It's Not Gossip, It's Commentary
Alright – it’s safe to say that R Kelly’s career is in the toilet. As a result, he’s joined the creepy-guy-club, and started uploading music videos to You Tube. The song below might be one of the greatest creations in music history. I first heard it on Howard Stern, and I had to track it down. It’s a very literal recap of the many fights R Kelly has had with his “girl,” and it’s basically him yelling profanities over some background music. It made me laugh almost as hard as Chris Klein’s Mamma Mia audition.
Tom Cruise appeared on Jay Leno to promote ‘Knight and Day,’ and Leno thankfully asked him for the details on the Les Grossman/JLO dance at the Mtv Movie Awards. Tom explained that it was his idea to do the performance, and Jennifer Lopez immediately agreed to join. After watching the interview, I hope that you too will find many reasons to love Tom Cruise again. He’s still the best actor around, he’s insanely good-looking, and he seems like a fun guy to have a beer with. I’d also like to preemt your angry emails about how he’s an obsessive scientology freak that hates women, by saying – I don’t care. Just about everyone I know in the industry that has met Tom Cruise, tells me what a great guy he is, and that’s good enough for me. If you only knew how many of your movie ticket purchases support actors and directors that treat people horribly, you might cringe at your own hypocrisy. Go see his movie! Watch the interview below.
Jason Segel joins the long line of actors that like to bite the hand that feeds them. In an interview with GQ, Segel (best known as that guy with the big schlong from ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’) expressed his frustration with being tied to ‘How I Met Your Mother’ for eight seasons, saying that “playing one character for eight years isn’t what [he’s] trying to do.” He also said that the cheesy writing doesn’t help. I’m not sure why television actors have such disdain for the projects that make them famous. Furthermore, actors don’t sign eight year contracts when they join a show. That means that Segel re-signed his contract at some point in the game, and though he might regret it, he has only himself to blame. But shouldn’t he be happy that he has a consistent, high-paying gig? Wait till the offers dry up.
So I crawled into bed at the end of my very long day to watch one of my favorite girly, guilty pleasures: ‘The View.’ Much to my horror, I discovered that the ABC full episode player is not working. Now you might ask yourself why didn’t I just watch ‘The View’ on HULU? Well, good question. Because ‘The View’ is on a one day delay on HULU, and I’m the fucking DISHMASTER! I can’t watch shows on a one day delay! (note to self: calm down). Anyways, I was forced to go to the worst website on the planet known as ABC.com. In case ABC or any other network is wondering why HULU is so popular – I will enlighten you. It is not because it provides streamlined access to free television shows. It is because the video player actually works! Did I mention that HULU, unlike ABC, does not make me click a million ridiculous buttons before getting to the episode player? I apologize for wasting my readers time with this, but I simply have no other choice. I have emailed ABC directly about this problem numerous times, to no avail. And since I have personal knowledge of the fact that networks get their panties in a tizzy over negative bloggers, I had to use this oh so powerful blog to express my dismay. DONE!
The New York Post has had a lot of fun launching grenades at Elliot Spitzer, and the news of his CNN gig is no exception. Though there is no outright name-calling, just take some time to read between the lines. They often refer to Spitzer as a “disgraced” former Governor, along with a needless explanation about his liason with a hooker/Ashley Dupre. Here’s my issue: aren’t you the same guys that hired Ashley Dupre to write your sex column? The Post presumably hired Dupre to write ‘Ask Ashley’, because Rupert Murdoch allegedly hates Spitzer, and likely thought that keeping Dupre in the public’s consciousness would prevent him from ever running for office again. While that’s pretty crafty on Murdoch’s part, you’re both paying Dupre for services rendered. That’s not to say that the Post has a problem with hypocrisy. I’ve attached two example articles below, and I’ve labeled them “exhibits” so that I can at least get some use out of this whole being-a-lawyer thing. Sigh . . .
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
TV Guide revealed that Seth Rogen was initially considered for the role of Turtle on Entourage. This news is so fascinating because of the contentious relationship Rogen has with the show. You might remember an Entourage episode where Turtle referred to Seth Rogen’s ugliness as “oddly fascinating.” Rogen wasn’t pleased with the mention, and subsequently called Executive Producer Doug Ellin, a “moron” and an “asshole.” The TV Guide article drew my attention though, because it exposed that Seth Rogen is actually responsible for starting this feud in the first place. It all began with a 2008 interview with GQ, when Rogen said that Entourage “isn’t funny,” which obviously angered Ellin enough to write an episode about Rogen’s “ugliness.” I’m not sure why Rogen would feel the need to gratuitously insult a show he has nothing to do with. I also don’t know why Rogen played the victim regarding this episode, given that he started it. What happened to the good old days when men used to fist fight? Do you think these guys cried to their mommies at some point during this “feud”?
Virginia Madsen was on ‘The View’ to promote her new television show, ‘Scoundrels,’ and she discussed the recent controversy surrounding Neal McDonough’s last-minute recasting. You might remember that McDonough was recast because his religion prevented him from doing sex scenes. Madsen shed some new light on the controversy. She said that it was clear in the pilot script that the actors had to be sexual on screen, and McDonough withheld his aversion to doing so until the last minute, presumably to land the role in hopes of changing the script once he got it. Yikes! That’s pretty shady if it’s true. Hats off to Madsen for actually answering the question.