Joey Potter to be Jackie Kennedy!

It’s official. Katie Holmes – aka Joey Potter, aka Mrs. Tom Cruise – has been cast to play Jacqueline Kennedy in an upcoming History Channel mini-series.

The eight-hour long mini-series entitled The Kennedys is slotted to premiere next year. Holmes will portray the late Mrs. Kennedy, with Greg Kinnear (The Last Song) playing John F. Kennedy (JFK), Barry Pepper (61*) playing Robert Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson (John Adams) playing Joe Kennedy, Sr.

Jackie Kennedy has been getting a lot of attention recently. Along with Holmes portraying her in the upcoming mini-series, there will also be a biopic about Mrs. Kennedy where she will be portrayed by (British-born) Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener).

To see a clip of Holmes acting, check out the scene below from her hit show Dawson’s Creek. (Holmes, in case you don’t know, is the one in the yellow sweater.) And keep an eye out for the upcoming mini-series!

Lost Generation

I was talking to my sister, Kelly (right) and her best friend Melissa (left) today, and they shocked me. I was talking about different TV shows I used to/sometimes still watch and they looked back at me with blank faces.

Sure, they’re 16-years-old so blank faces are common. But honestly, I was shocked! How could they not have heard of some of these great hit shows that used to fill me with such joy, heartbreak, laughs and tears?!

I started singing some of the theme songs, hoping that would jog their memories, and NOTHING! They had no idea what I was talking about and even – gasp – laughed at me!  Well…I couldn’t take this lying down so I MADE them listen to the theme songs. Here are the top 5 theme songs of shows they’ve never seen.

What a sad moment when we realize how much our childhoods differ from those younger than us. *Sigh*

5. The Facts of Life

4. Growing Pains

3. Dawson’s Creek

2. Laverne and Shirley

1. The Nanny