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Blind Item Bingo!
FROM GOSSIP BOY
What middle aged television actor has finally found his path in Hollywood after years of kissing the wrong person’s ass. Many wonder what took so long for him to catch on as a big name. What they don’t know is that they only way he got his first starring role was by promising a washed up actress that he would take her with him. She knew people and could get him involved in a lot of films. Now he is on the A list, but has to carry her skeleton with him everywhere he goes. He has tried to lose her, but she is clinging to him like an anorexic to a piece of cake. Not Michael Vartan.
Skeleton/anorexic leads me to believe it’s Renee Zelleweger. Washed up may be a little harsh but she is clinging on to B. Coop like my ass to used dryer sheets.
Blind Item Bingo
Another don’t look me in the eyes film set experience. Unlike yesterday when our actress indicated she didn’t like “don’t look me in the eye” notices, this former A list action actor and Academy Award nominee/winner who is now a struggling B- list loves having the don’t talk to me and don’t look me in the eye notices put up on set. During the most recent movie he filmed, the notices went up and a crew member said, “I don’t think anyone has to worry about looking him in the eye because he is so damn short.” After that remark, random crew members would point to the notices when the actor was around and everyone would start laughing. The actor had no idea the entire time that everyone was laughing at him.
I guess ole Sly eyes Stallone… I allege this is his policy with the house staff as well. Like, why? I find this “no looking at me” thing so very strange.
Original Post: ENTERTAINMENT LAWYER/ CDAN
http://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2010/02/todays-blind-items_24.html
This actor has many successful films to his credit. Since his last couple of films didn’t do so well at the box office, though, he is having a bout of insecurity. He has recently consulted with at least three different plastic surgeons about having his face freshened up. He doesn’t want a nose job or cheek implants or botox. He just wants to look like a younger version of himself. More specifically, he gave each surgeon the following guideline: He doesn’t want to look like Rupert Everett. We are assuming he means that he doesn’t want to look overdone. Then again, he would also probably never accept a role as the gay best friend of Julia Roberts in any film.
Hugh Grant looks “refreshed”. Just sayin’. And it seems he would refer to another Brit as an example.
ORIGINAL POST: BLIND GOSSIP
http://blindgossip.com/?p=16165
Which long running feud between band members could have something to do with the fact that one of them has slept with the others husband?
This is a Brit blog… Possibly the ridiculous Spice Girls or Girls Aloud. Although kudos if Baby got it on with Beckham. GooGooGaGa. I do not know one thing about Girls Aloud, but the name just popped in my head.
ORIGINAL POST: HOLY MOLY
How Rude!
We all know the Kevin Smith v Southwest Air saga. Suck situation all around. From all the twittering going on real time by @thatKevinSmith, I gathered he was embarrassed, yes, and pissed, rightly so, and concerned for the other female passenger who was treated in the same way. Rude. Handled with porcupine gloves.
Then Southwest goes into the PR spin vomits burping up things like,”he always purchases 2 seats”, which isn’t true, according to Smith. And how the hell would they know anyway? The spin got vomity-er by Southwest’s blameshifting. So Kevin -and me- are becoming angrier. Again, rightly so.
So the completely inept TV tabloids, including CNN’s Headline News, revive their talking heads from the crypts to debate this PR nightmare with complete misinformation (more on that in a future post). Finally, someone wised up at Southwest and gave an apology, however weak, “The communication among our Employees was not as sharp as it should have been and, it’s apparent that Southwest could have handled this situation differently.” Ya think?
Lesson learned, “We fucked up.” is always the way to go. The public… well, we’re pretty smart and forgiving – if you don’t hand us a bunch of bullshit.
Here’s Southwest’s latest response from Linda Rutherford on the Southwest blog:
“I had the chance this afternoon to speak directly with director Kevin Smith. I let him know that in my 18 years here at Southwest, I have never dealt with a situation like what has been unfolding in the last 48 hours. I let Kevin know we have refunded his airfare. I told him we made a mistake in trying to board him as a standby passenger and then remove him. And I told him we were sorry.
Now, 48 hours later, after talking to many involved, we know there were several things going on that day and that our Employees were doing their best to get his flight out safely and on time, including finding seats for everyone and trying to accommodate standby passengers. The Captain did not single Kevin out to be removed, but he did ask that the boarding be completed quickly. At that time, our Employees made the decision to remove Kevin after a quick judgment call that he might have needed more than one seat for his comfort and those seated next to him.
Although I’m not here to debate the decision our Employees made, I can tell you that I for one have learned a lot today. The communication among our Employees was not as sharp as it should have been and, it’s apparent that Southwest could have handled this situation differently. Thanks, Kevin, for your passion around this topic. You were a reasonable guy during our conversation.
Southwest, like most carriers, has a policy to assist passengers who need two seats onboard an aircraft. The policy is an important one for the comfort and safety of all passengers aboard a plane, and we stand by that 25-year-old policy. This has our attention, and we will be reviewing how and when this delicate policy is implemented.”
Yes, Kevin Smith is a reasonable man. Duh.
I Might Be Wrong, But…
I’m sure people will disagree and rant about how it’s a great movie and about overcoming obstacles and inner beauty and whatnot, however, I am not really that into watching the film ‘Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire.’
First off, really? Did we really have to go with a title that long? Seriously? Second, as it has been abundantly clear throughout my tenure here, I don’t really want to spend upwards of $25 to watch a movie about people being mean to an inner city single teen mom who is verbally abused by her mom and sexually abused by her dad (that’s the story right?). I mean if I want to be depressed, I’ll read the paper or watch Intervention (which is another topic for another day).
Now, this does not mean that the performances were not stellar – clearly the performances by Mo’Nique and Gabourney Sidibe were moving as the actresses have gotten nothing but critical acclaim and accolades for the same – or the story is not meaningful and moving and blah blah blah. I’m just sayin’… I can wait for the DVD and watch it when I’m PMS’ing, ’cause its the only time I’m really going to want to watch movie like this so that I can then look at my dog and say, “Well, Baxter, at least mommy’s got her health, sanity (maybe), and a job and you’ve got yourself some kibble and our lives don’t suck quite as much as the gal on the tv’s.” Thank goodness for the little things, right?
Oh, and on the off chance Justin Timberlake or his people (or his people’s people) are reading this…dude, you should be Gabourney’s date to the Oscars. Seriously.
PSA…
This one’s for the ladies… I am a proponent of Michael Bay’s. I admit it freely. The giant robots, the explosions, the action! I know his movies (note that I did not say “films”) are not the stuff of intellectual genius – that’s how I like my summer popcorn movies: all show no substance (sometimes, its also how I like my men, but I digress).
Transformers 2 had a GIANT explosion, one so big that I convinced myself that I looooooooved MB. Loooooooved him so much that I ignored the red flags and the pleas from those who love me to realize that he’s a dirrrrty boy. Now, don’t get me wrong…dirrrrty boys are great, but there’s dirrrrty hot and then there’s just dirrrrty dirrrrty. The latter is the kind that won’t wash off – even after a Silkwood Shower ™.
After seeing pictures of him and 50 cent with the floozies in Miami and reading the reports of them “sharing” their dates, my eyes were open and I realized no amount of scrubbing at a Korean Spa (who are known for their superlative exfoliation techniques) would get that kind of dirrrrty off a girl.
So, I did the only thing any other self-respecting girl would do…I put him in deep quarantine lockdown. We’ll revisit him in 6months to a year and see how he’s doing…that should be right around the time Transformers 3 comes out and the explosions blind my eyes and good judgment…again.
Fully Revealed, We Know You Wanna Watch…
Sunday, Jan. 3
‘Iron Chef America: Super Chef Battle’ (Food) special presentation
‘Durham County’ (Ion) 2nd season premiere
‘Platinum Weddings’ (We) 4th season winter premiere
‘Secrets of Aspen’ (VH1) series premiere
‘Worst Cooks in America’ (Food) series premiere
Monday, Jan. 4
‘Antiques Roadshow’ (PBS) 14th season premiere
‘The Bachelor’ (ABC) 14th season premiere
‘The Secret Life of the American Teenager’ (ABC Family) 2nd season winter premiere
‘Tostitos Fiesta Bowl’ (Fox) special presentation
‘I Want to Work for Diddy’ (VH1) 2nd season finale
Tuesday, Jan. 5
‘The Biggest Loser’ (NBC) 9th season premiere
‘Last Restaurant Standing’ (BBC America) 3rd season premiere
‘Life After People’ (History) 2nd season premiere
‘Maneaters’ (Animal Planet) series premiere
Wednesday, Jan. 6
‘I Get That a Lot’ (CBS) special presentation
’36h Annual People’s Choice Awards’ (CBS) special presentation
‘Ghost Hunters International’ (Syfy) 2nd season winter premiere
‘Nip/Tuck’ (FX) 7th season premiere
Thursday, Jan. 7
‘Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew’ (VH1) 3rd season premiere
Friday, Jan. 8
‘What Not to Wear’ (TLC) 8th season premiere
‘John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show’ (Comedy Central) series premiere
Sunday, Jan. 10
‘The Simpsons’ 450th Episode (Fox) special presentation
‘The Simpsons: 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice!’ (Fox) special presentation
‘Ax Men’ (History) 3rd season premiere
‘Battlestar Galactica: The Plan’ (Syfy) special presentation
‘Big Love’ (HBO) 4th season premiere
‘Chuck’ (NBC) 3rd season premiere
‘Iron Chef America’ (Food) 8th season premiere
‘Masterpiece!’ (PBS) 40th season premiere
Monday, Jan. 11
‘How I Met Your Mother’ 100th episode (CBS) special presentation
‘Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations’ (Travel) 6th season premiere
‘Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives’ (Food) 8th season premiere
‘Fantasia for Real’ (VH1) series premiere
‘Pepa’ (VH1) series premiere
Tuesday, Jan. 12
‘American Idol’ (Fox) 9th season premiere
‘NCIS’ 150th episode (CBS) special presentation
‘Blue Mountain State’ (Spike TV) series premiere
‘Tabatha’s Salon Takeover’ (Bravo) 2nd season finale
Wednesday, Jan. 13
‘The Bureau’ (ID) 1st season finale
‘Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura’ (TruTV) 1st season finale
‘High School Reunion’ (TV Land) 6th season premiere
‘Leverage’ (TNT) 2nd season winter premiere
‘Little Miss Perfect’ (We) 2nd season premiere
‘Solving History With Olly Steeds’ (Discovery) series premiere
‘Tosh.0′ (Comedy Central) 2nd season premiere
Thursday, Jan. 14
‘Carnie Wilson: Unstapled’ (GSN) series premiere
‘Hidden Agenda’ (GSN) series premiere
‘The First 48′ (A&E) 10th season premiere
‘Ace of Cakes’ (Food) 8th season premiere
‘Archer’ (FX) series premiere
‘Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force’ (A&E) 2nd season premiere
‘Project Runway’ (Lifetime) 7th season premiere
‘Models of the Runway’ (Lifetime) 2nd season premiere
‘The Very Funny Show’ (TBS) 1st season finale
Friday, Jan. 15
‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ (Animal Planet) 3rd season premiere
‘Sanctuary’ (Syfy) 2nd season finale
’15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards’ (VH1) special presentation
Saturday, Jan. 16
‘House of Bones’ (Syfy) special presentation
‘Pit Boss’ (Animal Planet) series premiere
Sunday, Jan. 17
‘Human Target’ (Fox) series premiere
’67th Annual Golden Globe Awards’ (NBC) special presentation
‘The Wronged Man’ (Lifetime) special presentation
’24′ (Fox) 8th season premiere
‘The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty’ (A&E) 1st season finale
‘On the Case With Paula Zahn’ (ID) 1st season finale
Monday, Jan. 18
‘Life Unexpected’ (The CW) series premiere
‘The Buried Life’ (MTV) series premiere
‘Be Good Johnny Weir’ (Sundance) series premiere
Tuesday, Jan. 19
‘The Millionaire Matchmaker’ (Bravo) 3rd season premiere
‘White Collar’ (USA) 1st season winter premiere
‘Paranormal Cops’ (A&E) series premiere
Wednesday, Jan. 20
‘The Shift’ (ID) 2nd season finale
‘Toddlers & Tiaras’ (TLC) 3rd season premiere
Thursday, Jan. 21
‘The Deep End’ (ABC) series premiere
‘Burn Notice’ (USA) 3rd season winter premiere
Friday, Jan. 22
‘Caprica’ (Syfy) series premiere
‘Dollhouse’ (Fox) series finale
‘Spartacus: Blood & Sand’ (Starz) series premiere
Saturday, Jan. 23
‘The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards’ (TBS/TNT) special presentation
Monday, Jan. 25
‘Top Gear’ (BBC America) 13th season premiere
‘The Inbetweeners’ (BBC America) series premiere
‘Damages’ (FX) 3rd season premiere
‘Greek’ (ABC Family) 3rd season winter premiere
‘Secret Diary of a Call Girl’ (Showtime) 3rd season premiere
‘Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union’ (Showtime) 3rd season premiere
‘La La Land’ (Showtime) series premiere
Tuesday, Jan. 26
’24/7′ (HBO) 8th season premiere
Wednesday, Jan. 27
‘Psych’ (USA) 4th season winter premiere
‘Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…’ (Sundance) 2nd season finale
Thursday, Jan. 28
‘Live for the Moment’ (CBS) special presentation
‘Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew’ (MTV) 5th season premiere
‘Taking the Stage’ (MTV) 2nd season premiere
Friday, Jan. 29
‘Kitchen Nightmares’ (Fox) 3rd season premiere
Saturday, Jan. 30
‘Cinderella Pact’ (Lifetime) special presentation
‘Audi King Special’ (NBC) special presentation
‘Meteor Storm’ (Syfy) special presentation
‘Seducing Cindy’ (Fox Reality) series premiere
‘Four Weddings’ (TLC) series premiere
Sunday, Jan. 31
‘NFL Pro Bowl’ (ESPN) special presentation
‘The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards’ (CBS) special presentation
‘Durham County’ (Ion) 2nd season finale
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Fraternal Twins, Irish Accents, Louboutins, & Gun Twirling = HOT!
Oh my God, Flick Chicks! Have I got a great double feature for you!! Boondock Saints and Boondock Saints II: All Saints’ Day – the first is on DVD and the second is in theatres now. A great cult flick, the first one introduces us to Connor (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) McManus – fraternal twins/avenging angels and super hotties! Ladies, prepare to give thanks for the black t-shirts, turtlenecks, jeans, and pea coats that the boys wear… Le Sigh!!
Ok, so the story is that fed up with the indifference and/or incompetence of the police, the boys take matters into their own hands and, with the help of their friend and low level mob bag-boy Rocco, they decide to take on the criminal element of Boston. Afraid he’s next, the local mob boss puts Il Duce, a ka-ra-zy assassin on their tail. All the while, FBI agent Smecker (Willem Dafoe) is also following them, with 3 Boston detectives who are about 2 steps behind Smecker. He, however, starts having a crisis of faith – he believes that what they’re doing is for the general good, but asks whether he should condone the brothers’ killing of criminals.
In the end (and one of the best scenes) Smecker shows up to warn/back up the brothers at the mob boss’ house…DRESSED IN DRAG!! Il Duce shows up too and it all leads to the climactic ending which I won’t give away here.
Boondock Saints 2 finds the boys in Ireland hiding out until a copycat murder in Boston occurs. Designed to flush out the boys, someone kills a priest in their neighborhood and makes it look like it was the boys. Of course, they go back to Boston to clear themselves. On the way they meet Clifton Collins Jr and once they’re back in Boston, they’re pursued by Smecker’s protege, Eunice Bloom (Julie Benz), a hot chick FBI agent with the best shoes EVER and a sassy gun twirling routine (which Sean Patrick Flanery helped her with BTW). Eunice is awesome as she holds her own, and then some, with the original 3 detectives.
Both written & directed by Troy Duffy, these are fantastic movies…a bit violent, but the violence is beautifully choreographed and the entire subject kick-starts the debate as to whether the brothers are good or evil as they try to save society from evil men by killing them. The movies are a thinking girls’ film with the social issues, hot boys, a kickass chick, and great shoes!
Big Cops, Small Town, Moderate Violence…HUGE LAUGHS!
JohnnaChick and I, we’re bad FlickChicks. We’ve neglected our duties to post hot boys and cool flicks for all the chicks out there. We hang our heads in shame and promise to try to be better. First off, House is on…I may be a little distracted. House and Cuddy are at a doctor conventions with an 80′s theme. I wish I had gone to med school – lawyers don’t have cool conventions like that, we just booze it up.
However I digress, I’m here to talk about the movies…and just recently I revisited a fun flick: HOT FUZZ. Oh English Humour…how dry you are! Such a great tongue in cheek view at the cop/buddy movies. So much so that the straight laced Sgt. Angel (Simon Pegg) is paired with the bumbling PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) and (of course) they learn from each other: Angel learns to loosen up and stop being in his head all the time. Danny learns…basically how to do his job semi-compentently, but he’s got a heart of gold, so really, it all evens out. Rounding out the station are Danny’s dad, 2 Detectives named Andy (the Andies), a chick officer named Doris (who I haven’t decided whether she’s the station slut, or just pretending, or just being one of the boys), and a couple other offices and 1 k9 officer named Saxon.
Best scenes are (1) Angel’s introduction of BAD BOYS and POINT BREAK after a night of drinking with Danny and (2) the shoot out between Angel & Danny and the entire town, during which Danny must face off with his father and basically re-enacts the part in Point Break where Keanu is chasing Patrick Swayze, falls due to his bum knee, and is rolling on the ground and shoots into the sky as Patrick jumps a fence.
By the way, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…cuties in their uniforms! So, do yourself a favor, go get Hot Fuzz and, while you’re at it get Shaun of the Dead. Same team of Pegg, Frost and Edgar Wright (director) put that one together and it’s zombie gold!
How Healthy is Your New Fave Fall Show?
Doing Laps around the Track:
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS): Tricked 18.7 million people into watching the Series Premiere last week. While LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell are both good lookin’ and decent actors, the story and writing are weak but watchable. Methinks a typical Bellisario Production (Magnum PI, JAG, Quantum Leap). Now that NCIS is a solid franchise hit, this show will be hard to beat this year.
The Good Wife (CBS): Stood by her man and gained 13.7 million viewers. Great numbers for a Julianna Margulies/Chris Noth/Josh Charles vehicle. Although it may have been the powerful lead in of NCIS and NCIS: LA that helped The Good Wife. Although, the LAtimes Mary McNamara says “‘The Good Wife’ promises to be that Holy Grail of television: a good criminal procedural that barely disguises the insightful, multilayered human drama that lies beneath.” Either way, The Good Wife is in good shape.
Flash Forward(ABC) saw 12.4 million viewers last Wednesday. This show has had a full order from the get go, considering networks have been outbidding each other for the treatment(pitch) for a year. Plus, the hefty duo of David Goyer (The Dark Knight) & Brannon Braga (24, Mission Impossible 2) at the helm gives the show some serious Hollywoodpower. We will see this though till the end for sure. Especially after they move to the time slot to follow Lost in January.
The Vampire Diaries (CW) only scared up 4.8 million but that was The CW’s highest debut ever. So, yeah. More vampire shit.
The Cleveland Show (Fox) did well with about 9.5 million viewers, further inflating Seth MacFarlane’s ego. Ahem. But I’m a huge fan of Family Guy, so I won’t be too hard on Seth. But if you hear of him going ape-shit crazy on a hotel room or on a ho (actually you won’t hear about that), don’t say I didn’t tell you it was coming.
Glee (Fox) drew a decent 7.2 million, although it’s still being considered a victory since a show this good and quirky actually seems to be finding some sort of audience. I think they should put Arrested Development back on. Just sayin’.
Prepping for Surgery
The Jay Leno Show (NBC) somehow duped 18 million 80 year olds into staying up past 10pm, but then, just the thought of Leno lulled 75% of them to sleep by 7pm the next week. Stop polishing the terd, NBC.
Community (NBC) also had a strong-ish opener with 7.7 million. Most just did not bother to switch the channel from The Office on previous to the new Chevy Chase, Joel McHale venture. But, by week two, 2 million folks cared enough to find the remote stuck in the couch cushions and turn this shit off.
Mercy (NBC) ugh. NBC. Just put on Law & Order re-runs this year and re-group. Please?
DOA
Brothers (Fox) Series premiere: 2.8 million. Never heard of it. Not many other people have either.
Melrose Place (CW) 2.0 Series Premiere: 2.3 million. Second show, add about another 2 people and there you go. There is Network confidence, or an abundance of 1990′s sorority girls now in Executive positions at the CW. My former neighbor stars, but he was always kind-of a “I know I’m a Hot Piece” type, so I’m torn. Heather Locklear re-debuts in November. Eh.
The Beautiful Life (CW) CANCELLED! I liked it. Sad Face. But I did want Mischa Barton killed off. I guess the lesson here is, Be careful what you wish for…
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