My Hero!
Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer verbally bitch slaps one of NBC’s reporters coming off his winning performance when she asks him to state where he’s from and if he thought he did well.
I’m surprised she didn’t answer ‘Yes, it’s actually a requirement to work for the network” in response to his “Are you stupid?” response.
Sven get’s extra points for the “Hell no, I’m not gonna do that” before agreeing to be interviewed.
Heh.
Seriously, that’s the only thing that could have made this commerical better.
Oprah’s eye roll just kills me.
Football, Betty White and Snickers. Hilarity Ensues. Why can’t all commercials be this good?
The recently single Susan Sarandon has been making the news a lot lately.
After confirming she split with long time partner (23 years) Tim Robbins earlier last year in December, Sarandon next made headlines over a rumoured romance with her SPIN club co-owner, 32 year old Jonathan Bricklin, a man 31 years her junior (Go Susan!).
Now the actress has upped that by appearing on stage at indie rockers Of Montreal concert in NYC this past Tuesday, where she spanked two performers dressed as pigs with a ruler.
Fake Pig Spanking!?
Sureal.
Thn again, Sarandon must like the subversively perverse. She starred as Janet in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975. That’s got to leave it’s mark on a person, even if it takes years to manifest itself.
Given the director’s reported ego (the stuff of legend) he’ll use them too. (Can’t say I really blame him either)
The Hollywood Reoporter has announced that Avatar beat Titanic’s numbers as of Monday, making the 3-D sci-fi drama the highest grossing movie of all time. Considering some industry insiders weren’t even sure that the movie would catch on with audiences or break even given it’s $300 million dollar price-tag, this must be making James Cameron feel very, very satisfied with how things turned out.
King of the World indeed. I’m curious to see how Cameron tops this (or if he even tries to).
Let’s start a campaign shall we?
Neil Patrick Harris to host (or co-host) the Golden Globes next year. I think he would knock it out of the park. You?
…. unless you happen to be NBC, Jay Leno, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and it’s president, anybody who’s had any plastic surgery (so in other words almost the entire audience), Gerard Butler or Mel Gibson.
Guess they thought it was a good idea at the time, but Gervais brought the snark with him in spades for his hosting duties. Whether it was taking easy shots, “Guess I better get on with this before NBC replaces me with Jay Leno” to oh-no-he-didn’t moments such as when introducing the president of the HFPA, “…One thing that can’t be bought is a Golden Globe. Offically” (pause as the audience’s collective intake of breath drops the air pressure in the room) “What!? It’s not like I’m ever going to do this again anyway”, as well as introducing presenters in between taking swigs of something while on stage (I wonder if the FCC will fine NBC for that) “Here’s Jennifer Aniston and that bloke from 300″ and “I enjoy a drink as much as the next man, unless that man is Mel Gibson”, Ricky Gervais will go down as a memorable, if not completely charming host.
While some are complaining that he misread the audience, and left them cold, I thought he was a riot. However, as his presence seemed to be cut somewhat as they evening progressed, something tells me Gervais won’t be hosting any more award ceremonies anytime soon. Pity.
Now you too can put yourselves in the infamous pro-golfer’s shoes with Tiger’s Transgressions!
Oooooh…can I just take the money without the notoriety, ex-wife, kids, and addiction to skanks? No??? Le sigh.
In the game, take out alledged mistresses before they reach the media van to sell thier stories about you as Tiger by driving well aimed golf balls at them to knock ‘em cold (oh, if only).
You can play the game here
Cue the countdown for the inevitable outrage! and complaints this perpatrates violence against women in 5, 4, 3….
Popeater’s Rob Shuter is saying she has, writing yesterday that a CNN “source” claims “She was a total embarrassment to the network that calls themselves ‘The Most Trusted Name in News.” The article also adds that spokesminions for the network have also chimed in with “No decisions have been made yet regarding next year’s show”.
Translation: CNN‘s going to look at the complaints (outrage!) and compare it to their ratings.
On a sidenote, why all networks don’t just cop to doing so when anyone with half a brain knows this is how it goes down is beyond me. Guess it’s all just part of the game. Moving on.
In a spectacular New Year’s Eve special along with Anderson Cooper and her BGFF (best gay friend forever) Lance Bass linked in from Las Vegas, Kathy alluded to cocaine use, asked Cooper if he masturbated in front of a mirror and managed to drop an F bomb. In doing so, Griffin apparently has incurred the wrath of the suits at the network, who were under the delusion (or at least pretending to be) that she would behave herself.
CNN is trying desperately hard to re-market itself as impartial and balanced (the way news used to be broadcast years ago) viable alternative to MSNBC and Fox News. In doing so, they’re also in danger of becoming boring. These days, people are looking to be entertained by “personalities” as well as informed, be it from right wingers like Glen Beck, moderates like Bill Maher, or liberals like Jon Stewart. The thing is, every time Griffin is on CNN, either as a foil to “straight” man Anderson Cooper, or filling in for the increasingly geriatric and out to lunch Larry King, ratings soar and it makes the news in media outlets around the world. CNN may very well ban her but they’ll be shooting themselves in the foot in doing so.
Kathy Griffin bless her, is liberal, opinionated, and completley inappropriate. Like the bit on her show where she married a couple after becoming an ordained minister, wasn’t supposed to say the word “tits”, but somehow managed to say it 60 odd times during the ceremony.
Whether or not she gets banned or invited back is probably irrelevant to her at this point. Either way, Griffin will use the brouhaha in her stand up routine and on her show, the now somewhat ironically named “My Life on the D-List“.
And have been living under a rock for the past 30 years or are clueless.
As for myself, I think I’m going to have this made into a T-shirt, as it’s all sorts of awesome.
