

Please buy the song from Johnny's website,

or just click the "Buy" button on the player

at the top of the blog!

Hey, Welcome to My World also is available

as an eBook! More info on Johnny's website!