Whaddya know? Carrie Prejean’s brother is a total fucking creep. Asked by Radar.com about his sister’s homemade diddling videos, Billy Arnone replied: “If they were put in front of me I’d probably watch it.” He’s also got his sister’s back on gay marriage: “I’m all the way against gay marriage. I don’t feel that it’s […]
David Schmader
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A Small Cornucopia of Media Delights
Sentence of the day, from ABC News: A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. (Some of the problematic photos show the woman partying at Chippendales. The woman contends her doctor […]
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Hobby Pornographer Carrie Prejean Offered Opportunity to Go Pro
TMZ has the scoop: TMZ has obtained a copy of a letter Vivid Entertainment honcho Steven Hirsch sent to Prejean’s lawyer, Charles Limandri. Hirsch is asking to acquire the rights to distribute “erotic footage that Carrie Prejean, former Miss California, produced for her boyfriend following their four (4) day rendezvous in February 2007″…In the letter, […]
Posted inEthics
Kids These Days: Friendly Stalkers and Forbidden Meeps
I caught this ad on TV recently and was simultaneously creeped out by its content (which was the point) and impressed by its defusing of an entire world of “friendly” aggressive behavior with one handy phrase: “That’s not cool.” Meanwhile in Massachusetts, a high school principal has threatened to suspend students over “meeping“. From Salem […]
Posted inGossip
RIP Soupy Sales
The man they call Soupy has gone to the great beyond. From the NYT obit: Soupy Sales, whose zany television routines turned the smashing of a pie to the face into a madcap art form, died Thursday night. He was 83. Some 20,000 pies were hurled at Soupy Sales or at visitors to his TV […]
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Thank You, Internet
Sarah McLachlan speaks out, soulfully, about internet cruelty to animals. Bless you, writer/producer/director Crystal Delahanty. (Also, the pug in the toilet totally wins.)
Posted inMedia
Spoilers & Vomit: Balloon Boy Day #2
Sean mentioned this in Good Morning, News, but you all deserve video. During an interview last night on CNN, the balloon boy’s father asked the balloon boy why he didn’t reveal himself when he heard people calling for him. The balloon boy replied by saying “it was for the show.” And during this morning’s Today […]
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Because Getting Slapped into a Pool Is My Favorite Emotion…
I present you with the teaser clip for the upcoming remake of TV’s timeless trash classic Melrose Place. First, I am very happy to report that Sydney—the original-flavor Melrose Place superstar who eats blackmail and breathes betrayal—is returning for the reboot. And second, I’d like to remind everyone that the original Melrose Place was filthy—which […]
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Have a Pepsi!
You know how Pepsi isn’t as good as Coke, and no way is Diet Pepsi even comparable to Diet Coke? It no longer matters. Thanks to the just-announced boycott by the American Family Association, I’ll be drinking nothing but Pepsi from now on. As an “AFA Alert” email informed me yesterday (bolds are mine): Dear […]
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Rebirth Defects
Beyoncé vs. Dr. Octagon!
As a new generation of musicians dabbles in double lives, Kool Keith
keeps showing ’em how it’s done.