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No judges or personality clashes and the only votes are the number of hits your video gets (less stressful).

Justin Bieber got his start on YouTubewith his mother posting videos of him covering different songs.  Eventually both Justin Timberlake and Usher took notice and the rest is earache inducing history.  Now it looks like it’s Greyson Chace’s turn.

Who?

A 12 year old from Oklahoma with that ubiquitous haircut who covered Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” so well, the clip of him performing it above has been viewed almost 17 million times.

This has got the attention of Hollywood, Gaga herself, and a record label.  Thursday, Greyson appeared on Ellen Degeneris’ show to perform.  While speaking to the host, his idol and inspiration, Lady Gaga herself called in, wishing him well and telling him to “stay focused” and “away from girls”. 

 Heh.

Over the weekend, Interscope president Jimmy Lovine swooped in and signed Greyson before any other labels could start sniffing around, making Greyson now a label mate with his idol and inspiration, Lady Gaga.  I sense a duet in the making.  Here’s hoping the kid’s voice dosen’t crack too much when it changes.

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We asked for her, we got her, she killed it.

Betty White hosted Saturday Night Live last night, bringing with her the laughs and the ratings (the show’s best in over 18 months).

Betty got the gig from fan demand that started on Facebook, which she acknowledged during her opening monologue, saying that she never heard of it until now, then adding, ”Now that I know what it is, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say that the people on it are losers, but that’s only because I’m polite.”

Heh.

Betty was even great playing off the normally wretched MacGruber skits, as his somewhat inappropriate Grandmother.  Since someone had the bright idea to make an actual movie out of these skits coming out later this month, SNL showed three of them (I admit I laughed, but a three minute sketch does not a basis for a movie make).

Check out the clip below, one of the funniest skits I’ve seen in a long time.

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Talk about being blindsided.

Through out all of awards season and then the resulting drama regarding her soon to be ex-husband’s indiscretions not a word.  Not even a hint or rumour about this. 

Well done.  Also?  Proof that celebs are full of it when they complain they have no privacy and can’t do anything without everyone knowing.  It probably takes a lot of planning, and you have to keep your circle small, but it can be done.

Sandra Bullock has announced via  People that she actually brought the baby, named Louis Bardo Bullock (the James part has been dropped) home this past January, but wanted to keep things quiet until after the Oscars.  The process began about four years ago and Sandra will finalize the adoption as a single parent.

Congrats Sandra!

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A musical tribute to Betty White by the gent that brought us The Q Guide to the Golden Girls.

Happy Hump Day!

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About five months ago or so, a YouTube video called Panic Attack went viral.  In it, an army of alien robots attack a city in Uruguay.  The short went viral, and the filmmaker got a call from Hollywood.  He signed a deal and is now helming a $30 million dollar original picture.  All from a short made for about $600.

Tres cool.

Now comes Attack of the Pixels, from filmmaker Patrick Jean which answers the question, what would happen if video game characters from the 80′s attacked New York City?

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It was only a matter of time before someone produced a Jersey Shore-esque (is that a word?) reality show following the sexploits of a bunch of old folks in a retirement home.

Enter Sunset Daze from WeTV.

Break out the Ben-Gay, Depends, and the Viagra and get ready to (slowly) get down with the residents of the Sun City retirement community in Arizona.  The series premieres on April 28th with a double dose of episodes, ”We’re Retired, Not Dead” and “Love, Lassos, and Liver Spots”. 

Gotta love the titles.

With a cast of characters like Mr Romeo, Wild Child, and the Nun (a retired nun) and the amazingness that is Gail, the Actress (picture Ginger Grant from Gilligan’s Island at age 80) it’s a good indication of what Snookie, The Situation and J-Woww will be up to in about 40 years or so.

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Or $30 000 per second.

Amazing.

According to Ad Age (an industry publication) that’s what ABCis charging advertisers for one 30 second spot on the May 23rd series finale of LOST.

Ratings for the show usually average a little over 8 million viewers or so, but the number is expected to at least double (if not triple) for the finale.  

For those of you that weren’t able to follow it and got lost watching LOST, try again on DVD.  It actually makes much more sense if you watch all the seasons without big time gaps in between episodes.

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You know you’ve hit the big time when Trey Parker and Matt Stone set their warped sights on you to relentlessly mock.

Previous celebutards that have been satrized on the show include Kathy Lee Gifford, Barbara Streisand, P Diddy, Paris Hilton, Mel Gibson, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.

Of course, this being South Park, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe have a run in with a pyschotic kid who has an issue with pretentious people, all because of a book one of the characters on the show gets published called The Poop That Took A Pee.

I think they really captured Khloe’s essence, don’t you?

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Cool trend that started a couple of years ago with trailers being produced for books.  Unlike trailers for actual movies, the ones for books don’t tend to give away too much in an effort to lure you in.  Hollywood, pay attention.  

Sorry, I digress…

About a year ago, a “re-imagining” of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice was published which introduced flesh eating zombies into the story.  English teachers and literary types without senses of humour were probably mortified at this turn of events, but the book caught on. 

Now a sequel is being published later this spring, and a trailer for it has surfaced hinting at what to expect. 

As for the original PPZ, it’s being turned into a film with Natalie Portman starring (she’s probably going to imagine she’s offing carnivores when her character dispatches zombies – method acting at it’s finest) and producing the movie.

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Imagine if a high school kid decided to become a vigilante a’la Batman, but without any of the training or resources at Bruce Wayne’s disposal (and no superpowers what-so-ever.)  Imagine if he was somewhat successful and others started to follow suit once word got out?  What would happen?

That’s the basic premise of Kick Ass, which opens next month.  Gotta say, I’m intrigued and looking forward to seeing this one – comic book movie geek that I am.

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